Club Deportivo y Social Juventud Unida is an
Argentine
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football club
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located in
San Miguel, Buenos Aires
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. The team currently plays at the
Primera D
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, the regionalised fifth division of
Argentine football league system
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Rules establish a system of promotion ...
.
The club's main rival is neighbor club
Muñiz.
[Muñiz le ganó el clásico a Juventud Unida y alcanzó la punta]
on Terra
on Olé
History
The club was founded on 6 September 1949 by a group of young enthusiasts at a bar, they named it "Juventud Unida". After that, the club took part in several competitions in General Sarmiento, where they won many titles. In the 1950s Juventud Unida increased its number of members so the club added new sections such as
basketball
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,
boxing
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,
volleyball
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, and
bocce
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.
In 1957 Juventud Unida affiliated to the
Argentine Football Association
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(AFA). That same year the club inaugurated its stadium located on Sarmiento and Azcuénaga in San Miguel. It was originally named "Franco Muggeri" to honor a former president of the club, then renamed "Néstor Begni". However, the stadium's name was changed again in 2014 to "Ciudad de San Miguel".
Sánchez: "El cambio de nombre es homenajear a la ciudad"
on Mundo Ascenso The stadium has a capacity for about 3,000 people.[Estadio Franco Muggeri]
on Soccerway
In 1992 the club promoted to Primera C
The Primera C Metropolitana is one of the two professional leagues that form the fourth level of the Argentine football league system. Primera C Metropolitana is made up of 20 clubs mainly from the city of Buenos Aires and its metropolitan area (G ...
via "Torneo Reducido", where it remained two seasons but it was relegated in the 1993–94 season. In 1997–98 the club won its first official title promoting to the upper division.
After some seasons with poor performances, Juventud Unida won another "Torneo Reducido" in 2014 which allowed them to promote to Primera C, although the team would be relegated in 2016.
Players
Titles
* Primera D
The Primera D is one of two leagues that form the fifth division of the Argentine football league system. Made up of 11 clubs from Buenos Aires Province, the league is the only one that remains amateur. The other league at level five is the Torne ...
(1): 1997–98
* Liga de General Sarmiento (5): 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956
References
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{{Primera D Metropolitana
Association football clubs established in 1949
Football clubs in Buenos Aires Province
San Miguel Partido
1949 establishments in Argentina