Real Hope Football Academy (

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: ''Académie de football Real Hope'') is a professional

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club based in

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History

Real Hope Football Academy was formed by former Vice President from

AS Capoise Association Sportive Capoise (; commonly referred to as AS Capoise or simply ASC) is a professional football club based in Cap-Haïtien, Haiti. Honours * Ligue Haïtienne: 3 :: 1997, 2017 C, 2018 O * Coupe d'Haïti: 3 :: 1938, 2009, 2011 Inte ...

(located in Cap-Haïtien), who decided to create a football club and founded Real Hope Football Academy on May 14, 2014. Real started in Division 3 and was quickly promoted to Division 2 the following year in 2015. After being crowned champions of the 2015 season, the club was promoted to the top-tier Division 1, in just its second year of existence. Real Hope FA mostly recently qualified for the 2024 Caribbean Cup, via their winning of Group A of the 2023-24 Ligue Haitienne. Real Hope secured qualification to the 2025 CONCACAF Champions by finishing 3rd in the 2024 Caribbean Cup, where they lost 7-0 on aggregate to Cruz Azul in the Round of 32.

References

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