Esporte Clube Juventude

Juventude
Full nameEsporte Clube Juventude
Nickname(s)Verdão
Juve
Alviverde
Ju
Founded29 June 1913; 111 years ago (1913-06-29)
GroundAlfredo Jaconi
Capacity19,924
PresidentWalter Dal Zotto Jr
Head coachJair Ventura
LeagueCampeonato Brasileiro Série A
Campeonato Gaúcho
2023
2023
Série B, 2nd of 20 (promoted)
Gaúcho, 5th of 12
WebsiteClub website
Estádio Alfredo Jaconi in Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Esporte Clube Juventude, or simply Juventude (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuvẽˈtud(ʒ)i]), is a Brazilian football club in Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul. The club currently competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the first tier of Brazilian football, as well as in Campeonato Gaúcho, the Rio Grande do Sul state football league. Major titles won by the club include the 1999 Copa do Brasil, the 1994 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B and the 1998 Campeonato Gaúcho. Their greatest rival is Caxias, with whom it contests the Caxias do Sul derby, also known as Ca–Ju.