Esporte Clube Juventude

Juventude
Full nameEsporte Clube Juventude
NicknamesVerdão
Juve
Alviverde
Ju
Founded29 June 1913 (1913-06-29)
GroundAlfredo Jaconi
Capacity19,924
PresidentFábio Pizzamiglio
Head coachMaurício Barbieri
LeagueCampeonato Brasileiro Série B
Campeonato Gaúcho
2025
2025
Série A, 19th of 20 (relegated)
Gaúcho, 3rd of 12
Websitejuventude.com.br

Esporte Clube Juventude (Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [isˈpɔʁtʃi ˈklubi ʒuvẽˈtudʒi]), or simply Juventude, is a Brazilian football club in Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul. The club currently competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, the second 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.