Sociedade Esportiva Juventude

Football club

Juventude Samas

Full name

Nickname(s)

Poraquê (Electric eel)

Founded

14 June 1979; 44 years ago (1979-06-14)

Ground

Estádio Municipal Marcos Pinheiro Neto

Capacity

500

Chairman

Miltinho Aragão

Head coach

Marlon Cutrim

League

Campeonato Maranhense

2019

Campeonato Maranhense Second Division, 1st (champions)

Home colours

Away colours

Sociedade Esportiva Juventude, usually known as Juventude Samas, Juventude-MA or simply Juventude, is a Brazilian football club from São Mateus do Maranhão, Maranhão.

Juventude Samas is currently ranked fourth among Maranhão teams in CBF's national club ranking, at 103rd place overall.^[1]

History

Founded in 1979 in the city of Caxias, Juventude only played amateur competitions until 2005, when it played in the Campeonato Maranhense Second Division. After finishing second, the club achieved promotion and played the 2006 Campeonato Maranhense, but finished in the last position and later went to inactivity.

The club then played the second division again in 2008, before staying ten years without playing and moving to São Mateus do Maranhão.^[2] After finishing fourth in 2018, the club won the second division in 2019, and late in the year, also won the Copa FMF, qualifying for the 2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.^[3]

Honours

Copa FMF: 2019
Campeonato Maranhense Second Division: 2019

References

^ "RNC - Ranking Nacional dos Clubes 2022" (PDF). CBF. 16 December 2021.
^ "Juventude de São Mateus está a um empate da elite do futebol maranhense" [Juventude de São Mateus is one step away from the maranhense football's top tier] (in Brazilian Portuguese). OProgressoNet.com. 4 October 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
^ "Juventude é campeão da Copa FMF e garante vaga na Brasileirão Série D 2020" [Juventude is the champion of the Copa FMF and qualify for the 2020 Brasileirão Série D] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2020.