2025 Esporte Clube Juventude season

Esporte Clube Juventude
2025 season
ManagerFábio Matias
(until 11 May)
Claudio Tencati
(from 13 May)
StadiumEstádio Alfredo Jaconi
Série A18th
Campeonato GaúchoSemi-finals
Copa do BrasilFirst Round
Biggest defeatFlamengo 6–0 Juventude

The 2025 season will be Esporte Clube Juventude's 113th overall and 2nd consecutive in Brazil's top division. The club will also compete in the Campeonato Gaúcho and Copa do Brasil.

Squad

As of 31 March 2025[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  BRA Gustavo
2 DF  BRA Ewerthon (on loan from Sport Recife)
3 DF  BRA Adriano Martins (on loan from Atlético Goianiense)
4 DF  VEN Wilker Ángel
5 DF  BRA Cipriano (on loan from APOEL)
6 DF  BRA Felipinho (on loan from Sport Recife)
7 FW  BRA Maurício Garcez (on loan from Avaí)
8 MF  COL Daniel Giraldo
9 FW  BRA Gilberto
10 MF  BRA Nenê
11 FW  BRA Giovanny
12 GK  BRA Marcão
15 MF  BRA Kelvi
16 MF  BRA Jadson (captain)
17 FW  BRA Matheus Babi
18 FW  BRA Emerson Galego
19 FW  BRA Gabriel Taliari
20 MF  BRA Jean Carlos
21 GK  BRA Ruan Carneiro
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 DF  BRA Abner
27 FW  COL Emerson Batalla (on loan from Talleres)
28 DF  BRA Alan Ruschel
31 GK  BRA Zé Henrique
34 DF  BRA Rodrigo Sam
37 FW  BRA Petterson (on loan from Flamengo)
38 DF  BRA Kawan (on loan from Botafogo)
44 MF  BRA Luis Mandaca
47 DF  BRA Marcos Paulo (on loan from Nova Iguaçu)
70 DF  BRA Gabriel Souza (on loan from Cianorte)
72 MF  BRA Daniel Peixoto (on loan from Rio Claro)
77 MF  BRA Luiz Henrique
79 FW  ECU Ronie Carrillo
88 MF  BRA Davi Goes
93 DF  BRA Reginaldo
95 MF  BRA Caíque Gonçalves
97 FW  BRA Ênio
98 FW  BRA Vitor Pernambuco

Youth players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
43 DF  BRA Clébio
99 FW  BRA Caíque

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK  BRA Pedro Bez (at Portimonense until 30 June 2025)
FW  BRA Weliton (at Botafogo until 31 July 2025)

Transfers In

Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
GK Gustavo Criciúma Undisclosed 13 January 2025 [2]
FW Petterson Flamengo Loan 13 January 2025 [3]
MF Emerson Batalla Club Atlético Talleres Loan 13 January 2025
MF Lucas Fernandes Portimonense Free 9 July 2025 [4]

Exhibition matches

15 January 2025 Boca Juniors 2–0 Juventude San Nicolás de los Arroyos
20:00 UTC−3
  • Aguirre 15'
  • Merentiel 50'
Stadium: Estadio Único de San Nicolás

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 29 March 2025[5] 21 December 2025 Matchday 1 11 2 2 7 8 24 −16 018.18
Campeonato Gaúcho 22 January 2025 1 March 2025 First Stage Semi-finals 10 7 1 2 17 9 +8 070.00
2025 Copa do Brasil 25 February 2025 25 February 2025 First Round First Round 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00
Total 22 9 3 10 25 34 −9 040.91

Last updated: 1 June 2025
Source: Competitions

Série A

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
16 Vitória 12 2 5 5 10 14 −4 11
17 Internacional 12 2 5 5 12 18 −6 11 Relegation to Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
18 Fortaleza 12 2 4 6 12 18 −6 10
19 Juventude 11 2 2 7 8 24 −16 8
20 Sport 11 0 3 8 5 18 −13 3
Updated to match(es) played on 12 June 2025. Source: CBF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results (only between two teams); 6) fewest red cards; 7) fewest yellow cards; 8) drawing of lots.[6]

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
5 2 1 2 6 11  −5 7 2 1 0 6 3  +3 0 0 2 0 8  −8

Last updated: 20 April 2025.
Source:

Matches

29 March 2025 1 Juventude 2–0 Vitória Caxias do Sul
18:30 (UTC-3) Taliari 8', 52' Report Stadium: Estádio Alfredo Jaconi
Attendance: 6,547
Referee: Paulo Cesar Zanovelli
5 April 2025 2 Botafogo 2–0 Juventude Rio de Janeiro
21:00 UTC−3
Report Stadium: Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos
Referee: Rodrigo José Pereira de Lima
12 April 2025 3 Juventude 2–1 Ceará Caxias do Sul
17:00 UTC−3 Report
Stadium: Estádio Alfredo Jaconi
16 April 2025 4 Flamengo 6–0 Juventude Rio de Janeiro
21:30 UTC−3
Report Stadium: Maracanã
Attendance: 31,445
Referee: Matheus Delgado Candançan
20 April 2025 5 Juventude 2–2 Mirassol Caxias do Sul
11:00 (UTC-3)
Report Stadium: Estádio Alfredo Jaconi
26 April 2025 6 Internacional 3–1 Juventude Porto Alegre
16:00
Report Stadium: Beira-Rio
Referee: Flávio Rodrigues de Souza
5 May 2025 7 Juventude 0–1 Atlético Mineiro Caxias do Sul
20:00 UTC−3 Report Stadium: Estádio Alfredo Jaconi
Attendance: 7,486
Referee: Bruno Pereira Vasconcelos
10 May 2025 8 Fortaleza 5–0 Juventude Fortaleza
16:00 (UTC-3)
Report Stadium: Castelão
18 May 2025 9 Juventude 1–1 Fluminense Caxias do Sul
16:00 UTC−3
Report Stadium: Estádio Alfredo Jaconi
1 June 2025 11 Juventude 0–2 Grêmio Caxias do Sul
16:00 UTC−3 Report Stadium: Estádio Alfredo Jaconi
Attendance: 9,098
Referee: Raphael Claus

Campeonato Gaúcho

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Juventude 8 6 1 1 14 6 +8 19 Knockout stage
2 São Luiz 8 2 3 3 7 13 −6 9
3 Monsoon 8 2 1 5 7 14 −7 7
4 Brasil de Pelotas 8 1 4 3 5 10 −5 7 Relegation stage
Source: FGF


Results by round
Round1
GroundH
Result
Position
Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
22 January 2025 1 Juventude v Ypiranga Caxias do Sul
17:30 UTC−3 Stadium: Estádio Alfredo Jaconi

Semi-finals

22 February 2025 First Leg Grêmio 2–1 Juventude Porto Alegre
21:30 Report
Stadium: Arena do Grêmio
Attendance: 26,072
Referee: Jonathan Benkenstein Pinheiro
1 March 2025 Second Leg Juventude 2–1
(2–3 p)
Grêmio Caxias do Sul
16:30 Report Stadium: Alfredo Jaconi
Attendance: 12,821
Referee: Anderson Daronco
Penalties

Copa do Brasil

25 February 2025 First Round Maringá 1–0 Juventude Maringá
19:30
  • Cauã 18'
Report Stadium: Estádio Willie Davids
Attendance: 7,868
Referee: Gustavo Ervino Bauermann (Santa Catarina)

References

  1. ^ "Plantel profissional" [First-team squad] (in Brazilian Portuguese). EC Juventude. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ "Atacante Petterson é do Ju". Juventude.
  4. ^ [2]
  5. ^ "Calendário do futebol brasileiro em 2025: veja as datas". ge. November 12, 2024.
  6. ^ "Regulamento Específico da Competição Brasileiro Série A 2025" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF. 12 February 2025.