2025 Esporte Clube Juventude season

Esporte Clube Juventude
2025 season
Manager	Fábio Matias; (until 11 May); Claudio Tencati; (13 May–29 July); Thiago Carpini; (from 4 August)
Stadium	Estádio Alfredo Jaconi
Série A	19th
Campeonato Gaúcho	Semi-finals
Copa do Brasil	First Round
Biggest defeat	Flamengo 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
FW	Vitor Pernambuco	Al Dhafra	Free	6 January 2025
GK	Gustavo	Criciúma	Undisclosed	13 January 2025	^[2]
FW	Petterson	Flamengo	Loan	13 January 2025	^[3]
MF	Emerson Batalla	Talleres	Loan	13 January 2025	^[4]
DF	Yan Souto	CRB	Loan return	8 April 2025
DF	Marcelo Hermes	Criciúma	Loan	23 June 2025	^[5]
FW	Rafael Bilú	Guarani	Free	26 June 2025	^[6]
MF	Hudson	Portuguesa	Loan	3 July 2025	^[7]
MF	Lucas Fernandes	Portimonense	Free	9 July 2025	^[8]
FW	Gabriel Veron	Porto	Loan	16 July 2025	^[9]
GK	Gastón Guruceaga	Deportivo Cali	Undisclosed	25 July 2025	^[10]
DF	Igor Formiga	Novorizontino	Undisclosed	13 August 2025	^[11]

Transfers Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Yan Souto	CRB	Loan	1 January 2025
DF	Yan Souto	Criciúma	Loan	11 April 2025
MF	Jean Carlos	Criciúma	R$500,000	9 June 2025	^[12]
MF	Kelvi	Guarani	Undisclosed	10 June 2025
MF	Davi Goes	Palmeiras U20	Loan	12 June 2025
FW	Vitor Pernambuco	Operário Ferroviário	Undisclosed	8 July 2025

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
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A	29 March 2025^[13]	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	Vasco da Gama	18	5	4	9	25	24	+1	19
17	Vitória	20	3	10	7	18	24	−6	19	Relegation to Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
18	Juventude	18	4	3	11	15	38	−23	15
19	Fortaleza	19	3	6	10	20	31	−11	15
20	Sport	18	1	7	10	12	27	−15	10

Updated to match(es) played on 18 August 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.^[14]

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	Igor Jesus 24' Ponte 62'	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	Mandaca 45+1' Matheus Babi 68'	Report	Aylon 44'	Stadium: Estádio Alfredo Jaconi

16 April 2025 4	Flamengo	6–0	Juventude	Rio de Janeiro
21:30 UTC−3	Pulgar 13' Plata 18' Danilo 22' de Arrascaeta 56' Pedro 71', 81'	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)	Ênio 24' Batalla 45+2'	Report	Iury Castilho 34' Reinaldo 72' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio Alfredo Jaconi

26 April 2025 6	Internacional	3–1	Juventude	Porto Alegre
16:00	Victor Gabriel 18', 39' Borré 61'	Report	Batalla 4'	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	Marcos Paulo 30' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estádio Alfredo Jaconi Attendance: 7,486 Referee: Bruno Pereira Vasconcelos

10 May 2025 8	Fortaleza	5–0	Juventude	Fortaleza
16:00 (UTC-3)	Lucero 3', 86' Breno Lopes 63' Pochettino 82' Calebe 89'	Report		Stadium: Castelão

18 May 2025 9	Juventude	1–1	Fluminense	Caxias do Sul
16:00 UTC−3	Batalla 55'	Report	Hércules 58'	Stadium: Estádio Alfredo Jaconi

26 May 2025 10	Red Bull Bragantino	1–0	Juventude	Bragança Paulista
20:00 UTC−3	Jhon Jhon 45+4'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Cícero de Souza Marques

1 June 2025 11	Juventude	0–2	Grêmio	Caxias do Sul
16:00 UTC−3		Report	Braithwaite 13' (pen.) Olivera 38'	Stadium: Estádio Alfredo Jaconi Attendance: 9,098 Referee: Raphael Claus

14 July 2025 12	Juventude	2–0	Sport	Caxias do Sul
20:00 UTC−3	Gilberto 12', 49'			Stadium: Estádio Alfredo Jaconi Attendance: 6,134 Referee: Jefferson Ferreira de Moraes

20 July 2025 15	Cruzeiro	4–0	Juventude	Belo Horizonte
16:00 UTC−3	Christian 39' Gabriel 51', 63' (pen.) Carlos Eduardo 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 52,850 Referee: Lucas Casagrande

24 July 2025 16	Juventude	0–1	São Paulo	Caxias do Sul
19:00 UTC−3		Report	Luciano 85'	Stadium: Estádio Alfredo Jaconi Attendance: 6,095 Referee: Sávio Pereira Sampaio

27 July 2025 17	Bahia	3–0	Juventude	Salvador
18:30 (UTC-3)	Jean Lucas 27', 58' Rodríguez 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Arena Fonte Nova

4 August 2025 18	Santos	3–1	Juventude	São Paulo
20:00 UTC-03:00	Neymar 37', 80' (pen.) Barreal 40'	Report	Ángel 45+1'	Stadium: Morumbi Attendance: 37,485 Referee: Paulo César Zanovelli da Silva

11 August 2025 19	Juventude	2–1	Corinthians	Caxias do Sul
20:00 UTC−3	Gabriel Taliari 27' Matheus Babi 81'	Report	Matheuzinho 90'	Stadium: Estádio Alfredo Jaconi Attendance: 8,679 Referee: Lucas Casagrande

16 August 2025 20	Vitória	2–2	Juventude	Salvador
18:30 UTC−3	Renato Kayzer 32', 46'	Report	Igor Formiga 81' Nenê 90+10' (pen.)	Stadium: Barradão

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

Round	1
Ground	H
Result
Position

Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

22 January 2025 1	Juventude	2–0	Ypiranga	Caxias do Sul
17:30 UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio Alfredo Jaconi

25 January 2025 2

Internacional

2–0

Juventude

28 January 2025 3	Juventude	1–0	Guarany	Caxias do Sul
				Stadium: Estádio Alfredo Jaconi

1 February 2025 4

Caxias

0–2

Juventude

5 February 2025 5	Juventude	2–0	Grêmio	Caxias do Sul
				Stadium: Estádio Alfredo Jaconi

9 February 2025 6	Juventude	3–1	São José	Caxias do Sul
				Stadium: Estádio Alfredo Jaconi

12 February 2025 7

Avenida

1–1

Juventude

15 February 2025 8

Pelotas

2–3

Juventude

Semi-finals

22 February 2025 First Leg	Grêmio	2–1	Juventude	Porto Alegre
21:30	Braithwaite 13' Cristian Olivera 52'	Report	Batalla 33'	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	Adriano Martins 67' Mandaca 85'	Report	Gustavo Martins 90+7'	Stadium: Alfredo Jaconi Attendance: 12,821 Referee: Anderson Daronco
	Penalties
	Nenê Giovanny Jadson Alan Ruschel Ênio		Wagner Leonardo Pavon Arezo Volpi Villasanti

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

^ "Plantel profissional" [First-team squad] (in Brazilian Portuguese). EC Juventude. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
^ "Juventude confirma contratação do goleiro Gustavo".
^ "Atacante Petterson é do Ju". Juventude.
^ "Atacante colombiano Emerson Batalla é o novo reforço do Juventude" [Colombian forward Emerson Batalla is the new addition of Juventude] (in Brazilian Portuguese). EC Juventude. 13 January 2025. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
^ "Criciúma anuncia empréstimo de Marcelo Hermes ao Juventude". 23 June 2025.
^ "Guarani confirma saída de atacante para clube da Série A".
^ "Juventude confirma contratação do volante Hudson".
^ "Lucas Fernandes é confirmado no Juventude".
^ "Reforço na área! Gabriel Veron é do Verdão".
^ "Juventude confirma a contratação do goleiro Gastón Guruceaga".
^ "Juventude amplia a lista de reforços defensivos com Igor Formiga". ogol (in Brazilian Portuguese). 13 August 2025. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
^ "Jean Carlos rescinde com Juventude e acerta com o Criciúma". 9 June 2025.
^ "Calendário do futebol brasileiro em 2025: veja as datas". ge. November 12, 2024.
^ "Regulamento Específico da Competição Brasileiro Série A 2025" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF. 12 February 2025.

[1] "Plantel profissional" [First-team squad] (in Brazilian Portuguese). EC Juventude. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

[2] "Juventude confirma contratação do goleiro Gustavo".

[3] "Atacante Petterson é do Ju". Juventude.

[4] "Atacante colombiano Emerson Batalla é o novo reforço do Juventude" [Colombian forward Emerson Batalla is the new addition of Juventude] (in Brazilian Portuguese). EC Juventude. 13 January 2025. Retrieved 15 January 2025.

[5] "Criciúma anuncia empréstimo de Marcelo Hermes ao Juventude". 23 June 2025.

[6] "Guarani confirma saída de atacante para clube da Série A".

[7] "Juventude confirma contratação do volante Hudson".

[8] "Lucas Fernandes é confirmado no Juventude".

[9] "Reforço na área! Gabriel Veron é do Verdão".

[10] "Juventude confirma a contratação do goleiro Gastón Guruceaga".

[11] "Juventude amplia a lista de reforços defensivos com Igor Formiga". ogol (in Brazilian Portuguese). 13 August 2025. Retrieved 18 August 2025.

[12] "Jean Carlos rescinde com Juventude e acerta com o Criciúma". 9 June 2025.

[13] "Calendário do futebol brasileiro em 2025: veja as datas". ge. November 12, 2024.

[14] "Regulamento Específico da Competição Brasileiro Série A 2025" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF. 12 February 2025.

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