CD Racing Junior de Armenia
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Club Deportivo Racing Junior de Armenia is a Salvadoran professional football club based in Armenia, Sonsonate, El Salvador.
The club currently plays in the Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño.
History
On 1951, a group of Armenia citizens decided to form a team which represented their community passion for football. The club started out as San Juan, before being named Club Deportivo Obrero, the club was soon renamed in honor of Racing, a famous Argentine football club. After changing name they won their first title in 1953, being promoted to Liga B (currently known as Tercera Division), for the next two decades the club would remain in the division, however in 1970, the club defeated local team Club Leones to be promoted to the Liga de Ascenso (currently known as Segunda Division). The club came close to promotion to the primera division in 1983 and 1985, however they were defeated on both occasion by Chalatenango and Dragon respectively. The club would be demoted to Tercera Division, In 2012, Racing Jr got revenge on Chalatenango by winning the playoff match.
They currently play in the segunda division.
La squadra è stata fondata con il nome di C.D. Racing de Sonsonate, ma nel 2015 ha cambiato nome in C.D. Racing Junior de Armenia. La squadra ha sede ad Armenia, una città situata nel dipartimento di Sonsonate, a circa 50 chilometri da San Salvador, la capitale del Salvador.
Il C.D. Racing Junior de Armenia ha vinto il campionato di Segunda División nel 1998 e nel 2002, e ha partecipato alla Primera División de Fútbol Salvadoreño, la massima serie del campionato salvadoregno, in due occasioni, nel 1999 e nel 2003.
La squadra gioca le partite casalinghe allo stadio Juan Francisco Barraza, che ha una capacità di circa 10.000 spettatori.
I colori sociali della squadra sono il blu e il bianco.