Real Hope FA
{{short description|Haitian football club}}
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| fullname = Real Hope Football Academy
| nickname = Real du Cap
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| league = Ligue Haïtienne{{Cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesh/haiti2016.html |title=Haiti: Championnat National D1 2016 |access-date=2023-02-05 |archive-date=2023-04-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404182522/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesh/haiti2016.html |url-status=live }}
| season = 2024
| position = Ligue Haïtienne, Champions
| website = https://realhopefa.com/
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Real Hope Football Academy (French: Académie de football Real Hope) is a professional football club based in Cap-Haïtien, Haiti.{{Cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/Real-Hope-Football-Academy-1462691853976309/ |title=Real Hope Football Academy - Official Facebook |access-date=2017-03-19 |archive-date=2024-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240629074114/https://www.facebook.com/realhopefa |url-status=live }}
History
Real Hope Football Academy was formed by former Vice President from AS Capoise (located in Cap-Haïtien), who decided to create a football club and founded Real Hope Football Academy on May 14, 2014.
Real started in Division 3 and was quickly promoted to Division 2 the following year in 2015. After being crowned champions of the 2015 season,{{cite web |url=http://www.lenational.org/real-cap-champion-de-d2/ |title=Le Real du Cap champion de D2 |editor=Bordes, Gérald |date=16 December 2015 |publisher=Le National |accessdate=12 July 2016 |archive-date=15 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815220102/http://www.lenational.org/real-cap-champion-de-d2/ |url-status=dead }} {{in lang|fr}} the club was promoted to the top-tier Division 1, in just its second year of existence. Real Hope FA mostly recently qualified for the 2024 Caribbean Cup, via their winning of Group A of the 2023-24 Ligue Haitienne.{{Cite web |date=2024-05-09 |title=These are the qualified teams for the 2024 Caribbean Cup |url=https://www.concacaf.com/caribbean-cup/news/these-are-the-qualified-teams-for-the-2024-caribbean-cup/ |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=Concacaf |language=en}} Real Hope secured qualification to the 2025 CONCACAF Champions by finishing 3rd in the 2024 Caribbean Cup,{{Cite web |date=2024-12-03 |title=Real Hope FA seals third place in Caribbean Cup, qualifies for Champions Cup |url=https://www.concacaf.com/caribbean-cup/news/real-hope-fa-seals-third-place-in-caribbean-cup-qualifies-for-champions-cup/ |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=Concacaf |language=en}} where they lost 7-0 on aggregate to Cruz Azul in the Round of 32. {{Cite web |date=2025-02-12 |title=Sepúlveda leads Cruz Azul to Champions Cup Round of 16 |url=https://www.concacaf.com/champions-cup/news/sepulveda-leads-cruz-azul-to-champions-cup-round-of-16/ |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=Concacaf |language=en}}