- Alumni de Villa María
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Not to be confused with Alumni Athletic Club (football).
Alumni de Villa María Full name Club Atlético Alumni Nickname(s) Albirojo, El Fortín de Villa Aurora Founded April 4, 1934 Ground Plaza Manuel Anselmo Ocampo, Villa María
Córdoba, Argentina
(Capacity: 6,000)League Torneo Argentino A 2010 Clasura 5th in Zone C (eliminated) Website Club home page Home coloursAway coloursClub Atlético Alumni (usually referred as Alumni de Villa María) is a football club from Villa María, Córdoba Province, Argentina. The squad currently plays in Torneo Argentino A, which is the regionalised third division of the Argentine Football Association league system.
At the end of the 2005/06 season Alumni was promoted from Torneo Argentino B, in which the team won their group, but lost the playoff for automatic promotion. Alumni then went into a promotion/relegation playoff with General Paz Juniors from Argentino A. Alumni won the first leg 5-0, and won the tie 5-2 on aggregate to secure promotion.
The name Alumni derives from one of the most famous clubs from the Amateur era of Argentine football. Buenos Aires English High School, later renamed Alumni Athletic Club won 17 championships, but the club was disbanded in 1913.
See also
External links
- Official website (Spanish)
- Alumni Pasión (Spanish)
Torneo Argentino A 2011–12 teams Zone 1Alumni (Villa María) · Central Córdoba (Santiago del Estero) · Central Norte (Salta) · Crucero del Norte (Garupá) · Gimnasia y Tiro (Salta) · Juventud Antoniana (Salta) · Libertad (Sunchales) · Racing (Córdoba) · San Martín (Tucumán) · Sportivo Belgrano (San Francisco) · Talleres (Córdoba) · Tiro Federal (Rosario) · Unión (Sunchales)Zone 2C.A.I. (Comodoro Rivadavia) · Cipolletti (Cipolletti) · Defensores (Villa Ramallo) · Deportivo Maipú (Maipú) · Douglas Haig (Pergamino) · Gimnasia y Esgrima (Concepción del Uruguay) · Huracán (Tres Arroyos) · Juventud Unida Universitario (San Luis) · Racing (Olavarría) · Rivadavia (Lincoln) · Santamarina (Tandil) · Unión (Mar del Plata)Categories:- Argentine football clubs
- Association football clubs established in 1934
- Córdoba Province (Argentina)
- Argentine football club stubs
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