Club Alumni de Villa María
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Club Atlético Alumni 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.
Villa María
Villa María is a city in Córdoba Province, Argentina, and the head town of the General San Martín Department. It is located in the center of rich agricultural land. The area leads the country in production of milk...
, Córdoba Province
Córdoba Province (Argentina)
Córdoba is a province of Argentina, located in the center of the country. Neighboring provinces are : Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, Buenos Aires, La Pampa, San Luis, La Rioja and Catamarca...
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
. The squad currently plays in Torneo Argentino A
Torneo Argentino A
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, which is the regionalised third division of the Argentine Football Association
Argentine Football Association
The Argentine Football Association is the governing body of football in Argentina. It organises the Argentine football league and the Argentina national football team. It is based in Buenos Aires...
league system.
At the end of the 2005/06 season Alumni was promoted from Torneo Argentino B
Torneo Argentino B
Torneo Argentino B is one of two leagues that form the regionalised fourth level of the Argentine football league system. Clubs in Torneo Argentinos B come from all over Argentina....
, 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
General Paz Juniors
Club Atlético General Paz Juniors is a sports club, located in Córdoba, Argentina. Although other sports are practised there , the club is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in the regionalised 4th level of Argentine football league system, the Torneo Argentino B.-External...
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
Alumni Athletic Club (football)
Alumni Athletic Club, or simply Alumni, was an Argentine football team which took part in its football league during the Amateur era. Although officially founded in 1898, the team had been formed in 1893 when a group of students from the Buenos Aires English High School joined to Alexander Watson...
won 17 championships, but the club was disbanded in 1913.