Club Atlético Los Andes

Club Atlético Los Andes is an Argentine sports club based in the Lomas de Zamora district of Greater Buenos Aires. The football team currently plays in the Primera B, the third division of the Argentine football league system.

Los Andes
Full nameClub Atlético Los Andes
Nickname(s)Mil Rayitas
Founded1 January 1917 (1917-01-01)
GroundEstadio Eduardo Gallardón,
Lomas de Zamora
Capacity36,542[1]
Chairman Victor Grosi
ManagerGermán Cavalieri
LeaguePrimera B Metropolitana
2018–1925th (Relegated)
WebsiteClub website

The club was founded by a group of young people in 1917, and its name was chosen to commemorate the first balloon flight across the Andes mountain, which had happened in 1916.

Los Andes has had three runs in the Argentine Primera División: the first was in 1961, the second time was between the 1968 and 1971 Metropolitano championships. Los Andes best ever final position was an 8° position overall in 1968 Nacional.

The third run in Primera División was in 2000–01 and lasted only one season: Los Andes finished 19th out of 20 teams and was relegated to Primera B Nacional with the worst points average in the division.

After some seasons in the lower divisions, in 2014 Los Andes returned to B Nacional after winning a championship of the Primera B Metropolitana, but be relegated in the 2018–19 season.

Current squad

The 1938 team, which achieved the Primera C championship that year.
Los Andes team in 1957, which obtained the Primera C title.
As of 6 February 2020

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK  ARG Federico Díaz
GK  ARG Elías Fretes
GK  ARG Daniel Monllor
DF  ARG Marcelo Cardozo
DF  ARG Matías Contreras
DF  ARG Johann Díaz
DF  ARG Máximo Levi
DF  ARG Bruno Martínez
DF  ARG Luis Monge
DF  ARG Dimas Morales
DF  ARG Franco Peppino
DF  ARG Sebastián Valdez
MF  ARG Braian Aquino
MF  ARG Jeremias Barros
MF  ARG Gianluca Caruso
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  ARG Gonzalo Díaz
MF  ARG Carlos Espínola
MF  ARG Diego Galeano
MF  ARG Daniel Ibáñez
MF  ARG Leonardo Landriel
MF  ARG Diego Ortegoza
MF  PAR César Peralta
MF  ARG Guillermo Pereira
FW  ARG Axel Arce (on loan from Rangers)
FW  ARG Valentín Haberkon
FW  ARG Walter Mazzolatti
FW  ARG Alejandro Noriega
FW  ARG Nazareno Pompei
FW  ARG Gonzalo Salega
FW  ARG Luis Salmerón

Honours

The team that in 1960 got the last championship for the club.

References

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