CA 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.
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References
  1. The Football Stadiums of South America – Fussballtempel

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