Club Atlético Los Andes is a sports club

Sports club

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 from the city of Lomas de Zamora

Lomas de Zamora

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, Greater Buenos Aires

Greater Buenos Aires

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, Argentina

Argentina

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. The football team currently plays in the Primera B Metropolitana

Primera B Metropolitana

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, the regionalised third division of the Argentine Football Association

Argentine Football Association

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.

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

Andes

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 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 championship

Metropolitano championship

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s. Los Andes best ever final positions were: 6th in Group A 1968 Metropolitano, and 8th overall in 1968 Torneo 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 B Nacional with the worst points average in the division.

In 2008 the club was promoted to Primera B Nacional after winning a promotion playoff against Nueva Chicago.

Current Squad 2011/12

Notable players

Héctor Bracamonte

Héctor Bracamonte

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 Sebastián Carrera

Sebastián Carrera

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 German Gustavo Denis Hernán Díaz

Hernán Díaz

Hernán Edgardo Díaz is a former Argentine football right back. During his club career he played for Rosario Central, Los Andes, River Plate and Colón de Santa Fe.-Early career:...

 Esteban Fuertes

Esteban Fuertes

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 Ezequiel Carlos Maggiolo

Ezequiel Carlos Maggiolo

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 Jonathan Maidana

Jonathan Maidana

Jonathan Ramón Maidana is an Argentine football central defender. He currently plays for River Plate.-Career:After an initial period in Los Andes, Maidana transferred to Boca Juniors and made his debut with a 9 minute substitute appearance in a 2–2 draw with São Paulo F.C. in the 2006 Recopa...

 Alfredo Obberti

Alfredo Obberti

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 Miguel Oviedo

Miguel Oviedo

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 Gustavo Paruolo

Gustavo Paruolo

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 Darío Sala

Darío Sala

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 José Serrizuela

José Serrizuela

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 Fernando Ariel Troyansky

Fernando Ariel Troyansky

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   José André Bilibio Víctor López

Víctor López

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 Gilmar Villagrán

Titles

• Primera B: 1

1960

• Primera C
  Primera C Metropolitana
  The Primera C is one of the two leagues that form the regionalised fourth level of the Argentine football league system. The other league at level four is the Torneo Argentino B....
  
  : 2

1938, 1957

External links

Official website Lomas Locura