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 name	Club Atlético Los Andes
Nickname(s)	Mil Rayitas
Founded	1 January 1917; 107 years ago (1917-01-01)
Ground	Estadio Eduardo Gallardón, Lomas de Zamora
Capacity	36,542[1]
Chairman	Victor Grosi
Manager	Guillermo Szeszurak
League	Primera B Metropolitana
2021	2nd
Website	https://losandesoficial.com/
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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 7 August 2022

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 Lucas Di Grazia — GK  ARG Leonardo Romero — GK  ARG Martín Soria — DF  ARG Facundo Ardiles — DF  ARG Emanuel Del Bianco (loan from Ferro) — DF  ARG Nicolás Digiano (loan from Montevideo City) — DF  ARG Mariano Gancedo — DF  ARG Tomás Leuzzi — DF  ARG Leandro Lugarzo — DF  ARG Gabriel Pereyra — DF  ARG Matías Presentado — DF  ARG Luciano Vargas — MF  ARG Gastón Ada — MF  ARG Cristian Canan — MF  ARG Gianluca Caruso — MF  ARG Francesco Celeste — MF  ARG Pablo Cortizo

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ARG Diego Galeano — MF  ARG Matías González — MF  ARG Agustín Guiffrey — MF  ARG Pablo Medina (loan from Almirante Brown) — MF  ARG Gabriel Moreno — MF  PAR César Peralta — MF  ARG Luis Miguel Pérez — MF  ARG Mateo Ramírez — MF  ARG Tobías Rusch — FW  ARG Iván Arbello (loan from Almirante Brown) — FW  ARG Alan Espeche (loan from All Boys) — FW  ARG Agustín Mansilla — FW  ARG Jonatan Morán — FW  ARG Nazareno Pompei — FW  ARG Rodrigo Trejo

Honours

• Primera B Metropolitana (2): 1960, 2014
• Primera C (3): 1926, 1938, 1957

References

1. The Football Stadiums of South America – Fussballtempel

External links

• Official website
• Las voces Milrayitas
• Lomas Locura
• Vivo por Los Andes

34°45′28″S 58°25′12″W