Club Leandro N. Alem
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Wikipedia - Club Leandro N. Alem
Club Deportivo y Mutual Leandro N. Alem is an Argentine football club, located in General Rodríguez, Buenos Aires Province. The team currently plays in Primera C, the fourth division of the Argentine football league system.
The club was founded in 1925 by a group of dairy workers, and because of that, it was soon nicknamed El Lechero (The Milkman) although its denomination honoured Leandro Nicéforo Alem, an Argentine politician who was the founder and leader of the Unión Cívica Radical and also the uncle and political teacher of former President of Argentina Hipólito Yrigoyen.
Leando N. Alem used wears a uniform that is very similar to Boca Juniors, Argentina's most popular football team.
In the 2001 Primera C Metropolitana Clausura tournament the club set an Argentine record for the worst performance in a short season. They obtained only 1 point from 17 games, which led to their relegation to Primera D.
Club Leandro N. Alem har vunnit flera mästerskap på lägre nivå i det argentinska ligasystemet, inklusive Primera D Metropolitana 1993-94 och 2002-03. Klubben har också deltagit i Copa Argentina, som är den nationella cupen i Argentina.
Klubbens färger är grönt och vitt, och klubbens emblem pryds av en silhuett av en mjölktransportbil, en referens till klubbens smeknamn "El Lechero".
Club Leandro N. Alem har fostrat ett antal framstående spelare, såsom Darío Conca, Martín Palermo och Juan Román Riquelme. Klubben är känd för sin starka ungdomsakademi och har en passionerad fanbas som ofta fyller Estadio Leandro N. Alem till brädden.