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.
A csapatot a "Lechero" ("Tejesember") becenévvel illetik, mivel José León Suárez városában nagy tradíciója van a tejtermelésnek. A klub stadionja a "Campo Municipal de Deportes", amely 3500 férőhelyes.
A Club Leandro N. Alem története során számos kiemelkedő játékost nevelt ki, köztük a világbajnok argentin válogatott tagjait, mint például Jorge Burruchaga és Ariel Ortega. A klub legnagyobb sikere az 1982-es Primera División C bajnoki címe.
A Club Leandro N. Alem szoros kapcsolatokat ápol a szomszédos Club Atlético Acassuso csapatával, és a két klub közötti derbit "Clásico de la zona norte" néven ismerik.