Club Deportivo y Mutual Leandro N. Alem is an

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football club A football team is a group of players selected to play together in the various team sports known as football. Such teams could be selected to play in a match against an opposing team, to represent a football club, group, state or nation, an all- ...

, located in

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. The team currently plays in

Primera C The Primera C Metropolitana is one of the two professional leagues that form the fourth level of the Argentine football league system. Primera C Metropolitana is made up of 20 clubs mainly from the city of Buenos Aires and its metropolitan area (G ...

, the fourth division of the

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. 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

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and also the uncle and political teacher of former President of Argentina

Hipólito Yrigoyen Juan Hipólito del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Yrigoyen (; 12 July 1852 – 3 July 1933) was an Argentine politician of the Radical Civic Union and two-time President of Argentina, who served his first term from 1916 to 1922 and his second ...

. Leando N. Alem used wears a uniform that is very similar to

Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine sports club headquartered in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its professional football team which, since its promotion in 1913, has always played in the A ...

, Argentina's most popular football team. In the 2001

Primera C Metropolitana The Primera C Metropolitana is one of the two professional leagues that form the fourth level of the Argentine football league system. Primera C Metropolitana is made up of 20 clubs mainly from the city of Buenos Aires and its metropolitan area (Gr ...

Clausura tournament the club set an Argentine record for the worst performance in a short season. They obtained only 1 point from 17 games,RSSSF – Primera C Argentina 2000/01
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As of 13 February 2022:

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: 1 :: 1924 *

Primera D The Primera D is one of two leagues that form the fifth division of the Argentine football league system. Made up of 11 clubs from Buenos Aires Province, the league is the only one that remains amateur. The other league at level five is the Torne ...

: 2 :: 1957, 2006–07

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