Club Atlético Alumni (usually referred as Alumni de Villa María) is a

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club from the city of Villa María, in

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. The squad currently plays in Torneo Federal B, the regionalised quarter division of the

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. At the end of the 2005–06 season Alumni was promoted from

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, in which the team won its group, but lost the playoff for automatic promotion. Alumni then went into a promotion/relegation playoff with

General Paz Juniors Club Atlético General Paz Juniors is a sports club located in Córdoba, Argentina. The club is mostly known for its football team, which played in the regionalised Torneo Argentino A, having also achieving a title in 1999–2000. Other sports prac ...

from Argentino A. Alumni won the first leg 5–0, and won the tie 5–2 on aggregate to secure promotion. The name ''Alumni'' derives from one of the most famous clubs from the Amateur era of Argentine football. Buenos Aires English High School, later renamed

Alumni Athletic Club Alumni Athletic Club, or simply Alumni, was an Argentina, Argentine association football, football team active during the first years of the sport in that country. Although officially founded in 1898, the team had been formed in 1893 when a group ...

, which won 17 championships before being disbanded in 1913.

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Official website
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