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Alumni de Villa María

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Alumni de Villa María
Full nameClub Atlético Alumni
Nickname(s)Fortinero
Founded4 April 1934; 90 years ago (1934-04-04)
GroundPlaza Manuel Anselmo Ocampo, Villa María
Córdoba Province
Capacity10000
ChairmanLuís Vilella
ManagerRaul Maldonado
LeagueTorneo Federal B
2011–125th of Zone 2
Websitehttp://www.alumnivillamaria.com.ar/

Club Atlético Alumni (usually referred as Alumni de Villa María) is a football club from the city of Villa María, in Córdoba Province, Argentina. The squad currently plays in Torneo Federal B, the regionalised quarter division of the Argentine football league system.

At the end of the 2005–06 season Alumni was promoted from Torneo Argentino B, 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 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, which won 17 championships before being disbanded in 1913.

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