Club Alianza Lima
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| Full name | Club Alianza Lima (Lima Alliance Club) |
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| Nickname(s) | Aliancistas, Blanquiazules(The White & Blue Ones), Grones (Black Coloured Ones) , Intimos (The intimates), El Equipo del Pueblo (The People's Team) |
| Founded | 15 February 1901 |
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Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, Lima |
| Capacity | 35,000 |
| President |
 Renzo Ratto |
| Manager |
 Pablo Bengoechea
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| League | Torneo Descentralizado |
| 2016 | Descentralizado, 5th |
| Website | Club home page |
Club Alianza Lima is a Peruvian football club who plays at the Estadio Alejandro Villanueva in the La Victoria District of Lima, Peru. They are the oldest team in the Peruvian First Division.
Alianza enjoyed success throughout the first decades of their professional era. In 1987, tragedy struck Alianza when the entire squad and coaching staff were killed in an airplane crash as the team was returning from an away fixture. Alianza moved to its current stadium, named for Alejandro Villanueva, a player who is considered one of the most important Alianza strikers in the 1920s and 1930s.
The club is one of the most successful teams of Peru along with its archrival Universitario de Deportes and powerhouse Sporting Cristal. It has won a total of 22 League titles of the Peruvian First Division. The club is the most popular side in Peru, a distinction shared with Universitario. Alianza last won the League championship in 2006 and came in as runner-up in the 2009 and 2011 editions of the tournament.
The club was founded with the name Sport Alianza on 15 February 1901 by workers in the Alianza Racing Horse Stud, then property of twice President of Peru Augusto B. Leguía. The stud was located in downtown Lima at the time.
The club is one of the oldest professional football teams in Peru. It was founded on 15 February 1901, as Sport Alianza, named for the stable that hosted its first games. It is the only surviving founding member of the Peruvian Football League, created in 1912. The club's first kit was green and white, honoring founding member Eduardo Pedreschi's Italian heritage. Beginning in 1912, the colors of the Alianza stables, blue, white and black were used, and by the 1920s the classic vertically-striped jersey had become the definitive kit. After a name change to Alianza Lima in 1920, the club continued to compete on an amateur level until 1951, when the League turned professional.
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