Club Alianza Lima is a Peruvian professional sports club based in La Victoria District of Lima, Peru. It is widely known for having one of the most historical and successful professional football teams of Peru: they have won a total of twenty-three league titles of the Peruvian First Division and are currently the oldest team playing in this competition, since the club was founded in 1901. Alianza's home stadium is the Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, named after Alejandro Villanueva, one of the most important players the club had in their history. The stadium is also popularly known as Matute, name of the neighbourhood in which it is located. It is the most popular side in Peru, having the highest number of fans and followers.
Alianza enjoyed success throughout the first decades of their professional era. In 1987, a tragedy struck Alianza when the entire squad and coaching staff died in an airplane crash as the team was returning from an away fixture.
Alianza Lima has had a huge, long-standing rivalry with Universitario de Deportes, another popular football team of Lima, Peru. They play the Peruvian Clásico.
Alianza Lima's Stadium
The Club's headquarters are located at the district of La Victoria, city of Lima.
The infrastructure includes the Alejandro Villanueva Stadium with a capacity of 35,000 spectators, training facilities and administrative offices.
The stadium was inaugurated on 27 December 1974, Alianza Lima played Nacional de Uruguay and the score was a tie 2 – 2 in the short tournament.
Uruguayan architect Walter Lavalleja was responsible for the project, with contribution by Alfonso De Souza-Ferreyra. The first phase of works began on 30 May 1969.
Beginnings
The first Alianza Lima squad, during the years of its creation.
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
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.
Alianza participated in the amateur era of the Peruvian football league since the inaugural season 1912, winning its first title in 1918. During its first years, it played irregularly against other teams from Lima and the port of Callao. Its matches against Atlético Chalaco from Callao stirred interest as a clash between limeños and chalacos. Sport Alianza had started to become a popular team drawing large support and this was the first derby or "clasico".
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