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Club Atlético River Plate, normally known as River Plate, is an argentine professional sports clubhouse based in the Núñez neighborhood of Buenos Aires. Founded in 1901, the club is named after the English name for the city ‘s estuary, Río de la Plata. Although many sports are practiced at the club, River Plate is best known for its professional football team, which has won Argentina ‘s Primera División championship a commemorate of 37 times, its latest claim in 2021. domestic achievements besides include 12 national cups, with the 2018–19 Copa Argentina as the most late, making River Plate the nation ‘s most successful team in domestic competitions with a entire of 48 top-division titles. [ 5 ] [ 6 ]

At international level, River Plate has won 18 titles, [ 7 ] [ 8 ] with 12 organised by CONMEBOL and other international bodies. [ 9 ] River Plate ‘s official external achievements include four Copa Libertadores, one Intercontinental Cup, one Supercopa Sudamericana, one Copa Sudamericana, three Recopa Sudamericana, one Copa Interamericana and one Suruga Bank Championship. [ 10 ] Furthermore, the club has besides won six tournaments organized by AFA and AUF together : five Copa Dr. Ricardo Aldao, [ 11 ] and one Tie Cup. [ 12 ] In addition, River Plate ‘s reserve team won the U-20 Copa Libertadores in 2012. River Plate is the first and only team to simultaneously hold CONMEBOL ‘s four current major international competitions, [ 13 ] [ 14 ] after winning the 2014 Copa Sudamericana, 2015 Recopa Sudamericana, the 2015 Copa Libertadores, [ 15 ] and the 2015 Suruga Bank Championship. [ 13 ] In a survey published by the Argentine Football Association in 2016, 6 out of 11 players in the all-time Argentina home team had played for River Plate. [ 16 ] The club placed one-ninth in the FIFA Club of the Century poll in December 2000, [ 17 ] and in 2010, the International Federation of Football History & Statistics besides placed River Plate in ninth invest in a number of the best teams in the global during the 1990s and 2000s, ranking as the top South american golf club. [ 18 ] Among early achievements, River Plate is at the top of the list in the All-time Argentine Primera División table, being the Argentine team with most games won, fewest losses, most points accumulated, most goals scored, fewest goals against and best goal deviation since the beginning championship held in 1891, and is first in the Historical mesa of the Copa Libertadores, being the south american team with most games won. [ 19 ] river has a cutthroat competition with Boca Juniors. Matches between them are known as Superclásico, and the two teams ‘ competition is amongst the most heated in the sport, due to their local and global popularity. River ‘s home stadium, the Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, nicknamed El Monumental, is the largest in the country. apart from football, the clubhouse hosts a large variety of sports such as athletics, basque jai alai, stadium, chess, basketball, handball, cestoball, gymnastics, field ice hockey, karate, roller field hockey, roller skate, swim, tae kwon do, tennis, volleyball, waterpolo, and eSports. [ 20 ] [ 21 ]

history [edit ]

The team that achieved the promotion to first division in 1908 River Plate was founded on 25 May 1901, close to the La Boca vicinity ( later the base of ferocious rivals Boca Juniors ). The institution was formed after the fusion of two clubs, “ Santa Rosa ” and “ La Rosales ”, with Leopoldo Bard being elected as its first base president. The name was chosen because of an incident during the construction of Buenos Aires Port : one of the members had seen how the workers of Dique nº 3 left their duties for a while to play a football match. The boxes they were working with just said “ The River Plate ” ( the mention the English gave to the Río de la Plata ) and that inscription was taken to name the new cabaret. River Plate affiliated to the Argentine Football Association in 1905, debuting in the third division against Facultad de Medicina. On 13 December 1908, the team was promoted to first division after beating Racing Club 2–1. however, the match was declared nothing ascribable to River supporters jumping onto the battlefield to celebrate with the players, so a new match had to be played. River again won, this time 7–0, to achieve promotion. In 1914 River won its foremost domestic championship, the Copa de Competencia Jockey Club [ 22 ] and its first external title, the Copa de Competencia Chevallier Boutell. The nickname Los Millonarios came after the acquisition of winger Carlos Peucelle in 1931 for $ 10,000 and Bernabé Ferreyra for $ 35,000 ( Large total of money for the menstruation ) in 1932. In the be years, River Plate consolidated its place as one of the most popular teams of Argentina, and the twentieth hundred brought much success. The baseball club ‘s record of 28 official tournaments saw them dubbed El Campeón del Siglo ( The Champions of the Century ). [ 23 ]

uniform [edit ]

Kit evolution [edit ]

Notes
  1. ^[24] There are different versions about the lineage of the loss dance band ; some state that it was first wear during a carnival celebration while other say that River Plate adopted the ring to distinguish themselves from a team of Villa Devoto that besides had flannel jerseys .
  2. ^[24][25] has remained (with few exceptions) as the away kit This new jersey, worn as the home kit out until 1932, has remained ( with few exceptions ) as the away kit out
  3. ^this is the River Plate jersey”.[26] In March 1932, president of the baseball club, Antonio Liberti, reissued the red isthmus jersey, after he came to the changing room and said to players : “ Take care of it, boys, becauseis the River Plate jersey ” .

River Plate jerseys exhibited in a corner of the city of Buenos Aires in 1955 A 1985 Adidas jersey tire by Américo Gallego at the River Plate Museum Adidas has been River Plate ‘s consistent supplier since 1982, becoming one of the caller ‘s largest sponsorship deals in the worldly concern, only behind german club Bayern Munich. [ 27 ] The US $ 60 million partnership with the german sports company signed in 2015 ( extending the bargain to 2021 ) marked the most expensive kit agreement in the history of Argentine football. [ 28 ] [ 29 ]

badge [edit ]

The “ lion ” emblem used between 1984 and 1989 As in many football shirts and sports in cosmopolitan, the team ‘s jersey has a badge on its front, as a symbol of the institution. When the River Plate jersey was created it did not have a badge, and its presence varied throughout the history, according to the designs of each era. [ 30 ] Currently it is embroidered on the jersey, with three colors ( loss, white and black ). Its format resembles that of the jersey, as it has a red band that crosses it, along with the acronym of the golf club ( CARP ) in black, and the background is white, in a stylize design. When Hugo Santilli became president in 1984, he soon called to a competition where a raw emblem would be chosen. The main objective of this new image was to eradicate the dub Gallinas (Chicken) that River ‘s rivals ( Boca Juniors fans chiefly ) used to mock them. Artists from Argentina took share in that competition. The club ultimately chose a logo designed by the artist Caloi. This emblem showed the number of a lion ( wearing a River jersey ) rising from the Monumental stadium. The lion logo was immediately added to the uniforms ( on the discipline and education clothes ) having River Plate won the Copa Libertadores de América and European/South American Cup using the lion logo. In 1989, when Santilli left the club so the leo went with him and has not been reestablished since. [ 31 ]

  • 1930
  • 1941
  • 1947
  • 1969
  • 1993
  • 1998
  • 2006

competition [edit ]

River Plate and Boca Juniors are the two largest football clubs in Argentina, with more than half the area ‘s football fans supporting the golf club. Due to the competition between them, the Boca Juniors vs River Plate Superclásico local bowler hat match was listed by the BBC as one of the most celebrated derbies in the world. [ 32 ] It was besides acclaimed in 2004 as the number one of the Fifty sporting things you must do before you die by The Observer newspaper. [ 33 ]

Club nicknames [edit ]

The “ River Plate ” name was chosen in 1901, when the team was still located at the La Boca neighborhood, next to the Río de la Plata ( “ River Plate ” in some English sources ). Proposed name as “ Club Atlético Forward ”, “ Juventud Boquense ” or “ La Rosales ” had been rejected. Pedro Martínez saw the name “ The River Plate ” written at ship containers, and proposed it as a name, which was ultimately accepted as the official name. [ 34 ] river fans and the press are adoring of the nickname Los Millonarios ( The Millionaires ). This appoint derives from the 1930s after some expensive transfers of players from other clubs, including Carlos Peucelle from Sportivo Buenos Aires in 1931 and Bernabé Ferreyra from Tigre in 1932. [ 35 ] due to the bolshevik ring in their shirt, it is besides common to refer to River as El Equipo de la Banda ( the team with the band ) or plainly La Banda ( which means “ the band ”, but can besides mean “ the band ” -both as in “ gang ” and “ musical group ” ). River Plate ‘s forwards between 1941 and 1946 were given the nickname La Máquina ( The Machine ), ascribable to their synchronization and movements on the field. [ 36 ] There was besides a river Plate team that was known as La Maquinita ( The Little Machine, as tribute to its predecessor ) in the 1950s. Managed by José María Minella, the team earned the nickname after winning five championships in six years ( 1952–57 ). [ 37 ] Some luminary players were Alfredo Di Stéfano, Santiago Vernazza, Walter Gómez, Enrique Omar Sívori, among others. Some members of the original Máquina of the 1940s such as Labruna and Loustau, were besides depart of the team. [ 38 ]

Stadiums [edit ]

The stadium built by River Plate in La Boca. The club played its home games there from 1915 to 1923. The Estadio Antonio Liberti ( nicknamed El Monumental ) placed in Belgrano neighborhood of Buenos Aires is River Plate ‘s stadium. With a capacity of 65,645, it was inaugurated on 25 May 1938. The Argentina national football team normally plays its home games at the stadium. Since its establishment in 1901, River Plate stadiums has been : [ 39 ]

accompaniment [edit ]

River Plate supporters walking towards the stadium in 1938 River Plate fans welcome the team in a superclásico in 2010. In a inquiry from a european mutant marketing agency about the football teams with more members in the world, River Plate is in the sixth position, with 123,000 members, the highest in the Americas. The rank is led by Barcelona of Spain and Benfica of Portugal. [ 40 ] [ 41 ] In a rank made in 2018 by the Bundesliga about the football clubs with more members, River Plate appears in the sixth situation with 146,000 members, surpassing clubs like FC Barcelona, Real Madrid CF and Manchester United F.C. among other football global powers. [ 42 ] [ 43 ] On 8 October 2012, “ The world ‘s longest football pin ” was unveiled in a caravan in which approximately 15,000 supporters took part. It was made wholly by fans who carried the 7,830 meters pin along the streets of Buenos Aires. [ 44 ] [ 45 ] The away jersey of the 2012–13 season was the most sold throughout the earth during the calendar month of September 2012, an accomplishment that had not reached any Argentine team. [ 46 ] [ 47 ] In 2015, the baseball club participated in the FIFA Club World Cup and played against Sanfrecce Hiroshima at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka on 16 December, and on 20 December in the final against FC Barcelona at the International Stadium Yokohama. The issue of River Plate supporters who traveled to Japan during that period were between 15,000 and 20,000, [ 48 ] [ 49 ] a commemorate in the rival. [ 50 ] river Plate has official subsidiaries in provinces such as Santa Fe, Tucumán, Córdoba, Entre Ríos, Mendoza, Tierra del Fuego, Catamarca, among others, and in Spain, Mexico, Australia, the United States, Paraguay and Canada. [ 51 ] There are besides unofficial fan clubs in all romance american countries, and besides in Spain, Italy, England, Israel, Australia, Germany, the United States and New Zealand. [ 52 ]

Players [edit ]

current police squad [edit ]

As of 3 June 2021[53]

note : Flags indicate home team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

Reserve team [edit ]

note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

Out on loanword [edit ]

note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

top goalscorers [edit ]

Most appearances [edit ]

youth academy [edit ]

From its initiation in 1901 to the award, the lower divisions of River Plate have protagonized glorious moments in their categories. The River Plate Academy is recognized on a continental and earth level for the amount of talents that have emerged throughout it. River produced many of the best players in the history of football, including most of the institution ‘s peak idols. Its chief objective is to supply players with big future to the first team and educate academically, ethically and athletically its members. [ 54 ]
Legends of football not only had the privilege of playing in the first division of the golf club Millonario, but besides wore the red and ashen new jersey since the youth categories. The lower divisions of River Plate, besides known as “ El Semillero ” [ 55 ] has always been the most fruitful of Argentina, the most crucial and besides the one with the greatest success. [ 56 ] Historically it is considered as the best soccer training school of the Americas and one of the best in the populace. [ 57 ] [ 58 ] Two players who won the Ballon d’Or, Alfredo Di Stéfano and Omar Sívori, were born from “ El Semillero “ .
River Plate players among the 50 best footballers in South America in the XX century according to IFFHS [ 59 ]
José Manuel Moreno and Alfredo Di Stéfano
Some of the most distinctive and famous players who emerged from the River Plate Academy

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FIFA World Cup winners [edit ]

Player gallery [edit ]

celebrated managers [edit ]

Marcelo Gallardo is the most successful River Plate manager in club’s history with 13 titles won Marcelo Gallardo is the clubhouse ‘s most successful coach of all-time, with thirteen titles. Gallardo ( appointed in 2014 ) is the current coach and under his direction, River Plate has won most of its international championships. domestic titles won include three Copa Argentina ( 2015–16, 2016–17 and 2018–19 ) and two Supercopa Argentina ( 2017, 2019 ). He has been specially successful in the international scene, having won two Copa Libertadores ( 2015, 2018 ), one Copa Sudamericana ( 2014 ), three Recopa Sudamericana ( 2015, 2016, 2019 ), and one Suruga Bank Championship ( 2015 ). respective of these championship wins included memorable victories against archrivals Boca Juniors. Ramón Díaz had three tenures on River Plate ( 1995–2000, 2001–02, and 2012–14 ), being the baseball club ‘s most successful coach in the domestic scene, having achieved six Primera División titles ( 1996–97 Torneo Apertura, 1996–97 Torneo Clausura, 1997–98 Torneo Apertura, 1999–2000 Torneo Apertura, 2001–02 Torneo Clausura, 2013–14 Torneo Final ) and one Copa Campeonato ( 2014 ) [ 61 ] ; internationally, he won the Copa Libertadores ( 1996 ) and one Supercopa Libertadores ( 1997 ). José María Minella was another noteworthy coach with eight titles won with River Plate, seven Primera División championships ( 1945, 1947, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957 ) and one Copa Dr. Ricardo Aldao ( 1947 ). Ángel Labruna had an great career not entirely as actor ( he is club ‘s all-time topscorer with 293 goals in 515 matches played ), but as bus for the baseball club, having won six Primera División championships ( 1975 Torneo Metropolitano, 1975 Torneo Nacional, 1977 Torneo Metropolitano, 1979 Torneo Nacional, 1979 Torneo Metropolitano, and 1980 Torneo Metropolitano ). Héctor Veira won the Copa Libertadores de América with River Plate, in 1986. That like year the team won the European/South american Cup played in Tokyo. Under his coaching the golf club besides won the 1985–86 Argentine championship, totalizing three titles with River Plate .

Honours [edit ]

National [edit ]

league [edit ]

National cups [edit ]

International [edit ]

friendly international [edit ]

Youth external [edit ]

friendly [edit ]

Notes
  1. ^Memoria y Balance (Annual Report) published by the AFA that year, River Plate is mentioned as “1936 Champion” while San Lorenzo is only mentioned as “Copa de honor winning team”.[62] In its 100th anniversary book published in 1993, the AFA listed River Plate as the only 1936 champion.[63] In 2013, the AFA included three 1936 championships on its website, mentioning River Plate as Copa de Oro and Copa Campeonato winner and San Lorenzo as Copa de Honor winner, therefore both clubs added one league title to their honours.[64][65] Moreover, some historians consider Copa de Oro a national cup instead of a league championship, stating that it was only contested to qualify an Argentine representative to play the [66] The 1936 season was divided into two single round-robin tournaments, “ Copa Campeonato ” ( won by River Plate ) and “ Copa de Honor ” ( won by San Lorenzo ). At the end of the temper, both teams played the “ Copa de Oro ”, a single meet won by River. In its ( annual Report ) published by the AFA that year, River Plate is mentioned as “ 1936 Champion ” while San Lorenzo is merely mentioned as “ Copa de honor winning team ” .In its hundredth anniversary record published in 1993, the AFA listed River Plate as the only 1936 champion.In 2013, the AFA included three 1936 championships on its web site, mentioning River Plate as Copa de Oro and Copa Campeonato winner and San Lorenzo as Copa de Honor achiever, therefore both clubs added one league deed to their honours.Moreover, some historians consider Copa de Oro a national cup alternatively of a league championship, stating that it was only contested to qualify an Argentine congressman to play the Copa Aldao against the uruguayan supporter .
  2. ^[70] title shared ex-wife aequo with Liga Cultural de Santiago del Estero .
  3. ^ Organised by UEFA and CONMEBOL together
  4. a b c d e CONMEBOL contest
  5. ^ Organised by CONMEBOL and CONCACAF
  6. ^ Organised by JFA and CONMEBOL
  7. a b Organised by AFA and AUF together
  8. ^[72] unofficial trophy contested between Copa Sudamericana and UEFA Europa League winners .

other sports [edit ]

basketball [edit ]

The basketball team presently plays in the Torneo Federal de Básquetbol. In 1950, the first FIBA World Championship was played in Buenos Aires and Argentina claimed the gold decoration with 3 River Plate players : Alberto López, Leopoldo Contarbio and Vito Liva. The club won a Campeonato Argentino title in 1983, and finished in the second station in the Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes Campeones de Básquetbol in 1984. The last edition of the Campeonato Argentino was held in that year, and River Plate was defeated in the finals, then playing at its successor competition, Liga Nacional de Básquetbol, between 1985–93 and 2004–06. The team reached the finals in 1988, and for the 1989 and 1990 seasons, Héctor Campana became the top scorer of the LNB, playing for River Plate. The team besides achieved 2nd put in 2004 and 2005 editions of Copa Argentina. Since 2014, after eight years of absence in master basketball, River Plate returned to national tournaments playing the CABB Federal Basketball Tournament. [ 85 ]

Field field hockey [edit ]

river Plate field field hockey team play Club Ciudad in 2011 The women ‘s field ice hockey team is affiliated to the Buenos Aires Hockey Association ( AHBA ) [ 86 ] and presently playing in Torneo Metropolitano A, the top division of regional ice hockey in Argentina. In 2016, the squad ( dub Las Vikingas ) won its inaugural Metropolitano backing after beating Ciudad de Buenos Aires by 3–2 at the final. [ 87 ] In 2017, Las Vikingas won their third base straight Hockey National League after defeating Club Italiano by 2–0 at the final, therefore becoming one of the two clubs with most titles at the national tournament. [ 88 ] Two players from River Plate, Lucina von five hundred Heyde and Bianca Donati, who were Junior World Champions in Chile 2016, made their debut in a populace cup in London 2018. Von five hundred Heyde was named the FIH Rising Star of the Year. [ 89 ]

Futsal [edit ]

The futsal team plays in the Argentine División de Honor. The team won three championships in 1991, 2002 and 2003, and two Copa Argentina de Futsal in 2016 and 2017. [ 90 ] The team besides achieved a third base position in the Copa Libertadores de Futsal in 2013. [ 91 ]

handball [edit ]

river is one of the founding clubs of the Federación Metropolitana de Balonmano ( Fe.Me.Bal. ) and it is besides the initiation that won more championships in local anesthetic history. [ 92 ] All these titles have been obtained in the metropolitan and national levels, either in Metropolitan, Aperturas, Clausuras, Super 4 or Nacionales Tournaments, or the Federal League. The men ‘s team won 32 domestic titles and the gold decoration in the south american Men ‘s Club Handball Championship in 1984. [ 93 ] The team besides achieved 2 Bronze medals in the lapp competition and 4 Bronze medals in the Pan American Men ‘s Club Handball Championship. The women ‘s team won 9 national titles, and the ash grey decoration in the south american Women ‘s Club Handball Championship in 1984 and the bronze decoration in 1987. [ 94 ] The more outstanding players in the baseball club ‘s history are Guillermo Till, Claudio Straffe, Freddy Ambrosini, Gabriel Canzoniero and Juan Ojea .

Swimming [edit ]

The stream swim team has its origins in 2003, after many years in which the Club Atlético River Plate had no representatives in the national championships of this discipline. The draft to form the best team in the country was led by Professor Rodolfo Sacco and had the best results that had never been achieved in the institution. The team began to form from a contractual relationship with the swimmer José Meolans, [ 95 ] one of the Argentine swimmers with most titles won. [ 96 ] many high-level swimmers, trained in other institutions began to approach to be part of what would be the best team in the area for the coming years. [ 97 ] other swimmers from River Plate who represented Argentina in the Olympics include Meolans himself, Georgina Bardach, Eduardo Germán Otero, Walter Arciprete, Agustín Fiorilli, María del Pilar Pereyra, Juan Pereyra, Damián Blaum, Javiera Salcedo, Pablo Martín Abal, Cecilia Biagioli .

tennis [edit ]

tennis is a frolic practiced in River Plate since 1923. [ 98 ] Currently, River Plate counts with 10 mud courts and one hard court. As in other disciplines, the Club stands out for its large number of teams participating in the official tournaments organized by the Asociación Argentina de Tenis, vitamin a well as having crucial activities and competitions for the exploitation of this sport in the nation. [ 99 ] Gabriela Sabatini, who is considered the best argentine women ‘s tennis player in history and an picture in home women ‘s frolic, began practicing at River at old age 6, under the direction of Professor Daniel Fidalgo, with whom she trained for seven years. When she was 12 years erstwhile, she participated in the Mundialito Infantil de Caracas, winning the competition, and ratifying once again the talent she had already shown during his engagement in metropolitan and national children ‘s tournaments. [ 100 ]

volleyball [edit ]

Women ‘s volleyball at River Plate River Plate Women ‘s division reached the national deed four times, being one of the top champions of the league and the first gear to be champion three consecutive times ( 2005 to 2007 ). [ 101 ] The men ‘s volleyball team won the Liga Argentina de Voleibol in the 1998–99 season with the Brazilians Jefferson, Marcos Dreyer, and the nationals Marcelo Román, Diego Gutiérrez and Luis Gálvez [ 102 ] and the Súper 4 in 2003. [ 103 ] The team besides won 8 Metropolitan Leagues between 1956 and 2011 .
María Pía Gomez scoring a finish for the women ‘s team in 2011 The River Plate women ‘s football team plays in the Campeonato de Fútbol Femenino and have won the championship 11 times of which five were in sequence from 1993 to 1997. The team achieved the third base place in the 2017 Copa Libertadores Femenina .

other [edit ]

In accession to the note sports, River Plate ‘s sections include aesthetic gymnastics, artistic roller skate, athletics, basque jai alai, boxing, bowl, chess, karate, rhythmical gymnastics, roller field hockey, tae kwon do, table tennis and waterpolo .

References [edit ]

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