Club Atlético River Plate

Foundation

Date: May 25, 1901. Merger of: "Santa Rosa Football Club" and "La Rosales". River Plate was the name chosen among: Forward, Juventud Boquense, La Rosales and River Plate.

Official Championships and Cups.

1908: Second Division. 1914: Copa Competencia "Jockey Club". 1914: Tie Cup Competition. 1920: Amateur First Division. 1932: First Division. 1932: Copa Competencia. 1936: First Division. 1936: Copa de Oro. 1936: Copa Mr. Ricardo C. Aldao. 1937: First Division. (2nd. league in row) 1937: Copa Doctor Carlos Ibarguren. 1937: Copa Mr. Ricardo C. Aldao. 1941: First Division. 1941: Copa Doctor Carlos Ibarguren. 1941: Copa Mr. Adrián C. Escobar. 1941: Copa Mr. Ricardo C. Aldao. 1942: First Division. (2nd. league in row) 1942: Copa Doctor Carlos Ibarguren. 1945: First Division. 1945: Copa Mr. Ricardo C. Aldao. 1947: First Division. 1947: Copa Mr. Ricardo C. Aldao. 1952: First Division. 1953: First Division. (2nd. league in row) 1955: First Division. 1956: First Division. (2nd. league in row) 1957: First Division. (3rd. league in row) 1975: Metropolitano. 1975: Nacional. (2nd. league in row) 1977: Metropolitano. 1979: Metropolitano. 1979: Nacional. (2nd. league in row) 1980: Metropolitano. (3rd. league in row) 1981: Nacional. 1985/6: First Division. 1986: Copa Libertadores. 1986: Copa Intercontinental. 1986: Copa Interamericana. 1989/0: First Division. 1991/2: Apertura. 1993/4: Apertura. 1994/5: Apertura. 1996: Copa Libertadores. 1996/7: Apertura. 1996/7: Clausura. (2nd. league in row) 1997: Supercopa. 1997/8: Apertura. (3rd. league in row) 1999/0: Apertura. 1999/0: Clausura. (2nd. league in row)

Official nickname

"Los Millonarios" (The Millionaires).

Stadiums:

1901: Dársena Sud (East) - Carboneras Wilson. 1906: Sarandí. 1907: Dársena Sud (West). 1914: Caballito (Ferro Carril Oeste). 1915: La Boca (Caboto, Aristóbulo del Valle, Pedro de Mendoza and Pinzón). 1923: Palermo (Avenida Alvear and Tagle). 1938: Estadio Monumental "Antonio Vespucio Liberti" Avenida Figueroa Alcorta 7597 Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. Capacity: 85.000

Presidents:

1901: Leopoldo Bard. 1909: José H. Bernasconi. 1912: Antonio L. Zolezzi. 1913: Benito J. Cassanello. 1914: Enrique Zanni. 1917: Livio Ratto. 1919: Enrique Zanni. 1921: José Bacigaluppi. 1925: Antonio L. Zolezzi. 1928: José Bacigaluppi. 1932: Luis T. Minuto. 1932: Ángel Molinari. 1933: Antonio Vespucio Liberti. 1936: José J. Degrossi. 1939: Antonio Vespucio Liberti. 1940: José J. Degrossi. 1943: Antonio Vespucio Liberti. 1953: Enrique Pardo. 1960: Antonio Vespucio Liberti. 1967: Roberto Llauró. 1968: Julián Williams Kent. 1974: Rafael Aragón Cabrera. 1984: Hugo Santilli. 1989: Osvaldo Di Carlo. 1990: Alfredo A. Davicce. 1997: David Pintado.

Official web page:

http://www.cariverplate.com.ar/

Colours:

First Shirt: White, red sash. Short: Black. Socks: White. Second Shirt: White and red vertical stripes. A narrow black stripe between white and red stripes each. Short: White. Socks: White and red horizontal stripes.

First Official Match.

Third Division. River Plate 2-3 Facultad de Medicina. Date: 30 Apr, 1905. Field: Dársena Sur. River Plate: S. Zanni; D. Ceballos, L. Tarrico; L. Bard (c), P. Moltedo, E. Juanich; J. Kitzler, P. Martínez, E. Rolón, L. Flores, E. Zanni. Facultad de Medicina: A. Villa; B. A. Mariotti (c), E. Duvini; M. Espina, T. González, R. Coulín; J. González Lelong, N. Tagliavache, T. Martini, J. Bellido, P. Esperoni. Referee: Ratto.

Promotion to First Division.

Second Division. Final Match. River Plate 7-0 Racing Club Date: 27 Dec, 1908. River Plate: Luraschi; Chiappe, Politano; Messina, Morroni, Chagneaud; Anapodisto García, Grifero, Abaca Gómez, Elías Fernández, Priano. 5' 1-0 Grifero. 22' 2-0 Abaca Gómez. 24' 3-0 Vigil (o.g.) 55' 4-0 Politano. 63' 5-0 Chiappe. 72' 6-0 Grifero. 85' 7-0 Chiappe.

First Match in First Division.

2 May, 1909. River Plate 5-0 Argentino de Quilmes.

First International Cup.

Tie Cup Competition. 20 Dec, 1914. Field: Ferro Carril Oeste. River Plate 1-0 Brístol (URU) River Plate: Isola; Chiappe, Lanata; Peruzzi, Cándido García, Elli; Fraga, Penney, Giannetto, Martín, Savesi. 1-0 Gianneto.

First Official Professional Match.

Atlanta 0-1 River Plate 31 May, 1931. Field: Atlanta. Atlanta: Maccarone; Basílico, Simón; Saint Estévez, Torres, J. Alonso; Romano, Baztarrica, Santillán, Capra, Passini. River Plate: J. Iribarren; Belvidares, J. C. Iribarren; Malazzo, Dañil, Cecarelli; Gondar, Artel, Ganduglia, Locasso, C. Méndez. 73' 0-1 Locasso.

"La Máquina" (The Machine)

The most famous team in this history: Barrios; Vaghi, Ferreyra; Yácono, Rodolfi, Ramos; Muñoz, Moreno, Pedernera, Labruna, Loustau. Other players: Lettieri, Soriano; Rodríguez; Videla, Giúdice, Rossi; Deambrosi, Gallo.

History in Argentine Leagues.

Third Division.

1905 12 2 1 9 16: 38 5 7th. Group A

Second Division

1906 9 2 0 7 6: 19 4 6th. Group B 1907 19 13 3 3 24: 14 30 Runner-up 1908 11 9 1 1 42: 15 19 Champion

Amateur First Division.

1909 18 11 2 5 35: 26 24 Runner-up 1910 16 4 4 8 27: 37 12 7th. 1911 16 6 4 6 22: 31 16 5th. 1912 10 3 1 6 8: 23 7 6th. 1913 19 13 5 1 36: 12 31 2nd. Group A 1914 12 6 2 4 15: 12 14 5th. 1915 24 16 6 2 58: 17 38 3rd. 1916 21 10 9 2 27: 10 29 3rd. 1917 20 12 6 2 35: 14 30 Runner-up 1918 19 9 7 3 30: 17 25 Runner-up 1919 13 6 4 3 16: 11 16 3rd. 1920 34 25 6 3 70: 22 56 Champion 1921 38 25 4 9 69: 30 54 Runner-up 1922 40 25 11 4 58: 18 61 Runner-up 1923 20 14 3 3 29: 12 31 3rd. 1924 23 13 5 5 30: 20 31 5th. 1925 24 7 6 11 21: 24 20 17th. 1926 25 10 4 11 32: 24 24 11th. 1927 33 17 6 10 53: 35 40 10th. 1928 35 20 6 9 68: 42 46 7th. 1929 18 13 3 2 28: 11 29 3rd. 1930 35 22 8 5 66: 29 52 3rd.

Professional First Division.

1931 34 19 6 9 63: 40 44 3rd. 1932 35 23 6 6 84: 43 52 Champion 1933 34 20 6 8 71: 36 46 4th. 1934 39 23 4 12 91: 44 50 4th. 1935 34 19 6 9 71: 47 44 5th. 1936 17 13 2 2 49: 19 28 Champion 1937 34 27 4 3 106: 43 58 Champion 1938 32 23 5 4 105: 49 51 Runner-up 1939 36 24 5 7 108: 49 53 Runner-up 1940 34 17 8 9 92: 54 42 3rd. 1941 30 19 6 5 75: 35 44 Champion 1942 30 20 6 4 79: 37 46 Champion 1943 30 19 6 5 74: 38 44 Runner-up 1944 30 17 10 3 68: 43 44 Runner-up 1945 30 20 6 4 66: 34 46 Champion 1946 30 17 7 6 59: 34 41 3rd. 1947 30 22 4 4 90: 37 48 Champion 1948 30 12 13 5 59: 48 37 Runner-up 1949 36 20 7 9 77: 37 47 Runner-up 1950 34 15 8 11 68: 57 38 4th. 1951 32 16 11 5 69: 42 43 3rd. 1952 30 17 6 7 65: 48 40 Champion 1953 30 18 7 5 60: 36 43 Champion 1954 30 16 6 8 56: 37 38 3rd. 1955 30 18 9 3 53: 35 45 Champion 1956 30 17 9 4 61: 32 43 Champion 1957 30 19 8 3 75: 34 46 Champion 1958 30 14 9 7 62: 46 35 5th. (2 points deducted) 1959 30 14 4 12 49: 45 32 7th. 1960 30 16 7 7 46: 29 39 Runner-up 1961 30 15 8 7 53: 30 38 3rd. 1962 28 18 5 5 61: 28 41 Runner-up 1963 26 13 9 4 48: 23 35 Runner-up 1964 30 13 11 6 42: 30 37 3rd. 1965 34 22 5 7 55: 24 49 Runner-up 1966 38 22 12 4 66: 26 56 Runner-up 1985/6 36 23 10 3 74: 26 56 Champion 1986/7 38 13 13 12 54: 49 39 10th. 1987/8 38 17 12 9 51: 40 46 4th. 1988/9 38 16 13 9 61: 36 67 4th. 1989/0 38 20 13 5 48: 20 53 Champion

Metropolitano Championship.

1967 22 9 5 8 31: 23 23 6th. Group B 1968 23 12 7 4 32: 19 31 Semifinalist 1969 24 12 8 4 36: 25 32 Runner-up 1970 20 10 7 3 42: 24 27 Runner-up 1971 36 14 11 11 60: 52 39 6th. 1972 34 15 10 9 64: 52 40 4th. 1973 32 15 7 10 59: 56 37 5th. 1974 18 9 2 7 37: 28 20 3rd. Group A 1975 38 23 9 6 72: 38 55 Champion 1976 33 15 10 8 56: 37 40 5th. 1977 44 25 13 6 83: 46 63 Champion 1978 40 16 13 11 59: 47 45 6th. 1979 22 13 6 3 41: 24 32 Champion 1980 36 20 11 5 64: 33 51 Champion 1981 34 14 11 9 62: 50 39 4th. 1982 36 12 10 14 43: 46 34 10th. 1983 36 10 9 17 37: 50 29 18th. 1984 36 15 13 8 51: 38 43 4th.

Nacional Championship.

1967 15 9 1 5 33: 15 19 5th. 1968 17 10 5 2 38: 16 25 Runner-up 1969 19 13 5 1 38: 13 31 Runner-up 1970 20 11 4 5 30: 20 26 3rd. Group A 1971 14 8 5 1 26: 13 21 4th. 1972 15 11 2 2 53: 26 24 Runner-up 1973 18 11 3 4 35: 24 25 Runner-up 1974 18 7 5 6 33: 20 19 5th. Group B 1975 23 17 3 3 54: 25 37 Champion 1976 19 12 4 3 34: 16 28 Runner-up 1977 14 7 1 6 32: 15 15 3rd. Group C 1978 20 12 5 3 40: 18 29 Runner-up 1979 20 10 6 4 39: 21 26 Champion 1980 16 9 1 6 35: 24 19 Quarterfinal 1981 20 10 8 2 31: 14 28 Champion 1982 16 4 6 6 20: 27 14 6th. Group A 1983 16 6 6 4 12: 8 18 Quarterfinal 1984 14 9 2 3 32: 13 20 Runner-up 1985 14 9 2 3 26: 12 20 3rd.

Pre Libertadores Tournament.

1976 1 1 0 0 4: 1 2 Qualified 1988 4 1 2 1 4: 4 4 1989 13 8 4 1 17: 5 20 Qualified 1991 4 2 2 0 4: 0 6 1992 3 2 1 0 4: 2 5 Qualified 1999 1 1 0 0 3: 2 3 Qualified

Apertura Championship.

1990/1 19 11 4 4 29: 13 26 Runner-up 1991/2 19 14 3 2 33: 11 31 Champion 1992/3 19 10 5 4 28: 13 23 Runner-up (2 points deducted) 1993/4 19 9 6 4 29: 17 24 Champion 1994/5 19 12 7 0 31: 14 31 Champion 1995/6 19 7 8 4 21: 20 29 7th. 1996/7 19 15 1 3 52: 22 46 Champion 1997/8 19 14 3 2 43: 17 45 Champion 1998/9 19 5 7 7 27: 27 22 15th. 1999/0 19 13 5 1 45: 21 44 Champion

Clausura Championship.

1990/1 19 4 11 4 19: 19 19 9th. 1991/2 19 8 8 3 31: 22 24 5th. 1992/3 19 10 3 6 33: 21 23 3rd. 1993/4 19 7 7 5 24: 14 21 5th. 1994/5 19 7 4 8 29: 30 18 10th. 1995/6 19 6 3 10 32: 33 21 14th. 1996/7 19 12 5 2 37: 20 41 Champion 1997/8 19 7 8 4 32: 24 29 7th. 1998/9 19 11 4 4 37: 19 37 Runner-up 1999/0 19 12 6 1 44- 17 42 Champion

History in Argentine Cups

Copa El Diario (3rd. level).

1905 2 1 0 1 3: 2 2 Quarterfinal

Copa Bullrich (2nd. level).

1906 1 0 0 1 1: 9 0 1/ 8 Final 1907 1 0 0 1 1: 3 0 1/16 Final 1908 2 1 0 1 3: 4 2 2nd. round

Copa Competencia.

1909 4 1 2 1 7: 8 4 Quarterfinal 1910 1 0 0 1 0: 3 0 1/ 8 Final 1911 1 0 0 1 1: 2 0 1/ 8 Final 1912 2 0 1 1 4: 5 1 1/ 8 Final 1913 1 0 0 1 2: 3 0 1/16 Final 1914 6 5 1 0 16: 5 11 Champion 1915 5 3 1 1 9: 5 7 Quarterfinal 1916 5 3 1 1 10: 4 7 Semifinal 1917 2 1 0 1 1: 1 2 1/16 Final 1918 6 4 0 1 6: 2 8 Runner-up 1919 2 1 0 1 5: 3 2 1/ 8 Final 1924 11 7 3 1 18: 8 17 Semifinal 1925 8 5 2 1 9: 5 12 Semifinal 1926 8 4 2 2 12: 4 10 Semifinal 1932 5 4 1 0 12: 5 9 Champion 1933 2 0 0 2 1: 4 0 2nd. round 1944 1 0 0 1 2: 3 0 1/ 8 Final 1945 2 1 0 1 5: 4 2 Quarterfinal 1946 3 2 0 1 12: 6 4 Semifinal 1948 1 0 0 1 1: 3 0 1st. round

Copa de Honor.

1909 2 1 0 1 5: 3 2 Semifinal 1910 1 1 0 0 3: 1 2 Not defined 1911 1 0 0 1 1: 1 0 1/ 8 Final (lost points) 1912 1 0 0 1 0: 3 0 1/ 8 Final 1913 1 0 0 1 2: 4 0 1/ 8 Final 1915 2 1 0 1 2: 1 2 1/16 Final 1916 1 0 0 1 0: 1 0 1/32 Final 1917 7 5 1 1 16: 6 11 Runner-up 1918 2 1 0 1 4: 3 2 1/ 8 Final 1936 17 9 3 5 35: 25 21 6th.

Copa Beccar Varela.

1932 5 1 1 3 3: 10 3 5th. Group C

Copa Consuelo.

1933 1 0 0 1 0: 1 0 Quarterfinal

Copa de Oro.

1936 1 1 0 0 4: 2 2 Champion

Copa Doctor Carlos Ibarguren.

1937 1 1 0 0 5: 0 2 Champion 1941 1 1 0 0 3: 0 2 Champion 1942 1 1 0 0 7: 0 2 Champion

Copa Mr. Adrián C. Escobar.

1939 2 0 1 1 0: 1 1 Semifinal 1941 2 2 0 0 3: 1 4 Champion 1942 2 0 1 1 0: 2 1 Runner-up 1943 1 0 0 1 0: 1 0 Quarterfinal 1944 1 0 1 0 0: 0 1 Quarterfinal 1949 2 0 1 1 1: 3 1 Semifinal

Copa Pedro Pablo Ramírez.

1943 1 0 0 1 3: 4 0 1st. round

Copa Suecia.

1958 14 4 3 7 23: 30 11 7th. Group B

Copa Centenario.

1993 9 6 1 2 15: 10 13 Runner-up

History in international tournaments

Copa Competencia.

1914 1 1 0 0 1: 0 2 Champion 1920 2 1 0 1 3: 3 2 1/ 8 Final

Copa Beccar Varela.

1933 4 2 0 2 7: 6 4 9th. Group LAF

Copa Mr. Ricardo C. Aldao.

1936 1 1 0 0 5: 1 2 Champion 1937 1 1 0 0 5: 2 2 Champion 1941 2 1 1 0 7: 2 3 Champion 1942 1 0 0 1 0: 4 0 Runner-up 1945 2 2 0 0 5: 3 4 Champion 1947 2 2 0 0 7: 4 4 Champion 1955 1 1 0 0 2: 1 2 Not defined

Copa de Campeones.

1948 6 4 1 1 12: 4 9 Runner-up

Copa Libertadores.

1966 20 13 3 4 43: 25 29 Runner-up 1967 16 6 6 4 33: 17 18 3rd. Semifinal A 1970 12 6 2 4 25: 15 14 Semifinal 1973 6 2 1 3 12: 10 5 3rd. Group 1 1976 14 9 1 4 20: 12 19 Runner-up 1977 6 1 4 1 5: 5 6 2nd. Group 1 1978 11 4 5 2 12: 5 13 2nd. Semifinal A 1980 7 4 3 0 11: 4 11 2nd. Group 1 1981 6 3 1 2 9: 6 7 2nd. Group 1 1982 10 5 1 4 14: 15 11 3rd. Semifinal A 1986 13 9 3 1 23: 8 21 Champion 1987 4 1 2 1 2: 2 4 2nd. Semfinal B 1990 8 4 2 2 8: 5 10 Semifinal 1991 6 2 1 3 10: 12 4 4th. Group I 1993 6 1 3 2 4: 5 5 4th. Group V 1995 12 5 5 2 17: 8 20 Semifinal 1996 14 8 4 2 28: 12 28 Champion 1997 2 0 2 0 4: 4 2 1/8 Final 1998 12 8 3 1 23: 11 27 Semifinal 1999 12 5 2 5 12: 13 17 Semifinal 2000 10 5 3 2 18: 13 18 Quarterfinal

Copa Intercontinental.

1986 1 1 0 0 1: 0 2 Champion 1996 1 0 0 1 0: 1 0 Runner-up

Copa Interamericana.

1986 2 1 1 0 3: 0 3 Champion

Supercopa.

1988 6 2 1 3 9: 7 5 Semifinal 1989 2 1 0 1 3: 3 3 1/8 Final 1990 2 1 0 1 3: 3 2 1/8 Final 1991 8 4 2 2 12: 9 10 Runner-up 1992 4 3 0 1 7: 3 6 Quarterfinal 1993 4 3 0 1 6: 4 6 Quarterfinal 1994 4 1 3 0 4: 3 9 Quarterfinal 1995 6 2 2 2 11: 11 8 Semifinal 1996 2 0 1 1 3: 4 1 1/8 Final 1997 10 7 1 2 22: 12 22 Champion

Recopa.

1996 1 0 1 0 1: 1 1 Runner-up 1997 2 0 0 2 0: 5 0 Runner-up (Played as part of Mercosur 1999)

Copa Mercosur.

1998 8 2 3 3 9: 11 9 Quarterfinal 1999 6 2 1 3 8- 11 7 3rd. Group A

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Prepared and maintained by Osvaldo José Gorgazzi for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

In memoriam to Augusto "Koko" Gorgazzi, my father.

Author: Osvaldo José Gorgazzi (gorgazzi@uol.com.ar)
Last updated: 23 Sep 2000