Club Atlético River Plate
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Club Atlético River Plate (CARP) (Template:IPA) is an Argentine professional sports club based in the Belgrano neighborhood of Buenos Aires. Founded in 1901,Template:Refn the club is named after the English-language name for the city's estuary, Río de la Plata. River's home stadium, the Monumental, is the largest in South America. River had the highest average home attendance of any association football club in the world in 2023 with 84,567.<ref name="Infobae110124" /> With more than 350,000 members at the end of 2023, River is one of the largest sports clubs by membership.<ref name="Infobae110124" /><ref name="ESPN040823" /> River Plate is also considered one of the Big Five of Argentine football, along with Independiente, San Lorenzo, Boca Juniors, and Racing Club.
Although a multi-sport club, River Plate is best known for its professional association football department, which has won Argentina's Primera División championship a record 38 times, most recently in 2023. River Plate have also won 16 national cups, making River Argentina's most successful team in domestic competitions with 54 titles.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> At international level, River have won 18 titles, including four Copa Libertadores, one Intercontinental Cup, one Supercopa Sudamericana, one Copa Sudamericana, three Recopa Sudamericanas, one Copa Interamericana, one Suruga Bank Championship, a record five Copa Aldaos, and one Tie Cup.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In addition, River Plate's reserve team won the U-20 Copa Libertadores in 2012. After winning the 2014 Copa Sudamericana, 2015 Recopa Sudamericana and the 2015 Copa Libertadores, River Plate became the first team to simultaneously hold CONMEBOL's three current major international competitions.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
River Plate are ranked first in the all-time Argentine Primera División table, having gained the most points, having played the most matches, and having the highest win percentage. River are also ranked first in the historical table of the Copa Libertadores, being the South American team with most games won and the most points gained.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The club were placed ninth in the FIFA Club of the Century poll in 2000.<ref name="FIFA Club of the Century">Template:Cite web</ref> In a survey published by the Argentine Football Association in 2016, 6 out of 11 players of the all-time greatest Argentina national team had played for River Plate.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
River have a fierce rivalry with Boca Juniors. Matches between them are known as Superclásico, and the rivalry is among the most heated in the sport, due to the fixture's global popularity and both clubs having the most fans in Argentina. Notable players who have played for River include José Manuel Moreno, Adolfo Pedernera, Ángel Labruna, Amadeo Carrizo, Alfredo Di Stéfano, Omar Sívori, Daniel Passarella, Enzo Francescoli, Hernán Crespo, Javier Mascherano and Gonzalo Higuaín.
History
According with the club's official history, River Plate was founded on 25 May 1901,Template:Refn close to the La Boca neighborhood (later the home of fierce rivals Boca Juniors). They were formed from the merger of two clubs, "Santa Rosa" and "La Rosales", with Leopoldo Bard elected as the first president. The name River Plate 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 name the English gave to the Río de la Plata) and that inscription was taken to name the new club.
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 null due to River supporters jumping onto the field 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 first domestic championship, the Copa de Competencia Jockey Club<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and its first international 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 (a large sum of money for the period) in 1932.
In the following years, River Plate consolidated its place as one of the most popular teams of Argentina, and the 20th century brought much success. The club's record of 28 official tournaments saw them dubbed El Campeón del Siglo (The Champions of the Century).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Kit
Kit evolution
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Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors
Adidas has been River Plate's uniform supplier since 1982, becoming one of the company's largest sponsorship deals in the world, only behind German club Bayern Munich.<ref>River Plate y Adidas, uno de los contratos más largos del mundo by Marcos Vázquez on Pasión Fútbol website, 13 November 2013</ref> The US$60 million partnership with the German sports company signed in 2015 (extending the deal to 2021) marked the most expensive kit agreement in the history of Argentine football.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>El increíble contrato que firmó River con Adidas by Nicolás Ceres, 16 November 2015</ref>
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| Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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| 1910–19 | Gath & Chaves | none |
| 1920–32 | St Margaret's | |
| 1979–80 | Sportlandia | |
| 1980–81 | Topper | |
| 1981–82 | Olimpia | |
| 1982–85 | Adidas | |
| 1985–89 | Fate O | |
| 1989–91 | Peugeot and Sevel | |
| 1991–92 | Carta Credencial | |
| 1992–95 | Sanyo | |
| 1996–02 | Quilmes | |
| 2002–06 | Budweiser | |
| 2006–08 | Petrobras | |
| 2009–10 | Petrobras (Main) and Pokerstars.net (Sleeves) | |
| 2010–12 | Petrobras (Main) and Tramontina (Sleeves) | |
| 2012–13 | BBVA (Main) and Tramontina (Sleeves) | |
| 2013–16 | BBVA (Main) and Netshoes (Sleeves) | |
| 2016 | BBVA (Main), Netshoes (Sleeves), and Staples (Shorts) | |
| 2016–18 | BBVA (Main) and Huawei (Sleeves) | |
| 2018 | Huawei (Sleeves), Axe (Shorts), and PES 2019 (Numbers) | |
| 2019–2020 | Turkish Airlines (Main), AXION energy (Sleeves), Axe (Shorts), and PES2020 (Numbers) | |
| 2020–2021 | Turkish Airlines (Main), AXION energy (Sleeves), Axe (Shorts), and eFootball PES 2021 (Numbers) | |
| 2021–2022 | Turkish Airlines (Main), Codere (Sleeves), eFootball 2022 (Numbers) and Assist Card (back low shirt) | |
| 2022 | Turkish Airlines (Main), Codere (Sleeves), eFootball 2022 (Numbers), Amazon Prime Video (back low shirt) and Socios.com (Shorts) | |
| 2022–2023 | Codere (Main), Assist Card (Sleeves), eFootball 2023 (Numbers), Amazon Prime Video (back low shirt) and Socios.com (Shorts) | |
| 2023–2025 | Codere (Main), Assist Card (Sleeves) and DirecTV (back low shirt) | |
| 2025– | Betano (Main), Assist Card (Sleeves) and DirecTV (back low shirt) |
Badge
Template:Commons category As in many football shirts and sports in general, 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.<ref>"Escudo de River Plate" on Primeroriver.com, 26 December 2016</ref> Currently it is embroidered on the jersey, with three colors (red, white and black). Its format resembles that of the jersey, as it has a red stripe that crosses it, along with the acronym of the club (CARP) in black, and the background is white, in a stylized design.
When Hugo Santilli became chairman in 1984, he soon called to a competition where a new emblem would be chosen. The main objective of this new image was to eradicate the nickname Gallinas (Hens) that River's rivals (Boca Juniors fans mainly) used to mock them. Artists from Argentina took part in that competition. The club finally chose a logo designed by Claudio Loiseau (brother of cartoonist Caloi).<ref name=leon2>La verdadera historia del león de River y el fallido intento de Boca por copiarlo by Pablo Tallón on Noticias Argentinas, 8 Mar 2021</ref> This emblem showed the figure of a lion (wearing a River jersey) rising from the Monumental stadium.<ref name=leon2/>
Once it was approved, the lion logo was added to the uniforms, debuting in 1985. With that emblem on their chests, River Plate won the Copa Libertadores de América and European/South American Cup.<ref>A 40 años del debut de un león en la camiseta de River, el isotipo campeón que despertó la reacción de Boca by Andrés Burgo, 13 Feb 2025</ref> In 1989, when Santilli left the club so the lion went with him and has not been reestablished since.<ref name=leon1>Escudo de River Plate: historia y diseño by Carlos Martínez on Goal.com Template:In lang</ref>
In February 2022, River Plate launched its new corporate image, which included an update to the logo and a typography designed exclusively for the club. The corporate image was created and developed by "Grupo Berro", a branding and design studio that had been working on the corporate image for over two years.<ref>La historia detrás del nuevo escudo de River on Minuto Uno, 22 Feb 2022</ref><ref>Los detalles de cómo se creó el nuevo escudo de River on TyC Sports, 23 Feb 2022</ref><ref>Club Atlético River Plate - Branding & Identidad. Estrategia de comunicación on Grupo Berro</ref>
Rivalry
River Plate and Boca Juniors are the two largest football clubs in Argentina, with more than half the country's football fans supporting the clubs. Due to the rivalry between them, the Boca Juniors vs River Plate Superclásico local derby match was listed by the BBC as one of the most famous derbies in the world.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Attending the match was also acclaimed in 2004 as the number one of the Fifty sporting things you must do before you die by The Observer.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Club nicknames
The "River Plate" name was chosen in 1901, when the team was still located at the La Boca neighbourhood, next to the Río de la Plata ("River Plate" in some English sources). Proposed names 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 finally accepted as the official name.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
River fans and the press are fond of the nickname Los Millonarios (The Millionaires). This name 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.<ref>¿Por qué a River Plate le dicen Millonarios?, Goal.com, 9 December 2018</ref>
Due to the red band in their shirt, it is also common to refer to River as El Equipo de la Banda (the team with the band) or simply La Banda (which means "the stripe", but can also 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), due to their synchronization and movements on the field.<ref>La Máquina de River by Matías Rodríguez, El Gráfico, 28 February 2014</ref>
There was also 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).<ref>Una hazaña inolvidable, Clarín, 22 June 2002</ref> Some notable 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 also part of the team.<ref>Murió Santiago Vernazza, ex integrante de "La Maquinita" de River, La Nación, 12 November 2017</ref>
Stadiums
The Estadio Antonio Liberti (nicknamed El Monumental) located in the Belgrano neighborhood of Buenos Aires is River Plate's stadium. It was inaugurated on 25 May 1938, and its current capacity is 85,018 spectators, following renovations completed in 2025. Nowadays, the stadium is called Mâs Monumental for sponsorship reasons.<ref>"Todas las obras que realizará River Plate en 2025: la capacidad final del Monumental" on Infobae. 4 March 2025</ref> Argentina national football team usually plays its home games at the stadium.
Since its establishment in 1901, River Plate's stadiums have been:<ref>"River, sus comienzos y sus estadios" by Gabriela Miño on La Nación, 7 July 2011</ref>
- Dársena Sur (1901–05, 1907–15): Located on the corner of Wenceslao Villafañe and Caboto streets of La Boca. The club returned in 1907 from Sarandí.
- Sarandí (1906–07): The club moved to that district in Greater Buenos Aires, near the railway station.
- La Boca (1915–23): River built a stadium on the corner of Pinzón and Gaboto streets in La Boca.
- Alvear y Tagle (1923–37): Located in the Recoleta district of Buenos Aires. The land where the stadium was built had been owned by Juan Manuel de Rosas.
- Antonio V. Liberti (Monumental) (1938–Present): Built on the same land where the Bajo Belgrano Horse Racing Track had existed years ago.
Support
Template:Multiple image In 2023, River's average home attendance was 84,567, the highest average attendance of any association football club in the world, also having sold-out 48 home matches in a row during the year.<ref name="Infobae110124">Template:Cite web</ref> It was also reported that River had more than 350,000 members at the end of 2023, making them one of the largest sports clubs by membership.<ref name="Infobae110124" /><ref name=ESPN040823>Template:Cite web</ref>
On 8 October 2012, "The world's longest football flag" was unveiled in a caravan in which approximately 15,000 River supporters took part. It was made entirely by fans who carried the 7,830 meters flag along the streets of Buenos Aires.<ref>"River Plate Fans March Into Guinness Book Of Records With 7,829m-Long Flag" on The Huffington Post, 9 October 2012</ref><ref>"River Plate fans unveil world's longest football flag" on Goal.com, 8 October 2012</ref> The away jersey of the 2012–13 season was the most sold throughout the world during the month of September 2012, a first for an Argentine club.<ref>"La casaca suplente de River fue la más vendida en el mundo durante septiembre" on Infobae, 18 October 2012</ref><ref>"La camiseta suplente de River fue la más vendida del mundo" on Minutouno.com, 19 October 2012</ref> In 2015, the 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 number of River Plate supporters who traveled to Japan during that period were between 15,000 and 20,000,<ref>"La hinchada de River mantea a un japonés para celebrar el pase" on Mundodeportivo.com, 16 December 2015</ref><ref>"南米王者リバープレート力負け 2万人声援も及ばず" on nikkansports.com, 20 December 2015</ref> a record in the competition.<ref>"Todo un record: se esperan más de 16.000 hinchas de River en Japón" on Bolavip.com, 10 December 2015</ref>
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.<ref>Listado de filiales oficiales del Club on CARiverPlate.com.ar official website, August 2018</ref> There are also unofficial fan clubs in all Latin American countries, and also in Spain, Italy, England, Israel, Australia, Germany, the United States and New Zealand.<ref>"Conocé a la Feredación Internacional de filiales de River Plate" on Lamaquinaradio.com.ar, 25 March 2015</ref>
Players
Current squad
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Reserve Squad
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Players Under Contract
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Out on loan
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Current coaching staff
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Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Position | Tenure | Goals | Matches |
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| 1 | Template:Flagicon Ángel Labruna | FW | 1939–59 | 317 | 515 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Oscar Más | 1964–73, 1974–77 | 217 | 382 | |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Bernabé Ferreyra | 1932–39 | 200 | 185 | |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon José Manuel Moreno | 1935–44, 1946–48 | 184 | 320 | |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Norberto Alonso | MF | 1970–76, 1977–81, 1984–86 | 158 | 374 |
| 6 | Template:Flagicon Adolfo Pedernera | FW | 1935–46 | 143 | 278 |
| 7 | Template:Flagicon Enzo Francescoli | 1984–86, 1994–98 | 137 | 217 | |
| 8 | Template:Flagicon Carlos Peucelle | 1931–41 | 118 | 307 | |
| 9 | Template:Flagicon Daniel Onega | 1966–71, 1973 | 117 | 207 | |
| 10 | Template:Flagicon Fernando Cavenaghi | 2001–04, 2011–12, 2014–15 | 112 | 212 |
Most appearances
| Rank. | Player | Position | Tenure | Matches |
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| 1 | Template:Flagicon Amadeo Carrizo | GK | 1945–68 | 520 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Ángel Labruna | FW | 1939–59 | 515 |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Reinaldo Merlo | MF | 1969–84 | 500 |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon Juan José López | MF | 1970–81 | 466 |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Norberto Yácono | DF | 1938–53 | 393 |
| 6 | Template:Flagicon Oscar Más | FW | 1964–73, 1974–77 | 382 |
| 7 | Template:Flagicon Norberto Alonso | MF | 1970–76, 1977–81, 1983–87 | 374 |
| 8 | Template:Flagicon Félix Loustau | FW | 1942–57 | 367 |
| 9 | Template:Flagicon Ubaldo Fillol | GK | 1974–83 | 361 |
| 10 | Template:Flagicon Leonardo Ponzio | MF | 2007–2008; 2012–2021 | 358 |
Youth academy
From its creation in 1901 to the present, the lower divisions of River Plate have protagonized splendid moments in their categories.
The River Plate Academy is recognized on a continental and world 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 top idols. Its main objective is to supply players with great future to the first team and educate academically, ethically and athletically its members.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Legends of football not only had the privilege of playing in the first division of the club Millonario, but also wore the red and white jersey since the youth categories. The lower divisions of River Plate, also known as "El Semillero"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> has always been the most fruitful of Argentina, the most important and also the one with the greatest success.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Historically it is considered as the best soccer training school of the Americas and one of the best in the world.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Ballon d'Or winners
Two players from the River Plate academy won the Ballon d'Or. Note: flags indicate national team they played for so the Ballon was awarded to European players only:
- Template:Flagicon Alfredo Di Stéfano (1957, 1959, 1989 Super Ballon d'Or)
- Template:Flagicon Omar Sívori (1961)
River Plate players ranked among the 50 best footballers in South America in the 20th century
(according to a ranking made by IFFHS); Note: the ranking only includes River Plate players emerged from the youth academy:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
| Rank. | Player | Votes | Pos. |
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| check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }} | Template:Flagicon José Manuel Moreno | 82 | |
| check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }} | Template:Flagicon Adolfo Pedernera | 24 | |
| check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }} | Template:Flagicon Omar Sívori | 19 | |
| check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }} | Template:Flagicon Ángel Labruna | 12 | |
| check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }} | Template:Flagicon Daniel Passarella | 8 | DF |
Notable players who emerged from the River Plate Academy Template:Div col
- Template:Flagdeco Pablo Aimar
- Template:Flagdeco Matías Almeyda
- Template:Flagdeco Norberto Alonso
- Template:Flagdeco Julián Álvarez
- Template:Flagdeco Leonardo Astrada
- Template:Flagdeco Claudio Caniggia
- Template:Flagdeco Amadeo Carrizo
- Template:Flagdeco Fernando Cavenaghi
- Template:Flagdeco Hernán Crespo
- Template:Flagdeco Andrés D'Alessandro
- Template:Flagdeco Martín Demichelis
- Template:Flagdeco Ramón Díaz
- Template:Flagdeco Alfredo Di Stéfano
- Template:Flagdeco Radamel Falcao
- Template:Flagdeco Enzo Fernández
- Template:Flagdeco Marcelo Gallardo
- Template:Flagdeco Gonzalo Higuaín
- Template:Flagdeco Juan José López
- Template:Flagdeco Ángel Labruna
- Template:Flagdeco Erik Lamela
- Template:Flagdeco Félix Loustau
- Template:Flagdeco Oscar Más
- Template:Flagdeco Javier Mascherano
- Template:Flagdeco Reinaldo Merlo
- Template:Flagdeco Gonzalo Montiel
- Template:Flagdeco José Manuel Moreno
- Template:Flagdeco Carlos Morete
- Template:Flagdeco Mateo Musacchio
- Template:Flagdeco Ermindo Onega
- Template:Flagdeco Daniel Onega
- Template:Flagdeco Ariel Ortega
- Template:Flagdeco Exequiel Palacios
- Template:Flagdeco Adolfo Pedernera
- Template:Flagdeco Germán Pezzella
- Template:Flagdeco Guido Rodríguez
- Template:Flagdeco Néstor Rossi
- Template:Flagdeco Javier Saviola
- Template:Flagdeco Omar Sívori
- Template:Flagdeco Santiago Solari
- Template:Flagdeco Norberto Yácono
FIFA World Cup winners
- Template:Flagdeco Norberto Alonso (1978)
- Template:Flagdeco Ubaldo Fillol (1978)
- Template:Flagdeco Leopoldo Luque (1978)
- Template:Flagdeco Oscar Ortiz (1978)
- Template:Flagdeco Daniel Passarella (Captain 1978, DNP 1986)
- Template:Flagdeco Héctor Enrique (1986)
- Template:Flagdeco Nery Pumpido (1986)
- Template:Flagdeco Oscar Ruggeri (1986)
- Template:Flagdeco Franco Armani (2022)
Notable managers
Marcelo Gallardo is the club's most successful manager of all-time, with thirteen titles. Gallardo (appointed in 2014) was the club's manager until November 2022 and under his direction, River Plate 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). Several 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 club's most successful manager 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)Template:Refn; internationally, he won the Copa Libertadores (1996) and one Supercopa Libertadores (1997).
José María Minella was another notable manager 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 outstanding career not only as player (he is club's all-time topscorer with 293 goals in 515 matches played), but as coach for the 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 with River Plate, in 1986. That same year the team won the European/South American Cup played in Tokyo. Under his coaching the club also won the 1985–86 Argentine championship, totalizing three titles with River Plate.
Honours
Senior titles
Other titles
Titles won in lower divisions:
Youth titles
Friendly titles
- Torneo Internacional Nocturno: 1944<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Copa Tres Ciudades: 1947<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Torneo Triangular: 1962<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Copa Ciudad de Bogotá: 1964<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Copa Confraternidad Iberoamericana: 1964
- Feria de Cali: 1965<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Copa Ciudad de Buenos Aires: 1969<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Torneo Villa de Madrid: 1978<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Torneo de Campeones: 1979<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Torneo Cuadrangular Rosa de Oro de Querétaro: 1985<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Copa 85th Aniversario: 1986<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Copa Misiones: 1986<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Copa Trasandina: 1992<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Supercopa Euroamericana<ref group="note" name="euroam">Unofficial trophy contested between Copa Sudamericana and UEFA Europa League winners.<ref>Presentaron oficialmente la Supercopa Euroamericana, Infobae, 10 March 2015</ref></ref>: 2015
- Triangular Internacional Sodimac: 2022<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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Other sports
Apart from football, the club hosts a large variety of sports such as athletics, basque pelota, bowls, chess, basketball, handball, cestoball, gymnastics, field hockey, karate, roller hockey, roller skating, swimming, taekwondo, tennis, volleyball, waterpolo, and eSports.
Basketball
The basketball team currently plays in the Torneo Federal de Básquetbol. In 1950, the first FIBA World Championship was played in Buenos Aires and Argentina claimed the gold medal 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 2nd place 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 also achieved 2nd place in 2004 and 2005 editions of Copa Argentina. Since 2014, after eight years of absence in professional basketball, River Plate returned to national tournaments playing the CABB Federal Basketball Tournament.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Field hockey
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The women's field hockey team is affiliated to the Buenos Aires Hockey Association (AHBA)<ref>Guia de Clubes at AHBA website, 11 October 2014</ref> and currently playing in Torneo Metropolitano A, the top division of regional hockey in Argentina.
In 2016, the squad (nicknamed Las Vikingas) won its first Metropolitano championship after beating Ciudad de Buenos Aires by 3–2 at the final.<ref>River dio vuelta la final ante Ciudad y salió campeón del Metropolitano femenino por primera vez en su historia, Clarín, 9 December 2016</ref>
In 2017, Las Vikingas won their third consecutive Hockey National League after defeating Club Italiano by 2–0 at the final, thus becoming one of the two clubs with most titles at the national tournament.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Two players from River Plate, Lucina von der Heyde and Bianca Donati, who were Junior World Champions in Chile 2016, made their debut in a world cup in London 2018. Von der Heyde was named the FIH Rising Star of the Year.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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Futsal
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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The team also achieved a third place in the Copa Libertadores de Futsal in 2013.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Handball
River is one of the founding clubs of the Federación Metropolitana de Balonmano (Fe.Me.Bal.) and it is also the institution that won more championships in local history.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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 medal in the South American Men's Club Handball Championship in 1984.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The team also achieved 2 Bronze medals in the same competition and 4 Bronze medals in the Pan American Men's Club Handball Championship. The women's team won 9 national titles, and the silver medal in the South American Women's Club Handball Championship in 1984 and the bronze medal in 1987.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The more prominent players in the club's history are Guillermo Till, Claudio Straffe, Freddy Ambrosini, Gabriel Canzoniero and Juan Ojea.
Swimming
The current swimming 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,<ref>River, Meolans y un trabajo en equipo on La Nación, 20 December 2004</ref> one of the Argentine swimmers with most titles won.<ref>Retrato de José Meolans, La Voz, 16 November 2016</ref>
Many high-level swimmers, trained in other institutions began to approach to be part of what would be the best team in the country for the coming years.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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
Tennis is a sport practiced in River Plate since 1923.<ref>Tenis on River Plate website</ref> Currently, River Plate counts with 10 clay 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, as well as having important activities and competitions for the development of this sport in the country.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Gabriela Sabatini, who is considered the best Argentine women's tennis player in history and an icon in national women's sport, began practicing at River at age 6, under the direction of Professor Daniel Fidalgo, with whom she trained for seven years. When she was 12 years old, she participated in the Mundialito Infantil de Caracas, winning the competition, and ratifying once again the talent she had already shown during her participation in metropolitan and national children's tournaments.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Volleyball
River Plate Women's division reached the national title four times, being one of the top champions of the league and the first to be champion three consecutive times (2005 to 2007).<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Dead link</ref>
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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and the Súper 4 in 2003.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The team also won 8 Metropolitan Leagues between 1956 and 2011.
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Women's Football
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 succession from 1993 to 1997. The team achieved the third place in the 2017 Copa Libertadores Femenina.
Other
In addition to the mentioned sports, River Plate's sections include artistic gymnastics, artistic roller skating, athletics, basque pelota, boxing, bowls, chess, karate, rhythmic gymnastics, roller hockey, taekwondo, table tennis and waterpolo.
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