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| Full name | Club Atlético River Plate | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Los Millonarios (The Millionaires) El Millo (The Millio[naires]) La Banda Roja (The Red Stripe) Las Gallinas (The Chickens) | ||
| Short name | C.A.R.P, River | ||
| Founded | May 25, 1901 | ||
| Ground | Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Belgrano, Buenos Aires | ||
| Capacity | 57,921[1][2][3] | ||
| President | Daniel Alberto Passarella | ||
| Manager | Juan José López | ||
| League | Nacional B | ||
| 2011 Clausura | 9th | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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Club Atlético River Plate (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈriβer ˈpleit]) is an Argentine sports club based in the Belgrano neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Argentine Primera División.
River Plate is one of the most successful teams in Argentine football. They have won the Primera División a record 33 times; their last domestic title was the 2008 Clausura. In addition, they have won five international titles, including two Copa Libertadores, one Intercontinental Cup, one Supercopa Sudamericana, and one Copa Interamericana. Their success in the 1990s had led IFFHS to name them ninth in their All-Time Club World Ranking (and first in the Americas).[4] They are currently ranked 253rd.[5]
The club was officially founded in 1901 and took its name from the common English name for the Río de la Plata. River has a fierce rivalry with Boca Juniors, also from Buenos Aires. Matches between them are known as Superclásico, and is amongst the most heated rivalries in the sport due to both teams' local and global popularity. River's home stadium is Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, known simply as "El Monumental", which is the largest stadium in the country.
History
River Plate was founded on May 25, 1901, close to the La Boca neighborhood (later the home of fierce rivals Club Atlético Boca Juniors). The club moved first to Palermo and then to Belgrano on the northern side of the city in 1923. In the 1920s, River won only an amateur championship in 1920.
With the onset of professionalism in the early 1930s, River acquired Bernabé Ferreyra, "La Fiera" (the fierce), from Tigre for a then unheard of sum, and paid mostly in gold. The club became known as Los Millonarios ("The Millionaires"). They won the league title in 1932 (beating Independiente in the final), 1936 and 1937.
In the 1940s Alfredo Di Stéfano and 1950s Eduardo Omar Sívori played for River before moving on to become stars in Europe - Sívori for Juventus and Di Stéfano for Real Madrid. Some River players, including Di Stéfano, had stints in the Colombian El dorado "pirate" league, which was not recognised by FIFA, when it was the world's wealthiest.
River's attractive, offensive playing style earned the side of the early 1940s the nickname La Máquina ("The Machine"). The names of the team's five forwards (Muñoz, Moreno, Pedernera, Labruna, Loustau) are well known to most Argentine fans. La Máquina is often considered as the predecessor of Holland's total football which took the 1974 World Cup by storm, reaching the final where they lost to Germany. This team crowned itself champion in 1941, 1942, 1945 and 1947. They were dubbed Los Caballeros de la Angustia ("The Knights of anguish") after winning a number of decisive matches in injury time.
In the 1950s, River won five out of six league titles (1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957), before an 18-year drought ensued. Within those years, "The Millonaires" reached the Copa Libertadores' final in 1966. In the final's playoff in Santiago de Chile, River began winning 2-0, but finally was defeated by Peñarol 2-4. Though the club of Núñez did not win any championship in the 1960s, it finished runner-up several years, including a final loss (1-4) against the Chacarita Juniors in the 1969 National Championship.
River returned to form in 1975 and then had a string of championship titles under coach Angel Labruna with players like Ubaldo Fillol, Daniel Passarella and Norberto Alonso. Under the command of "Angelito", River won the Metropolitano championships in 1975, 1977, 1979, 1980, and the Nacional tournaments in 1975, 1979. The famous Alfredo Di Stefano replaced Labruna in 1981 and won the National tournament of that year, with the presence of "Matador" Mario Kempes in the team's lineups.
In 1983, Enzo Francescoli was transferred from Uruguayan side Montevideo Wanderers to take Alonso's place. He had two stints with River, achieving international renown, and became known as "The Prince". In 1986, just after Francescoli's transfer to Racing Club Paris in France, River won their first Libertadores Cup. A new generation of home-grown players, led by Claudio Caniggia, went on to achieve success both with River and abroad.
River Plate have won 33 Argentine professional championships, as well as the Intercontinental Cup in 1986 and the Copa Libertadores (twice) in 1986 and 1996, both times beating the same club in the final, America de Cali. They also won the Copa Interamericana in 1987, beating LD Alajuelense from Costa Rica and the Supercopa in 1997, beating São Paulo FC. River was the first team in Argentina to simultaneously win an international title (Supercopa) and a First Division Championship (Torneo Apertura 1997). This series of successes led the club to first place in the IFFHS ranking for six consecutive months, the first Argentine club to do so. They are also the only Argentine club ranked as the best World team in a full season (1997–1998).[6]
In 1999, a special edition of the Argentine sports magazine "El Gráfico" named River Plate as "Champions Of The Century" ("Campeón Del Siglo"), noting the clubs achievements, especially their then 28 Argentine championships against Boca Juniors' 19 and Independiente's 13 (all figures as of 1999). And, the following year, in a FIFA sponsored poll, River were voted the best Argentine team of the 20th century.[7]
In 2008, Diego Simeone was appointed manager of the club, in his first season he led them to their first league title in four years, winning the Clausura championship. The following season the club suffered a poor run of form resulting in Simeone's resignation mid-season. The club went on to finish in last place in the Apertura 2008, the first time they had ever finished bottom of a league in 107 years.
In 2011, three years of poor results forced River to play the "Promoción", a two-legged play-off against Club Atletico Belgrano, the fourth placed team of the 2010/2011 Primera B Nacional, to decide whether River stayed in the top flight or was relegated to the second tier of Argentine football for the first time in its history. Belgrano won the first leg at home 2-0.
Kit
| Period | Kit Manufacturer | Shirt Sponsors |
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| 1979-80 | Sportlandia | none |
| 1981-82 | Olimpia | |
| 1982-85 | Adidas | |
| 1985-89 | Fate O | |
| 1989-91 | Peugeot | |
| 1991-92 | Carta Credencial | |
| 1992-95 | Sanyo | |
| 1996-02 | Quilmes | |
| 2002-06 | Budweiser | |
| 2006-08 | Petrobras | |
| 2009-10 | Petrobras and Pokerstars.net | |
| 2010-12 | Petrobras and Tramontina |
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.,[8] and also as number one of the Fifty sporting things you must do before you die by The Observer newspaper.[9]
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.[10]
River fans and the press are fond of the nickname Los Millonarios. 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. Between 1979 and 1981, the River squad was reputed to be amongst the most expensive in the world.
Fans of rival clubs call River Gallinas (literally hens, but more akin to chicken). This nickname was born after the final of the Copa Libertadores in 1966 against Uruguayan team Peñarol. River were ahead 2-0 but ended up losing the game 4-2, during the infamous title drought that lasted from 1957 to 1975, a period that included 11 second places in the Argentine league.[11]
When Hugo Santilli become 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 that River's rivals (Boca Juniors fans mainly) used to refer to them. Some of the most important artists from Argentina took part in that competition so the club finally chose a logo designed by the famous artist Caloi. This emblem showed the figure of a lion (wearing a River jersey) raising from the Monumental stadium. The lion logo was immediately added to the uniforms (on the field and training clothes) having River Plate won the Copa Libertadores and Intercontinental Cup using the lion logo. In 1989, when Santilli left the club so the lion went with him and has not been reestablished since.[12]
Due to the red band in their shirt, it is also common to refer to River as El Equipo de la Banda Roja (the team with the red band) or simply La Banda (which also means "the band" -both as in "gang" and "musical group").
Some famous River teams earned nicknames, notably La Máquina (the machine), the team that astonished Argentine football between 1941 and 1945.
In 1996 and 1997, during a run of title wins (three Argentine titles, one Copa Libertadores and one Supercopa), River were sometimes called La Maquinita ("The Little Machine") by the press. That team featured Francescoli and younger players such as Juan Pablo Sorín, Hernán Crespo, Ariel Ortega, Marcelo Salas and Marcelo Gallardo.
Stadium
- See main article Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
El Monumental is River's home stadium in the Belgrano neighborhood of Buenos Aires. With a capacity of 65,645, the stadium was inaugurated on May 25, 1938. Is also used in matches for the Argentina national football team.
Players
Current squad
Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Top goalscorers
| # | Player | Matches | Goals |
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| 1 |  Ángel Labruna
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515 | 293 |
| 2 | Oscar Más
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382 | 198 |
| 3 | Bernabé Ferreyra
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185 | 187 |
| 4 | José Manuel Moreno
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320 | 180 |
| 5 | Norberto Alonso
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374 | 149 |
| 6 | Adolfo Pedernera
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278 | 131 |
| 7 |  Enzo Francéscoli
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197 | 115 |
| 8 | Carlos Peucelle
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307 | 113 |
| 9 | Carlos Manuel Morete
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195 | 103 |
| 10 | Félix Loustau
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365 | 101 |
Notable former players
Early days and La Máquina
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1950s, 1960s and 1970s
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1980s and early 1990s
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Late 1990s to date
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Notable managers
See also List of Club Atlético River Plate managers
The following managers have all won at least one championship or, in the case of Reinaldo Merlo, coached many games in a championship that was ultimately won.
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| Victor Caamaño
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1931-33 | ||||||||||
 Emerico Hircshl
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1934-38, 1961 | ||||||||||
 Renato Cesarini
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1939-44, 1965 | ||||||||||
| José María Minella
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1945-59, 1963 | ||||||||||
| Ángel Labruna
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1968-70, 1975–81 | ||||||||||
| Alfredo di Stéfano
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1981-82 | ||||||||||
| Héctor Veira
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1984-87 | ||||||||||
| Carlos Griguol
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1987-88 | ||||||||||
| Reinaldo Merlo
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1989, 2005 | ||||||||||
| Daniel Passarella
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1990-94, 2006–07 | ||||||||||
| Americo Gallego
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1994, 2000–01 | ||||||||||
| Ramón Díaz
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1995-99, 2001–02 | ||||||||||
 Manuel Pellegrini
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2002-03 | ||||||||||
| Leonardo Astrada
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2004-05, 2009–10 | ||||||||||
| Diego Simeone
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2008 | ||||||||||
Honors
- Amateur Era
- Primera División (1): 1920
- Second División (1): 1908
- Nacional
- Primera División (33): 1932, 1936, 1937, 1941, 1942, 1945, 1947, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1975 Metropolitano, 1975 Nacional, 1977 Metropolitano, 1979 Metropolitano, 1979 Nacional, 1980 Metropolitano, 1981 Nacional, 1985-86, 1989-90, 1991 Apertura, 1993 Apertura, 1994 Apertura, 1996 Apertura, 1997 Apertura, 1997 Clausura, 1999 Apertura, 2000 Clausura, 2002 Clausura, 2003 Clausura, 2004 Clausura, 2008 Clausura
- International
- Copa Libertadores (2): 1986, 1996
- Intercontinental Cup (1): 1986
- Copa Interamericana (1): 1987
- Supercopa Sudamericana (1): 1997
- Other
- Copa de Competencia Jockey Club (1): 1914
- Cup Tie Competition (1): 1914
- Copa de Competencia (1): 1932
- Copa de Oro (1): 1936
- Copa Dr. Carlos Ibarguren (4): 1937, 1941, 1942, 1952 (shared)
- Copa Adrián C. Escobar (1): 1941
- Copa Río de La Plata (6): 1936, 1937, 1941, 1945, 1947, 1955
Other sports
River Plate also has a basketball team playing in the amateur Buenos Aires league. It played 10 seasons in the Liga Nacional de Básquetbol between 1985–1993 and 2004–06, reaching the finals in 1988 and obtaining 2nd place in 2004 and 2005 editions of Copa Argentina, but in July 2006 the club got expelled by the League because of a debt in player's salaries. River Plate also has professional male and female volleyball teams in regional and national competitions, male and female handball teams among the best in regional and national competitions and a female field hockey team that made its debut in Buenos Aires' top division in 2007. [citation needed]
Notes
- ^ http://www.marca.com/marcador/futbol/2009_10/amistosos_seleccion/8/arg_spa/
- ^ http://www.terra.com.ar/ctematicos/river/17/17745.html
- ^ http://www.marca.com/2010/09/06/futbol/seleccion/1283792648.html
- ^ http://www.iffhs.de/?3d4d443d0b803e8b40384c00205fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70aeedbe1a
- ^ http://www.iffhs.de/?10f42e00fa2d17f73702fa3016e23c17f7370eff3702bb1c2bbb6f28f53512
- ^ L'Humanité July 15, 1998. Les Argentins de River Plate ont détrôné la Juventus Turin au palmarès des meilleurs clubs de première division établi par la Fédération internationale pour l’histoire du football et les statistiques (IFFHS), rendu public hier. Le jury de l’IFFHS, composé de journalistes spécialisés et d’experts, a établi un classement des 100 clubs mondiaux pour la saison 1997-1998. La France n’entre dans le classement qu’en 11e position, avec le Paris Saint-Germain. Template:Fr icon
- ^ FIFA doc
- ^ BBC Academy, famous football derbies
- ^ 50 sporting things you must do before you die
- ^ Historia- Decada 1900-1910 Template:Es
- ^ La Prensa's article Template:Es icon
- ^ River Plate: La Banda Roja y el León Template:Es icon
See also
External links
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