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Club Atlético River Plate, commonly known as River Plate, is an Argentine professional sports club based in the Belgrano neighborhood of Buenos Aires. Founded in 1901, the club is named after the English name for the city's estuary , Río de la Plata .
- History
Club Atlético River Plate is a professional Argentine sports...
- Manuel Lanzini
Manuel Lanzini (Latin American Spanish: [maˈnwel lanˈsini];...
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El Club Atlético River Plate es un entidad polideportiva de Argentina. [10] Fue fundado el 25 de mayo de 1901 en el barrio de La Boca, tras la fusión de los clubes Santa Rosa y La Rosales, y su nombre proviene de la antigua denominación que se le daba en el inglés británico al Río de la Plata.
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- The Beginning
- First Titles
- 1931–39: "Los Millonarios"
- "La Máquina"
- First Treble
- The 1960s: A Decade Without Titles
- Return to Greatness
- First Copa Libertadores
- Decade of 1990s: The Success Continues
- Decade of 2000s: Ups and Downs
River Plate was founded on 25 May 1901[note 1] , close to the La Boca neighborhood (later the home of fierce rivals Boca Juniors). The institution was formed since the merge of two clubs, "Santa Rosa" and "La Rosales", with Leopoldo Bard being elected as its first president. The name was chosen because of an incident during the construction of Buen...
In 1906 River Plate registered a team to play in the second division, where it finished 6th of section B. The team had a much better campaign in the 1907 season, where it finished 1st of section A but lost the title (and therefore the promotion to the first division) to Nacional (a club from Floresta)[note 2]by 1–0 at Ferro Carril Oeste stadium. Af...
With the establishment of the professionalism in 1931, River Plate acquired right wing Carlos Peucelle in 1931 for $10,000 and Bernabé Ferreyra for $35,000 (huge amounts of money in those years) in 1932. Because of that, River was nicknamed "Los Millonarios" ("The Millionaires"), which has remained since. Ferreyra was the top scorer with 43 goals. ...
The decade of the 1940s is considered as one of the best eras in the history of the club, having won the league titles of 1941 (44 points, 19 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses; 75 goals scored) and 1942 (46 points, 20–6–4, 79 goals), national cups Carlos Ibarguren (1941–42) and Adrián Escobar (1941) and the international Copa Aldaoin 1941, 1945 and 1947. ...
River went to a European tour in 1951 and the next year the team crowned champion. River totalized 40 points, with 17 matches won, 6 draws and 7 losses. That team was nicknamed "La Máquina" ("The Machine") and had Labruna, Uruguayan Walter Gómez, Santiago Vernazza, Eliseo Prado, Lousteau and goalkeeper Carrizo as some of its most relevant players. ...
River could not win any championship during the 1960s, although the team had many talented players such as Ermindo Onega, José Ramos Delgado, scorer Luis Artime, Vladislao Cap and Oscar Más. This is considered the worst club's age ever, which would last until 1975, totalizing 18 years with no titles for the club. River's best position during those ...
In 1975 Angel Labruna became the team's coach. Under his command, River won a championship after 18 years without obtaining any title (in fact, River won two titles: 1975 Metropolitano and Nacional tournaments). Some of the most important players of that squad were goalkeeper Ubaldo Fillol, backs Roberto Perfumo and Daniel Passarella, midfielders J...
By 1981 Alfredo Di Stéfano replaced Labruna as the coach, Boca Juniors acquired Diego Maradona, which caused a huge impact in Argentine football. To mitigate the effects of Boca's signing of Maradona, River hired national team top scorer and superstar Mario Kempes, apart from other players such as defender Julio Olarticoechea and Américo Gallego. W...
In 1990 Daniel Passarella is named coach, winning the 1989–90 tournament and reaching the Copa Libertadores semi-finals, being eliminated against Barcelona de Guayaquil. 1991 was the year which started the longest period of no victories against Boca Juniors: 13 matches. That year Ramón Díaz returned to the club, after his career in Europe, and Rive...
On 25 May 2001 River Plate celebrated its 100 years of existence with a march, called "Monumental Caravan" and a friendly match against Peñarol of Uruguay. This was a year without a title for River, being eliminated in the quarter-finals of the Libertadores against Cruz Azul of Mexico. That year were transferred Pablo Aimar and Javier Saviolato Val...
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Basic facts. Founded: 1901. Country: Argentina. City: Rio de Janeiro. Home grounds. Dársena Sur (1901–05, 1907–15) Sarandí (1906–07) La Boca (1915–23) Alvear y Tagle (1923–37) Antonio V. Liberti (1938–) Main trophies. Primera División: 36. Copa Argentina: 2. Copa Libertadores: 3. Prominent players.
