Club Overview

Club Atlético River Plate, usually known simply as River Plate, are an Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo. The club currently play in the Primera División Uruguaya. River is the merge of Olimpia and Capurro, and the kit is that used by River Plate F.C. one of the giants of the amateur era.

River Plate have won the second division title 6 times, this is a national record they share with Sud América

C.A. River Plate's away kit is sometimes sky blue jersey, black shorts and socks. This kit was adopted by the Uruguay national football team in 1910 as a homage to the disbanded River Plate F.C. (four times champions of Uruguay) who defeated the best team of the Americas at the time, the Argentine team Alumni. Thus, the worldwide known "celeste" jersey was taken by the national team from the club away kit. Before 1910 Uruguay wore several jerseys including dark blue, green, striped white and sky blue, similar to that of Argentina among others.

Club History

The Beginnings

After its foundation (May 11, 1932), one of the first objectives reached was the settlement of a new football pitch. By those days, managers decided to establish the "Olimpia Park" (taday called Estadio Saroldi) as it home stadium. The name of the stadium was settled in honour of the first River's goalkeeper, Federico Omar Saroldi, who died after playing a match against Central Español by an injure suffered during that game.

During the first years (from 1932 until 1942) some of the greatest players in Uruguay's history played in River Plate, such as Severino Varela and Héctor Sena Puricelli.

Best performances in first division

River Plate's highest position was reached in 1992. Osvaldo Canobbio, Juan Ramón Carrasco, Luis Diego López and Edgardo Adinolfi were involved in the squad by those times. Nacional won the tittle based on the skills of the notable forward Julio Dely Valdes.

Another great performance of the team was reached in 2007/2008 season, when River achieved the second position in the annual qualifying. Some of the best players of the tournament were involved in that squad; Robert Flores was considered the best player of the season, another great players such as Pablo Tiscornia, Jonathan Urretavizcaya, Henry Giménez, Mauricio Prieto, Bruno Montelongo and goalkeeper Álvaro García were also part of the first roster. Some of the most important victories during the tournament were obtained against Peñarol (6-3), Defensor Sporting (5-1) and Danubio (5-1). The highest score registered was reached against Rampla Juniors (7-0).

Club Rivalries

Stars of the Current Squad

Club Legends

Most Appearances

Most Goals

Player Recognition & Awards

Team Honours

Segunda División Uruguay

1943, 1967, 1978, 1984, 1991, 2004

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

• Copa Libertadores: 0 appearances
• Copa Sudamericana: 1 appearances

2008: Preliminary Round

• Recopa Sudamericana: 0 appearances
• Copa CONMEBOL: 2 appearances

1996: Quarter-Final 1998: First Round

Club Management

Uniforms

Stadium

Estadio Saroldi, Montevideo, Uruguay (Capacity: 6,000 (all seated))

Sponsors

Important Links

Official Site

References