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River Plate

Full name	Club Atlético River Plate
Nickname(s)	Los Millonarios (The Millionaires) La Banda (The Stripe)[1] Las Gallinas (The Hens)[2]
Founded	25 May 1901; 117 years ago (1901-05-25)
Ground	Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Belgrano, Buenos Aires
Capacity	61,688[3][4]
Chairman	Rodolfo D'Onofrio
Coach	Marcelo Gallardo
League	Primera División
2017–18	8th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Active departments of C.A. River Plate
Football Basketball Volleyball (F) Athletics Cestoball Swimming Gymnastics Water polo Tennis Bowls Chess Basque pelota Field hockey Roller hockey Roller skating Taekwondo

Club Atlético River Plate is an Argentine professional sports club based in the Núñez neighborhood of Buenos Aires, and named after the British English name for the city's estuary, Río de la Plata. Although many sports are practiced at the club, River is best known for its professional football team, which has won Argentina's Primera División championship a record of 36 times, being its latest title the 2014 Final. Domestic achievements also include 11 National cups, with the 2017 Supercopa Argentina as the most recent.^[5] Those achievements place River Plate as the most winning team of domestic competitions with 47 titles won in the top division.^[6][7][8] In Second Division, the club has won two titles, in 1908 and 2011-12.^[9]

At international level, River Plate has won 17 titles,^[10][11] with 11 organised by CONMEBOL^[12] and other international bodies. River Plate's achievements include four Copa Libertadores, one Intercontinental Cup, one Supercopa Sudamericana, one Copa Sudamericana, two Recopa Sudamericana, one Copa Interamericana and one Suruga Bank Championship.^[13] Furthermore, the club has also won six tournaments organized by AFA and AUF together: five Copa Dr. Ricardo Aldao,^[14] and one Tie Cup.^[15] In addition, River Plate's reserve team won the U-20 Copa Libertadores in 2012.

In a survey published by the Argentine Football Association in 2016, 6 out of 11 players of the all-time Argentine national team had played for River Plate.^[16] Previously, in 2000, River Plate had been honored by FIFA as the 9th best club of the century in the world and the best Argentine football club in that ranking.^[17]

Among other achievements, River Plate is at the top of the list in the All-time Argentine Primera División table, being the Argentine team with most won games, fewest defeated games, most points accumulated, most goals scored, fewest goals against and best goal difference since the first championship held in 1891 and is first in the Historical table of the Copa Libertadores being the South American team with most won games.^[18]

River Plate is the first and only team to simultaneously hold CONMEBOL's four current major international competitions,^[19][20] after winning the 2014 Copa Sudamericana, 2015 Recopa Sudamericana, the 2015 Copa Libertadores,^[21] and the 2015 Suruga Bank Championship.^[19]

In 2000, River Plate was named by FIFA as the 9th club of the century and it was the best Argentine football club in that ranking.^[17] In 2010, the International Federation of Football History and Statistics placed River Plate in the 9th place in a ranking that included the best teams of the world during the 1990s and 2000s. River was the South American club with the best position in the table.^[22]

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. Matches between them are known as Superclásico, and the two teams' rivalry is amongst the most heated in the sport, due to their local and global popularity. River's home stadium is Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, known simply as El Monumental, which is located in the Belgrano district, the largest stadium in the country.

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.^[23][24]

History

The team that achieved the promotion to first division in 1908

River Plate was founded on 25 May 1901, close to the La Boca neighborhood (later the home of fierce rivals Boca Juniors). The institution was formed after the merger 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 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 (7–0) to achieve promotion.

In 1914 River won its first domestic championship, the Copa de Competencia Jockey Club^[25] 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 (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 clubs record of 28 official tournaments saw them dubbed El Campeón del Siglo (The Champions of the Century).^[26]

Uniform

Kit evolution

1901–1904 [27]

1904–09 [note 1]

1909–1932 [note 2]

1932–present [note 3]

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

River Plate jerseys exhibited in a corner of the city of Buenos Aires in 1955

A 1985 Adidas jersey worn by Américo Gallego at the River Plate Museum

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.^[30] 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.^[31][32]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to River Plate kits.

Badge

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 didn't have a badge, and its presence varied troughout the history, according to the designs of each era.^[33] 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 (C.A.R.P) in black, and the background is white, in a stylized design.^[34]

The club's badge has changed several times due to a matter of style or to modernize its image. By decision of the former president of River Plate Hugo Santilli, the badge coincided with the logo of a lion inside the Monumental (called "Lion of River" or simply "Leoncito") designed by the famous Argentine artist Carlos Loiseau (Caloi), between the years 1985 and 1989. ^[35]

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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.^[36] It was also acclaimed as number one of the Fifty sporting things you must do before you die by The Observer newspaper.^[37]

Club nicknames

La Máquina in 1941. Fltr: Muñoz, Moreno, Pedernera, Labruna, Loustau

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.^[38]

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.^[39]

The "lion" emblem used between 1984–89. It was conceived with the idea of erradicating the gallinas nickname

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"). Some famous River teams earned nicknames, mostly notable La Máquina (The Machine), nickname given to River Plate's forwards due to their synchronization and movements on the field, between 1941 and 1946.^[40]

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 (Chicken) that River's rivals (Boca Juniors fans mainly) used to mock 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) rising 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 de América and European/South American Cup using the lion logo. In 1989, when Santilli left the club so the lion went with him and has not been reestablished since.^[41]

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).^[42] 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.^[43]

Stadiums

The stadium built by River Plate in La Boca. The club played its home games there from 1915 to 1923.

The Estadio Antonio Liberti (nicknamed El Monumental) placed in Belgrano neighborhood of Buenos Aires is River Plate's stadium. With a capacity of 65,645, it was inaugurated on 25 May 1938. The Argentina national football team usually plays its home games at the stadium.

Since its establishment in 1901, River Plate stadiums has been:^[44]

• Dársena Sur (1901–05, 1907–15): Placed 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 to railway station.


• La Boca (1915–23): River built a stadium on the corner of Pinzón and Gaboto streets in La Boca.


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  Alvear y Tagle (1923–37): in the Recoleta district of Buenos Aires. The lands where the stadium was built had been owned by Juan Manuel de Rosas.


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  Antonio V. Liberti (Monumental) (1938–present): Built on the same lands where the Bajo Belgrano Horse racing track had existed years ago.

Panoramic view of the Monumental Stadium in 2013.

Support

River Plate supporters walking towards the stadium in 1938

Los borrachos del tablón, River Plate's Barra brava

In a research from a European sport marketing agency about the football teams with more members in the world, River Plate is in the sixth position, with 123,000 members, the highest in the Americas. The ranking is led by Barcelona of Spain and Benfica of Portugal.^[45][46]

On October 8, 2012, "The world's longest football flag" was unveiled in a caravan in which approximately 15,000 supporters took part. It was made entirely by fans who carried the 7,830 meters flag along the streets of Buenos Aires.^[47][48]

The away jersey of the 2012-13 season was the most sold throughout the world during the month of September 2012, an achievement that had not reached any Argentine team.^[49][50]

In 2015, the club participated in the FIFA Club World Cup and played against Sanfrecce Hiroshima at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka on December 16, and on December 20 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^[51][52], a record in the competition^[53].

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.^[54] 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.^[55]

Players

Current squad

As of 15 January 2019.^[56]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Franco Armani (third Captain) 2 DF Robert Rojas 4 DF Fabrizio Angileri 5 MF Bruno Zuculini 6 DF Luciano Lollo 7 FW Matías Suárez 8 MF Jorge Carrascal 9 FW Julián Álvarez 10 MF Juan Fernando Quintero 11 MF Nicolás De La Cruz 13 MF Santiago Sosa 14 GK Germán Lux 15 MF Exequiel Palacios 16 DF Kevin Sibille

No. Position Player 18 MF Camilo Mayada 19 FW Rafael Santos Borré 20 DF Milton Casco 21 MF Cristian Ferreira 22 DF Javier Pinola (vice-Captain) 23 MF Leonardo Ponzio (Captain) 24 MF Enzo Pérez 25 GK Enrique Bologna 26 MF Ignacio Fernández 27 FW Lucas Pratto 28 DF Lucas Martínez Quarta (fourth Captain) 29 DF Gonzalo Montiel 32 FW Ignacio Scocco

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Augusto Batalla (at Unión La Calera until 31 December 2019) GK Maximiliano Velazco (at Defensores de Belgrano until 30 June 2019) DF Alexander Barboza (at Defensa y Justicia until 30 June 2019) DF Luis Olivera (at River Plate until 31 December 2019) DF Jorge Moreira (at Portland Timbers until 31 December 2019) MF Zacarías Morán (at San Martín until 30 June 2019) MF Joaquín Arzura (at Unión Deportiva Almería until 30 June 2019)

No. Position Player MF Iván Rossi (at Club Atlético Huracán until 30 June 2019) MF Carlos Auzqui (at Club Atlético Huracán until 30 June 2019) MF Tomás Andrade (at Atlético Paranaense until 31 December 2019) MF Matías Moya (at Banfield until 30 June 2020) FW Juan Cruz Kaprof (at Atlético de Rafaela until 30 June 2019) FW Marcelo Larrondo (at Unión La Calera until 30 June 2019)

Reserves

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 12 GK Ezequiel Centurión 31 MF Santiago Vera 33 DF Héctor Martínez 34 FW Lucas Beltrán

No. Position Player 35 FW Federico Girotti 36 DF Nahuel Gallardo 37 MF Enzo Fernández 38 FW Alan Marcel Picazzo

Top goalscorers

Angel Labruna, River Plate all-time top goalscorer

Rank.	Player	Position	Tenure	Goals	Matches
1	Ángel Labruna	FW	1939–59	317	515
2	Oscar Más	FW	1964–73, 1974–77	217	382
3	Bernabé Ferreyra	FW	1932–39	200	185
4	José Manuel Moreno	FW	1935–44, 1946–48	184	320
5	Norberto Alonso	MF	1970–76, 1977–81, 1984–86	158	374
6	Adolfo Pedernera	FW	1935–46	143	278
7	Enzo Francescoli	FW	1984–86, 1994–98	137	217
8	Carlos Peucelle	FW	1931–41	118	307
9	Daniel Onega	FW	1966–71, 1973	117	207
10	Fernando Cavenaghi	FW	2001–04, 2011–12, 2014–15	112	212

Most appearances

Amadeo Carrizo holds the most appearances record for River Plate

Rank.	Player	Position	Tenure	Matches
1	Amadeo Carrizo	GK	1945–68	520
2	Ángel Labruna	FW	1939–59	515
3	Reinaldo Merlo	MF	1969–84	500
4	Juan José López	MF	1970–81	466
5	Norberto Yácono	DF	1938–53	393
6	Oscar Más	FW	1964–73, 1974–77	382
7	Norberto Alonso	MF	1970–76, 1977–81, 1983–87	374
8	Félix Loustau	FW	1942–57	367
9	Ubaldo Fillol	GK	1974–83	361
10	Ricardo Vaghi	DF	1935–49	323

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. ^[57]
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"^[58] has always been the most fruitful of Argentina, the most important and also the one with the greatest success. ^[59] Historically it is considered as the best soccer training school of America and one of the best in the world. ^[60][61]

Two players who won the Ballon d'Or, Alfredo Di Stéfano and Omar Sívori, were born from "El Semillero".

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River Plate players among the 50 best footballers in South America in the XX century according to IFFHS^[62]

José Manuel Moreno and Alfredo Di Stéfano

Rank.	Name	National team	Points	Position
3	Alfredo Di Stéfano	Argentina	161	Forward
5	José Manuel Moreno	Argentina	82	Attacking midfielder or Forward
12	Adolfo Pedernera	Argentina	24	Attacking midfielder or Forward
16	Omar Sívori	Argentina	19	Attacking midfielder
26	Ángel Labruna	Argentina	12	Attacking midfielder or Forward
35	Daniel Passarella	Argentina	8	Defender

Some of the most distinctive and famous players who emerged from the River Plate Academy

FIFA World Cup winners

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Player gallery

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  Carlos Peucelle was a notable forward, playing 10 years for River Plate.
  

  
  

  
  


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  Bernabé Ferreyra was an implacable scorer: 187 goals in 185 matches.
  

  
  

  
  


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  Adolfo Pedernera was the natural conductor of La Máquina.
  

  
  

  
  


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  Ángel Labruna, the all-time top scorer with 293 goals.
  

  
  

  
  


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  José Manuel Moreno is considered one of the best south american players ever.
  

  
  

  
  


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  Alfredo Di Stéfano is regarded as one of the best footballers of all time.
  

  
  

  
  


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  Amadeo Carrizo, whose style revolutioned the goalkeeper position.
  

  
  

  
  


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  Daniel Onega holds the record for the most goals scored in a single season of Copa Libertadores.
  

  
  

  
  


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  Reinaldo Merlo played his entire career in River Plate.
  

  
  

  
  


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  Daniel Passarella was player, manager and president of River Plate.
  

  
  

  
  


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  Norberto Alonso, one of the most iconic players of River Plate.
  

  
  

  
  


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Notable managers

Ramón Díaz (left) and Marcelo Gallardo, the most successful River Plate managers with 9 titles each

Ramón Díaz and Marcelo Gallardo are the the most successful managers of all-time, with nine titles each. Gallardo (appointed in 2014) is the current manager and under his direction, River Plate has won its most international championships. Domestic titles won include two Copa Argentina (2015–16, 2016–17) and one Supercopa Argentina (2017). He has been specially successful in the international scene, having won two Copa Libertadores (2015, 2018), one Copa Sudamericana (2014), two Recopa Sudamericana (2015, 2016), 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)^[64]; 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 de América 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

National

League

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National cups

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International

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Other sports

Field hockey

River Plate field hockey team playing Club Ciudad in 2011

The women's field hockey team is affiliated to the Buenos Aires Hockey Association (AHBA)^[78] 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.^[79]

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. ^[80]

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. ^[81]

Basketball

Alberto López, world champion in Argentina 1950

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 profesional basketball, the River Plate Basketball returned to national tournaments playing the CABB Federal Basketball Tournament. ^[82]

Futsal

The futsal team plays in the Argentine División de Honor de Futsal. The team won 3 championships in 1991, 2002 and 2003, and 2 Copa Argentina de Futsal in 2016 and 2017. ^[83] The team also achieved a 3rd place in the Copa Libertadores de Futsal in 2013. ^[84]

Women's Football

María Pía Gomez scoring a goal for the women's team in 2011

The River Plate Women’s football team plays in the Campeonato de Fútbol Femenino and have won the championship 11 times of which 5 were in succession from 1993 to 1997. The team achieved the 3rd place in the 2017 Copa Libertadores Femenina.

Handball

River is one of the founding clubs of the Federación Metropolitana de Balonmano and it is also the institution that won more championships in local history. ^[85]

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.^[86] 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.^[87]

The more prominent players in the club’s history are Guillermo Till, Claudio Straffe, Freddy Ambrosini, Gabriel Canzoniero and Juan Ojea.

Swimming

José Meolans is considered the best Argentine swimmer of the last decades

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 Jose Meolans. 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.^[88]

Swimmers who represented River Plate in the Olympics.

Tennis

Gabriela Sabatini started playing tennis in River Plate

Tennis is a sport practiced in River Plate since 1923. 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. ^[89]

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 his participation in metropolitan and national children's tournaments. ^[90]

Volleyball

Women's Volleyball at River Plate

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).^[91]

The men’s volleyball team won the Liga Argentina de Voleibol in the 98-99 season with the Brazilians Jefferson, Marcos Dreyer, and the nationals Marcelo Román, Diego Gutiérrez and Luis Gálvez ^[92] and the Súper 4 in 2003. ^[93] The team also won 8 Metropolitan Leagues between 1956 and 2011.

Other

In addition to the mentioned sports, River Plate also has departments of athletics, artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, artistic roller skating, roller hockey, waterpolo, karate, taekwondo, basque pelota, chess, bowls and table tennis.

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  River Plate athletes in 1944
  

  
  

  
  


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  Josefina Marin, artistic roller skating
  

  
  

  
  


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  Roller hockey goalkeeper, Estanislao Maiorano
  

  
  

  
  


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  River Plate waterpolo player Enrique Hormaecha
  

  
  

  
  


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  Field hockey players
  

  
  

  
  


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  Futsal champions in 1991
  

  
  

  
  


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  Basketball player Héctor Campana
  

  
  

  
  


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  Women's basketball players in the 1940s
  

  
  

  
  


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  River Plate gymnasts in 1944
  

  
  

  
  


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  Waterpolo team coached by Márton Homonnai
  

  
  

  
  


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  River Plate tennis players
  

  
  

  
  


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  Amalia Avila, High jump
  

  
  

  
  


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  Pétur Guðmundsson in 1980
  

  
  

  
  


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  Camila Gomez, Long jump
  

  
  

  
  

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References

External links

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