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Soccer Betting - Argentinean League Teams
History - Facts - Teams - Winners
River Plate
The Club Atlético River plate, known as the River or River Plate is based on Buenos Aires and it was founded in May 25, 1901. The River is quite recognized both in Argentina as well as internationally.
On May 25, 1901 the club members and the players from the team “Los Rosales” gathered with the objective to institute a real soccer club and after some ideas to name the team, they proposed the name River Plate.
On April 30th, 1905, the team had its first participation in the third division, losing the game 3-2 against the medicine school. The same year, River defeated Gral. Belgrano ‘A’ with a 4-3 score. Just some years later, in 1908, River Plate defeated the Racing Club 7-0 for the second division final reaching the first division and stayed there.
Important Facts
- 1980: River became a recognized soccer team internationally for its history and its technique of play.
- 1981: The River wins the National Championship, but the team entered into a bad economical period and had to dismiss some important players.
- 1986: River wins their first Copa Libertadores in history against America de Cali from Colombia.
- 1991: River lost the finals of the Supercopa against Cruzeiro from Belo Horizonte.
- 2000: River reaches a bi-championship but is eliminated by the Boca Juniors in the quarter finals of the Copa Libertadores
- 2001: The team celebrates their 100 anniversary
- 2002: River reached its third local professional championship
- 2006: The team won 32 local professional titles and 5 International titles.
Squad (as Feb 11, 2008)
Goalkeepers |
Strikers/Forwards |
1
12
29 |
Juan Ojeda
Mario Vega
Juan Pablo Carrizo |
7
10
11
17
19
21
23
27
31
42
43 |
Mauro Rosales
Ariel Ortega
Sebastián Abreu
Sebastián Sciorilli
Radamel Falcao García
Alexis Sánchez
Andrés Ríos
Juan Antonio
Tulio Etchemaite
Federico Almerares
Pablo Mazza |
Defenders |
Midfielders |
2
3
4
6
14
15
20
24
32
33
34
40 |
Nicolás Sánchez
Cristian Villagra
Paulo Ferrari
Eduardo Tuzzio
Danilo Gerlo
Gustavo Cabral
Cristian Nasuti
Emmanuel Martínez
Mateo Musacchio
Maximiliano Oliva
Diego Bogado
Lucas Sánchez |
5
8
13
18
25
28
30
35
36
37
38
39 |
Oscar Ahumada
Rodrigo Archubi
Diego Cardozo
Marcelo Burzac
Leonardo Ponzio
Augusto Fernández
Diego Buonanotte
Nicolás Domingo
Matías Díaz
Damián Lizio
Matías Abelairas
Facundo Affranchino |
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