Club Atlético River Plate (Uruguay)

Club Atlético River Plate is an Uruguay

Uruguay

Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...

an football club based in Montevideo

Montevideo

Montevideo is the largest city, the capital, and the chief port of Uruguay. The settlement was established in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst a Spanish-Portuguese dispute over the platine region, and as a counter to the Portuguese colony at Colonia del Sacramento...

. The club currently plays in the Primera División. River is the result of the merger of former clubs Olimpia and Capurro.

River Plate have won the Segunda División title 6 times, this is a record they share with Sud América

Sud América

Institución Atlética Sud América, usually known as Sud América or IASA is a football club from Montevideo in Uruguay. They currently play in the Uruguayan 2nd Division.- History :...

The beginnings

After its foundation on 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" (today called Estadio Saroldi

Estadio Saroldi

Estadio Saroldi is a multi-use stadium in Montevideo, Uruguay. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 6,000 all seated...

) as its 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

Central Español

Central Español Fútbol Club, usually known simply as Central Español is a Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo.- The F.U.F era :Together with Peñarol, Central founded F.U.F in 1923 after being expelled from A.U.F...

from an injury 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

Severino Varela

Severino Varela was an Uruguayan football striker who played for the Uruguay national team on 24 occasions, scoring 19 goals.Varela started his playing career in 1932 playing for River Plate de Montevideo...

and Héctor Sena Puricelli.

Rise in the Primera División

River Plate's highest position was reached in 1992. Osvaldo Canobbio

Osvaldo Canobbio

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, Juan Ramón Carrasco

Juan Ramón Carrasco

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, Luis Diego López and Edgardo Adinolfi

Edgardo Adinolfi

Edgardo Alberto Adinolfi Duarte is a Uruguayan football player. He has played club football in Uruguay, Israel, Argentina, Cyprus and Spain.-International career:...

were involved in the squad by those times. Nacional won the title based on the skills of the notable forward Julio Dely Valdes

Julio Dely Valdes

Julio César Dely Valdés is a retired Panamanian association football player. He is a twin brother of Jorge Dely Valdés and younger brother of Armando Dely Valdés...

.

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

Robert Mario Flores

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was considered the best player of the season, another great players such as Pablo Tiscornia

Pablo Tiscornia

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, Henry Giménez

Henry Damián Giménez

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, Mauricio Prieto

Mauricio Prieto

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, Bruno Montelongo

Bruno Montelongo

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and goalkeeper Álvaro García

Álvaro Marcelo García

Álvaro García full name Álvaro Marcelo García Zaroba is a Uruguayan footballer. He currently plays for River Plate in Uruguayan First Division.-References:...

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

Rampla Juniors

Rampla Juniors Fútbol Club, usually known simply as Rampla Juniors is an Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo.-Origin and colours:...

(7-0).

Kit

C.A. River Plate's kit is similar to that used by River Plate F.C.

River Plate F.C.

River Plate Football Club was a sports club from Uruguay, founded in 1897 in Montevideo, the country's capital.River Plate is considered one of the four giants of the first era in Uruguayan football, alongside rivals Montevideo Wanderers and the current two bigs: CURCC and Club Nacional de Football...

, one of the giants of the amateur era. C.A. River Plate's away kit is sometimes a sky blue jersey, black shorts and socks. This kit was adopted by the Uruguay national football team

Uruguay national football team

The Uruguayan national football team represents Uruguay in international association football and is controlled by the Uruguayan Football Association, the governing body for football in Uruguay. The current head coach is Óscar Tabárez...

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

Americas

The Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...

at the time, the Argentine

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

team Alumni

Alumni Athletic Club

Asociación Alumni, usually just Alumni, is a rugby union and former football club located in Tortuguitas, Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina.-The beginning:...

. Thus, the worldwide known "celeste" jersey was taken by the national team from the club away kit. Before 1910 Uruguay

Uruguay

wore several jerseys including dark blue, green, striped white and sky blue, similar to that of Argentina among others.

Rivalries

River is based in the same neighbourhood where Bella Vista

Club Atlético Bella Vista

Club Atlético Bella Vista, usually known simply as Bella Vista is an Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo.-History:On October 4, 1920, Club Atlético Bella Vista was founded....

and Montevideo Wanderers

Montevideo Wanderers F.C.

Montevideo Wanderers Fútbol Club, usually known simply as Wanderers is a Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo. The club are currently members of the Primera División and play at the Estadio Viera...

play. These three clubs have a long history of rivalry with each other.

Recently, River have had the upper hand in Derby Matches against both rivals winning most of the matches played.

Current squad

As of August 11, 2011

National

Segunda División
Segunda División Uruguay
Segunda División Profesional is the second tier of the Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol league system. The league is sometimes referred to as Primera B.The Uruguayan 2nd division was established in 1942.-Season 2011–2012 Teams:* Atenas* Boston River...

: 1943, 1967, 1978, 1984, 1991, 2004

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

Copa Sudamericana
Copa Sudamericana
The Copa Bridgestone Sudamericana de Clubes , known simply as the Copa Sudamericana , is an annual international club football competition organized by the CONMEBOL since 2002. It is the second most prestigious club competition in South American football. CONCACAF clubs were invited between 2004...

: 3 appearances (2008, 2009 and 2010)
- Best: Semifinals (2009
  2009 Copa Sudamericana
  The 2009 Copa Sudamericana de Clubes is the 8th edition of the CONMEBOL's secondary international club tournament. Internacional were the defending champions, having won the trophy the previous season...
  
  )
Copa CONMEBOL
Copa CONMEBOL
The Copa CONMEBOL was an annual football cup competition organized by CONMEBOL between 1992 and 1999 for eligible South American football clubs. During its time of existence, it was the third most prestigious South American club football contest after the Copa Libertadores and Supercopa...

: 2 appearances (1996 and 1998)
- Best: Quarterfinals (1996
  1996 Copa CONMEBOL
  The 1996 Copa CONMEBOL was the fifth edition of CONMEBOL's annual club tournament. Teams that failed to qualify for the Copa Libertadores played in this tournament. Sixteen teams from the ten South American football confederations qualified for this tournament...
  
  )

Other titles

Copa Aerosur: 1 appearance
- Best: champions ( 2010 )

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Severino Varela

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