| Full name | Club Atlético River Plate | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Darseneros | |||
| Founded | May 11, 1932 | |||
| Ground | Estadio Saroldi, Montevideo, Uruguay (Capacity: 6,000 (all seated)) |
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| Chairman | Miguel Grisoglio | |||
| Coach | Guillermo Almada | |||
| League | Primera División | |||
| 2010-11 | 13th | |||
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Club Atlético River Plate is an Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo. 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.
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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) 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 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 and Héctor Sena Puricelli.
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 title 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, 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).
C.A. River Plate's kit is similar to that used by River Plate F.C., 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 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.
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1981
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1994
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1996
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1996 away
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2001
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2005-06 away
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2007-10 away
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River is based in the same neighbourhood where Bella Vista and Montevideo Wanderers 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.
As of August 11, 2011[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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