River Plate

River Plate is one of the 2 top teams and claims to be “el más grande” (the greatest). Historically known for developing elite players and exquisite football shows, they have reigned South American football for the past 8 years under Marcelo Gallardo’s conduction.

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Colours

White with a Red sash

Nickname

El más grande, millonarios, gallinas

Clásico

River Plate vs. Boca Juniors

Fans

Los Borrachos del Tablón

Stadium

Monumental

Iconic Players

Aimar

Crespo

Gallardo

Ortega

Franchescolli

Almeyda

Saviola

Founded in 1901
River Plate - el más grande (the greatest) are the most successful team in the professional era of Argentine football, with a total of 63 leagues, cups, and international trophies. The club originally played in the La Boca neighbourhood next to rivals Boca Juniors, but moved to Núñez in the wealthy north of the city and became known as the Millionarios (millionaires).

Their rivalry is the biggest in all of Latin America and culminated in River's 2018 Copa Libertadores victory in Madrid (Copa 90's 1hr long documentary on Youtube is a must-view). Buenos Aires, city and province; Argentina; Latin America; the entire globe(?); are all captive to this ultimate of rivalries, the Superclásico.

River lay claim to the most famous team in Argentine history: La Máquina (the locomotive/machine) was the name given to the mythical front 5 of Labruna, Pedernera, Múñoz, Moreno and Loustau; although they only actually played together 18 times.

Antonio V. Liberti (El Monumental)

Capacity: 72,054
Neighbourhood: Núñez - Buenos Aires City

River’s home from 1938 has been the Monumental, Argentina’s biggest stadium. It has seen countless days of glory from El Más Grande (the greatest), and on top of that Argentina won the 1978 World Cup there also. Recently the running track surrounding the pitch has been removed with the aim of adding more seats and bringing fans closer to the action. The wide avenues and streets leading up to the stadium add to the sense of size and occasion and the ground really does live up to its name as a monument of Argentine football.

WHAT'S ON NOW

River’s coach Gallardo who is highly esteemed and became practically a god has announced that he will renew his contract for the 2022 season, after winning the local league. Known for developing youth players and rearranging teams in any circumstances, Argentinian champion’s ultimate objective will be the Copa Libertadores 2022, lead by legend Enzo Pérez and with the promising striker and top scorer Julián Álvarez.