Club Atlético River Plate is an Argentine professional

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based in the Belgrano neighborhood of

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. Founded in 1901, the club is named after the English name for the city's

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Río de la Plata The Río de la Plata (; ), also called the River Plate or La Plata River in English, is the estuary formed by the confluence of the Uruguay River and the Paraná River at Punta Gorda, Colonia, Punta Gorda. It empties into the Atlantic Ocean and ...

. River's home stadium, Monumental, is the largest in South America. River had the highest average home attendance of any association football club in the world in 2023 with 84,567. With more than 350,000 members at the end of 2023, River is one of the largest sports clubs by membership. River Plate is also considered one of the '' Big Five'' of Argentine football, along with Independiente, San Lorenzo,

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, and Racing Club. Although a

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, River Plate is best known for its professional

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department, which has won Argentina's Primera División championship a record 38 times, most recently in

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. River Plate have also won 16 national cups, making River Argentina's most successful team in domestic competitions with 54 titles. At international level, River have won 18 titles, including four

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, one Intercontinental Cup, one Supercopa Sudamericana, one

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, three Recopa Sudamericanas, one

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, one Suruga Bank Championship, a record five Copa Aldaos, and one Tie Cup. In addition, River Plate's

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won the U-20 Copa Libertadores in

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. After winning the 2014 Copa Sudamericana, 2015 Recopa Sudamericana and the 2015 Copa Libertadores, River Plate became the first team to simultaneously hold

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's three current major international competitions. River Plate are ranked first in the all-time Argentine Primera División table, having gained the most points, having played the most matches, and having the highest win percentage. River are also ranked first in the historical table of the Copa Libertadores, being the South American team with most games won and the most points gained. The club were placed ninth in the

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poll in 2000. In a survey published by the

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in 2016, 6 out of 11 players of the all-time greatest Argentina national team had played for River Plate. River have a fierce rivalry with

. Matches between them are known as

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, and the rivalry is among the most heated in the sport, due to the fixture's global popularity and both clubs having the most fans in Argentina. Notable players who have played for River include José Manuel Moreno, Adolfo Pedernera,

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, Amadeo Carrizo,

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, Omar Sívori,

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, Enzo Francescoli,

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, Javier Mascherano and Gonzalo Higuaín.

History

According with the club's official history, River Plate was founded on 25 May 1901, close to the

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neighborhood (later the home of fierce rivals

). They were formed from the merger of two clubs, "Santa Rosa" and "La Rosales", with Leopoldo Bard elected as the first president. The name River Plate 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

) and that inscription was taken to name the new club. River Plate affiliated to the

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, this time 7–0, to achieve promotion. In 1914 River won its first domestic championship, the Copa de Competencia Jockey Club 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

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. 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 club's record of 28 official tournaments saw them dubbed ''El Campeón del Siglo'' (The Champions of the Century).

Kit

Kit evolution

;Notes

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

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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. 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. River Plate jersey 1955

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 did not have a badge, and its presence varied throughout the history, according to the designs of each era. 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 (CARP) in black, and the background is white, in a stylized design. When Hugo Santilli became 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 (Hens)'' that River's rivals (Boca Juniors fans mainly) used to mock them. Artists from Argentina took part in that competition. The club finally chose a logo designed by the 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

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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. In February 2022, River Plate launched its new corporate image, which included an update to the logo and a typography designed exclusively for the club. The corporate image was created and developed by "Grupo Berro", a

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ing and design studio that had been working on the corporate image for over two years.

Rivalry

River Plate and

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 ''

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match was listed by the

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as one of the most famous derbies in the world. Attending the match was also acclaimed in 2004 as the number one of the ''Fifty sporting things you must do before you die'' by ''

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''.

Club nicknames

The "River Plate" name was chosen in 1901, when the team was still located at the

neighbourhood, next to the

("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. 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. 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"). River Plate's forwards between 1941 and 1946 were given the nickname '' La Máquina'' (The Machine), due to their synchronization and movements on the field. 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). Some notable players were

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, 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.

Stadiums

The Estadio Antonio Liberti (nicknamed ''El Monumental'') located in the Belgrano

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is River Plate's stadium. With a capacity of 86,000, it was inaugurated on 25 May 1938.

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usually plays its home games at the stadium. Since its establishment in 1901, River Plate's stadiums have been: * Dársena Sur (1901–05, 1907–15): Located on the corner of Wenceslao Villafañe and Caboto streets of

. The club returned in 1907 from Sarandí. * Sarandí (1906–07): The club moved to that district in

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, near the railway station. * La Boca (1915–23): River built a stadium on the corner of Pinzón and Gaboto streets in

. * Alvear y Tagle (1923–37): Located in the Recoleta district of Buenos Aires. The land where the stadium was built had been owned by

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. * Antonio V. Liberti (''Monumental'') (1938–Present): Built on the same land where the Bajo Belgrano

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Track had existed years ago.

Support

In 2023, River's average home attendance was 84,567, the highest average attendance of any association football club in the world, also having sold-out 48 home matches in a row during the year. It was also reported that River had more than 350,000 members at the end of 2023, making them one of the largest sports clubs by membership. On 8 October 2012, "The world's longest football flag" was unveiled in a caravan in which approximately 15,000 River supporters took part. It was made entirely by fans who carried the 7,830 meters flag along the streets of Buenos Aires. The away jersey of the 2012–13 season was the most sold throughout the world during the month of September 2012, a first for an Argentine club. In 2015, the club participated in the

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and played against

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at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka on 16 December, and on 20 December in the final against

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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, a record in the competition. River Plate has official subsidiaries in provinces such as Santa Fe, Tucumán, Córdoba, Entre Ríos, Mendoza,

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, Catamarca, among others, and in Spain, Mexico, Australia, the United States, Paraguay and Canada. 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.

Players

Current squad

Reserve squad

Out on loan

Current coaching staff

, - , Head coach , , Marcelo Gallardo , - , Assistant coach , , Matías Biscay , - , Assistant coach , , Hernán Buján , - , Fitness coach , , Pablo Dolce , - , Fitness coach , , Diego Gamalero , - , Fitness coach , , Nicolás Gómez , - , Goalkeeping coach , , Alberto Montes , - , Goalkeeping coach , , Javier Sodero , - , Video analyst , , Nahuel Hidalgo , - , Video analyst , , Alejandro Albornoz , - , Doctor , , Fernando Macías , - , Doctor , , Christian Verdier , - , Kinesiologist , , Jorge Bombicino , - , Kinesiologist , , Franco Bombicino , - , Neurosciencist , , Sandra Rossi , - , Neurosciencist , , Mariela Arangio , - , Nutrionist , , Marcelo Pudelka , - , Psychologist , , Pablo Nigro , -

Top goalscorers

Most appearances

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.
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" has always been the most fruitful of

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, the most important and also the one with the greatest success. Historically it is considered as the best soccer training school of the Americas and one of the best in the world.

Ballon d'Or winners

Two players from the River Plate academy won the

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. ''Note'': flags indicate national team they played for so the Ballon was awarded to European players only: *

(

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, 1989 Super Ballon d'Or) * Omar Sívori (

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)

River Plate players ranked among the 50 best footballers in South America in the 20th century

(according to a ranking made by IFFHS); ''Note'': the ranking only includes River Plate players emerged from the youth academy: Notable players who emerged from the River Plate Academy *

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* Matías Almeyda *

Norberto Alonso Norberto Osvaldo "Beto" Alonso (born 4 January 1953) is a former Argentine Association football, football midfielder who spent most of his career at Club Atlético River Plate, River Plate, where he won 9 titles. He remains one of their most not ...

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* Leonardo Astrada *

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* Amadeo Carrizo *

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* Andrés D'Alessandro * Martín Demichelis * Ramón Díaz *

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* Marcelo Gallardo * Gonzalo Higuaín *

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* Erik Lamela * Félix Loustau * Oscar Más * Javier Mascherano *

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* Gonzalo Montiel * José Manuel Moreno * Carlos Morete * Mateo Musacchio * Ermindo Onega * Daniel Onega * Ariel Ortega * Exequiel Palacios * Adolfo Pedernera * Germán Pezzella * Guido Rodríguez * Néstor Rossi *

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* Omar Sívori * Santiago Solari * Norberto Yácono

FIFA World Cup winners

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) *

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(

) * Leopoldo Luque (

) * Oscar Ortiz (

) *

(Captain

, DNP 1986) * Héctor Enrique ( 1986) *

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( 1986) *

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( 1986) * Franco Armani (

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)

Notable managers

Marcelo Gallardo is the club's most successful manager of all-time, with thirteen titles. Gallardo (appointed in 2014) was the club's manager until November 2022 and under his direction, River Plate won most of its international championships. Domestic titles won include three

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( 2015–16, 2016–17 and 2018–19) and two Supercopa Argentina (

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). He has been specially successful in the international scene, having won two

(

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2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

), one

(

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), three

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(

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

), and one Suruga Bank Championship (

). Several of these championship wins included memorable victories against archrivals

. 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 (

); internationally, he won the

(

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) and one

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(

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

). José María Minella was another notable manager with eight titles won with River Plate, seven Primera División championships (

1945 1945 marked the end of World War II, the fall of Nazi Germany, and the Empire of Japan. It is also the year concentration camps were liberated and the only year in which atomic weapons have been used in combat. Events World War II will be ...

1947 It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country i ...

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Cairo Fire, Black Saturday in Kingdom of Egypt, Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, ...

1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito ...

, 1955,

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) and one Copa Dr. Ricardo Aldao (1947).

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

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

Senior titles

Other titles

Titles won in lower divisions: *

Primera B Nacional Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, (English "National B Division"), and known as Primera B Nacional until the 2019–20 season) is the second division of the Argentine football league system. The competition is made up of 38 team ...

: 2011–12 *

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commonly known as Segunda División or La Liga 2, and officially known as LaLiga HyperMotion for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spa ...

: 1908

Youth titles

* U-20 Copa Libertadores:

Friendly titles

* Torneo Internacional Nocturno: 1944 * Copa Tres Ciudades: 1947 * Torneo Triangular: 1962 *Copa Ciudad de Bogotá: 1964 * Copa Confraternidad Iberoamericana: 1964 * Feria de Cali: 1965 *Copa Ciudad de Buenos Aires: 1969 * Torneo Villa de Madrid: 1978 * Torneo de Campeones: 1979 * Torneo Cuadrangular Rosa de Oro de Querétaro: 1985 * Copa 85th Aniversario: 1986 * Copa Misiones: 1986 * Copa Trasandina: 1992 * Supercopa Euroamericana:

* Triangular Internacional Sodimac: 2022 ;Notes

Other sports

Apart from football, the club hosts a large variety of sports such as athletics,

basque pelota Basque pelota (Basque: '' pilota'', Spanish: '' pelota vasca'', French: '' pelote basque'') is the name for a variety of court sports played with a ball using one's hand, a racket, a wooden bat or a basket, against a wall (''frontis or fronto ...

bowls Bowls, also known as lawn bowls or lawn bowling, is a sport in which players try to roll their ball (called a bowl) closest to a smaller ball (known as a "jack" or sometimes a "kitty"). The bowls are shaped (biased), so that they follow a curve ...

chess Chess is a board game for two players. It is an abstract strategy game that involves Perfect information, no hidden information and no elements of game of chance, chance. It is played on a square chessboard, board consisting of 64 squares arran ...

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

, cestoball,

gymnastics Gymnastics is a group of sport that includes physical exercises requiring Balance (ability), balance, Strength training, strength, Flexibility (anatomy), flexibility, agility, Motor coordination, coordination, artistry and endurance. The movem ...

field hockey Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...

karate (; ; Okinawan language, Okinawan pronunciation: ), also , is a martial arts, martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the Okinawan martial arts, indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called , "hand"; ''tī'' in Okinawan) un ...

roller hockey Roller hockey is a form of hockey played on a dry surface using wheeled skates. It can be played with traditional roller skates (quad skates) or with inline skates and use either a ball or puck. Combined, roller hockey is played in nearly 60 cou ...

roller skating Roller skating is the act of travelling on surfaces with roller skates. It is a recreation, recreational activity, a sport, and a form of transportation. Roller rinks and skate parks are built for roller skating, though it also takes place on s ...

swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, such as saltwater or freshwater environments, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Swimmers achieve locomotion by coordinating limb and body movements to achieve hydrody ...

taekwondo Taekwondo (; ; ) is a Korean martial art and combat sport involving primarily kicking techniques and punching. "Taekwondo" can be translated as ''tae'' ("strike with foot"), ''kwon'' ("strike with hand"), and ''do'' ("the art or way"). In ad ...

tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

, waterpolo, and

eSports Esports (), short for electronic sports, is a form of competition using video games. Esports often takes the form of organized, multiplayer video game competitions, particularly between professional players, played individually or as teams. ...

Basketball

The

team currently plays in the Torneo Federal de Básquetbol. In 1950, the first FIBA World Championship was played in Buenos Aires and

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 professional basketball, River Plate returned to national tournaments playing the CABB Federal Basketball Tournament.

Field hockey

The women's

team is affiliated to the Buenos Aires Hockey Association (AHBA) 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. 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. 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.

Futsal

The

futsal Futsal is a variant of association football played between two teams of five players each on a court smaller than a football pitch. Its rules are based on the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game of association football, and i ...

team plays in the Argentine División de Honor. The team won three championships in 1991, 2002 and 2003, and two Copa Argentina de Futsal in 2016 and 2017. The team also achieved a third place in the Copa Libertadores de Futsal in 2013.

Handball

River is one of the founding clubs of the Federación Metropolitana de Balonmano (Fe.Me.Bal.) and it is also the institution that won more championships in local history. 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. 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. The more prominent players in the club's history are Guillermo Till, Claudio Straffe, Freddy Ambrosini, Gabriel Canzoniero and Juan Ojea.

Swimming

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 José Meolans, one of the Argentine swimmers with most titles won. 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. Other swimmers from River Plate who represented Argentina in the Olympics include Meolans himself, Georgina Bardach, Eduardo Germán Otero, Walter Arciprete, Agustín Fiorilli, María del Pilar Pereyra, Juan Pereyra, Damián Blaum, Javiera Salcedo, Pablo Martín Abal, Cecilia Biagioli.

Tennis

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. 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 her participation in metropolitan and national children's tournaments.

Volleyball

Voley argentino de san carlos - 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). The men's volleyball team won the Liga Argentina de Voleibol in the 1998–99 season with the Brazilians Jefferson, Marcos Dreyer, and the nationals Marcelo Román, Diego Gutiérrez and Luis Gálvez and the Súper 4 in 2003. The team also won 8 Metropolitan Leagues between 1956 and 2011.

Women's Football

The River Plate women's football team plays in the Campeonato de Fútbol Femenino and have won the championship 11 times of which five were in succession from 1993 to 1997. The team achieved the third place in the 2017 Copa Libertadores Femenina.

Other

In addition to the mentioned sports, River Plate's sections include

artistic gymnastics Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different types of apparatus. The sport is governed by the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique, Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), ...

artistic roller skating Artistic roller skating is a competitive sport similar to figure skating but where competitors wear roller skates instead of ice skates. Within artistic roller skating, there are several disciplines: * Figures: the individual follows the figu ...

, athletics,

boxing Boxing is a combat sport and martial art. Taking place in a boxing ring, it involves two people – usually wearing protective equipment, such as boxing glove, protective gloves, hand wraps, and mouthguards – throwing Punch (combat), punch ...

rhythmic gymnastics Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform individually or in groups on a floor with an apparatus: hoop (rhythmic gymnastics), hoop, ball (rhythmic gymnastics), ball, Clubs (rhythmic gymnastics), clubs, ribbon (rhythmic gymnastics), ...

table tennis Table tennis (also known as ping-pong) is a racket sport derived from tennis but distinguished by its playing surface being atop a stationary table, rather than the Tennis court, court on which players stand. Either individually or in teams of ...