La Rivolta

Club Atlético River Plate (pronounced: [ˈriveɾ ˈpleit]) is a professional Argentine sports club based in the Belgrano neighborhood of Buenos Aires. Many sports are practised at the club, River is best known for its professional football team, which won many of the most important football tournaments in the world, including Copa Libertadores, and the Intercontinental Cup.
River is one of the mostsuccessful football teams of Argentina, having won the Primera División title a record 34 times. River's last domestic title at the top division was the 2008 Clausura. Other domestic competitions won by River Plate were defuncts trophies Copa Dr. Carlos Ibarguren (three times)[2] and Copa Adrián C. Escobar (once).[3]
In addition, the club's international titles include two CopaLibertadores (both against the same rival, America de Cali of Colombia), oneIntercontinental Cup, one Supercopa Sudamericana, one Copa Interamericana and one U-20 Copa Libertadores, appart from eight tournaments organized by AFA and AUF together: six Copa Dr. Ricardo Aldao,[4] one Tie Cup[5] and one Copa de Honor Cousenier.[6][7] River's success in the 1990s led IFFHS to name it ninth in its All-Time Club WorldRanking (and first in the Americas).[8]
The club was officially founded in 1901 and took its name from the common English name for the Río de la Plata. River has a fierce rivalry with Boca Juniors. Matches between them are known as Superclásico, and the two teams' rivalry is amongst the most heated in the sport, due to their local and global popularity. River's home stadium is Estadio MonumentalAntonio Vespucio Liberti, known simply as "El Monumental", which is the largest stadium in the country.
Contents  [hide]  * 1 History * 1.1 The beginning * 1.2 Amateur era * 1.2.1 1908-30 * 1.3 Professional era * 1.3.1 1931-39: "Los Millonarios" * 1.3.2 1940s: "La Máquina" * 1.3.3 1950s: First treble * 1.3.4 The 1960s: a decade without titles* 1.3.5 1970s: Return to greatness * 1.3.6 1980s: First Copa Libertadores * 1.3.7 Decade of 1990s: the success continues * 1.3.8 Decade of 2000s: ups and downs * 1.3.9 Decade of 2010s: Starting all over * 2 Uniform * 2.1 Evolution * 2.2 Rare kits * 2.3 Sponsors and manufacturers * 3 Rivalry * 4 Club nicknames * 5 Stadium * 6 Players* 6.1 Current squad * 6.2 Out on loan * 6.3 Top goalscorers * 6.4 Most appearances * 6.5 Notable former players * 6.5.1 Early days and La Máquina * 6.5.2 1950s, 1960s and 1970s * 6.5.3 1980s * 6.5.4 1990s * 6.5.5 2000s to date * 7 Players gallery * 8 Notable managers * 9 Titles * 9.1 Domestic * 9.2 International* 9.2.1 Conmebol * 9.2.2 AFA-AUF competitions * 10 Other sports * 11 Notes * 12 See also * 13 External links |
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[edit]History
[edit]The beginning

Leopoldo Bard, founder and first president.
River Plate was founded on May 25, 1901, close to the La Boca neighborhood (later the home of fierce rivals Boca Juniors). Theinstitution was formed since the merge of two clubs, "Santa Rosa" and "La Rosales", with elected Leopoldo Bard being elected as its first president. The name was chosen because of an incident during the construction of Buenos Aires Port: one of the members had seen how the workers of Dique 3 left their duties for a while to play a football match. The boxes they were working with just said: "The RiverPlate", and that enigamatic inscription was taken to name the new club.
River Plate affiliated to Argentine Football Association in 1905 and debuted in the third division against Facultad de Medicina. The team played many matches (including one of its worst defeats ever at the hands of Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata: 1-10) before promoting to the second division.
[edit]Amateur era
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