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River Plate

Full name	Club River Plate
Nickname(s)	El Kelito
Founded	15 January 1911; 113 years ago (1911-01-15)
Ground	Estadio Jardines del Kelito, Asunción, Paraguay
Capacity	6,500
Manager	Denis Caniza
League	Primera B Metropolitana
2023	3rd of 17
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Club River Plate, mostly known as River Plate or internationally as River Plate Asunción, ^[1] is a Paraguayan football club from the neighbourhood of Mburicaó, in Asunción; founded in 1911. The club has been playing in the lower divisions of the Paraguayan league for several decades and their most notable achievements are the three second-place finish achieved when they were playing in the Paraguayan Primera División. It currently plays in the Primera División B Metropolitana, one of the three third-division leagues in the Paraguayan football league system.

History

In 2015, River Plate were crowned champions on the División Intermedia and were promoted to the Primera División Paraguaya for the 2016 season. ^{[2] [3]}

Divisions timeline

So far this century, the club has been in all 4 divisions of the local league system:

Current squad

As of 20 December 2020

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ARG Osvaldo Cabral 2 DF   PAR Gustavo Giménez 3 MF   PAR Francisco Parra 4 DF   PAR Carlos Montiel 5 DF   PAR Richard Salinas 6 DF   PAR Mario Saldívar 7 MF   PAR Silvio Torales 8 MF   PAR Cristian Sosa 9 FW   PAR Robin Ramírez 10 MF   PAR Alberto Contrera 11 FW   PAR Marco Prieto 12 GK   PAR Armando Vera 13 DF   ARG Matías Maidana 14 MF   PAR Darío Cáceres (on loan from Lanús) 15 MF   PAR Diego Barreto 16 MF   PAR Ramón Rosa 17 MF   PAR Marcelo González 18 DF   URU Richard Fernández

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW   PAR Epifanio García 20 FW   PAR Dionicio Pérez 21 MF   PAR Juan Gauto 22 MF   ARG Emiliano Agüero 23 DF   PAR Rodrigo Alborno 24 DF   PAR Nicolás Rojas 25 FW   PAR Alexis Rojas 27 GK   PAR Pablo Gavilán 28 FW   PAR Walter Gaona 29 DF   COL José Moreno 30 FW   ECU Juan Anangonó 32 MF   PAR Jorge Núñez 33 MF   PAR Aldo Quiñónez 34 MF   PAR Alex González 35 FW   PAR Francisco Bareiro 39 DF   PAR Jorge Paredes — DF   PAR Rodrigo Vera _ MF   PAR Gianlucca Fatecha

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have either:

• Played at least 125 games for the club.
• Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club.
• Been part of a national team at any time.
• Played in the first division of any other football association (outside of Paraguay).
• Played in a continental and/or intercontinental competition.

Honours

• Paraguayan First Division: 0

Runners-up (3): 1919, 1926, 1930

• Paraguayan Second Division: 3

1913, 1957, 2018

• Paraguayan Third Division: 1

2010

References

External links

• Albigol: River Plate Info
• Paraguayan Soccer Info

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