2021 River Plate Montevideo season

River Plate took part in Uruguayan Primera División reaching 8th position and qualifying for 2022 Copa Sudamericana.

River Plate
2021 season
PresidentWillie Tucci
Head coachUruguay Gustavo Díaz (since April) [1]
StadiumEstadio Saroldi
Uruguayan Primera División8th
Top goalscorerLeague: Uruguay Matías Arezo (16 goals)
All: Uruguay Matías Arezo (16 goals)
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Transfer Window

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Summer 2021

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Position Nationality Name Age From Fee Transfer Window Ref.
GK   Salvador Ichazo 29 Danubio Free agent Summer Tenfield
MF   Robert Herrera 32 Peñarol Free agent Summer Tenfield
MF   Patricio Gregorio 22 Villa Española on loan (from Nacional) Summer Tenfield
FW   Luciano Boggio 22 Defensor Sporting on loan Summer Tenfield
MF   Gonzalo Nápoli 20 Defensor Sporting on loan Summer Tenfield
FW   Gonzalo Castro 36 Nacional Free agent Summer Ovacion
FW   Cristian Martín 23 Tacuarembó Return from loan Summer Tenfield
FW   Joaquín Lavega 16 Reserves - Summer Tenfield
Position Nationality Name Age To Fee Transfer Window Ref.
MF   Ribair Rodríguez 33 Danubio Free Agent Summer Ovacion
FW   Juan Manuel Olivera 39 Danubio Free Agent Summer Tenfield
DF   Gonzalo Viera 34 Atenas Free Agent Summer El Observador
DF   Claudio Herrera 33 - Free Agent Summer Tenfield
MF   Facundo Ospitaleche 24 Fénix Free Agent Summer Tenfield
DF   Facundo Silvera 24 Villa Teresa Free Agent Summer Tenfield
MF   Maximiliano Calzada 30 Cerrito Free Agent Summer Tenfield
MF   Sebastián Píriz 31 Defensor Sporting Free Agent Summer Ovacion
DF   Jair Ferreira 22 Basáñez Free Agent Summer Tenfield
FW   Matías Alonso 35 Uruguay Montevideo Free Agent Summer Tenfield
DF   Iván Silva 27 Tacuarembó Free Agent Summer Tenfield

Winter 2021

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Position Nationality Name Age From Fee Transfer Window Ref.
DF   Felipe Carvalho 27   Bolívar Free agent Winter Tenfield
FW   Mauricio Affonso 29   Mamelodi Sundowns Free agent Winter Tenfield
MF   Pablo González 26 Tacuarembó Free agent Winter Tenfield
MF   Pablo García 22 Nacional Loan Winter Tenfield
Position Nationality Name Age To Fee Transfer Window Ref.
DF   Horacio Salaberry 34   Guayaquil City Free Agent Winter Ecuagol
MF   Diego Vicente 23 Danubio Loan Winter Tenfield
FW   Nicolás González 24 Boston River End of loan Winter Tenfield
DF   Guzmán Rodríguez 21 Boston River End of loan Winter Tenfield

Squad

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First team squad

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As of Nov 4, 2021

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   URU Salvador Ichazo
3 DF   URU Santiago Brunelli
4 DF   URU Felipe Carvalho
5 DF   URU Tiago Galletto
7 DF   URU Nicolás Rodríguez
8 MF   URU Juan Pablo Plada
9 FW   URU Matías Arezo
10 MF   URU Facundo Boné
11 FW   URU Gonzalo Castro
12 GK   URU Lucas Machado
14 MF   URU Gonzalo Nápoli
15 MF   URU Pablo García
17 MF   URU Marcos Montiel
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW   URU Mauricio Affonso
19 FW   URU Thiago Borbas
20 MF   URU Patricio Gregorio
21 MF   URU Facundo Bonifazi
22 DF   URU Santiago Pérez
23 FW   URU Luciano Boggio
24 MF   URU Pablo González
25 GK   URU Fabrizio Correa
26 DF   URU Robert Herrera
27 MF   URU Juan Ignacio Quintana
28 MF   URU José Neris
30 MF   URU Adrián Leites
33 FW   URU Joaquín Lavega

Top scorers

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Last updated on Dec 5, 2021

Rank Pos. No. Name Primera División
1 FW 9   Matías Arezo 16
2 FW 19   Thiago Borbas 7
3 MF 23   Luciano Boggio 5
4 MF 11   Gonzalo Castro 3
4 FW 30   Adrián Leites 3
5 MF 5   Tiago Galletto 2
5 MF 17   Marcos Montiel 2
5 DF 21   Facundo Bonifazi 2
6 DF 4   Horacio Salaberry 1
6 MF 7   Nicolás Rodríguez 1
6 MF 10   Facundo Boné 1
6 FW 15   Pablo García 1
6 FW 18   Mauricio Affonso 1
Total 45

Disciplinary record

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Last updated on Dec 6, 2021

No. Pos Nat Name Primera División
       
Goalkeepers
1 GK   Salvador Ichazo 5 0 0
12 GK   Lucas Machado 0 0 0
25 FW   Fabrizio Correa 0 0 0
Defenders
3 DF   Santiago Brunelli 4 0 0
4 DF   Felipe Carvalho 0 0 0
6 DF   Santiago Pérez 0 0 0
21 DF   Facundo Bonifazi 10 0 1
26 DF   Robert Herrera 3 0 0
Midfielders
MF
5 MF   Tiago Galletto 4 0 0
7 MF   Nicolás Rodríguez 5 0 0
8 MF   Juan Pablo Plada 1 0 0
10 MF   Facundo Boné 1 0 0
14 MF   Gonzalo Nápoli 5 0 0
15 MF   Pablo García 5 0 0
17 DF   Marcos Montiel 10 0 0
20 MF   Patricio Gregorio 0 0 0
24 MF   Pablo González 0 0 0
27 MF   Juan Ignacio Quintana 1 0 0
30 MF   Adrián Leites 0 0 0
Forwards
9 FW   Matías Arezo 7 0 0
11 MF   Gonzalo Castro 2 0 0
18 FW   Mauricio Affonso 0 0 0
19 FW   Thiago Borbas 3 0 0
23 FW   Luciano Boggio 5 0 0
28 FW   José Neris 1 0 0
33 FW   Joaquín Lavega 2 0 0
Players transferred out during the season
DF   Horacio Salaberry 3 1 0
DF   Guzmán Rodríguez 2 0 0
MF   Diego Vicente 0 0 0
FW   Nicolás González 0 0 0
Total 79 1 1

Primera División

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Apertura 2021

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Plaza Colonia 15 11 3 1 20 7 +13 36 Qualification for Championship playoff
2 Nacional 15 9 2 4 23 14 +9 29
3 Peñarol 15 7 7 1 22 10 +12 28
4 Liverpool 15 8 3 4 38 20 +18 27
5 River Plate 15 7 5 3 27 20 +7 26
6 Montevideo City Torque 15 8 1 6 26 19 +7 25
7 Fénix 15 6 3 6 20 22 −2 21
8 Cerro Largo 15 6 2 7 20 22 −2 20
9 Cerrito 15 5 4 6 14 15 −1 19
10 Sud América 15 5 3 7 15 22 −7 18
11 Montevideo Wanderers 15 5 2 8 12 16 −4 17
12 Rentistas 15 4 4 7 12 21 −9 16
13 Boston River 15 3 5 7 14 19 −5 14
14 Deportivo Maldonado 15 3 5 7 11 22 −11 14
15 Progreso 15 2 5 8 13 26 −13 11
16 Villa Española 15 1 6 8 14 26 −12 9
Source: AUF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Playoff game, in case two teams are tied for first place.
If there are more than two teams tied in points: 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Head-to-head record, 5) Drawing of lots, 6) Playoff game, in case two teams are still tied for first place.

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415
GroundAHAAHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultLWDWWWLWDWDLDDW
Position1599631544235555
Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

May 17, 2021 1 Cerrito 3-1 River Plate Montevideo
19:30 UTC−3 Silvera   56'   88'
Ferreira   71'
M. Pérez   90+3'
Núñez   55'
Goyeni   68'
Pimienta   77'
Report Bonifazi   58'
Salaberry   25'   53'
Galletto   43'
N. Rodríguez   86'
Montiel   90'
Stadium: Charrúa
Referee: Santiago Motta
May 24, 2021 2 River Plate 3-2 Liverpool Montevideo
15:00 UTC−3 Boggio   61'   62'
N. Rodríguez   64'
Borbas   90+2'
Arezo   39'
Montiel   40'
Galletto   64'
Report Ramírez   19'   38'   49'
Chacón   23'
Figueredo   40'
Díaz   43'
Stadium: Saroldi
Referee: Jonathan Fuentes
May 30, 2021 3 Deportivo Maldonado 0-0 River Plate Maldonado
15:00 UTC−3 Lima   48'
González   55'
Tealde   85'
Report Montiel   57'
Lavega   90+4'
Stadium: Campus
Referee: Mathías de Armas
Jun 6, 2021 4 Cerro Largo 2-4 River Plate Melo
17:15 UTC−3 Otormín   45+1'
Cayetano   63'
Etcheverry   2'
Report Borbas   17'
Arezo   32'   88'   90+6'   80'
Salaberry   58'
Nápoli   70'
Stadium: Ubilla
Referee: Diego Rodríguez
Jun 12, 2021 5 River Plate 4-0 Progreso Montevideo
15:00 UTC−3 Salaberry   24'
Borbas   35'
Bonifazi   38'   18'
Castro   71'
Ichazo   64'
Boggio   66'
Report Gallardo   90' Stadium: Saroldi
Referee: José Burgos
Jun 19, 2021 6 Sud América 1-2 River Plate Montevideo
10:00 UTC−3 Giménez   38'
Andrade   66'
G. D. Rodríguez   79'
Report Arezo   75'   90+5'
Nápoli   16'
Salaberry   23'
Borbas   49'
Stadium: Jardines
Referee: Diego Ribeiro
Jun 22, 2021 7 River Plate 0-1 Plaza Colonia Montevideo
15:00 UTC−3 Bonifazi   87'
Neris   90+2'
Ichazo   90+3'
Report C. Rodríguez   47' Stadium: Saroldi
Referee: Gustavo Tejera
Jun 26, 2021 8 Fénix 3-4 River Plate Montevideo
15:00 UTC−3 Nequecaur   33'
Herrera   69' (o.g.)
Franco   90+5'
Alfaro   24'
Núñez   67'
Report Arezo   49'   62'
Boggio   60'
Boné   90+2'
Quintana   86'
Salaberry   90'
N. Rodríguez   90+1'
Stadium: Capurro
Referee: Javier Feres
Jul 3, 2021 9 River Plate 1-1 Boston River Montevideo
14:00 UTC−3 Arezo   90+2'
G. Rodríguez   2'
Bonifazi   8'
Report Bentancourt   25'
Nadruz   90'
Lozano   90'
Stadium: Saroldi
Referee: Yimmi Álvarez
Jul 10, 2021 10 Wanderers 1-2 River Plate Montevideo
17:15 UTC−3 Quagliata   21'
Abero   15'
Veglio   43'
López   90+3'
Report Borbas   1'
Arezo   81'
N. Rodríguez   47'
Bonifazi   55'
Stadium: Viera
Referee: Diego Ribeiro
Jul 17, 2021 11 River Plate 0-0 Rentistas Montevideo
12:45 UTC−3 Report R. González   68'
Sosa   90+2'
Stadium: Saroldi
Referee: Andrés Matonte
Aug 1, 2021 12 Peñarol 2-0 River Plate Ciudad de la Costa
18:00 UTC−3 Álvarez Martínez   17'
Torres   31'
C. Rodríguez   28'
Musto   85'
Report G. Rodríguez   47'
Borbas   58'
Montiel   61'
Stadium: CDS
Referee: Antonio García
Aug 7, 2021 13 River Plate 3-3 MCT Montevideo
15:00 UTC−3 Borbas   44'
Montiel   51'   86'
Leites   77'
Nápoli   14'
Arezo   55'
Bonifazi   61'
Report Chocobar   88'
Guerrero   90'
Peña   90+5'
L. Rodríguez   35'
Teuten   90+3'
Pizzichillo   90'
Stadium: Saroldi
Referee: Esteban Ostojich
Aug 15, 2021 14 Villa Española 1-1 River Plate Montevideo
13:15 UTC−3 P. Silva   48'   26'
Albín   27'
Puente   76'
Ramírez   90+2'
Report Arezo   60'
Ichazo   58'
Stadium: Varela
Referee: Pablo Giménez
Aug 21, 2021 15 River Plate 2-0 Nacional Montevideo
15:00 UTC−3 Arezo   45'
Boggio   51'
Montiel   33'
Nápoli   73'
Report Méndez   23'
Trasante   39'
Bergessio   41'   90+3'
Martínez   46'
Stadium: Saroldi
Referee: Diego Ribeiro

Clausura 2021

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Peñarol 15 9 5 1 27 11 +16 32 Qualification for Championship playoff
2 Nacional[a] 15 8 4 3 23 15 +8 30
3 Montevideo Wanderers 15 8 3 4 23 18 +5 27
4 Cerro Largo[a] 15 6 9 0 24 11 +13 26
5 Montevideo City Torque 15 7 4 4 26 19 +7 25
6 Progreso 15 7 4 4 12 7 +5 25
7 Boston River 15 6 5 4 24 24 0 23
8 Cerrito 15 6 3 6 20 22 −2 21
9 Plaza Colonia 15 5 5 5 20 18 +2 20
10 Fénix 15 4 7 4 18 18 0 19
11 River Plate 15 4 4 7 18 22 −4 16
12 Liverpool 15 4 3 8 15 19 −4 15
13 Deportivo Maldonado 15 4 3 8 12 18 −6 15
14 Rentistas 15 4 2 9 18 24 −6 14
15 Sud América 15 3 4 8 14 26 −12 13
16 Villa Española 15 1 3 11 12 34 −22 6
Source: AUF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Playoff game, in case two teams are tied for first place.
If there are more than two teams tied in points: 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Head-to-head record, 5) Drawing of lots, 6) Playoff game, in case two teams are still tied for first place.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Nacional were awarded two points and Cerro Largo were deducted one point due to a breach of rules by Cerro Largo manager Danielo Núñez during the match between both teams.[2]

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415
GroundHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultWLLLLWDDWLLDDWL
Position6913141412131311111313141211
Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Sep 11, 2021 1 River Plate 1-0 Cerrito Montevideo
15:30 UTC−3 Arezo   66'
Montiel   18'
Boné   18'
Report Ortíz   77' Stadium: Saroldi
Referee: Daniel Fedorczuk
Sep 19, 2021 2 Liverpool 3-1 River Plate Montevideo
12:30 UTC−3 Martínez   35'
Fernández   80'
Martirena   88'
Díaz   5'
G. Pérez   63'
Chacón   69'
Report Borbas   61'
Montiel   23'
P. García   64'
Stadium: Belvedere
Referee: Andrés Cunha
Sep 25, 2021 3 River Plate 1-2 Deportivo Maldonado Montevideo
13:15 UTC−3 Arezo   90+6'   74'
Bonifazi   37'
Castro   58'
Herrera   89'
Ichazo   90+3'
Report Viatri   44'
Darias   90+3'
Varela   60'
Núñez   76'
Stadium: Saroldi
Referee: Andrés Matonte
Oct 2, 2021 4 River Plate 0-4 Cerro Largo Montevideo
15:30 UTC−3 Report Brasil   8'   81'
di Yorio   60'
Cayetano   65'
Onetto   84'
Stadium: Saroldi
Referee: Yimmi Álvarez
Oct 9, 2021 5 Progreso 1-0 River Plate Montevideo
10:15 UTC−3 Olaizola   2'
Barboza   89'
Report Brunelli   6'
Bonifazi   44'
Arezo   50'
N. Rodríguez   72'
Plada   90+3'
Stadium: Paladino
Referee: Fernando Falce
Oct 16, 2021 6 River Plate 5-1 Sud América Montevideo
10:30 UTC−3 Castro   22'   71'
García   26'   66'
Affonso   83'
N. Rodríguez   28'
Report Mouche   38'
Toma   19'
G. Rodríguez   46'
Barán   85'
Stadium: Paladino
Referee: Christian Ferreyra
Oct 20, 2021 7 Plaza Colonia 0-0 River Plate Colonia del Sacramento
17:30 UTC−3 Olivera   45'
C. Rodríguez   58'
López   77'
Suhr   83'
Report Arezo   45'
Bonifazi   81'
Boggio   84'
Stadium: Prandi
Referee: Andrés Matonte
Oct 25, 2021 8 River Plate 0-0 Fénix Montevideo
16:00 UTC−3 Brunelli   18'
Montiel   20'
Report Toledo   32'
Ramos   80'
Álvez   82'
Sosa   90+3'
Stadium: Saroldi
Referee: Javier Feres
Oct 30, 2021 9 Boston River 1-2 River Plate Las Piedras
10:15 UTC−3 F. Rodríguez   63'
Álvarez   15'
Romero   19'
G. Rodríguez   81'
Report Galletto   78'
Arezo   83'
Herrera   21'
Bonifazi   60'
Ichazo   71'
Stadium: Parque Artigas
Referee: Diego Ribeiro
Nov 3, 2021 10 River Plate 0-1 Wanderers Montevideo
9:45 UTC−3 Brunelli   3'
Montiel   36'
Galletto   39'
Castro   61'
Report Veglio   90+3'
Aguirre   35'
Tellechea   36'
Blanco   90+5'
Stadium: Saroldi
Referee: José Burgos
Nov 6, 2021 11 Rentistas 1-0 River Plate Montevideo
16:30 UTC−3 Viduez   23'
S. Rodríguez   42'
Duarte   72'
Urretaviscaya   81'
Morales   83'
Rossi   90'
Report Brunelli   38'
Galletto   68'
Arezo   78'
Stadium: Capurro
Referee: Nicolás Vignolo
Nov 14, 2021 12 River Plate 1-1 Peñarol Montevideo
16:30 UTC−3 Galletto   16'
Herrera   90+7'
Report Ceppelini   67' Stadium: Saroldi
Referee: Andrés Matonte
Nov 22, 2021 13 MCT 1-1 River Plate Montevideo
19:00 UTC−3 Teuten   62'
Pizzichillo   37'
Pereira   41'
Pereyra   90+5'
Brun   90+6'
Report Arezo   66'
Nápoli   88'
Lavega   90+5'
García   90+6'
Stadium: Franzini
Referee: Fernando Falce
Nov 30, 2021 14 River Plate 4-2 Villa Española Montevideo
09:45 UTC−3 Leites   32'
Arezo   57'
Boggio   77'   85'   87'
P. García   45'
Borbas   54'
Bonifazi   90+2'
Report López   74'
Ramírez   84'
Tizón   57'
Santucho   61'
Puente   82'
Olivera   88'
Albín   90'
Stadium: Saroldi
Referee: Nicolás Vignolo
Dec 4, 2021 15 Nacional 4-2 River Plate Montevideo
17:00 UTC−3 Almeida   28'
Brunelli   53' (o.g.)   61' (o.g.)
Fernández   62'   23'
Report Borbas   1'
Montiel   90+1'
Bonifazi   45'
Boggio   59'
Stadium: GPC
Referee: Daniel Fedorczuk

Overall

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Peñarol (Q) 30 16 12 2 49 21 +28 60 Qualification for Championship playoff and Copa Libertadores group stage
2 Nacional[a] (T) 30 17 6 7 46 29 +17 59 Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
3 Plaza Colonia (T) 30 16 8 6 40 25 +15 56 Qualification for Championship playoff and Copa Libertadores second stage
4 Montevideo City Torque (Q) 30 15 5 10 52 38 +14 50 Qualification for Copa Libertadores first stage
5 Cerro Largo[a] (Q) 30 12 11 7 44 33 +11 46 Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage
6 Montevideo Wanderers (Q) 30 13 5 12 35 34 +1 44
7 Liverpool (Q) 30 12 6 12 53 39 +14 42
8 River Plate (Q) 30 11 9 10 45 42 +3 42
9 Fénix 30 10 10 10 38 40 −2 40
10 Cerrito 30 11 7 12 34 37 −3 40
11 Boston River 30 9 9 12 38 44 −6 36
12 Progreso 30 9 9 12 25 33 −8 36
13 Deportivo Maldonado 30 8 7 15 24 40 −16 31
14 Sud América 30 8 7 15 29 48 −19 31
15 Rentistas 30 8 6 16 30 45 −15 30
16 Villa Española 30 2 9 19 26 60 −34 15
Source: AUF
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Playoff game, in case two teams are tied for first place.
If there are more than two teams tied in points: 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Head-to-head record, 5) Drawing of lots, 6) Playoff game, in case two teams are still tied for first place.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Nacional were awarded two points and Cerro Largo were deducted one point due to a breach of rules by Cerro Largo manager Danielo Núñez during the Torneo Clausura match between both teams.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Gustavo Díaz es el nuevo entrenador de River". Sport 890 (in Spanish). 5 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b "AUF: Comisión de Apelaciones revocó el fallo de Contiendas y le dio los puntos a Nacional" (in Spanish). Futbol.com.uy. 26 November 2021.