Record Argentine League Titles
El Campeón del Siglo (The Champions of the Century) – with a record 38 league titles and 54 domestic trophies.
Club Atlético River Plate (CARP) is an Argentine professional sports club based in the Belgrano neighborhood of Buenos Aires. Founded in 1901, the club is named after the English-language name for the city's estuary, Río de la Plata.
Quick Facts
- Nickname
- Los Millonarios
Lore & Background
River Plate have won Argentina's Primera División championship a record 38 times, most recently in 2023. They have also won 16 national cups, making River Argentina's most successful team in domestic competitions with 54 titles in total. At international level, River have won 18 titles, including four Copa Libertadores, one Intercontinental Cup, one Supercopa Sudamericana, one Copa Sudamericana, three Recopa Sudamericanas, one Copa Interamericana, one Suruga Bank Championship, a record five Copa Aldaos, and one Tie Cup.
Reader's Guide
River Plate are ranked first in the all-time Argentine Primera División table, having gained the most points, played the most matches, and having the highest win percentage. They 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 FIFA Club of the Century poll in 2000.
Did You Know?
- River Plate's home stadium, the 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.
- After winning the 2014 Copa Sudamericana, 2015 Recopa Sudamericana and the 2015 Copa Libertadores, River Plate became the first team to simultaneously hold CONMEBOL's three current major international competitions.
- The nickname Los Millonarios came after the acquisition of winger Carlos Peucelle in 1931 for $10,000 and Bernabé Ferreyra for $35,000 in 1932.
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