River Plate F.C.

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This article is about the Uruguayan football club disestablished in 1925. For the current
Uruguayan club, see Club Atlético River Plate (Montevideo). For the Argentine club,
see Club Atlético River Plate.

River Plate

Full name River Plate Football Club

Nickname(s) Darseneros

Founded 1897

Dissolved 1925; 97 years ago

Ground Parque Federico Saroldi

League Uruguayan Football Federation

1923 26th.
 Away colours

Home colours

River Plate Football Club was an Uruguayan football club, founded in 1897. River

Plate is considered one of the four giants of the first era in Uruguayan football,
alongside rivals Montevideo Wanderers and the current big two: CURCC (Peñarol)
and Nacional. River reached important achievements during the first years of football in
the country. In fact, the national side's uniform is a light blue ("celeste") shirt in tribute to
River Plate victory over Argentine team Alumni, when the squad had to wear an
alternate jersey to solve a color similarity between both teams. [1][2]

Contents

 1History
 2Honours
 3References
 4External links

History[edit]

River Plate of 1914, when the team won its last title

In 1897, a group of Port of Montevideo workers met to establish a football team, which

was named "Cagancha F.C.". When they requested Uruguayan Football
Association (AUF) to join the body, they were informed that only English names were
accepted. Therefore, the team was renamed as "River Plate F.C." but the AUF alleged
that they also must have English-native players so the request was denied again. [3]
Due to the fact that River Plate belonged to the Port of Montevideo zone, they were
nicknamed Darseneros (Dockers), the same nickname that current River Plate of
Montevideo. In 1901 the AUF finally approved the affiliation of River Plate to the
Association, soon after other criollo team, Nacional, had joined the body. The team was
assigned to the second Division and played there from 1902 until the 1906 seasons. In
1905 River Plate was relegated to the Second Division after the team made a
disappointing campaign in Primera.
Originally, River Plate jersey was black, but it would be changed to red and white in
commemoration of the 1904 Revolution (also known as the Uruguayan last civil war). [4]
In 1906 River Plate was promoted to Primera División, winning its first title in 1908. In
April 1910, River Plate played against Argentine team Alumni, the most successful club
in that country by then. Because of both teams had similar uniforms, River Plate worn
an alternative light blue jersey and won the match by 2–1. [1] River line up was: Cabalotti;
José and Miguel Benincasa; Louried, Sanz, García, Módena, Dacal, D'Agosti,
Raymonda and Seoane.[2] Some months later, in August 1910, Uruguay national team
worn the light blue jersey for the first time, facing the Argentine side. Uruguay won the
match by 3–1.[2][5]
The club would win three championships else, in 1910, 1913 and 1914. In 1920 the
team was relegated to second division.
Nevertheless, River Plate joined dissident Uruguayan Football Federation in 1923 that
organised its own tournament in 1923. River Plate finished 26th., being relegated with
other 16 teams. That would be the last appearance of the club in the top division of
Uruguay. By 1925 River Plate F.C. had been disestablished.

Honours[edit]
 Primera División (4): 1908, 1910, 1913, 1914
 Copa de Honor Cousenier (1): 1912
 Segunda División (3): 1903, 1905, 1906

References[edit]
1. ^ Jump up to:a b "Arriba la Celeste – El Origen de una Pasión
Uruguaya", Canal Trans.com
2. ^ Jump up to:a b c "Camiseta Celeste" on River Plate website
3. ^ "Historia darsenera" Archived 2009-12-19 at the Wayback
Machine on Tribuneros website
4. ^ "El darsenero montevideano", 29 Sep 2010
5. ^ "Por qué el color celeste"

External links[edit]
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