2021 River Plate Montevideo season

River Plate
2021 season
President	Willie Tucci
Head coach	Gustavo Díaz (since April)
Stadium	Estadio Saroldi
Uruguayan Primera División	8th
Top goalscorer	League: Matías Arezo (16 goals); All: Matías Arezo (16 goals)
	← 2020 2022 →

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

Transfer Window

Summer 2021

In

Position	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

Out

Position	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

In

Position	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

Out

Position	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

First team squad

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

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

Last updated on Dec 6, 2021

No.	Pos	Nat	Name
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

Apertura 2021

League table

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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	L	D	D	W
Position	15	9	9	6	3	1	5	4	4	2	3	5	5	5	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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

League table

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:

^ ^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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	L	L	L	W	D	D	W	L	L	D	D	W	L
Position	6	9	13	14	14	12	13	13	11	11	13	13	14	12	11

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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

League table

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:

^ ^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

^ "Gustavo Díaz es el nuevo entrenador de River". Sport 890 (in Spanish). 5 April 2021.
^ ^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.

[table_note_NAC0.54026499276062-3] 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]

[table_note_NAC0.46058227981468-4] 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]

[1] "Gustavo Díaz es el nuevo entrenador de River". Sport 890 (in Spanish). 5 April 2021.

[Match_CRL_NAC-2] "AUF: Comisión de Apelaciones revocó el fallo de Contiendas y le dio los puntos a Nacional" (in Spanish). Futbol.com.uy. 26 November 2021.

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