2019 River Plate Montevideo season
# 2019 River Plate Montevideo season

River Plate took part in the Uruguayan Primera División, qualifying for 2020 Copa Sudamericana as Uruguay-3rd. At the same time, it has participated in 2019 Copa Sudamericana.

## Transfer Window

### Summer 2019

**In**

| Position | Name | Age | From | Fee | Transfer Window | Ref. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| MF | Sebastián Píriz | 28 | Panionios | Free Agent | Summer | tenfield.com.uy |
| DF | Marcos Montiel | 23 | Villa Teresa | Free Agent | Summer | tenfield.com.uy |
| DF | Sebastián Gorga | 24 | Wanderers | Free Agent | Summer | tenfield.com.uy |
| DF | Luis Olivera | 20 | River Plate | Exchange | Summer | lapaginamillonaria.com |
| GK | Francisco Tinaglini | 20 | Oriental | Return from loan | Summer | tenfield.com.uy |
| DF | Santiago Pérez | 20 | Albion | Return from loan | Summer | tenfield.com.uy |

**Out**

| Position | Name | Age | To | Fee | Transfer Window | Ref. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| FW | Facundo Boné | 23 | Vila Nova | Loan | Summer | sagresonline.com.br Archived 2019-02-16 at the Wayback Machine |
| GK | Nicola Pérez | 29 | Progreso | Free Agent | Summer | tenfield.com.uy |
| DF | Williams Martínez | 36 | - | Free Agent | Summer | elobservador.com.uy |
| DF | Emiliano García | 29 | América | Free Agent | Summer | tenfield.com.uy |
| MF | Pablo González | 23 | - | Free Agent | Summer | tenfield.com.uy |
| MF | Matías Jones | 23 | SC Cambuur | Free Agent | Summer | www.lc.nl |
| DF | Deivis Barone | 39 | Tacuarembó | Free Agent | Summer | tenfield.com.uy |
| MF | Matías Ebre | 21 | - | Free Agent | Summer | tenfield.com.uy |
| FW | Ezequiel Peña | 21 | - | Free Agent | Summer | tenfield.com.uy |
| DF | Diego Rodríguez | 32 | Juventud | Free Agent | Summer | tenfield.com.uy |

### Winter 2019

**In**

| Position | Name | Age | From | Fee | Transfer Window | Ref. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| DF | Gonzalo Viera | 32 | Al-Rayyan SC | Free agent | Winter | tenfield.com.uy |
| DF | Horacio Salaberry | 32 | L.D.U. Quito | Free agent | Winter | tenfield.com.uy |
| MF | Joaquín Piqueréz | 20 | Defensor Sporting | Free agent | Winter | tenfield.com.uy |
| MF | Adrián Leites | 27 | Coban Imperial | Free agent | Winter | tenfield.com.uy |

**Out**

| Position | Name | Age | To | Fee | Transfer Window | Ref. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| DF | Luis Olivera | 20 | River Plate | Return from loan | Winter | tenfield.com.uy |
| DF | Iván Silva | 25 | Atlético Porteño | Free agent | Winter | tenfield.com.uy |
| FW | Mauro Da Luz | 24 | Colón | Transfer | Winter | tycsports.com |

## Squad

### First team squad

    As of Sep 21, 2019

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 | Gastón Olveira |
| 2 | DF | URU | Agustín Ale |
| 4 | DF | URU | Horacio Salaberry |
| 5 | MF | URU | Facundo Ospitaleche |
| 6 | DF | URU | Facundo Silvera |
| 7 | DF | URU | Nicolás Rodríguez |
| 8 | MF | URU | Maximiliano Calzada |
| 9 | FW | URU | Matías Arezo |
| 10 | FW | URU | Facundo Vigo |
| 11 | FW | URU | Luis Urruti |
| 12 | GK | URU | Francisco Tinaglini |
| 13 | DF | URU | Gonzalo Viera |
| 14 | DF | URU | Sebastián Gorga |
| 15 | MF | URU | Juan Pablo Plada |
| 16 | MF | URU | Joaquín Piqueréz |
| 18 | MF | URU | Diego Vicente |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | URU | Juan Manuel Olivera |
| 20 | MF | URU | Sebastián Píriz |
| 21 | FW | URU | Cristian Martin |
| 22 | DF | URU | Claudio Herrera |
| 23 | FW | URU | Matías Alonso |
| 24 | DF | URU | Joaquín Fernández |
| 25 | GK | URU | Lucas Machado |
| 26 | DF | URU | Santiago Pérez |
| 27 | DF | URU | Emanuel Hernández |
| 28 | MF | URU | José Neris |
| 29 | DF | URU | Guzmán Rodríguez |
| 30 | DF | URU | Adrián Leites |
| 33 | FW | URU | Gabriel Leyes |
| 34 | DF | URU | Matías Streccia |
| 35 | DF | URU | Marcos Montiel |

### Top Scorers

Last updated on Dec 6, 2019

| Rank | Pos. | No. | Name | Primera División | Torneo Intermedio | Copa Sudamericana | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Matías Arezo | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | FW | 11 | Luis Urruti | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | FW | 19 | Juan Manuel Olivera | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | FW | 23 | Matías Alonso | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | FW | - | Mauro Da Luz | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | FW | 16 | Joaquín Piqueréz | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | MF | 20 | Sebastián Píriz | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | DF | 7 | Nicolás Rodríguez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | DF | 13 | Gonzalo Viera | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | MF | 28 | José Neris | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | MF | 30 | Adrián Leites | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | 6 | Facundo Silvera | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | FW | 15 | Juan Pablo Plada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | 18 | Diego Vicente | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | FW | 33 | Gabriel Leyes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| - | Own Goals | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 33 | 9 | 2 | 45 |

### Disciplinary Record

Last updated on Dec 6, 2019

| No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Primera División | Primera División | Primera División | Torneo Intermedio | Torneo Intermedio | Torneo Intermedio | Copa Sudamericana | Copa Sudamericana | Copa Sudamericana | Total | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | | Gastón Olveira | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | | Francisco Tinaglini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | GK | | Lucas Machado | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | | Agustín Ale | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Horacio Salaberry | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Facundo Silvera | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Gonzalo Viera | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | | Sebastián Gorga | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | | Claudio Herrera | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | | Joaquín Fernández | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | | Santiago Pérez | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | | Emanuel Hernández | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | | Guzmán Rodríguez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | | Matías Streccia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | MF | | Facundo Ospitaleche | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Nicolás Rodríguez | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Maximiliano Calzada | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Facundo Vigo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | | Juan Pablo Plada | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Joaquín Piqueréz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Diego Vicente | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | Sebastián Píriz | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 2 |
| 28 | MF | | José Neris | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | MF | | Adrián Leites | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | | Matías Arezo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Luis Urruti | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | | Juan Manuel Olivera | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | | Christian Martín | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | | Matías Alonso | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | | Gabriel Leyes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||||
| | DF | | Luis Olivera | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | | Iván Silva | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | | Mauro Da Luz | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 98 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 136 | 8 | 6 |

## Primera División

### Apertura 2019

**League table**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Peñarol | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 11 | +16 | 31 | Qualification for Championship playoff |
| 2 | Fénix | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 28 | |
| 3 | Nacional | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 17 | +15 | 27 | |
| 4 | Cerro Largo | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 12 | +11 | 27 | |
| 5 | Danubio | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 17 | +5 | 27 | |
| 6 | Montevideo Wanderers | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 22 | −1 | 23 | |
| 7 | Progreso | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 25 | +2 | 22 | |
| 8 | Liverpool | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 20 | |
| 9 | Boston River | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 22 | −4 | 20 | |
| 10 | Rampla Juniors | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 23 | −7 | 18 | |
| 11 | Defensor Sporting | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 27 | −6 | 16 | |
| 12 | Racing | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 30 | −10 | 15 | |
| 13 | Juventud | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 22 | −1 | 14 | |
| 14 | Plaza Colonia | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 21 | −6 | 14 | |
| 15 | River Plate | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 30 | −16 | 14 | |
| 16 | Cerro | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 23 | −9 | 12 | |

**Results by round**

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

**Matches**

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

note: Schedule was suspended (on April 28th) due to an aggression which took place against the Uruguayan Referee Association (AUDAF, in Spanish) .

### Group table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | River Plate | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 15 | Advance to Torneo Intermedio Final |
| 2 | Nacional | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 14 | |
| 3 | Progreso | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 10 | |
| 4 | Peñarol | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 9 | |
| 5 | Defensor Sporting | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 9 | |
| 6 | Juventud | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 7 | |
| 7 | Boston River | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 7 | |
| 8 | Danubio | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 1 | |

**Results by round**

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | W | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |

**Matches**

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Clausura 2019

**League table**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Nacional | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 10 | +17 | 34 | Qualification for Torneo Clausura decider |
| 2 | Peñarol | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 10 | +11 | 34 | Qualification for Torneo Clausura decider |
| 3 | Progreso | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 14 | +8 | 33 | |
| 4 | Plaza Colonia | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 29 | |
| 5 | Cerro Largo | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 17 | +5 | 26 | |
| 6 | River Plate | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 19 | +1 | 22 | |
| 7 | Liverpool | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 21 | |
| 8 | Boston River | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 19 | −1 | 21 | |
| 9 | Defensor Sporting | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 22 | +3 | 20 | |
| 10 | Montevideo Wanderers | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 18 | +1 | 19 | |
| 11 | Racing | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 26 | −6 | 15 | |
| 12 | Cerro | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 22 | −8 | 14 | |
| 13 | Danubio | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 21 | −7 | 13 | |
| 14 | Juventud | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 23 | −10 | 11 | |
| 15 | Fénix | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 27 | −11 | 11 | |
| 16 | Rampla Juniors | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 28 | −12 | 10 | |

* 1 2 Progreso were awarded two points and Cerro were deducted one point due to Cerro fielding the ineligible player Martín González during the Torneo Clausura match between both teams.

**Results by round**

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

**Matches**

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

note: Schedule was suspended (on September 27th) due to the death of youth player Agustín Martínez .

note: Schedule was suspended (on December 1st) due to an aggression against the AUDAF president Marcelo De León .

### Overall

**League table**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Nacional (C) | 37 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 72 | 33 | +39 | 75 | Qualification for Championship playoff and Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 2 | Peñarol | 37 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 58 | 27 | +31 | 74 | Qualification for Championship playoff and Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 3 | Cerro Largo | 37 | 21 | 6 | 10 | 56 | 34 | +22 | 69 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage |
| 4 | Progreso | 37 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 58 | 46 | +12 | 65 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores first stage |
| 5 | Liverpool | 37 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 61 | 47 | +14 | 59 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage |
| 6 | Plaza Colonia | 37 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 40 | 37 | +3 | 56 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage |
| 7 | River Plate | 37 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 41 | 52 | −11 | 51 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage |
| 8 | Fénix | 37 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 60 | 63 | −3 | 48 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage |
| 9 | Boston River | 37 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 48 | |
| 10 | Montevideo Wanderers | 37 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 49 | 56 | −7 | 46 | |
| 11 | Defensor Sporting | 37 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 58 | 61 | −3 | 45 | |
| 12 | Danubio | 37 | 11 | 8 | 18 | 41 | 52 | −11 | 41 | |
| 13 | Racing | 37 | 10 | 7 | 20 | 50 | 72 | −22 | 37 | |
| 14 | Rampla Juniors | 37 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 44 | 62 | −18 | 35 | |
| 15 | Cerro | 37 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 31 | 52 | −21 | 33 | |
| 16 | Juventud | 37 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 39 | 52 | −13 | 32 | |

* 1 2 Progreso were awarded two points and Cerro were deducted one point due to Cerro fielding the ineligible player Martín González during the Torneo Clausura match between both teams.

## 2019 Copa Sudamericana

### First stage

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, River Plate won on away goals and advanced to the second stage.

### Second stage

Colón advances to the round of 16 (Match E).

