# 2014 Club Atlético River Plate season

The 2014 season is Club Atlético River Plate's 3rd consecutive season in the top-flight of Argentine football. The season began on August 8, 2014 and ended on December 14, 2014.

## Season events

The season was six months long due to a decision from AFA to change the July–June calendar to January–December.
On May 27, Ramón Díaz resigned after leading the team to win the 2014 Torneo Final and 2014 Superfinal.
On June 7, Marcelo Gallardo signed as new coach of the team.
On December 10, River Plate secured its first international title in 17 years, the 2014 Copa Sudamericana.

## Squad

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 | ARG | Marcelo Barovero (Vice-Captain) |
| 2 | DF | ARG | Jonatan Maidana |
| 3 | DF | COL | Eder Alvarez Balanta |
| 5 | MF | ARG | Matías Kranevitter |
| 6 | DF | ARG | Ramiro Funes Mori |
| 7 | FW | URU | Rodrigo Mora |
| 8 | MF | URU | Carlos Sanchez |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Fernando Cavenaghi (Captain) |
| 11 | MF | ARG | Osmar Ferreira |
| 13 | DF | ARG | Bruno Urribarri |
| 14 | DF | ARG | Augusto Solari |
| 15 | MF | ARG | Leonardo Pisculichi |
| 16 | MF | ARG | Ariel Rojas |
| 17 | MF | ARG | Martin Aguirre |
| 18 | FW | ARG | Giovanni Simeone |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | COL | Teofilo Gutierrez |
| 20 | DF | ARG | Germán Pezzella |
| 21 | DF | ARG | Leonel Vangioni |
| 23 | MF | ARG | Leonardo Ponzio (3rd Captain) |
| 24 | DF | ARG | Emanuel Mammana |
| 25 | DF | ARG | Gabriel Mercado |
| 28 | MF | ARG | Guido Rodríguez |
| 29 | MF | ARG | Ezequiel Cirigliano |
| 30 | MF | ARG | Tomas Martinez |
| 31 | FW | ARG | Lucas Boye |
| 32 | FW | ARG | Sebastián Driussi |
| 33 | GK | ARG | Julio Chiarini |
| 34 | FW | ARG | Juan Cruz Kaprof |
| 42 | GK | ARG | Augusto Batalla |

## Transfers
### In

| Number | Pos. | Name | From |
| 7 | FW | Rodrigo Mora | Club Universidad de Chile |
| 8 | MF | Carlos Sanchez | Club de Fútbol Pachuca |
| 15 | MF | Leonardo Pisculichi | Argentinos Juniors |
| 29 | MF | Ezequiel Cirigliano | Hellas Verona |
| 33 | GK | Julio Chiarini | Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba |

### Out

| Number | Pos. | Name | To |
| 7 | MF | Carlos Carbonero | Udinese Calcio |
| 8 | MF | Juan Carlos Menseguez | Atletico Rafaela |
| 10 | MF | Manuel Lanzini | Al Jazira FC |
| 17 | MF | Jonathan Fabbro | Cerro Porteño |
| 19 | GK | Leandro Chichizola | Spezia Calcio |
| 28 | MF | Cristian Ledesma | Argentinos Juniors |
| 30 | FW | Daniel Villalva | Club Tijuana |
| | FW | David Trezeguet | Pune City |

## Primera División
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Racing | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 16 | +14 | 41 | 2015 Copa Libertadores second stage |
| 2 | River Plate | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 34 | 13 | +21 | 39 | 2015 Copa Libertadores second stage and 2015 Copa Sudamericana Round of 16 |
| 3 | Lanús | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 23 | +5 | 35 | 2015 Copa Sudamericana second stage |
| 4 | Independiente | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 29 | +2 | 33 | 2015 Copa Sudamericana second stage |
| 5 | Boca Juniors | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 23 | +2 | 31 | 2015 Copa Libertadores second stage |
* ↑ Qualified as 2014 Torneo Final champion and 2014 Copa Sudamericana champion

## Copa Sudamericana

Win  Draw  Loss

## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

Players included in matchday squads :
| No | Pos. | Nat. | Name | League | League | Copa Sudamericana | Copa Sudamericana | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | ARG | Marcelo Barovero | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ARG | Jonatan Maidana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | URU | Rodrigo Mora | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ARG | Leonardo Pisculichi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ARG | Ariel Rojas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |