# 2011–12 Club Atlético River Plate season

The 2011-12 season was River Plate's first season in the Primera B Nacional, following relegation from the Primera División in 2011. It was Matías Almeyda's first season in charge at the club.

## Season review

See also 2011–12 Primera B Nacional
On 19 December 2011, David Trezeguet joined River Plate on a three-year deal after terminating his contract on 21 November 2011 with Baniyas of the UAE Pro-League.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ARG | Daniel Vega |
| 2 | DF | ARG | Jonatan Maidana |
| 3 | DF | URU | Juan Manuel Diaz |
| 4 | DF | ARG | Luciano Abecasis |
| 5 | MF | ARG | Leonardo Ponzio |
| 6 | DF | ARG | Ramiro Funes Mori |
| 7 | MF | ARG | Martin Aguirre |
| 8 | MF | URU | Carlos Sanchez |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Fernando Cavenaghi (Captain) |
| 10 | FW | ARG | Alejandro Domínguez (Vice-captain) |
| 11 | MF | ARG | Lucas Ocampos |
| 12 | GK | ARG | Leandro Chichizola |
| 13 | DF | ARG | Carlos Arano |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | DF | ARG | Luciano Vella |
| 15 | MF | ARG | Ezequiel Cirigliano |
| 16 | DF | ARG | Leandro González Pirez |
| 17 | FW | FRA | David Trezeguet |
| 18 | FW | ARG | Rogelio Funes Mori |
| 19 | MF | VEN | César González |
| 20 | DF | ARG | German Pezzella |
| 21 | FW | ARG | Daniel Villalva |
| 22 | DF | ARG | Alexis Ferrero |
| 23 | FW | ARG | Andres Rios |
| 24 | MF | ARG | Nicolas Domingo |
| 25 | MF | ARG | Cristian Ledesma |

### On loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | MF | ARG | Manuel Lanzini (at Fluminense) |
| - | MF | ARG | Walter Acevedo (at Banfield) |
| - | DF | ARG | Maximiliano Coronel (at All Boys) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | DF | ARG | Alejandro Espinoza (at Atlético Tucumán) |
| - | DF | ARG | Lucas Orbán (at Tigre) |

## Competitions
### Primera B Nacional
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 7 December 2011. Source: Soccerway

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | D | D | W | L | W |
| Position | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| 1 | River Plate (C, P) | 38 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 66 | 28 | +38 | 73 | Primera División |
| 2 | Quilmes (P) | 38 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 62 | 21 | +41 | 72 | Primera División |
| 3 | Instituto (Q) | 38 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 56 | 28 | +28 | 70 | Promotion Playoff Matches |
| 4 | Rosario Central (Q) | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 49 | 33 | +16 | 69 | Promotion Playoff Matches |
| 5 | Boca Unidos | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 55 | 48 | +7 | 57 | |

### Copa Argentina
## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 24 June 2012
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Primera B Nacional | Primera B Nacional | Copa Argentina | Copa Argentina |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ARG | Leandro Chichizola | 22 | 0 | 18+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| | GK | ARG | Daniel Vega | 21 | 0 | 20+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ARG | Jonathan Maidana | 36 | 0 | 36+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ARG | Agustín Alayes | 6 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | URU | Juan Manuel Díaz | 29 | 2 | 27+0 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ARG | Luciano Abecasis | 21 | 0 | 17+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ARG | Alexis Ferrero | 11 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ARG | Carlos Arano | 8 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ARG | Luciano Vella | 18 | 0 | 16+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | PAR | Adalberto Román | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ARG | Leandro González Pirez | 13 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| | DF | ARG | Germán Pezzella | 6 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ARG | Ramiro Funes Mori | 21 | 2 | 17+1 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ARG | Diego Martínez | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | URU | Carlos Sánchez | 35 | 4 | 35+0 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ARG | Martín Aguirre | 33 | 5 | 17+12 | 4 | 3+1 | 1 |
| | MF | ARG | Nicolás Domingo | 12 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ARG | Lucas Ocampos | 38 | 7 | 31+6 | 7 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | MF | ARG | Alejandro Domínguez | 36 | 5 | 30+4 | 4 | 2+0 | 1 |
| | MF | ARG | Ezequiel Cirigliano | 28 | 0 | 26+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ECU | Juan Cazares | 4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| | MF | ARG | Mauro Díaz | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ARG | Cristian Ledesma | 7 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| | MF | VEN | César González | 15 | 2 | 6+6 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 |
| | MF | ARG | Leonardo Ponzio | 20 | 1 | 19+0 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | FW | ARG | Fernando Cavenaghi | 38 | 19 | 37+0 | 19 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | FW | ARG | Daniel Villalva | 17 | 3 | 1+12 | 1 | 3+1 | 2 |
| | FW | ARG | Rogelio Funes Mori | 27 | 6 | 8+14 | 4 | 5+0 | 2 |
| | FW | ARG | Gustavo Bou | 6 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | ARG | Andrés Ríos | 17 | 1 | 6+8 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| | FW | FRA | David Trezeguet | 21 | 14 | 13+6 | 13 | 2+0 | 1 |
| | FW | ARG | Luis Alfredo Vila | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for River Plate no longer at the club: ||||||||||
| | FW | ARG | Fabián Bordagaray | 2 | 1 | 0+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ARG | Facundo Affranchino | 7 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |

### Top scorers

| Place | Position | Name | Primera B Nacional | Copa Argentina | Total |
| 1 | FW | Fernando Cavenaghi | 19 | 0 | 19 |
| 2 | FW | David Trezeguet | 13 | 1 | 14 |
| 3 | MF | Lucas Ocampos | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | FW | Rogelio Funes Mori | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | MF | Martín Aguirre | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | MF | Alejandro Domínguez | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | MF | Carlos Sánchez | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | FW | Daniel Villalva | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | DF | Juan Manuel Díaz | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | | Own Goal | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | Ramiro Funes Mori | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | César González | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | FW | Fabián Bordagaray | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | Andrés Ríos | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | Leonardo Ponzio | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | Daniel Villalva | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | TOTALS | 68 | 7 | 75 |

### Disciplinary record

| Position | Name | Primera B Nacional | Primera B Nacional | Copa Argentina | Copa Argentina | Total | Total |
| MF | Carlos Sánchez | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| MF | Martín Aguirre | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| MF | Ezequiel Cirigliano | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| MF | Leonardo Ponzio | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| DF | Jonathan Maidana | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| DF | Juan Manuel Díaz | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| DF | Luciano Vella | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| DF | Luciano Abecasis | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| MF | Alejandro Domínguez | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| DF | Ramiro Funes Mori | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| FW | Fernando Cavenaghi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| DF | Alexis Ferrero | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MF | Lucas Ocampos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| FW | Rogelio Funes Mori | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| DF | Leandro González Pirez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| FW | David Trezeguet | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | Germán Pezzella | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | Cristian Ledesma | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | Agustín Alayes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Nicolás Domingo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Andrés Ríos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Carlos Arano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| GK | Daniel Vega | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Andrés Ríos | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Diego Martínez | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | TOTALS | 82 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 91 | 2 |

## Team kit

These are the 2011–12 River Plate kits.
Supplier: Adidas Sponsor(s): Petrobras & Tramontina
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