# 2016–17 River Plate Montevideo season

River Plate took part in the Uruguayan Primera División (so called "Uruguayo Especial"), reaching 10th position. Mathías Saavedra was the topscorer with 6 goals.

## Transfer Window
### Winter 2016
#### In

| Position | Name | Age | From | Fee | Transfer Window | Ref. |
| FW | Richard Porta | 32 | Cerro | Transfer | Winter | ovaciondigital.com.uy |
| FW | Mathías Saavedra | 27 | Sud América | Transfer | Winter | tenfield.com.uy |
| DF | Ricardo Lima | 22 | Metropolitano | Transfer | Winter | tenfield.com.uy |
| FW | Thiago | 30 | Free agent | Transfer | Winter | tenfield.com.uy |
| FW | Horacio Sequeira | 21 | Cerro Largo | Transfer | Winter | tenfield.com.uy |
| MF | Fabricio Fernández | 23 | Dender | Transfer | Winter | tenfield.com.uy |
| FW | Mauro Da Luz | 21 | Reserves | - | Winter | tenfield.com.uy |

#### Out

| Position | Name | Age | To | Fee | Transfer Window | Ref. |
| FW | Michael Santos | 23 | Málaga | Transfer | Winter | marca.com |
| FW | Nicolás Schiappacasse | 18 | Atlético Madrid | Transfer | Winter | tenfield.com.uy |
| DF | Ronaldo Conceição | 29 | Atlético Mineiro | Transfer | Winter | globoesporte.com |
| DF | Darío Flores | 32 | Municipal | Transfer | Winter | tenfield.com.uy |
| MF | Ángel Rodríguez | 23 | Peñarol | Transfer | Winter | tenfield.com.uy |
| DF | Lucas Olaza | 21 | Danubio | Transfer | Winter | canteiraceleste.com |
| DF | Cristian González | 39 | Plaza Colonia | Transfer | Winter | tenfield.com.uy |
| MF | Pablo González | 21 | Villa Española | Transfer | Winter | tenfield.com.uy |
| FW | Jonathan Ramírez | 25 | Cerro | Transfer | Winter | tenfield.com.uy |
| MF | Mario Leguizamón | 34 | - | Free agent | Winter | tenfield.com.uy |
| FW | Sebastián Ribas | 28 | Venados | Transfer | Winter | yucatan.com.mx |

## Squad
### First team squad

    As of 26 September 2016
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 | Nicola Pérez |
| 2 | DF | URU | Agustín Ale |
| 3 | DF | URU | Lucas Ruiz |
| 5 | MF | URU | Federico Pintos |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Ricardo Lima |
| 7 | MF | URU | Bruno Montelongo |
| 8 | MF | URU | Fernando Gorriarán |
| 9 | FW | URU | Richard Porta |
| 10 | MF | URU | Diego Vicente |
| 12 | GK | URU | Juan Tinaglini |
| 13 | MF | URU | Diego Vicente |
| 13 | MF | URU | Matías Jones |
| 14 | DF | URU | Iván Silva |
| 15 | FW | URU | Horacio Sequeira |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | FW | COL | César Taján |
| 17 | FW | URU | Mauro Da Luz |
| 18 | DF | URU | Fabricio Fernández |
| 19 | DF | URU | Diego Rodríguez |
| 20 | DF | URU | Giovanni González |
| 21 | FW | URU | Alexander Rosso |
| 22 | DF | URU | Claudio Herrera |
| 23 | FW | URU | Mathías Saavedra |
| 25 | GK | URU | Gastón Olveira |
| 26 | DF | URU | Esteban Mascareña |
| 27 | MF | URU | Facundo Vigo |
| 28 | FW | BRA | Thiago Da Silva |
| 29 | MF | URU | Álvaro Fernández |
| 31 | FW | URU | Nicolás Machado |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | URU | Danilo Suárez (at Miramar Misiones) |
| — | DF | BRA | Gabriel Marques (at Barcelona Guayaquil) |
| — | MF | URU | Cristhian Maciel (at Tacuarembó) |
| — | MF | URU | Christian Pérez (at Progreso) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | URU | Christian Serrón (at Rampla Juniors) |
| — | FW | URU | Martín Alaníz (at Real Oviedo) |
| — | FW | URU | Diego Casas (at Villa Española) |

### Top scorers

Last update on December 11, 2016
| Rank | Pos. | No. | Name | Primera División |
| 1 | FW | 23 | Mathías Saavedra | 6 |
| 2 | FW | 9 | Richard Porta | 3 |
| 2 | FW | 21 | Alexander Rosso | 3 |
| 2 | MF | 30 | Matías Jones | 3 |
| 3 | DF | 2 | Agustín Ale | 1 |
| 3 | DF | 6 | Ricardo Lima | 1 |
| - | Own Goals | - | - | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 18 |

### Disciplinary record

Last updated on December 15, 2016
| No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Primera División | Primera División | Primera División |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | GK | | Nicola Pérez | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | | Gastón Olveira | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | DF | | Agustín Ale | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Ricardo Lima | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Iván Silva | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | DF | | Diego Rodríguez | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | | Giovanni González | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | | Claudio Herrera | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | | Esteban Mascareña | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 5 | MF | | Federico Pintos | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Bruno Montelongo | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Fernando Gorriarán | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | | Matías Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||
| 9 | FW | | Richard Porta | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | | César Taján | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | | Mauro Da Luz | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | FW | | Alexander Rosso | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | | Mathías Saavedra | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season |||||||
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 35 | 1 | 2 |

## Primera División
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 8 | Racing | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 26 | −2 | 20 |
| 9 | Fénix | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 19 |
| 10 | River Plate | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 28 | −10 | 18 |
| 11 | Juventud | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 17 |
| 12 | Sud América | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 20 | −3 | 17 |

### Results by round

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

### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed