# 2021 River Plate Montevideo season

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 | Total | Total | Total | 45 |

### Disciplinary record

Last updated on Dec 6, 2021
| No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Primera División | Primera División | 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 | Total | Total | 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 | |

#### 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 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### 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 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 15 | +8 | 30 | |
| 3 | Montevideo Wanderers | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 18 | +5 | 27 | |
| 4 | Cerro Largo | 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 | |
* 1 2 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.

#### 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 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### 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 (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 (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 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage |
| 7 | Liverpool (Q) | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 53 | 39 | +14 | 42 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage |
| 8 | River Plate (Q) | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 45 | 42 | +3 | 42 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage |
| 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 | |
* 1 2 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.