# 2012–13 Club Atlético River Plate season

The 2012–13 season was River Plate's first season back in the Primera División, following one season in the Primera B Nacional. Ramón Díaz managed the club.

## Transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Manuel Lanzini (from Fluminense) |
| 11 | FW | URU | Rodrigo Mora (from S.L. Benfica) |
| 15 | FW | PAR | Juan Manuel Iturbe (from Cerro Porteño) |
| 16 | MF | ARG | Ariel Rojas (from Godoy Cruz) |
| 18 | GK | ARG | Marcelo Barovero (from Vélez Sársfield) |
| 21 | DF | ARG | Leonel Vangioni (from Newell's Old Boys) |
| 25 | DF | ARG | Gabriel Mercado (from Estudiantes LP) |
| 27 | DF | ARG | Jonathan Bottinelli (from San Lorenzo) |
| 33 | FW | ARG | Carlos Luna (from Club Atletico Tigre) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | ARG | Agustín Alayes (to Banfield) |
| — | DF | URU | Juan Manuel Díaz (to Nacional) |
| — | DF | ARG | Alexis Ferrero (to Huracán) |
| — | MF | ARG | Nicolás Domingo (to Banfield) |
| — | MF | ARG | Alejandro Damián Domínguez (Loan return to Valencia) |
| — | MF | VEN | César González (to Deportivo Táchira) |
| — | FW | ARG | Fernando Cavenaghi (to Villarreal) |
| — | FW | ARG | Gustavo Bou (to Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata) |

## Inicial 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 | Daniel Vega |
| 2 | DF | ARG | Jonatan Maidana |
| 4 | DF | ARG | Luciano Vella |
| 6 | DF | ARG | Ramiro Funes Mori |
| 7 | FW | FRA | David Trezeguet (Captain) |
| 8 | MF | URU | Carlos Sanchez |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Rogelio Funes Mori |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Manuel Lanzini |
| 11 | FW | URU | Rodrigo Mora |
| 12 | DF | ARG | Luciano Abecasis |
| 14 | MF | ARG | Ezequiel Cirigliano |
| 16 | MF | ARG | Ariel Rojas |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | ARG | Daniel Villalva |
| 18 | GK | ARG | Marcelo Barovero |
| 19 | GK | ARG | Leandro Chichizola |
| 20 | DF | ARG | German Pezzella |
| 22 | MF | ARG | Martin Aguirre |
| 23 | MF | ARG | Leonardo Ponzio (vice-Captain) |
| 24 | DF | ARG | Leandro González Pirez |
| 25 | DF | ARG | Gabriel Mercado |
| 27 | DF | ARG | Jonathan Bottinelli |
| 28 | MF | ARG | Cristian Ledesma |
| 33 | FW | ARG | Carlos Luna |

## Final 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 |
| 2 | DF | ARG | Jonatan Maidana |
| 4 | DF | ARG | Luciano Abecasis |
| 6 | DF | ARG | Ramiro Funes Mori |
| 7 | FW | FRA | David Trezeguet (Captain) |
| 8 | MF | URU | Carlos Sanchez |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Rogelio Funes Mori |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Manuel Lanzini |
| 11 | FW | URU | Rodrigo Mora |
| 14 | MF | ARG | Ezequiel Cirigliano |
| 15 | FW | PAR | Juan Manuel Iturbe |
| 16 | MF | ARG | Ariel Rojas |
| 17 | GK | ARG | Gonzalo Marinelli |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | GK | ARG | Leandro Chichizola |
| 20 | DF | ARG | German Pezzella |
| 21 | DF | ARG | Leonel Vangioni |
| 22 | MF | ARG | Martin Aguirre |
| 23 | MF | ARG | Leonardo Ponzio (vice-Captain) |
| 24 | DF | ARG | Leandro González Pirez |
| 25 | DF | ARG | Gabriel Mercado |
| 27 | DF | ARG | Jonathan Bottinelli |
| 28 | MF | ARG | Cristian Ledesma |
| 32 | MF | ARG | Matias Kranevitter |
| 33 | FW | ARG | Carlos Luna |
| 39 | MF | COL | Eder Alvarez Balanta |

### 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 |
| - | DF | ARG | Maximiliano Oliva (at Independiente Rivadavia) |
| - | DF | ARG | Maximiliano Coronel (at All Boys) |
| - | DF | ARG | Alejandro Espinoza (at Atlético Tucumán) |
| - | DF | PAR | Adalberto Román (at Palmeiras) |
| - | MF | ARG | Fabio Gimenez (at Guillermo Brown) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | MF | ARG | Walter Acevedo (at Banfield) |
| - | MF | ARG | Mauro Díaz (at Unión Española) |
| - | FW | ARG | Gonzalo Abán (at Ferro) |
| - | FW | ARG | Ezequiel Conte (at Guillermo Brown) |
| - | FW | ARG | Gustavo Fernández (at Deportivo Saprissa) |

## Competitions
### 2012 Torneo Inicial
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 2 December 2012. 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 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | W | D | D | D | L | L | W | W | L | D | D | W | D | D | D | W | W |
| Position | 15 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 6 | Boca Juniors | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 20 | +5 | 33 |
| 7 | Arsenal | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 22 | −3 | 31 |
| 8 | River Plate | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 16 | +12 | 29 |
| 9 | Estudiantes (LP) | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 16 | +3 | 28 |
| 10 | Colón | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 24 | +2 | 26 |

### 2013 Torneo Final
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | L | W | L | D | W | D | W | D | D | W | D | W | L | W | L | W |
| Position | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Newell's Old Boys (C) | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 40 | 21 | +19 | 38 | 2014 Copa Libertadores Second Stage |
| 2 | River Plate | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 22 | +6 | 35 | |
| 3 | Lanús | 19 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 26 | 14 | +12 | 33 | |
| 4 | San Lorenzo | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 16 | +10 | 32 | |
| 5 | Quilmes | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 22 | +6 | 31 | |

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

    As of 5 November 2012
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Primera División | Primera División | Copa Argentina | Copa Argentina |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ARG | Daniel Vega | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ARG | Jonathan Maidana | 8 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ARG | Luciano Vella | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ARG | Ramiro Funes Mori | 10 | 0 | 10+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | FRA | David Trezeguet | 9 | 1 | 9+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | URU | Carlos Sánchez | 12 | 3 | 12+0 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Rogelio Funes Mori | 13 | 5 | 9+4 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Manuel Lanzini | 8 | 2 | 5+3 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | URU | Rodrigo Mora | 8 | 2 | 7+1 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | ARG | Luciano Abecasis | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ARG | Ezequiel Cirigliano | 10 | 0 | 10+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ARG | Facundo Affranchino | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ARG | Ariel Rojas | 10 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ARG | Daniel Villalva | 5 | 1 | 1+4 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | GK | ARG | Marcelo Barovero | 12 | 0 | 12+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ARG | Germán Pezzella | 8 | 1 | 7+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ARG | Martín Aguirre | 9 | 1 | 4+5 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ARG | Leonardo Ponzio | 12 | 3 | 12+0 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ARG | Leandro González Pirez | 8 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ARG | Gabriel Mercado | 8 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ARG | Jonathan Bottinelli | 8 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ARG | Cristian Ledesma | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | ARG | Diego Martínez | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | ARG | Carlos Luna | 5 | 1 | 2+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | ECU | Juan Cazares | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for River Plate no longer at the club: ||||||||||
| 11 | MF | ARG | Lucas Ocampos | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Top scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Primera División | Copa Argentina | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Rogelio Funes Mori | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | MF | 8 | Carlos Sánchez | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | FW | 11 | Rodrigo Mora | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | MF | 23 | Leonardo Ponzio | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 10 | Manuel Lanzini | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | FW | 17 | Daniel Villalva | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | 20 | Germán Pezzella | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | FW | 7 | David Trezeguet | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | FW | 33 | Carlos Luna | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | 22 | Martín Aguirre | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 21 | 0 | 21 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Primera División | Primera División | Copa Argentina | Copa Argentina | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Jonathan Maidana | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Ramiro Funes Mori | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Carlos Sánchez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Rogelio Funes Mori | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Manuel Lanzini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Rodrigo Mora | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Ezequiel Cirigliano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Facundo Affranchino | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Ariel Rojas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Martín Aguirre | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Leonardo Ponzio | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 24 | DF | Leandro González Pirez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Gabriel Mercado | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Jonathan Bottinelli | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | Diego Martínez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | Carlos Luna | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 2 |

## Team kit

These are the 2012–13 River Plate kits.
Supplier: Adidas Sponsor(s): BBVA & Tramontina
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