page_title: History of Club Atlético River Plate
section_title: First titles
hierarchical_section_title: History of Club Atlético River Plate / First titles
caption_attribution_description: English: The River Plate football team that won its first Argentine Primera División championship in 1920. Players are, from left to right (stood): Choperena, Giúdice, Crotti, Taramasso, Cándido García, Simmons. (seated): Arroyuelo, Galanzino, Laiolo, Rofrano, Chavín.
context_page_description: Club Atlético River Plate is a professional Argentine sports club based in the Nuñez neighborhood of Buenos Aires. The football team is one of the most successful of Argentina, having won the Primera División professional title a record 36 times. The club has also won 8 National cups.
  At international level, River Plate has won 16 international titles, with 11 titles recognised by FIFA and CONMEBOL, including the Copa Libertadores, Copa Intercontinental and Copa Sudamericana. Other international official titles include Rioplatenses competitions Copa Aldao and Tie Cup.
context_section_description: In 1906 River Plate registered a team to play in the second division, where it finished 6th of section B. The team had a much better campaign in the 1907 season, where it finished 1st of section A but lost the title (and therefore the promotion to the first division) to Nacional (a club from Floresta) by 1–0 at Ferro Carril Oeste stadium.
  After one season playing in Sarandí, in 1908 River returned to its field in Dársena Sur, where the squad played all its home games of the season. Once the regular season ended, the four best placed teams qualified to play for the promotion to Primera División. In the semifinals, River Plate defeated Ferro Carril Oeste by 5–1 while Racing Club beat Boca Juniors by 2–1.
  The final was played on December 13, 1908 at GEBA Stadium, where River defeated Racing by 2–1 after extra time. However, the match was declared null due to River supporters jumped onto the field to celebrate with the players, so a new match had to be played. In the second game (held on December 27), River Plate defeated Racing again with a shattering 7–0, therefore promoting to Primera División. The line-up for that game was Luraschi; Chiappe, Politano; Messina, Morroni, Chagneaud; Anempodisto García, Griffero, Abaca Gómez, Elías Fernández, Priano.
  River debuted in the first division on 2 May 1909, against Argentino de Quilmes. Some highlights of that season was a 1–0 victory over legendary Alumni and a catastrophic 1–10 against Belgrano Athletic. With the arriving to the top division, River Plate started to wear a jersey in red, white and black vertical stripes instead of the white with a red sash band that had been wearing still then.
  The first year in the top level division, River finished 2nd to Alumni with 11 games won, 2 drew and 5 lost. Those were the years where teams such as Alumni (until its dissolution in 1911) and Racing Club dominated Argentine football, winning all the championship disputed.
  In 1914 River won its first domestic championship, the Copa de Competencia Jockey Club after beating Newell's Old Boys by 4–0 at the final, also finishing unbeaten. River also won its first international title, the Tie Cup against Uruguayan team Bristol F.C. The line-up for that final was: Isola; Chiappe, Lanata; Peruzzi, Cándido García, Alfredo Elli; Fraga Patrao, Martín, Penney, Gianetto, Sevesi.
  The first Primera División title won by River in 1920 came after the 7-consecutive championships won by Racing Club. Nevertheless, the team from Avellaneda made a great campaign finishing 2nd.
  In 1923, River moved to a new stadium in the Recoleta district of Buenos Aires. The stadium was placed in Alvear avenue and Tagle. River had previously signed a contract with the Buenos Aires and Pacific Railway, owners of the land, for a term of 5 years. It stipulated a monthly rent of $ 500. The club continued renting the land through successive contracts until 1935 when River Plate signed the last for a term of 2 years. The amount had increased to $3.500 by then. Architects Bernardo Messina and Juan Vaggo led the construction of the stadium. The club would play its home games in Alvear y Tagle until 1938.
caption: In 1920 River won its first Primera División title.
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