River Plate F.C.

This article is about the Uruguayan football club disestablished in 1925. For the current Uruguayan club, see Club Atlético River Plate (Montevideo). For the Argentine club, see Club Atlético River Plate.
River Plate
Full nameRiver Plate Football Club
Nickname(s)Darseneros
Founded1897
Dissolved1925; 99 years ago (1925)
GroundParque Federico Saroldi
LeagueUruguayan Football Federation
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River Plate Football Club was a Uruguayan football club, founded in 1897. River Plate is considered one of the four giants of the first era in Uruguayan football, alongside rivals Montevideo Wanderers and the current big two: CURCC (Peñarol) and Nacional. River reached important achievements during the first years of football in the country. In fact, the national side's uniform is a light blue ("celeste") shirt in tribute to River Plate victory over Argentine team Alumni, when the squad had to wear an alternate jersey to solve a color similarity between both teams.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Arriba la Celeste – El Origen de una Pasión Uruguaya" Archived 2017-08-31 at the Wayback Machine, Canal Trans.com
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference rpu was invoked but never defined (see the help page).