River Plate F.C.

The River Plate Football Club, shortly River Plate ( nickname: Darseneros ), was a football club from Montevideo in Uruguay.

History

The club was first established in 1897 under the name cagancha FC by employees of the port of Montevideo. The majority of the founders here was composed of casual workers and stevedores. After the club, the League, a forerunner of the UP, the inclusion refused because the club was not wearing English names, one designated by the Club in London FC. A recording was not yet, because now the presence of the English player was called as a pretext of at that time together is more upmarket end of the social class football clientele. It was followed by another name change to the name River Plate, which is an identically English ship ( The River Plate) leaning that contributed at the time of livelihood of these workers. Once connected in 1900 of a more affluent clientele, Club Nacional de Football was taken by the league then, even though he completely consisted of locals, we finally gave in even if River Plate. However, the Darseneros first had to attend lower class championships. In the following time you hit the first club in Uruguay the then superior Argentine Association Alumni Athletic Club first on Argentine soil, and then also in the domestic Uruguay. 1903 was one of the newly formed Segunda División champions. In the Uruguayan championship for the first time you took in 1907, the top division in part, which at that season of the five other teams CURCC (Predecessor club Peñarols ), Montevideo Wanderers, Nacional, the previously renamed in Montevideo Teutonia and INTREPIDO composed and binned in the first year third overall. 1908 followed by the first title. In addition to other third place in the following year and in 1911, it was also in 1910, 1913 and 1914, Uruguayan champion. Between 1912 is also the success in the Copa de Honor Cousenier to book, as they beat the Argentine Racing Club 2-1 in Montevideo. In that tournament you took part, after serving as the national qualification Copa de Honor was won in the same year. 1920, the club was relegated from the Table, but resigned in 1923 during the schism again in the aligned by the FUF parallel Championship, finishing in 26th place. 1925 belonged to the club to exist. Club Atlético River Plate Established in 1932, named in honor of the former four-time champion.

Achievements

  • 4x Uruguayan champion (1908, 1910, 1913 and 1914)
  • Copa de Honor Cousenier 1912
  • Copa de Honor 1912
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