Club Atlético River Plate (women)

Club Atlético River Plate Women (Spanish: River Plate Femenino) is the Argentine women's football section of the homonymous club. Established in 1991, it was the inaugural champion of the Primera A and has won the tournament 11 times.^[1] At the Copa Libertadores, River has made two appearances in 2017 and 2020, their best result was placing third, at the 2017 Copa Libertadores Femenina.

River Plate

Full name	Club Atlético River Plate
Nickname(s)	Las Millonarias ('The Millionaires')
Founded	1991; 34 years ago (1991)
Ground	Monumental auxiliary field Buenos Aires, Argentina
Chairman	María Laura Barbaresi
Manager	Daniela Díaz
League	Campeonato Femenino
2023	4°
Website	https://www.cariverplate.com.ar/futbol-femenino
Home colours Away colours

History

In 1991, River Plate's first championship team was coached by Rubén “Coco” Torres and the players of that team were: Norma Enciso, Patricia Riella, Cynthia Luporini, Adriana Asperes, Mónica Pérez, Karina Morales, Emilce Ahumada, Andrea Ochoa, Viviana Rossi, Celia Lazarte, Claudia Caridde, Beatriz Capotosto, Laura Magdalena, María Ghinella, Paola Herrera, Cynthia Almeyda y Griselda Ojeda.^[2] By 2003, River was the team with most championships 8 (including a five-years streak between 1993 and 1997),^[3] but it surpassed a year later by its arch rivals, Boca Juniors.^[3] In 2022, River Plate won the second edition of the Copa Federal by defeating Belgrano 2–0.^[4]

Players

For a list of all former and current River Plate players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Club Atlético River Plate (women) players.

Current squad

As of 27 february 2023.^[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ARG Lara Esponda 2 DF  ARG Giuliana González 3 DF  ARG Milagros Otazú 4 DF  ARG Stephanie Melgarejo 5 MF  ARG Agustina Vargas 6 DF  ECU Tamara Angulo 7 FW  ARG Catalina Primo 8 FW  ARG Romina Gómez 9 FW  ARG Martina del Trecco 10 FW  URU Carolina Birizamberri (captain) 14 GK  ARG Daniela Pontel 16 MF  ARG Paloma Fagiano 17 MF  ARG Ayelén Acuña 18 MF  ARG Ludmila Galli 19 DF  ARG Abril Reche 20 FW  ARG Francisca Altgelt 21 DF  ARG Camila Ayelén Duarte

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 DF  ARG Rocío Iuzzolino 22 MF  ARG Morena Miranda 23 DF  URU Laura Felipe 24 DF  ARG Belén Ludueña 25 GK  ARG Martina Krotter 26 DF  ARG Sol Córdoba 27 DF  ARG Juana Cangaro 28 MF  ARG Evelyn Sofía Domínguez 30 GK  ARG Ludmila Sousa 32 FW  ARG Julieta Romero 34 MF  ARG Brenda Flores — FW  ARG Victoria Costa — MF  ARG Milagros Díaz — DF  ARG Luciana Duarte — FW  ARG Delfina Lombardi Larrere — DF  ARG Celena Magalí Molina — FW  BRA Carmel Oliveira

Notable players

FIFA World Cup participants

List of players that were called up for a FIFA Women's World Cup while playing for River Plate. In brackets, the tournament played:

• Romina Ferro (2003)
• Noelia López (2003)
• Fabiana Vallejos (2003)
• Mercedes Pereyra (2007)
• Catalina Pérez (2007)
• Gabriela Chávez (2019)
• Dalila Ippólito (2019)
• Lara Esponda (2023)

Copa Libertadores record

Season	Round	Opponent	Result	Scorers	Position
2017	Group A	Unión Española	1–1	Romero	1 / 4
		Deportivo Capiatá	2–1	Birizamberri 2
		Estudiantes de Guárico	1–0	Pereyra
	Semifinals	Colo-Colo	0–2		SF
	Third place match	Cerro Porteño	2–1	Birizamberri 2	3rd place
2020	Group C	Sol de América	0–0		1 / 4
		Santa Fe	1–0	Birizamberri
		Atlético SC	3–0	Costa, Del Trecco, Martelli
	Quarter-finals	Ferroviária	0–1		QF

Honours

Titles

Type	Competition	Titles	Winning years
National (League)	Primera División A	11[1]	1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2002 Apertura, 2003 Clausura, 2009 Clausura, 2010 Clausura, 2016–17
National (Cups)	Copa Federal	1	2022[4]