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Club Atlético River Plate

2017–18 season
President	Rodolfo D'Onofrio
Manager	Marcelo Gallardo
Stadium	Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
Primera División	8th
Copa Argentina	Winners
Copa Libertadores	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Ignacio Scocco (5 goals) All: Ignacio Scocco (15 goals)
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The 2017–18 season is Club Atlético River Plate's 7th consecutive season in the top-flight of Argentine football. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Season events

On June 26, Germán Lux signed a 3-year contract after leaving Deportivo La Coruña. This was the return of the goalkeeper to the team where he started his career in 2001. He had left in 2007.

On June 30, the new signed players Germán Lux, Javier Pinola, Enzo Perez and Ignacio Scocco were officially presented in a press conference at the club's stadium.

On September 28, River Plate presented the new home kit for the 2017–18 season.

On October 11, River Plate released the new alternative kit, featuring red as main color.

On December 10, River won the 2016–17 Copa Argentina after defeating Atlético Tucumán in the final game played in Mendoza. This was the second title in a row for River Plate at this competition.

On January 9, Lucas Pratto signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with River Plate.

On January 11, Franco Armani signed a three-year contract with River Plate.

On January 24, Juan Quintero arrived at River Plate on a one-year loan from FC Porto.

On January 29, Bruno Zuculini signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with River Plate.

On January 31, Leonardo Ponzio extended his contract with River Plate until June 2019.

On February 14, River Plate released the new third kit, featuring vertical stripes of red black and white.

On March 6, the matches of the final stage of 2017–18 Copa Argentina were drawn. River Plate was paired with Central Norte from Salta.

On March 14, River Plate won the 2017 Supercopa Argentina after defeating Boca Juniors in Mendoza.

On March 16, it was announced a friendly match between River Plate and Universidad de Chile to be played in Santiago, on 24 March.

Squad Summer

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 Augusto Batalla 2 DF  ARG Jonatan Maidana (Vice-Captain) 3 DF  URU Marcelo Saracchi 4 DF  PAR Jorge Moreira 5 DF  ARG Alexander Barboza 6 DF  ARG Luciano Lollo 7 FW  URU Rodrigo Mora (3rd Captain) 8 MF  ARG Denis Rodríguez 9 FW  CHI Marcelo Larrondo 10 MF  ARG Pity Martínez 11 MF  URU Nicolás De La Cruz 14 GK  ARG Germán Lux 15 MF  ARG Exequiel Palacios 16 MF  ARG Ariel Rojas

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  ARG Carlos Auzqui 18 MF  URU Camilo Mayada 19 FW  COL Rafael Santos Borré 20 DF  ARG Milton Casco 21 MF  ARG Iván Rossi 22 DF  ARG Javier Pinola 23 MF  ARG Leonardo Ponzio (Captain) 24 MF  ARG Enzo Perez 25 GK  ARG Enrique Bologna 26 MF  ARG Ignacio Fernández 28 DF  ARG Lucas Martínez Quarta 29 DF  ARG Gonzalo Montiel 32 FW  ARG Ignacio Scocco 35 MF  ARG Tomas Andrade

Squad Winter

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 Franco Armani 2 DF  ARG Jonatan Maidana (Vice-Captain) 3 DF  URU Marcelo Saracchi 4 DF  PAR Jorge Moreira 5 MF  ARG Bruno Zuculini 6 DF  ARG Luciano Lollo 7 FW  URU Rodrigo Mora (3rd Captain) 8 MF  COL Juan Fernando Quintero 9 FW  CHI Marcelo Larrondo 10 MF  ARG Pity Martínez 11 MF  URU Nicolás De La Cruz 14 GK  ARG Germán Lux 15 MF  ARG Exequiel Palacios 16 MF  ARG Ariel Rojas

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  ARG Carlos Auzqui 18 MF  URU Camilo Mayada 19 FW  COL Rafael Santos Borré 20 DF  ARG Milton Casco 21 MF  ARG Iván Rossi 22 DF  ARG Javier Pinola 23 MF  ARG Leonardo Ponzio (Captain) 24 MF  ARG Enzo Perez 25 GK  ARG Enrique Bologna 26 MF  ARG Ignacio Fernández 27 FW  ARG Lucas Pratto 28 DF  ARG Lucas Martínez Quarta 29 DF  ARG Gonzalo Montiel 32 FW  ARG Ignacio Scocco

Transfers

In Summer

Number	Pos.	Name	From
3	DF	Marcelo Saracchi	Danubio Fútbol Club
5	DF	Alexander Barboza	Defensa y Justicia
11	MF	Nicolás De La Cruz	Liverpool FC
14	GK	Germán Lux	Deportivo La Coruña
19	FW	Rafael Santos Borré	Atlético de Madrid
22	DF	Javier Pinola	Rosario Central
24	MF	Enzo Pérez	Valencia CF
32	FW	Ignacio Scocco	Newell's Old Boys

Out Summer

Number	Pos.	Name	To
3	DF	Arturo Mina	Yeni Malatyaspor
5	MF	Nicolás Domingo	Club Atlético Independiente
11	FW	Sebastián Driussi	Zenit
13	FW	Lucas Alario	Bayer Leverkusen
19	FW	Ivan Alonso	Retired
	MF	Augusto Solari	Racing Club

In Winter

Number	Pos.	Name	From
1	GK	Franco Armani	Atlético Nacional
5	MF	Bruno Zuculini	Hellas Verona
8	MF	Juan Fernando Quintero	FC Porto
27	FW	Lucas Pratto	São Paulo

Out Winter

Number	Pos.	Name	To
8	MF	Denis Rodríguez	Newell's Old Boys

Loan Out

Number	Pos.	Name	From
1	GK	Augusto Batalla	Atletico Tucuman
5	DF	Alexander Barboza	Defensa y Justicia
14	MF	Joaquin Arzura	Club Atlético Osasuna
30	DF	Luis Olivera	Club Atlético San Martín
31	GK	Maximiliano Velazco	Arsenal Fútbol Club
35	MF	Tomas Andrade	Atlético Mineiro

Friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Winter pre-season

26 July 2017 Friendly	Orlando City	1–3	River Plate	Florida, United States
18:45	H. Barry	Report	I. Scocco A. Barboza L. Alario	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium

28 July 2017 Friendly	Montverde Academy	0–3	River Plate	Florida, United States
09:15		Report	I. Scocco T. Andrade D. Rodríguez	Stadium: Montverde Academy

28 July 2017 Friendly	Montverde Academy	4–3	River Plate	Florida, United States
18:45	F. Moumbagna K. Mulinya (o.g.)	Report	I. Fernández L. Alario E. Pérez	Stadium: Montverde Academy

9 August 2017 Friendly	River Plate	2–0	Colegiales	Ezeiza, Argentina
	I. Scocco E. Palacios	Report		Stadium: River Camp

Mid-season

2 September 2017 Friendly	Boca Juniors	1–0	River Plate	San Juan, Argentina
16:00	J. Benítez 25'	Report		Stadium: Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario

Summer pre-season

10 January 2018 Friendly	Miami United	1 – 5	River Plate	Miami, Florida
18.00 (UTC−05:00)	S.Shamar 2'	Summary	Borré 65' 80' 89' G.Martínez 76' E.Pérez 87'	Stadium: Riccardo Silva

14 January 2018 Friendly	Independiente Santa Fe	2 – 1	River Plate	Lauderhill, Florida
13.30 (UTC−05:00)	Tesillo 15' Pajoy 30'	Summary	Scocco 72'	Stadium: Central Broward

21 January 2018 Friendly	Boca Juniors	0 – 1	River Plate	Mar del Plata, Argentina
22.10 (UTC−03:00)		Summary	Borré 41'	Stadium: José María Minella Referee: Facundo Tello

Mid-season

24 March 2018 Friendly	Universidad de Chile	0 – 3	River Plate	Santiago, Chile
20:00 (UTC -03:00)		Report	De La Cruz 51' (pen.) Borré 83', 87'	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 20,893 Referee: Piero Maza Gómez (Chile)

Primera División

League table

1. River Plate qualified for the Copa Libertadores group stage by winning the 2018 Copa Libertadores.

Results by matchday

27 August 2017 1	Temperley	0–1	River Plate	Turdera, Buenos Aires
20:05		Report	I. Scocco 32'	Stadium: Estadio Alfredo Beranger Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)

10 September 2017 2	River Plate	3–1	Banfield	Buenos Aires
18:05	J. Pinola 18' G. Martínez 43' I. Scocco 73' (pen.)	Report	R. Civelli 2'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

17 September 2017 3	San Martín	1–3	River Plate	San Juan, San Juan
20:05	C. Auzqui 39' (o.g.)	Report	R. Borré 4' C. Auzqui 25' A. Marcel 90+3'	Stadium: Estadio Ingeniero Hilario Sánchez Referee: Fernando Echenique (Argentina)

24 September 2017 4	River Plate	1–1	Argentinos Juniors	Buenos Aires
18:05	G. Martínez 18' (pen.)	Report	N. González 37'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Referee: Diego Abal (Argentina)

1 October 2017 5	Tigre	1–1	River Plate	Victoria, Buenos Aires
20:05	L. Janson 35'	Report	I. Scocco 10' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio José Dellagiovanna Referee: Ariel Penel (Argentina)

15 October 2017 6	River Plate	2–2	Atlético Tucumán	Buenos Aires
18:05	M. Casco 50' R. Borré 53'	Report	L. Rodríguez 65' I. Blanco 74'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Referee: Federico Beligoy (Argentina)

28 October 2017 7	Talleres	4–0	River Plate	Córdoba, Córdoba
20:20	J. Ramírez 44', 69' M. Torres 78' L. Olaza 81' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes Referee: Hernán Mastrángelo (Argentina)

5 November 2017 8	River Plate	1–2	Boca Juniors	Buenos Aires
18:05	L. Ponzio 69'	Report	E. Cardona 42' N. Nández 73'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

19 November 2017 9	Independiente	1–0	River Plate	Avellaneda, Buenos Aires
21:30	N. Domingo 82'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América Referee: Silvio Trucco (Argentina)

22 November 2017 10	River Plate	2–0	Unión Santa Fe	Buenos Aires
19:15	R. Borré 67' G. Martínez 74' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Referee: Patricio Loustau (Argentina)

26 November 2017 11	River Plate	1–3	Newell's Old Boys	Buenos Aires
19:15	G. Martínez 67'	Report	L. Leal 73' B. Sarmiento 80' (pen.) H. Fértoli 85'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Referee: Facundo Tello (Argentina)

3 December 2017 12	Gimnasia y Esgrima	2–1	River Plate	La Plata, Buenos Aires
21:30	N. Colazo 52' B. Alemán 90+2'	Report	I. Scocco 78'	Stadium: Estadio Juan Carmelo Zerillo Referee: Fernando Espinoza (Argentina)

28 January 2018 13	Huracán	1–0	River Plate	Buenos Aires
21.10 (UTC−03:00)	Pussetto 29' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Tomás Adolfo Ducó Referee: Germán Delfino

3 February 2018 14	River Plate	2–0	Olimpo	Buenos Aires
21.10 (UTC−03:00)	Scocco 56' (f.k.), 82'	Report		Stadium: El Monumental Referee: Darío Herrera

11 February 2018 15	Lanús	1 – 0	River Plate	Lanús, Buenos Aires
21.30 (UTC−03:00)	Silva 56'	Report		Stadium: Ciudad de Lanús Referee: Federico Beligoy

18 February 2018 16	River Plate	2 – 2	Godoy Cruz	Buenos Aires
19.15 (UTC−03:00)	Mora 38' Pratto 51'	Report	Garro 17' García 25'	Stadium: El Monumental Referee: Jorge Baliño

24 February 2018 17	Vélez Sarsfield	1 – 0	River Plate	Buenos Aires
19.15 (UTC−03:00)	Robertone 70'	Report		Stadium: José Amalfitani Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Mauro Vigliano

4 March 2018 18	River Plate	1 – 1	Chacarita Juniors	Buenos Aires
19.15 (UTC−03:00)	Scocco 43' (pen.)	Report	Menéndez 45+1'	Stadium: El Monumental Referee: Hernán Mastrangelo

10 March 2018 19	Patronato	0 – 1	River Plate	Paraná, Entre Ríos
21.30 (UTC−03:00)		Report	Balboa 90+3' (o.g.)	Stadium: Bartolomé Grella Referee: Andrés Merlos

18 March 2018 20	River Plate	3 – 1	Belgrano	Buenos Aires
20.00 (UTC−03:00)	G. Martínez 2' Scocco 78', 87'	Report	García 54'	Stadium: El Monumental Referee: Diego Abal

1 April 2018 21	Defensa y Justicia	1 – 3	River Plate	Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires
11.00 (UTC−03:00)	Márquez 11'	Report	Martínez 31' (pen.) Pinola 45+1' Pratto 54'	Stadium: Norberto Tomaghello Referee: Néstor Pitana

8 April 2018 22	Racing Club	0 – 2	River Plate	Avellaneda, Buenos Aires
		Report	R. Borré 77' Palacios 90'	Stadium: Juan Domingo Perón Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Patricio Loustau

15 April 2018 23	River Plate	2 – 0	Rosario Central	Buenos Aires
17.45 (UTC−03:00)	R. Borré 74' Pratto 77'	Report		Stadium: El Monumental Attendance: 56,000 Referee: Fernando Rapallini

2016–17 Copa Argentina

  Win   Draw   Loss

15 August 2017 R64	River Plate	3–0	Atlas	Salta, Argentina
21:10	G. Martínez 12', 90+1' (pen.) I. Fernández 12'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena Referee: Ariel Penel (Argentina)

20 August 2017 R32	River Plate	4–1	Instituto	Mar del Plata, Argentina
21:10	L. Alario 45+2' E. Pérez 66' J. Maidana 84' R. Borré 85'	Report	F. Olego 82'	Stadium: Estadio José María Minella Referee: Jorge Baliño (Argentina)

7 October 2017 R16	River Plate	3–0	Defensa y Justicia	Formosa, Argentina
19:00	I. Scocco 11' (pen.), 87' E. Palacios 87'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Antonio Romero Referee: Silvio Trucco (Argentina)

18 October 2017 QF	River Plate	4–1	Atlanta	San Juan, Argentina
21:10	M. Saracchi 44' I. Fernández 45' G. Martínez 76' C. Auzqui 84'	Report	A. Martínez 82'	Stadium: Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario Referee: Germán Delfino (Argentina)

12 November 2017 SF	River Plate	3–0	Deportivo Morón	Mendoza, Argentina
20:30	I. Fernández 40' J. Maidana 43' R. Borré 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Malvinas Argentinas Referee: Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)

9 December 2017 Final	River Plate	2–1	Atlético Tucumán	Mendoza, Argentina
19:15	I. Scocco 10' I. Fernández 48'	Report	L. Rodríguez 12'	Stadium: Estadio Malvinas Argentinas Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)

2017 Copa Libertadores

  Win   Draw   Loss

Round of 16

4 July 2017 First leg	Guaraní	0–2	River Plate	Asunción, Paraguay
21:45		Report	I. Scocco 36' M. Larrondo 87'	Stadium: Estadio Defensores del Chaco Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)

8 August 2017 Second leg	River Plate	1–1 (agg: 3–1)	Guaraní	Buenos Aires, Argentina
21:45	J. Pinola 51'	Report	M. Palau 45+1'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)

Quarter-finals

14 September 2017 First leg	Jorge Wilstermann	3–0	River Plate	Cochabamba, Bolivia
21:45	E. Zenteno 5' G. Álvarez 51' C. Machado 82'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Félix Capriles Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

21 September 2017 Second leg	River Plate	8–0 (agg: 8–3)	Jorge Wilstermann	Buenos Aires, Argentina
19:15	I. Scocco 9', 14', 19', 46', 58' E. Pérez 36', 67' I. Fernández 53'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Referee: Julio Bascuñán (Chile)

Semi-finals

24 October 2017 First leg	River Plate	1–0	Lanús	Buenos Aires, Argentina
19:15	I. Scocco 82'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

31 October 2017 Second leg	Lanús	4–2 (agg: 4–3)	River Plate	Lanús, Argentina
21:15	J. Sand 45+1', 46' L. Acosta 62' A. Silva 69' (pen.)	Report	I. Scocco 18' (pen.) G. Montiel 23'	Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de Lanús – Néstor Díaz Pérez Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

2018 Copa Libertadores

  Win   Draw   Loss

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RIV	FLA	SFE	EME
1	River Plate	6	3	3	0	6	3	+3	12	Round of 16		—	0–0	0–0	2–1
2	Flamengo	6	2	4	0	7	4	+3	10			2–2	—	1–1	2–0
3	Santa Fe	6	1	4	1	5	3	+2	7	Copa Sudamericana		0–1	0–0	—	1–1
4	Emelec	6	0	1	5	3	11	−8	1			0–1	1–2	0–3	—

28 February 2018 Round 1	Flamengo	2 – 2	River Plate	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
21.45 (UTC−02:00)	Dourado 53' (pen.) Ribeiro 65'	Report	Mora 55' Mayada 86'	Stadium: Olímpico Nilton Santos Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Espinoza (Peru)

5 April 2018 Round 2	River Plate	0 – 0	Santa Fe	Buenos Aires, Argentina
19:15 UTC−3		Report		Stadium: El Monumental Attendance: 55,000

19 April 2018 Round 3	Emelec	v	River Plate	Guayaquil, Ecuador
19:30 UTC−5		Report		Stadium: Estadio George Capwell

26 April 2018 Round 4	River Plate	v	Emelec	Buenos Aires, Argentina
19:15 UTC−3		Report		Stadium: El Monumental

3 May 2018 Round 5	Santa Fe	v	River Plate	Bogotá, Colombia
19:30 UTC−5		Report		Stadium: Estadio El Campín

23 May 2018 Round 6	River Plate	v	Flamengo	Buenos Aires, Argentina
21:45 UTC−3		Report		Stadium: El Monumental

2017 Supercopa Argentina

14 March 2018 2017 SCA	Boca Juniors	0 – 2	River Plate	Mendoza, Argentina
21:10 UTC−3		Report	Martínez 18' (pen.) Scocco 70'	Stadium: Malvinas Argentinas Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Patricio Loustau

2017–18 Copa Argentina

  Win   Draw   Loss

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