List of River Plate seasons

River Plate's first team that gained promotion to the 1909 Primera División

Club Atlético River Plate is an Argentine professional football club based in Buenos Aires, who currently play in the Argentine Primera División. The club was formed in 1901, as a result of the merging of football clubs Santa Rosa and La Rosales.[1] River Plate won their first Primera División title in 1920; since then, the club has won a further 37 league titles, along with 16 national cups. At international level, they have been crowned champions of South American football on four occasions, winning the Copa Libertadores in 1986, 1996, 2015 and 2018, and have also won a Worldwide thropy, the 1986 Intercontinental Cup.[2]

As of the end of the 2025 season, River Plate have spent 118 seasons in the top tier of the Argentine football league system, four in the second and one in the third. The table details the team's achievements and the top goalscorer in senior first-team competitions from their first in the Tercera División during the 1905 season to the end of the most recently completed season.

Key

Seasons

Correct as of the end of the 2025 season.

River Plate seasons[3]
Season League National cups AFA-AUF / South America / FIFA Top scorer(s)
League Pld W D L GF GA Pts Pos Competition Result Competition Result Player(s) Goals
1905 Tercera División 14 4 1 9 18 41 7 7th Copa El Diario QF — — Eduardo Rolón 3
1906 Segunda División 12 4 0 8 9 24 8 S1 Copa Bullrich R16 — — Bernardo Messina 2
1907 Segunda División 18 13 3 3 24 24 29 RU Copa Bullrich S1 — — Juan Ramón Peña 4
1908 Segunda División 18 15 1 2 66 15 31 W Copa Bullrich QF — — Arturo Chiappe
Elías Fernández
 4
1909 Primera División 18 11 2 5 35 26 24 2nd Copa Competencia JC
 QF
SF		 — — Hernán Rodríguez 13
1910 Primera División 16 4 4 8 27 37 12 7th Copa Competencia JC
 S1
AB[a]		 — — Arturo Prandoni 14
1911 Primera División 16 6 4 6 22 31 16 5th Copa Competencia JC
 S1
S1		 — — Adriano Bergogne 8
1912 Primera División 10 3 1 6 8 23 7 6th Copa Competencia JC
 S1
S1		 — — Pascual Polimeni
 4
1913 Primera División 14 10 4 0 30 7 24 3rd Copa Competencia JC
 S1
S1		 — — Alberto Penney 12
1914 Primera División 12 6 2 4 15 12 14 5th Copa Competencia JC W Tie Cup W Alberto Penney 8
1915 Primera División 24 16 6 2 58 17 38 3rd Copa Competencia JC
 SF
S2		 — — Antonio Ameal Pereyra 11
1916 Primera División 21 10 9 2 27 10 29 3rd Copa Competencia JC
 SF
S1		 — — Nicolás Rofrano 9
1917 Primera División 20 12 6 2 35 14 30 2nd Copa Competencia JC
 S2
 — — Francisco Taggino 18
1918 Primera División 19 9 7 3 30 17 25 2nd Copa Competencia JC
S2		 — — José Laiolo 16
1919 Primera División 13 6 4 3 16 11 16 3rd Copa Competencia JC R16 — — José Laiolo 8
1920 Primera División 34 25 6 3 70 22 56 1st Copa Competencia AA S2 — — Nicolás Rofrano 13
1921 Primera División 38 25 4 9 69 30 54 2nd — — — — Fausto Lucarelli 22
1922 Primera División 40 25 11 4 58 18 61 2nd — — — — Fausto Lucarelli
Jerónimo Uriarte
 9
1923 Primera División 20 14 3 3 29 12 31 3rd — — — — Pascual Licciardi 9
1924 Primera División 23 13 5 5 30 20 31 5th Copa Competencia AA SF — — Pascual Licciardi 13
1925 Primera División 24 7 6 11 21 24 20 17th Copa Competencia AA SF — — Pascual Licciardi
 6
1926 Primera División 25 10 4 11 32 24 24 11th Copa Competencia AA S2 — — Juan Carlos Irurieta 18
1927 Primera División 33 17 6 10 53 35 40 10th — — — — José Penichet 13
1928 Primera División 35 20 6 9 68 42 46 7th — — — — Jerónimo Uriarte 8
1929 Primera División 17 12 3 2 28 11 27 3rd — — — — José Granara Costa 12
1930 Primera División 35 22 8 5 66 29 52 3rd — — — — Antonio Ganduglia 18
1931 Primera División 34 19 6 9 64 40 44 4th — — — — Emilio Oscar Castro 16
1932 Primera División 34 22 6 6 81 43 50 1st Copa Competencia LAF
GS		 — — Bernabé Ferreyra[b] 46 ♦
1933 Primera División 34 20 6 8 71 36 46 4th Copa Competencia LAF
 S1
QF		 — — Bernabé Ferreyra 31
1934 Primera División 39 23 4 12 91 44 50 4th — — — — Bernabé Ferreyra 30
1935 Primera División 34 19 6 9 71 47 44 5th — — — — Bernabé Ferreyra 25
1936 Copa de Honor
Copa Campeonato
Copa de Oro		 17
17
1		 9
13
1		 3
2
0		 5
2
0		 35
49
4		 25
19
2		 21
28
2		 6th
1st
 — — Copa Aldao W Bernabé Ferreyra 24
1937 Primera División 34 27 4 3 106 43 58 1st Copa Ibarguren W Copa Aldao W José Manuel Moreno 31
1938 Primera División 32 23 5 4 105 49 51 2nd — — — — Luis María Rongo 32
1939 Primera División 34 23 4 7 100 43 50 2nd Copa Escobar SF — — José Manuel Moreno 21
1940 Primera División 34 17 8 9 92 54 42 3rd — — — — Roberto D'Alessandro 25
1941 Primera División 30 19 6 5 75 35 44 1st Copa Escobar
Copa Aldao W José Manuel Moreno
 14
1942 Primera División 30 20 6 4 79 37 46 1st Copa Escobar
Copa Aldao RU Adolfo Pedernera 24
1943 Primera División 30 19 6 5 74 38 44 2nd Copa Escobar QF — — Ángel Labruna[c] 24 ♦
1944 Primera División 30 17 10 3 68 43 44 2nd Copa Competencia GVI
Copa Escobar		 R16
QF		 — — Ángel Labruna 26
1945 Primera División 30 20 6 4 66 34 46 1st Copa Competencia GVI QF Copa Aldao W Ángel Labruna[d] 33 ♦
1946 Primera División 30 17 7 6 59 34 41 3rd Copa Competencia GVI
Copa Escobar		 SF
AB[e]		 — — Ángel Labruna 18
1947 Primera División 30 22 4 4 90 37 48 1st — — Copa Aldao W Alfredo Di Stéfano[f] 29 ♦
1948 Primera División 30 12 13 5 59 48 37 2nd Copa Competencia GVI R16 — — Ángel Labruna 16
1949 Primera División 34 18 7 9 71 36 43 2nd Copa Escobar SF — — Ángel Labruna 18
1950 Primera División 34 15 8 11 68 57 38 4th — — — — Ángel Labruna 21
1951 Primera División 32 16 11 5 69 42 43 3rd — — — — Santiago Vernazza 22 ♦
1952 Primera División 30 17 6 7 65 48 40 1st Copa Ibarguren W — — Santiago Vernazza 18
1953 Primera División 30 18 7 5 60 36 43 1st — — — — Eliseo Prado 21
1954 Primera División 30 16 6 8 56 37 38 3rd — — — — Santiago Vernazza
 12
1955 Primera División 30 18 9 3 53 35 45 1st — — — — Omar Sívori 11
1956 Primera División 30 17 9 4 61 32 43 1st — — — — Omar Sívori 10
1957 Primera División 30 19 8 3 75 34 46 1st — — Copa Aldao W Roberto Zárate[g] 22♦
1958 Primera División 30 14 9 7 62 45 35 5th Copa Suecia GS — — Ermindo Onega 16
1959 Primera División 30 14 4 12 49 45 32 6th — — — — Norberto Menéndez 14
1960 Primera División 30 16 7 7 46 29 39 3rd — — — — Ermindo Onega
 11
1961 Primera División 30 15 8 7 53 30 38 3rd — — — — Ermindo Onega 11
1962 Primera División 28 18 5 5 61 28 41 2nd — — — — Luis Artime 25 ♦
1963 Primera División 26 13 9 4 48 23 35 2nd — — — — Luis Artime 24 ♦
1964 Primera División 30 13 11 6 42 30 37 3rd — — — — Ermindo Onega 16
1965 Primera División 34 22 5 7 55 24 49 2nd — — — — Oscar Más 16
1966 Primera División 38 22 12 4 66 26 56 2nd — — Copa Libertadores RU Daniel Onega 25
1967 Metropolitano
Nacional		 22
15		 9
9		 5
1		 8
5		 31
33		 23
15		 23
19		 S1
5th		 — — Copa Libertadores S2 Oscar Más 24
1968 Metropolitano
Nacional		 23
17		 12
10		 7
5		 4
2		 32
38		 19
16		 31
25		 SF
2nd
 — — — — Daniel Onega 17
1969 Metropolitano
Nacional		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0
RU
2nd
 — — — — Oscar Más 24
1970 Metropolitano
Nacional		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0
2nd
S1		 — — Copa Libertadores SF Oscar Más 29
1971 Metropolitano
Nacional		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 6th
S1		 — — — — Oscar Más 20
1972 Metropolitano
Nacional		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 4th
RU
 — — — — Oscar Más 27
1973 Metropolitano
Nacional		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 5th
RU
 — — Copa Libertadores S1 Carlos Morete 25
1974 Metropolitano
Nacional		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 S1
S1		 — — — — Carlos Morete 25
1975 Metropolitano
Nacional		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0
1st
W
 — — — — Norberto Alonso 28
1976 Metropolitano
Nacional		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 S2
RU
 — — Copa Libertadores RU Daniel Passarella 25
1977 Metropolitano
Nacional		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0
1st
S1		 — — Copa Libertadores S1 Víctor Marchetti 25
1978 Metropolitano
Nacional		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 6th
RU
 — — Copa Libertadores S2 Norberto Alonso 23
1979 Metropolitano
Nacional		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0
— — — — Norberto Alonso 14
1980 Metropolitano
Nacional		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0
1st
QF		 — — Copa Libertadores S1 Ramón Díaz 26
1981 Metropolitano
Nacional		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 4th
 — — Copa Libertadores S1 Ramón Díaz 21
1982 Nacional
Metropolitano		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 S1
10th		 — — Copa Libertadores S2 Enzo Bulleri
 9
1983 Nacional
Metropolitano		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 QF
18th		 — — — — Enzo Francescoli 11
1984 Nacional
Metropolitano		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0
RU
4th		 — — — — Enzo Francescoli 29
1985 Nacional 14 9 2 3 26 12 20 SF — — — — Luis Amuchástegui 9
1985–86 Primera División 36 23 10 3 74 26 56 1st — — Copa Libertadores W Enzo Francescoli[h] 25 ♦
1986–87 Primera División 38 13 13 12 54 49 39 10th — — Intercontinental Cup
Copa Libertadores
S2		 Antonio Alzamendi 14
1987–88 Primera División 38 17 12 9 51 40 46 4th — — Copa Interamericana W Jorge Da Silva 14
1988–89 Primera División 38 16 13 9 61 36 67 4th — — Supercopa Libertadores SF Abel Balbo 12
1989–90 Primera División 38 20 13 5 48 20 53 1st — — Supercopa Libertadores
Copa Libertadores		 R16
SF		 Ramón Medina Bello 10
1990–91 Primera División 19
19		 11
4		 4
11		 4
4		 29
19		 13
19		 26
19
2nd
10th		 — — Supercopa Libertadores
Copa Libertadores		 R16
GS		 Ruben Da Silva 15
1991–92 Apertura
Clausura		 19
19		 13
8		 4
8		 2
3		 32
31		 11
22		 30
24
1st
5th		 — — Supercopa Libertadores RU Ramón Díaz 21
1992–93 Apertura
Clausura		 19
19		 10
10		 5
3		 4
6		 28
33		 13
21		 23
23
2nd
3rd
 — — Supercopa Libertadores
Copa Libertadores		 QF
GS		 Ramón Medina Bello 19
1993–94 Apertura
Clausura		 19
19		 9
7		 6
7		 4
5		 29
24		 17
14		 24
21
1st
5th		 Copa Centenario RU Supercopa Libertadores QF Hernán Crespo 13
1994–95 Apertura
Clausura		 19
19		 12
7		 7
4		 0
8		 31
29		 14
30		 31
18
1st
10th		 — — Supercopa Libertadores
Copa Libertadores		 QF
SF		 Enzo Francescoli 23
1995–96 Apertura
Clausura		 19
19		 7
6		 8
3		 4
10		 21
32		 20
33		 29
21		 7th
14th		 — — Supercopa Libertadores
Copa Libertadores		 SF
 Enzo Francescoli 23
1996–97 Apertura
Clausura		 19
19		 15
12		 1
5		 3
2		 52
37		 22
20		 46
41
1st
1st
 — — Supercopa Libertadores
Recopa Sudamericana
Copa Libertadores		 R16
R16		 Enzo Francescoli 22
1997–98 Apertura
Clausura		 19
19		 14
7		 3
8		 2
4		 43
32		 17
24		 45
29
1st
7th		 — — Supercopa Libertadores
Copa Libertadores
SF		 Marcelo Salas 20
1998–99 Apertura
Clausura		 19
19		 5
11		 7
4		 7
4		 27
37		 27
19		 22
37		 15th
2nd
 — — Copa Mercosur
Copa Libertadores		 GS
SF		 Cristian Castillo 16
1999–2000 Apertura
Clausura		 19
19		 13
12		 5
6		 1
1		 42
44		 21
17		 44
42
1st
1st
 — — Copa Mercosur
Recopa Sudamericana
Copa Libertadores		 GS
QF		 Juan Pablo Ángel 28
2000–01 Apertura
Clausura		 19
19		 10
13		 7
2		 2
4		 41
48		 24
27		 37
41
2nd
2nd
 — — Copa Mercosur
Copa Libertadores		 SF
QF		 Javier Saviola 27
2001–02 Apertura
Clausura		 19
19		 12
13		 5
4		 2
2		 51
39		 16
13		 41
43
2nd
1st
 — — Copa Mercosur
Copa Libertadores		 GS
R16		 Martín Cardetti 20
2002–03 Apertura
Clausura		 19
19		 11
13		 3
4		 5
2		 35
43		 23
18		 36
43
3rd
1st
 — — Copa Sudamericana
Copa Libertadores		 R16
QF		 Fernando Cavenaghi 24
2003–04 Apertura
Clausura		 19
19		 7
12		 5
4		 7
3		 23
41		 24
21		 26
40		 8th
1st
 — — Copa Sudamericana
Copa Libertadores
SF		 Fernando Cavenaghi 27
2004–05 Apertura
Clausura		 19
19		 9
8		 6
3		 4
8		 28
31		 19
29		 33
27
3rd
10th		 — — Copa Sudamericana
Copa Libertadores		 R16
SF		 Ernesto Farías 13
2005–06 Apertura
Clausura		 19
19		 8
9		 4
7		 7
3		 31
39		 22
24		 28
34		 6th
3rd
 — — Copa Sudamericana
Copa Libertadores		 R16
QF		 Ernesto Farías 23
2006–07 Apertura
Clausura		 19
19		 11
9		 5
6		 3
4		 33
26		 17
17		 38
33
3rd
4th		 — — Copa Sudamericana
Copa Libertadores		 R16
GS		 Ernesto Farías 13
2007-08 Apertura
Clausura		 19
19		 6
13		 5
4		 8
2		 31
29		 33
13		 23
43		 14th
1st
 — — Copa Sudamericana
Copa Libertadores		 SF
R16		 Radamel Falcao 19
2008–09 Apertura
Clausura		 19
19		 2
7		 8
6		 9
6		 20
24		 29
25		 14
27		 20th
8th		 — — Copa Sudamericana
Copa Libertadores		 QF
GS		 Radamel Falcao 16
2009–10 Apertura
Clausura		 19
19		 5
6		 6
4		 8
9		 23
16		 26
21		 21
22		 14th
13th		 — — Copa Sudamericana S1 Facundo Buonanotte 9
2010–11 Apertura
Clausura		 19
19		 8
6		 7
8		 4
5		 21
15		 18
15		 31
26		 4th
9th		 — — — — Mariano Pavone 9
2011–12 Segunda División 38 20 13 5 66 28 73 1st Copa Argentina SF — — Fernando Cavenaghi 19
2012–13 Inicial
Final		 19
19		 7
10		 8
5		 4
4		 28
28		 16
22		 29
35		 8th
2nd
 Copa Argentina R32 — — Manuel Lanzini 8
2013–14 Inicial
Final		 19
19		 5
11		 6
4		 8
4		 12
28		 14
15		 21
37		 17th
1st
 Copa Campeonato W Copa Sudamericana QF Teófilo Gutiérrez 9
2014 Primera División 19 11 6 2 34 13 39 2nd Copa Argentina QF Copa Sudamericana W Teófilo Gutiérrez 11
2015 Primera División 30 13 10 7 46 33 49 9th Supercopa Argentina
Copa Argentina
R16		 Recopa Sudamericana
Copa Libertadores
Suruga Bank Championship
Copa Sudamericana
FIFA Club World Cup
SF
 Rodrigo Mora 14
2016 Primera División 16 4 6 6 21 22 18 S1 — — Copa Libertadores
Recopa Sudamericana		 R16
 Lucas Alario 10
2016–17 Primera División 30 16 8 6 51 28 56 2nd Copa Argentina
Supercopa Argentina
Copa Libertadores SF Lucas Alario
 22
2017–18 Primera División 27 13 6 8 39 26 45 8th Supercopa Argentina
Copa Argentina
Copa Libertadores
FIFA Club World Cup
3rd
 Ignacio Scocco 26
2018–19 Primera División 25 13 6 6 42 21 45 4th Copa Argentina
Copa de la Superliga		 SF
QF		 Copa Libertadores
Recopa Sudamericana
Lucas Pratto 17
2019–20 Primera División 23 14 5 4 41 18 47 2nd Copa Argentina W Copa Libertadores SF Rafael Santos Borré[i] 17 ♦
2020 Cancelled — — — — — — — — Copa de la Liga Profesional S2 — — Rafael Santos Borré 8
2021 Primera División 25 16 6 3 53 19 54 1st Copa Argentina
Copa de la Liga Profesional
Supercopa Argentina
Trofeo de Campeones		 R16
QF
 Copa Libertadores QF Julián Alvarez[j] 26 ♦
2022 Primera División 27 14 5 8 43 22 47 3rd Copa de la Liga Profesional
Copa Argentina		 QF
QF		 Copa Libertadores R16 Julián Alvarez 18
2023 Primera División 27 19 4 4 50 20 61 1st Copa de la Liga Profesional
Copa Argentina
Trofeo de Campeones		 SF
R32
 Copa Libertadores R16 Lucas Beltrán 17
2024 Primera División 27 11 10 6 38 21 43 5th Copa de la Liga Profesional
Copa Argentina
Supercopa Argentina		 QF
R32
 Copa Libertadores SF Miguel Borja 31
2025 Apertura
Clausura
Liga		 18
17
32		 9
6
14		 8
4
11		 1
7
7		 25
22
41		 10
18
24		 35
22
53		 QF
R16
4th		 Copa Argentina
Supercopa Internacional		 SF
 Copa Libertadores
FIFA Club World Cup		 QF
GS		 Sebastián Driussi 10
Season Division Pld W D L GF GA Pts Pos Competition Result Competition Result Player(s) Goals

Notes

  1. ↑ The cup was abandoned in the semi-finals because the international final against the Uruguayan team had to be cancelled.[4]
  2. ↑ 44 goals in Primera División
  3. ↑ Joint top scorer; 23 goals in Primera División
  4. ↑ 25 goals in Primera División
  5. ↑ The cup was abandoned in the quarter-finals.[5]
  6. ↑ 28 goals in Primera División
  7. ↑ 22 goals in Primera División
  8. ↑ 25 goals in Primera División
  9. ↑ Joint top scorer; 12 goals in Primera División
  10. ↑ 18 goals in Primera División

References

  1. ↑ Olé, Diario Deportivo (2010-03-16). "Así nació el Millonario". Olé (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2021-03-08. Retrieved 2026-03-09.
  2. ↑ Club Atletico River Plate. "Títulos". caRiverPlate.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-03-09.
  3. ↑ "La Historia River - Archivo completo de partidos". La Historia River (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-04-10.
  4. ↑ Gorgazzi, Osvaldo José. "Argentina - Copa de Honor "Municipalidad de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires" - 1910". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 15 April 2026.
  5. ↑ Gorgazzi, Osvaldo José. "Argentina - Copa Adrián C. Escobar - 1946". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 15 April 2026.
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