Club River Plate (Asunción)

River Plate

Full name	Club River Plate
Nickname(s)	El Kelito
Founded	15 January 1911
Ground	Estadio River Plate, Mburicaó , Paraguay (Capacity: 5,000)
Chairman	Ezequiel González Ocampos
Manager	Mario Rivarola
League	División Intermedia (2nd division)
2010	1st (promoted as champion of the 3rd division)
Home colours Away colours

Club River Plate (mostly known simply as River Plate) is a Paraguayan football (soccer) club from the neighbourhood of Mburicaó, in Asunción; founded in 1911. The club has been playing in the lower divisions of the Paraguayan league for several decades and their most notable achievements are the three second-place finishes they achieved when they were playing in the first division.

Current Squad 2011

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player - MF Nkeng Derek Atemnkeng - GK Arnaldo Arguello - GK Alberto Fernández - DF Héctor Mambreani - DF César Villamayor - DF Rolando Arevalo - DF Gaspar Peralta - DF Wilson Romero - DF Alberto Meza - DF Carlos Sanabria

No. Position Player - MF Oscar Caballero - MF Celso González Rojas - MF Luis Villalba - MF Hernán Torres - MF Carlos Ceballos - FW Lorivon Da Costa - FW Sergio Arriola - FW Pedro Samudio - FW Oscar Vera

Honours

• Paraguayan First Division: 0

Runners-up (3): 1919, 1926, 1930

• Paraguayan Second Division: 2

1913, 1957

• Paraguayan Third Division: 1

2010

Notable players

• José Saturnino Cardozo (El Pepe)
• Roberto Fernández (El Gato)
• Líder Mármol
• Alicio Solalinde
• Arsenio Valdez (El Maestro)
• Lorivon Da Costa
• Nkeng Derek Atemnkeng

External links

• Albigol: River Plate Info
• Paraguayan Soccer Info