2019 River Plate Montevideo season

River Plate
2019 season
President	Willie Tucci
Head coach	Jorge Giordano (until June 9) Jorge Fossati (since June 12)
Stadium	Estadio Saroldi
Uruguayan Primera División	7th
Top goalscorer	League: ; Matías Alonso ; Matías Arezo ; Juan Manuel Olivera ; Luis Urruti ; (6 goals each); All: ; Matías Alonso ; Matías Arezo ; Juan Manuel Olivera ; Luis Urruti ; (6 goals each)
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River Plate took part in the Uruguayan Primera División, qualifying for 2020 Copa Sudamericana as Uruguay-3rd.^{[note 3]} At the same time, it has participated in 2019 Copa Sudamericana.^{[note 4]}

Transfer Window[edit]

Summer 2019[edit]

In[edit]

Position	Name	Age	From	Fee	Transfer Window	Ref.
MF	Sebastián Píriz	28	Panionios	Free Agent	Summer	tenfield.com.uy
DF	Marcos Montiel	23	Villa Teresa	Free Agent	Summer	tenfield.com.uy
DF	Sebastián Gorga	24	Wanderers	Free Agent	Summer	tenfield.com.uy
DF	Luis Olivera	20	River Plate	Exchange	Summer	lapaginamillonaria.com
GK	Francisco Tinaglini	20	Oriental	Return from loan	Summer	tenfield.com.uy
DF	Santiago Pérez	20	Albion	Return from loan	Summer	tenfield.com.uy

Out[edit]

Position	Name	Age	To	Fee	Transfer Window	Ref.
FW	Facundo Boné	23	Vila Nova	Loan	Summer	sagresonline.com.br Archived 2019-02-16 at the Wayback Machine
GK	Nicola Pérez	29	Progreso	Free Agent	Summer	tenfield.com.uy
DF	Williams Martínez	36	-	Free Agent	Summer	elobservador.com.uy
DF	Emiliano García	29	América	Free Agent	Summer	tenfield.com.uy
MF	Pablo González	23	-	Free Agent	Summer	tenfield.com.uy
MF	Matías Jones	23	SC Cambuur	Free Agent	Summer	www.lc.nl
DF	Deivis Barone	39	Tacuarembó	Free Agent	Summer	tenfield.com.uy
MF	Matías Ebre	21	-	Free Agent	Summer	tenfield.com.uy
FW	Ezequiel Peña	21	-	Free Agent	Summer	tenfield.com.uy
DF	Diego Rodríguez	32	Juventud	Free Agent	Summer	tenfield.com.uy

Winter 2019[edit]

In[edit]

Position	Name	Age	From	Fee	Transfer Window	Ref.
DF	Gonzalo Viera	32	Al-Rayyan SC	Free agent	Winter	tenfield.com.uy
DF	Horacio Salaberry	32	L.D.U. Quito	Free agent	Winter	tenfield.com.uy
MF	Joaquín Piqueréz	20	Defensor Sporting	Free agent	Winter	tenfield.com.uy
MF	Adrián Leites	27	Coban Imperial	Free agent	Winter	tenfield.com.uy

Out[edit]

Position	Name	Age	To	Fee	Transfer Window	Ref.
DF	Luis Olivera	20	River Plate	Return from loan	Winter	tenfield.com.uy
DF	Iván Silva	25	Atlético Porteño	Free agent	Winter	tenfield.com.uy
FW	Mauro Da Luz	24	Colón	Transfer	Winter	tycsports.com

Squad[edit]

First team squad[edit]

As of Sep 21, 2019 ^{[note 5]}

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	URU	Gastón Olveira
2	DF	URU	Agustín Ale
4	DF	URU	Horacio Salaberry
5	MF	URU	Facundo Ospitaleche
6	DF	URU	Facundo Silvera
7	DF	URU	Nicolás Rodríguez
8	MF	URU	Maximiliano Calzada
9	FW	URU	Matías Arezo
10	FW	URU	Facundo Vigo
11	FW	URU	Luis Urruti
12	GK	URU	Francisco Tinaglini
13	DF	URU	Gonzalo Viera
14	DF	URU	Sebastián Gorga
15	MF	URU	Juan Pablo Plada
16	MF	URU	Joaquín Piqueréz
18	MF	URU	Diego Vicente


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	FW	URU	Juan Manuel Olivera
20	MF	URU	Sebastián Píriz
21	FW	URU	Cristian Martin
22	DF	URU	Claudio Herrera
23	FW	URU	Matías Alonso
24	DF	URU	Joaquín Fernández
25	GK	URU	Lucas Machado
26	DF	URU	Santiago Pérez
27	DF	URU	Emanuel Hernández
28	MF	URU	José Neris
29	DF	URU	Guzmán Rodríguez
30	DF	URU	Adrián Leites
33	FW	URU	Gabriel Leyes
34	DF	URU	Matías Streccia
35	DF	URU	Marcos Montiel

Top scorers[edit]

Last updated on Dec 6, 2019

Rank	Pos.	No.	Name	Primera División	Torneo Intermedio	Copa Sudamericana	Total
1	FW	9	Matías Arezo	3	3	0	6
1	FW	11	Luis Urruti	4	2	0	6
1	FW	19	Juan Manuel Olivera	6	0	0	6
1	FW	23	Matías Alonso	6	0	0	6
2	FW	-	Mauro Da Luz	1	0	2	3
2	FW	16	Joaquín Piqueréz	1	2	0	3
2	MF	20	Sebastián Píriz	2	1	0	3
3	DF	7	Nicolás Rodríguez	2	0	0	2
3	DF	13	Gonzalo Viera	1	1	0	2
3	MF	28	José Neris	2	0	0	2
3	MF	30	Adrián Leites	2	0	0	2
4	DF	6	Facundo Silvera	1	0	0	1
4	FW	15	Juan Pablo Plada	1	0	0	1
4	MF	18	Diego Vicente	1	0	0	1
4	FW	33	Gabriel Leyes	1	0	0	1
-	Own Goals	-	-	0	0	0	0
Total				33	9	2	45

Disciplinary record[edit]

Last updated on Dec 6, 2019

No.	Pos	Nat	Name
No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Primera División			Torneo Intermedio			Copa Sudamericana			Total
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Gastón Olveira	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
12	GK		Francisco Tinaglini	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
25	GK		Lucas Machado	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF		Agustín Ale	7	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	9	0	0
4	DF		Horacio Salaberry	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
6	DF		Facundo Silvera	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
13	DF		Gonzalo Viera	3	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1
14	DF		Sebastián Gorga	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
22	DF		Claudio Herrera	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
24	DF		Joaquín Fernández	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0
26	DF		Santiago Pérez	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
27	DF		Emanuel Hernández	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
29	DF		Guzmán Rodríguez	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
34	DF		Matías Streccia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
5	MF		Facundo Ospitaleche	13	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0
7	MF		Nicolás Rodríguez	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	0
8	MF		Maximiliano Calzada	9	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	12	2	0
10	MF		Facundo Vigo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF		Juan Pablo Plada	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0
16	MF		Joaquín Piqueréz	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
18	MF		Diego Vicente	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
20	MF		Sebastián Píriz	11	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	13	1	2
28	MF		José Neris	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
30	MF		Adrián Leites	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Forwards
9	FW		Matías Arezo	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
11	FW		Luis Urruti	6	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	8	0	1
19	FW		Juan Manuel Olivera	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
21	FW		Christian Martín	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	FW		Matías Alonso	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
33	FW		Gabriel Leyes	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
	DF		Luis Olivera	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
	DF		Iván Silva	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
	FW		Mauro Da Luz	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	0
Total				98	7	3	26	1	2	12	0	1	136	8	6

Primera División[edit]

Apertura 2019[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Peñarol	15	9	4	2	27	11	+16	31	Qualification for Championship playoff
2	Fénix	15	8	4	3	36	26	+10	28
3	Nacional	15	7	6	2	32	17	+15	27
4	Cerro Largo	15	8	3	4	23	12	+11	27
5	Danubio	15	8	3	4	22	17	+5	27
6	Montevideo Wanderers	15	6	5	4	21	22	−1	23
7	Progreso	15	6	4	5	27	25	+2	22
8	Liverpool	15	5	5	5	29	29	0	20
9	Boston River	15	5	5	5	18	22	−4	20
10	Rampla Juniors	15	5	3	7	16	23	−7	18
11	Defensor Sporting	15	4	4	7	21	27	−6	16
12	Racing	15	4	3	8	20	30	−10	15
13	Juventud	15	4	2	9	21	22	−1	14
14	Plaza Colonia	15	3	5	7	15	21	−6	14
15	River Plate	15	3	5	7	14	30	−16	14
16	Cerro	15	3	3	9	14	23	−9	12

Source: AUF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Playoff game, in case two teams are tied for first place.
If there are more than two teams tied in points: 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Head-to-head record, 5) Drawing of lots, 6) Playoff game, in case two teams are still tied for first place.

Results by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	W	L	D
Position	8	4	7	8	9	8	10	14	14	15	15	15	13	14	15

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

Win Draw Loss Postponed

February 16, 2019 1	Wanderers	1-1	River Plate	Montevideo
19:30 UTC−3	Macaluso 25' Morales 81' Barreto 90'	Report	Alonso 86' Silva 8' Ale 44' Calzada 52' Píriz 55' Ospitaleche 88'	Stadium: Viera Referee: Andrés Cunha

February 23, 2019 2	River Plate	4-1	Racing	Montevideo
17:00 UTC−3	Neris 16' 20' Leyes 23' Silvera 89' Ospitaleche 70' Urruti 79' Píriz 87'	Report	Alvite 28' 29' Lacoste 85'	Stadium: Saroldi Referee: Daniel Fedorczuk

March 3, 2019 3	Boston River	2-0	River Plate	Montevideo
16:30 UTC−3	Gurri 40' 74' Pérez 51' Foliados 68' Amado 90+2'	Report	Gorga 49' 90+2' Ale 69' Leyes 80'	Stadium: Perrone Referee: Diego Riveiro

March 10, 2019 4	River Plate	1-1	Danubio	Montevideo
16:30 UTC−3	Olivera 32' Olivera 36' Herrera 43' Urruti 61' Calzada 74' Plada 81'	Report	Chacón 58' Felipe 39' Ghan 45' Montes 78'	Stadium: Saroldi Referee: Andrés Matonte

March 17, 2019 5	Plaza Colonia	1-0	River Plate	Colonia del Sacramento
16:30 UTC−3	Aguiar 65' Suhr 37' Tabárez 61' Guirin 90+3'	Report	Plada 25' Ospitaleche 37' Calzada 49' 90+4' Da Luz 76'	Stadium: Prandi Referee: Leodán González

March 24, 2019 6	River Plate	2-1	Cerro	Montevideo
16:00 UTC−3	Plada 50' Urruti 80' M. Alonso 11' Ospitaleche 35' Ale 57'	Report	Peraza 55' Pellejero Brasil 16' F. Alonso 58' Roldán 74' Tancredi 76' Izquierdo 90+3'	Stadium: Saroldi Referee: Christian Ferreyra

March 30, 2019 7	Cerro Largo	2-0	River Plate	Melo
19:00 UTC−3	Dos Santos 20' Quintana 90+2' Graví 74'	Report	Silva 25' S. Píriz 56' F. Silvera 57' Calzada 89'	Stadium: Ubilla Referee: Gustavo Tejera

April 6, 2019 8	Nacional	6-0	River Plate	Montevideo
16:00 UTC−3	Neves 3' Amaral 5' Bergessio 25' 28' Rivero 67' Viña 73' 52' Corujo 66' Lorenzetti 83'	Report	Píriz 44' 76'	Stadium: GPC Referee: Esteban Ostojich

April 14, 2019 9	River Plate	2-2	Fénix	Montevideo
10:00 UTC−3	Da Luz 2' Urruti 5' S. Pérez 17' Olveira 41' Hernández 57' Ospitaleche 87'	Report	M. Pérez 39' L. Fernández 45+3' Méndez 28' R. Fernández 31' Abascal 32' Ugarte 70'	Stadium: Saroldi Referee: Diego Riveiro

April 20, 2019 10	Progreso	4-0	River Plate	Montevideo
16:00 UTC−3	González 32' 57' 78' Riquero 82' Andrada 10' Loffreda 43'	Report	Gorga 79'	Stadium: Paladino Referee: Christian Ferreyra

May 4, 2019 11 ^note	River Plate	0-2	Peñarol	Montevideo
15:00 UTC−3	Calzada 12' Da Luz 32' Píriz 79' Ospitaleche 82'	Report	Lema 3' Fernández 38' Trindade 69' Lores 77'	Stadium: Centenario Referee: Daniel Fedorczuk

note: Schedule was suspended (on April 28th) due to an aggression which took place against the Uruguayan Referee Association (AUDAF, in Spanish)^[1] .

May 11, 2019 12	Defensor Sporting	1-1	River Plate	Montevideo
15:30 UTC−3	Boggio 66' 68' Nápoli 27' Álvarez 38'	Report	Píriz 56' 77' Ospitaleche 20' Urruti 58' Leyes 60' Pérez 65'	Stadium: Franzini Referee: Antonio García

May 18, 2019 13	River Plate	2-1	Rampla Juniors	Montevideo
15:30 UTC−3	Píriz 47' 15' Alonso 85' Pérez 23' N. Rodríguez 37' Ospitaleche 44' Urruti 78' Gorga 88' Ale 90+3'	Report	Pereira 90' Vargas 21' Felipe 45+1' Vega 63' Martínez 70'	Stadium: Saroldi Referee: Esteban Ostojich

May 25, 2019 14	Juventud	4-1	River Plate	Las Piedras
15:00 UTC−3	Viñas 29' Varela 41' 86' García 68' Bogado 16' Alberti 61' Pintado 75'	Report	Alonso 73' Silva 34' Vicente 35' J. Fernández 76' Da Luz 79'	Stadium: Parque Artigas Referee: Christian Ferreyra

Jun 2, 2019 15	River Plate	0-0	Liverpool	Montevideo
15:00 UTC−3	Pérez 15' Píriz 18' 84' Urruti 63' Da Luz 80'	Report	Romero 2' Pereira 48' Medina 90'	Stadium: Saroldi Referee: Pablo Giménez

Intermedio 2019[edit]

Group table[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	River Plate	7	4	3	0	7	3	+4	15	Advance to Torneo Intermedio Final
2	Nacional	7	4	2	1	13	6	+7	14
3	Progreso	7	2	4	1	9	7	+2	10
4	Peñarol	7	2	3	2	9	7	+2	9
5	Defensor Sporting	7	2	3	2	12	12	0	9
6	Juventud	7	1	4	2	5	7	−2	7
7	Boston River	7	1	4	2	5	9	−4	7
8	Danubio	7	0	1	6	5	14	−9	1

Source: AUF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Head-to-head record, 5) Drawing of lots, 6) Playoff game, in case two teams are tied for first place.

Results by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	D	D	W	W	D	W	W
Position	4	6	4	2	2	1	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Jul 14, 2019 1	River Plate	0-0	Progreso	Montevideo
15:00 UTC−3		Report	M. Rodríguez 82'	Stadium: Saroldi Referee: Daniel Fedorczuk

Jul 21, 2019 2	Boston River	0-0	River Plate	Montevideo
15:00 UTC−3	Fernández 37' 84' Foliados 38' Álvarez 46' Arias 69' Fratta 89'	Report	Olivera 5' Ospitaleche 52' Plada 75'	Stadium: Perrone Referee: Diego Dunajec

Jul 27, 2019 3	River Plate	2-1	Defensor Sporting	Montevideo
15:00 UTC−3	Píriz 18' Urruti 76' Vicente 19' Calzada 40' 90+3' Viera 61' Ale 71'	Report	Pavone 9' García 59' Menosse 70' Rabuñal 90+5'	Stadium: Saroldi Referee: Federico Lovesio

Aug 10, 2019 4	Juventud	1-2	River Plate	Las Piedras
15:00 UTC−3	Alberti 24' G. González 28' Bogado 90+3' Domínguez De Freitas 90+4'	Report	Arezo 67' Urruti 73' Pérez 48' J. Fernández 87' Ospitaleche 89'	Stadium: Parque Artigas Referee: Christian Ferreyra

Aug 17, 2019 5	Nacional	1-1	River Plate	Montevideo
15:00 UTC−3	Vecino 59' 34' Laborda 7' Corujo 28' Viña 35' Ocampo 82'	Report	Piqueréz 57' 1' Herrera 33' Urruti 44' Calzada 51' Arezo 61' Leites 77' Olveira 90+2'	Stadium: GPC Referee: Leodán González

Aug 24, 2019 6	River Plate	1-0	Peñarol	Montevideo
15:00 UTC−3	Arezo 31' Viera 43' Fernández 62' Olveira 72'	Report		Stadium: Saroldi Referee: Andrés Cunha

Aug 31, 2019 7	Danubio	0-1	River Plate	Montevideo
15:00 UTC−3	Felipe 8' Ghan 55' 63' Amuz 65' Ancheta 75' Grossmüller 75'	Report	Arezo 47' Vicente 30' Viera 59' Fernández 79'	Stadium: Jardines Referee: Daniel Fedorczuk

Final[edit]

8 September 2019

15:00

Liverpool	2–2 (a.e.t.)	River Plate
Ramírez 20' Olivera 97' 98' Figueredo 11' Cándido 109'	Report	Piqueréz 69' Viera 110' Urruti 45' Tinaglini 73' Viera 90+2' Píriz 102' Calzada 105' Arezo 113'
Penalties
Olivera Martínez Ramírez Cándido Acevedo Caballero	5–4	Alonso Rodríguez Leites Fernández Piqueréz Píriz

Estadio Luis Franzini, Montevideo

Referee: Andrés Matonte

Clausura 2019[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nacional	15	11	1	3	27	10	+17	34	Qualification for Torneo Clausura decider
2	Peñarol	15	10	4	1	21	10	+11	34	Qualification for Torneo Clausura decider
3	Progreso^[a]	15	9	4	2	22	14	+8	33
4	Plaza Colonia	15	9	2	4	16	9	+7	29
5	Cerro Largo	15	8	2	5	22	17	+5	26
6	River Plate	15	6	4	5	20	19	+1	22
7	Liverpool	15	5	6	4	14	13	+1	21
8	Boston River	15	6	3	6	18	19	−1	21
9	Defensor Sporting	15	6	2	7	25	22	+3	20
10	Montevideo Wanderers	15	5	4	6	19	18	+1	19
11	Racing	15	4	3	8	20	26	−6	15
12	Cerro^[a]	15	4	3	8	14	22	−8	14
13	Danubio	15	3	4	8	14	21	−7	13
14	Juventud	15	2	5	8	13	23	−10	11
15	Fénix	15	2	5	8	16	27	−11	11
16	Rampla Juniors	15	2	4	9	16	28	−12	10

Source: AUF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Playoff game, in case two teams are tied for first place.
If there are more than two teams tied in points: 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Head-to-head record, 5) Drawing of lots, 6) Playoff game, in case two teams are still tied for first place.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Progreso were awarded two points and Cerro were deducted one point due to Cerro fielding the ineligible player Martín González during the Torneo Clausura match between both teams.^[2]

Results by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	L	D	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	D	W	W
Position	2	4	9	7	8	10	7	7	7	10	10	8	10	9	6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Sep 14, 2019 1	River Plate	3-1	Wanderers	Montevideo
16:00 UTC−3	Alonso 7' Urruti 15' Arezo 45' 63' Vicente 29' Hernández 37'	Report	Riolfo 69' Bravo 90+3'	Stadium: Saroldi Referee: Christian Ferreyra

Sep 18, 2019 2	Racing	1-1	River Plate	Montevideo
16:00 UTC−3	Araújo 27' Ferreyra 13' Lacoste 86'	Report	Arezo 39' Hernández 22' Calzada 29' Herrera 43' Viera 68'	Stadium: Roberto Referee: Andrés Cunha

Sep 22, 2019 3	River Plate	1-4	Boston River	Montevideo
16:00 UTC−3	Leites 90' Píriz 12' Ale 53' Urruti 85' Neris 87'	Report	F. Rodríguez 8' 78' W. Fernández 30' Fratta 55' 53' Lozano 18' Silva 72' Valdéz 75'	Stadium: Saroldi Referee: Esteban Ostojich

Oct 4, 2019 4^note	Danubio	1-1	River Plate	Montevideo
16:00 UTC−3	Paiva 7' 81' Acosta 73'	Report	Arezo 45+2'	Stadium: Jardines Referee: Pablo Giménez

note: Schedule was suspended (on September 27th) due to the death of youth player Agustín Martínez^[3] .

Oct 9, 2019 5	River Plate	0-0	Plaza Colonia	Montevideo
16:00 UTC−3	Viera 80' Ale 86' Píriz 90+4'	Report	Pérez 11' Suhr 28' Redín 90'	Stadium: Saroldi Referee: Andrés Matonte

Oct 17, 2019 6	Cerro	3-2	River Plate	Montevideo
16:00 UTC−3	S. Viera 15' López 45+1' 64' A. Machado 78' M. González 32' 47' Núñez 73'	Report	Rodríguez 26' M. Alonso 49' Salaberry 27'	Stadium: Capurro^{[note 6]} Referee: Federico Modernell

Oct 20, 2019 7	River Plate	3-2	Cerro Largo	Montevideo
16:00 UTC−3	Viera 33' Vicente 36' N. Rodríguez 41' Olivera 19' Salaberry 37' Calzada 55' Píriz 81' Alonso 82'	Report	Luna Diale 52' Barone 62' Téliz 32' dos Santos 34' F. Rodríguez 35'	Stadium: Saroldi Referee: Christian Ferreyra

Oct 24, 2019 8	River Plate	3-1	Nacional	Montevideo
16:00 UTC−3	Olivera 7' Urruti 15' Leites 61' Viera 40' Calzada 47' J. Fernández 70' Arezo 78'	Report	Bergessio 35' 85' R. García 31' Neves 89'	Stadium: Saroldi Referee: Esteban Ostojich

Nov 3, 2019 9	Fénix	1-0	River Plate	Montevideo
16:00 UTC−3	M. Pérez 22' Cantera 44' N. Moreira 45' Coelho 61'	Report	Viera 44' Rodríguez 49' Ospitaleche 66' Olveira 90+2'	Stadium: Capurro Referee: Federico Lovesio

Nov 6, 2019 10	River Plate	1-2	Progreso	Montevideo
16:00 UTC−3	Piqueréz 32' Salaberry 21' Ale 68'	Report	Gularte 53' Rosso 72' Alles 31' Zeballos 61'	Stadium: Saroldi Referee: Leodán González

Nov 9, 2019 11	Peñarol	1-0	River Plate	Montevideo
19:00 UTC−3	C. Rodríguez 87' Trindade 53' Rojas 73'	Report	Fernández 45+1' N. Rodríguez 50' 51' Alonso 86' Ospitaleche 90+6'	Stadium: CDS Referee: Andrés Cunha

Nov 16, 2019 12	River Plate	1-0	Defensor Sporting	Montevideo
16:00 UTC−3	Alonso 33' Ospitaleche 43' Plada 59' Neris 72' Arezo 83' G. Rodríguez 90+1'	Report	Gómez 64'	Stadium: Saroldi Referee: Christian Ferreyra

Nov 22, 2019 13	Rampla Juniors	2-2	River Plate	Montevideo
16:30 UTC−3	Gáspari Albín 80' Vega 47' 84'	Report	Olivera 58' 82' Píriz 61' Ospitaleche 65' Calzada 90+1'	Stadium: Olímpico Referee: Gustavo Tejera

Nov 27, 2019 14	River Plate	1-0	Juventud	Montevideo
17:00 UTC−3	Olivera 30' Ospitaleche 40'	Report	Pintado 62' Alberti 75'	Stadium: Saroldi Referee: Oscar Rojas

Dec 5, 2019 15^note	Liverpool	0-1	River Plate	Montevideo
17:00 UTC−3	Cáceres 57' Romero 62'	Report	J. M. Olivera 75' 29' Pérez 32' Píriz 66' J. Fernández 78' 90' Alonso 79' Calzada 89'	Stadium: Belvedere Referee: Christian Ferreyra

note: Schedule was suspended (on December 1st) due to an aggression against the AUDAF president Marcelo De León^[4] .

Overall[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nacional (C)	37	22	9	6	72	33	+39	75	Qualification for Championship playoff and Copa Libertadores group stage
2	Peñarol	37	21	11	5	58	27	+31	74
3	Cerro Largo	37	21	6	10	56	34	+22	69	Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage
4	Progreso^[a]	37	17	12	8	58	46	+12	65	Qualification for Copa Libertadores first stage
5	Liverpool	37	16	11	10	61	47	+14	59	Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage
6	Plaza Colonia	37	16	8	13	40	37	+3	56
7	River Plate	37	13	12	12	41	52	−11	51
8	Fénix	37	13	9	15	60	63	−3	48
9	Boston River	37	12	12	13	41	50	−9	48
10	Montevideo Wanderers	37	12	10	15	49	56	−7	46
11	Defensor Sporting	37	12	9	16	58	61	−3	45
12	Danubio	37	11	8	18	41	52	−11	41
13	Racing	37	10	7	20	50	72	−22	37
14	Rampla Juniors	37	9	8	20	44	62	−18	35
15	Cerro^[a]	37	9	7	21	31	52	−21	33
16	Juventud	37	7	11	19	39	52	−13	32

Source: AUF
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Playoff game, in case two teams are tied for first place.
If there are more than two teams tied in points: 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Head-to-head record, 5) Drawing of lots, 6) Playoff game, in case two teams are still tied for first place.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Progreso were awarded two points and Cerro were deducted one point due to Cerro fielding the ineligible player Martín González during the Torneo Clausura match between both teams.^[2]

2019 Copa Sudamericana[edit]

First stage[edit]

12 February 2019

18:15 UTC−3

River Plate	0–0	Santos
77' Leyes	Report	20' Orinho 90+2' González

Estadio Luis Franzini, Montevideo^{[note 7]}

Referee:

Germán Delfino

26 February 2019

19:15 UTC−3

Santos	1-1	River Plate
Soteldo 86' Cardoso 77' Yuri 79'	Report	Da Luz 54' Calzada 53' Silva 80' L. Olivera 87'

Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo^{[note 8]}

Referee:

Mauro Vigliano

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, River Plate won on away goals and advanced to the second stage.

Second stage[edit]

21 May 2019

19:15 UTC−3

River Plate	0-0	Colón
N. Rodríguez 74' Plada 83' Herrera 86'	Report	Zuqui 10' Bernardi 33' Celis 79' Pierotti 90+3'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo^{[note 9]}

Referee:

Mario Díaz de Vivar

28 May 2019

19:15 UTC−3

Colón	3-1	River Plate
Bernardi 18' 33' Morelo 25' Leguizamón 85' E. Olivera 19' Estigarribia 48' Escobar 87' Zuqui 90+6'	Report	Da Luz 16' 44' Ale 29' Píriz 57' 90+8' Urruti 76' Alonso 82'

Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López, Santa Fe

Referee:

Ricardo Marques

Colón advances to the round of 16 (Match E).

References[edit]

^ "Se fué Jorge Giordano". tenfield.com (in Spanish).
^ "Jorge Fossati es el DT darsenero". tenfield.com (in Spanish).
^ "Primera fecha del Apertura 2019". Referi.com (in Spanish).
^ "River Plate vs. Santos (Copa Sudamericana 2019)". LaRepublica.pe (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2019-02-13. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
^ "Plantel de River Plate (Montevideo) 2019". Tenfield.com (in Spanish).
^ "Cerro was sanctioned for disturbances at his home stadium Luis Tróccoli, and forced to play out there". elobservador.com.uy (in Spanish).
^ River Plate played their home match at Estadio Luis Franzini, Montevideo, instead of their regular stadium Parque Federico Omar Saroldi, Montevideo.
^ Santos will play their home match at Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo, instead of their regular stadium Estádio Urbano Caldeira, Santos.
^ River Plate will play their home match at Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, instead of their regular stadium Parque Federico Omar Saroldi, Montevideo.^[5]

^ "Hinchas de Nacional irrumpieron en la AUF con pancartas contra los arbitros". (in Spanish)
^ ^a ^b "Progreso le ganó los puntos a Cerro y ahora es el líder del Clausura" (in Spanish). El Observador. 20 November 2019.
^ "El fútbol de luto: murió Agustín Martínez y AUF suspendió la fecha". (in Spanish)
^ "El robo al presidente de AUDAF provocó la suspensión de la actividad". (in Spanish)
^ "Cambio de escenario del partido River Plate vs. Colón". CONMEBOL.com. 17 May 2019.

[table_note_PRO0.068586490614613-8] Progreso were awarded two points and Cerro were deducted one point due to Cerro fielding the ineligible player Martín González during the Torneo Clausura match between both teams.^[2]

[table_note_PRO0.36233906651025-12] Progreso were awarded two points and Cerro were deducted one point due to Cerro fielding the ineligible player Martín González during the Torneo Clausura match between both teams.^[2]

[1] "Se fué Jorge Giordano". tenfield.com (in Spanish).

[2] "Jorge Fossati es el DT darsenero". tenfield.com (in Spanish).

[3] "Primera fecha del Apertura 2019". Referi.com (in Spanish).

[4] "River Plate vs. Santos (Copa Sudamericana 2019)". LaRepublica.pe (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2019-02-13. Retrieved 2019-02-15.

[5] "Plantel de River Plate (Montevideo) 2019". Tenfield.com (in Spanish).

[10] "Cerro was sanctioned for disturbances at his home stadium Luis Tróccoli, and forced to play out there". elobservador.com.uy (in Spanish).

[River_Plate-13] River Plate played their home match at Estadio Luis Franzini, Montevideo, instead of their regular stadium Parque Federico Omar Saroldi, Montevideo.

[Santos-14] Santos will play their home match at Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo, instead of their regular stadium Estádio Urbano Caldeira, Santos.

[River_Plate_home_venue-16] River Plate will play their home match at Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, instead of their regular stadium Parque Federico Omar Saroldi, Montevideo.^[5]

[6] "Hinchas de Nacional irrumpieron en la AUF con pancartas contra los arbitros". (in Spanish)

[Match_PRO_CRR-7] "Progreso le ganó los puntos a Cerro y ahora es el líder del Clausura" (in Spanish). El Observador. 20 November 2019.

[9] "El fútbol de luto: murió Agustín Martínez y AUF suspendió la fecha". (in Spanish)

[11] "El robo al presidente de AUDAF provocó la suspensión de la actividad". (in Spanish)

[15] "Cambio de escenario del partido River Plate vs. Colón". CONMEBOL.com. 17 May 2019.

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