Facts

1. It is the club that has won more times the professional championship of the First Division of Argentine Football
2. Sports entity with the most members in Argentina and 2nd in the world
3. River Plate’s alignment called ‘La maquina’ (The Machine) is considered the best team of the history of the world-wide soccer. Great Clubs of the World were based on the Game of this alignment.
4. It was the first Argentine club to win an official international twice in a row ‘bi-campeonato’. (Copa Aldao or Rio de la Plata 1936 and 1937)
5. It was the first Argentine club to get 6 official international titles and not lose any final.
6. t is the first South American club to be chosen as the Best Team in the World (1998) and the only one to hold that position for six months in a row and also the only one in his country to become the best team in the world in one season (1997-1998).
7. It is the Argentine team with the biggest goal difference in the history of Argentine Football.
8. It is the Argentine club that more players yielded to the Selection of Soccer of Argentina, with 44 players.
9. #1 in the Historical Table of the Professionalism of the Argentine League.
10. It is the Argentine club that won more matches, less lost, more goals scored and less scored in Argentine soccer.
11. River Plate provided the maximum idol in the history of Real Madrid: Alfredo Di Stéfano
12. It is the only Argentine club with Racing Club to be three times champion and is the one that most times achieved this feat (3 times: 1955-56-57 / Metro 79 – National 79 – Metro 80 / Apertura 96 – Clausura 97 – Apertura 97).
13. The top scorer in the history of Argentine football is Angel Labruna, who scored his 293 goals in the league playing for River Plate.
14. It has the record of 9 holders of the same club in the same match of the National Team of Argentina, in a qualifying match (4-0 in favor against Bolivia).
15. It is the first Argentine club to beat an English team (4-3 at Manchester City in 1952).
16. It is the team that played the most times against national teams and won more times.
17. In 2012 River Plate had a Guinness record for the longest flag in the world, with approximately 5 miles long (8 km).
18. Record for Most Consecutive Games Unbeaten at Home: River Plate holds the record for the most consecutive games unbeaten at home in the Argentine league, making the Estadio Monumental a fortress for decades.
19. Biggest Stadium in South America (2023): As of 2023, River Plate’s Estadio Monumental is the largest stadium in South America, with a capacity of over 85,000 seats.
20. Highest Average Attendance in the World (2023): River Plate had the highest average crowd attendance worldwide in 2023, surpassing some of the biggest football clubs globally.