Club Atlético River Plate

Club Atlético River Plate () is an Argentine sports club based in the Belgrano neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which, for the first time in the club history, will play in the Nacional B, the second tier of Argentine football, in the 2011–12 season.

River Plate is one of the most successful teams in Argentine football. They have won the Primera División a record 33 times; their last domestic title was the 2008 Clausura. In addition, they have won five international titles, including two Copa Libertadores, one Intercontinental Cup, one Supercopa Sudamericana, and one Copa Interamericana. Their success in the 1990s had led IFFHS to name them ninth in their All-Time Club World Ranking (and first in the Americas). However, after the 2011 Clausura, River's poor form over the past three years forced them into a relegation/promotion play-off against Nacional B side Club Atletico Belgrano. Belgrano won the tie over two legs 3–1 on aggregate, relegating River to second tier football for the first time in their history.

The club was officially founded in 1901 and took its name from the common English name for the Río de la Plata. River has a fierce rivalry with Boca Juniors, also from Buenos Aires....
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