FM15: River Plate Thread - Argentina's Finest

WELCOME TO THE OFFICIAL RIVER PLATE THREAD

HISTORY

Club Atlético River Plate is a professional Argentine sports club based in the Nuñez neighborhood of Buenos Aires. Although many sports are practised at the club, River is best known for its professional football team, which has won many of the most important tournaments in the world, including Copa Libertadores, and Intercontinental Cup.

River is the most successful football team of Argentina, having won the Primera División professional title a record 36 times. River's latest domestic title at the top division was the 2014 Final. Other domestic competitions won by River Plate were defuncts trophies Copa Dr. Carlos Ibarguren (four times) and Copa Adrián C. Escobar (once).

In addition, the club's international titles include two Copa Libertadores (both against the same rival, America de Cali of Colombia), one Intercontinental Cup, one Supercopa Sudamericana, one Copa Sudamericana, one Recopa Sudamericana, one Copa Interamericana and one U-20 Copa Libertadores, apart from seven tournaments organized by AFA and AUF together: six Copa Dr. Ricardo Aldao, and one Tie Cup. River's success in the 1990s led IFFHS to name it ninth in its All-Time Club World Ranking (and first in the Americas). In 2011, River became the most successful Argentine club to have been relegated to the second division.

In 2010, the International Federation of Football History and Statistics placed River Plate in the 9th. place in a ranking that included the best teams of the world during the 1990 and 2000 decades. River was the South American club with the best position in the table.

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. Matches between them are known as Superclásico, and the two teams' rivalry is amongst the most heated in the sport, due to their local and global popularity. River's home stadium is Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, known simply as "El Monumental", which is the largest stadium in the country.

Apart from football, the club hosts a large variety of sports such as athletics, basque pelota, bowls, chess, basketball, cestoball, gymnastics, field hockey, karate, roller hockey, roller skating, swimming, taekwondo, tennis, volleyball and waterpolo.

STADIUM

Name: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti

Nickname: Los Millonarios

Capacity: 65,645

SQUAD

GOALKEEPERS

Marcelo Barovero is the first choice keeper,with promising Augusto Batalla as the back up keeper,Julio Cesar Chiarini best to transfer out.

DEFENDERS

Defensively pretty solid really just a bit of cover needed incase either Balanta or Maidana pick up injuries.also to ensure to get a bit of depth in here

MIDFIELDERS/WINGERS

This is where a bit of additions are needed,few wingers and a couple of solid central mids as Ponzio and Rojas just dont up to scratch probably try keep them as back up once you get a few more skilled players in.In the attcking midfield area the veteran Aimar looks ok still given his age and should be played carefully.

FORWARDS

Again a signing or two needed in here as Cavenaghi is injured long term,and the only other player decent is Gutierrez,with Mora an adequate replacement,the others Viudez,you should transfer list and Boye who looks a decent prospect.

UP AND COMING PROSPECTS,SOME TO LOOK OUT FOR

Emmanuel Mammana

Tomas Martinez

Lucas Boye

Mattias Kranevitter

Eder Balanta

Abel Casquete

Sebastien Driussl

Giovanni Simeone

Lucas Ferraz Vila

Pablo Cofe

Franco Petrole

TACTICS

Given the players at my disposal i have decided on a 4-2-3-1 setup with Aimar just dropping in behind Gutierrez,with the Full backs supporting either side,the right wing i have decided to have a more attacking nature.

Hope you all enjoy the thread.

nice man might have a go