2016–17 Club Atlético River Plate Season

The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Club Atlético River Plate

2016–17 season
President	Rodolfo D'Onofrio
Manager	Marcelo Gallardo
Stadium	Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
Primera División	2nd
Copa Argentina	Winners
Copa Libertadores	Semi-finals
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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On June 29, Luciano Lollo signed a 4 years contract with River Plate, after the club bought him from Racing Club. The transfer was made for U$S3.5M.

On June 30, Enrique Bologna signed a contract with River Plate after quitting Gimnasia y Esgrima.

On July 8, Iván Rossi became part of the squad. River bought the player from Banfield for U$S3M.

On August 3, Arturo Mina signed a four-year contract with River Plate. The club bought the 70% of the transfer for U$S2.47M.

On September 28, River Plate presented a new kit (the fourth released in 2016), featuring black as main color, with diagonal red and white stripes. The design is a tribute to Ángel Labruna, one of the club's greatest idols.

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   ARG Augusto Batalla 2 DF   ARG Jonatan Maidana (Vice-Captain) 3 DF   ECU Arturo Mina 4 DF   PAR Jorge Moreira 5 MF   ARG Nicolás Domingo 6 DF   ARG Luciano Lollo 7 FW   URU Rodrigo Mora (3rd Captain) 8 MF   ARG Denis Rodríguez 9 FW   CHI Marcelo Larrondo 10 MF   ARG Pity Martínez 11 FW   ARG Sebastián Driussi 13 FW   ARG Lucas Alario 14 MF   ARG Joaquin Arzura 16 MF   ARG Exequiel Palacios

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF   URU Camilo Mayada 19 FW   URU Ivan Alonso 20 DF   ARG Milton Casco 21 MF   ARG Iván Rossi 22 MF   ARG Andrés D'Alessandro 23 MF   ARG Leonardo Ponzio (Captain) 25 GK   ARG Enrique Bologna 26 MF   ARG Ignacio Fernandez 28 DF   ARG Lucas Martínez Quarta 29 DF   ARG Gonzalo Montiel 30 DF   ARG Luis Olivera 31 GK   ARG Maximiliano Velazco 35 MF   ARG Tomas Andrade

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   ARG Augusto Batalla 2 DF   ARG Jonatan Maidana (Vice-Captain) 3 DF   ECU Arturo Mina 4 DF   PAR Jorge Moreira 5 MF   ARG Nicolás Domingo 6 DF   ARG Luciano Lollo 7 FW   URU Rodrigo Mora (3rd Captain) 8 MF   ARG Denis Rodríguez 9 FW   CHI Marcelo Larrondo 10 MF   ARG Pity Martínez 11 FW   ARG Sebastián Driussi 13 FW   ARG Lucas Alario 14 MF   ARG Joaquin Arzura 16 MF   ARG Exequiel Palacios

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF   ARG Carlos Auzqui 18 MF   URU Camilo Mayada 19 FW   URU Ivan Alonso 20 DF   ARG Milton Casco 21 MF   ARG Iván Rossi 23 MF   ARG Leonardo Ponzio (Captain) 25 GK   ARG Enrique Bologna 26 MF   ARG Ignacio Fernandez 28 DF   ARG Lucas Martínez Quarta 29 DF   ARG Gonzalo Montiel 30 DF   ARG Luis Olivera 31 GK   ARG Maximiliano Velazco 32 MF   ARG Ariel Rojas 35 MF   ARG Tomas Andrade

In Summer

Number	Pos.	Name	From
3	DF	Arturo Mina	Independiente del Valle
4	DF	Jorge Moreira	Club Libertad
6	DF	Luciano Lollo	Racing Club
9	FW	Marcelo Larrondo	Rosario Central
21	MF	Iván Rossi	Club Atlético Banfield

Out Summer

Number	Pos.	Name	To
1	GK	Marcelo Barovero	Club Necaxa
3	DF	Eder Alvarez Balanta	FC Basel
15	MF	Leonardo Pisculichi	Esporte Clube Vitoria
17	MF	Tabare Viudez	Club Nacional de Football
21	DF	Leonel Vangioni	AC Milan
24	DF	Emanuel Mammana	Olympique Lyon
25	DF	Gabriel Mercado	Sevilla Fútbol Club
27	MF	Lucho González	Atlético Paranaense
33	GK	Julio Chiarini	Club Atlético Sarmiento
	MF	Guido Rodríguez	Club Tijuana
	MF	Ezequiel Cirigliano	Atletico Tucuman
	MF	Tomas Martinez	Sporting Braga
	FW	Lucas Boyé	Torino FC
	FW	Giovanni Simeone	Genoa

In Winter

Number	Pos.	Name	From
17	MF	Carlos Auzqui	Estudiantes de la Plata
32	MF	Ariel Rojas	Cruz Azul

Out Winter

Number	Pos.	Name	To
22	MF	Andrés D'Alessandro	SC Internacional

Loan In

Number	Pos.	Name	From
8	MF	Denis Rodríguez	Newell's Old Boys

Loan Out

Number	Pos.	Name	From
8	MF	Nicolás Bertolo	Club Atlético Banfield

Pre-season

Mid-season

League table

Results by matchday

  Win   Draw   Loss

  Win   Draw   Loss

Group 3

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	River Plate	6	4	1	1	14	9	+5	13	Round of 16
2	Emelec	6	3	1	2	8	5	+3	10
3	Independiente Medellín	6	3	0	3	8	8	0	9	Copa Sudamericana
4	Melgar	6	1	0	5	6	14	−8	3

Independiente Medellín   v   River Plate

15 March 2017 (2017-03-15) Round 1	Independiente Medellín	1–3	River Plate	Medellín, Colombia
19:00 UTC−5	Quintero   88' (pen.)	Report	Alario   29' (pen.) Driussi   33' Martínez Quarta   51'	Stadium: Estadio Atanasio Girardot Attendance: 40,482 Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

River Plate   v   Melgar

13 April 2017 (2017-04-13) Round 2	River Plate	4–2	Melgar	Buenos Aires, Argentina
21:00 UTC−3	I. Fernández   17' Driussi   21', 66' Martínez Quarta   26'	Report	Herrera   4', 24'	Stadium: El Monumental Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Raúl Orosco (Bolivia)

Emelec   v   River Plate

27 April 2017 (2017-04-27) Round 3	Emelec	1–2	River Plate	Guayaquil, Ecuador
19:00 UTC−5	Preciado   1'	Report	Moreira   41' Alario   80'	Stadium: Estadio George Capwell Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)

River Plate   v   Emelec

10 May 2017 (2017-05-10) Round 4	River Plate	1–1	Emelec	Buenos Aires, Argentina
19:15 UTC−3	Mora   67' (pen.)	Report	Preciado   59'	Stadium: El Monumental Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Anderson Daronco (Brazil)

Melgar   v   River Plate

18 May 2017 (2017-05-18) Round 5	Melgar	2–3	River Plate	Arequipa, Perú
19:00 UTC−5	O. Fernández   23' Herrera   61'	Report	Alario   11' Mayada   19' I. Fernández   69'	Stadium: Estadio de la UNSA, Arequipa Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)

River Plate   v   Independiente Medellín

25 May 2017 (2017-05-25) Round 6	River Plate	1–2	Independiente Medellín	Buenos Aires, Argentina
19:30 UTC−3	Mina   82'	Report	Hernández   47' Mosquera   55'	Stadium: El Monumental Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil)

Final stages

The 2017 Copa Libertadores final stages were played from 4 July to 29 November 2017. A total of 16 teams competed in the final stages to decide the champions of the 2017 Copa Libertadores.

This matches are listed on the article 2017-18 Club Atlético River Plate season.