List of River Plate seasons

Club Atlético River Plate is an Argentine professional football club based in Buenos Aires, who currently play in the Argentine Primera División. The club was formed in 1901, as a result of the merging of football clubs Santa Rosa and La Rosales. River Plate won their first Primera División title in 1920; since then, the club has won a further 37 league titles, along with 16 national cups. At international level, they have been crowned champions of South American football on four occasions, winning the Copa Libertadores in 1986, 1996, 2015 and 2018, and have also won a Worldwide thropy, the 1986 Intercontinental Cup.

As of the end of the 2025 season, River Plate have spent 118 seasons in the top tier of the Argentine football league system, four in the second and one in the third. The table details the team's achievements and the top goalscorer in senior first-team competitions from their first in the Tercera División during the 1905 season to the end of the most recently completed season.

Key

Primera División – Argentina's top football league, established in 1891 Segunda División – Comprises two second tier tournaments of Argentine football, the Segunda División and the Primera B Nacional Tercera División – The third tier of Argentine football

+ Key to colours and symbols1st or W Winners2nd or RU Runners-up3rd Third place Promoted Relegated ♦ Top scorer in division

+ Key to league record Pld Matches played W Matches won D Matches drawn L Matches lost GF Goals scored GA Goals against Pts Points Pos Final position

+ Key to cup record S1 First stage S2 Second stage GS Group stage R32 Round of 32 R16 Round of 16 QF Quarter-finals SF Semi-finals

Seasons Correct as of the end of the 2025 season. + River Plate seasonsSeasonLeagueNational cupsAFA-AUF / South America / FIFATop scorer(s)LeaguePldWDLGFGAPtsPosCompetitionResultCompetitionResultPlayer(s)Goals190514419184177thCopa El DiarioQF——31906124089248S1Copa BullrichR16——21907181333242429Copa BullrichS1——41908181512661531Copa BullrichQF——41909181125352624——131910Primera División164482737127th——141911Primera División166462231165thS1S1——81912Primera División1031682376thS1S1——41913Primera División14104030724S1S1——121914Primera División126241512145thWTie CupW81915Primera División241662581738SFS2——111916Primera División211092271029SFS1——91917Primera División201262351430S2——181918Primera División19973301725S2——161919Primera División13643161116R16——81920Primera División342563702256S2——131921Primera División382549693054————221922Primera División4025114581861————91923Primera División201433291231————91924Primera División2313553020315thSF——131925Primera División24761121242017thSF——61926Primera División251041132242411thS2——181927Primera División331761053354010th————131928Primera División3520696842467th————81929Primera División171232281127————121930Primera División352285662952————181931Primera División3419696440444th————161932Primera División342266814350WGS——46 ♦1933Primera División3420687136464thS1QF——311934Primera División39234129144504th————301935Primera División3419697147445th————251936Copa de HonorCopa de Oro1717191313205203549425192212826th1stW——Copa AldaoW241937Primera División3427431064358WCopa AldaoW311938Primera División3223541054951————321939Primera División3423471004350SF——211940Primera División341789925442————251941Primera División301965753544WWCopa AldaoW141942Primera División302064793746WCopa AldaoRU241943Primera División301965743844Copa Escobar——24 ♦1944Primera División3017103684344Copa Competencia GVICopa Escobar——261945Primera División302064663446Copa Competencia GVICopa AldaoW33 ♦1946Primera División301776593441Copa Competencia GVICopa Escobar——181947Primera División302244903748——Copa AldaoW29 ♦1948Primera División3012135594837Copa Competencia GVI——161949Primera División341879713643SF——181950Primera División34158116857384th————211951Primera División3216115694243————22 ♦1952Primera División301767654840W——181953Primera División301875603643————211954Primera División301668563738————121955Primera División301893533545————111956Primera División301794613243————101957Primera División301983753446——Copa AldaoW22♦1958Primera División3014976245355thGS——161959Primera División30144124945326th————141960Primera División301677462939————111961Primera División301587533038————111962Primera División281855612841————25 ♦1963Primera División261394482335————24 ♦1964Primera División3013116423037————161965Primera División342257552449————161966Primera División3822124662656——RU251967MetropolitanoNacional2215995185313323152319S15th——S2241968MetropolitanoNacional231712107542323819163125SF————171969MetropolitanoNacional00000000000000————241970MetropolitanoNacional00000000000000S1——SF291971MetropolitanoNacional000000000000006thS1————201972MetropolitanoNacional000000000000004th————271973MetropolitanoNacional000000000000005th——S1251974MetropolitanoNacional00000000000000S1S1————251975MetropolitanoNacional000000000000001stW————281976MetropolitanoNacional00000000000000S2——RU251977MetropolitanoNacional000000000000001stS1——S1251978MetropolitanoNacional000000000000006th——S2231979MetropolitanoNacional00000000000000WW————141980MetropolitanoNacional000000000000001stQF——S1261981MetropolitanoNacional000000000000004thW——S1211982NacionalMetropolitano00000000000000S110th——S291983NacionalMetropolitano00000000000000QF18th————111984NacionalMetropolitano000000000000004th————291985Nacional14923261220SF————91985–86Primera División3623103742656——Copa Libertadores25 ♦1986–87Primera División3813131254493910th——Intercontinental CupCopa LibertadoresS2141987–88Primera División38171295140464th——Copa Interamericana141988–89Primera División38161396136674th——121989–90Primera División3820135482053——R16101990–91Primera División19191144114429191319261910th——R16GS151991–92AperturaClausura191913848233231112230241st5th——Supercopa Libertadores211992–93AperturaClausura191910105346283313212323——GS191993–94AperturaClausura19199767452924171424211st5thRUSupercopa Libertadores131994–95AperturaClausura191912774083129143031181st10th——231995–96AperturaClausura191976834102132203329217th14th——231996–97AperturaClausura1919151215325237222046411st1st——Supercopa LibertadoresRecopa SudamericanaCopa Libertadores221997–98AperturaClausura191914738244332172445291st7th——201998–99AperturaClausura1919511747427372719223715th——Copa MercosurCopa Libertadores161999–2000AperturaClausura1919131256114244211744421st1st——Copa MercosurRecopa SudamericanaCopa LibertadoresGS282000–01AperturaClausura191910137224414824273741——Copa MercosurCopa LibertadoresSF272001–02AperturaClausura1919121354225139161341431st——Copa MercosurCopa LibertadoresGSR16202002–03AperturaClausura1919111334523543231836431st——Copa SudamericanaCopa LibertadoresR16242003–04AperturaClausura191971254732341242126408th1st——Copa SudamericanaCopa Libertadores272004–05AperturaClausura191998634828311929332710th——Copa SudamericanaCopa LibertadoresR16SF132005–06AperturaClausura19198947733139222428346th——Copa SudamericanaCopa LibertadoresR16232006–07AperturaClausura191911956343326171738334th——Copa SudamericanaCopa LibertadoresR16GS132007-08AperturaClausura1919613548231293313234314th1st——Copa SudamericanaCopa LibertadoresSFR16192008–09AperturaClausura191927869620242925142720th8th——Copa SudamericanaCopa LibertadoresGS162009–10AperturaClausura191956648923162621212214th13th——Copa SudamericanaS192010–11AperturaClausura19198678452115181531264th9th————92011–12Segunda División3820135662873Copa Argentina——192012–13InicialFinal191971085442828162229358thCopa Argentina——82013–14InicialFinal1919511648412281415213717th1stCopa Sudamericana92014Primera División191162341339Copa Sudamericana112015Primera División30131074633499thRecopa SudamericanaCopa LibertadoresCopa SudamericanaFIFA Club World Cup142016Primera División16466212218S1——Copa LibertadoresRecopa Sudamericana102016–17Primera División301686512856Copa ArgentinaSupercopa ArgentinaCopa LibertadoresSF222017–18Primera División2713683926458thSupercopa ArgentinaCopa ArgentinaCopa LibertadoresFIFA Club World Cup262018–19Primera División2513664221454thCopa ArgentinaCopa de la SuperligaCopa LibertadoresRecopa Sudamericana172019–20Primera División231454411847Copa ArgentinaCopa LibertadoresSF17 ♦2020Cancelled————————S2——82021Primera División251663531954Copa ArgentinaCopa de la Liga ProfesionalSupercopa ArgentinaTrofeo de CampeonesCopa LibertadoresQF26 ♦2022Primera División271458432247Copa de la Liga ProfesionalCopa ArgentinaCopa Libertadores182023Primera División271944502061Copa de la Liga ProfesionalCopa ArgentinaTrofeo de CampeonesCopa Libertadores172024Primera División2711106382143Copa de la Liga ProfesionalCopa ArgentinaSupercopa ArgentinaCopa LibertadoresSF312025AperturaClausuraLiga18173296148411177252241101824352253QFR164thCopa ArgentinaSupercopa InternacionalCopa LibertadoresFIFA Club World CupGS10SeasonDivisionPldWDLGFGAPtsPosCompetitionResultCompetitionResultPlayer(s)Goals

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