2012–13 Club Atlético River Plate season

Matias Almeyda & Ramón Díaz

Primera División	Inicial: 6th Final: 2nd
Copa Argentina	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: All: Rodrigo Mora (8)
Highest home attendance	67,667
Lowest home attendance	50,000
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2012–13 season was

managed the club.

Season review

Transfers

Inicial Squad

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 Daniel Vega 2 DF  ARG Jonatan Maidana 4 DF  ARG Luciano Vella 6 DF  ARG Ramiro Funes Mori 7 FW  FRA David Trezeguet (Captain) 8 MF  URU Carlos Sanchez 9 FW  ARG Rogelio Funes Mori 10 MF  ARG Manuel Lanzini 11 FW  URU Rodrigo Mora 12 DF  ARG Luciano Abecasis 14 MF  ARG Ezequiel Cirigliano 16 MF  ARG Ariel Rojas

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW  ARG Daniel Villalva 18 GK  ARG Marcelo Barovero 19 GK  ARG Leandro Chichizola 20 DF  ARG German Pezzella 22 MF  ARG Martin Aguirre 23 MF  ARG Leonardo Ponzio (vice-Captain) 24 DF  ARG Leandro González Pirez 25 DF  ARG Gabriel Mercado 27 DF  ARG Jonathan Bottinelli 28 MF  ARG Cristian Ledesma 33 FW  ARG Carlos Luna

Final Squad

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 Marcelo Barovero 2 DF  ARG Jonatan Maidana 4 DF  ARG Luciano Abecasis 6 DF  ARG Ramiro Funes Mori 7 FW  FRA David Trezeguet (Captain) 8 MF  URU Carlos Sanchez 9 FW  ARG Rogelio Funes Mori 10 MF  ARG Manuel Lanzini 11 FW  URU Rodrigo Mora 14 MF  ARG Ezequiel Cirigliano 15 FW  PAR Juan Manuel Iturbe 16 MF  ARG Ariel Rojas 17 GK  ARG Gonzalo Marinelli

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 GK  ARG Leandro Chichizola 20 DF  ARG German Pezzella 21 DF  ARG Leonel Vangioni 22 MF  ARG Martin Aguirre 23 MF  ARG Leonardo Ponzio (vice-Captain) 24 DF  ARG Leandro González Pirez 25 DF  ARG Gabriel Mercado 27 DF  ARG Jonathan Bottinelli 28 MF  ARG Cristian Ledesma 32 MF  ARG Matias Kranevitter 33 FW  ARG Carlos Luna 39 MF  COL Eder Alvarez Balanta

On Loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player - DF  ARG Independiente Rivadavia ) - DF  ARG All Boys ) - DF  ARG Alejandro Espinoza (at Atlético Tucumán) - DF  PAR Adalberto Román (at Palmeiras) - MF  ARG Fabio Gimenez (at Guillermo Brown)

No. Pos. Nation Player - MF  ARG Walter Acevedo (at Banfield) - MF  ARG Mauro Díaz (at Unión Española) - FW  ARG Ferro ) - FW  ARG Ezequiel Conte (at Guillermo Brown) - FW  ARG Gustavo Fernández (at Deportivo Saprissa)

Competitions

2012 Torneo Inicial

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
19	7	8	4	28	16	+12	29	3	4	2	14	8	+6	4	4	2	14	8	+6

Results by round

Fixtures and results

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	Boca Juniors	19	9	6	4	25	20	+5	33
7	Arsenal	19	9	4	6	19	22	−3	31
8	River Plate	19	7	8	4	28	16	+12	29
9	Estudiantes (LP)	19	8	4	7	19	16	+3	28
10	Colón	19	6	8	5	26	24	+2	26

2013 Torneo Final

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
19	10	5	4	28	22	+6	35	7	3	0	18	7	+11	3	2	4	10	15	−5

Results by round

Fixtures and results

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Newell's Old Boys (C)	19	12	2	5	40	21	+19	38	2014 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2	River Plate	19	10	5	4	28	22	+6	35
3	Lanús	19	8	9	2	26	14	+12	33
4	San Lorenzo	19	8	8	3	26	16	+10	32
5	Quilmes	19	8	7	4	28	22	+6	31

Copa Argentina

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 5 November 2012

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primera División		Copa Argentina
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ARG	Daniel Vega	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	ARG	Jonathan Maidana	8	0	8+0	0	0+0	0
4	DF	ARG	Luciano Vella	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF	ARG	Ramiro Funes Mori	10	0	10+0	0	0+0	0
7	FW	FRA	David Trezeguet	9	1	9+0	1	0+0	0
8	MF	URU	Carlos Sánchez	12	3	12+0	3	0+0	0
9	FW	ARG	Rogelio Funes Mori	13	5	9+4	5	0+0	0
10	MF	ARG	Manuel Lanzini	8	2	5+3	2	0+0	0
11	FW	URU	Rodrigo Mora	8	2	7+1	2	0+0	0
12	DF	ARG	Luciano Abecasis	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
14	MF	ARG	Ezequiel Cirigliano	10	0	10+0	0	0+0	0
15	MF	ARG	Facundo Affranchino	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
16	MF	ARG	Ariel Rojas	10	0	4+6	0	0+0	0
17	FW	ARG	Daniel Villalva	5	1	1+4	1	0+0	0
18	GK	ARG	Marcelo Barovero	12	0	12+0	0	0+0	0
20	DF	ARG	Germán Pezzella	8	1	7+1	1	0+0	0
22	MF	ARG	Martín Aguirre	9	1	4+5	1	0+0	0
23	MF	ARG	Leonardo Ponzio	12	3	12+0	3	0+0	0
24	DF	ARG	Leandro González Pirez	8	0	7+1	0	0+0	0
25	DF	ARG	Gabriel Mercado	8	0	8+0	0	0+0	0
27	DF	ARG	Jonathan Bottinelli	8	0	8+0	0	0+0	0
28	MF	ARG	Cristian Ledesma	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
30	DF	ARG	Diego Martínez	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
33	FW	ARG	Carlos Luna	5	1	2+3	1	0+0	0
36	MF	ECU	Juan Cazares	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
Players who appeared for River Plate no longer at the club:
11	MF	ARG	Lucas Ocampos	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0

Top scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Primera División	Copa Argentina	Total
1	FW		9	Rogelio Funes Mori	5	0	5
2	MF		8	Carlos Sánchez	3	0	3
	FW		11	Rodrigo Mora	3	0	3
	MF		23	Leonardo Ponzio	3	0	3
5	MF		10	Manuel Lanzini	2	0	2
6	FW		17	Daniel Villalva	1	0	1
	DF		20	Germán Pezzella	1	0	1
	FW		7	David Trezeguet	1	0	1
	FW		33	Carlos Luna	1	0	1
	MF		22	Martín Aguirre	1	0	1
				TOTALS	21	0	21

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Primera División		Copa Argentina		Total
2		DF	Jonathan Maidana	2	0	0	0	2	0
6		DF	Ramiro Funes Mori	5	1	0	0	5	1
8		MF	Carlos Sánchez	2	0	0	0	2	0
9		FW	Rogelio Funes Mori	3	0	0	0	3	0
10		MF	Manuel Lanzini	1	0	0	0	1	0
11		FW	Rodrigo Mora	1	0	0	0	1	0
14		MF	Ezequiel Cirigliano	1	0	0	0	1	0
15		MF	Facundo Affranchino	1	0	0	0	1	0
16		MF	Ariel Rojas	3	0	0	0	3	0
22		MF	Martín Aguirre	4	0	0	0	4	0
23		MF	Leonardo Ponzio	6	1	0	0	6	1
24		DF	Leandro González Pirez	3	0	0	0	3	0
25		DF	Gabriel Mercado	2	0	0	0	2	0
27		DF	Jonathan Bottinelli	3	0	0	0	3	0
30		DF	Diego Martínez	1	0	0	0	1	0
33		FW	Carlos Luna	2	0	0	0	2	0
			TOTALS	41	2	0	0	41	2

Team kit

These are the 2012–13 River Plate kits.

Supplier: Adidas
Sponsor(s): BBVA & Tramontina

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

References