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River Plate Football Club was an Uruguayan football club, founded in 1897 in Montevideo. The club was also a predecessor of current River Plate of Montevideo River Plate is considered one of the four giants of the first era in Uruguayan football, alongside rivals Montevideo Wanderers and the current ''two bigs'': CURCC (predecessor of Peñarol) and Nacional. River reached important achievements during the first years of football in the country. In fact, the national side's uniform is a light blue ("celeste") shirt in tribute to this team victory over Argentina's Alumni, when River Plate had to use an alternate jersey.〔("Arriba la Celeste - El Origen de una Pasión Uruguaya" ), Canal Trans.com〕〔 ==History== In 1897, a group of Port of Montevideo workers met to establish a football team, which was named "Cagancha F.C.". When they requested Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) to join the body, they were informed that only English names were accepted. Therefore the team was renamed as "River Plate F.C." but the AUF alleged that they also must have English-native players so the request was denied again.〔("Historia darsenera" ) on Tribuneros website〕 Due to the fact that River Plate belonged to the Port of Montevideo zone, they were nicknamed ''Darseneros'' (''Dockers''), the same nickname that current River Plate of Montevideo. In 1901 the AUF finally approved the affiliation of River Plate to the Association, soon after other ''criollo'' team, Nacional, had joined the body. In 1906 River Plate promoted to Primera División, winning its first title in 1908. In April 1910, River Plate played against Argentine team Alumni, the most successful club in that country by then. Because of both teams had similar uniforms, River Plate worn an alternative light blue jersey and won the match by 2-1.〔("Arriba la Celeste - El Origen de una Pasión Uruguaya" ), Canal Trans.com〕 River line up was: Cabalotti; José and Miguel Benincasa; Louried, Sanz, García, Módena, Dacal, D'Agosti, Raymonda and Seoane.〔 Some months later, in August 1910, Uruguay national team worn the light blue jersey for the first time, facing the Argentine side. Uruguay won the match by 3-1.〔("Camiseta Celeste" ) on River Plate website〕〔("Por qué el color celeste" )〕 The club would win three championships else, in 1910, 1913 and 1914. In 1920 the team was relegated to second division. Nevertheless, River Plate joined dissident Uruguayan Football Federation in 1923 that organised its own tournament in 1923. River Plate finished 26th., being relegated with other 16 teams. That would be the last appearance of the club in the top division of Uruguay. By 1925 River Plate F.C. had been disestablished. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「River Plate F.C.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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