Independiente Rivadavia

Independiente Rivadavia
Full nameClub Sportivo Independiente Rivadavia
Nickname(s)Azul
Azul del Parque
Caudillos del Parque
Lepra
Founded24 January 1913 (1913-01-24)
GroundEstadio Bautista Gargantini
Capacity24,000
ChairmanDaniel Vila[1]
ManagerAlfredo Berti[2]
LeaguePrimera División
202411th
Websiteindependienterivadavia.com.ar

Club Sportivo Independiente Rivadavia (mostly known simply as Independiente Rivadavia) is a football club from Mendoza, Argentina. The team currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, the first major league in the Argentine Football league system.

Independiente Rivadavia played in the Argentine Primera in 1968, 1973, 1977, 1979–80 and 1982, when the team reached the quarter-finals of the National Championship. That year Independiente was eliminated in the play-offs by the team that would later reach the Championship, Ferro Carril Oeste.

History

In 2023, Independiente Rivadavia promoted to Liga Profesional for the first time in history from 2024 season after defeating Almirante Brown 0–2 and Champions of Primera Nacional.

Honours

National

Regional

  • Federación Mendocina de Football
    • Winners (4): 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916
  • Unión Mendocina de Football
    • Winners (4): 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920
  • Copa Competencia 1917-1921
    • Winners (4): 1917, 1918, 1919 1920
  • Primera A de Liga Mendocina
    • Winners (25): 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1932, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1945, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1976, 1978, 1992-93, 1993-94, 2007 (formativa), 2010
  • Primera B de Liga Mendocina
    • Winners (1): 1998
  • Copa Competencia
    • Winners (5): 1924, 1925, 1926, 1929, 1932

Players

Current squad

As of 5 May 2025[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  ARG Ezequiel Centurión (on loan from River Plate)
2 DF  URU Leonard Costa
4 DF  ARG Mauro Peinipil
5 MF  ARG Tomás Bottari
6 DF  ARG Santiago Flores (on loan from Estudiantes)
7 FW  ARG Victorio Ramis
8 MF  ARG Luis Sequeira (on loan from Talleres)
10 MF  ARG Gonzalo Álvez (on loan from Talleres)
11 MF  ARG Diego Tonetto
12 GK  ARG Agustín Lastra (on loan from Boca Juniors)
13 DF  ARG Alejo Osella (on loan from Deportivo Armenio)
14 DF  ARG Luciano Gómez (on loan from Argentinos Juniors)
16 MF  ARG Laureano Rodríguez
19 MF  ARG Mateo Schwartz (on loan from Estudiantes)
20 FW  ARG Juan Barbieri (on loan from Deportivo Armenio)
21 MF  ARG Mauricio Cardillo
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 FW  COL Sebastián Villa (captain)
23 GK  ARG Gonzalo Marinelli
24 DF  ARG Thomas Ortega
25 MF  ARG Maximiliano Amarfil (on loan from Club Cipolletti)
26 MF  ARG Matías Fernández (on loan from Excursionistas)
27 DF  ARG Pedro Souto (on loan from Temperley)
29 DF  ARG Luciano Abecasis
31 DF  ARG Matías Valenti
32 FW  URU Maximiliano Juambeltz
34 FW  ARG Nicolás Retamar (on loan from Ferro Carril Oeste)
39 FW  PAR Fernando Romero
40 DF  PAR Iván Villalba
42 DF  ARG Sheyko Studer (on loan from Talleres)
43 FW  ARG Fabrizio Sartori
44 MF  ARG Fabricio Amato (on loan from Estudiantes)

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  ARG Gonzalo Ríos (at Banfield until 31 December 2025)

Reserve squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
45 DF  ARG Tiago Andino

Current coaching staff

Position Staff
Head coach Alfredo Berti
Assistant coach Martín Spuch
Assistant coach Santiago Flores
Fitness coach Leandro Retamoza
Fitness coach Ramiro Luguercio
Goalkeeping coach Diego Próspero
Physiotherapist Javier López
Doctor Federico Carmona

Last updated: 5 May 2025
Source: Cuerpo Técnico 2025

Former players

Managers

References

  1. ^ Daniel Vila asumió como nuevo presidente de Independiente Rivadavia
  2. ^ Alfredo Berti vuelve a la Lepra mendocina para llevar adelante su tercer ciclo en la entidad
  3. ^ "Plantel 2025". independienterivadavia.com.ar. Retrieved 5 May 2025.