2020 River Plate Montevideo season

River Plate took part both in the Uruguayan Primera División, and 2020 Copa Sudamericana.^{[note 2]} Season was abruptly suspended in March 2020, due to COVID-19 outbreak appearances all over the country, and resumed in August 2020.

River Plate

2020 season
President	Willie Tucci
Head coach	Jorge Fossati (since January 1st)[note 1]
Stadium	Estadio Saroldi
Uruguayan Primera División	8th
Top goalscorer	League: Matías Arezo (13 goals) All: Matías Arezo (15 goals)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Transfer Window

Summer 2020

In

Position	Nationality	Name	Age	From	Fee	Transfer Window	Ref.
FW		Facundo Boné	24	Vila Nova	Return from loan	Summer	Tenfield
MF		Ribair Rodríguez	32	Newell's Old Boys	Free Agent	Summer	depo.com.ar
FW		Nicolás González	22	Defensor Sporting	Free Agent	Summer	Ovación
GK		Fabrizio Correa	19	-	Reserves	Summer	Tenfield
FW		Thiago Borbas	17	-	Reserves	Summer	Tenfield
FW		Juan Ignacio Quintana	20	-	Reserves	Summer	Tenfield
FW		Mauro Da Luz	25	Colón	Return from loan	Summer	Tenfield
MF		Tiago Galletto	17	-	Reserves	Summer	Tenfield
DF		Santiago Brunelli	22	Plaza Colonia	Free Agent	Summer	Tenfield

Out

Position	Nationality	Name	Age	To	Fee	Transfer Window	Ref.
FW		Luis Urruti	27	Universitario	Loan	Summer	La Red 21
FW		Gabriel Leyes	29	Cerro Largo	Free Agent	Summer	Tenfield
DF		Emanuel Hernández	22	Jaguares de Córdoba	Free Agent	Summer	Caracol TV
MF		Joaquín Piqueréz	21	Peñarol	Free Agent	Summer	Ecos Archived 2020-01-11 at the Wayback Machine
DF		Agustín Ale	24	Delfín	Loan	Summer	infocancha[permanent dead link‍]
DF		Joaquín Fernández	21	SC Heerenveen	Transfer	Summer	Ovación

Winter 2020

In

Position	Nationality	Name	Age	From	Fee	Transfer Window	Ref.
MF		Facundo Bonifazi	24	MVV Maastricht	Free agent	Winter	Tenfield

Out

Position	Nationality	Name	Age	To	Fee	Transfer Window	Ref.
FW		Mauro Da Luz	26	9 de Octubre	Loan	Winter	El Telegrafo
GK		Gastón Olveira	27	Olimpia	Loan	Winter	El País

Squad

First team squad

As of Mar 31, 2021^{[note 3]}

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  URU Guzmán Rodríguez 3 DF  URU Tiago Galletto 4 DF  URU Horacio Salaberry 5 MF  URU Facundo Ospitaleche 6 DF  URU Facundo Silvera 7 DF  URU Nicolás Rodríguez 8 MF  URU Maximiliano Calzada 9 FW  URU Matías Arezo 10 MF  URU Diego Vicente 10 MF  URU Facundo Boné 11 FW  URU Nicolás González 12 GK  URU Lucas Machado 13 DF  URU Gonzalo Viera 14 DF  URU Marcos Montiel 15 MF  URU Juan Pablo Plada

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  URU Ribair Rodríguez 18 FW  URU Thiago Borbas 19 FW  URU Juan Manuel Olivera 20 MF  URU Sebastián Píriz 21 MF  URU Facundo Bonifazi 22 DF  URU Claudio Herrera 23 FW  URU Matías Alonso 24 DF  URU Santiago Brunelli 25 GK  URU Fabrizio Correa 26 DF  URU Santiago Pérez 27 MF  URU Juan Ignacio Quintana 28 MF  URU José Neris 30 MF  URU Adrián Leites 31 FW  URU Agustín Morales

Top scorers

Last updated on Mar 31, 2021

Rank	Pos.	No.	Name	Primera División	Copa Sudamericana	Total
1	FW	9	Matías Arezo	13	2	15
2	MF	28	José Neris	7	1	8
3	FW	11	Nicolás González	5	0	5
4	MF	20	Sebastián Píriz	2	2	4
4	FW	23	Matías Alonso	4	0	4
5	MF	7	Nicolás Rodríguez	3	0	3
5	DF	13	Gonzalo Viera	3	0	3
5	MF	14	Marcos Montiel	3	0	3
5	FW	27	Thiago Borbas	3	0	3
5	MF	30	Adrián Leites	3	0	3
6	DF	17	Ribair Rodríguez	2	0	2
6	FW	19	Juan Manuel Olivera	0	2	2
7	DF	4	Horacio Salaberry	0	1	1
7	DF	6	Facundo Silvera	1	0	1
7	MF	8	Maximiliano Calzada	1	0	1
7	MF	31	Facundo Bonifazi	0	1	1
-	Own Goals	-	-	0	0	0
Total				50	9	59

Disciplinary record

Last updated on Mar 31, 2021

No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Primera División			Copa Sudamericana			Total
Goalkeepers
12	GK		Lucas Machado	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
25	FW		Fabrizio Correa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF		Guzmán Rodríguez	7	1	0	1	0	0	8	1	0
3	DF		Tiago Galletto	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
4	DF		Horacio Salaberry	14	0	0	2	0	0	16	0	0
6	DF		Facundo Silvera	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
13	DF		Gonzalo Viera	10	1	0	1	0	0	11	1	0
14	DF		Marcos Montiel	4	0	1	1	0	0	5	0	1
22	DF		Claudio Herrera	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
24	DF		Santiago Brunelli	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
26	DF		Santiago Pérez	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
Midfielders
MF
5	MF		Facundo Ospitaleche	13	0	0	1	0	0	14	0	0
7	MF		Nicolás Rodríguez	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
8	MF		Maximiliano Calzada	5	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0
10	MF		Diego Vicente	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1
10	MF		Facundo Boné	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
15	MF		Juan Pablo Plada	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
17	MF		Ribair Rodríguez	6	0	0	2	0	0	8	0	0
20	MF		Sebastián Píriz	8	2	0	0	1	0	9	3	0
21	MF		Facundo Bonifazi	6	0	0	2	0	0	8	0	0
27	MF		Juan Ignacio Quintana	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
30	MF		Adrián Leites	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Forwards
9	FW		Matías Arezo	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
11	FW		Nicolás González	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
18	FW		Thiago Borbas	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
19	FW		Juan Manuel Olivera	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
23	FW		Matías Alonso	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
28	MF		José Neris	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
31	FW		Agustín Morales	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
1	GK		Gastón Olveira	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
16	FW		Mauro Da Luz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF		Joaquín Fernández	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Total				120	4	2	14	1	0	134	5	2

Primera División

Main article: 2020 Uruguayan Primera División season

Apertura 2020

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nacional	15	7	7	1	27	16	+11	28	Qualification for Torneo Apertura decider
2	Rentistas	15	7	7	1	26	15	+11	28
3	Montevideo City Torque	15	7	4	4	21	16	+5	25
4	Peñarol	15	6	6	3	19	15	+4	24
5	Cerro Largo	15	6	6	3	19	17	+2	24
6	Defensor Sporting	15	5	6	4	16	20	−4	21
7	Montevideo Wanderers	15	5	5	5	16	16	0	20
8	Deportivo Maldonado	15	5	5	5	16	20	−4	20
9	Liverpool	15	5	4	6	22	25	−3	19
10	Fénix	15	3	9	3	19	17	+2	18
11	Progreso	15	4	4	7	21	20	+1	16
12	River Plate	15	3	6	6	17	18	−1	15
13	Plaza Colonia	15	3	6	6	14	18	−4	15
14	Danubio	15	3	5	7	12	17	−5	14
15	Cerro	15	3	5	7	13	21	−8	14
16	Boston River	15	2	7	6	14	21	−7	13

Source: AUF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Playoff game, in case two teams are tied for first place.
If there are more than two teams tied in points: 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Head-to-head record, 5) Drawing of lots, 6) Playoff game, in case two teams are still tied for first place.

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	D	D	D	W	L	D	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	D	W
Position	8	10	10	5	8	9	13	13	15	11	12	13	16	16	12

Source: AUF, Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

River Plate v Fénix

Feb 16, 2020 1	River Plate	2-2	Fénix	Montevideo
17:00 UTC−3	Neris 23' 55' Ospitaleche  41' G. Rodríguez  67' Viera  78' Salaberry  81' Píriz  90+5'	Report	Canobbio 18' Pereira 42' Ugarte  60'  89' Alfaro  63'	Stadium: Saroldi Referee: Esteban Ostojich

Cerro v River Plate

Feb 22, 2020 2	Cerro	0-0	River Plate	Montevideo
17:00 UTC−3	Paiva  30' García  65' M. González  86'	Report	Ospitaleche  67' G. Rodríguez  77' Herrera  82' Fernández  85'	Stadium: Tróccoli Referee: Nicolás Vignolo

River Plate v Defensor Sporting

Mar 8, 2020 3	River Plate	1-1	Defensor Sporting	Montevideo
17:00 UTC−3	Píriz 90+4' Fernández  16' Salaberry  37' Viera  76'	Report	Laquintana 90+3' Zeballos  29' Álvarez  52' Boggio  56'	Stadium: Saroldi Referee: Christian Ferreyra

Danubio v River Plate

Aug 8, 2020 41	Danubio	1-3	River Plate	Montevideo
14:30 UTC−3	Viera 49' (o.g.) Siles  24' Nequecaur  57'	Report	N. Rodríguez 28' Arezo 68'  52' Alonso 90+3'	Stadium: Jardines Referee: Andrés Cunha

1: Fourth round was suspended on March 14th due to Coronavirus outbreak appearances all over the country^[1] .

River Plate v Nacional

Aug 15, 2020 5	River Plate	2-3	Nacional	Montevideo
15:00 UTC−3	Leites 6' Viera 21'	Report	Bergessio 12' 45+3' 77'	Stadium: Saroldi Referee: Leodán González

Boston River v River Plate

Aug 19, 2020 6	Boston River	1-1	River Plate	Montevideo
10:15 UTC−3	Rigoleto 75'  75' Silva  69'	Report	Alonso 35' Pérez  24' Salaberry  68'	Stadium: Centenario Referee: Daniel Rodríguez

River Plate v Deportivo Maldonado

Aug 22, 2020 7	River Plate	0-1	Deportivo Maldonado	Montevideo
15:00 UTC−3	Brunelli  48' N. Rodríguez  50'	Report	Castellanos 53' Carrera  44' Lerda  61' Batista  82'	Stadium: Saroldi Referee: Christian Ferreyra

Rentistas v River Plate

Aug 26/Sep 16, 2020 82	Rentistas	2-1	River Plate	Montevideo
15:00 UTC−3	Vega 32' Pérez 35' Romero  38' Malrechaufe  62'	Report	Arezo 30' Calzada  5' Píriz  11'  78' G. Rodríguez  27' Olveira  35' Salaberry  49' Alonso  88'	Stadium: Perrone Referee: Pablo Giménez

2: The match was suspended after 20 minutes due to stormy weather. To be resumed on September 16.^[2] .

Cerro Largo v River Plate

Aug 30, 2020 9	Cerro Largo	2-1	River Plate	Melo
17:15 UTC−3	Fernández 16' Dorrego 17' Cayetano  83' Bentancur  90+4'	Report	Arezo 38' Viera  13' Píriz  17'  61' G. Rodríguez  31'  57' Vicente  73' Ospitaleche  90'	Stadium: Ubilla Referee: Daniel Fedorczuk

Wanderers v River Plate

Sep 5, 2020 10	Wanderers	0-2	River Plate	Montevideo
15:00 UTC−3	Lores  29' Méndez  84'	Report	Arezo 30'  90+3' Leites 49' Calzada  43' Olivera  59' Montiel  60' Ospitaleche  70' Salaberry  84'	Stadium: Viera Referee: Andrés Matonte

River Plate v Peñarol

Sep 9, 2020 11	River Plate	0-0	Peñarol	Montevideo
15:15 UTC−3	Viera  5' Salaberry  23' Pérez  59' Ospitaleche  78'	Report	Abascal  13' Trindade  16' C. Rodríguez  86'	Stadium: Saroldi Referee: Jonathan Fuentes

River Plate v Liverpool

Sep 13, 2020 12	River Plate	1-2	Liverpool	Montevideo
10:30 UTC−3	R. Rodríguez 67' Silvera  38' Viera  58' Píriz  56' Olivera  63' G. Rodríguez  82'	Report	Escobar 1' Ramírez 71' Rosso  66' Lentinelly  77'	Stadium: Saroldi Referee: Diego Riveiro

MCT v River Plate

Sep 21, 2020 13	MCT	1-0	River Plate	Montevideo
19:45 UTC−3	Cóccaro 32' Arismendi  52' Pizzichillo  66' Scotto  78'	Report	Olveira  30' Olivera  33' Plada  57' Salaberry  80'	Stadium: Charrúa Referee: Santiago Motta

River Plate v Plaza Colonia

Oct 06, 2020 14	River Plate	1-1	Plaza Colonia	Montevideo
15:00 UTC−3	González 83' Ospitaleche  48'	Report	Verdún 72'  31' Redín  15' F. Pérez  65' Graví  90+4'	Stadium: Saroldi Referee: Federico Modernell

Progreso v River Plate

Oct 10, 2020 15	Progreso	1-2	River Plate	Montevideo
12:30 UTC−3	Viega 62' Platero  27' Silva  73'	Report	N. González 45+1' Borbas 84' G. Rodríguez  24'	Stadium: Paladino Referee: Diego Dunajec

Intermedio 2020 (Group B)

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nacional	7	5	0	2	11	6	+5	15	Advance to Torneo Intermedio Final
2	River Plate	7	4	1	2	14	8	+6	13
3	Peñarol	7	4	0	3	15	9	+6	12
4	Fénix	7	3	1	3	7	6	+1	10
5	Danubio	7	2	3	2	5	9	−4	9
6	Deportivo Maldonado	7	2	2	3	10	15	−5	8
7	Defensor Sporting	7	1	3	3	5	10	−5	6
8	Boston River	7	1	2	4	6	10	−4	5

Source: AUF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Head-to-head record, 5) Drawing of lots, 6) Playoff game, in case two teams are tied for first place.

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H
Result	W	W	W	L	L	D	W
Position	2	1	1	2	2	2	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Peñarol v River Plate

Oct 17, 2020 1	Peñarol	1-2	River Plate	Ciudad de la Costa
18:00 UTC−3	Britos 66' Núñez  7'  38'	Report	Neris 18' 36' Vicente  40' Salaberry  52' R. Rodríguez  66'	Stadium: CDS Referee: Yimmy Álvarez

River Plate v Danubio

Oct 23, 2020 2	River Plate	4-0	Danubio	Montevideo
16:30 UTC−3	Calzada 14' Arezo 16' 25' Silvera 90' Leites  15' Bonifazi  44'	Report	Mercado  48' Pantaleone  63' Comachi  80'	Stadium: Saroldi Referee: Antonio García

Boston River v River Plate

Nov 9, 2020 3	Boston River	0-3	River Plate	Montevideo
20:15 UTC−3	Neris 53' Leites 59' Arezo 63' Ospitaleche  46'	Report	Tapia  36' Abreu  53' Bentancourt  72'	Stadium: Centenario Referee: Diego Riveiro

River Plate v Nacional

Nov 12, 2020 4	River Plate	0-2	Nacional	Montevideo
14:45 UTC−3	Ospitaleche  17' Leites  37' Vicente  39'	Report	Bergessio 52' S. Rodríguez 90+2' Martínez  56'	Stadium: Saroldi Referee: Daniel Rodríguez

Deportivo Maldonado v River Plate

Nov 21, 2020 5	Deportivo Maldonado	2-1	River Plate	Maldonado
17:00 UTC−3	Ramos 13' Batista 54' N. Olivera  28' Cantera  28'	[- Report]	Alonso 77' Salaberry  5' J. Olivera  28' N. González	Stadium: Campus Referee: José Burgos

River Plate v Defensor Sporting

Nov 29, 2020 6	River Plate	1-1	Defensor Sporting	Montevideo
17:00 UTC−3	Arezo 27' G. Rodríguez  1' Olveira  10' Bonifazi  38' Píriz  63' Montiel  84'	Report	A. González 1' Rojo  26' Zuculini  58' Poggi  65'	Stadium: Saroldi Referee: Gustavo Tejera

River Plate v Fénix

Dic 11, 2020 7	River Plate	3-2	Fénix	Montevideo
17:00 UTC−3	Neris 11' Arezo 71'  56' González 83'  43' Bonifazi  47' Píriz  53' Olveira  63' R. Rodríguez  75'	Report	N. Fernández 51' Franco 62'  77' A. Rodríguez  28' Argachá  85'	Stadium: Saroldi Referee: Diego Riveiro

Clausura 2020

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Liverpool	15	10	4	1	34	13	+21	34	Qualification for Championship playoff
2	Peñarol	15	8	5	2	20	12	+8	29
3	Montevideo City Torque	15	7	5	3	30	14	+16	26
4	Nacional	15	7	5	3	19	16	+3	26
5	Plaza Colonia	15	7	4	4	28	16	+12	25
6	Boston River	15	7	1	7	23	26	−3	22
7	Fénix[a]	15	5	7	3	25	24	+1	21
8	River Plate[a]	15	5	4	6	19	23	−4	21
9	Deportivo Maldonado	15	4	6	5	21	27	−6	18
10	Montevideo Wanderers[b]	15	3	6	6	22	31	−9	18
11	Cerro Largo	15	4	4	7	15	17	−2	16
12	Progreso[b]	15	5	3	7	17	22	−5	15
13	Danubio	15	4	3	8	17	23	−6	15
14	Cerro	15	3	5	7	16	21	−5	14
15	Defensor Sporting	15	2	8	5	15	21	−6	14
16	Rentistas	15	2	4	9	12	27	−15	10

Source: AUF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Playoff game, in case two teams are tied for first place.
If there are more than two teams tied in points: 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Head-to-head record, 5) Drawing of lots, 6) Playoff game, in case two teams are still tied for first place.
Notes:

1. River Plate were awarded two points and Fénix were deducted one point due to Fénix fielding the ineligible player Bryan Olivera during the match between both teams.^[3]
2. Montevideo Wanderers were awarded three points and Progreso were deducted three points due to Progreso fielding an ineligible player during the match between both teams.^[4]

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	D	W	D	L	L	D	L	W
Position	3	9	4	5	10	8	6	6	5	5	5	6	8	10	8

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Fénix v River Plate

Jan 17, 2021 11	Fénix	1-1 (awd)	River Plate	Montevideo
17:00 UTC−3	Nequecaur 33' Fernández  50' B. Olivera  67' Canobbio  88'	Report	Arezo 35' Viera  25'  45+1' Bonifazi  82' Ospitaleche  83' Silvera  90+1'	Stadium: Capurro Referee: Jonathan Fuentes

1: River Plate were awarded two points and Fénix were deducted one point due to Fénix fielding the ineligible player Bryan Olivera during the Torneo Clausura match between both teams.^[5] .

River Plate v Cerro

Jan 20, 2021 2	River Plate	1-2	Cerro	Montevideo
17:00 UTC−3	N. González 27' Quintana  23' Arezo  54' Olivera  89'	Report	Cabrera 45' Tancredi 55' M. González  14'	Stadium: Saroldi Referee: Diego Dunajec

Defensor Sporting v River Plate

Feb 1, 2021 3	Defensor Sporting	0-2	River Plate	Montevideo
21:30 UTC−3	Rojo  41' Cardaccio  45' L. Rodríguez  78'	Report	Montiel 59' Borbas 90+1' R. Rodríguez  42' Ospitaleche  49' Píriz  61' Arezo  67' Viera  74' Galletto  78'	Stadium: Franzini Referee: José Burgos

River Plate v Danubio

Feb 4, 2021 4	River Plate	0-4	Danubio	Montevideo
10:00 UTC−3	Viera  90+5'	Report	Comachi 2' Méndez 28' Paiva 41' Deorta 90+6' Labandeira  15' Fritzler  17'	Stadium: Saroldi Referee: Gustavo Tejera

Nacional v River Plate

Feb 8, 2021 5	Nacional	3-0	River Plate	Montevideo
21:45 UTC−3	G. Rodríguez 16' (o.g.) Bergessio 33'  54' Neves 56' Orihuela  76'	Report	Montiel  37' Bonifazi  77' Viera  90'	Stadium: GPC Referee: Andrés Cunha

River Plate v Boston River

Feb 11, 2021 6	River Plate	3-1	Boston River	Montevideo
17:00 UTC−3	Montiel 40' Viera 50'  77' Borbas 86' Ospitaleche  48' Píriz  61' Salaberry  62' Galletto  90'	Report	Martinuccio 26' Gorga  11' F. Rodríguez  56'	Stadium: Saroldi Referee: Daniel Fedorczuk (substituted by Antonio García due to an injury).

Deportivo Maldonado v River Plate

Feb 14, 2021 7	Deportivo Maldonado	1-2	River Plate	Maldonado
19:15 UTC−3	Nicolini 36' S. González  70'	Report	Montiel 55' Arezo 67' Bonifazi  14' Neris  62' N. Rodríguez  80' Borbas  89' Alonso  90'	Stadium: Campus Referee: Claudia Umpiérrez

River Plate v Rentistas

Feb 17, 2021 8	River Plate	1-1	Rentistas	Montevideo
10:00 UTC−3	Neris 27' Viera  67' Salaberry  90+1'	Report	César 14' Irrazábal  90+2'	Stadium: Saroldi Referee: Mathías de Armas

River Plate v Cerro Largo

Feb 20, 2021 9	River Plate	2-0	Cerro Largo	Montevideo
17:00 UTC−3	Píriz 47' Arezo 83' G. Rodríguez  53' Ospitaleche  55' Calzada  84'	Report	Lamardo  44' H. Dorrego  88'  90'	Stadium: Saroldi Referee: Diego Riveiro

River Plate v Wanderers

Feb 27, 2021 10	River Plate	1-1	Wanderers	Montevideo
17:00 UTC−3	Arezo 84'  72' Galletto  87' Ospitaleche  90+1'	Report	Rivero 48' Morales  72' Torres  88'	Stadium: Saroldi Referee: Leodán González

Peñarol v River Plate

Mar 7, 2021 11	Peñarol	2-0	River Plate	Ciudad de la Costa
20:15 UTC−3	Britos 37'  51' A. Álvarez 48' G. González  23' Acosta  73' Piquerez  84'	Report	Calzada  63' Montiel  66' Salaberry  71' Plada  90'	Stadium: CDS Referee: Andrés Cunha

Liverpool v River Plate

Mar 14, 2021 12	Liverpool	3-2	River Plate	Montevideo
16:30 UTC−3	Dávila 18' Almeida 42' Romero 62'  84' Cándido  70'	Report	N. Rodríguez 3' R. Rodríguez 53'  50' Píriz  61'	Stadium: Belvedere Referee: Daniel Fedorczuk

River Plate v MCT

Mar 20, 2021 13	River Plate	1-1	MCT	Montevideo
16:00 UTC−3	Viera 50' R. Rodríguez  26' Boné  60' Pérez  71' Neris  84'	Report	Rak 90+4' Scotto  22'  45+2' Pereyra  45+1' Arismendi  69'	Stadium: Saroldi Referee: Andrés Matonte

Plaza Colonia v River Plate

Mar 26, 2021 14	Plaza Colonia	1-0	River Plate	Colonia del Sacramento
16:00 UTC−3	Quintana 24' Kidd  55'  90+4'	Report	Montiel  13' Salaberry  56' Galletto  90+3'	Stadium: Prandi Referee: Gustavo Tejera

River Plate v Progreso

Mar 29, 2021 15	River Plate	3-2	Progreso	Montevideo
16:00 UTC−3	N. Rodríguez 1' N. González 45+1' Alonso 90' Salaberry  9' R. Rodríguez  39' Pérez  74' Galletto  87' Machado  90+1'	Report	Fernández 81'  19' Marta 90+3'  86' Gallardo  38' Viega  38' Andrada  45+1' Sánchez  89'	Stadium: Saroldi Referee: Daniel Rodríguez

Overall

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nacional (Q)	37	19	12	6	56	39	+17	69	Qualification for Championship playoff and Copa Libertadores group stage
2	Liverpool (Q)	37	18	11	8	70	50	+20	65	Qualification for Copa Libertadores first stage[a]
3	Peñarol (X)	37	18	11	8	54	34	+20	65	Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage or Copa Sudamericana first stage[b]
4	Montevideo City Torque (Q)	37	17	10	10	64	40	+24	61	Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage
5	Montevideo Wanderers[c] (Q)	37	12	13	12	51	55	−4	52	Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage[d]
6	Cerro Largo (Q)	37	12	14	11	42	39	+3	50	Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage
7	Fénix[e] (Q)	37	11	17	9	51	47	+4	49
8	River Plate[e]	37	12	11	14	50	49	+1	49
9	Rentistas (X)	37	11	14	12	45	48	−3	47	Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage or Copa Sudamericana first stage[b]
10	Plaza Colonia	37	11	13	13	50	45	+5	46
11	Deportivo Maldonado	37	11	13	13	46	61	−15	46
12	Defensor Sporting	37	8	17	12	36	51	−15	41
13	Boston River	37	10	10	17	43	57	−14	40
14	Progreso[c]	37	10	11	16	45	52	−7	38
15	Danubio	37	9	11	17	34	49	−15	38
16	Cerro	37	7	12	18	34	55	−21	33

Source: AUF
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Playoff game, in case two teams are tied for first place.
If there are more than two teams tied in points: 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Head-to-head record, 5) Drawing of lots, 6) Playoff game, in case two teams are still tied for first place.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (X) Assured of Copa Sudamericana, but may still qualify for Copa Libertadores
Notes:

1. Liverpool qualified for the Copa Libertadores first stage by accepting the Uruguay 4 berth offered by the AUF on 8 February 2021.^[6]
2. If Rentistas win the semi-final, they will qualify for the Copa Libertadores group stage and Peñarol will qualify for the Copa Sudamericana first stage. Otherwise, Peñarol will qualify for the Copa Libertadores group stage and Rentistas will qualify for the Copa Sudamericana first stage as Torneo Apertura winners.
3. Montevideo Wanderers were awarded three points and Progreso were deducted three points due to Progreso fielding an ineligible player during the Torneo Clausura match between both teams.^[4]
4. Montevideo Wanderers qualified for the Copa Libertadores second stage by accepting the Uruguay 3 berth offered by the AUF on 22 February 2021.^[7]
5. River Plate were awarded two points and Fénix were deducted one point due to Fénix fielding the ineligible player Bryan Olivera during the Torneo Clausura match between both teams.^[3]

2020 Copa Sudamericana

Main article: 2020 Copa Sudamericana

First Stage

Atlético Grau	1-2	River Plate
Ramírez 86' Ávila  30' Andía  66'	Report	Olivera 16' Neris 24' R. Rodríguez  61' Calzada  74' Alonso  90+3' Viera  90+4'

11 February 2020 (2020-02-11)

17:15 UTC−5

Estadio Monumental, Lima^{[note 4]}

Referee: Piero Maza

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River Plate	1-0	Atlético Grau
Olivera 15' Montiel  32' N. González  89'	Report	Reátegui  31'  52'

25 February 2020 (2020-02-25)

19:15 UTC−3

Parque Alfredo Víctor Viera, Montevideo^{[note 5]}

Referee: José Méndez

River Plate won 3-1 on aggregate score and advanced to the second stage.

Second Stage

Atlético Nacional	1-1	River Plate
Hernández 34' Andrade  17' Perlaza  19' Mosquera  45+3' Quintana  45+5' González  45+6'	Report	Salaberry 69'  59' G. Rodríguez  45' Ospitaleche  66' Bonifazi  83' Borbas  90'

28 October 2020 (2020-10-28)

19:15 UTC−5

Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín

Referee: Ángel Arteaga

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River Plate	3-1	Atlético Nacional
Arezo 5' 26' Píriz 90' Viera  42'	Report	Duque 34'  45' Palacios  45+4' Rovira  47'

4 November 2020 (2020-11-04)

19:15 UTC−3

Parque Alfredo Víctor Viera, Montevideo

Referee: Andrés Merlos

River Plate won 4-2 on aggregate score and advanced to the Round of 16.

Round of 16

River Plate	1-2	Universidad Católica
Píriz 45+3' Salaberry  33'	Report	Zampedri 9' Aued 73' Puch  45+6' Lezcano  67'

26 November 2020 (2020-11-26)

19:15 UTC−3

Parque Alfredo Víctor Viera, Montevideo

Referee: José Méndez

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Universidad Católica	0–1	River Plate
Buonanotte  40' Saavedra  51'	Report	Bonifazi 51'  81' Píriz  21'  52' R. Rodríguez  36'

3 December 2020 (2020-12-03)

21:30 UTC−3

Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago

Referee: Alexis Herrera

Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Universidad Católica won on away goals and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S4).

References

1. "Jorge Fossati confirmó su continuidad como entrenador". Ovación (in Spanish). 31 December 2019.
2. "Temporada 2020". Referi.com (in Spanish).
3. "Plantel de River Plate (Montevideo) 2020". Tenfield.com (in Spanish). 9 February 2020.
4. Atlético Grau will play their home match at Estadio Monumental, Lima, instead of their regular stadium Estadio Miguel Grau, Piura which is being remodeled.
5. River Plate will play their home match at Parque Alfredo Víctor Viera, Montevideo, instead of their regular stadium Parque Federico Omar Saroldi, Montevideo as it does not meet CONMEBOL requirements.

1. "Fútbol suspendido hasta nuevo aviso". 13 March 2020. (in Spanish)
2. "El empate quedó trunco; pico el 16 de setiembre". 26 August 2020. (in Spanish)
3. "Clausura: Apelación de Fénix en la AUF no prosperó y River Plate ganó los puntos" (in Spanish). Futbol.com.uy. 4 March 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
4. "Progreso perdió los puntos que ganó ante Wanderers por la mala inclusión de un jugador" (in Spanish). Futbol.com.uy. 29 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
5. "River ganó los puntos contra Fénix". 11 February 2021. (in Spanish)
6. "Liverpool será "Uruguay 4" en la Copa Libertadores 2021 tras negativa de cuatro clubes" (in Spanish). Futbol.com.uy. 8 February 2021.
7. "Wanderers aceptó ser "Uruguay 3" y jugará la segunda fase de la Copa Libertadores" (in Spanish). Futbol.com.uy. 22 February 2021.