Independiente Rivadavia

The origins of the club can be traced to 1902, when predecessor "Club Belgrano" was established in a bakery owned by Luis Burotto and his sons. In 1911 the club was severely punished by Federación Mendocina de Football (which ruled football in Mendoza Province at that time). After two years of hiatus so the banned was still into force, a group of members decided to break with the federation to form a new club. Therefore on 24 January 1913 they established "Club Atlético Independiente", with Pedro Castro elected as the first president of the club. The institution also changed to original Belgrano colors (dark green), adopting a shirt with red, white, and green vertical stripes so they earned the tricolores nickname. The club was one of the founding members of "Liga Mendocina de Fútbol", established 1921. In 1920, the club organized a benefit match for the Carlos Washington Lencinas Infectious Diseases Hospital, which was also attended by leprosy patients. Because of that match, the club earned the nickname leprosos (lepper), although there are other versions about the nickname. In 2023, Independiente Rivadavia promoted to the top division of Argentina, Liga Profesional, for the first time in their history after winning the 2023 Primera Nacional championship when they defeated Almirante Brown 2–0 in the final. On November 5, 2025, Independiente Rivadavia won their first title in Primera División, the 2025 Copa Argentina, after defeating Argentinos Juniors 5–3 on penalties (the match had ended 2–2 on regular time). The title earned the squad qualification for the 2026 Copa Libertadores. The championship was widely celebrated in Mendoza, where the Independiente Rivadavia players were welcomed by a huge crowd of club supporters. ==Players==

Current squad Reserve squad Out on loan Current coaching staff Former players Former managers • Juan Carlos Murúa (1983–1985) • Claudio "Turco" García • Darío Felman (2003–2004) • Roque Alfaro (2006) • Roberto Trotta (2006–2007), (2007–2008) • Fernando Quiroz (2009–2010) • Jorge Luis Ghiso (2010) • Roberto Trotta (2013–2014) • Ricardo Rodriguez (2014) • Daniel Garnero (2014–2015) • Pablo Quinteros (2015–2016) • Felipe Canedo (2016) • Daniel Cordoba (2016) • Martín Astudillo (2016–2017) • Alfredo Berti (2017) • José Romero (2017) • Pablo De Muner (2017) • Gabriel Gómez (2017–2019) • Luciano Theiler (2019) • Matías Minich (2019–2020) • Marcelo Straccia (2020–2021) • Gabriel Gómez (2021–2022) • Ever Demalde (2022–2023) • Alfredo Berti (2023) • Rodolfo De Paoli (2023–2024) • Martín Cicotello (2024) • Alfredo Berti (2024–) ==Team image ==

Uniform evolution The first uniform adopted by Independiente Rivadavia was a shirt with red, white, and green vertical strips. When the club merged with Club Sportivo Rivadavia and after an initiative by Bautista Gargantini, it switched to a dark blue shirt, which would become the definitive colors of the institution. ==Titles==

National • Copa Argentina (1): 2025 • Primera Nacional (1): 2023 • Torneo Argentino A (2): 1998-99, 2006–07 Regional • Federación Mendocina de Football (4): 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916 • Unión Mendocina de Football (4): 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920 • Copa Competencia 1917-1921 (4): 1917, 1918, 1919 1920 • Primera A de Liga Mendocina (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 (1):: 1998 • Copa Competencia (5): 1924, 1925, 1926, 1929, 1932 ==References==