| Club: | River Plate |
| Season: | 2016 |
| Manager: | Juan Ramón Carrasco (until September 26, 2016) Pablo Tiscornia (since September 27, 2016) |
| Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
| Chairman: | Renzo Gatto |
| Chrtitle: | President |
| Stadium: | Estadio Saroldi |
| League: | Uruguayan Primera División |
| League Result: | 10th |
| League Topscorer: | Mathías Saavedra, 6 goals |
| Season Topscorer: | Mathías Saavedra, 6 goals |
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| Prevseason: | 2015–2016 |
| Nextseason: | 2017 |
River Plate took part in the Uruguayan Primera División (so called "Uruguayo Especial"), reaching 10th position. Mathías Saavedra was the topscorer with 6 goals.
| Position | Nationality | Name | Age | From | Fee | Transfer Window | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | Transfer | Winter | ovaciondigital.com.uy | |||||
| 27 | Transfer | Winter | tenfield.com.uy | |||||
 | 22 | Transfer | Winter | tenfield.com.uy | ||||
| | 30 | Free agent | Transfer | Winter | tenfield.com.uy | |||
| 21 | Transfer | Winter | tenfield.com.uy | |||||
| 23 | Transfer | Winter | tenfield.com.uy | |||||
| 21 | Reserves | - | Winter | tenfield.com.uy |
| Position | Nationality | Name | Age | To | Fee | Transfer Window | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | Transfer | Winter | marca.com | |||||
| 18 | Transfer | Winter | tenfield.com.uy | |||||
| | 29 | Transfer | Winter | globoesporte.com | ||||
| 32 | Transfer | Winter | tenfield.com.uy | |||||
| 23 | Transfer | Winter | tenfield.com.uy | |||||
| 21 | Transfer | Winter | canteiraceleste.com | |||||
| 39 | Transfer | Winter | tenfield.com.uy | |||||
| 21 | Transfer | Winter | tenfield.com.uy | |||||
| 25 | Transfer | Winter | tenfield.com.uy | |||||
| 34 | - | Free agent | Winter | tenfield.com.uy | ||||
| 28 | Transfer | Winter | yucatan.com.mx |
Last update on December 11, 2016
| width=35 | width=35 | width=35 | width=200 | Name | width=80 | Primera División | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW | 23 | Mathías Saavedra | 6 | |||||
| 2 | FW | 9 | Richard Porta | 3 | |||||
| 2 | FW | 21 | Alexander Rosso | 3 | |||||
| 2 | MF | 30 | Matías Jones | 3 | |||||
| 3 | DF | 2 | Agustín Ale | 1 | |||||
| 3 | DF | 6 | Ricardo Lima | 1 | |||||
| - | Own Goals | - | - | 1 | |||||
| Total | 18 | ||||||||
Last updated on December 15, 2016
| Name | Primera División | |||||||||||||||||
| Goalkeepers | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Nicola Pérez | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 25 | GK | Gastón Olveira | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Defenders | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | Agustín Ale | 5 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 6 | DF | | Ricardo Lima | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | MF | Iván Silva | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 19 | DF | Diego Rodríguez | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 20 | DF | Giovanni González | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 22 | DF | Claudio Herrera | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 26 | DF | Esteban Mascareña | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Midfielders | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | MF | Federico Pintos | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | Bruno Montelongo | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | Fernando Gorriarán | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 30 | MF | Matías Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Forwards | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | Richard Porta | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 16 | FW |  | César Taján | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 17 | FW | Mauro Da Luz | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 21 | FW | Alexander Rosso | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 23 | FW | Mathías Saavedra | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Players transferred out during the season | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 35 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
See main article: 2016 Uruguayan Primera División.