| Club: | River Plate |
| Season: | 2020 |
| Manager: |  Jorge Fossati (since January 1st)[1] |
| Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
| Chairman: | Willie Tucci |
| Chrtitle: | President |
| Stadium: | Estadio Saroldi |
| League: | Uruguayan Primera División |
| League Result: | 8th |
| League Topscorer: | Matías Arezo (13 goals) |
| Season Topscorer: | Matías Arezo (15 goals) |
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| Prevseason: | 2019 |
| Nextseason: | 2021 |
River Plate took part both in the Uruguayan Primera División, and 2020 Copa Sudamericana.[2] Season was abruptly suspended in March 2020, due to COVID-19 outbreak appearances all over the country, and resumed in August 2020.
| Position | Nationality | Name | Age | From | Fee | Transfer Window | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | Return from loan | Summer | Tenfield | ||||
| 32 | Free Agent | Summer | depo.com.ar | ||||
| 22 | Free Agent | Summer | Ovación | ||||
| 19 | - | Reserves | Summer | Tenfield | |||
| 17 | - | Reserves | Summer | Tenfield | |||
| 20 | - | Reserves | Summer | Tenfield | |||
| 25 | Return from loan | Summer | Tenfield | ||||
| 17 | - | Reserves | Summer | Tenfield | |||
| 22 | Free Agent | Summer | Tenfield | ||||
| Position | Nationality | Name | Age | To | Fee | Transfer Window | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | Loan | Summer | La Red 21 | ||||
| 29 | Free Agent | Summer | Tenfield | ||||
| 22 | Free Agent | Summer | Caracol TV | ||||
| 21 | Free Agent | Summer | Ecos | ||||
| 24 | Loan | Summer | infocancha | ||||
| 21 | Transfer | Summer | Ovación | ||||
| Position | Nationality | Name | Age | To | Fee | Transfer Window | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Loan | Winter | El Telegrafo | ||||
| 27 | Loan | Winter | El País | ||||
Last updated on Mar 31, 2021
| width=35 | width=35 | width=35 | width=200 | Name | width=80 | Primera División | width=80 | Copa Sudamericana | width=80 | 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 | ||||||||||
Last updated on Mar 31, 2021
See main article: 2020 Uruguayan Primera División season.
1: Fourth round was suspended on March 14th due to Coronavirus outbreak appearances all over the country[4] .
2: The match was suspended after 20 minutes due to stormy weather. To be resumed on September 16.[5] .
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.[6] .
See main article: 2020 Copa Sudamericana.
----River Plate won 3-1 on aggregate score and advanced to the second stage.
----River Plate won 4-2 on aggregate score and advanced to the Round of 16.
----Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Universidad Católica won on away goals and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S4).