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Boxing team

Independ. Rivadavia

Club · Argentina · Liga Profesional Argentina

«La Lepra»

241 Matches
103 wins
71 draws
67 losses
305–255 Goals
+50 Difference
1.3 Scored per game
Form W 26 Aug · Away Aldosivi · 2:0 W 31 Aug · Home Racing Club · 3:1 L 6 Sep · Away River Plate · 1:3 W 12 Sep · Home Aldosivi · 4:3 D 16 Sep · Home Atlético Tucumán · 1:1 W 21 Sep · Away Barracas Central · 1:0

Independiente Rivadavia's oldest quarrel runs against Gimnasia y Esgrima, the two clubs sharing Mendoza and a derby long known as the Clásico mendocino. Godoy Cruz has pushed into that rivalry in recent seasons, and the same name now gets attached to both fixtures, with locals rarely agreeing on which one it actually belongs to.

The club formed on 24 January 1913 as Club Atlético Independiente. Six years later it absorbed Club Sportivo Rivadavia and took the combined name it still carries. The nickname that stuck, La Lepra, has nothing to do with the merger — it comes from a 1920s charity match played to raise money for a leprosy hospital.

Home games are played at Estadio Bautista Gargantini, opened in 1925 and known to supporters as La Catedral del Parque. The blue kit has been standard since the early 1920s, though the club occasionally brings out a white, red and green alternate shirt, a nod to the Italian roots of its founders.

No club has won more Liga Mendocina championships than Independiente Rivadavia, the region's oldest competition. Two Torneo Argentino A titles and a Primera Nacional championship in 2023 carried the club up through the divisions. In 2025, it beat Argentinos Juniors on penalties to lift the Copa Argentina — its first national title at the top level of Argentine football in 112 years.

Latest results

Fixtures and results
21 Sep Liga Profesional Argentina Barracas Central A 1:0 W
16 Sep Copa Argentina Atlético Tucumán H 1:1 D
12 Sep Liga Profesional Argentina Aldosivi H 4:3 W
6 Sep Liga Profesional Argentina River Plate A 1:3 L
31 Aug Liga Profesional Argentina Racing Club H 3:1 W
26 Aug Copa Argentina Aldosivi A 2:0 W

Standing

Liga Profesional Argentina

Group stage · Apertura - Group B

# Team M W D L Goals Pts
1 Independ. Rivadavia 16 10 4 2 29:15 34
2 River Plate 16 9 2 5 22:12 29
3 Argentinos Juniors 16 8 5 3 17:13 29
4 Rosario Central 16 8 4 4 20:16 28
5 Belgrano Cordoba 16 7 5 4 17:13 26
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Team statistics

matches counted in total: 241
241 Matches
103 wins
71 draws
67 losses
305–255 Goals
+50 Difference
1.3 Scored per game
Match outcomes matches counted in total: 241
103wins: 103 · 42% 71draws: 71 · 29% 67losses: 67 · 27%
wins draws losses
Scored and conceded last matches
26 Aug · Away Aldosivi · 2:0
31 Aug · Home Racing Club · 3:1
6 Sep · Away River Plate · 1:3
12 Sep · Home Aldosivi · 4:3
16 Sep · Home Atlético Tucumán · 1:1
21 Sep · Away Barracas Central · 1:0
scored — above the line conceded — below the line
Metric Total Home Away
Matches 241 121 120
Scored 305 169 136
Conceded 255 113 142
Scored per game 1.3 1.4 1.1
Conceded per game 1.1 0.9 1.2
Difference +50 +56 −6

Key players

by appearances over the last year
Leonel Bucca Midfielder 32 Matches Alejo Osella Defender 32 Matches Rodrigo Atencio Forward 32 Matches Tomás Agustín Bottari Midfielder 32 Matches Nicolas Bolkato Goalkeeper 32 Matches Juan Manuel Elordi Midfielder 32 Matches Leonard Costa Defender 32 Matches Iván Emilio Villalba Chamorro Defender 32 Matches

Squad of Independ. Rivadavia

by appearances over the last year
Number Player Position Age Matches
8 Leonel Bucca Midfielder 32
13 Alejo Osella Defender 32
19 Rodrigo Atencio Forward 32
5 Tomás Agustín Bottari Midfielder 32
30 Nicolas Bolkato Goalkeeper 32
3 Juan Manuel Elordi Midfielder 32
2 Leonard Costa Defender 32
40 Iván Emilio Villalba Chamorro Defender 32
25 José Ignacio Florentín Bobadilla Midfielder 31
11 Gonzalo Alejandro Ríos Midfielder 31
32 Kevin Vazquez Midfielder 30
42 Sheyko Darko Studer Defender 30
27 Diego Crego Midfielder 30
43 Fabrizio Sartori Prieto Forward 29
7 Victorio Ramis Forward 29
10 Matías Alejandro Fernández Midfielder 28
36 Ezequiel Bonifacio Defender 28
34 Stéfano Nahuel Moreyra Midfielder 26
14 Luciano Luis Rómulo Gómez Midfielder 25
21 Emmanuel Francisco Gómez Riga Goalkeeper 24
9 Alex Adrián Arce Barrios Forward 23
22 CO Sebastián Villa Cano Forward 30 20
20 Alessandro Riep Midfielder 17
17 Juan Bautista Dadin Forward 15
15 AR Nahuel Eloy Arena Defender 28 10
45 Luciano Sabato Forward 9
12 Ramiro Jesús Macagno Goalkeeper 9
77 Luis Alberto Sequeira Midfielder 8
28 Alex Vigo Defender 6
17 Maximiliano Salas Midfielder 6
23 Luis Díaz Forward 4
23 L. Díaz Forward 3
55 Matias Salvio Defender 1
23 Tomás Ramiro Muro Midfielder 1
6 Santiago Cena Defender 1

Fixtures of Independ. Rivadavia

Honours of Independ. Rivadavia

  • Liga Mendocina de Fútbol 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1932, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1945, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1976, 1978, 1992, 1993, 2007, 2010 25
  • Torneo Argentino A 1998, 2006 2
  • Copa Argentina 2025 1
  • Primera Nacional 2023 1