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Independ. Rivadavia

Club · Argentina · Liga Profesional Argentina

«La Lepra»

238 Matches
101 wins
70 draws
67 losses
299–251 Goals
+48 Difference
1.3 Scored per game
Form L 15 Aug · Away Belgrano Cordoba · 0:2 D 18 Aug · Home Fluminense · 1:1 D 22 Aug · Away Independiente · 0:0 W 26 Aug · Away Aldosivi · 2:0 W 31 Aug · Home Racing Club · 3:1 L 6 Sep · Away River Plate · 1:3

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

All matches
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
22 Aug Liga Profesional Argentina Independiente A 0:0 D
18 Aug CONMEBOL Libertadores Fluminense H 1:1 D
15 Aug Liga Profesional Argentina Belgrano Cordoba A 0:2 L

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
Full table

Team statistics

matches counted: 238
238 Matches
101 wins
70 draws
67 losses
299–251 Goals
+48 Difference
1.3 Scored per game
Season results matches counted: 238
101wins: 101 · 42% 70draws: 70 · 29% 67losses: 67 · 28%
wins draws losses
Scored and conceded last matches
15 Aug · Away Belgrano Cordoba · 0:2
18 Aug · Home Fluminense · 1:1
22 Aug · Away Independiente · 0:0
26 Aug · Away Aldosivi · 2:0
31 Aug · Home Racing Club · 3:1
6 Sep · Away River Plate · 1:3
scored — above the line conceded — below the line
Metric Total Home Away
Matches 238 119 119
Scored 299 164 135
Conceded 251 109 142
Scored per game 1.3 1.4 1.1
Conceded per game 1.1 0.9 1.2
Difference +48 +55 −7

Key players

by appearances over the last year
Juan Manuel Elordi Defender 30 Matches Leonel Bucca Midfielder 30 Matches Tomás Agustín Bottari Midfielder 30 Matches Nicolas Bolkato Goalkeeper 30 Matches Leonard Costa Defender 30 Matches Rodrigo Atencio Forward 30 Matches Alejo Osella Defender 30 Matches Iván Emilio Villalba Chamorro Defender 30 Matches

Squad of Independ. Rivadavia

by appearances over the last year
Number Player Position Age Matches
3 Juan Manuel Elordi Defender 30
8 Leonel Bucca Midfielder 30
5 Tomás Agustín Bottari Midfielder 30
30 Nicolas Bolkato Goalkeeper 30
2 Leonard Costa Defender 30
19 Rodrigo Atencio Forward 30
13 Alejo Osella Defender 30
40 Iván Emilio Villalba Chamorro Defender 30
11 Gonzalo Alejandro Ríos Midfielder 29
25 José Ignacio Florentín Bobadilla Midfielder 29
42 Sheyko Darko Studer Defender 29
32 Kevin Vazquez Midfielder 28
36 Ezequiel Bonifacio Defender 28
27 Diego Crego Midfielder 28
43 Fabrizio Sartori Prieto Forward 27
7 Victorio Ramis Forward 27
10 Matías Alejandro Fernández Midfielder 26
34 Stéfano Nahuel Moreyra Midfielder 24
14 Luciano Luis Rómulo Gómez Defender 24
21 Emmanuel Francisco Gómez Riga Goalkeeper 22
9 Alex Adrián Arce Barrios Forward 22
22 Sebastián Villa Cano Forward 20
20 Alessandro Riep Midfielder 16
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 6
28 Alex Vigo Defender 4
23 Luis Díaz Forward 4
17 Maximiliano Salas Forward 4
23 L. Díaz Forward 1
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