2016 Club Atlético River Plate season

On February 3, Andrés D'Alessandro signed with River Plate on a one-year loan. It was his return after 13 years to the club in which he was formed and had made his first professional appearance in 2000.^[3][4][5]

On February 15, River Plate introduced its new home kit for the 2016 season.^[6]

On February 25, the team made its debut at the 2016 Copa Libertadores with a 4–0 away win against Trujillanos.^[7]

On March 10, River Plate introduced the official away kit for the season. The model was inspired on the one that the club wore on the 1985/86 League, commemorating the 30th anniversary of that tournament won by the club.^[8]

On April 5, River Plate introduced an alternative orange uniform, commemorating the 30th anniversary of a 2–0 win against Boca Juniors at La Bombonera, when the team did an olympic turn at the rival's stadium after winning the 1985/86 League. In that match, an orange ball was used due to the white confetti in the field, which made the regular white ball difficult to be seen.^[9][10]

On May 4, River Plate was eliminated from the Copa Libertadores on the Round of 16 despite its 1–0 win at home over Independiente del Valle.^[11]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ARG Marcelo Barovero (Captain) 2 DF  ARG Jonatan Maidana (3rd Captain) 3 DF  COL Eder Alvarez Balanta 4 DF  ARG Pablo Carreras 5 MF  ARG Nicolas Domingo 7 FW  URU Rodrigo Mora 8 MF  ARG Nicolás Bertolo 10 MF  ARG Pity Martínez 13 FW  ARG Lucas Alario 14 MF  ARG Joaquin Arzura 15 MF  ARG Leonardo Pisculichi 16 MF  ARG Exequiel Palacios 17 MF  URU Tabare Viudez 18 MF  URU Camilo Mayada 19 FW  URU Ivan Alonso

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF  ARG Milton Casco 21 DF  ARG Leonel Vangioni 22 MF  ARG Andres D'Alessandro 23 MF  ARG Leonardo Ponzio (Vice-Captain) 24 DF  ARG Emanuel Mammana 25 DF  ARG Gabriel Mercado 26 MF  ARG Ignacio Fernandez 27 MF  ARG Lucho Gonzalez 28 DF  ARG Leandro Vega 29 DF  ARG Gonzalo Montiel 30 DF  ARG Luis Olivera 32 FW  ARG Sebastián Driussi 33 GK  ARG Julio Chiarini 35 MF  ARG Tomas Andrade 42 GK  ARG Augusto Batalla