Independiente Rivadavia

Independiente Rivadavia
Full nameClub Sportivo Independiente Rivadavia
Nickname(s)Azul
Azul del Parque
Caudillos del Parque
Lepra
Founded24 January 1913 (1913-01-24)
GroundEstadio Bautista Gargantini
Capacity24,000
ChairmanDaniel Vila
ManagerAlfredo Berti
LeaguePrimera División
202411th
Websiteindependienterivadavia.com.ar

Club Sportivo Independiente Rivadavia (mostly known simply as Independiente Rivadavia) is a football club from Mendoza, Argentina. The team currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, the first major league in the Argentine Football league system.

Independiente Rivadavia played in the Argentine Primera in 1968, 1973, 1977, 1979–80 and 1982, when the team reached the quarter-finals of the National Championship. That year Independiente was eliminated in the play-offs by the team that would later reach the Championship, Ferro Carril Oeste.