Club Atlético Independiente has success at the Argentine football level, but they are widely known for their international titles and appearances, being nicknamed Rey de Copas (King of Cups) by the media and his fans.

Independiente is alongside River Plate and Internacional the only teams to win all four of the current CONMEBOL competitions; Libertadores, Sudamericana, Recopa and the Suruga Bank Championship, which they won in 2018.

[3] Although being far behind Boca Juniors and River Plate in terms of popularity,[4] Independiente was voted by the IFFHS as the 2nd best club in South America in the 20th century, and best team in Argentina.

Both editions in which Independiente took participation at the Copa Aldao resulted in the first official international victories for the red team.

[15] Rioplatense cups progressively stopped being contested regularly since 1940 after the Copa Aldao of that year was abandoned,[16] so friendly football was, again, the only mean to participate at international stage.

[25] The 1992 Supercopa Libertadores round of 16 featured the only Avellaneda derby played at international stage; it was won by Racing by a global 2–1.

[32] In addition to the following results, Independiente qualified to the 1975 edition, but since the 1974–75 European Cup winners refused to take part and the runners-up were banned from international football, it was never played.

[37] International tours with the majority of its matches taking place outside CONMEBOL associate countries and other invitational competitions involving non-CONMEBOL teams are shown.