2017–18 Club Atlético Banfield season

Banfield
2017–18 season
Chairman	Eduardo Spinosa
Manager	Julio César Falcioni
Stadium	Estadio Florencio Sola
Primera División	16th
2016–17 Copa Argentina	Round of 16
2017–18 Copa Argentina	Round of 64
Copa Libertadores	Second stage
Top goalscorer	League: Two players (5); All: Two players (5)

The 2017–18 season is Banfield's 5th consecutive season in the top-flight of Argentine football. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Current squad

As of 24 August 2017.^[1]

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

No.	Position	Player
4	DF	Gonzalo Bettini
6	DF	Alexis Sosa
8	MF	Nicolás Bertolo (on loan from River Plate)
11	MF	Luciano Civelli
12	GK	Iván Arboleda
16	FW	Claudio Villagra
17	FW	Agustín Fontana
18	MF	Mauricio Sperduti
19	FW	Mauricio Asenjo
20	FW	Darío Cvitanich
22	FW	Juan Álvarez

No.	Position	Player
23	DF	Renato Civelli
24	MF	Luciano Gómez
27	GK	Facundo Altamirano
28	MF	Franco Colela
29	MF	Eric Remedi
30	DF	Jorge Agustín Rodríguez
33	DF	Adrián Sporle
	MF	Jesús Dátolo
	FW	Juan García
	FW	Pablo Mouche (on loan from Palmeiras)

Out on loan

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

No.		Position	Player
10		FW	Brian Sarmiento (at Newell's Old Boys until 30 June 2018)
		MF	Enzo Trinidad (at Defensores de Belgrano until 30 June 2018)

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
1 July 2017	MF	Jesús Dátolo	Vitória	Undisclosed^[2]^[3]

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
1 July 2017	MF	Juan Manuel Cobo	Released^{[nb 1]}^[3]
21 July 2017	MF	Thomas Rodríguez	Genoa	Undisclosed^[2]^[3]
27 July 2017	MF	Emanuel Cecchini	Málaga	Undisclosed^[2]^[3]
1 August 2017	DF	Alexis Soto	Racing Club	Undisclosed^[2]
3 August 2017	DF	Carlos Matheu	Huracán	Undisclosed^[2]
4 August 2017	GK	Hilario Navarro	Boca Unidos	Undisclosed^[2]
13 August 2017	MF	Lihué Prichoda	Gimnasia y Esgrima	Undisclosed^[2]
14 August 2017	MF	Jonathan Requena	Defensa y Justicia	Undisclosed^[2]
14 August 2017	MF	Miguel Escobar	Senglea Athletic	Undisclosed^[2]

Loan in

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	From
18 July 2017	30 June 2018	FW	Pablo Mouche	Palmeiras^[2]
1 August 2017	30 June 2018	MF	Nicolás Bertolo	River Plate^[2]^[4]

Loan out

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	To
20 July 2017	30 June 2018	FW	Brian Sarmiento	Newell's Old Boys^[5]
31 July 2017	30 June 2018	MF	Enzo Trinidad	Defensores de Belgrano^[2]

Friendlies

Pre-season

Win Draw Loss

29 July 2017 Friendly	Vélez Sarsfield	0–1	Banfield	Buenos Aires, Argentina
10:00		Report	R. Civelli 19'	Stadium: Villa Olímpica de Ituzaingó

29 July 2017 Friendly	Vélez Sarsfield	1–1	Banfield	Buenos Aires, Argentina
	J. Correa	Report	C. Villagra	Stadium: Villa Olímpica de Ituzaingó

3 August 2017 Friendly	Nacional	3–2	Banfield	Paysandú, Uruguay
20:00	H. Silveira 76', 87' S. Fernández (pen.)	Report	J. Rodríguez 48' D. Cvitanich 69'	Stadium: Estadio Parque Artigas

8 August 2017 Copa Provincia de Salta	Boca Juniors	1–1 (4–2 p)	Banfield	Salta, Argentina
20:00	E. Cardona 50'	Report	M. Sperduti 4'	Stadium: Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena Referee: Pablo Dóvalo (Argentina)
		Penalties

19 August 2017 Friendly	Banfield	1–0	Platense	Buenos Aires, Argentina
	J. Dátolo 28'	Report		Stadium: Campo de Deportes Luis Guillón

Primera División

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
15	Atlético Tucumán	27	8	12	7	29	26	+3	36
16	Estudiantes (LP)	27	10	6	11	25	26	−1	36
17	Banfield	27	9	8	10	27	24	+3	35
18	San Martín (SJ)	27	9	6	12	30	36	−6	33
19	Patronato	27	8	9	10	26	32	−6	33

Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) play-off (only if needed to decide championship); 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head points; 6) head-to-head goal difference; 7) head-to-head goals scored.^[6]^[7]

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W	W	L	D	D	W	D	L	L	L
Position	7	14	8	3	5	9	11	7	7	10	14	16

Updated to match(es) played on 12 December 2017. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

25 August 2017 1	Banfield	2–1	Belgrano	Banfield, Argentina
21:05	G. Bettini 13' D. Cvitanich 15' (pen.)	Report	C. Lema 88'	Stadium: Estadio Florencio Sola Referee: Germán Delfino (Argentina)

10 September 2017 2	River Plate	3–1	Banfield	Buenos Aires, Argentina
18:05	J. Pinola 18' G. Martínez 43' I. Scocco 73' (pen.)	Report	R. Civelli 2'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

17 September 2017 3	Banfield	1–0	Racing Club	Banfield, Argentina
16:05	D. Cvitanich 18'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Florencio Sola Referee: Ariel Penel (Argentina)

24 September 2017 4	Rosario Central	0–4	Banfield	Rosario, Argentina
16:05		Report	D. Cvitanich 21', 31' (pen.) P. Mouche 58' M. Sperduti 79'	Stadium: Estadio Gigante de Arroyito Referee: Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)

2 October 2017 5	Banfield	1–2	Arsenal de Sarandí	Banfield, Argentina
19:05	J. Álvarez 12'	Report	F. Milo 65' G. Ferreyra 87'	Stadium: Estadio Florencio Sola Referee: Jorge Baliño (Argentina)

14 October 2017 6	Estudiantes	1–1	Banfield	La Plata, Argentina
16:15	P. Lugüercio 81'	Report	P. Mouche 38'	Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de La Plata Referee: Andrés Merlos (Argentina)

27 October 2017 7	Banfield	1–1	Colón	Banfield, Argentina
19:05	M. Sperduti 63' (pen.)	Report	D. Vera 34'	Stadium: Estadio Florencio Sola Referee: Darío Herrera (Argentina)

4 November 2017 8	San Lorenzo	0–1	Banfield	Buenos Aires, Argentina
16:15		Report	P. Mouche 17'	Stadium: Estadio Pedro Bidegain Referee: Germán Delfino (Argentina)

18 November 2017 9	Banfield	0–0	Temperley	Banfield, Argentina
17:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Florencio Sola Referee: Hernán Mastrángelo (Argentina)

24 November 2017 10	Banfield	0–1	Defensa y Justicia	Banfield, Argentina
17:00		Report	J. Kaprof 11'	Stadium: Estadio Florencio Sola Referee: Fernando Espinoza (Argentina)

4 December 2017 11	San Martín	2–1	Banfield	San Juan, Argentina
21:30	M. Rodríguez 3' G. Carabajal 18'	Report	G. Bettini 50'	Stadium: Estadio Ingeniero Hilario Sánchez Referee: Silvio Trucco (Argentina)

9 December 2017 12	Banfield	2–3	Argentinos Juniors	Banfield, Argentina
17:00	J. Carranza 27', 59'	Report	B. Romero 6', 69' J. Cabrera 32'	Stadium: Estadio Florencio Sola Referee: Andrés Merlos (Argentina)

January 2018 13	Tigre	–	Banfield	Buenos Aires, Argentina
		Report		Stadium: Estadio José Dellagiovanna

Copa Argentina

Win Draw Loss

1 September 2017 R32	Atlético de Rafaela	2–4	Banfield	Formosa, Argentina
21:10	J. Velázquez 47' G. Klusener 47'	Report	P. Mouche 3', 29' N. Bertolo 19' G. Bettini 43'	Stadium: Estadio Antonio Romero Referee: Federico Beligoy (Argentina)

28 September 2017 R16	Godoy Cruz	2–1	Banfield	Avellaneda, Argentina
17:00	V. Ramis 21' G. Giménez 64'	Report	D. Cvitanich 45'	Stadium: Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón Referee: Federico Beligoy (Argentina)

Copa Libertadores

Win Draw Loss

		–

Notes

↑ Following his release, Cobo signed for Independiente Rivadavia.^[2]

References

↑ "Banfield squad". Soccerway. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Banfield transfers". Soccerway. 29 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
1 2 3 4 "Mercado de pases del fútbol Argentino 2017/2018: Altas, bajas y rumores". Soccerway. 29 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
↑ "Bertolo deja River para volver a Banfield". Soccerway. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
↑ "Brian Sarmiento vestirá la camiseta rojinegra". Newell's Old Boys. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
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↑ "Reglamento General AFA" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.

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[4] Following his release, Cobo signed for Independiente Rivadavia.^[2]

[Soccerway_profile-1] "Banfield squad". Soccerway. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.

[Soccerway_transfers-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Banfield transfers". Soccerway. 29 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.

[Goal.com_transfers-3] 1 2 3 4 "Mercado de pases del fútbol Argentino 2017/2018: Altas, bajas y rumores". Soccerway. 29 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.

[N._Bertolo_rejoins_on_loan-5] "Bertolo deja River para volver a Banfield". Soccerway. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.

[B._Sarmiento_leaves-6] "Brian Sarmiento vestirá la camiseta rojinegra". Newell's Old Boys. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2017.

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[8] "Reglamento General AFA" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.