2018–19 Club Atlético Independiente season

Club Atlético Independiente
2018–19 season
President	Hugo Moyano
Manager	Ariel Holan
Stadium	Estadio Libertadores de América
Primera División	12th
2017–18 Copa Argentina	Round of 32
2018–19 Copa Argentina	Round of 64
2019 Copa Sudamericana	First stage
2018 Copa Libertadores	Round of 16
Suruga Bank Championship	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: ; All: Martín Benítez (3)

The 2018–19 season is Club Atlético Independiente's 6th consecutive season in the top-flight of Argentine football. The season covers the period from 20 July 2018 .

Current squad

As of 1 September 2018

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

No.	Position	Player
2	DF	Alan Franco
3	DF	Guillermo Burdisso
4	DF	Jorge Figal
5	MF	Nicolás Domingo
6	MF	Juan Sánchez Miño
7	FW	Martín Benítez
8	MF	Maximiliano Meza
9	FW	Emmanuel Gigliotti
10	MF	Fernando Gaibor
11	FW	Leandro Fernández
12	GK	Gonzalo Rehak
13	GK	Milton Álvarez
14	DF	Fernando Amorebieta
15	DF	Gonzalo Asis

No.	Position	Player
16	DF	Fabricio Bustos
17	FW	Braian Romero
18	FW	Silvio Romero
19	MF	Pedro Pablo Hernández
20	MF	Gastón Silva
21	MF	Carlos Benavidez
22	MF	Francisco Silva
23	DF	Emanuel Brítez
24	DF	Sergio Barreto
25	GK	Martín Campaña (captain)
26	FW	Ezequiel Cerutti
28	MF	Diego Mercado
29	FW	Francisco Pizzini
30	FW	Gonzalo Verón
31	GK	Renzo Bacchia

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
	MF	Julián Vitale (at San Martín de Tucumán until 31 December 2018)
	MF	Lucas Villalba (at Aldosivi until 31 December 2018)
21	MF	Domingo Blanco (at Defensa y Justicia until 31 December 2018)
19	FW	Gastón Togni (at Defensa y Justicia until 31 December 2018)
-	FW	Lucas Albertengo (at Estudiantes (LP) until 31 December 2018)
	MF	Jorge Ortiz (at Belgrano)
	FW	Mauricio del Castillo (at Defensores de Belgrano)

No.		Position	Player
		FW	Nicolás Messiniti (at San Martín)
		DF	Sergio Ojeda (at Olimpo)
		MF	Walter Erviti (at Alvarado)
		DF	Damián Martínez (at Unión Santa Fe)
		FW	Gastón del Castillo (at Arsenal de Sarandí)
		DF	Gustavo Toledo (at Colón)
		FW	Jonathan Menéndez (at Al-Rayyan SC)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Type	Fee
GK	Milton Álvarez	29	Deportivo Morón	Transfer	$150,000
DF	Guillermo Burdisso	30	Club León	Free Agent	Free
MF	Juan Manuel Trejo	26	Quilmes	Loan returns	Free
DF	Lucas Villalba	24	Huracán	Loan returns	Free
MF	Franco Bellocq	24	Olimpo	Loan returns	Free
DF	Julián Vitale	23	Unión de Santa Fe	Loan returns	Free
MF	Carlos Benavidez	30	Defensor Sporting	Transfer (60%)	$2,500,000
MF	Francisco Silva	32	Cruz Azul	Loan returns	Free
MF	Pedro Pablo Hernández	31	RC Celta de Vigo	Transfer	$1,200,000
FW	Francisco Pizzini	25	Olimpo	Loan returns	Free
FW	Nicolás Messiniti	22	San Martín (SJ)	Loan returns	Free
FW	Lucas Albertengo	27	C.F. Monterrey	Loan returns	Free
FW	Ezequiel Cerutti	26	Al-Hilal	Transfer

Out

Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Type	Fee
GK	Damián Albil	39	Free agent	Release	Free
DF	Rodrigo Moreira	22	San Martín de Tucumán	Release	Free
MF	Juan Manuel Trejo	26	San Martín de Tucumán	Release	Free
DF	Lucas Villalba	24	Aldosivi	Loan out	Free
MF	Franco Bellocq	24	Asteras Tripoli	Release	Free
MF	Diego Martín Rodríguez	29	Club Tijuana	Transfer	$1,000,000
MF	Julián Vitale	23	San Martín de Tucumán	Loan out	Free
MF	Domingo Blanco	23	Defensa y Justicia	Loan out	Free
FW	Gastón Togni	23	Defensa y Justicia	Loan out	Free
MF	Jonás Gutiérrez	35	Defensa y Justicia	Release	Free
FW	Juan Manuel Martínez	32	Free agent	Release	Free
FW	Lucas Albertengo	27	Estudiantes (LP)	Release	Free
FW	Jonathan Menéndez	24	Al-Rayyan SC	Loan out	Free

Pre-season and friendlies

Friendlies

Win Draw Loss

12 July 2018 Friendly	Independiente	4–0	UAI Urquiza
	Fernando Gaibor Pedro Pablo Hernández Braian Romero Silvio Romero

12 July 2018 Friendly	Independiente	3–0	UAI Urquiza
	Emmanuel Gigliotti Sergio Barreto Mauro Molina

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Primera División	10 August 2018	8 April 2019	Matchday 1	N/A	7000300000000000000♠3	5000000000000000000♠0	7000200000000000000♠2	7000100000000000000♠1	7000400000000000000♠4	7000500000000000000♠5	−1	005000000000000000000♠0.00
Copa Argentina 2017–18	20 July 2017	N/A	Round of 64	N/A	7000100000000000000♠1	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	7000800000000000000♠8	5000000000000000000♠0	+8	7002100000000000000♠100.00
Copa Argentina 2018–19	N/A	N/A	Round of 64	N/A	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	+0	!—
Copa Libertadores	21 August 2018	N/A	Round of 16	N/A	7000200000000000000♠2	7000100000000000000♠1	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	7000300000000000000♠3	5000000000000000000♠0	+3	07001500000000000000♠50.00
2019 Copa Sudamericana	19 March 2019	N/A	First stage	N/A	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	+0	!—
Suruga Bank	8 August 2018		Final	Winners	7000100000000000000♠1	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	+1	7002100000000000000♠100.00
Total					7000700000000000000♠7	7000300000000000000♠3	7000300000000000000♠3	7000100000000000000♠1	7001160000000000000♠16	7000500000000000000♠5	+11	07001428600000000000♠42.86

Last updated: 3 September 2018 (2018-09-03).
Source: Competitions

Primera División

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	8	3	2	3	6	6	0	11
11	Vélez Sarsfield	8	3	2	3	8	10	−2	11
12	Independiente	7	2	4	1	10	7	+3	10
13	Talleres (C)	8	3	1	4	9	7	+2	10
14	Tigre	8	2	4	2	9	11	−2	10

Updated to match(es) played on 8 October 2018. 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.^[1]^[2]

Matchday

1	Independiente	v	San Martín de Tucumán	Avellaneda
				Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

18 August 2018 2	Newell's Old Boys	2 - 2	Independiente	Rosario
21:45 ART	Fértoli 15' Fontanini 52' Leonel Ferroni 59' Amoroso 67' Braian Rivero 85'	[Report]	Gigliotti 3', 43' Sánchez Miño 20' Silva 49' Meza 54' Domingo 86'	Stadium: Estadio Marcelo Bielsa Referee: Mauro Vigliano

25 August 2018 3	Independiente	0 - 1	Defensa y Justicia	Avellaneda
21:45 ART	Gaibor 28' Domingo 46'	[Report]	Fernández 34' Blanco 41' Hugo Silva 72' Togni 87'	Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América Referee: Jorge Baliño

2 September 2018 4	Estudiantes (LP)	2 - 2	Independiente	Quilmes
13:15 ART	Apaolaza 7' Matías Pellegrini 26', 51' Lugüercio 28' Iván Erquiaga 36' Zuqui 72' Pavone 86'		Figal 72' B.Romero 49', 62' S.Romero 56' Bustos 67' Silva 72' Hernández 90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Centenario Ciudad de Quilmes Referee: Ariel Penel

5	Independiente	v	Colón	Avellaneda
				Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

6	Banfield	v	Independiente	Banfield
				Stadium: Estadio Florencio Sola

7	Independiente	v	Tigre	Avellaneda
				Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

8	Patronato	v	Independiente	Paraná
				Stadium: Estadio Presbítero Bartolomé Grella

9	Independiente	v	Huracán	Avellaneda
				Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

10	Atlético Tucumán de Tucumán	v	Independiente	San Miguel de Tucumán
				Stadium: Estadio Monumental José Fierro

11	Argentinos Juniors	v	Independiente	Buenos Aires
				Stadium: Estadio Diego Armando Maradona

12	Independiente	v	Belgrano de Córdoba	Avellaneda
				Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

13	Lanús	v	Independiente	Lanús
				Stadium: Estadio La Fortaleza

14	Independiente	v	Boca Juniors	Avellaneda
				Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

15	Godoy Cruz	v	Independiente	Mendoza
				Stadium: Estadio Malvinas Argentinas

16	Independiente	v	Talleres de Córdoba	Avellaneda
				Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

17	San Lorenzo	v	Independiente	Buenos Aires
				Stadium: El Nuevo Gasómetro

18	Independiente	v	Unión (SF)	Avellaneda
				Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

19	San Martín (SJ)	v	Independiente	San Juan
				Stadium: Estadio Ingeniero Hilario Sánchez

20	Independiente	v	Racing Club	Avellaneda
				Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

21	Gimnasia (LP)	v	Independiente	La Plata
				Stadium: El Bosque

22	Independiente	v	Aldosivi	Avellaneda
				Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

23	River Plate	v	Independiente	Buenos Aires
				Stadium: Estadio Monumental

24	Independiente	v	Vélez Sarsfield	Avellaneda
				Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

25	Rosario Central	v	Independiente	Rosario
				Stadium: Estadio Gigante de Arroyito

Copa Argentina

Win Draw Loss

Round of 64

20 July 2018 R64	Independiente	8–0	Central Ballester	Formosa, Argentina
21:10 ART	Benítez 7', 52', 63' Fernando Gaibor 13' Silvio Romero 16', 71' Meza 46' (p) Carlos Benavídez 88'			Stadium: Estadio Antonio Romero Referee: Pablo Echavarría

Round of 32

10 September 2018 R32	Independiente	1 - 1 (3 - 4 p)	Brown de Adrogué	Lanús
21:10 ART				Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de Lanús – Néstor Díaz Pérez Referee: Nicolás Lamolina

Copa Libertadores

Round of 16

21 August 2018 Round of 16	Independiente	3–0 Awarded	Santos	Avellaneda, Argentina
21:45 ART	Silva 25' Bustos 27' Cerutti 48' Campaña 72' Silva 90'	Report	Sánchez 19' Veríssimo 30' Dodô 82' Gabriel 90'	Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América Referee: Diego Haro

28 August 2018 Round of 16	Santos	0 - 0	Independiente	São Paulo, Brazil
19:30 BRT	Derlis González 39' Henrique 57' Alison 59'	Report	Bustos 15' Meza 45 Emanuel Brítez 54'	Stadium: Estádio Urbano Caldeira Referee: Julio Bascuñán

Independiente won 3–0 on aggregate

Quarter Final

19 September 2018	Independiente	v	River Plate	Avellaneda, Argentina
19:30 ART				Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

2 October 2018	River Plate	v	Independiente	Buenos Aires
19:30 ART				Stadium: Estadio Monumental

Copa Sudamericana

Win Draw Loss

First stage

first stage		v

first stage		v

Suruga Bank Championship

8 August 2018 Suruga	Cerezo Osaka	0 – 1	Independiente	Osaka, Japan
19:00 UTC+9			Silvio Romero 28' Gigliotti 90+2'	Stadium: Yanmar Stadium Nagai Attendance: 10,035 Referee: Matthew Conger

Notes

References

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↑ "Reglamento General AFA" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.

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