2017–18 Defensa y Justicia season

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

Defensa y Justicia
2017–18 season
ChairmanJosé Lemme
ManagerNelson Vivas
(until 24 September 2017)
Manuel Fernández (int.)
(from 24 September 2017 to 8 October 2017)
Juan Vojvoda
(from 8 October 2017)
StadiumEstadio Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello
Primera División10th
2016–17 Copa ArgentinaRound of 16
2017–18 Copa ArgentinaRound of 64
2017 Copa SudamericanaSecond stage
2018 Copa SudamericanaFirst stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Nicolás Fernández (7)
All: Nicolás Fernández (7)

Current squad
As of 3 September 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
1 GK Lucio Chiappero
4 DF Rafael Barrios
5 MF Luis Jerez Silva (on loan from Godoy Cruz)
7 FW Juan Kaprof (on loan from River Plate)
8 MF Ignacio Rivero
10 MF Hernán Fredes
12 GK Ezequiel Unsain
18 DF Pablo Alvarado
20 DF Rafael Delgado
21 GK Gabriel Arias
28 MF Tomás Pochettino (on loan from Boca Juniors)
31 MF Gonzalo Castellani (on loan from Boca Juniors)
33 MF Leonel Miranda
34 MF Matías Sosa
35 MF Mariano Bareiro (on loan from Racing Club)
MF Adrián Cubas (on loan from Boca Juniors)
No. Position Player
FW Ciro Rius
MF Diego Venturi
DF Dylan Gissi
FW Fabián Bordagaray (on loan from Rosario Central)
FW Facundo Melivilo (on loan from Chacarita Juniors)
FW Fernando Márquez (on loan from Belgrano)
MF Franco Cristaldo (on loan from Boca Juniors)
FW Gonzalo Díaz
FW Guido Dal Casón
FW Horacio Tijanovich (on loan from Gimnasia y Esgrima)
MF Jonathan Requena (on loan from Banfield)
DF Leandro Zazpe (on loan from Juventud)
DF Lisandro Martínez (on loan from Newell's Old Boys)
DF Lucas Suárez
MF Nahuel Cisneros (on loan from Boca Juniors)

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
DF Agustin Gómez (at AIK until 31 December 2017)
GK Fernando Pellegrino (at Sarmiento until 30 June 2018)
FW Pablo Bueno (at Flandria until 30 June 2018)

Transfers

In
Date Pos. Name From Fee
4 July 2017 DF Lucas Suárez Sarmiento Undisclosed[2][3]
5 July 2017 MF Daniel González Temperley Undisclosed[2][3]
17 August 2017 DF Dylan Gissi Rosario Central Undisclosed[2]
17 August 2017 FW Gonzalo Díaz Vélez Sarsfield Undisclosed[2]

Out
Date Pos. Name To Fee
1 July 2017 FW Nicolás Stefanelli AIK Undisclosed[2][3]
6 July 2017 MF Jonás Gutiérrez Independiente Undisclosed[2][3]
10 July 2017 FW Andrés Ríos Vasco da Gama Undisclosed[2][3]

Loan in
Date from Date to Pos. Name From
1 July 2017 30 June 2018 MF Nahuel Cisneros Boca Juniors[2]
7 July 2017 30 June 2018 MF Franco Cristaldo Boca Juniors[2]
8 July 2017 30 June 2018 MF Adrián Cubas Boca Juniors[2][3]
30 July 2017 30 June 2018 FW Fernando Márquez Belgrano[2]
31 July 2017 30 June 2018 FW Facundo Melivilo Chacarita Juniors[2]
31 July 2017 30 June 2018 FW Horacio Tijanovich Gimnasia y Esgrima[2]
10 August 2017 30 June 2018 DF Lisandro Martínez Newell's Old Boys[2]
14 August 2017 30 June 2018 MF Jonathan Requena Banfield[2]
22 August 2017 30 June 2018 DF Leandro Zazpe Juventud[2]
24 August 2017 30 June 2018 FW Fabián Bordagaray Rosario Central[4]

Loan out
Date from Date to Pos. Name To
26 July 2017 31 December 2017 DF Agustin Gómez AIK[2]
27 July 2017 30 June 2018 GK Fernando Pellegrino Sarmiento[2]
31 July 2017 30 June 2018 FW Pablo Bueno Flandria[2]

Friendlies

Pre-season

  Win   Draw   Loss

14 July 2017 FriendlyArgentina U20s 0–2 Defensa y JusticiaEzeiza, Argentina
Report G. Castellani
C. Rius 		Stadium: Complejo Habitacional Deportivo de Ezeiza
17 July 2017 FriendlyDefensa y Justicia 3–0 Villa San CarlosBosques, Argentina
09:30 M. Sosa
T. Pochettino
N. Di Giano 		Report
20 July 2017 FriendlyRacing Club 0–1 Defensa y JusticiaCórdoba, Argentina
09:30 Report I. Rivero Stadium: Estadio Presidente Perón
20 July 2017 FriendlyRacing Club 0–1 Defensa y JusticiaCórdoba, Argentina
10:45 Report N. Di Giano Stadium: Estadio Presidente Perón
3 August 2017 FriendlyDefensa y Justicia 1–1 Gimnasia y EsgrimaBuenos Aires, Argentina
J. Kaprof Report N. Ibáñez Stadium: Estadio Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello
9 August 2017 FriendlyAtenas Cancelled Defensa y JusticiaMaldonado, Uruguay
15:00 Report Stadium: Campus Mun. de Maldonado
16 August 2017 FriendlyTigre 1–0 Defensa y JusticiaVictoria, Argentina
C. Luna  21' Report Stadium: Estadio José Dellagiovanna
16 August 2017 FriendlyTigre 0–1 Defensa y JusticiaVictoria, Argentina
Report C. Rius Stadium: Estadio José Dellagiovanna

Mid-season
29 August 2017 FriendlyDefensa y Justicia Cancelled UAI Urquiza
Report
1 September 2017 FriendlyDefensa y Justicia 3–1 Villa San CarlosFlorencio Varela, Argentina
I. Rivero
D. González
F. Melivillo 		Report
1 September 2017 FriendlyDefensa y Justicia 4–1 Villa San CarlosFlorencio Varela, Argentina
F. Bordagaray
H. Tijanovich

Report

Primera División
Main article: 2017–18 Argentine Primera División

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
7 Racing 27 13 6 8 46 32 +14 45 Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage
8 River Plate 27 13 6 8 39 26 +13 45 Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage[lower-alpha 1]
9 Defensa y Justicia 27 13 5 9 41 34 +7 44 Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage
10 Unión 27 11 10 6 33 23 +10 43
11 Colón 27 11 8 8 32 22 +10 41
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.[5][6]
Notes:
  1. River Plate qualified for the Copa Libertadores group stage by winning the 2018 Copa Libertadores.

Results by matchday
Matchday123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultDWLLDLDWWWWL
Position1061621202122211411810
Updated to match(es) played on 12 December 2017. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
26 August 2017 1Defensa y Justicia 4–4 Gimnasia y EsgrimaBuenos Aires, Argentina
14:05 C. Rius  11'
F. Márquez  23', 52'
G. Castellani  35'		 Report N. Ibáñez  14', 18'
L. Faravelli  41'
F. Niell  84'		 Stadium: Estadio Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello
Referee: Facundo Tello (Argentina)
9 September 2017 2Estudiantes 0–1 Defensa y JusticiaLa Plata, Argentina
16:05 Report F. Márquez  83' Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de La Plata
Referee: Fernando Espinoza (Argentina)
16 September 2017 3Defensa y Justicia 1–3 Unión Santa FeBuenos Aires, Argentina
14:05 C. Rius  28' Report F. Soldano  18', 58'
L. Gamba  23'		 Stadium: Estadio Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello
Referee: Andrés Merlos (Argentina)
24 September 2017 4Colón 3–1 Defensa y JusticiaSanta Fe, Argentina
11:05 G. Conti  9'
C. Bernardi  64'
C. Guanca  90+4'		 Report G. Castellani  81' Stadium: Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López
Referee: Juan Pompei (Argentina)
29 September 2017 5Defensa y Justicia 0–0 HuracánBuenos Aires, Argentina
19:05 Report Stadium: Estadio Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello
Referee: Hernán Mastrángelo (Argentina)
13 October 2017 6San Lorenzo 3–1 Defensa y JusticiaBuenos Aires, Argentina
21:05 E. Cerutti  18', 66'
N. Blandi  47'		 Report N. Fernández  90' Stadium: Estadio Pedro Bidegain
Referee: Nicolás Lamolina (Argentina)
30 October 2017 7Defensa y Justicia 1–1 OlimpoBuenos Aires, Argentina
19:05 F. Márquez  23' Report D. Depetris  86' Stadium: Estadio Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello
Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)
5 November 2017 8Temperley 1–4 Defensa y JusticiaTurdera, Argentina
11:05 A. Arregui  79' (pen.) Report F. Márquez  17'
N. Fernández  22', 26'
L. Martínez  52'		 Stadium: Estadio Alfredo Beranger
Referee: Darío Herrera (Argentina)
18 November 2017 9Defensa y Justicia 3–0 LanúsBuenos Aires, Argentina
17:00 N. Fernández  46', 49'
J. Kaprof  60' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: Estadio Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello
Referee: Juan Pompei (Argentina)
24 November 2017 10Banfield 0–1 Defensa y JusticiaBanfield, Argentina
17:00 Report J. Kaprof  11' Stadium: Estadio Florencio Sola
Referee: Fernando Espinoza (Argentina)
1 December 2017 11Defensa y Justicia 3–2 Godoy CruzBuenos Aires, Argentina
19:15 N. Fernández  7', 59'
L. Abecasis  82' (o.g.)		 Report Á. Gonzalez  71'
J. Correa  73'		 Stadium: Estadio Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello
Referee: Hernán Mastrángelo (Argentina)
11 December 2017 12San Martín 1–0 Defensa y JusticiaSan Juan, Argentina
19:15 F. Barcelo  38' Report Stadium: Estadio Ingeniero Hilario Sánchez
Referee: Facundo Tello (Argentina)
January 2018 13Defensa y Justicia – Vélez SarsfieldBuenos Aires, Argentina
Stadium: Estadio Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello

Copa Argentina
Main article: 2016–17 Copa Argentina

  Win   Draw   Loss

21 August 2017 R32Temperley 0–2 Defensa y JusticiaAvellaneda, Argentina
18:00 Report C. Rius  34'
M. Sosa  80'		 Stadium: Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón
Referee: Juan Pompei (Argentina)
7 October 2017 R16River Plate 3–0 Defensa y JusticiaFormosa, Argentina
19:00 I. Scocco  11' (pen.), 87'
E. Palacios  87'		 Report Stadium: Estadio Antonio Romero
Referee: Silvio Trucco (Argentina)

Copa Sudamericana
Main article: 2017 Copa Sudamericana

  Win   Draw   Loss

Second stage
25 July 2017 Second legChapecoense 1–0
(agg: 1–1)
(4–2 p)		 Defensa y JusticiaChapecó, Brazil
19:15 Túlio de Melo  24' Report Stadium: Arena Condá
Referee: Daniel Fedorczuk (Uruguay)
Penalties
L. Antônio
W. Paulista
F. Bruno
Lourency 		L. Jerez Silva
H. Fredes
M. Bareiro
D. González

References
  1. "Defensa y Justicia squad". Soccerway. 9 August 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  2. "Defensa y Justicia transfers". Soccerway. 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  3. "Mercado de pases del fútbol Argentino 2017/2018: Altas, bajas y rumores". Soccerway. 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  4. "Regresos y caras nuevas". Vavel. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  5. "Reglamento del Campeonato de Primera División 2017–18" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.
  6. "Reglamento General AFA" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.


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