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	7th
Copa Argentina	Round of 32
Copa Libertadores	Quarterfinals
Suruga Bank Championship	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Emmanuel Gigliotti (12); All: Emmanuel Gigliotti (12)
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 season was Club Atlético Independiente's 6th consecutive season in the top-flight of Argentine football. The season covers the period from 20 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	ARG	Alan Franco
3	DF	ARG	Guillermo Burdisso
4	DF	ARG	Jorge Figal
5	MF	ARG	Nicolás Domingo
6	MF	ARG	Juan Sánchez Miño
7	FW	ARG	Martín Benítez
8	MF	ARG	Maximiliano Meza
9	FW	ARG	Emmanuel Gigliotti
10	MF	ECU	Fernando Gaibor
11	FW	ARG	Leandro Fernández
12	GK	ARG	Gonzalo Rehak
13	GK	ARG	Milton Álvarez
14	DF	VEN	Fernando Amorebieta
15	DF	ARG	Gonzalo Asis


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	DF	ARG	Fabricio Bustos
17	FW	ARG	Braian Romero
18	FW	ARG	Silvio Romero
19	MF	CHI	Pedro Pablo Hernández
20	MF	URU	Gastón Silva
21	MF	URU	Carlos Benavídez
22	MF	CHI	Francisco Silva
23	DF	ARG	Emanuel Brítez
24	DF	ARG	Sergio Barreto
25	GK	URU	Martín Campaña (captain)
26	FW	ARG	Ezequiel Cerutti
28	MF	ARG	Diego Mercado
29	FW	ARG	Francisco Pizzini
30	FW	ARG	Gonzalo Verón
31	GK	ARG	Renzo Rodríguez 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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ARG	Julián Vitale (at San Martín de Tucumán until 31 December 2018)
—	MF	ARG	Lucas Villalba (at Aldosivi until 31 December 2018)
21	MF	ARG	Domingo Blanco (at Defensa y Justicia until 31 December 2018)
19	FW	ARG	Gastón Togni (at Defensa y Justicia until 31 December 2018)
-	FW	ARG	Lucas Albertengo (at Estudiantes (LP) until 31 December 2018)
—	MF	ARG	Jorge Ortiz (at Belgrano)
—	FW	ARG	Mauricio del Castillo (at Defensores de Belgrano)


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

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Type	Fee
GK	Milton Álvarez	35	Deportivo Morón	Transfer	$150,000
DF	Guillermo Burdisso	35	Club León	Free Agent	Free
MF	Juan Manuel Trejo	32	Quilmes	Loan returns	Free
DF	Lucas Villalba	29	Huracán	Loan returns	Free
MF	Franco Bellocq	30	Olimpo	Loan returns	Free
DF	Julián Vitale	28	Unión de Santa Fe	Loan returns	Free
MF	Carlos Benavidez	35	Defensor Sporting	Transfer (60%)	$2,500,000
MF	Francisco Silva	38	Cruz Azul	Loan returns	Free
MF	Pedro Pablo Hernández	37	RC Celta de Vigo	Transfer	$1,200,000
FW	Francisco Pizzini	30	Olimpo	Loan returns	Free
FW	Nicolás Messiniti	28	San Martín (SJ)	Loan returns	Free
FW	Lucas Albertengo	33	C.F. Monterrey	Loan returns	Free
FW	Ezequiel Cerutti	32	Al-Hilal	Transfer

Out

Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Type	Fee
GK	Damián Albil	45	Free agent	Release	Free
DF	Rodrigo Moreira	27	San Martín de Tucumán	Release	Free
MF	Juan Manuel Trejo	32	San Martín de Tucumán	Release	Free
DF	Lucas Villalba	29	Aldosivi	Loan out	Free
MF	Franco Bellocq	30	Asteras Tripoli	Release	Free
MF	Diego Martín Rodríguez	34	Club Tijuana	Transfer	$1,000,000
MF	Julián Vitale	28	San Martín de Tucumán	Loan out	Free
MF	Domingo Blanco	29	Defensa y Justicia	Loan out	Free
FW	Gastón Togni	29	Defensa y Justicia	Loan out	Free
MF	Jonás Gutiérrez	40	Defensa y Justicia	Release	Free
FW	Juan Manuel Martínez	38	Free agent	Release	Free
FW	Lucas Albertengo	33	Estudiantes (LP)	Release	Free
FW	Jonathan Menéndez	30	Al-Rayyan SC	Loan out	Free

Pre-season and friendlies

Friendlies

Win Draw Loss

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UAI Urquiza

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

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UAI Urquiza

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	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	000.00
Copa Argentina 2017–18	20 July 2017	N/A	Round of 64	Round of 32	2	1	0	1	8	0	+8	050.00
Copa Argentina 2018–19	N/A	N/A	Round of 64	N/A	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Copa Libertadores	21 August 2018	N/A	Round of 16	N/A	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3	050.00
2019 Copa Sudamericana	19 March 2019	N/A	First stage	N/A	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Suruga Bank	8 August 2018		Final	Winners	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Total					8	3	3	2	16	5	+11	037.50

Last updated: 24 February 2019 (2019-02-24).
Source: Competitions

Primera División

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
5	Atlético Tucumán	25	12	6	7	36	29	+7	42	Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage
6	Vélez Sarsfield	25	11	7	7	34	25	+9	40	Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage
7	Independiente	25	10	8	7	35	28	+7	38
8	Unión	25	9	9	7	29	24	+5	36
9	Tigre	25	9	9	7	39	42	−3	36	Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage^[a]

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]
Notes:

^ Tigre qualified for the Copa Libertadores group stage by winning the 2019 Copa de la Superliga.

Matches

11 August 2018 1	Independiente	4–0	San Martín de Tucumán	Avellaneda
21:45 ART	Hernàndez 26' Gaibor 79' Romero 90' Gigliotti 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América Referee: Facundo Tello

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

15 September 2018 5	Independiente	3–0	Colón	Avellaneda
				Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

22 September 2018 6	Banfield	1–1	Independiente	Banfield
				Stadium: Estadio Florencio Sola

28 September 2018 7	Independiente	0–0	Tigre	Avellaneda
				Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

6 October 2018 8	Patronato	1–2	Independiente	Paraná
				Stadium: Estadio Presbítero Bartolomé Grella

21 October 2018 9	Independiente	3–1	Huracán	Avellaneda
				Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

28 October 2018 10	Atlético Tucumán	4–2	Independiente	San Miguel de Tucumán
				Stadium: Estadio Monumental José Fierro

4 November 2018 11	Argentinos Juniors	0–2	Independiente	Buenos Aires
				Stadium: Estadio Diego Armando Maradona

11 November 2018 12	Independiente	2–1	Belgrano de Córdoba	Avellaneda
				Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

27 November 2018 13	Lanús	1–0	Independiente	Lanús
				Stadium: Estadio La Fortaleza

2 December 2018 14	Independiente	0–1	Boca Juniors	Avellaneda
				Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

9 December 2018 15	Godoy Cruz	1–1	Independiente	Mendoza
				Stadium: Estadio Malvinas Argentinas

27 January 2019 16	Independiente	1–1	Talleres de Córdoba	Avellaneda
				Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

2 February 2019 17	San Lorenzo	0–0	Independiente	Buenos Aires
				Stadium: El Nuevo Gasómetro

9 February 2019 18	Independiente	2–1	Unión (SF)	Avellaneda
				Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

17 February 2019 19	San Martín (SJ)	1–1	Independiente	San Juan
				Stadium: Estadio Ingeniero Hilario Sánchez

23 February 2019 20	Independiente	1–3	Racing Club	Avellaneda
	Gaibor 45+3'	Report	Burdisso 5' (Own Goal#Association Football) López 54' (pen.) Zaracho 90+4'	Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América Referee: Néstor Pitana

4 March 2019 21	Gimnasia (LP)	1–0	Independiente	La Plata
				Stadium: El Bosque

10 March 2019 22	Independiente	2–0	Aldosivi	Avellaneda
				Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

17 March 2019 23	River Plate	3–0	Independiente	Buenos Aires
				Stadium: Estadio Monumental

30 March 2019 24	Independiente	2–1	Vélez Sarsfield	Avellaneda
				Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

7 April 2019 25	Rosario Central	1–2	Independiente	Rosario
				Stadium: Estadio Gigante de Arroyito

2017–18 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

2018 Copa Libertadores

Round of 16

v

Santos

21 August 2018 Leg 1	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

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Independiente

28 August 2018 Leg 2	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 Attendance: 33,642 Referee: Julio Bascuñán

Independiente won 3–0 on aggregate

Quarterfinals

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River Plate

19 September 2018 Leg 1	Independiente	0–0	River Plate	Avellaneda, Argentina
19:30 ART				Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

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Independiente

2 October 2018 Leg 2	River Plate	3–1	Independiente	Buenos Aires
19:30 ART				Stadium: Estadio Monumental Referee: Anderson Daronco (Brazil)

River Plate won 3–1 on aggregate

Copa Sudamericana

Win Draw Loss

First stage

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Binacional

3 April 2019 First stage	Independiente	4–1	Binacional	Avellaneda
21:30 UTC-3				Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

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Independiente

1 May 2019 First stage	Binacional	1–2	Independiente	Juliaca
19:30 UTC-5				Stadium: Estadio Guillermo Briceño Rosamedina

Suruga Bank Championship

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Independiente

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

[table_note_res_CL-CS0.76380849572076-1] Tigre qualified for the Copa Libertadores group stage by winning the 2019 Copa de la Superliga.

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