2016 Club Atlético Independiente season

The 2016 season Independiente Participate in the Primera División and the Copa Argentina.

Independiente

2016 season
President	Hugo Moyano
Manager	Gabriel Milito
Stadium	Libertadores de América
Primera División	3rd
Copa Argentina	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Fernández Germán Denis and Emiliano Rigoni (3) All: Fernández (4)

Club

Kits

• Supplier: Puma SE
• Main Sponsor:: Correo OCA /
• Secondary Sponsor: Audifarm Salud

Home Kit	Away Kit	3rd Kit	GK kit

Squad information

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		Diego Matías Rodríguez	31	EU	2011	135	9	2017	Youth system	Second nationality: Italy
2	CB		Hernán Pellerano	26	EU	2015	34	0	2018	9,000,000 $	Second nationality: Italy
3	LB		Nicolás Tagliafico	27	EU	2015	56	2	2018	1,200,000 $	Second nationality: Italy
4	DM		Jorge Ortiz	36	Non-EU	2015	32	1	2018	11,750,000 $
5	DM		Julián Vitale	25	Non-EU	2015	20	1	N/A	Youth system
6	CB		Emanuel Aguilera	26	Non-EU	2014	24	1	2017	260,000 $
7	LW		Martín Benítez	26	Non-EU	2011	89	12	2017	Youth system
8	CM		Jesús Méndez	36	Non-EU	2014	51	2	2015	450,000 $
9	CF		Diego Vera	26	Non-EU	2015	35	11	2018	15,000,000 $
10	RW		Cristian Rodríguez	25	EU	2015	22	3	2017	1,000,000 $	Second nationality: Italy
11	CF		Leandro Fernández	29	Non-EU	2016	12	4	N/A	N/A
12	GK		Facundo Daffonchio	30	Non-EU	2011	0	0	2016	Youth system
13	GK		Gonzalo Rehak	27	Non-EU	2014	0	0	N/A	Youth system
14	CB		Víctor Cuesta	31	Non-EU	2014	71	5	2017	160,000 $
15	DM		Diego Martín Rodríguez	30	EU	2015	25	1	2018	1,200,000 $	Second nationality: Italy
17	LM		Juan Martínez Trejo	25	Non-EU	2012	24	2	2017	Youth system
18	CF		Lucas Albertengo	29	Non-EU	2015	30	10	2018	2,200,000 €
19	CF		Germán Denis	38	EU	2007	85	40	2019	Free	Second nationality: Italy
20	LW		Ezequiel Vidal	24	Non-EU	2015	8	0	N/A	Youth system
22	AM		Claudio Aquino	29	Non-EU	2015	32	1	2018	1,150,000 $
24	RM		Emiliano Rigoni	27	Non-EU	2016	17	4	2019	15,000,000 $
25	GK		Martín Campaña	31	Non-EU	2016	12	0	2018	1,150,000 $
26	RB		Gustavo Toledo	30	Non-EU	2015	52	0	2018	8800,000 $
27	RW		Rodrigo Gómez	27	Non-EU	2015	15	1	N/A	27,500 $
28	CF		Gastón Del Castillo	23	Non-EU	2016	2	0	N/A	Youth system
29	DM		Saúl Nelle	25	Non-EU	2016	2	0	N/A	Youth system
30	RB		Rodrigo Moreira	24	Non-EU	2015	0	0	N/A	Youth system
31	CF		Domingo Blanco	25	Non-EU	2016	2	0	N/A	Youth system
32	RB		Néstor Breitenbruch	24	Non-EU	2014	15	0	2019	Youth system
34	CB		Rafael Barrios	27	Non-EU	2014	6	0	N/A	Youth system

• Last updated: 31 May 2016
• Source: Clubaindependiente.com, Futbolpasion.com, Copa Argentina
• Ordered by squad number.

Current coaching staff

Position	Staff
Coach	Gabriel Milito
Assistant Coach	Carlos Compagnucci
Assistant Coach	Xavi Tamarit
Fitness Coach	Gabriel Macaya
Goalkeepers coach	Pablo Cavallero
Reserve team Coach	Fernando Berón
Youth Department	Jorge Griffa
Doctor	Dr Luis Chiaradia
Doctor	Dr Sergio Mauro
Kinesiology	Gabriel De Brasi
Kinesiology	Julio Zunino
Massageist	Christian Trobec
Props	Daniel Sotelo
Props	Mariano Bagtano

Source: clubaindependiente.com

Transfers

Player In

No	Name	Nation	Pos	Moving From	Type	Fee (in $)
Summer
25	Martín Campaña		Goalkeeper	Defensor Sporting	Loan In	150,000 $
27	Rodrigo Gómez		Midfielder	Quilmes	Loan Return	Free
24	Néstor Breitenbruch		Defender	Quilmes	Loan Return	Free
24	Emiliano Rigoni		Midfielder	Belgrano	Transfer	15,000,000 $
11	Leandro Fernández		Forward	Godoy Cruz	Transfer (50%)	170,000 $
19	Germán Denis		Forward	Atalanta	Free transfer	Free

Total spending: 15,320,000 $

Player Out

No	Name	Nation	Pos	Moving to	Type	Fee (in $)
Summer
22	Germán Montoya		Goalkeeper	Atlético Rafaela	End of contract	Free
15	Jorge Figal		Defender	Olimpo	Loan Out	Free
24	Cristian Báez		Defender	Universidad de San Martín	End of contract	Free
3	Lucas Villalba		Defender	Atlético Tucumán	Loan Out	Free
30	Mauricio Victorino		Defender	Nacional	End of contract	Free
25	Alexis Zárate		Defender	Temperley	Loan Out	Free
16	Christian Ortiz		Midfielder	Universidad de San Martín	Loan Out	Free
11	Federico Mancuello		Midfielder	Flamengo	Transfer	3,000,000 $
32	Matías Pisano		Midfielder	Cruzeiro	Transfer (50%)	1,000,000 $
5	Franco Bellocq		Defender	Arsenal	Loan Out	Free
7	Francisco Pizzini		Forward	Olimpo	Loan Out	Free
28	Jorge Pereyra Díaz		Forward	Johor	End of Loan	Free
21	Emiliano Papa		Defender	Club Atlético Tigre	End of contract	Free
19	Juan Martín Lucero		Forward	Johor	Transfer	1,400,000 $

Total Income : 5,400,000 $

Players out on loan

No	Name	Nation	Pos	Destination	Finish at
Summer
15	Jorge Figal		Defender	Olimpo	30-06-2017
3	Lucas Villalba		Defender	Atlético Tucumán	30-06-2017
25	Alexis Zárate		Defender	Temperley	30-06-2017
16	Christian Ortiz		Midfielder	Universidad de San Martín	31-01-2017
5	Franco Bellocq		Defender	Arsenal	30-06-2017
7	Francisco Pizzini		Forward	Olimpo	30-06-2017
-	Jorge Márquez		Forward	Quilmes	30-06-2017
-	Gabriel Arce		Forward	Gimnasia (J)	30-06-2017
Previous seasons
6	Sergio Ojeda		Defender	Gimnasia (J)	30-06-2017

Net income: 9,920,000 $

Pre-season

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Copa De Oro

Independiente v San Lorenzo

12 January 2016 Copa De Oro	Independiente	1 – 1	San Lorenzo	Mar del Plata
22:10	Víctor Cuesta  85'	Report	Blandi  65' Mussis  82' Kalinski  84' Lautaro Montoya  88'	Stadium: Estadio José María Minella Referee: Diego Abal

Independiente v River Plate

18 January 2016 Copa De Oro	Independiente	3 – 2	River Plate	Mar del Plata
22:10	Aquino  31', 67' Víctor Cuesta  81'	Report	Driussi  21' Pisculichi  90'	Stadium: Estadio José María Minella Referee: Fernando Rapallini

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Independiente	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	4
2	River Plate	2	1	0	1	5	5	0	3
3	San Lorenzo	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	1

Source:

Copa De Avellaneda

Independiente v Racing Club

29 January 2016 Copa De Avellaneda	Independiente	1 – 3	Racing Club	Mar del Plata
22:10	Diego Martín Rodríguez  22' Lucero  67'	Report	Noir  44' L.Martínez R.Martínez	Stadium: Estadio José María Minella

Friendly

Summer

Winter

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Primera División	-	-	3rd	7 February 2016	21 May 2016
Copa Argentina	Round of 64	Round of 32	N/A	4 May 2016	N/A

Overview

Updated as of 31 May 2016

Competition	Record
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Primera División	16	7	6	3	22	12	+10	043.75
Copa Argentina	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Total	17	8	6	3	24	13	+11	047.06

Primera División

See also: 2016 Argentine Primera División

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Independiente v Belgrano

7 February 2016 Round 1	Independiente	1 – 0	Belgrano	Avellaneda
17:00	Rigoni  43',  86'	Report	Federico Álvarez  70' Olave  72' Saravia  79' Farré  80'	Stadium: Libertadores de América Referee: Darío Herrera

Godoy Cruz v Independiente

14 February 2016 Round 2	Godoy Cruz	1 – 1	Independiente	Mendoza
21:15	García  16',  44' Godoy  52' G.Fernández  59' Ortiz  67' Fernando Zuqui  84'	Report	Denis  4' Fernández	Stadium: Malvinas Argentinas Referee: Fernando Rapallini

Independiente v Rosario Central

17 February 2016 Round 3	Independiente	0 – 2	Rosario Central	Avellaneda
19:10	Ortiz  48' Gustavo Toledo  49' Víctor Cuesta  54' Denis  85'	Report	Damián Musto  48' Larrondo  50' (p) Jonás Aguirre  64' Álvarez  86'	Stadium: Libertadores de América Referee: Jorge Baliño

Independiente v Racing Club

21 February 2016 Round 4	Independiente	1 – 1	Racing Club	Avellaneda
21 February 2016	Ortiz  24' Fernández  86'	Report	Grimi  9' Díaz  17' López  89'	Stadium: Libertadores de América Referee: Diego Abal

River Plate v Independiente

29 February 2016 Round 5	River Plate	1 – 0	Independiente	Buenos Aires
21:15	Arzura  43' Mercado  50' Alario  83'	Report	Diego Martín Rodríguez  61'	Stadium: Monumental Referee: Néstor Pitana

Independiente v Colón

6 March 2016 Round 6	Independiente	4 – 1	Colón	Avellaneda
20:15	Denis  11' Benegas  22' (o.g.) Víctor Cuesta  55',  85' Benítez  73' Rigoni  89'	Report	Figueroa  23' Ruiz  49'	Stadium: Libertadores de América Referee: Fernando Echenique

Banfield v Independiente

13 March 2016 Round 7	Banfield	1 – 3	Independiente	Banfield
17:45	Simeone  13' Soto  50' Iván Rossi  54'	Report	Tagliafico  34' Víctor Cuesta  36' Vera  38' Gustavo Toledo  51' Benítez  63'	Stadium: Florencio Solá Referee: Silvio Trucco

Independiente v Patronato

20 March 2016 Round 8	Independiente	2 – 1	Patronato	Avellaneda
20:00	Denis  45' (p) Víctor Cuesta  58',  77' Benítez  68' Pellerano  90+1'	Report	Wálter Andrade Carrasco  34' Marcelo Guzmán  37'	Stadium: Libertadores de América Referee: Patricio Loustau

Sarmiento v Independiente

3 April 2016 Round 9	Sarmiento	0 – 0	Independiente	Junín
20:00	Guillermo Ferracuti  68'	Report	Víctor Cuesta  51'	Stadium: Eva Perón Referee: Diego Abal

Independiente v Olimpo

9 April 2016 Round 10	Independiente	0 – 0	Olimpo	Avellaneda
20:00	Fernández  59' Tagliafico  79' C.Rodríguez  79'	Report	Jorge Figal  42' Oiraghi  63' Míguez  86' Sills  87'	Stadium: Libertadores de América Referee: Fernando Echenique

Vélez Sarsfield v Independiente

17 April 2016 Round 11	Vélez Sarsfield	0 – 2	Independiente	Buenos Aires
17:45	Desábato  80'	Report	Ortiz  9' Víctor Cuesta  28' Jesús Méndez  38' Rigoni  49' Fernández  65'	Stadium: José Amalfitani Referee: Mariano González

Racing Club v Independiente

24 April 2016 Round 12	Racing Club	0 – 0	Independiente	Avellaneda
18:45	Díaz  90+2'	Report	Vera  54' Tagliafico  65' Pellerano  82'	Stadium: Juan Domingo Perón Referee: Federico Beligoy

Independiente v San Lorenzo

30 April 2016 Round 13	Independiente	0 – 1	San Lorenzo	Avellaneda
14:00		Report	Blandi  33',  47' Buffarini  75'	Stadium: Libertadores de América Referee: Patricio Loustau

Gimnasia (LP) v Independiente

8 May 2016 Round 14	Gimnasia (LP)	3 – 3	Independiente	La Plata
20:45	Maximiliano Meza  4', 42' O.Benítez  61' Facundo Oreja  84'	Report	Méndez  12' Rigoni  35' M.Benítez  49' Vera  54' Fernández  90+1'	Stadium: El Bosque Referee: Juan Pablo Pompei

Independiente v Arsenal

15 May 2016 Round 15	Independiente	2 – 0	Arsenal	Avellaneda
20:00	Fernández  55',  56' Rodrigo Gómez  86'	Report	Claudio Corvalán  33' Bazán  35' Carrera  54' Franco Bellocq  89'	Stadium: Libertadores de América Referee: Germán Delfino

Quilmes v Independiente

22 May 2016 Round 16	Quilmes	0 -3	Independiente	Quilmes
	Malrechauffe  4' Lucas Pérez Godoy  39'	Report	Rigoni  7' Vera  11' Víctor Cuesta  42'	Stadium: Centenario Dr. José Luis Meiszner Referee: Héctor Paletta

League table

Zone 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	San Lorenzo	16	10	4	2	23	16	+7	34	Final match; 2017 Copa Libertadores group stage
2	Godoy Cruz	16	10	3	3	27	14	+13	33	2017 Copa Libertadores group stage
3	Independiente	16	7	6	3	22	12	+10	27	2017 Copa Sudamericana first stage
4	Arsenal	16	8	3	5	21	15	+6	27
5	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	16	7	4	5	19	19	0	25

Source: AFA

Relegation

Pos	Team	2013–14 Pts	2014 Pts	2015 Pts	2016 Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Relegation
1	Atlético Tucumán	—	—	—	30	30	16	1.875
2	San Lorenzo	60	26	61	34	181	103	1.757
3	Independiente	—	33	54	27	114	65	1.754
4	Boca Juniors	61	31	64	20	176	103	1.709
5	Lanús	59	35	42	38	174	103	1.689

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
16	7	6	3	22	12	+10	27	4	2	2	10	6	+4	3	4	1	12	6	+6

Last updated: 31 May 2016.
Source:

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	L	D	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	L	D	W	W
Position	4	5	9	9	11	9	6	3	5	5	4	4	5	6	3	3

Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Copa Argentina

Main article: 2015–16 Copa Argentina

Round of 64

Independiente v San Telmo

4 May 2016 Round of 64	Independiente	2 – 1	San Telmo	Formosa
22:00	Víctor Cuesta  22' Fernández  36' Aquino  48'	Report	Leandro Wagner  45' Nahuel Oviedo  49' Guillermo Esteban  62' Cristian Leiva  67' Matías Correa  73'	Stadium: Estadio Antonio Romero Referee: Pedro Argañaraz

Round of 32

Independiente v

Round of 32

Independiente

v

Statistics

Squad statistics

Last updated on 24 March 2016

			Primera División					Copa Argentina					Total
Nation	No.	Name		GS	Min.		Assist		GS	Min.		Assist		GS	Min.		Assist
Goalkeepers
	1	Diego Matías Rodríguez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	12	Facundo Daffonchio	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	13	Gonzalo Rehak	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	25	Martín Campaña	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
	2	Hernán Pellerano	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	3	Nicolás Tagliafico	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	6	Emanuel Aguilera	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	14	Víctor Cuesta	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	26	Gustavo Toledo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	30	Rodrigo Moreira	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	32	Néstor Breitenbruch	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	34	Rafael Barrios	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
	4	Jorge Ortiz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	5	Julián Vitale	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	8	Jesús Méndez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	10	Cristian Rodríguez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	15	Diego Martín Rodríguez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	17	Juan Martínez Trejo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	22	Claudio Aquino	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	24	Emiliano Rigoni	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	27	Rodrigo Gómez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	29	Saúl Nelle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
	7	Martín Benítez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	9	Diego Vera	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	11	Leandro Fernández	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	18	Lucas Albertengo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	19	Germán Denis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	20	Ezequiel Vidal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	28	Gastón Del Castillo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	31	Domingo Blanco	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who no longer play for Independiente
	19	Juan Martín Lucero	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goals

Last updated on 20 May 2016

Rank	Player	Position	Primera División	Copa Argentina	Total
1	Leandro Fernández	FW	3	1	4
2	Germán Denis	FW	3	0	3
	Emiliano Rigoni	MF	3	0	3
3	Víctor Cuesta	DF	2	0	2
	Martín Benítez	FW	2	0	2
	Diego Vera	FW	2	0	2
4	Nicolás Tagliafico	DF	1	0	1
	Jorge Ortiz	MF	1	0	1
	Claudio Aquino	MF	0	1	1
	Rodrigo Gómez	MF	0	1	1
Own goals			1	0	1
Total			19	2	21

Assists

Last updated on 20 May 2016

Rank	Player	Position	Primera División	Copa Argentina	Total
1	Emiliano Rigoni	MF	4	0	4
2	Leandro Fernández	FW	2	1	3
3	Gustavo Toledo	DF	2	0	2
	Claudio Aquino	MF	2	0	2
	Diego Vera	FW	2	0	2
4	Rodrigo Gómez	MF	1	0	1
	Martín Benítez	FW	1	0	1
	Germán Denis	FW	1	0	1
	Nicolás Tagliafico	DF	0	1	1
	Jesús Méndez	MF	1	0	1
Total			16	2	18

Clean sheets

Last updated on 20 May 2016

Rank	Player	Position	Primera División	Copa Argentina	Total
1	Martín Campaña	GK	5	0	5
2	Diego Rodríguez	GK	1	0	1
Total			6	0	6

Disciplinary record

Last updated on 11 May 2016

No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Primera División			Copa Argentina			Total			Suspended
14	DF		Víctor Cuesta	6			1			7
11	FW		Leandro Fernández	4	1					4	1
2	DF		Hernán Pellerano	3						3
3	DF		Nicolás Tagliafico	2						2
26	GK		Gustavo Toledo	2						2
4	MF		Jorge Ortiz	2						2
7	FW		Martín Benítez	2						2
8	MF		Jesús Méndez	2						2
24	MF		Emiliano Rigoni	2						2
10	MF		Cristian Rodríguez	1						1
15	MF		Diego Martín Rodríguez	1						1
9	FW		Diego Vera	1						1
19	FW		Germán Denis	1						1

Penalties

Last updated on 24 March 2016

Date	Penalty Taker	Scored	Opponent	Competition
19 March 2016	Germán Denis	Yes	Patronato	Primera División

Overall

Last updated on 20 May 2016

	Total	Home	Away	Naturel
Games played	16	8	7	1
Games won	7	4	2	1
Games drawn	6	2	4	-
Games lost	3	2	1	-
Biggest win	4 – 1 vs Colón	4 – 1 vs Colón	3 – 1 vs Banfield	2-1 vs San Telmo
Biggest loss	0 – 2 vs Rosario Central	0 – 2 vs Rosario Central	0 – 1 vs River Plate	-
Biggest win (League)	4 – 1 vs Colón	4 – 1 vs Colón	3 – 1 vs Banfield	N/A
Biggest win (Copa Argentina)	2-1 vs San Telmo	N/A	N/A	2-1 vs San Telmo
Biggest loss (League)	0-2 vs Rosario Central	0-2 vs Rosario Central	0 – 1 vs River Plate	N/A
Biggest loss (Copa Argentina)	–	N/A	N/A	-
Clean sheets	6	3	3	-
Goals scored	21	10	9	2
Goals conceded	13	5	7	1
Goal difference	8	5	2	1
Average GF per game	1.31	1.25	1.29	2
Average GA per game	0.81	0.75	0.86	1
Yellow cards	29	14	14	1
Red cards	1	0	1	-
Most appearances	-	–
Most minutes played	-	–
Most goals	-	–
Penalties for	1	1	-	-
Penalties against	1	1	-	-

References

External links

• Club Atlético Independiente|Independiente official web site (in Spanish)