2018–19 Club Atlético Independiente season

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 to 30 June 2019.

Club Atlético Independiente
2018–19 season
PresidentHugo Moyano
ManagerAriel Holan
StadiumEstadio Libertadores de América
Primera División5th
Copa ArgentinaRound of 32
Copa LibertadoresQuarterfinals
Suruga Bank ChampionshipWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Emmanuel Gigliotti (12)
All: Emmanuel Gigliotti (12)

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
Date Pos. Player Age Moving from Type Fee Notes Source
GK Milton Álvarez 31 Deportivo Morón Transfer $150,000
DF Guillermo Burdisso 31 Club León Free Agent Free
MF Juan Manuel Trejo 28 Quilmes Loan returns Free
DF Lucas Villalba 25 Huracán Loan returns Free
MF Franco Bellocq 26 Olimpo Loan returns Free
DF Julián Vitale 25 Unión de Santa Fe Loan returns Free
MF Carlos Benavidez 31 Defensor Sporting Transfer (60%) $2,500,000
MF Francisco Silva 34 Cruz Azul Loan returns Free
MF Pedro Pablo Hernández 33 RC Celta de Vigo Transfer $1,200,000
FW Francisco Pizzini 26 Olimpo Loan returns Free
FW Nicolás Messiniti 24 San Martín (SJ) Loan returns Free
FW Lucas Albertengo 29 C.F. Monterrey Loan returns Free
FW Ezequiel Cerutti 28 Al-Hilal Transfer

Out
Date Pos. Player Age Moving to Type Fee Notes Source
GK Damián Albil 41 Free agent Release Free
DF Rodrigo Moreira 24 San Martín de Tucumán Release Free
MF Juan Manuel Trejo 28 San Martín de Tucumán Release Free
DF Lucas Villalba 25 Aldosivi Loan out Free
MF Franco Bellocq 26 Asteras Tripoli Release Free
MF Diego Martín Rodríguez 30 Club Tijuana Transfer $1,000,000
MF Julián Vitale 25 San Martín de Tucumán Loan out Free
MF Domingo Blanco 25 Defensa y Justicia Loan out Free
FW Gastón Togni 25 Defensa y Justicia Loan out Free
MF Jonás Gutiérrez 37 Defensa y Justicia Release Free
FW Juan Manuel Martínez 34 Free agent Release Free
FW Lucas Albertengo 29 Estudiantes (LP) Release Free
FW Jonathan Menéndez 26 Al-Rayyan SC Loan out Free

Pre-season and friendlies

Friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

12 July 2018 FriendlyIndependiente 4–0 UAI Urquiza
Fernando Gaibor
Pedro Pablo Hernández
Braian Romero
Silvio Romero
12 July 2018 FriendlyIndependiente 3–0 UAI Urquiza
Emmanuel Gigliotti
Sergio Barreto
Mauro Molina

Overview
Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
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
Main article: 2018–19 Argentine Primera División

Standings
Pos Team 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[lower-alpha 1]
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:
  1. Tigre qualified for the Copa Libertadores group stage by winning the 2019 Copa de la Superliga.

Matchday
7 November 2018 1Independiente4 - 0San Martín de TucumánAvellaneda
21:45 ART Hernàndez  26'
Gaibor  79'
Romero  90'
Gigliotti  90+3'		 Report Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América
Referee: Facundo Tello
18 August 2018 2Newell's Old Boys2 - 2IndependienteRosario
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 3Independiente0 - 1Defensa y JusticiaAvellaneda
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 4Estudiantes (LP)2 - 2IndependienteQuilmes
13:15 ART Apaolaza  7'
Matías Pellegrini  26',  51'
Lugüercio  28'
Iván Erquiaga  36'
Zuqui  72'
Pavone  86'		 Figal
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 5Independiente3 - 0ColónAvellaneda
Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América
22 September 2018 6Banfield1 - 1IndependienteBanfield
Stadium: Estadio Florencio Sola
28 September 2018 7Independiente0 - 0TigreAvellaneda
Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América
6 October 2018 8Patronato1 - 2IndependienteParaná
Stadium: Estadio Presbítero Bartolomé Grella
21 October 2018 9Independiente3 - 1HuracánAvellaneda
Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América
28 October 2018 10Atlético Tucumán de Tucumán4 - 2IndependienteSan Miguel de Tucumán
Stadium: Estadio Monumental José Fierro
4 November 2018 11Argentinos Juniors0 - 2IndependienteBuenos Aires
Stadium: Estadio Diego Armando Maradona
11 November 2018 12Independiente2 - 1Belgrano de CórdobaAvellaneda
Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América
27 November 2018 13Lanús1 - 0IndependienteLanús
Stadium: Estadio La Fortaleza
2 December 2018 14Independiente0 - 1Boca JuniorsAvellaneda
Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América
9 december 2018 15Godoy Cruz1 - 1IndependienteMendoza
Stadium: Estadio Malvinas Argentinas
27 January 2019 16Independiente1 - 1Talleres de CórdobaAvellaneda
Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América
2 February 2019 17San Lorenzo0 - 0IndependienteBuenos Aires
Stadium: El Nuevo Gasómetro
9 February 2019 18Independiente2 - 1Unión (SF)Avellaneda
Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América
17 February 2019 19San Martín (SJ)1 - 1IndependienteSan Juan
Stadium: Estadio Ingeniero Hilario Sánchez
23 February 2019 20Independiente1 - 3Racing ClubAvellaneda
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 21Gimnasia (LP)vIndependienteLa Plata
Stadium: El Bosque
10 March 2019 22IndependientevAldosiviAvellaneda
Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América
17 March 2019 23River PlatevIndependienteBuenos Aires
Stadium: Estadio Monumental
30 March 2019 24IndependientevVélez SarsfieldAvellaneda
Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América
7 April 2019 25Rosario CentralvIndependienteRosario
Stadium: Estadio Gigante de Arroyito

Copa Argentina
Main article: 2017–18 Copa Argentina

  Win   Draw   Loss

Round of 64
20 July 2018 R64Independiente8–0Central BallesterFormosa, 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 R32Independiente1 - 1
(3 - 4 p)		Brown de AdroguéLanús
21:10 ART Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de Lanús – Néstor Díaz Pérez
Referee: Nicolás Lamolina

Copa Libertadores
Main article: 2018 Copa Libertadores

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

Quarter Final
19 September 2018 Quarter finalIndependiente 0 - 0 River PlateAvellaneda, Argentina
19:30 ART Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América
Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)
2 October 2018 Quarter finalRiver Plate 3 - 1 IndependienteBuenos Aires
19:30 ART Stadium: Estadio Monumental
Referee: Anderson Daronco (Brazil)

River Plate won 3-1 on aggregate

Copa Sudamericana
Main article: 2019 Copa Sudamericana

  Win   Draw   Loss

First stage
3 April 2019 First stageIndependiente v BinacionalAvellaneda
21:30 UTC-3 Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América
1 May 2019 First stageBinacional v IndependienteJuliaca
19:30 UTC-5 Stadium: Estadio Guillermo Briceño Rosamedina

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

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    References
    1. "REGLAMENTO DE COMPETENCIAS PRIMERA DIVISIÓN – 2018/2019" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.
    2. "Reglamento General AFA" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.
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