2017–18 Argentinos Juniors season

Argentinos Juniors
2017–18 season
Chairman	Cristian Malaspina
Manager	Alfredo Berti; (from 4 August 2017)
Stadium	Estadio Diego Armando Maradona
Primera División	12th
Copa Argentina	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Two players (5); All: Two players (5)
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 season is

Primera B Nacional in 2016–17

. The season covers the period from 1 August 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Current squad

As of 22 August 2017.[1]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ARG	Federico Lanzillotta
—	GK	ARG	Leandro Finochietto
—	GK	ARG	Lucas Chávez
—	GK	ARG	Maximiliano Cavallotti
—	DF	ARG	Agustín Alberione
—	DF	COL	Juan Camilo Saiz (on loan from Independiente Medellín)
—	DF	ARG	Enzo Ybañez
—	DF	ARG	Gonzalo Piovi
—	DF	ARG	Guillermo Benítez
—	DF	ARG	Joaquín Laso
—	DF	URU	Jonathan Sandoval
—	DF	ARG	Kevin Mac Allister
—	DF	ARG	Leonel Mosevich
—	DF	ARG	Miguel Ángel Torrén
—	DF	ARG	Nicolás Freire
—	DF	URU	Sebastián Martínez


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ARG	Alexis Mac Allister
—	MF	ARG	Damián Batallini
—	MF	ARG	Esteban Rolón
—	MF	ARG	Ezequiel Ham
—	MF	ARG	Facundo Barboza
—	MF	ARG	Gastón Machín
—	MF	ARG	Ignacio Méndez
—	MF	ARG	Iván Colman
—	MF	ARG	Leonardo Pisculichi
—	MF	ARG	Nicolás González
—	FW	ARG	Braian Romero
—	FW	ARG	Esteban Rueda
—	FW	ARG	Fabricio Lenci
—	FW	URU	Javier Cabrera
—	FW	ARG	Jonathan Cañete
—	FW	ARG	Nahuel Barragán

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	Francisco Solé (at Brown until 30 June 2018)
—	FW	ARG	Felda United until 31 December 2017)
—	FW	ARG	Lautaro Mesa (at Brown until 30 June 2018)

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
4 August 2017	MF	Leonardo Pisculichi	Vitória	Undisclosed^[2]
5 August 2017	GK	Maximiliano Cavallotti	Gimnasia y Esgrima	Undisclosed^[2]
16 August 2017	FW	Jonathan Cañete	Independiente	Undisclosed^[2]

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
10 August 2017	DF	Juan Sabia	Libertad	Undisclosed^[2]

Loan in

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	From
10 August 2017	30 June 2018	DF	Juan Camilo Saiz	Independiente Medellín^[2]

Loan out

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	To
15 August 2017	30 June 2018	MF	Francisco Solé	Brown^[2]
20 August 2017	30 June 2018	FW	Lautaro Mesa	Brown^[2]

Friendlies

Pre-season

Win Draw Loss

26 August 2017 Friendly	Argentinos Juniors	–	Villa Dálmine	Buenos Aires, Argentina
10:00		Report

Primera División

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
10	Unión	27	11	10	6	33	23	+10	43	Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage
11	Colón	27	11	8	8	32	22	+10	41
12	Argentinos Juniors	27	12	5	10	36	30	+6	41
13	Belgrano	27	10	10	7	29	28	+1	40
14	Vélez Sarsfield	27	10	8	9	31	32	−1	38

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.^[3]^[4]

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	L	L	D	W
Position	12^[a]	25	27	26	21	10	7	9	11	15	16	11

^ After the postponement on Matchday 1, they were 18th.

Updated to match(es) played on 12 December 2017. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

8 October 2017^{[nb 1]} 1	Argentinos Juniors	1–0	Chacarita Juniors	Buenos Aires, Argentina
16:00	N. González 27'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Diego Armando Maradona Referee: Nicolás Lamolina (Argentina)

9 September 2017 2	Patronato	2–1	Argentinos Juniors	Paraná, Argentina
18:05	L. Márquez 37' S. Ribas 74'	Report	B. Romero 12'	Stadium: Estadio Presbítero Bartolomé Grella Referee: Juan Pompei (Argentina)

16 September 2017 3	Argentinos Juniors	1–2	Belgrano	Buenos Aires, Argentina
14:05	N. González 18'	Report	E. García 34' C. Lema 47'	Stadium: Estadio Diego Armando Maradona Referee: Hernán Mastrángelo (Argentina)

24 September 2017 4	River Plate	1–1	Argentinos Juniors	Buenos Aires, Argentina
18:05	G. Martínez 18' (pen.)	Report	N. González 37'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Referee: Diego Abal (Argentina )

30 September 2017 5	Argentinos Juniors	2–0	Racing Club	Buenos Aires, Argentina
20:05	M. Quiroga 88' L. Pisculichi 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Diego Armando Maradona Referee: Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)

14 October 2017 6	Rosario, Argentina
14:05	F. Zampedri 90+3'	Report	B. Romero 30', 82' N. González 89'	Stadium: Estadio Gigante de Arroyito Referee: Pablo Echavarría (Argentina)

27 October 2017 7	Argentinos Juniors	3–2	Arsenal de Sarandí	Buenos Aires, Argentina
21:05	J. Sandoval 32' D. Batallini 37' L. Pisculichi 82'	Report	F. Monteseirín 6' Mosquito 17'	Stadium: Estadio Diego Armando Maradona Referee: Ariel Penel (Argentina)

5 November 2017 8	Estudiantes	1–0	Argentinos Juniors	Quilmes, Argentina
14:05	J. Schunke 47'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Centenario Dr. José Luis Meiszner Referee: Pablo Echavarría (Argentina )

17 November 2017 9	Argentinos Juniors	0–1	Colón	Buenos Aires, Argentina
17:00		Report	G. Ortiz 63'	Stadium: Estadio Diego Armando Maradona Referee: Nicolás Lamolina (Argentina)

25 November 2017 10	San Lorenzo	1–0	Argentinos Juniors	Buenos Aires, Argentina
19:15	N. Blandi 10'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Pedro Bidegain Referee: Hernán Mastrángelo (Argentina)

2 December 2017 11	Argentinos Juniors	2–2	Temperley	Buenos Aires, Argentina
17:00	L. Pisculichi 67' N. González 75'	Report	J. Sánchez Sotelo 20' R. De Ciancio 85'	Stadium: Estadio Diego Armando Maradona Referee: Darío Herrera (Argentina)

9 December 2017 12	Banfield, Argentina
17:00	J. Carranza 27', 59'	Report	B. Romero 6', 69' J. Cabrera 32'	Stadium: Estadio Florencio Sola Referee: Andrés Merlos (Argentina)

January 2018 13	Argentinos Juniors	–	San Martín	Buenos Aires, Argentina
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Diego Armando Maradona

Copa Argentina

Win Draw Loss

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Notes

^ Match was originally scheduled for 28 August 2017 before being postponed.^[5]

References

^ "Argentinos Juniors squad". Soccerway. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Argentinos Juniors transfers". Soccerway. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
^ "Reglamento del Campeonato de Primera División 2017–18" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.
^ "Reglamento General AFA" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.
^ "Superliga: Argentinos y Chacarita se ponen al día". TyC Sports. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.

[note3_rnd_1-5] After the postponement on Matchday 1, they were 18th.

[7] Match was originally scheduled for 28 August 2017 before being postponed.^[5]

[Soccerway_profile-1] "Argentinos Juniors squad". Soccerway. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.

[Soccerway_transfers-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Argentinos Juniors transfers". Soccerway. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.

[rules-3] "Reglamento del Campeonato de Primera División 2017–18" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.

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

[MD1_postponement-6] "Superliga: Argentinos y Chacarita se ponen al día". TyC Sports. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.

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