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)
2018–19 →

Current squad

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

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   ARG Agustin Gómez (at AIK until 31 December 2017)
GK   ARG Fernando Pellegrino (at Sarmiento until 30 June 2018)
FW   ARG Pablo Bueno (at Flandria until 30 June 2018)

Transfers

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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]
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

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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

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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

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Pre-season

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  Win   Draw   Loss

14 July 2017 Friendly Argentina U20s   0–2   Defensa y Justicia Ezeiza, Argentina
Report G. Castellani  
C. Rius  
Stadium: Complejo Habitacional Deportivo de Ezeiza
17 July 2017 Friendly Defensa y Justicia   3–0   Villa San Carlos Bosques, Argentina
09:30 M. Sosa  
T. Pochettino  
N. Di Giano  
Report
20 July 2017 Friendly Racing Club   0–1   Defensa y Justicia Córdoba, Argentina
09:30 Report I. Rivero   Stadium: Estadio Presidente Perón
20 July 2017 Friendly Racing Club   0–1   Defensa y Justicia Córdoba, Argentina
10:45 Report N. Di Giano   Stadium: Estadio Presidente Perón
9 August 2017 Friendly Atenas   Cancelled   Defensa y Justicia Maldonado, Uruguay
15:00 Report Stadium: Campus Mun. de Maldonado
16 August 2017 Friendly Tigre   1–0   Defensa y Justicia Victoria, Argentina
C. Luna   21' Report Stadium: Estadio José Dellagiovanna
16 August 2017 Friendly Tigre   0–1   Defensa y Justicia Victoria, Argentina
Report C. Rius   Stadium: Estadio José Dellagiovanna

Mid-season

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29 August 2017 Friendly Defensa y Justicia   Cancelled   UAI Urquiza
Report
1 September 2017 Friendly Defensa y Justicia   3–1   Villa San Carlos Florencio Varela, Argentina
I. Rivero  
D. González  
F. Melivillo  
Report  
1 September 2017 Friendly Defensa y Justicia   4–1   Villa San Carlos Florencio Varela, Argentina
F. Bordagaray  
H. Tijanovich  
 
 
Report  

Primera División

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League table

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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[a]
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:

Results by matchday

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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 1 Defensa y Justicia   4–4   Gimnasia y Esgrima Buenos 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 2 Estudiantes   0–1   Defensa y Justicia La Plata, Argentina
16:05 Report F. Márquez   83' Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de La Plata
Referee: Fernando Espinoza (Argentina)
16 September 2017 3 Defensa y Justicia   1–3   Unión Santa Fe Buenos 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 4 Colón   3–1   Defensa y Justicia Santa 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 5 Defensa y Justicia   0–0   Huracán Buenos Aires, Argentina
19:05 Report Stadium: Estadio Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello
Referee: Hernán Mastrángelo (Argentina)
13 October 2017 6 San Lorenzo   3–1   Defensa y Justicia Buenos 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 7 Defensa y Justicia   1–1   Olimpo Buenos Aires, Argentina
19:05 F. Márquez   23' Report D. Depetris   86' Stadium: Estadio Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello
Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)
5 November 2017 8 Temperley   1–4   Defensa y Justicia Turdera, 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 9 Defensa y Justicia   3–0   Lanús Buenos 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 10 Banfield   0–1   Defensa y Justicia Banfield, Argentina
17:00 Report J. Kaprof   11' Stadium: Estadio Florencio Sola
Referee: Fernando Espinoza (Argentina)
1 December 2017 11 Defensa y Justicia   3–2   Godoy Cruz Buenos 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 12 San Martín   1–0   Defensa y Justicia San Juan, Argentina
19:15 F. Barcelo   38' Report Stadium: Estadio Ingeniero Hilario Sánchez
Referee: Facundo Tello (Argentina)
January 2018 13 Defensa y Justicia     Vélez Sarsfield Buenos Aires, Argentina
[1] Stadium: Estadio Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello

Copa Argentina

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  Win   Draw   Loss

21 August 2017 R32 Temperley   0–2   Defensa y Justicia Avellaneda, Argentina
18:00 Report C. Rius   34'
M. Sosa   80'
Stadium: Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón
Referee: Juan Pompei (Argentina)
7 October 2017 R16 River Plate   3–0   Defensa y Justicia Formosa, Argentina
19:00 I. Scocco   11' (pen.), 87'
E. Palacios   87'
Report Stadium: Estadio Antonio Romero
Referee: Silvio Trucco (Argentina)

Copa Sudamericana

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  Win   Draw   Loss

Second stage

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25 July 2017 Second leg Chapecoense   1–0
(agg: 1–1)

(4–2 p)
  Defensa y Justicia Chapecó, 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

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  1. ^ "Defensa y Justicia squad". Soccerway. 9 August 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "Defensa y Justicia transfers". Soccerway. 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "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.