2017–18 Club Atlético Belgrano season

Belgrano
2017–18 season
Chairman	Armando Pérez
Manager	Sebastián Méndez; (until 16 October 2017); Pablo Lavallén; (from 23 October 2017)
Stadium	El Gigante de Alberdi; Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes
Primera División	9th
2016–17 Copa Argentina	Round of 16
2017–18 Copa Argentina	Round of 64
Top goalscorer	League: Two players (2); All: Two players (2)

The 2017–18 season is Club Atlético Belgrano's 8th consecutive season in the top-flight of Argentine football. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Current squad

As of 25 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
3	DF	ARG	Federico Álvarez
6	DF	ARG	Cristian Lema
8	MF	ARG	Francisco Romero
10	FW	ARG	Matías Suárez
12	DF	ARG	Imanol González
13	DF	ARG	Franco Pardo
14	MF	ARG	Federico Lértora
15	GK	ARG	Lucas Acosta
17	DF	ARG	Cristian Romero
18	MF	ARG	Gastón Álvarez Suárez
20	MF	ARG	Gabriel Alanís
21	MF	ARG	Sebastián Luna
23	FW	ARG	Mariano Barbieri
24	MF	ARG	Germán Gaitán
25	GK	ARG	Germán Montoya
27	MF	ARG	Joaquín Rikemberg
28	FW	ARG	Tomás Attis
29	DF	ARG	Juan Quiroga
31	MF	ARG	Braian Volpini


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
33	DF	ARG	Tomás Guidara
—	FW	PAR	Epifanio García (on loan from Guaraní)
—	DF	ARG	Erik Godoy (on loan from Tigre)
—	MF	URU	Jonathan Ramis (on loan from Zacatepec)
—	MF	ARG	Jorge Ortiz (on loan from Independiente)
—	MF	ARG	Juan Brunetta
—	DF	ARG	Lautaro Caride
—	FW	ARG	Leandro Fernández
—	FW	ARG	Leonardo Sequeira (on loan from Central Córdoba)
—	DF	ARG	Marcelo Benítez
—	MF	ARG	Marcos Rivadero
—	MF	ARG	Maximiliano Zárate
—	FW	ARG	Neri Bandiera
—	GK	ARG	Pablo Heredia
—	DF	ARG	Pier Barrios
—	FW	ARG	Santiago Giordana
—	MF	URU	Santiago Martínez (on loan from Montevideo Wanderers)
—	FW	ARG	Tobías Figueroa

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
9	FW	ARG	Fernando Márquez (at Defensa y Justicia until 30 June 2018)
—	GK	ARG	César Rigamonti (at Vélez Sarsfield until 30 June 2018)
—	FW	ARG	Augusto Cáseres (at Senglea Athletic until 30 June 2018)
—	DF	ARG	Esteban Espíndola (at San Martín (T) until 30 June 2018)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	ARG	Iván Paz (at Senglea Athletic until 30 June 2018)
—	FW	ARG	Nahuel Luján (at Ferro Carril Oeste until 30 June 2018)
—	DF	ARG	Nicolás Ferreyra (at Audax Italiano until 31 December 2017)
—	DF	ARG	Renzo Saravia (at Racing Club until 30 June 2018)

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
1 July 2017	DF	Lautaro Caride	Independiente	Undisclosed^[2]
4 July 2017	FW	Neri Bandiera	Aldosivi	Undisclosed^[3]
22 August 2017	MF	Juan Brunetta	Arsenal de Sarandí	Undisclosed^[4]

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
1 July 2017	DF	Cristian Gorgerino	Released^{[nb 1]}^[2]
1 July 2017	MF	Mario Bolatti	Released^{[nb 2]}^[2]
1 July 2017	MF	Sebastián Prediger	Released^{[nb 3]}^[2]
19 July 2017	MF	Guillermo Farré	Sarmiento	Undisclosed^[4]
23 July 2017	MF	Iván Etevenaux	Sarmiento	Undisclosed^[4]
26 July 2017	MF	Jorge Velázquez	Atlético de Rafaela	Undisclosed^[4]
28 July 2017	DF	Lucas Aveldaño	Tenerife	Undisclosed^[4]
6 August 2017	FW	Claudio Bieler	San Martín (T)	Undisclosed^[4]

Loan in

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	From
7 July 2017	30 June 2018	DF	Marcelo Benítez	Defensa y Justicia^[4]
10 July 2017	30 June 2018	MF	Santiago Martínez	Montevideo Wanderers^[4]
13 July 2017	30 June 2018	MF	Jonathan Ramis	Zacatepec^[4]
17 July 2017	30 June 2018	MF	Jorge Ortiz	Independiente^[6]
21 July 2017	30 June 2018	FW	Epifanio García	Guaraní^[7]
16 August 2017	30 June 2018	FW	Leonardo Sequeira	Central Córdoba^[8]
25 August 2017	30 June 2018	DF	Erik Godoy	Tigre^[9]

Loan out

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	To
7 July 2017	30 June 2018	DF	Renzo Saravia	Racing Club^[4]
30 July 2017	30 June 2018	FW	Fernando Márquez	Defensa y Justicia^[4]
2 August 2017	30 June 2018	GK	César Rigamonti	Vélez Sarsfield^[4]
15 August 2017	30 June 2018	FW	Augusto Cáseres	Senglea Athletic^[4]
15 August 2017	30 June 2018	FW	Iván Paz	Senglea Athletic^[4]
17 August 2017	30 June 2018	DF	Esteban Espíndola	San Martín (T)^[4]

Friendlies

Pre-season

Win Draw Loss

26 July 2017 Friendly	Belgrano	Cancelled	Racing Club	Córdoba, Argentina
11:00		Report

26 July 2017 Friendly	Belgrano	2–0	Racing de Córdoba	Córdoba, Argentina
09:00	C. Romero J. Ramis	Report		Stadium: Villa Esquiú Academy

26 July 2017 Friendly	Belgrano	1–0	Racing de Córdoba	Córdoba, Argentina
	B. Volpini	Report		Stadium: Villa Esquiú Academy

29 July 2017 Friendly	Belgrano	2–1	Sportivo Desamparados	Córdoba, Argentina
10:00	N. Bandiera M. Suárez	Report		Stadium: Villa Esquiú Academy

29 July 2017 Friendly	Belgrano	1–0	Sportivo Desamparados	Córdoba, Argentina
10:00	V. Barbero	Report		Stadium: Villa Esquiú Academy

2 August 2017 Friendly	Belgrano	2–1	Temperley	Córdoba, Argentina
09:00	(o.g.) M. Suárez	Report	F. Sosa 4'	Stadium: Villa Esquiú Academy

2 August 2017 Friendly	Belgrano	3–0	Temperley	Córdoba, Argentina
10:30	T. Attis E. Espíndola F. Brener	Report		Stadium: Villa Esquiú Academy

5 August 2017 Friendly	Newell's Old Boys	3–1	Belgrano	Rosario, Argentina
	J. San Román 28' V. Figueroa 59' B. Rivero 70'	Report	T. Figueroa 58'	Stadium: Polideportivo de Bella Vista

16 August 2017 Friendly	Belgrano	5–1	Colón	Córdoba, Argentina
	J. Ramis S. Martínez M. Benítez M. Barbieri M. Suárez	Report		Stadium: El Gigante de Alberdi

16 August 2017 Friendly	Belgrano	2–2	Colón	Córdoba, Argentina
	B. Volpini F. Brener	Report		Stadium: El Gigante de Alberdi

Primera División

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
11	Colón	27	11	8	8	32	22	+10	41	Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage
12	Argentinos Juniors	27	12	5	10	36	30	+6	41	Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage
13	Belgrano	27	10	10	7	29	28	+1	40
14	Vélez Sarsfield	27	10	8	9	31	32	−1	38
15	Atlético Tucumán	27	8	12	7	29	26	+3	36

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.^[10]^[11]

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	W	D	D	D	L	D	W	W	D	W
Position	21	12	7	11	11	15	17	17	13	9	12	9

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

25 August 2017 1	Banfield	2–1	Belgrano	Banfield, Argentina
21:05	G. Bettini 13' D. Cvitanich 15' (pen.)	Report	C. Lema 88'	Stadium: Estadio Florencio Sola Referee: Germán Delfino (Argentina)

9 September 2017 2	Belgrano	1–0	San Martín (SJ)	Córdoba, Argentina
14:05	E. García 66'	Report		Stadium: El Gigante de Alberdi Referee: Andrés Merlos (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)

22 September 2017 4	Belgrano	0–0	Tigre	Córdoba, Argentina
19:05		Report		Stadium: El Gigante de Alberdi Referee: Federico Beligoy (Argentina)

29 September 2017 5	Atlético Tucumán	0–0	Belgrano	San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
21:05		Report		Stadium: Estadio Monumental José Fierro Referee: Darío Herrera (Argentina)

15 October 2017 6	Belgrano	0–0	Talleres	Córdoba, Argentina
16:05		Report		Stadium: El Gigante de Alberdi Referee: Ariel Penel (Argentina)

29 October 2017 7	Boca Juniors	4–0	Belgrano	Buenos Aires, Argentina
18:05	L. Acosta 15' (o.g.) E. Cardona 43' D. Benedetto 63', 78'	Report		Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Silvio Trucco (Argentina)

5 November 2017 8	Belgrano	0–0	Independiente	Córdoba, Argentina
14:05		Report		Stadium: Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes Referee: Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)

17 November 2017 9	Newell's Old Boys	0–1	Belgrano	Rosario, Argentina
21:30		Report	J. Amoroso 89'	Stadium: Estadio Marcelo Bielsa Referee: Pedro Argañaraz (Argentina)

25 November 2017 10	Belgrano	2–0	Gimnasia y Esgrima	Córdoba, Argentina
17:00	F. Brener 83' J. Brunetta 90+4'	Report		Stadium: El Gigante de Alberdi Referee: Juan Pompei (Argentina)

1 December 2017 11	Unión Santa Fe	1–1	Belgrano	Santa Fe, Argentina
17:00	F. Fragapane 27'	Report	E. Godoy 59'	Stadium: Estadio 15 de Abril Referee: Germán Delfino (Argentina)

8 December 2017 12	Belgrano	1–0	Huracán	Córdoba, Argentina
21:30	M. Suárez 83'	Report		Stadium: El Gigante de Alberdi Referee: Darío Herrera (Argentina)

January 2018 13	Olimpo	–	Belgrano	Bahía Blanca, Argentina
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Roberto Natalio Carminatti

Copa Argentina

Win Draw Loss

2 September 2017 R32	Defensores de Belgrano	1–1 (5–6 p)	Belgrano	Cutral Có, Argentina
15:00	Á. Prudencio 86' (pen.)	Report	J. Ramis 2'	Stadium: Estadio El Coloso del Ruca Quimey Referee: Nicolás Lamolina (Argentina)
	Penalties
	A. Leguizamón J. Bonetto Á. Prudencio A. Moreno M. Coronel J. Zules H. Rubén		J. Ortiz J. Ramis C. Lema E. Godoy J. Quiroga F. Lértora M. Benítez

9 October 2017 R16	Belgrano	1–2	Atlanta	Santa Fe, Argentina
18:00	F. Lértora 90+4'	Report	F. Pedrozo 55' A. Martínez 63'	Stadium: Estadio 15 de Abril Referee: Diego Abal (Argentina)

Notes

↑ Following his release, Gorgerino signed for Instituto.^[5]
↑ Following his release, Bolatti signed for Boca Unidos.^[4]
↑ Following his release, Prediger signed for San Martín (T).^[4]

References

↑ "Belgrano squad". Soccerway. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
1 2 3 4 "Mercado de pases del fútbol Argentino 2017/2018: Altas, bajas y rumores". Soccerway. 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
↑ "Neri Bandiera es refuerzo de Belgrano". Club Atlético Belgrano. 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Belgrano transfers". Soccerway. 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
↑ "Instituto sumó siete nuevos refuerzos". Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba. 8 August 2017. Archived from the original on 12 August 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
↑ "Jorge Ortiz se convirtió en el quinto refuerzo de Belgrano". TyC Sports. 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
↑ "Belgrano incorporó al paraguayo Epifanio García". TyC Sports. 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
↑ "Belgrano y una nueva alternativa en la delantera: Leonardo Sequeira". TyC Sports. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
↑ "Adiós al 2: se fue Godoy". Vavel. 25 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
↑ "Reglamento del Campeonato de Primera División 2017–18" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.
↑ "Reglamento General AFA" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.

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[6] Following his release, Gorgerino signed for Instituto.^[5]

[7] Following his release, Bolatti signed for Boca Unidos.^[4]

[8] Following his release, Prediger signed for San Martín (T).^[4]

[Soccerway_profile-1] "Belgrano squad". Soccerway. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.

[Goal.com_transfers-2] 1 2 3 4 "Mercado de pases del fútbol Argentino 2017/2018: Altas, bajas y rumores". Soccerway. 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.

[N._Bandiera_joins-3] "Neri Bandiera es refuerzo de Belgrano". Club Atlético Belgrano. 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.

[Soccerway_transfers-4] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Belgrano transfers". Soccerway. 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.

[Gorgerino/Instituto-5] "Instituto sumó siete nuevos refuerzos". Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba. 8 August 2017. Archived from the original on 12 August 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017.

[J._Ortiz_joins-9] "Jorge Ortiz se convirtió en el quinto refuerzo de Belgrano". TyC Sports. 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.

[E._García_joins-10] "Belgrano incorporó al paraguayo Epifanio García". TyC Sports. 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.

[L._Sequeira_joins-11] "Belgrano y una nueva alternativa en la delantera: Leonardo Sequeira". TyC Sports. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.

[E._Godoy_joins-12] "Adiós al 2: se fue Godoy". Vavel. 25 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.

[rules-13] "Reglamento del Campeonato de Primera División 2017–18" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.

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

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