2018–19 Club Atlético Independiente season

Club Atlético Independiente

2018–19 season
President	Hugo Moyano
Manager	Ariel Holan
Stadium	Estadio Libertadores de América
Primera División	7th
Copa Argentina	Round of 32
Copa Libertadores	Quarterfinals
Suruga Bank Championship	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Emmanuel Gigliotti (12) All: Emmanuel Gigliotti (12)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 season was 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.

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	35	Deportivo Morón	Transfer	$150,000
	DF	Guillermo Burdisso	35	Club León	Free Agent	Free
	MF	Juan Manuel Trejo	32	Quilmes	Loan returns	Free
	DF	Lucas Villalba	29	Huracán	Loan returns	Free
	MF	Franco Bellocq	30	Olimpo	Loan returns	Free
	DF	Julián Vitale	28	Unión de Santa Fe	Loan returns	Free
	MF	Carlos Benavidez	35	Defensor Sporting	Transfer (60%)	$2,500,000
	MF	Francisco Silva	38	Cruz Azul	Loan returns	Free
	MF	Pedro Pablo Hernández	37	RC Celta de Vigo	Transfer	$1,200,000
	FW	Francisco Pizzini	30	Olimpo	Loan returns	Free
	FW	Nicolás Messiniti	28	San Martín (SJ)	Loan returns	Free
	FW	Lucas Albertengo	33	C.F. Monterrey	Loan returns	Free
	FW	Ezequiel Cerutti	32	Al-Hilal	Transfer

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Type	Fee	Notes	Source
	GK	Damián Albil	45	Free agent	Release	Free
	DF	Rodrigo Moreira	27	San Martín de Tucumán	Release	Free
	MF	Juan Manuel Trejo	32	San Martín de Tucumán	Release	Free
	DF	Lucas Villalba	29	Aldosivi	Loan out	Free
	MF	Franco Bellocq	30	Asteras Tripoli	Release	Free
	MF	Diego Martín Rodríguez	34	Club Tijuana	Transfer	$1,000,000
	MF	Julián Vitale	28	San Martín de Tucumán	Loan out	Free
	MF	Domingo Blanco	28	Defensa y Justicia	Loan out	Free
	FW	Gastón Togni	28	Defensa y Justicia	Loan out	Free
	MF	Jonás Gutiérrez	40	Defensa y Justicia	Release	Free
	FW	Juan Manuel Martínez	38	Free agent	Release	Free
	FW	Lucas Albertengo	33	Estudiantes (LP)	Release	Free
	FW	Jonathan Menéndez	30	Al-Rayyan SC	Loan out	Free

Pre-season and friendlies

Friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Independiente v UAI Urquiza

12 July 2018 Friendly	Independiente	4–0	UAI Urquiza
	Fernando Gaibor Pedro Pablo Hernández Braian Romero Silvio Romero

Independiente v UAI Urquiza

12 July 2018 Friendly	Independiente	3–0	UAI Urquiza
	Emmanuel Gigliotti Sergio Barreto Mauro Molina

Overview

Primera División

Standings

Matches

Independiente v San Martín de Tucumán

11 August 2018 1	Independiente	4–0	San Martín de Tucumán	Avellaneda
21:45 ART	Hernàndez 26' Gaibor 79' Romero 90' Gigliotti 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América Referee: Facundo Tello

Newell's Old Boys v Independiente

18 August 2018 2	Newell's Old Boys	2–2	Independiente	Rosario
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

Independiente v Defensa y Justicia

25 August 2018 3	Independiente	0–1	Defensa y Justicia	Avellaneda
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

Estudiantes (LP) v Independiente

2 September 2018 4	Estudiantes (LP)	2–2	Independiente	Quilmes
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

Independiente v Racing Club

23 February 2019 20	Independiente	1–3	Racing Club	Avellaneda
	Gaibor 45+3'	Report	Burdisso 5' (Own Goal#Association Football) López 54' (pen.) Zaracho 90+4'	Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América Referee: Néstor Pitana

2017–18 Copa Argentina

  Win   Draw   Loss

Round of 64

Independiente v Central Ballester

20 July 2018 R64	Independiente	8–0	Central Ballester	Formosa, 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

2018 Copa Libertadores

Round of 16

Independiente v Santos

21 August 2018 Leg 1	Independiente	3–0 Awarded	Santos	Avellaneda, 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

Santos v Independiente

28 August 2018 Leg 2	Santos	0–0	Independiente	São 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

Quarterfinals

Independiente v River Plate

19 September 2018 Leg 1	Independiente	0–0	River Plate	Avellaneda, Argentina
19:30 ART				Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

River Plate v Independiente

2 October 2018 Leg 2	River Plate	3–1	Independiente	Buenos Aires
19:30 ART				Stadium: Estadio Monumental Referee: Anderson Daronco (Brazil)

River Plate won 3–1 on aggregate

Copa Sudamericana

  Win   Draw   Loss

First stage

Independiente v Binacional

3 April 2019 First stage	Independiente	4–1	Binacional	Avellaneda
21:30 UTC-3				Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

Binacional v Independiente

1 May 2019 First stage	Binacional	1–2	Independiente	Juliaca
19:30 UTC-5				Stadium: Estadio Guillermo Briceño Rosamedina

Suruga Bank Championship

Cerezo Osaka v Independiente

8 August 2018 Suruga	Cerezo Osaka	0 – 1	Independiente	Osaka, 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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