2017–18 Club Atlético Independiente season
# 2017–18 Club Atlético Independiente season

The 2017–18 season is Club Atlético Independiente's 5th 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 19 March 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 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | ARG | Damián Albil |
| 2 | DF | ARG | Alan Franco |
| 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 |
| 13 | GK | ARG | Gonzalo Rehak |
| 14 | DF | VEN | Fernando Amorebieta |
| 15 | MF | URU | Diego Martín Rodríguez |
| 16 | DF | ARG | Fabricio Bustos |
| 17 | FW | ARG | Braian Romero |
| 18 | FW | ARG | Silvio Romero |
| 19 | FW | ARG | Gastón Togni |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | URU | Gastón Silva |
| 21 | MF | ARG | Domingo Blanco |
| 22 | FW | ARG | Juan Manuel Martínez |
| 23 | DF | ARG | Emanuel Brítez |
| 24 | DF | ARG | Rodrigo Miguel Moreira |
| 25 | GK | URU | Martín Campaña |
| 26 | MF | ARG | Jonás Gutiérrez |
| 27 | FW | ARG | Jonathan Menéndez |
| 30 | MF | ARG | Gonzalo Verón |
| 31 | DF | ARG | Gonzalo Asis |
| 32 | MF | ARG | Christian Ortiz |
| 33 | FW | ARG | Francisco Pizzini |
| 34 | DF | ARG | Sergio Barreto |
| 35 | MF | ARG | Diego Mercado |
| 36 | DF | ARG | Juan Di Lorenzo |
| 38 | FW | ARG | Mauro Molina |

### 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 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 4 | DF | ARG | Gustavo Toledo (at Colón until 30 June 2018) |
| 5 | MF | ARG | Julián Vitale (at Unión Santa Fe until 30 June 2018) |
| 20 | DF | ARG | Damián Martínez (at Unión Santa Fe until 30 June 2018) |
| — | MF | ARG | Franco Bellocq (at Olimpo until 30 June 2018) |
| — | FW | ARG | Gastón del Castillo (at Arsenal de Sarandí until 30 June 2018) |
| — | DF | ARG | Néstor Breitenbruch (at Correcaminos UAT until 30 June 2018) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ARG | Jorge Ortiz (at Belgrano until 30 June 2018) |
| — | FW | ARG | Mauricio del Castillo (at Defensores de Belgrano until 30 June 2018) |
| — | FW | ARG | Nicolás Messiniti (at San Martín until 30 June 2018) |
| — | DF | ARG | Sergio Ojeda (at Olimpo until 30 June 2018) |
| — | MF | ARG | Walter Erviti (at Alvarado until 30 June 2018) |
| — | FW | ARG | Lucas Albertengo (at Monterrey until 31 December 2018) |

## Transfers

### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 July 2017 | MF | Jonás Gutiérrez | Defensa y Justicia | Undisclosed |
| 10 July 2017 | DF | Fernando Amorebieta | Sporting Gijón | Undisclosed |
| 19 July 2017 | MF | Nicolás Domingo | River Plate | Undisclosed |
| 30 August 2017 | DF | Gastón Silva | Torino | Undisclosed |
| 23 January 2018 | FW | Jonathan Menéndez | Talleres de Córdoba | US$ 3 Million |
| 23 January 2018 | FW | Braian Romero | Argentinos Juniors | US$ 2.3 Million |
| 25 January 2018 | MF | Fernando Gaibor | Emelec | US$ 4.2 Million |
| 30 January 2018 | FW | Silvio Romero | América | US$ 4.2 Million |
| 30 January 2018 | FW | Gonzalo Verón | D.C. United | Free |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Jorge Márquez | Las Palmas | Undisclosed |
| 22 July 2017 | MF | Claudio Aquino | Unión Santa Fe | Undisclosed |
| 30 July 2017 | GK | Diego Rodríguez | Rosario Central | Undisclosed |
| 16 August 2017 | FW | Jonathan Cañete | Argentinos Juniors | Undisclosed |
| 22 August 2017 | MF | Emiliano Rigoni | Zenit | Undisclosed |
| 4 January 2018 | MF | Nicolás Tagliafico | Ajax | US$ 4.9 Million |
| 16 January 2018 | MF | Ezequiel Barco | Atlanta United | US$15 Million |

### Loan in

| Date from | Date to | Pos. | Name | From |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 31 December 2017 | 31 December 2018 | DF | Emanuel Brítez | Unión de Santa Fe |

### Loan out

| Date from | Date to | Pos. | Name | To |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 19 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 | FW | Gastón del Castillo | Arsenal de Sarandí |
| 19 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 | DF | Gustavo Toledo | Colón |
| 22 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 | FW | Nicolás Messiniti | San Martín |
| 25 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 | DF | Sergio Ojeda | Olimpo |
| 26 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 | MF | Franco Bellocq | Olimpo |
| 2 August 2017 | 30 June 2018 | DF | Damián Martínez | Unión Santa Fe |
| 2 August 2017 | 30 June 2018 | MF | Julián Vitale | Unión Santa Fe |
| 8 August 2017 | 30 June 2018 | FW | Mauricio del Castillo | Defensores de Belgrano |

## Pre-season and friendlies

### Friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Primera División | 26 August 2017 | 13 May 2018 | Matchday 1 | 6th | 27 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 19 | +10 | 048.15 |
| Copa Argentina | 17 May 2017 | 19 September 2017 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 050.00 |
| Copa Sudamericana | 4 April 2017 | 13 December 2017 | First stage | Winners | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 9 | +12 | 066.67 |
| Recopa Sudamericana | 14 February 2018 | 21 February 2018 | Final | Runners-up | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Copa Libertadores | 1 March 2018 | | Group stage | | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 49 | 25 | 11 | 13 | 58 | 35 | +23 | 051.02 |

Last updated: 4 April 2018 (2018-04-04). Source: Competitions

### Primera División

**Standings**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | Huracán | 27 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 35 | 24 | +11 | 48 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 5 | Talleres (C) | 27 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 20 | +13 | 46 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage |
| 6 | Independiente | 27 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 19 | +10 | 46 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage |
| 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 |

* ↑ River Plate qualified for the Copa Libertadores group stage by winning the 2018 Copa Libertadores.

**Results by round**

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | L | L | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | D | L | W | L | D | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | L | W | D | L |
| Position | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 |

### Copa Argentina

Win  Draw  Loss

### Copa Sudamericana

Win  Draw  Loss

### Copa Libertadores

**Group stage**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | COR | IND | MIL | LAR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Corinthians | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 10 | Round of 16 | — | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Independiente | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 10 | Round of 16 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Millonarios | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 8 | Copa Sudamericana | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 4–0 |
| 4 | Deportivo Lara | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 16 | −11 | 6 | | 2–7 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — |
