2016–17 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season

In the first days of June, 3 players arrived to the club: Fernando Zuqui, from Godoy Cruz, in the transfer it was included money for Guillermo Pol Fernández; Darío Benedetto, from Club América; and Walter Bou, who was loaned from Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP).[1] Also, Lisandro Magallán and Gonzalo Castellani returned from their loans in Defensa y Justicia and Lanús. Additionally, Alexis Rolín left the club. After 7 years and more than 150 games in the club, Cristian Erbes left Boca to play in Mexican team Veracruz.[2] The season started with a 4–0 win over Güemes in the Round of 64 of the Copa Argentina.

Santiago Vergini signed with Boca despite that the medical check wasn't good. Nicolas Benegas is loaned to Quilmes. Boca lost their first match of Copa Libertadores, in the Semifinals, 2–1 against Independiente del Valle; and in the second leg, Boca lost again, in an incredible match 3-2 and it was eliminated in the Semifinals. Fernando Tobio returned to Palmeiras. Andrés Chávez is loaned to São Paulo.[3] Daniel Díaz is transferred to Getafe CF.[4] Nicolás Lodeiro is transferred to Seattle Sounders FC.[5] César Meli signed for Sporting CP on a one-year loan.[6] Talleres (C) made use of the option to purchase Juan Cruz Komar permanently.[7]

Sebastián Palacios is transferred to Talleres (C).[8] Also, 4 more players arrived to the club: Sebastián Pérez, from Atlético Nacional; Axel Werner, who was loaned from Atlético Madrid; Ricardo Centurión, who was loaned from São Paulo and Fernando Tobio, who was loaned again from Palmeiras.[9] After 5 years and more than 200 games, Agustín Orión left the club to play in Racing Club.[10] On August 23 Boca won 2–1 over Santamarina in the Round of 32 of the Copa Argentina. Wílmar Barrios and Nazareno Solís are transferred from Deportes Tolima and Talleres (C). The new players were publicly introduced in the last days of August.[11] At the start of the Primera División tournament Boca played against Lanús losing 1–0. Franco Cristaldo is loaned to Rayo Vallecano.[12]

Leandro Marín is loaned to Arsenal. Nicolás Colazo is loaned to Australian team Melbourne City.[13] The first match of September was a 3–0 victory over Belgrano. After that a 1–1 draw against Godoy Cruz and a 4–1 win vs Quilmes with a hat-trick of Darío Benedetto. Boca advanced to the Quarterfinals of Copa Argentina after the victory over Lanús in the penalty shoot-out.

The month started with a 1–1 draw against Tigre and a 2–0 victory over Sarmiento. Gonzalo Castellani is loaned to Defensa y Justicia. Boca played in Tucumán against Atlético Tucumán achieving a 2–2 draw. After that a 4–0 win over Temperley.

Boca lost against Rosario Central in the Quarterfinals of Copa Argentina; Boca will not play any CONMEBOL tournaments in 2017. Boca won the first match away, 3–0 in La Plata against Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP). On November 11 in Spain, Boca won the Antonio Puerta Trophy 4–3 against Sevilla. D.C. United acquires Luciano Acosta on a permanent transfer after the expiration of his one-year loan.[14] Boca couldn't won against Rosario Central in the local tournament, it was a 1–1 draw. Boca won the derby against San Lorenzo, after several months Fernando Gago returned to the first team.

In the first match of December, Boca got a great win 4–2 over Racing Club; and 4–2 against River Plate in the Superclásico. In the last match of 2016 Boca won 4–1 against Colón. After a lot of rumors finally was confirmed that the last idol of the club, Carlos Tevez is transferred to Shanghai Shenhua of China.[15][16]

Adrián Cubas signed for Pescara on a six-month loan.[17] After a 2–0 victory over Estudiantes (LP) in Mar del Plata, and a 2–2 draw against San Lorenzo Boca was crowned championship of the Copa de Oro. On the last friendly Superclasico, River Plate defeated Boca 2–0, the match was played in Mar del Plata. César Meli is transferred to Racing Club.[18]

On February 2 Boca lost 5–3 in penalties after a 1–1 draw in a friendly against Chivas de Guadalajara in Jalisco. Oscar Benítez is loaned to Boca from Benfica on an 18-month loan and the goalkeeper Agustín Rossi is transferred from Estudiantes (LP).[19] On February 11 Boca lost 3–1 against Aldosivi. Federico Carrizo is transferred to Rosario Central.[20] The last friendly of the summer was a 2–1 victory over Colón.

In the long-awaited return of the tournament Boca beat Banfield 2–0. And then suffered the first defeat in La Bombonera against Talleres (C). After that loss Boca won a difficult game 2–1 in San Juan against San Martín.

In the first game of April Boca win 1–0 against Defensa y Justicia. And then, a 3–1 win over Vélez Sarsfield, keeping Boca in the first place of the table. But a 1–1 draw against Patronato and a 0–0 draw against Atlético de Rafaela made Boca lose 4 important points. In the last match of April Boca won 3–0 over Arsenal.

Boca started May with a 0–0 draw against Estudiantes (LP). In the second Superclasico Boca played very badly and lost 3–1; but then Boca won 1–0 over Newell's Old Boys and drew 1–1 against Huracán.

Boca, showing great football won 3-0 the derbi over Independiente, and after that a 4–0 win over Aldosivi. On June 20, San Lorenzo won 1–0 over Banfield, the only team with chances to reach Boca at the top, so that Boca became the champion of 2016–17 Primera División. In the last away match Boca drew 2–2 against Olimpo. In the last match of the tournament Boca won 2–1 over Unión. With 21 goals Darío Benedetto finished as the tournament goalscorer.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Boca Juniors v Olimpia

June 23, 2016 Pre-season	Boca Juniors	2–0	Olimpia	Salta, Argentina
21:00	Díaz  19' Zuqui  31' Cubas  32' Chávez  87'		Riveros  17' Mencia  42'	Stadium: Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena Referee: Silvio Trucco (Argentina)

Boca Juniors v Danubio

July 23, 2016 Pre-season	Boca Juniors	1–1	Danubio	Buenos Aires, Argentina
	Pavón		Graví	Stadium: La Bombonera

Boca Juniors v Danubio

July 23, 2016 Pre-season	Boca Juniors	3–0	Danubio	Buenos Aires, Argentina
	Carrizo Palacios			Stadium: La Bombonera

Boca Juniors v Defensa y Justicia

July 29, 2016 Pre-season	Boca Juniors	4–1	Defensa y Justicia	Buenos Aires, Argentina
	Pavón Benedetto Tevez		Elizari	Stadium: La Bombonera

Boca Juniors v Defensa y Justicia

July 29, 2016 Pre-season	Boca Juniors	0–2	Defensa y Justicia	Buenos Aires, Argentina
			Stefanelli Bouzat	Stadium: La Bombonera

Boca Juniors v San Lorenzo

August 14, 2016 Pre-season	Boca Juniors	2–0	San Lorenzo	La Plata, Argentina
19:00	Carrizo  23' Pérez  34'			Stadium: Ciudad de La Plata

Boca Juniors v Libertad

September 3, 2016 Mid-season	Boca Juniors	2–0	Libertad	Resistencia, Argentina
20:00	Tevez  36' Bou  52'			Stadium: Estadio Centenario

Boca Juniors v Olimpia

October 9, 2016 Mid-season	Boca Juniors	2–2	Olimpia	Jujuy, Argentina
20:00	Benedetto  7' Bou  90+1' (p)		Benítez  4' Mendieta  38'	Stadium: Estadio 23 de Agosto
Note: The match was suspended after Olimpia abandoned the match in the last minute before the penalty shoot-out.

Sevilla v Boca Juniors

November 11, 2016 Antonio Puerta Trophy	Sevilla	3–4	Boca Juniors	Seville, Spain
16:45	Nzonzi  30' Kolodziejczak  84' Vietto  88'		Benedetto  24' Pavón  38' Tevez  59', 90+4'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

1: There is a one-month break between the quarterfinals and semifinals due to the Copa América Centenario held in June, so the Second Stage, Round of 16 and Quarterfinals belong to the previous season.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Lanús v Boca Juniors

August 28, 2016 1	Lanús	1–0	Boca Juniors	Lanús
20:00 UTC−3	Montenegro 39' Martínez  65' Acosta  67'	Report	Bentancur  38'	Stadium: Ciudad de Lanús Referee: Diego Abal

Boca Juniors v Belgrano

September 11, 2016 2	Boca Juniors	3–0	Belgrano	Buenos Aires
18:00 UTC−3	Tevez  32'  35'  35' Pavón  45+1' Fabra  83'	Report	Saravia  33' Lema  45' Álvarez  54'  74' Álvarez Suárez  86' Bolatti  88'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Germán Delfino

Godoy Cruz v Boca Juniors

September 18, 2016 3	Godoy Cruz	1–1	Boca Juniors	Mendoza
16:00 UTC−3	Fernández  8' Silva  75' Correa  82'	Report	Fabra  18' Peruzzi  71'	Stadium: Malvinas Argentinas Referee: Patricio Loustau

Boca Juniors v Quilmes

September 25, 2016 4	Boca Juniors	4–1	Quilmes	Buenos Aires
18:00 UTC−3	Benedetto  6', 17', 24' Centurión  23' Tobio  63'	Report	Da Campo  12' Sarulyte  39' González  45+1'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Néstor Pitana

Tigre v Boca Juniors

October 2, 2016 5	Tigre	1–1	Boca Juniors	Victoria
20:00 UTC−3	Morales  2'  65' Urribarri  42' Luna  90+1'	Report	Pérez  11' Insaurralde  80'	Stadium: José Dellagiovanna Referee: Federico Beligoy

Boca Juniors v Sarmiento

October 16, 2016 6	Boca Juniors	2–0	Sarmiento	Buenos Aires
16:00 UTC−3	Pérez  12' Centurión  32' Insaurralde  35' W. Bou  90+3'	Report	Niz  11'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Fernando Echenique

Atlético Tucumán v Boca Juniors

October 23, 2016 7	Atlético Tucumán	2–2	Boca Juniors	San Miguel de Tucumán
20:00 UTC−3	Zampedri  43' Cáceres  56'  87' Menéndez  70'  71'	Report	Pavón  3', 46' Tobio  38'	Stadium: Monumental José Fierro Referee: Diego Abal

Boca Juniors v Temperley

October 29, 2016 8	Boca Juniors	4–0	Temperley	Buenos Aires
16:00 UTC−3	Peruzzi  4'  8' Pavón  10' Aguirre  23' (o.g.) W. Bou  65'	Report	Bogino  25' Aguirre  53' Zárate  74' Arregui  81'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Saúl Laverni

Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) v Boca Juniors

November 6, 2016 9	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	0–3	Boca Juniors	La Plata
20:00 UTC−3	Licht  7' Romero  7' Carrera  31' Coronel  36' Bottinelli  88'	Report	Benedetto  31', 35' Pavón  42' Zuqui  47'	Stadium: Juan Carmelo Zerillo Referee: Jorge Baliño

Boca Juniors v Rosario Central

November 20, 2016 10	Boca Juniors	1–1	Rosario Central	Buenos Aires
18:30 UTC−3	Benedetto  10' Centurión  21' Vergini  45+2' Pérez Cardona  89'	Report	Fernández  13' Gutiérrez  16'  21' Martínez  28' Torsiglieri  67' Ferrari  72' Villagra  82' Camacho  90+1'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Darío Herrera

San Lorenzo v Boca Juniors

November 27, 2016 11	San Lorenzo	1–2	Boca Juniors	Buenos Aires
18:30 UTC−3	Belluschi  45+2'	Report	Insaurralde  14' Benedetto  20' W. Bou  25' Fabra  39' Vergini  56' Sara  77'	Stadium: Pedro Bidegain Referee: Fernando Espinoza

Boca Juniors v Racing Club

December 4, 2016 12	Boca Juniors	4–2	Racing Club	Buenos Aires
18:00 UTC−3	Insúa  23' (o.g.) W. Bou  40', 47' Gago  78' Tevez  79'	Report	López  49', 73' Cerro  60' G. Bou  76'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Patricio Loustau

River Plate v Boca Juniors

December 11, 2016 13	River Plate	2–4	Boca Juniors	Buenos Aires
17:00 UTC−3	Driussi  33'  34' Alario  39'  88' Maidana  53' Mora  71'	Report	W. Bou  13' Pérez  18' Gago  60' Tevez  61', 80' Centurión  90+3'  90+4'	Stadium: Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Referee: Diego Abal

Boca Juniors v Colón

December 18, 2016 14	Boca Juniors	4–1	Colón	Buenos Aires
18:30 UTC−3	Vergini  6' Centurión  9', 61' Tevez  29' Pavón  33'  77'	Report	Olivera  13' Leguizamón  22' Ceballos  37' Ortiz  85'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Saúl Laverni

Banfield v Boca Juniors

March 11, 2017 15	Banfield	0–2	Boca Juniors	Banfield
18:30 UTC−3	Remedi  78'	Report	Gago  2' Benedetto  15', 63' Insaurralde  35' Pérez Cardona  90+2'	Stadium: Florencio Solá Referee: Darío Herrera

Boca Juniors v Talleres (C)

March 19, 2017 16	Boca Juniors	1–2	Talleres (C)	Buenos Aires
19:30 UTC−3	Benítez  24' Pérez  38'	Report	Reynoso  38'  81' Ramis  45' Palacios  67'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Ariel Penel

San Martín (SJ) v Boca Juniors

March 26, 2017 17	San Martín (SJ)	1–2	Boca Juniors	San Juan
16:30 UTC−3	Matricardi  9' Dening  25'  87' Ardente  27' Villarruel  28' Casierra  53'	Report	Pavón  26' Centurión  55' Bentancur  58' Peruzzi  59'	Stadium: Ingeniero Hilario Sánchez Referee: Fernando Espinoza

Boca Juniors v Defensa y Justicia

April 1, 2017 18	Boca Juniors	1–0	Defensa y Justicia	Buenos Aires
20:00 UTC−3	Pérez Cardona  32' Peruzzi  37' Benedetto  46'  72'	Report	Silva  80' Miranda  86' Bareiro  89'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Juan Pablo Pompei

Vélez Sarsfield v Boca Juniors

April 9, 2017 19	Vélez Sarsfield	1–3	Boca Juniors	Buenos Aires
20:15 UTC−3	Desábato  11' Nasuti  28' Canteros  42' Cubero  63' Romero  82'	Report	Benedetto  24'  35' Peruzzi  53' Fabra  60' Pavón  84'	Stadium: José Amalfitani Referee: Patricio Loustau

Boca Juniors v Patronato

April 16, 2017 20	Boca Juniors	1–1	Patronato	Buenos Aires
18:15 UTC−3	Benedetto  45' Pavón  47'	Report	Geminiani  22' Guzmán  35' Comas  57' Arce  90'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Germán Delfino

Atlético de Rafaela v Boca Juniors

April 23, 2017 21	Atlético de Rafaela	0–0	Boca Juniors	Rafaela
16:15 UTC−3	Itabel  45'	Report	Pérez  45+1'	Stadium: Nuevo Monumental Referee: Facundo Tello

Boca Juniors v Arsenal

April 30, 2017 22	Boca Juniors	3–0	Arsenal	Buenos Aires
19:10 UTC−3	Benedetto  4', 25' Peruzzi  48' Maroni  60' Barrios  80'	Report	Pérez  11' Wilchez  56' Velázquez  90+1'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Darío Herrera

Estudiantes (LP) v Boca Juniors

May 6, 2017 23	Estudiantes (LP)	0–0	Boca Juniors	La Plata
20:10 UTC−3	Schunke  3' Sánchez  23' Solari  43' Ascacibar  46' Umeres  73'	Report	Bentancur  17' Pérez  43' Peruzzi  68'	Stadium: Ciudad de La Plata Referee: Silvio Trucco

Boca Juniors v River Plate

May 14, 2017 24	Boca Juniors	1–3	River Plate	Buenos Aires
17:00 UTC−3	Insaurralde  22' Fabra  29' Vergini  43' Gago  45+2' Benedetto  65'	Report	Maidana  11' Martínez  14' Alario  23'  36' Martínez Quarta  33' Moreira  59' Ponzio  86' Driussi  90'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Patricio Loustau

Boca Juniors v Newell's Old Boys

May 21, 2017 25	Boca Juniors	1–0	Newell's Old Boys	Buenos Aires
18:00 UTC−3	Benedetto  27' Pérez  42'	Report	Escobar  44' Sills  45+1' Mansilla  80' Formica  89'	Stadium: La Bombonera

Huracán v Boca Juniors

May 27, 2017 26	Huracán	1–1	Boca Juniors	Buenos Aires
19:30 UTC−3	González  41' Briasco  50' Nicolás Romat  78' Compagnucci  88' Romero Gamarra  90+5' (pen.)	Report	Peruzzi  24' Benedetto  35'  74' Barrios  47' Jara  78' Rossi  90+3'	Stadium: Tomás Adolfo Ducó Referee: Darío Herrera

Boca Juniors v Independiente

June 4, 2017 27	Boca Juniors	3–0	Independiente	Buenos Aires
19:00 UTC−3	Magallán  23' Benedetto  28' (pen.), 74' Gago  39' Benítez  44' Barrios  59' Pérez  66' Jara  73'	Report	Barco  4' Gigliotti  17' Franco  27' Erviti  51'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Fernando Rapallini

Aldosivi v Boca Juniors

June 18, 2017 28	Aldosivi	0–4	Boca Juniors	Mar del Plata
17:45 UTC−3	Brum  18' Lugüercio  36' Galván  55' Miracco  55' Canever  81'	Report	Pavón  38' Centurión  40' Gago  76' (pen.) Pérez  78' Silva  83'	Stadium: José María Minella Referee: Patricio Loustau

Olimpo v Boca Juniors

June 21, 2017 29	Olimpo	2–2	Boca Juniors	Bahía Blanca
19:45 UTC−3	Magallán  61' (o.g.) Blanco  62' Cabral  74'	Report	Centurión  41' Benedetto  42' Silva  43' Benítez  74'	Stadium: Roberto Carminatti Referee: Federico Beligoy

Boca Juniors v Unión

June 25, 2017 30	Boca Juniors	2–1	Unión	Buenos Aires
16:15 UTC−3	Benedetto  11', 48' Barrios  75'	Report	Blasi  56'  58' M. Pittón  65' Méndez  36' Erramuspe  90+2'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Mauro Vigliano

Last updated on June 25, 2017

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primera División		Copa Argentina		Copa Libertadores
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Guillermo Sara	15	-15	12	-10	3	-5	0	0
12	GK		Agustín Rossi	16	-12	16	-12	0	0	0	0
23	GK		Ramiro Martínez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	GK		Axel Werner	2	-3	2	-3	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF		Fernando Tobio	16	0	13	0	2+1	0	0	0
3	DF		Jonathan Silva	15	1	12+1	1	2	0	0	0
4	DF		Gino Peruzzi	30	3	25+1	3	4	0	0	0
6	DF		Lisandro Magallán	7	0	5+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
18	DF		Frank Fabra	24	1	18+2	1	2	0	2	0
25	DF		Juan Manuel Insaurralde	24	2	18+1	1	2+1	1	2	0
27	DF		Santiago Vergini	31	0	24+4	0	3	0	0	0
35	DF		Nahuel Molina Lucero	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
5	MF		Fernando Gago	16	2	16	2	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Pablo Pérez	34	2	28	0	3+1	1	2	1
10	MF		Ricardo Centurión	24	8	17+5	8	2	0	0	0
14	MF		Sebastián Pérez Cardona	12	0	4+8	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF		Fernando Zuqui	17	0	4+9	0	2	0	2	0
16	MF		Wílmar Barrios	21	0	11+9	0	1	0	0	0
20	MF		Gonzalo Maroni	2	1	1+1	1	0	0	0	0
29	MF		Leonardo Jara	21	0	7+9	0	1+2	0	2	0
30	MF		Rodrigo Bentancur	26	0	20+2	0	2+1	0	0+1	0
40	MF		Julián Chicco	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW		Cristian Pavón	35	14	30	9	4	3	1	2
9	FW		Darío Benedetto	30	23	24+1	21	2+1	2	1+1	0
17	FW		Nazareno Solís	4	0	1+3	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW		Walter Bou	27	6	5+20	6	0+1	0	0+1	0
22	FW		Oscar Benítez	9	2	2+7	2	0	0	0	0
26	FW		Marcelo Torres	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players away from the club on loan:
20	MF		Adrián Cubas	7	0	2+1	0	1+1	0	2	0
22	MF		Gonzalo Castellani	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
25	FW		Andrés Chávez	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
Players transferred out during the season:
1	GK		Agustín Orion	3	-5	0	0	1	0	2	-5
2	DF		Daniel Díaz	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
21	DF		Leandro Marín	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF		Federico Carrizo	4	0	1+1	0	1+1	0	0	0
14	MF		Nicolás Lodeiro	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
17	MF		César Meli	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Nicolás Colazo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW		Carlos Tevez	17	7	11	5	4	2	2	0
34	FW		Sebastián Palacios	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0