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)

Current squad
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

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

In
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]

Out
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
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
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

Pre-season

  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
3 August 2017 Friendly Defensa y Justicia 1–1 Gimnasia y Esgrima Buenos Aires, Argentina
J. Kaprof Report N. Ibáñez Stadium: Estadio Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello
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
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
Main article: 2017–18 Argentine Primera División

League table
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[lower-alpha 1]
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:
  1. River Plate qualified for the Copa Libertadores group stage by winning the 2018 Copa Libertadores.

Results by matchday
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
Stadium: Estadio Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello

Copa Argentina
Main article: 2016–17 Copa Argentina

  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
Main article: 2017 Copa Sudamericana

  Win   Draw   Loss

Second stage
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
  1. "Defensa y Justicia squad". Soccerway. 9 August 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  2. "Defensa y Justicia transfers". Soccerway. 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  3. "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.


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