2017–18 Unión de Santa Fe season

The 2017–18 season is Unión de Santa Fe's 4th consecutive season in the top-flight of Argentine football. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Unión de Santa Fe
2017–18 season
PresidentLuis Spahn
ManagerLeonardo Madelón
(from 10 July 2017)
StadiumEstadio 15 de Abril
Primera División3rd
2016–17 Copa ArgentinaRound of 16
2017–18 Copa ArgentinaRound of 64
Top goalscorerLeague: Franco Soldano (6)
All: Two players (6)

Current squad
As of 22 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
1 GK  ARG Nereo Fernández
3 DF  ARG Lucas Pruzzo
4 DF  ARG Jonatan Fleita
5 MF  ARG Nelson Acevedo (on loan from Racing Club)
6 DF  ARG Leonardo Sánchez
9 FW  ARG Federico Anselmo
10 MF  ARG Mauro Cejas
12 FW  ARG Nicolás Andereggen
13 GK  ARG Marcos Peano
14 DF  ARG Bruno Pittón
15 FW  ARG Walter Bracamonte
16 MF  ARG Santiago Lebus
18 FW  ARG Lucas Gamba
20 MF  ARG Facundo Britos
22 DF  ARG Emanuel Brítez
23 MF  ARG Manuel de Iriondo
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 MF  ARG Lucas Algozino
25 MF  URU Guillermo Méndez
26 DF  ARG Agustín Sandona
27 FW  ARG Franco Soldano
29 GK  URU Matías Castro
30 MF  ARG Mauro Pittón
32 MF  ARG Robertino Insúa
34 DF  ARG Brian Blasi
35 GK  ARG Alan Sosa
36 FW  ARG Jonatan Tarquini
37 MF  ARG Franco Godoy
— MF  ARG Claudio Aquino
— MF  ARG Damián Arce
— DF  ARG Damián Martínez (on loan from Independiente)
— MF  URU Diego Zabala
— MF  ARG Julián Vitale (on loan from Independiente)

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
2 DF  ARG Rodrigo Erramuspe (at Independiente Medellín until 30 June 2018)
— MF  ARG Mariano Mauri (at Unión de Sunchales until 30 June 2018)

Transfers

In
Date Pos. Name From Fee
16 July 2017 MF Damián Arce Patronato Undisclosed[2][3]
20 July 2017 MF Diego Zabala Racing de Montevideo Undisclosed[2][3]
22 July 2017 MF Claudio Aquino Independiente Undisclosed[2][3]

Out
Date Pos. Name To Fee
13 July 2017 MF Diego Villar Aldosivi Undisclosed[2]
16 July 2017 MF Martín Rivero Patronato Undisclosed[2][3]
16 July 2017 MF Santiago Magallán Cultural Leonesa Undisclosed[2]
18 July 2017 DF Nahuel Zárate Atlético Tucumán Undisclosed[2]
31 July 2017 GK Ignacio Arce San Martín de Tucumán Undisclosed[2]

Loan in
Date from Date to Pos. Name From
2 August 2017 30 June 2018 MF Julián Vitale Independiente[2]
2 August 2017 30 June 2018 DF Damián Martínez Independiente[2]

Loan out
Date from Date to Pos. Name To
27 July 2017 30 June 2018 MF Mariano Mauri Unión Sunchales[2]
31 July 2017 30 June 2018 DF Rodrigo Erramuspe Independiente Medellín[4]

Friendlies

Pre-season

  Win   Draw   Loss

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Primera División
Main article: 2017–18 Argentine Primera División

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
12 Argentinos Juniors 27 12 5 10 36 30 +6 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
GroundAHAAHAHAHAAHH
ResultDWWDWLWWDLWD
Position1784737523533
Updated to match(es) played on 12 December 2017. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
28 August 2017 1 Newell's Old Boys 1–1 Unión Santa Fe Rosario, Argentina
19:05 M. Guevgeozián  74' (pen.) Report D. Zabala  52' Stadium: Estadio Marcelo Bielsa
Referee: Fernando Espinoza (Argentina)
11 September 2017 2 Unión Santa Fe 1–0 Gimnasia y Esgrima Santa Fe, Argentina
19:05 F. Soldano  21' Report Stadium: Estadio 15 de Abril
Referee: Nicolás Lamolina (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)
23 September 2017 4 Huracán 0–0 Unión Santa Fe Buenos Aires, Argentina
14:05 Report Stadium: Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó
Referee: Facundo Tello (Argentina)
29 September 2017 5 Unión Santa Fe 2–0 Olimpo Santa Fe, Argentina
19:05 F. Soldano  46'
L. Gamba  53'		 Report Stadium: Estadio 15 de Abril
Referee: Pedro Argañaraz (Argentina)
13 October 2017 6 Lanús 2–1 Unión Santa Fe Lanús, Argentina
19:05 J. Sand  61', 66' Report J. Bottinelli  36' Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de Lanús – Néstor Díaz Pérez
Referee: Juan Pompei (Argentina)
28 October 2017 7 Unión Santa Fe 2–0 Godoy Cruz Santa Fe, Argentina
14:00 L. Gamba  52' (pen.)
D. Zabala  77'		 Report Stadium: Estadio 15 de Abril
Referee: Pablo Echavarría (Argentina)
6 November 2017 8 Vélez Sarsfield 0–2 Unión Santa Fe Buenos Aires, Argentina
21:05 Report F. Soldano  28'
L. Gamba  68'		 Stadium: José Amalfitani Stadium
Referee: Federico Beligoy (Argentina)
19 November 2017 9 Unión Santa Fe 0–0 Chacarita Juniors Santa Fe, Argentina
17:00 Report Stadium: Estadio 15 de Abril
Referee: Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)
22 November 2017 10 River Plate 2–0 Unión Santa Fe Buenos Aires, Argentina
19:15 R. Borré  67'
G. Martínez  74' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
Referee: Patricio Loustau (Argentina)
25 November 2017 11 Patronato 2–3 Unión Santa Fe Paraná, Argentina
17:00 S. Ribas  7', 60' Report D. Zabala  13'
F. Soldano  21'
L. Gamba  79' (pen.)		 Stadium: Estadio Presbítero Bartolomé Grella
Referee: Jorge Baliño (Argentina)
1 December 2017 12 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)
January 2017 13 Unión Santa Fe – Racing Club Santa Fe, Argentina
Report Stadium: Estadio 15 de Abril

Copa Argentina
Main article: 2016–17 Copa Argentina

  Win   Draw   Loss

16 August 2017 R32 Lanús 1–2 Unión Santa Fe Avellaneda, Argentina
21:10 A. Silva  34' Report M. de Iriondo  40'
L. Gamba  64'		 Stadium: Estadio Julio Humberto Grondona
Referee: Federico Beligoy (Argentina)
4 October 2017 R16 Unión Santa Fe 0–0
(4–5 p)		 Deportivo Morón Avellaneda, Argentina
18:00 Report Stadium: Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón
Referee: Andrés Merlos (Argentina)
Penalties
F. Fragapane
L. Gamba
G. Méndez
J. Rivas
J. Bottinelli
D. Martínez 		E. Giménez
G. Martínez
D. Akerman
E. Méndez
N. Martínez
F. Racca

References
  1. "Unión squad". Soccerway. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  2. "Unión transfers". Soccerway. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  3. "Mercado de pases del fútbol Argentino 2017/2018: Altas, bajas y rumores". Soccerway. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  4. "Erramuspe es poderoso". Independiente Medellín. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 3 August 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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