2018–19 Racing Club de Avellaneda season

The 2018–19 season was Racing Club de Avellaneda's 34th consecutive season in the top-flight of Argentine football. The season covered the period from 10 August 2018 to 7 April 2019. The club won their 18th league title, and first in five seasons since 2014.

Racing Club de Avellaneda
2018–19 season
ManagerEduardo Coudet
StadiumEstadio Juan Domingo Perón
Primera División1st
Copa ArgentinaRound of 64
Copa LibertadoresRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Lisandro López (17)
All: Lisandro López (18)

Players

First-team squad
As of 1 March 2019.[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  CHI Gabriel Arias
2 DF  ARG Alejandro Donatti
3 DF  ARG Alexis Soto
4 DF  ARG Iván Pillud
5 DF  CHI Eugenio Mena
6 DF  ARG Lucas Orbán
7 FW  COL Mateo Cassierra (on loan from Ajax)
8 MF  ARG Guillermo Fernández
9 FW  ARG Jonatan Cristaldo
10 MF  ARG Ricardo Centurión
11 FW  ARG Andrés Ríos
13 GK  ARG Javier García
14 DF  ARG Rodrigo Schlegel
15 FW  ARG Lisandro López
16 MF  ARG Mauricio Martínez
17 MF  ARG Martín Ojeda
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF  ARG Augusto Solari
19 MF  ARG Neri Cardozo
20 FW  ARG Darío Cvitanich
21 MF  CHI Marcelo Díaz
23 MF  ARG Nery Domínguez
24 MF  ARG Julián López
25 GK  ARG Gastón Gómez
26 DF  ARG Renzo Saravia
28 MF  ARG Federico Zaracho
29 FW  ARG Alexis Cuello
30 DF  ARG Leonardo Sigali
33 MF  ARG Evelio Cardozo
— GK  ARG Federico Escobar
— GK  VEN Carlos Olces (on loan from La Guaira)
— MF  ARG Juan Sánchez de León
For recent transfers, see List of Argentine football transfers winter 2018–19.

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
— GK  ARG Nicolás Stella (at Gimnasia y Esgrima (J))
— DF  ARG Miguel Barbieri (at Rosario Central)
— DF  ARG Yonathan Cabral (at Atlético Tucumán)
— DF  ARG Cristian Marcial (at Fénix)
— DF  PAR Juan Patiño (at Belgrano)
— DF  ARG Gonzalo Piovi (at Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP))
— MF  ARG Nelson Acevedo (at Unión Santa Fe)
— MF  ARG Braian Álvarez (at Unión Santa Fe)
— MF  ARG Facundo Castillón (at Aldosivi)
— MF  ARG Diego González (at Tijuana)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  ARG Facundo Gutiérrez (at Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP))
— MF  ARG Marcelo Meli (at Belgrano)
— MF  ARG Nicolás Oroz (at O'Higgins)
— MF  ARG Martín Pérez Guedes (at Defensores de Belgrano)
— MF  ARG Santiago Rosales (at Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP))
— FW  ARG Juan Dinenno (at Deportivo Cali)
— FW  ARG Braian Guille (at Brown)
— FW  ARG Augusto Lotti (at Unión Santa Fe)
— FW  ARG Ricardo Noir (at Atlético Tucumán)
— FW  ARG Braian Mansilla (at Gimnasia)

Competitions

Superliga Argentina
Main article: 2018–19 Argentine Primera División

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Racing (C) 25 17 6 2 43 16 +27 57 Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
2 Defensa y Justicia 25 15 8 2 33 18 +15 53
3 Boca Juniors 25 15 6 4 42 18 +24 51
4 River Plate 25 13 6 6 42 21 +21 45 Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage[lower-alpha 1]
5 Atlético Tucumán 25 12 6 7 36 29 +7 42 Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage
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.[2][3]
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. River Plate qualified for the Copa Libertadores group stage by winning the 2018–19 Copa Argentina.

[2][4]

Matches
14 August 2018 1 Atletico Tucuman 2—2 Racing Tucumán
Stadium: Monumental José Fierro
Referee: Néstor Pitana
19 August 2018 2 Racing Club de Avellaneda 2—0 Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield
24 August 2018 3 Club Atlético Patronato 0—3 Racing
2 September 2018 4 Racing 2—0 Rosario Central

Copa Argentina
Main article: 2018–19 Copa Argentina
July 21, 2019 Round of 64 Racing 0–0
(3–4 p)		 Boca Unidos Lanús, Pcia. de Buenos Aires
17:10 Report Stadium: Ciudad de Lanús – Néstor Díaz Pérez
Referee: Hernán Mastrángelo
Penalties
López
Rojas
Barbona
Pillud
Cvitanich
Díaz 		Baroni
Ojeda
Fabro
A. Morales
Vizcarra
Alloco

2018 Copa Libertadores
Main article: 2018 Copa Libertadores

Group stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CRU RAC VAS UCH
1 Cruzeiro 6 3 2 1 15 5 +10 11 Round of 16 — 2–1 0–0 7–0
2 Racing 6 3 2 1 12 6 +6 11 4–2 — 4–0 1–0
3 Vasco da Gama 6 1 2 3 3 10 −7 5 Copa Sudamericana 0–4 1–1 — 0–1
4 Universidad de Chile 6 1 2 3 2 11 −9 5 0–0 1–1 0–2 —
Source: CONMEBOL
27 February 2018 (2018-02-27) 1 Racing 4–2 Cruzeiro Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón, Avellaneda
21:30 UTC−3
Report
Attendance: 35,920
Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)
3 April 2018 (2018-04-03) 2 Universidad de Chile 1–1 Racing Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago
21:30 UTC−3
Report
Attendance: 45,545
Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)
19 April 2018 (2018-04-19) 3 Racing 4–0 Vasco da Gama Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón, Avellaneda
19:15 UTC−3
Report Attendance: 41,893
Referee: Ulises Mereles (Paraguay)
26 April 2018 (2018-04-26) 4 Vasco da Gama 1–1 Racing Estádio São Januário, Rio de Janeiro
21:30 UTC−3
Report
Attendance: 10,346
Referee: Diego Haro (Peru)
3 May 2018 (2018-05-03) 5 Racing 1–0 Universidad de Chile Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón, Avellaneda
19:15 UTC−3
Report Attendance: 43,785
Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)
22 May 2018 (2018-05-22) 6 Cruzeiro 2–1 Racing Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte
21:30 UTC−3
Report
Attendance: 44,512
Referee: Andrés Rojas (Colombia)

Knockout phase
9 August 2018 (2018-08-09) Round of 16 1st leg Racing 0–0 River Plate Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón, Avellaneda
19:30 UTC−3 Report Referee: Anderson Daronco (Brazil)
29 August 2018 (2018-08-29) Round of 16 2nd leg River Plate 3–0
(3–0 agg.)		 Racing Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires
19:30 UTC−3
Report Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)

References
  1. "Racing Club squad". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  2. "REGLAMENTO DE COMPETENCIAS PRIMERA DIVISIÓN – 2018/2019" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.
  3. "Reglamento General AFA" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.
  4. "Reglamento General AFA" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.
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