2016–17 Club Atlético Independiente season

Independiente
2016–17 season
President	Hugo Moyano
Manager	Gabriel Milito
Stadium	Libertadores de América
Primera División	Preseason
Copa Sudamericana	Round of 32
	← 2016 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 season Independiente participated in the Primera División, Copa Sudamericana and continued in Copa Argentina from the previous season.

Club

Kits

Supplier: Puma SE
Main Sponsor:: Correo OCA /
Secondary Sponsor: Audifarm Salud

Home Kit	Away Kit	Alternate Kit	GK kit

Current squad

Last updated on May 22, 2016

Squad No.	Name	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Apps	Goals	Signed from
Goalkeepers
13	Gonzalo Rehak	GK	(1994-01-11) January 11, 1994 (age 30)	0	0	Academy
25	Martín Campaña	GK	(1989-05-29) May 29, 1989 (age 35)	18	0	Defensor Sporting
	Damián Albil	GK	(1979-02-09) February 9, 1979 (age 45)	19	0	Academy
Defenders
2	Hernán Pellerano (VC)	DF	(1984-06-04) June 4, 1984 (age 40)	35	0	Vélez Sarsfield
3	Nicolás Tagliafico	DF	(1992-08-31) August 31, 1992 (age 32)	59	2	Banfield
14	Víctor Cuesta	DF	(1988-11-19) November 19, 1988 (age 35)	73	5	Huracán
16	Fabricio Bustos	DF	(1996-04-28) April 28, 1996 (age 28)	0	0	Academy
17	Jorge Nicolás Figal	DF	(1994-04-03) April 3, 1994 (age 30)	21	0	Olimpo
20	Damián Martínez	DF	(1990-01-31) January 31, 1990 (age 34)	1	0	Defensa y Justicia
23	Néstor Breitenbruch	DF	(1995-09-13) September 13, 1995 (age 29)	15	0	Quilmes
26	Gustavo Toledo	DF	(1989-09-19) September 19, 1989 (age 35)	54	0	Banfield
Midfielders
4	Jorge Ortiz	MF	(1984-06-20) June 20, 1984 (age 40)	33	1	Lanús
5	Julián Vitale	MF	(1995-07-21) July 21, 1995 (age 29)	21	1	Academy
8	Jesús Méndez	MF	(1984-08-01) August 1, 1984 (age 40)	84	2	Rosario Central
10	Cristian Rodríguez	MF	(1985-09-30) September 30, 1985 (age 39)	24	3	Grêmio
15	Diego Martín Rodríguez	MF	(1989-09-04) September 4, 1989 (age 35)	28	1	Godoy Cruz
21	Domingo Blanco	MF	(1995-04-22) April 22, 1995 (age 29)	2	0	Academy
22	Juan Sánchez Miño	MF	(1990-01-01) January 1, 1990 (age 34)	1	0	Cruzeiro
24	Emiliano Rigoni	MF	(1993-02-04) February 4, 1993 (age 31)	20	6	Belgrano
27	Ezeqiuel Braco	MF	(1997-01-01) January 1, 1997 (age 27)	3	0	Academy
-	Brian Ferreira	MF	(1994-05-24) May 24, 1994 (age 30)	0	0	Academy
Forwards
7	Martín Benítez	FW	(1994-06-17) June 17, 1994 (age 30)	92	12	Academy
9	Diego Vera	FW	(1985-01-05) January 5, 1985 (age 39)	25	3	Estudiantes (LP)
11	Leandro Fernández	FW	(1991-03-12) March 12, 1991 (age 33)	14	5	Godoy Cruz
12	Nicolás Messiniti	FW	(1996-01-01) January 1, 1996 (age 28)	0	0	Academy
18	Lucas Albertengo	FW	(1991-01-30) January 30, 1991 (age 33)	30	10	Atlético Rafaela
19	Germán Denis	FW	(1981-09-10) September 10, 1981 (age 43)	87	40	Atalanta
29	Jonathan Cañete	FW	(1996-07-12) July 12, 1996 (age 28)	0	0	Academy

Current coaching staff


Position	Staff
Coach	Gabriel Milito
Assistant Coach	Carlos Compagnucci
Assistant Coach	Xavi Tamarit
Fitness Coach	Gabriel Macaya
Goalkeepers coach	Pablo Cavallero
Reserve team Coach	Fernando Berón
Youth Department	Jorge Griffa
Doctor	Dr Luis Chiaradia
Doctor	Dr Sergio Mauro
Kinesiology	Gabriel De Brasi
Kinesiology	Julio Zunino
Massageist	Christian Trobec
Props	Daniel Sotelo
Props	Mariano Bagtano

Source: clubaindependiente.com

Transfers

Player In


No	Name	Nation	Pos	Moving From	Type	Fee (in $)
-	Nicolás Figal		Defender	Olimpo	Loan Return	Free
-	Damián Martínez		Defender	Defensa y Justicia	Transfer	500,000 $
-	Juan Sánchez Miño		Forward	Cruzeiro	Transfer	1,400,000 $

Total spending: : 1,900,000 $

Player Out


No	Name	Nation	Pos	Moving to	Type	Fee (in $)
Summer
6	Emanuel Aguilera		Defender	Atlético Rafaela	Transfer	2,000,000 $
20	Ezequiel Vidal		Forward	Olimpo	End of Loan	Free
22	Claudio Aquino		Midfielder	Fluminense	Loan Out	200,000 $
27	Rodrigo Gómez		Midfielder	Deportivo Toluca	Transfer (50%)	1,300,000 $
29	Saúl Nelle		Midfielder	Los Andes	Loan Out	Free
34	Rafael Barrios		Goalkeeper	Defensa y Justicia	Transfer (80%)

Total Income : 3,500,000 $

Pre-season

Win Draw Loss Postponed

2 July 2016	Independiente	3 – 0	Independiente Chivilcoy	Avellaneda
		[ Report]		Stadium: Libertadores de América

13 July 2016	Independiente	2 – 1	Villa Dálmine	Avellaneda
	Jesús Méndez Domingo Blanco	[ Report]	Hernán Pellerano o.g.'	Stadium: Libertadores de América

13 July 2016	Independiente	1 – 0	Villa Dálmine	Avellaneda
	Denis	[ Report]		Stadium: Libertadores de América

16 July 2016	Independiente	4 – 0	Defensor Sporting	Avellaneda
	Denis Benítez , Rigoni	[ Report]		Stadium: Libertadores de América

23 July 2016	Independiente	0 – 1	Aldosivi	Avellaneda, Argentina
			Lugüercio	Stadium: Libertadores de América

30 July 2016	Gimnasia LP	1 – 1	Independiente	La Plata
15:00	Carrera 62'	[ Report]	Germán Denis 17'	Stadium: Ciudad de La Plata

Competitions

Overall

Last updated on 21 June 2016

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Primera División	–	–	–	TBA	TBA
Copa Argentina	Round of 64	Round of 32	N/A	4 May 2016	N/A
Copa Sudamericana	Second stage	Second stage	N/A	TBA	N/A

Overview

Last updated on 21 June 2016

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Primera División	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Copa Argentina	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Copa Sudamericana	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Primera División

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Round 1	Belgrano	v	Independiente	Córdoba
				Stadium: Mario Alberto Kempes

Round 2	Independiente	v	Godoy Cruz	Avellaneda
				Stadium: Libertadores de América

Round 3	Quilmes	v	Independiente	Quilmes
				Stadium: Centenario Dr. José Luis Meiszner

Round 4	Independiente	v	Tigre	Avellaneda
				Stadium: Libertadores de América

Round 5	Sarmiento	v	Independiente	Junín
				Stadium: Eva Perón

Round 6	Independiente	v	Atlético Tucumán	Avellaneda
				Stadium: Libertadores de América

Round 7	Temperley	v	Independiente	Turdera
				Stadium: Alfredo Beranger

Round 8	Independiente	v	Gimnasia LP	Avellaneda
				Stadium: Libertadores de América

Round 9	Rosario Central	v	Independiente	Rosario
				Stadium: Gigante de Arroyito

Round 10	Independiente	v	San Lorenzo	Avellaneda
				Stadium: Libertadores de América

Round 11	Racing Club	v	Independiente	Avellaneda
				Stadium: Presidente Juan Domingo Perón

Round 12	Independiente	v	River Plate	Avellaneda
				Stadium: Libertadores de América

Round 13	Colón	v	Independiente	Santa Fe
				Stadium: Brigadier General Estanislao López

Round 14	Independiente	v	Banfield	Avellaneda
				Stadium: Libertadores de América

Round 15	Talleres (Córdoba)	v	Independiente	Córdoba
				Stadium: Mario Alberto Kempes

Round 16	Independiente	v	San Martín (San Juan)	Avellaneda
				Stadium: Libertadores de América

Round 17	Defensa y Justicia	v	Independiente	Buenos Aires
				Stadium: Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello

Round 18	Independiente	v	Vélez Sarsfield	Avellaneda
				Stadium: Libertadores de América

Round 19	Patronato	v	Independiente	Paraná
				Stadium: Presbítero Bartolomé Grella

Round 20	Independiente	v	Atlético Rafaela	Avellaneda
				Stadium: Libertadores de América

Round 21	Arsenal	v	Independiente	Sarandí
				Stadium: Julio Humberto Grondona

Round 22	Independiente	v	Estudiantes LP	Avellaneda
				Stadium: Libertadores de América

Round 23	Newell's Old Boys	v	Independiente	Rosario
				Stadium: Marcelo Bielsa

Round 24	Independiente	v	Racing Club	Avellaneda
				Stadium: Libertadores de América

Round 25	Independiente	v	Huracán	Avellaneda
				Stadium: Libertadores de América

Round 26	Aldosivi	v	Independiente	Mar del Plata
				Stadium: José María Minella

Round 27	Boca Juniors	v	Independiente	Buenos Aires
				Stadium: La Bombonera

Round 28	Independiente	v	Club Olimpo	Avellaneda
				Stadium: Libertadores de América

Round 29	Unión Santa Fe	v	Independiente	Santa Fe
				Stadium: 15 de Abril

Round 30	Independiente	v	Lanús	Avellaneda
				Stadium: Libertadores de América

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
4	Racing	30	17	4	9	51	40	+11	55	Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
5	Banfield	30	17	3	10	42	35	+7	54	Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage
6	Independiente	30	14	11	5	39	23	+16	53	Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage^[a]
7	San Lorenzo	30	16	5	9	46	35	+11	53	Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage
8	Lanús	30	14	8	8	36	25	+11	50	Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage

Source: AFA
Notes:

^ Independiente qualified for the Copa Libertadores group stage by winning the 2017 Copa Sudamericana.

Relegation

Pos	Team	2015 Pts	2016 Pts	2016–17 Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg
3	Boca Juniors	64	20	0	84	46	1.826
4	Estudiantes (LP)	51	32	0	83	46	1.804
5	Independiente	54	27	0	81	46	1.761
6	Racing	57	24	64	81	46	0.942
7	Lanús	42	38	0	80	46	1.739

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 31 May 2016.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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	28	29	30
Ground
Result
Position

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Copa Argentina

Round of 64

Continue from the Previous season

4 May 2016 Round of 64	Independiente	2 – 1	San Telmo	Formosa
22:00	Víctor Cuesta 22' Fernández 36' Aquino 48'	Report	Leandro Wagner 45' Nahuel Oviedo 49' Guillermo Esteban 62' Cristian Leiva 67' Matías Correa 73'	Stadium: Estadio Antonio Romero Referee: Pedro Argañaraz

Round of 32

Independiente

v

Defensa y Justicia

Copa Sudamericana

Second stage

First leg	Lanús	v	Independiente	Lanús
				Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de Lanús

Second leg	Independiente	v	Lanús	Avellaneda
				Stadium: Libertadores de América

Statistics

Squad statistics

Last updated on 21 June 2016


Nation	No.	Name	GS	Min.	Assist	GS	Min.	Assist	GS	Min.	Assist	GS	Min.	Assist
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards

Goals

Last updated on 21 June 2016

Rank	Player	Position	Primera División	Copa Argentina	Copa Sudamericana	Total
Total

Clean sheets

Last updated on 21 June 2016

Rank	Player	Position	Primera División	Copa Argentina	Copa Sudamericana	Total
Total			0	0	0	0

Disciplinary record

Last updated on 21 June 2016

No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Primera División			Copa Argentina			Copa Sudamericana			Total			Suspended
No.	Pos	Nat	Name

Overall

Last updated on 20 May 2016

	Total	Home	Away	Naturel
Games played	-	-	-	-
Games won	-	-	-	-
Games drawn	-	-	-	-
Games lost	-	-	-	-
Biggest win	-	-	-	-
Biggest loss	-	-	-	-
Biggest win (League)	-	-	-	N/A
Biggest win (Copa Argentina)	-	N/A	N/A	-
Biggest win (Copa Sudamericana)	-	-	-	N/A
Biggest loss (League)	-	-	-	N/A
Biggest loss (Copa Argentina)	-	N/A	N/A	-
Biggest loss (Copa Sudamericana)	-	-	-	N/A
Clean sheets	-	-	-	-
Goals scored	-	-	-	-
Goals conceded	-	-	-	-
Goal difference	-	-	-	-
Average GF per game	-	-	-	-
Average GA per game	-	-	-	-
Yellow cards	-	-	-	-
Red cards	-	-	-	-
Most appearances	-	–
Most minutes played	-	–
Most goals	–	–
Penalties for	-	-	-	-
Penalties against	-	-	-	-

References

External links

Club Atlético Independiente (in Spanish)

[table_note_res_CLGS20.84375471987005-1] Independiente qualified for the Copa Libertadores group stage by winning the 2017 Copa Sudamericana.

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