2017–18 Atlético Tucumán season

Atlético Tucumán
2017–18 season
Chairman	Mario Leito
Manager	Ricardo Zielinski
Stadium	Estadio Monumental José Fierro
Primera División	15th
2016–17 Copa Argentina	Runners-up
2017–18 Copa Argentina	Round of 64
Copa Sudamericana	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Luis Rodríguez (4); All: Luis Rodríguez (10)
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 season is Atlético Tucumán's 3rd consecutive season in the top-flight of Argentine football. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Current squad

As of 24 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	Cristian Lucchetti
7	FW	ARG	Luis Miguel Rodríguez
8	MF	ARG	Guillermo Acosta
12	GK	ARG	Franco Pizzicanella
14	MF	ARG	Emanuel Molina
15	MF	ARG	Gastón Iturrieta
19	MF	ARG	David Barbona
20	FW	ARG	Fabio Álvarez
22	MF	ARG	Franco Quiroga
25	MF	ARG	David Valdez
26	MF	COL	Jairo Palomino
29	MF	ARG	Rodrigo Aliendro
30	MF	ARG	Matías Ballini
34	MF	ARG	Ezequiel Cirigliano
35	MF	ARG	Tomás Cuello
37	FW	ARG	Martín Peralta
38	MF	ARG	Mauricio Sanna
—	DF	ARG	Alejandro Melo (on loan from San Lorenzo)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ARG	Alejandro Montiel
—	GK	ARG	Alejandro Sánchez
—	DF	ARG	Cristian Villagra
—	MF	ARG	Dardo Miloc
—	GK	ARG	Facundo Daffonchio
—	DF	ARG	Francisco Grahl
—	DF	ARG	Franco Sbuttoni
—	DF	ARG	Gervasio Núñez
—	MF	URU	Gonzalo Freitas
—	FW	ARG	Hernán Hechalar
—	FW	ARG	Ismael Blanco
—	FW	URU	Mauricio Affonso
—	DF	ARG	Mauro Osores
—	DF	ARG	Nahuel Zárate
—	DF	ARG	Nicolás Romat
—	DF	URU	Rafael García (on loan from Nacional)
—	DF	ARG	Yonathan Cabral (on loan from Racing Club)

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	Bruno Bianchi (at Newell's Old Boys until 30 June 2018)
4	DF	ARG	Ignacio Canuto (at Lanús until 30 June 2018)
5	MF	ARG	Nery Leyes (at Newell's Old Boys until 30 June 2018)

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
6 July 2017	MF	David Barbona	Estudiantes	Undisclosed^[2]
6 July 2017	DF	Gervasio Núñez	Sarmiento	Undisclosed^[3]^[4]
6 July 2017	MF	Rodrigo Aliendro	Chacarita Juniors	Undisclosed^[2]
17 July 2017	DF	Nicolás Romat	Huracán	Undisclosed^[3]^[4]
18 July 2017	MF	Gonzalo Freitas	Liverpool Montevideo	Undisclosed^[4]
18 July 2017	DF	Nahuel Zárate	Unión Santa Fe	Undisclosed^[3]^[4]
27 July 2017	DF	Franco Sbuttoni	Sagan Tosu	Undisclosed^[3]^[4]
1 August 2017	FW	Mauricio Affonso	Peñarol	Undisclosed^[3]
7 August 2017	GK	Alejandro Sánchez	Nueva Chicago	Undisclosed^[3]
11 August 2017	FW	Ismael Blanco	Colón	Undisclosed^[3]
13 August 2017	MF	Dardo Miloc	Gimnasia y Esgrima	Undisclosed^[3]
17 August 2017	DF	Cristian Villagra	Rosario Central	Undisclosed^[3]
23 August 2017	FW	Hernán Hechalar	Independiente Medellín	Undisclosed^[3]

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
1 July 2017	FW	Cristian Menéndez	Veracruz	Undisclosed^[3]^[4]
1 July 2017	FW	Gonzalo Ontivero	San Jorge	Undisclosed^[3]^[4]
2 July 2017	GK	Josué Ayala	Temperley	Undisclosed^[3]^[4]
6 July 2017	FW	Leandro González	Omonia	Undisclosed^[3]^[4]
13 July 2017	FW	Fernando Zampedri	Rosario Central	Undisclosed^[3]^[4]
18 July 2017	DF	Enrique Meza	Guaraní	Undisclosed^[3]^[4]
20 August 2017	MF	Gastón Cuevas	Sportivo Italiano	Undisclosed^[3]

Loan in

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	From
6 July 2017	30 June 2018	DF	Alejandro Melo	San Lorenzo^[3]
20 July 2017	30 June 2018	DF	Yonathan Cabral	Racing Club^[3]^[4]
17 August 2017	30 June 2018	DF	Rafael García	Nacional^[3]

Loan out

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	To
8 July 2017	30 June 2018	DF	Bruno Bianchi	Newell's Old Boys^[3]
12 July 2017	30 June 2018	DF	Ignacio Canuto	Lanús^[5]
27 July 2017	30 June 2018	MF	Nery Leyes	Newell's Old Boys^[6]

Friendlies

Pre-season

Win Draw Loss

8 August 2017 Friendly	Arsenal de Sarandí	0–1	Atlético Tucumán	Avellaneda, Argentina
		Report	G. Núñez	Stadium: Estadio Julio Humberto Grondona

8 August 2017 Friendly	Arsenal de Sarandí	1–2	Atlético Tucumán	Avellaneda, Argentina
	G. Gómez	Report	M. Osores F. Grahl	Stadium: Estadio Julio Humberto Grondona

12 August 2017 Friendly	Tigre	Cancelled	Atlético Tucumán
		Report

15 August 2017 Friendly	Atlético Tucumán	5–3	San Jorge
	L. Rodríguez D. Barbona G. Núñez Jiménez	Report

15 August 2017 Friendly	Atlético Tucumán	1–1	San Jorge
		Report

Primera División

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
13	Belgrano	27	10	10	7	29	28	+1	40
14	Vélez Sarsfield	27	10	8	9	31	32	−1	38
15	Atlético Tucumán	27	8	12	7	29	26	+3	36
16	Estudiantes (LP)	27	10	6	11	25	26	−1	36
17	Banfield	27	9	8	10	27	24	+3	35

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.^[7]^[8]

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H
Result	W	L	D	L	D	D	W	W	D	L	L	W
Position	6	15	17	19	19	19	16	12	12	16	16	15

Updated to match(es) played on 12 December 2017. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

27 August 2017 1	Atlético Tucumán	2–1	Godoy Cruz	San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
14:05	F. Sbuttoni 17' L. Rodríguez 23'	Report	S. Olivarez 58'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental José Fierro Referee: Jorge Baliño (Argentina)

8 September 2017 2	Vélez Sarsfield	2–0	Atlético Tucumán	Buenos Aires, Argentina
19:05	M. Romero 43', 73'	Report		Stadium: José Amalfitani Stadium Referee: Germán Delfino (Argentina)

17 September 2017 3	Atlético Tucumán	1–1	Chacarita Juniors	San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
14:05	L. Rodríguez 60'	Report	J. Mendoza 23'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental José Fierro Referee: Facundo Tello (Argentina)

22 September 2017 4	Patronato	2–1	Atlético Tucumán	Paraná, Argentina
21:05	A. Balboa 9' S. Ribas 54'	Report	G. Freitas 72'	Stadium: Estadio Presbítero Bartolomé Grella Referee: Silvio Trucco (Argentina)

29 September 2017 5	Atlético Tucumán	0–0	Belgrano	San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
21:05		Report		Stadium: Estadio Monumental José Fierro Referee: Darío Herrera (Argentina)

15 October 2017 6	River Plate	2–2	Atlético Tucumán	Buenos Aires, Argentina
18:05	M. Casco 50' R. Borré 53'	Report	L. Rodríguez 65' I. Blanco 74'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Referee: Federico Beligoy (Argentina)

28 October 2017 7	Atlético Tucumán	3–1	Racing Club	San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
18:20	F. Álvarez 4' G. Acosta 17' M. Barbieri 21' (o.g.)	Report	L. Martínez 45+4'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental José Fierro Referee: Fernando Echenique (Argentina)

4 November 2017 8	Rosario Central	0–1	Atlético Tucumán	Rosario, Argentina
18:05		Report	G. Núñez 53'	Stadium: Estadio Gigante de Arroyito Referee: Andrés Merlos (Argentina)

17 November 2017 9	Atlético Tucumán	0–0	Arsenal de Sarandí	San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
19:15		Report		Stadium: Estadio Monumental José Fierro Referee: Germán Delfino (Argentina)

26 November 2017 10	Estudiantes	1–0	Atlético Tucumán	Quilmes, Argentina
17:00	B. Cejas 88'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Centenario Dr. José Luis Meiszner Referee: Silvio Trucco (Argentina)

30 November 2017 11	San Lorenzo	2–0	Atlético Tucumán	Buenos Aires, Argentina
19:15	N. Blandi 6' N. Reniero 82'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Pedro Bidegain Referee: Ariel Penel (Argentina)

4 December 2017 12	Atlético Tucumán	2–0	Colón	San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
19:15	L. Rodríguez 24' G. Acosta 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Monumental José Fierro Referee: Andrés Merlos (Argentina)

January 2018 13	Atlético Tucumán	–	Temperley	San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Monumental José Fierro

Copa Argentina

Win Draw Loss

19 September 2017^{[nb 1]} R32	Independiente	1–2	Atlético Tucumán	Mendoza, Argentina
21:10	M. Meza 14'	Report	G. Freitas 57' R. Aliendro 76'	Stadium: Estadio Malvinas Argentinas^{[nb 2]} Referee: Fernando Echenique (Argentina)

4 October 2017 R16	Atlético Tucumán	4–0	Sarmiento	Salta, Argentina
21:10	H. Hechalar 35' I. Blanco 37' D. Barbona 50' A. Melo 88'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena Referee: Jorge Baliño (Argentina)

24 October 2017 QF	Atlético Tucumán	1–0	Vélez Sarsfield	Santa Fe, Argentina
21:10	F. Álvarez 66'	Report		Stadium: Estadio 15 de Abril Referee: Facundo Tello (Argentina)

10 November 2017 SF	Atlético Tucumán	0–0 (3–1 p)	Rosario Central	Formosa, Argentina
20:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Antonio Romero Referee: Federico Beligoy (Argentina)
	Penalties
	D. Barbona F. Grahl F. Álvarez		F. Carrizo M. Ruben D. Rodríguez M. Martínez

9 December 2017 Final	River Plate	2–1	Atlético Tucumán	Mendoza, Argentina
19:15	I. Scocco 10' I. Fernández 48'	Report	L. Rodríguez 12'	Stadium: Estadio Malvinas Argentinas Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)

Copa Sudamericana

Win Draw Loss

Second stage

12 July 2017 First leg	Oriente Petrolero	2–3	Atlético Tucumán	Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
21:45	M. Freitas 1', 87'	Report	L. Rodríguez 63' B. Bianchi 71' F. Zampedri 88'	Stadium: Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera Referee: Juan Albarracín (Ecuador)

1 August 2017 Second leg	Atlético Tucumán	3–0 (agg: 6–2)	Oriente Petrolero	San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
21:45	L. Rodríguez 44', 50', 83'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Monumental José Fierro Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

Round of 16

22 August 2017 First leg	Atlético Tucumán	1–0	Independiente	San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
21:45	L. Rodríguez 43'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Monumental José Fierro Referee: Anderson Daronco (Brazil)

12 September 2017 Second leg	Independiente	2–0 (agg: 2–1)	Atlético Tucumán	Avellaneda, Argentina
21:45	L. Fernández 17' M. Benítez 83'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)

Notes

^ Match was originally scheduled for 17 August 2017 before being postponed.^[9]
^ Original match was set to take place at the Estadio Ciudad de Lanús – Néstor Díaz Pérez.^[9]

References

^ "Atlético Tucumán squad". Soccerway. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Alejandro Melo y Gervasio Núñez, las nuevas caras del Decano". TyC Sports. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u "Atlético Tucumán transfers". Soccerway. 29 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "Mercado de pases del fútbol Argentino 2017/2018: Altas, bajas y rumores". Soccerway. 29 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
^ "Lanús tiene todo acordado con Canuto". TyC Sports. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
^ "Nery Leyes firmó en Newell's". TyC Sports. 27 July 2017. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
^ "Reglamento del Campeonato de Primera División 2017–18" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.
^ "Reglamento General AFA" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.
^ ^a ^b "Confirman la postergación de Independiente-At. Tucumán". ESPN. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.

[10] Match was originally scheduled for 17 August 2017 before being postponed.^[9]

[11] Original match was set to take place at the Estadio Ciudad de Lanús – Néstor Díaz Pérez.^[9]

[Soccerway_profile-1] "Atlético Tucumán squad". Soccerway. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.

[D._Barbona_and_R._Aliendro_join_permanently-2] "Alejandro Melo y Gervasio Núñez, las nuevas caras del Decano". TyC Sports. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.

[Soccerway_transfers-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u "Atlético Tucumán transfers". Soccerway. 29 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.

[Goal.com_transfers-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "Mercado de pases del fútbol Argentino 2017/2018: Altas, bajas y rumores". Soccerway. 29 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.

[I._Canuto_loaned-5] "Lanús tiene todo acordado con Canuto". TyC Sports. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.

[N._Leyes_loaned-6] "Nery Leyes firmó en Newell's". TyC Sports. 27 July 2017. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.

[rules-7] "Reglamento del Campeonato de Primera División 2017–18" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.

[8] "Reglamento General AFA" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.

[Copa_postponement-9] "Confirman la postergación de Independiente-At. Tucumán". ESPN. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.

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