2017–18 Unión de Santa Fe season

Unión de Santa Fe
2017–18 season
President	Luis Spahn
Manager	Leonardo Madelón; (from 10 July 2017)
Stadium	Estadio 15 de Abril
Primera División	3rd
2016–17 Copa Argentina	Round of 16
2017–18 Copa Argentina	Round of 64
Top goalscorer	League: Franco Soldano (6); All: Two players (6)
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

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.

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

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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^[a]
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:

^ River Plate qualified for the Copa Libertadores group stage by winning the 2018 Copa Libertadores.

Results by matchday

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

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

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

^ "Unión squad". Soccerway. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Unión transfers". Soccerway. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Mercado de pases del fútbol Argentino 2017/2018: Altas, bajas y rumores". Soccerway. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
^ "Erramuspe es poderoso". Independiente Medellín. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Reglamento del Campeonato de Primera División 2017–18" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.
^ "Reglamento General AFA" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.

[table_note_res_CLGS30.72504202543061-5] River Plate qualified for the Copa Libertadores group stage by winning the 2018 Copa Libertadores.

[Soccerway_profile-1] "Unión squad". Soccerway. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.

[Soccerway_transfers-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Unión transfers". Soccerway. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.

[Goal.com_transfers-3] "Mercado de pases del fútbol Argentino 2017/2018: Altas, bajas y rumores". Soccerway. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.

[R._Erramuspe_leaves-4] "Erramuspe es poderoso". Independiente Medellín. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}

[rules-6] "Reglamento del Campeonato de Primera División 2017–18" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.

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

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