2017–18 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season

Boca Juniors
2017–18 season
President	Daniel Angelici
Manager	Guillermo Barros Schelotto
Stadium	Estadio Alberto J. Armando ; (La Bombonera)
Primera División	Winners
Copa Argentina	Round of 16
Supercopa Argentina	Runners-up
Copa Libertadores	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Darío Benedetto (12); All: Darío Benedetto (12)
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season is the 89th consecutive Primera División season for the senior squad. During the season, Boca Juniors will take part in the Primera División, Copa Argentina, Supercopa Argentina and in the Group Stage of the Copa Libertadores.

Season overview[edit]

June[edit]

Ramiro Martínez is transferred to Godoy Cruz.^[1]

July[edit]

Fernando Evangelista, Leandro Marín, Nicolás Colazo, Gonzalo Castellani, Franco Cristaldo, Adrián Cubas, Alexis Messidoro, Tomás Pochettino, Nicolás Benegas, Agustín Bouzat and Andrés Chávez returned from their loans. Axel Werner, Fernando Tobio, Jonathan Silva and Ricardo Centurión returned to their clubs after a loan spell in Boca. In the first days of July Paolo Goltz arrived to the club,^[2] Gonzalo Castellani, Adrián Cubas, Franco Cristaldo and Tomás Pochettino are loaned to Defensa y Justicia^[3] and Leandro Marín is transferred to FC Lausanne-Sport.^[4] Edwin Cardona arrives on a one-year loan from Monterrey^[5] and Cristian Espinoza arrives on an 18-month loan from Villarreal.^[6] Nicolás Colazo is loaned to Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP).^[7] The first friendly is a 1–1 draw against Nacional, Boca won 3–1 in penalties.

August[edit]

The second friendly is a 1–0 victory over Villarreal. In mutual agreement, Boca purchases the rights of Ramón Ábila from Cruzeiro and is loaned to Huracán,^[8] also, in the operation, Alexis Messidoro is loaned to Cruzeiro.^[9] In Salta, Boca won 4–2 in penalties after a 1–1 draw against Banfield. On August 12, Nicolás Benegas is loaned to San Martín (T).^[10] The first official match of the season is a 5–0 win against Gimnasia y Tiro in the Round of 64 of Copa Argentina, with a brace of Benedetto, and a great debut of Cardona. Andrés Chávez is transferred to Panathinaikos.^[11] On August 24, Boca and Peñarol reached an agreement for the transfer of midfielder Nahitan Nández.^[12] Marcelo Torres is loaned to Talleres (C).^[13] Fernando Zuqui is transferred to Estudiantes (LP).^[14] In the first game of the tournament Boca defeated Olimpo 3–0.

September[edit]

On September 2, Boca won 1-0 a friendly Superclásico over River Plate in San Juan. Nazareno Solis is loaned to Huracán.^[15] The second game of the tournament was a 1–0 victory over Lanús. Boca advanced in the Copa Argentina after defeating 1-0 Guillermo Brown in the Round of 32. On September 18 Boca won 4–1 over Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba, followed by a 4–0 victory over Vélez Sarsfield. After 12 games without losing, Boca was defeated by Rosario Central and was eliminated of the 2016–17 Copa Argentina.

October[edit]

Boca won a tough match against Chacarita Juniors on the first match of October. Boca won the match against Patronato and against Belgrano, and set a team record with seven wins from the first seven matches in the league.

November[edit]

In the Superclásico, Boca won 2–1 over River Plate, winning eight games in a row. Boca finally lost 2–1 against Racing Club, Darío Benedetto suffered a knee injured and is out for six months. The second defeat came after a 1–0 loss against Rosario Central.

December[edit]

Boca returned to the victory after a 2-0 winning over Arsenal. In the last match of the year Boca won 1–0 over Estudiantes (LP) staying on the top in the entire 2017. On December 20 Boca were drawn into Group H of the 2018 Copa Libertadores with Brazilian team Palmeiras, Peruvian champions Alianza Lima and a team from the Qualifying Stages.^[16] Ramón Ábila returned from his loan on Huracán. On December 27, right back Julio Buffarini arrives to the club.^[17] Agustín Bouzat is transferred to Vélez Sarsfield.^[18]

January[edit]

Left back Emmanuel Mas signed a three-year contract with the club.^[19] After a controversial departure and hard talks, Carlos Tevez has returned to Boca.^[20] Nahuel Molina Lucero is loaned to Defensa y Justicia. Boca and Fernando Evangelista agreed to mutually terminate the defender's contract, Evangelista subsequently joined Newell's Old Boys. Playmaker Emanuel Reynoso arrived to the club from Talleres (C) for $1.500.000 and the loan of Alexis Messidoro and percentages of other players.^[21] On the kickoff return of the Argentine League, Boca won 2–0 over Colón. Boca and Gonzalo Castellani agreed to mutually terminate the midfielder's contract, Castellani subsequently joined Atlético Nacional. Boca and Juan Manuel Insaurralde agreed to mutually terminate the defender's contract, Insaurralde subsequently joined Colo-Colo.

February[edit]

Gino Peruzzi is loaned to Nacional.^[22] On February 4, Boca was held by San Lorenzo to a 1–1 draw. On February 11, Boca got a hard 1–0 win against Temperley, and other 1–0 against Banfield to keep leading the tournament. On February 25, Boca won 4–2 over San Martín (SJ).

March[edit]

Boca drew 0–0 against Alianza Lima in the first game of 2018 Copa Libertadores. On March 5, Boca played the worst match of the tournament and lost 2–0 against Argentinos Juniors. On March 10, on a very emotional game, Boca won 2–1 at home against Tigre. In the 2017 Supercopa Argentina Boca lost the Superclásico 2–0 against eternal rival River Plate. Continuing the tournament, Boca drew 1–1 against Atlético Tucumán.

April[edit]

The first match of April was an agonic 2–1 win against Talleres (C). The second match of the group stage of Copa Libertadores was a 1–0 victory over Colombian Junior. On April 8, Boca played awfully against Defensa y Justicia 2–1, nevertheless, Boca keeps leading the tournament. On April 11, Boca were held by Palmeiras to a 1–1 draw away from home, in the third match of Copa Libertadores group stage. Another bad match took Boca to the second consecutive loss, after the 1–0 defeat against Independiente. On April 22, Boca returned to the good game and managed to win 3–1 over Newell's Old Boys. On the fourth game of Copa Libertadores group stage, Boca lost 2–0 against Palmeiras.

May[edit]

The first match of May was a 1–1 draw against Junior in Colombia. In the last game in La Bombonera, Boca won 2–0 over Unión. Boca was crowned League champions after a 2–2 draw against Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP), defending their own title achieved last season, claiming their thirty-third domestic title. The last match of the League was a 3–3 draw against Huracán. The last match of the season was a 5–0 win over Alianza Lima, with this victory, Boca qualified for the Round of 16.

Current squad[edit]

Last updated on May 17, 2018

Squad No.	Name	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Note
Goalkeepers
1	Guillermo Sara	GK	(1987-09-30) September 30, 1987 (age 36)	37	-36	Real Betis
12	Agustín Rossi	GK	(1995-08-21) August 21, 1995 (age 28)	50	-37	Defensa y Justicia
Defenders
2	Paolo Goltz	DF	(1985-05-12) May 12, 1985 (age 38)	25	0	América	Injured
3	Emmanuel Mas	DF	(1989-01-15) January 15, 1989 (age 35)	8	1	Trabzonspor
6	Lisandro Magallán	DF	(1993-09-27) September 27, 1993 (age 30)	63	1	Defensa y Justicia
18	Frank Fabra	DF	(1991-02-22) February 22, 1991 (age 33)	63	7	Independiente Medellín
21	Agustín Heredia	DF	(1997-06-16) June 16, 1997 (age 26)	3	0	Academy
24	Julio Buffarini	DF	(1988-08-18) August 18, 1988 (age 35)	16	0	São Paulo
27	Santiago Vergini (VC 4º)	DF	(1988-08-03) August 3, 1988 (age 35)	44	0	Sunderland
36	Gonzalo Goñi	DF	(1998-08-16) August 16, 1998 (age 25)	1	0	Academy
Midfielders
5	Fernando Gago (C)	MF	(1986-04-10) April 10, 1986 (age 38)	186	8	Valencia
8	Pablo Pérez (VC 2º)	MF	(1985-08-10) August 10, 1985 (age 38)	107	12	Málaga
10	Edwin Cardona	MF	(1992-12-08) December 8, 1992 (age 31)	29	6	Monterrey
14	Sebastián Pérez Cardona	MF	(1993-03-29) March 29, 1993 (age 31)	19	0	Atlético Nacional
15	Nahitan Nández	MF	(1995-12-28) December 28, 1995 (age 28)	30	4	Peñarol
16	Wílmar Barrios	MF	(1993-10-16) October 16, 1993 (age 30)	51	1	Deportes Tolima
20	Gonzalo Maroni	MF	(1999-03-18) March 18, 1999 (age 25)	9	1	Academy
29	Leonardo Jara	MF	(1991-05-20) May 20, 1991 (age 32)	67	2	Estudiantes (LP)
30	Emanuel Reynoso	MF	(1995-11-16) November 16, 1995 (age 28)	16	0	Talleres (C)
33	Gonzalo Lamardo	MF	(1997-04-25) April 25, 1997 (age 26)	1	0	Academy
39	Agustín Almendra	MF	(2000-02-11) February 11, 2000 (age 24)	3	0	Academy
40	Julián Chicco	MF	(1998-01-13) January 13, 1998 (age 26)	5	0	Academy
Forwards
7	Cristian Pavón	FW	(1996-01-21) January 21, 1996 (age 28)	90	25	Colón
9	Darío Benedetto	FW	(1990-05-17) May 17, 1990 (age 33)	42	35	América	Injured
11	Cristian Espinoza	FW	(1995-04-03) April 3, 1995 (age 29)	14	0	Villarreal
17	Ramón Ábila	FW	(1989-10-14) October 14, 1989 (age 34)	16	8	Huracán
19	Walter Bou	FW	(1993-08-25) August 25, 1993 (age 30)	48	9	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)
22	Oscar Benítez	FW	(1993-01-14) January 14, 1993 (age 31)	24	3	Benfica
32	Carlos Tevez (VC 3º)	FW	(1984-02-05) February 5, 1984 (age 40)	182	68	Shanghai Shenhua
34	Guido Vadalá	FW	(1997-02-08) February 8, 1997 (age 27)	6	1	Unión

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Winter[edit]

Players transferred
Date	Pos.	Name	Club	Fee
6 July 2017	DF	Paolo Goltz	América	$2.000.000
9 August 2017	FW	Ramón Ábila	Cruzeiro	Undisclosed
24 August 2017	MF	Nahitan Nández	Peñarol	Undisclosed

Players loaned
Start date	Pos.	Name	Club	End date
19 July 2017	MF	Edwin Cardona	Monterrey	June 2018
28 July 2017	FW	Cristian Espinoza	Villarreal	December 2018

Loan Return
Date	Pos.	Name	Return from
30 June 2017	DF	Fernando Evangelista	Atlético Tucumán
30 June 2017	DF	Leandro Marín	Arsenal
30 June 2017	MF	Gonzalo Castellani	Defensa y Justicia
30 June 2017	MF	Nicolás Colazo	Melbourne City FC
30 June 2017	MF	Franco Cristaldo	Rayo Vallecano
30 June 2017	MF	Adrián Cubas	Pescara
30 June 2017	MF	Alexis Messidoro	Sport Boys
30 June 2017	MF	Tomás Pochettino	Defensa y Justicia
30 June 2017	FW	Nicolás Benegas	Quilmes
30 June 2017	FW	Agustín Bouzat	Defensa y Justicia
30 June 2017	FW	Andrés Chávez	São Paulo

Summer[edit]

Players transferred
Date	Pos.	Name	Club	Fee
27 December 2017	DF	Julio Buffarini	São Paulo	$1.500.000
5 January 2018	DF	Emmanuel Mas	Trabzonspor	$2.800.000
5 January 2018	FW	Carlos Tevez	Shanghai Shenhua	Free
28 January 2018	MF	Emanuel Reynoso	Talleres (C)	$1.500.000

Players loaned
Start date	Pos.	Name	Club	End date

Loan Return
Date	Pos.	Name	Return from
1 January 2018	FW	Ramón Ábila	Huracán

Out[edit]

Winter[edit]

Players transferred
Date	Pos.	Name	Club	Fee
21 April 2017	MF	Rodrigo Bentancur	Juventus	$9.500.000
29 June 2017	GK	Ramiro Martínez	Godoy Cruz	Undisclosed
7 July 2017	DF	Leandro Marín	FC Lausanne-Sport	Undisclosed
17 August 2017	FW	Andrés Chávez	Panathinaikos	Undisclosed
24 August 2017	MF	Fernando Zuqui	Estudiantes (LP)	Undisclosed

Players loaned
Start date	Pos.	Name	Club	End date
7 July 2017	MF	Franco Cristaldo	Defensa y Justicia	June 2018
8 July 2017	MF	Adrián Cubas	Defensa y Justicia	June 2018
19 July 2017	MF	Nicolás Colazo	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	June 2018
July 2017	MF	Gonzalo Castellani	Defensa y Justicia	June 2018
July 2017	MF	Tomás Pochettino	Defensa y Justicia	June 2018
9 August 2017	FW	Ramón Ábila	Huracán	December 2017
24 August 2017	FW	Marcelo Torres	Talleres (C)	June 2018
3 September 2017	FW	Nazareno Solís	Huracán	June 2018

Loan Return
Date	Pos.	Name	Return to
30 June 2017	GK	Axel Werner	Atlético Madrid
30 June 2017	DF	Jonathan Silva	Sporting CP
30 June 2017	DF	Fernando Tobio	Palmeiras
30 June 2017	MF	Ricardo Centurión	São Paulo

Summer[edit]

Players transferred
Date	Pos.	Name	Club	Fee
27 December 2017	FW	Agustín Bouzat	Vélez Sarsfield	Undisclosed
12 January 2018	DF	Fernando Evangelista	Newell's Old Boys	Free
31 January 2018	DF	Juan Manuel Insaurralde	Colo-Colo	Free

Players loaned
Start date	Pos.	Name	Club	End date
11 January 2018	DF	Nahuel Molina Lucero	Defensa y Justicia	December 2018
3 February 2018	DF	Gino Peruzzi	Nacional	June 2018

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

Winter[edit]

Win Draw Loss Postponed

July 29, 2017 Pre-season	Boca Juniors	1–1 (3–1 p)	Nacional	Ciudad del Este, Paraguay
	Cardona 74'		Barcia 72'	Stadium: Estadio Antonio Aranda
	Penalties
	Cardona Vergini Chávez		Ramírez Silveira Rodríguez Barcia

August 2, 2017 Pre-season	Boca Juniors	1–0	Villarreal	Buenos Aires, Argentina
21:30	Pavón 53' Gago 85'		Bonera 84'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Fernando Echenique

August 5, 2017 Pre-season	Boca Juniors	2–2	Colón	Buenos Aires, Argentina
	Benedetto Cardona		Guanca Conti	Stadium: La Bombonera

August 8, 2017 Pre-season	Boca Juniors	1–1 (4–2 p)	Banfield	Salta, Argentina
20:30	Cardona 30' 90+5' Barrios 67' Gago 83'		Sperduti 5' Linares 90+4'	Stadium: Padre Ernesto Martearena Referee: Pablo Dóvalo
	Penalties
	Cardona Bou Fabra Gago		Gómez Bettini Civelli Rodríguez

August 19, 2017 Pre-season	Cerro Porteño	1–2	Boca Juniors	Asunción, Paraguay
20:45	Churín 90'		Barrios 77' Maroni 90+2'	Stadium: Estadio General Pablo Rojas Referee: Ever Aquino

September 2, 2017 Mid-season	Boca Juniors	1–0	River Plate	San Juan, Argentina
16:15	Benítez 68'			Stadium: Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario Referee: Diego Abal

October 6, 2017 Mid-season	San Martín (SJ)	1–0	Boca Juniors	San Juan, Argentina
21:15 UTC−3				Stadium: Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario

Summer[edit]

January 14, 2018 Torneos de Verano	Godoy Cruz	3–2	Boca Juniors	Mendoza, Argentina
22:10	García 17' Garro 22' Angileri 73'		Maroni 27' Bou 67'	Stadium: Malvinas Argentinas

January 17, 2018 Torneos de Verano	Aldosivi	2–2	Boca Juniors	Mar del Plata, Argentina
22:10				Stadium: Estadio José María Minella

January 21, 2017 Copa Luis B. Nofal	Boca Juniors	0–1	River Plate	Mar del Plata, Argentina
22:10				Stadium: Estadio José María Minella

Competitions[edit]

Overall[edit]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Primera División	27 August 2017	May 2018	Matchday 1	Winners	27	18	4	5	50	22	+28	066.67
Copa Argentina	14 August 2017	27 September 2017	Round of 64	Round of 16	3	2	0	1	6	1	+5	066.67
Supercopa Argentina	14 March 2018		Final	Runners-up	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Copa Libertadores	1 March 2018	16 May 2018	Group stage	Round of 16¹	6	2	3	1	8	4	+4	033.33
Total					37	22	7	8	64	29	+35	059.46

Last updated: May 17, 2017
Source: Competitions

1: The final stages are played in the next season.

Primera División[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Boca Juniors (C)	27	18	4	5	50	22	+28	58	Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
2	Godoy Cruz	27	17	5	5	45	24	+21	56
3	San Lorenzo	27	14	8	5	31	20	+11	50
4	Huracán	27	13	9	5	35	24	+11	48
5	Talleres (C)	27	13	7	7	33	20	+13	46	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.^[23]^[24]
(C) Champions

Relegation table[edit]

Pos	Team	2015 Pts	2016 Pts	2016–17 Pts	2017–18 Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg
1	Boca Juniors	64	20	63	58	205	103	1.99
2	San Lorenzo	61	34	53	50	198	103	1.922
3	Racing	57	24	55	45	181	103	1.757

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
27	18	4	5	50	22	+28	58	12	0	2	32	10	+22	6	4	3	18	12	+6

Source: AFA

Results by round[edit]

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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	L	W	W	W	D
Position	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: AFA
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

Win Draw Loss Postponed

August 27, 2017 1	Boca Juniors	3–0	Olimpo	Buenos Aires
18:05 UTC−3	Benedetto 7' (pen.), 84' Pérez 41'	Report	Nasuti 52' Villanueva 83'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Néstor Pitana

September 10, 2017 2	Lanús	0–1	Boca Juniors	Lanús
20:05 UTC−3	Herrera 3' Plácido 40' Silva 74'	Report	Pérez 42' Barrios 58' Cardona 69' Benedetto 83'	Stadium: Ciudad de Lanús Referee: Fernando Echenique

September 17, 2017 3	Boca Juniors	4–1	Godoy Cruz	Buenos Aires
18:05 UTC−3	Pérez 19', 39' Pavón 67' Nández 84'	Report	Garro 9' Galeano 11' Abecasis 48'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Germán Delfino

September 23, 2017 4	Vélez Sarsfield	0–4	Boca Juniors	Buenos Aires
18:05 UTC−3	Amor 12' Cubero 27' Gianetti 37'	Report	Benedetto 14', 50' Jara 41' Fabra 54' 85' Domínguez 62' (o.g.)	Stadium: José Amalfitani Referee: Fernando Espinoza

October 1, 2017 5	Boca Juniors	1–0	Chacarita Juniors	Buenos Aires
18:05 UTC−3	Pavón 2' Cardona 12' 15' Benedetto 43' Barrios 87'	Report	Mellado 10' 53' Ré 18' Rosso 61' Montoya 90+1'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Néstor Pitana

October 15, 2017 6	Patronato	0–2	Boca Juniors	Paraná
20:05 UTC−3	Márquez 26' Cáceres 65' Lemos 69'	Report	Nández 31' Pavón 49' Pérez 65' Benedetto 79'	Stadium: Presbítero Bartolomé Grella Referee: Facundo Tello

October 29, 2017 7	Boca Juniors	4–0	Belgrano	Buenos Aires
18:05 UTC−3	Acosta 15' (o.g.) Fabra 16' Cardona 42' Barrios 53' Benedetto 62', 77'	Report	Figueroa 7' Lértora 7' Brunetta 53' Godoy 72' Riojas 90+1'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Silvio Trucco

November 5, 2017 8	River Plate	1–2	Boca Juniors	Buenos Aires
18:05 UTC−3	E. Pérez 17' Pinola 20' Fernández 37' Lux 38' Maidana 42' Casco 54' Ponzio 68'	Report	Nández 29' 72' Cardona 41' 61' Pérez 56' Pavón 81' Benedetto 86'	Stadium: Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Referee: Néstor Pitana

November 19, 2017 9	Boca Juniors	1–2	Racing Club	Buenos Aires
19:15 UTC−3	Benedetto 40' (pen.) 77' Pérez 44' Peruzzi 55' Fabra 61'	Report	González 2' Martínez 36' Saravia 46' Arévalo Ríos 50' Solari 53' Ibargüen 72'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Darío Herrera

November 26, 2017 10	Rosario Central	1–0	Boca Juniors	Rosario
21:30 UTC−3	Gil 1' Ruben 3' Camacho 31' Lovera 76' Tobio 86' Zampedri 88'	Report	Goltz 35' 37' Pérez 46' Peruzzi 51' Benítez 70' Nández 78'	Stadium: Gigante de Arroyito Referee: Patricio Loustau

December 3, 2017 11	Boca Juniors	2–0	Arsenal	Buenos Aires
19:15 UTC−3	Vadalá 34' Cardona 55' 90+1'	Report	Papa 10' Monteseirín 50' Corvalán 57' Ferreyra 82' Velázquez 87'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Facundo Tello

December 10, 2017 12	Estudiantes (LP)	0–1	Boca Juniors	Quilmes
21:30 UTC−3	Braña 14' Lattanzio 35' Desábato 86'	Report	Pérez 63' Barrios 75' Vergini 86' Vadalá 87' Espinoza 90+1' Evangelista 90+3'	Stadium: Estadio Centenario Referee: Fernando Espinoza

January 27, 2018 13	Boca Juniors	2–0	Colón	Buenos Aires
21:30 UTC−3	Pavón 2' Nández 64'	Report	Fritzler 23' Ledesma 37' Jonathan Galván 58' Toledo 70' Guanca 74'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Federico Beligoy

February 4, 2018 14	San Lorenzo	1–1	Boca Juniors	Buenos Aires
19:15 UTC−3	Botta 3' Rojas 33' 82' Quignon 35' 42'	Report	Tevez 14' Fabra 34' Barrios 66'	Stadium: Pedro Bidegain Referee: Silvio Trucco

February 11, 2018 15	Boca Juniors	1–0	Temperley	Buenos Aires
19:15 UTC−3	Fabra 59' Tevez 81' Ábila 82'	Report	Nani 29' Bogino 68' Scifo 72'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Ariel Penel

February 18, 2018 16	Banfield	0–1	Boca Juniors	Banfield
21:30 UTC−3	Bettini 50' Colela 75' Villagra 79'	Report	Tevez 2' Jara 72' Buffarini 81'	Stadium: Florencio Solá Referee: Mauro Vigliano

February 25, 2018 17	Boca Juniors	4–2	San Martín (SJ)	Buenos Aires
19:15 UTC−3	Tevez 3' Pavón 8' Reynoso 32' Cardona 46' Nández 67' Barrios 79' Ábila 88'	Report	Fernández 12' Escudero 25' Vega 39' Goitía 58' Carabajal 83' Spinelli 86'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Diego Abal

March 5, 2018 18	Argentinos Juniors	2–0	Boca Juniors	Buenos Aires
21:15 UTC−3	A. Mac Allister 9' Cabrera 33' Batallini 64'	Report	Cardona 38' Vergini 59' Pérez 62' Buffarini 74' Heredia 75'	Stadium: Diego Armando Maradona Referee: Andrés Merlos

March 10, 2018 19	Boca Juniors	2–1	Tigre	Buenos Aires
19:15 UTC−3	Fabra 51' Pérez 63' Cardona 73' (pen.) 78' Pavón 90' Jara 90+4'	Report	Cardozo 32' Alberto Morales 68' González 70' Chiarini 72' Pérez Acuña 88'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Germán Delfino

March 18, 2018 20	Atlético Tucumán	1–1	Boca Juniors	San Miguel de Tucumán
17:45 UTC−3	Toledo 31' Cabral 48' Risso Patrón 62' Aliendro 75' Acosta 86'	Report	Barrios 52' Pérez 62' Bou 90' Buffarini 90+5'	Stadium: Monumental José Fierro Referee: Darío Herrera

April 1, 2018 21	Boca Juniors	2–1	Talleres (C)	Buenos Aires
17:45 UTC−3	Fabra 22' Bou 27' Pérez 45' 90+1' Pavón 46'	Report	Godoy 37' Quintana 45' Olaza 85' Guiñazú 90+1'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Federico Beligoy

April 7, 2018 22	Boca Juniors	1–2	Defensa y Justicia	Buenos Aires
20:00 UTC−3	Gissi 31' (o.g.)	Report	Márquez 4', 75' 76' Pochettino 72'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Fernando Rapallini

April 15, 2018 23	Independiente	1–0	Boca Juniors	Buenos Aires
20:00 UTC−3	Silva 37' Fernández 50' Benítez 56'	Report	Vergini 8' Mas 79' Pérez 81' 90' Nández 90+2'	Stadium: Libertadores de América Referee: Ariel Penel

April 22, 2018 24	Boca Juniors	3–1	Newell's Old Boys	Buenos Aires
20:00 UTC−3	Pérez Cardona 2' Ábila 26', 37' Pavón 58' Nández 85' Buffarini 89'	Report	Sills 20' Fértoli 38' Varela 62' Opazo 65' Fontanini 77' Bernardello 88'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Juan Pablo Pompei

May 6, 2018 26	Boca Juniors	2–0	Unión	Buenos Aires
17:45 UTC−3	Ábila 77', 87'	Report		Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Germán Delfino

May 9, 2018 25	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	2–2	Boca Juniors	La Plata
19:15 UTC−3	Colazo 32' Rinaudo 34' Bonifacio 69' Guanini 70' Alemán 80'	Report	Pérez 12' 64' Pérez Cardona 30' Ábila 56' Benítez 88'	Stadium: Juan Carmelo Zerillo Referee: Facundo Tello
Note: Match postponed due to heavy rain.

May 12, 2018 27	Huracán	3–3	Boca Juniors	Buenos Aires
11:00 UTC−3	Pussetto 5' Damonte 26' Calello 37' Mendoza 63' Chávez 72' Álvarez 90+3'	Report	Mas 31' 33' Bou 34' Benítez 43' Chicco 51' Almendra 73'	Stadium: Tomás Adolfo Ducó Referee: Fernando Rapallini

Copa Argentina[edit]

Round of 64[edit]

August 14, 2017	Boca Juniors	5–0	Gimnasia y Tiro	Formosa
21:10 UTC−3	Pérez 20' 32' Cardona 38' Fabra 50' Benedetto 78', 87'	Report	Motta 20' Ceratto 65'	Stadium: Estadio Antonio Romero Referee: Pablo Echavarría

Round of 32[edit]

September 13, 2017	Guillermo Brown	0–1	Boca Juniors	Mendoza
20:10 UTC−3	Solís 24' Palma 65'	Report	Benedetto 60' (pen.) 76' Peruzzi 90+2'	Stadium: Malvinas Argentinas Referee: Facundo Tello

Round of 16[edit]

September 27, 2017	Rosario Central	1–0	Boca Juniors	Mendoza
21:10 UTC−3	Martínez 25' 55' Leguizamón 47' Ruben 48' Romero 53' Gil 76' 90+2'	Report	Magallán 54'	Stadium: Malvinas Argentinas Referee: Fernando Rapallini

Supercopa Argentina[edit]

March 14, 2018	Boca Juniors	0–2	River Plate	Mendoza
UTC−3	Fabra 26' Barrios 39' Nández 42' Pérez 80' Tevez 88'	Report	Ponzio 9' Martínez 7' (pen.) Fernández 48' Scocco 70'	Stadium: Malvinas Argentinas Referee: Patricio Loustau

Copa Libertadores[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	PAL	BOC	JUN	ALI
1	Palmeiras	6	5	1	0	14	3	+11	16	Round of 16	—	1–1	3–1	2–0
2	Boca Juniors	6	2	3	1	8	4	+4	9	Round of 16	0–2	—	1–0	5–0
3	Junior	6	2	1	3	5	8	−3	7	Copa Sudamericana	0–3	1–1	—	1–0
4	Alianza Lima	6	0	1	5	1	13	−12	1		1–3	0–0	0–2	—

Source: CONMEBOL

March 1, 2018 1	Alianza Lima	0–0	Boca Juniors	Lima, Peru
19:30 UTC−5	Costa 52' Ascues 78'	Report	Vergini 42' Barrios 43'	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Referee: Daniel Fedorczuk (Uruguay)

April 4, 2018 2	Boca Juniors	1–0	Junior	Buenos Aires, Argentina
21:45 UTC−3	Pavón 27' Mas 64' Ábila 66' Goltz 88'	Report	Murillo 37' Ruiz 85'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Ulises Mereles (Paraguay)

April 11, 2018 3	Palmeiras	1–1	Boca Juniors	São Paulo, Brazil
21:45 UTC−3	Felipe Melo 12' Keno 89'	Report	Magallán 37' Tevez 90+1'	Stadium: Allianz Parque Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)

April 25, 2018 4	Boca Juniors	0–2	Palmeiras	Buenos Aires, Argentina
21:45 UTC−3	Ábila 40' Magallán 41' Pérez 77' Nández 86'	Report	Keno 39' 54' Lucas Lima 66' Marcos Rocha 75' Hyoran 87'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)

May 2, 2018 5	Junior	1–1	Boca Juniors	Barranquilla, Colombia
17:15 UTC−5	R. Pérez 20' Ruiz 32' 32'	Report	Fabra 13' Magallán 20' Ruiz 50' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)

May 16, 2018 6	Boca Juniors	5–0	Alianza Lima	Buenos Aires, Argentina
21:45 UTC−3	Cardona 11' Pérez 17' Fabra 19' Ábila 34', 41' Tevez 54'	Report	Cruzado 24'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)

Team statistics[edit]

	Total	Home	Away	Neutral
Games played	37	17	16	4
Games won	22	14	6	2
Games drawn	7	None	7	None
Games lost	8	3	3	2
Biggest win	5-0 vs Gimnasia y Tiro 5-0 vs Alianza Lima	5-0 vs Alianza Lima	4-0 vs Vélez Sarsfield	5-0 vs Gimnasia y Tiro
Biggest loss	0-2 vs Argentinos Juniors 0-2 vs Palmeiras	0-2 vs Palmeiras	0-2 vs Argentinos Juniors	0-2 vs River Plate
Biggest win (Primera División)	4-0 vs Belgrano 4-0 vs Vélez Sarsfield	4-0 vs Belgrano	4-0 vs Vélez Sarsfield	None
Biggest win (Copa Argentina)	5-0 vs Gimnasia y Tiro	None		5-0 vs Gimnasia y Tiro
Biggest win (Supercopa Argentina)	None
Biggest win (Copa Libertadores)	5-0 vs Alianza Lima	5-0 vs Alianza Lima	None
Biggest loss (Primera División)	0-2 vs Argentinos Juniors	1-2 vs Racing Club 1-2 vs Defensa y Justicia	0-2 vs Argentinos Juniors	None
Biggest loss (Copa Argentina)	0-1 vs Rosario Central	None		0-1 vs Rosario Central
Biggest loss (Supercopa Argentina)	0-2 vs River Plate	None		0-2 vs River Plate
Biggest loss (Copa Libertadores)	0-2 vs Palmeiras	0-2 vs Palmeiras	None
Clean sheets	17	9	6	2
Goals scored	64	38	20	6
Goals conceded	29	12	14	3
Goal difference	+35	+26	+6	+3
Yellow cards	85	30	46	9
Red cards	4	1	3
Top scorer	Benedetto (12)	Ábila (8)	Benedetto (4)	Benedetto (3)
Worst discipline	Cardona (2 RC)	Cardona (1 RC)	Cardona (1 RC)
Penalties for	6	5		1
Penalties against	1			1

Season appearances and goals[edit]

Last updated on May 17, 2018

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primera División		Copa Argentina		Supercopa Argentina		Copa Libertadores
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ARG	Guillermo Sara	3	-4	1	-3	2	-1	0	0	0	0
12	GK	ARG	Agustín Rossi	34	-25	26	-19	1	0	1	-2	6	-4
Defenders
2	DF	ARG	Paolo Goltz	25	0	19	0	3	0	1	0	2	0
3	DF	ARG	Emmanuel Mas	8	1	5+1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
6	DF	ARG	Lisandro Magallán	34	0	25	0	3	0	1	0	5	0
18	DF	COL	Frank Fabra	28	4	21	2	2	1	1	0	4	1
21	DF	ARG	Agustín Heredia	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
24	DF	ARG	Julio Buffarini	16	0	4+8	0	0	0	0	0	1+3	0
27	DF	ARG	Santiago Vergini	13	0	7+1	0	0	0	0	0	4+1	0
36	DF	ARG	Gonzalo Goñi	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
5	MF	ARG	Fernando Gago	10	0	6	0	2+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
8	MF	ARG	Pablo Pérez	28	6	18+1	5	3	1	1	0	5	0
10	MF	COL	Edwin Cardona	29	6	19+1	4	2+1	1	1	0	3+2	1
14	MF	COL	Sebastián Pérez Cardona	7	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1+3	0
15	MF	URU	Nahitan Nández	29	4	20+4	4	1	0	1	0	3	0
16	MF	COL	Wílmar Barrios	31	1	23	1	3	0	1	0	4	0
20	MF	ARG	Gonzalo Maroni	6	0	0+6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF	ARG	Leonardo Jara	31	1	20+2	1	2	0	1	0	6	0
30	MF	ARG	Emanuel Reynoso	16	0	8+3	0	0	0	0	0	4+1	0
33	MF	ARG	Gonzalo Lamardo	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	MF	ARG	Agustín Almendra	3	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	MF	ARG	Julián Chicco	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	ARG	Cristian Pavón	36	7	26	6	3	0	1	0	6	1
9	FW	ARG	Darío Benedetto	12	12	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0
11	FW	ARG	Cristian Espinoza	14	0	4+7	0	0+1	0	0	0	1+1	0
17	MF	ARG	Ramón Ábila	16	8	5+6	6	0	0	0+1	0	4	2
19	FW	ARG	Walter Bou	21	3	6+10	3	0+2	0	0	0	0+3	0
22	FW	ARG	Oscar Benítez	15	1	2+12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
32	FW	ARG	Carlos Tevez	16	5	10	3	0	0	1	0	4+1	2
34	MF	ARG	Guido Vadalá	4	1	2+2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season:
4	DF	ARG	Gino Peruzzi	7	0	3+3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	ARG	Juan Manuel Insaurralde	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	DF	ARG	Fernando Evangelista	2	0	0+1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
35	DF	ARG	Nahuel Molina Lucero	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	FW	ARG	Agustín Bouzat	5	0	0+3	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0

Top scorers[edit]

Last updated on May 17, 2018

Rank	Pos.	No.	Name	Primera División	Copa Argentina	Supercopa Argentina	Copa Libertadores	Total
1	FW	9	Darío Benedetto	9	3	—		12
2	FW	17	Ramón Ábila	6		—	2	8
3	FW	7	Cristian Pavón	6		—	1	7
4	MF	8	Pablo Pérez	5	1	—		6
5	MF	10	Edwin Cardona	4	1	—	1	6
6	FW	32	Carlos Tevez	3		—	2	5
7	MF	15	Nahitan Nández	4		—		4
8	DF	18	Frank Fabra	2	1	—	1	4
8	FW	19	Walter Bou	3		—		3
10	FW	34	Guido Vadalá	1		—		1
11	MF	16	Wílmar Barrios	1		—		1
12	DF	29	Leonardo Jara	1		—		1
13	DF	3	Emmanuel Mas	1		—		1
14	FW	22	Oscar Benítez	1		—		1
Own Goals				3		—	1	4
Total				50	6	—	8	64

Clean sheets[edit]

Last updated on May 17, 2018

Rank	Pos.	No.	Name	Primera División	Copa Argentina	Supercopa Argentina	Copa Libertadores	Total
1	GK	12	Agustín Rossi	12	1	—	3	16
2	GK	1	Guillermo Sara		1	—		1
Total				12	2	—	3	17

Disciplinary record[edit]

Last updated on May 17, 2018

No.	Pos	Nat	Name
No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Primera División			Copa Argentina	Supercopa Argentina	Copa Libertadores	Total
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Guillermo Sara
12	GK		Agustín Rossi
Defenders
2	DF		Paolo Goltz		1				1	1	1
3	DF		Emmanuel Mas	2					2	2
6	DF		Lisandro Magallán				1		3	4
18	DF		Frank Fabra	6				1	1	8
21	DF		Agustín Heredia	1						1
24	DF		Julio Buffarini	4						4
27	DF		Santiago Vergini	3					1	4
36	DF		Gonzalo Goñi
Midfielders
5	MF		Fernando Gago
8	MF		Pablo Pérez	11	1		1	1	2	15	1
10	MF		Edwin Cardona	5	1	1				5	1	1
14	MF		Sebastián Pérez Cardona	2						2
15	MF		Nahitan Nández	5				1	1	7
16	MF		Wílmar Barrios	6				1	1	8
20	MF		Gonzalo Maroni
29	MF		Leonardo Jara	2						2
30	MF		Emanuel Reynoso	1						1
33	MF		Gonzalo Lamardo
39	MF		Agustín Almendra	1						1
40	MF		Julián Chicco	1						1
Forwards
7	FW		Cristian Pavón	3						3
9	FW		Darío Benedetto	3			1			4
11	FW		Cristian Espinoza	1						1
17	FW		Ramón Ábila	1					1	2
19	FW		Walter Bou
22	FW		Oscar Benítez	2						2
32	FW		Carlos Tevez					1		1
34	FW		Guido Vadalá	1						1
Players transferred out during the season
4	DF		Gino Peruzzi	2			1			3
25	DF		Juan Manuel Insaurralde
32	DF		Fernando Evangelista	1						1
35	DF		Nahuel Molina Lucero
30	FW		Agustín Bouzat
Total				64	3	1	4	5	12	85	3	1

References[edit]

^ "Llegó el primer refuerzo del Expreso" (in Spanish). Godoy Cruz Official website.
^ "Paolo Goltz, el primer refuerzo" (in Spanish). Boca Juniors Official website.
^ "Adrián Cubas se suma al Halcón" (in Spanish). Defensa y Justicia Official website.
^ "Lausanne-Sport signs Leandro Marín". Lausanne-Sport Official website.
^ "Cardona, la nueva cara del campeón" (in Spanish). Boca Juniors Official website.
^ "Bienvenidos" (in Spanish). Boca Juniors Official website.
^ "Colazo se hizo Lobo" (in Spanish). Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) Official website. Archived from the original on 2017-07-29. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
^ "Ábila es el séptimo refuerzo de Huracán" (in Spanish). Huracán Official website.
^ "Novo reforço, Messidoro enaltece grandeza do Maior de Minas" (in Portuguese). Cruzeiro Official website.
^ "Se presentó Nicolás Benegas" (in Spanish). San Martín (T) Official website.
^ "Chavez in Green". Panathinaikos Official website.
^ "Nahitan Nández se suma al campeón" (in Spanish). Boca Official website.
^ "Marcelo Torres refuerza la delantera de Talleres" (in Spanish). Talleres (C) Official website. Archived from the original on 2017-08-24. Retrieved 2017-08-24.
^ "Fernando Zuqui es nuevo jugador de Estudiantes" (in Spanish). Estudiantes (LP) Official website.
^ ""Llego con muchas expectativas e ilusiones"" (in Spanish). Huracán Official website.
^ "Los Grupos y emparejamientos de la CONMEBOL Libertadores 2018" (in Spanish). Conmebol.
^ "Buffarini ya es refuerzo" (in Spanish). Boca Official website.
^ "Bienvenido Agustín" (in Spanish). Velez Sarsfield Official website.
^ "Mas se sumó a los entrenamientos" (in Spanish). Boca Official website.
^ "#BienvenidoCarlitos" (in Spanish). Boca Official website.
^ "Reynoso, el quinto refuerzo" (in Spanish). Boca Official website.
^ "Fueron presentados oficialmente Gino Peruzzi y Facundo Waller" (in Spanish). Nacional Official website.
^ "Reglamento del Campeonato de Primera División 2017–18" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.
^ "Reglamento General AFA" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.

External links[edit]

Club Atlético Boca Juniors official web site (in Spanish)

[1] "Llegó el primer refuerzo del Expreso" (in Spanish). Godoy Cruz Official website.

[2] "Paolo Goltz, el primer refuerzo" (in Spanish). Boca Juniors Official website.

[3] "Adrián Cubas se suma al Halcón" (in Spanish). Defensa y Justicia Official website.

[4] "Lausanne-Sport signs Leandro Marín". Lausanne-Sport Official website.

[5] "Cardona, la nueva cara del campeón" (in Spanish). Boca Juniors Official website.

[6] "Bienvenidos" (in Spanish). Boca Juniors Official website.

[7] "Colazo se hizo Lobo" (in Spanish). Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) Official website. Archived from the original on 2017-07-29. Retrieved 2017-07-20.

[8] "Ábila es el séptimo refuerzo de Huracán" (in Spanish). Huracán Official website.

[9] "Novo reforço, Messidoro enaltece grandeza do Maior de Minas" (in Portuguese). Cruzeiro Official website.

[10] "Se presentó Nicolás Benegas" (in Spanish). San Martín (T) Official website.

[11] "Chavez in Green". Panathinaikos Official website.

[12] "Nahitan Nández se suma al campeón" (in Spanish). Boca Official website.

[13] "Marcelo Torres refuerza la delantera de Talleres" (in Spanish). Talleres (C) Official website. Archived from the original on 2017-08-24. Retrieved 2017-08-24.

[14] "Fernando Zuqui es nuevo jugador de Estudiantes" (in Spanish). Estudiantes (LP) Official website.

[15] ""Llego con muchas expectativas e ilusiones"" (in Spanish). Huracán Official website.

[16] "Los Grupos y emparejamientos de la CONMEBOL Libertadores 2018" (in Spanish). Conmebol.

[17] "Buffarini ya es refuerzo" (in Spanish). Boca Official website.

[18] "Bienvenido Agustín" (in Spanish). Velez Sarsfield Official website.

[19] "Mas se sumó a los entrenamientos" (in Spanish). Boca Official website.

[20] "#BienvenidoCarlitos" (in Spanish). Boca Official website.

[21] "Reynoso, el quinto refuerzo" (in Spanish). Boca Official website.

[22] "Fueron presentados oficialmente Gino Peruzzi y Facundo Waller" (in Spanish). Nacional Official website.

[rules-23] "Reglamento del Campeonato de Primera División 2017–18" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.

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

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