2017–18 Estudiantes de La Plata season

Estudiantes de La Plata
2017–18 season
Chairman	Juan Sebastián Verón
Manager	Gustavo Matosas; (until 19 September 2017); Leandro Benítez (int.); (from 19 September 2017 to 26 September 2017); Lucas Bernardi; (from 26 September 2017)
Stadium	Estadio Ciudad de La Plata
Primera División	13th
Copa Argentina	Round of 64
Copa Sudamericana	Round of 16
Copa Libertadores	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Two players (2); All: Mariano Pavone (3)
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 season is Estudiantes de La Plata's 24th 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 3 September 2017.^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ARG	Jerónimo Pourtau
2	DF	ARG	Leandro Desábato
3	DF	ARG	Lucas Diarte
4	DF	ARG	Iván Gómez
6	DF	ARG	Jonathan Schunke
7	FW	COL	Juan Ferney Otero
8	MF	ARG	Israel Damonte
10	MF	ARG	Lucas Rodríguez
12	GK	ARG	Daniel Sappa
14	MF	ARG	Facundo Sánchez
17	MF	ARG	Bautista Cejas
19	DF	ARG	Sebastián Dubarbier
21	GK	ARG	Mariano Andújar
22	MF	ARG	Rodrigo Braña
23	MF	ARG	Juan Perotti
25	FW	ARG	Ignacio Bailone


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
26	FW	ARG	Elías Umere
27	FW	ARG	Facundo Quintana
28	MF	ARG	Bautista Cascini
31	DF	ARG	Nicolás Bazzana
32	MF	ARG	Nicolás Talpone
—	MF	ECU	Christian Alemán (on loan from Barcelona)
—	MF	ARG	Fernando Zuqui
—	MF	ARG	Gabriel Graciani
—	DF	ARG	Gastón Campi
—	FW	ARG	Gastón Fernández
—	FW	ARG	Lucas Melano (on loan from Portland Timbers)
—	FW	ARG	Marco Borgnino (on loan from Atlético de Rafaela)
—	FW	ARG	Mariano Pavone
—	DF	ARG	Matías Catalán (on loan from San Luis)
—	MF	ARG	Nahuel Estévez
—	FW	ARG	Pablo Lugüercio

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ARG	Emiliano Ozuna (at Temperley until 30 June 2018)
—	FW	ARG	Facundo Bruera (at Independiente Rivadavia until 30 June 2018)
—	DF	ARG	Julián Marchioni (at Patronato until 30 June 2018)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ARG	Mauricio Rosales (at Olimpo until 30 June 2018)
—	DF	ARG	Rodrigo Ayala (at Villa San Carlos until 30 June 2018)

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
1 July 2017	DF	Gastón Campi	Racing Club	Undisclosed^[2]^[3]
1 July 2017	FW	Mariano Pavone	Vélez Sarsfield	Undisclosed^[2]^[3]
1 July 2017	FW	Pablo Lugüercio	Aldosivi	Undisclosed^[2]^[3]
20 July 2017	MF	Nahuel Estévez	Comunicaciones	Undisclosed^[2]
7 August 2017	FW	Gastón Fernández	Grêmio	Undisclosed^[2]
23 August 2017	MF	Fernando Zuqui	Boca Juniors	Undisclosed^[2]

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
5 July 2017	FW	Javier Toledo	Sol de América	Undisclosed^[2]
5 July 2017	DF	Matías Aguirregaray	Tijuana	Undisclosed^[2]
6 July 2017	MF	David Barbona	Atlético Tucumán	Undisclosed^[4]
27 July 2017	MF	Leonardo Gil	Rosario Central	Undisclosed^[2]
4 August 2017	MF	Javier Iritier	Tigre	Undisclosed^[2]
9 August 2017	GK	Facundo Andújar	Deportivo Español	Undisclosed^[2]
13 August 2017	FW	Lucas Viatri	Peñarol	Undisclosed^[2]
15 August 2017	DF	Luciano Vargas	Rivadavia	Undisclosed^[2]
21 August 2017	MF	Santiago Ascacíbar	VfB Stuttgart	Undisclosed^[2]
29 August 2017	DF	Juan Foyth	Tottenham Hotspur	Undisclosed^[2]
2 September 2017	GK	Nahuel Losada	All Boys	Undisclosed^[5]

Loan in

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	From
20 July 2017	30 June 2018	FW	Marco Borgnino	Atlético de Rafaela^[2]
27 July 2017	30 June 2018	FW	Lucas Melano	Portland Timbers^[2]
6 August 2017	30 June 2018	DF	Matías Catalán	San Luis^[2]
6 August 2017	30 June 2018	MF	Christian Alemán	Barcelona^[2]

Loan out

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	To
20 July 2017	30 June 2018	DF	Julián Marchioni	Patronato^[2]
31 July 2017	30 June 2018	DF	Rodrigo Ayala	Villa San Carlos^[2]
1 August 2017	30 June 2018	DF	Mauricio Rosales	Olimpo^[2]
28 August 2017	30 June 2018	FW	Facundo Bruera	Independiente Rivadavia^[2]

Friendlies

Win Draw Loss

Pre-season

9 August 2017 Friendly	Peñarol	0–0	Estudiantes	Montevideo, Uruguay
20:30		Report		Stadium: Estadio Campeón del Siglo

16 August 2017 Friendly	Estudiantes	0–0	Vélez Sarsfield	La Plata, Argentina
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de La Plata

16 August 2017 Friendly	Estudiantes	1–0	Vélez Sarsfield	La Plata, Argentina
	J. Otero	Report		Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de La Plata

Mid-season

2 September 2017 Friendly	Estudiantes	2–0	Temperley	La Plata, Argentina
	M. Pavone 34' C. Alemán	Report		Stadium: City Bell Country Club

2 September 2017 Friendly	Estudiantes	5–1	Temperley	La Plata, Argentina
	L. Melano 27', 38' J. Otero 37' M. Borgnino 47' B. Cejas 61'	Report		Stadium: City Bell Country Club

Primera División

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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
18	San Martín (SJ)	27	9	6	12	30	36	−6	33

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.^[6]^[7]

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	D	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	L
Position	8	13	15	20	12	17	18	15	18	14	10	13

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	Estudiantes	2–1	Arsenal de Sarandí	La Plata, Argentina
21:05	L. Melano 80' C. Alemán 86'	Report	R. Contreras 39'	Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de La Plata Referee: Silvio Trucco (Argentina)

9 September 2017 2	Estudiantes	0–1	Defensa y Justicia	La Plata, Argentina
16:05		Report	F. Márquez 83'	Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de La Plata Referee: Fernando Espinoza (Argentina)

15 September 2017 3	Colón	0–0	Estudiantes	Santa Fe, Argentina
21:05		Report		Stadium: Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López Referee: Pedro Argañaraz (Argentina)

25 September 2017 4	Estudiantes	1–3	San Lorenzo	La Plata, Argentina
21:05	M. Pavone 50'	Report	F. Belluschi 12', 89' N. Blandi 80'	Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de La Plata Referee: Ariel Penel (Argentina)

30 September 2017 5	Temperley	0–3	Estudiantes	Turdera, Argentina
16:05		Report	J. Otero 2' P. Lugüercio 4' G. Fernández 17'	Stadium: Estadio Alfredo Beranger Referee: Fernando Echenique (Argentina)

14 October 2017 6	Estudiantes	1–1	Banfield	La Plata, Argentina
16:15	P. Lugüercio 81'	Report	P. Mouche 38'	Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de La Plata Referee: Andrés Merlos (Argentina)

28 October 2017 7	San Martín	1–0	Estudiantes	San Juan, Argentina
16:10	L. Ardente 17' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Ingeniero Hilario Sánchez Referee: Nicolás Lamolina (Argentina)

5 November 2017 8	Estudiantes	1–0	Argentinos Juniors	Quilmes, Argentina
14:05	J. Schunke 47'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Centenario Dr. José Luis Meiszner Referee: Pablo Echavarría (Argentina)

19 November 2017 9	Tigre	2–0	Estudiantes	Buenos Aires, Argentina
17:00	M. Pérez García 27' (pen.) I. Gómez 65' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio José Dellagiovanna Referee: Andrés Merlos (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)

3 December 2017 11	Talleres	0–1	Estudiantes	Córdoba, Argentina
17:30		Report	L. Melano 16'	Stadium: Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes Referee: Diego Abal (Argentina)

10 December 2017 12	Estudiantes	0–1	Boca Juniors	Quilmes, Argentina
21:30		Report	W. Barrios 76'	Stadium: Estadio Centenario Dr. José Luis Meiszner Referee: Fernando Espinoza (Argentina)

January 2018 13	Independiente	–	Estudiantes	Avellaneda, Argentina
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

Copa Argentina

Win Draw Loss

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Copa Sudamericana

Win Draw Loss

Second stage

13 July 2017 First leg	Nacional Potosí	0–1	Estudiantes	Potosí, Bolivia
19:15		Report	L. Rodríguez 79'	Stadium: Estadio Víctor Agustín Ugarte Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

3 August 2017 Second leg	Estudiantes	2–0 (agg: 3–0)	Nacional Potosí	La Plata, Argentina
19:15	M. Pavone 45+1' (pen.), 71'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de La Plata Referee: Leodán González (Uruguay)

Round of 16

23 August 2017 First leg	Nacional Asunción	1–0	Estudiantes	Asunción, Paraguay
21:45	L. Caballero 59'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Defensores del Chaco Referee: Wilson Lamouroux (Colombia)

19 September 2017 Second leg	Estudiantes	0–1 (agg: 0–2)	Nacional Asunción	La Plata, Argentina
19:15		Report	M. Jacquet 65'	Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de La Plata Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil)

Copa Libertadores

Win Draw Loss

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References

^ "Estudiantes squad". Soccerway. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w "Estudiantes de La Plata transfers". Soccerway. 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Mercado de pases del fútbol Argentino 2017/2018: Altas, bajas y rumores". Soccerway. 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
^ "Alejandro Melo y Gervasio Núñez, las nuevas caras del Decano". TyC Sports. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
^ "Las bajas que sufrió el Pincha". Vavel. 2 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
^ "Reglamento del Campeonato de Primera División 2017–18" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.
^ "Reglamento General AFA" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.

[Soccerway_profile-1] "Estudiantes squad". Soccerway. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.

[Soccerway_transfers-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w "Estudiantes de La Plata transfers". Soccerway. 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.

[Goal.com_transfers-3] "Mercado de pases del fútbol Argentino 2017/2018: Altas, bajas y rumores". Soccerway. 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.

[D._Barbona_leaves-4] "Alejandro Melo y Gervasio Núñez, las nuevas caras del Decano". TyC Sports. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.

[N._Losada_leaves-5] "Las bajas que sufrió el Pincha". Vavel. 2 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.

[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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