2012–13 Club Atlético Independiente season

Independiente
2012–13 season
President	Javier Cantero
Manager	Américo Gallego (until 13 April 2013)
Stadium	Estadio Libertadores de América
Torneo Inicial	N/A
Torneo Final	N/A
Copa Argentina	Round of 64
Copa Sudamericana	Round of 32
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2011–12 2013–14 →

Club Atlético Independiente's 2012–13 season is the club's 107th year of existence. Independiente this season going to play the Torneo Inicial, the Torneo Final, the Copa Sudamericana and the Copa Argentina.

Squad

No.	Name	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Notes
1	Hilario Navarro	GK	(1980-11-14) November 14, 1980 (age 44)	San Lorenzo
2	Cristian Tula	DF	(1978-01-28) January 28, 1978 (age 46)	Atlético Nacional
3	Claudio Morel Rodríguez	DF	(1978-02-02) February 2, 1978 (age 46)	Deportivo de La Coruña
4	Nicolás Villagra	DF		The Academy
5	Roberto Battión	MF	(1982-03-01) March 1, 1982 (age 42)	Banfield
6	Eduardo Tuzzio	DF	(1974-07-31) July 31, 1974 (age 50)	River Plate
7	Luciano Leguizamón	FW	(1982-07-01) July 1, 1982 (age 42)	Arsenal
8	Hernán Fredes	MF	(1987-03-27) March 27, 1987 (age 37)	Metalist Kharkiv
9	Ernesto Farías	FW	(1980-05-29) May 29, 1980 (age 44)	Cruzeiro
10	Daniel Montenegro	MF	(1979-03-28) March 28, 1979 (age 45)	América
11	Osmar Ferreyra	MF	(1983-01-09) January 9, 1983 (age 41)	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
12	Adrián Gabbarini	GK	(1985-10-10) October 10, 1985 (age 39)	The Academy
13	Alexis Zárate	DF	(1992-06-25) June 25, 1992 (age 32)	The Academy
14	Fabián Monserrat	MF	(1994-05-08) May 8, 1994 (age 30)	The Academy
15	Fernando Godoy	MF	(1990-05-01) May 1, 1990 (age 34)	The Academy
17	Diego Rodríguez	GK	(1989-06-25) June 25, 1989 (age 35)	The Academy
18	Julián Velázquez	DF	(1990-10-23) October 23, 1990 (age 34)	The Academy
19	Jonathan Santana	MF	(1981-10-19) October 19, 1981 (age 43)	Club Libertad
20	Juan Fernando Caicedo	MF	(1989-07-13) July 13, 1989 (age 35)	Deportes Quindío
21	Fabián Assman	GK	(1986-03-23) March 23, 1986 (age 38)	Las Palmas
22	Fabián Vargas	MF	(1980-04-17) April 17, 1980 (age 44)	AEK Athens
23	Federico Mancuello	MF	(1989-03-26) March 26, 1989 (age 35)	Belgrano
24	Federico Gay	DF	(1991-03-03) March 3, 1991 (age 33)	The Academy
25	Patricio Vidal	MF	(1992-04-08) April 8, 1992 (age 32)	Santiago Morning
26	Francisco Pizzini	FW	(1993-09-19) September 19, 1993 (age 31)	The Academy
26	Leonel Galeano	DF	(1991-08-03) August 3, 1991 (age 33)	The Academy
28	Gabriel Vallés	DF	(1986-05-03) May 3, 1986 (age 38)	Godoy Cruz
29	Martín Benítez	FW	(1994-06-17) June 17, 1994 (age 30)	The Academy
30	Facundo Daffonchio	GK	(1990-01-01) January 1, 1990 (age 34)	The Academy
31	Lucas Villafáñez	MF	(1991-10-04) October 4, 1991 (age 33)	CAI
33	Leonel Miranda	DF	(1994-01-07) January 7, 1994 (age 30)	The Academy
34	Samuel Cáceres	DF	(1989-02-20) February 20, 1989 (age 35)	Nueva Chicago
38	Sergio Ojeda	DF	(1994-01-04) January 4, 1994 (age 30)	The Academy
39	Gonzalo Contrera	DF	(1994-03-20) March 20, 1994 (age 30)	The Academy
40	Eloy Rodríguez	DF	(1993-05-03) May 3, 1993 (age 31)	The Academy
	Paulo Rosales	MF	(1984-01-10) January 10, 1984 (age 40)	Union	Out in January 2013
	Roberto Russo	DF	(1982-06-19) June 19, 1982 (age 42)	Godoy Cruz	Out in January 2013
	Víctor Zapata	MF	(1979-01-20) January 20, 1979 (age 45)	Vélez Sarsfield	Out in January 2013
	Diego Churín	FW	(1989-12-01) December 1, 1989 (age 35)	Comunicaciones	Out in January 2013

Winter transfers

Players In
Name	Nat	Pos	Moving from
Samuel Cáceres	ARG	DF	Nueva Chicago
Luciano Leguizamón	ARG	FW	Arsenal
Federico Mancuello	ARG	MF	Belgrano
Claudio Marcelo Morel Rodríguez	PAR	DF	Deportivo
Paulo Rosales	ARG	MF	Union
Roberto Russo	ARG	DF	Godoy Cruz
Jonathan Santana	PAR	MF	Libertad
Cristian Tula	ARG	DF	Atlético Nacional
Fabián Vargas	COL	MF	AEK Athens
Víctor Zapata	ARG	MF	Vélez Sarsfield

Players Out
Name	Nat	Pos	Moving to
Adrián Argachá	URU	DF	Racing Club de Montevideo
Cristian Báez	PAR	DF	Huracán
Ignacio Barcia	ARG	DF	Club Atlético San Telmo
Walter Busse	ARG	MF	Huracán
Gino Clara	ARG	FW	Los Andes de Lomas de Zamora
Matías Defederico	ARG	MF	Huracán
Nicolás Delmonte	ARG	MF	Instituto
Fernando Elizari	ARG	FW	Quilmes
Lucas Kruspzky	ARG	DF	Arsenal
Carlos Matheu	ARG	DF	Atalanta B.C.
Brian Nieva	ARG	FW	Los Andes de Lomas de Zamora
Leonel Núñez	ARG	FW	Argentinos Juniors
Facundo Parra	ARG	FW	Atalanta B.C.
Cristian Pellerano	ARG	MF	Tijuana
Jorge Perez	ARG	MF	Banfield
Patricio Rodríguez	ARG	MF	Santos FC
Gabriel Milito	ARG	DF	Retirado

Summer transfers

Players In
Name	Nat	Pos	Moving from
Daniel Montenegro	ARG	DF	América
Juan Fernando Caicedo	COL	FW	Deportes Quindío

Players Out
Name	Nat	Pos	Moving to
Roberto Russo	ARG	DF	Nueva Chicago
Paulo Rosales	ARG	DF	Esporte Clube Bahia
Diego Churín	ARG	MF	Curicó
Víctor Zapata	ARG	DF	Free Agent

Competitions

Avellaneda derby friendlies

29 July 2012 First leg	Racing Club	0-0	Independiente	Avellaneda, Argentina
--:-- UTC−03:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Juan Domingo Perón Attendance: 13000 Referee: Mauro Vigliano

Copa Sudamericana

22 August 2012 Second stage First Leg	Boca Juniors	3-3	Independiente	Buenos Aires, Argentina
19:30 UTC−03:00	Silva 15' Somoza 45' Sánchez Miño 76' Schiavi 27' Ledesma 36' Somoza 41' Schiavi 51' D’Angelo 85' Rodríguez 90'		Santana 44' Rosales 48' Farías 90' Galeano 8' Morel Rodríguez 43' Vargas 61' Russo 68' Battión 75'	Stadium: Estadio Alberto J. Armando Referee: Patricio Loustau

29 August 2012 Second stage Second Leg	Independiente	0-0	Boca Juniors	Avellaneda, Argentina
19:30 UTC−03:00	Tuzzio 24' Tuzzio 46' Tula 59' Ferreyra 75' Hilario Navarro 82' Valles 89'		Sánchez Miño 57' Rodríguez 92'	Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América Referee: Patricio Loustau

25 September 2012 Round of 16 First Leg	Independiente	2-1	Liverpool	Avellaneda, Argentina
21:30 UTC−03:00	Vargas 6' Rosales 48'		Núñez 80'	Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América Referee: José Buitrago (Colombia)

25 October 2012 Round of 16 Second Leg	Liverpool	1-2	Independiente	Montevideo, Uruguay
20:30 UTC−02:00	Núñez 43' Ferreira 33' Silvera 51' Semperena 55' Semperena 83'		Mancuello 48' Battión 90+1' Valles 39' Mancuello 76'	Stadium: Estadio Centenario Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)

1 November 2012 Quarterfinals First Leg	Independiente	v	Universidad Católica	Avellaneda, Argentina
21:45 UTC−3:00	Tula 44' Martínez 55' (o.g.)		Andía 2' Castillo 70'	Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

8 November 2012 Quarterfinals Second Leg	Universidad Católica	2-1	Independiente	Santiago, Chile
19:15 UTC−3:00	Ríos 16' (pen.), 38' (pen.)		Santana 35'	Stadium: Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo

Copa Argentina

TBD Round of 64	Independiente	v	Boca Unidos / Jorge Gibson Brown
--:-- UTC−03:00

Argentine Primera División

Torneo Inicial

4 August 2012 Round 1	Newell's Old Boys	0–0	Independiente	Rosario, Argentina
20:20 UTC−02:20	Sperdutti 15'		Rosales 46' Morel Rodríguez 61' Tuzzio 74'	Stadium: Estadio Marcelo Bielsa Referee: Patricio Loustau

14 August 2012 Round 2	Independiente	0–0	Vélez Sársfield	Avellaneda, Argentina
20:00 UTC−02:00	Morel Rodríguez 54' Leguizamón 79'		Cerro 51' Cerro 70'	Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América Referee: Pablo Lunati

19 August 2012 Round 3	Racing	2–0	Independiente	Avellaneda, Argentina
11:00 UTC−03:00	Sand 29, 74' Camoranesi 46' Sand 75'		Morel Rodríguez 32' Morel Rodríguez 45' Leguizamón 59' Vargas 62' Russo 65' Rosales 76'	Stadium: Estadio Juan Domingo Perón Referee: Germán Delfino

25 August 2012 Round 4	Independiente	0–2	Arsenal	Avellaneda, Argentina
20:20 UTC−03:00	Morel Rodríguez 10' Vargas 17' Russo 42' Vargas 85'		Nervo 10' Marcone 11' Ortíz 22' Braghieri 58' Campestrini 77' Tuzzio 83' (o.g.) Benedetto 93'	Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América Referee: Diego Ceballos

2 September 2012 Round 5	Godoy Cruz	2–1	Independiente	Mendoza, Argentina
19:20 UTC−03:00	Ceballos 12' Ramírez 44,93' Insua 52'		Tula 14' Tula 35' Vallés 43' Tuzzio 69' Galeano 89' Villalba 92'	Stadium: Estadio Malvinas Argentinas Referee: Sergio Pezzotta

9 September 2012 Round 6	Independiente	1–1	Quilmes	Avellaneda, Argentina
18:15 UTC−03:00	Battión 45' Farías 52' Benítez 69' Tula 73' Morel Rodríguez 76'		Mansilla 35' Lima 45' Romero 68' Caneo 87'	Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América Referee: Germán Delfino

16 September 2012 Round 7	Boca Juniors	2–1	Independiente	Buenos Aires, Argentina
16:15 UTC−03:00	Rodríguez 16' Silva 26' Sánchez Miño 46' Erviti 63' Somoza 66'		Caruzzo 22' (o.g.) Morel Rodríguez 28' Galeano 59'	Stadium: Estadio Alberto J. Armando Referee: Pablo Lunati

22 September 2012 Round 8	Independiente	1–1	All Boys	Avellaneda, Argentina
20:20 UTC−03:00	Vallés 32' Galeano 80' Farías 83'		Coronel 14' Borghello 43' Borghello 83' Soto 90'	Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América Referee: Néstor Pitana

30 September 2012 Round 9	Unión	1–2	Independiente	Santa Fé, Argentina
17:15 UTC−03:00	Míguez 40' Jara 45' Barisone 47' Pumpido 62' Chiapello 72'		Leguizamón 4' Farías 28,49' Vargas 34' Velázquez 44' Battión 46' Vallés 62' Navarro 75'	Stadium: Estadio 15 de Abril Referee: Patricio Loustau

7 October 2012 Round 10	Independiente	2–0	Atlético de Rafaela	Avellaneda, Argentina
17:15 UTC−03:00	Leguizamón 11' Ferreyra 69' Ferreyra 69'		Juárez 71'	Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América Referee: Mauro Vigliano

19 October 2012 Round 11	Argentinos Juniors	0–1	Independiente	Buenos Aires, Argentina
21:15 UTC−03:00	Capurro 59' Flores 65' Placente 70' Barrera 83' Iñíguez 90'		Vargas 34' Zapata 37' Vallés 45' Velázquez 66'	Stadium: Estadio Diego Armando Maradona Referee: Néstor Pitana

3 February 2013 Round 12	Independiente	1 – 1	Tigre	Avellaneda, Argentina
--:-- UTC−03:00				Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

5 November 2012 Round 13	Independiente	0 – 2	Lanús	Avellaneda, Argentina
--:-- UTC−03:00				Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

11 November 2012 Round 14	San Martín (San Juan)	1 – 1	Independiente	San Juan, Argentina
--:-- UTC−03:00				Stadium: Estadio Ingeniero Hilario Sánchez

14 November 2012 Round 15	Independiente	1 – 2	Belgrano	Avellaneda, Argentina
--:-- UTC−03:00				Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

18 November 2012 Round 16	Estudiantes	2 – 0	Independiente	La Plata, Argentina
--:-- UTC−03:00				Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de La Plata

25 November 2012 Round 17	Independiente	2 – 2	River Plate	Avellaneda, Argentina
--:-- UTC−03:00				Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

2 December 2012 Round 18	San Lorenzo	2 – 1	Independiente	Buenos Aires, Argentina
--:-- UTC−03:00				Stadium: Estadio Pedro Bidegain

9 December 2012 Round 19	Independiente	2 – 2	Colón	Avellaneda, Argentina
--:-- UTC−03:00				Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

Torneo Final

10 February 2013 Round 1	Independiente	1 – 3	Newell's Old Boys	Avellaneda, Argentina
18:00	Tula 21'		Scocco 17, 77' Pérez 82'	Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América Referee: Juan Pablo Pompei

16 February 2013 Round 2	Velez Sarsfield	0 – 1	Independiente	Buenos Aires, Argentina
21:15			Tula 44'	Stadium: Estadio José Amalfitani Referee: Pablo Lunati

24 February 2013 Round 3	Independiente	2 – 0	Racing Club	Avellaneda, Argentina
17:00	Miranda 3' Santana 94'			Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América Referee: Diego Abal

2 March 2013 Round 4	Arsenal	1 – 0	Independiente	Sarandí, Argentina
20:15	López 44'			Stadium: Estadio Julio Humberto Grondona Referee: Mauro Vigliano

8 March 2013 Round 5	Independiente	0 – 1	Godoy Cruz	Avellaneda, Argentina
--:--			Castro 56'	Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América Referee: Silvio Trucco

17 March 2013 Round 6	Quilmes	0 – 0	Independiente	Buenos Aires, Argentina
--:--				Stadium: Estadio Centenario Dr. José Luis Meiszner Referee: Sergio Pezzotta

31 March 2013 Round 7	Independiente	1 – 1	Boca Juniors	Avellaneda, Argentina
--:--	Morel Rodríguez 63'		Silva 38'	Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América Referee: Silvio Trucco

7 April 2013 Round 8	All Boys	2 – 0	Independiente	Buenos Aires, Argentina
--:--	Sarmiento 7' Vildozo 89'			Stadium: Estadio Islas Malvinas Referee: Sergio Pezzotta

14 April 2013 Round 9	Independiente	1 – 1	Union	Avellaneda, Argentina
--:--	Fernández 4'		Alemán 80'	Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

21 April 2013 Round 10	Atletico de Rafaela	2 – 0	Independiente	Santa Fe Province, Argentina
--:--	González 5' Vera 75'			Stadium: Estadio Nuevo Monumental

28 April 2013 Round 11	Independiente	3 – 1	Argentinos Juniors	Avellaneda, Argentina
--:--	Galeano 52' Montenegro 78' Fernández 78'		Lenis 62'	Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

5 May 2013 Round 12	Tigre	0 – 2	Independiente	Buenos Aires, Argentina
--:--			Fernández 8, 39'	Stadium: Coloso de Victoria

12 May 2013 Round 13	Lanús	0 – 0	Independiente	Buenos Aires, Argentina
--:--				Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de Lanús

19 May 2013 Round 14	Independiente	3 – 1	San Martín (San Juan)	Avellaneda, Argentina
--:--	Godoy 26' Caicedo 10, 73'		Osorio Botello 57'	Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

26 May 2013 Round 15	Belgrano	0 – 0	Independiente	Córdoba, Argentina
--:--				Stadium: Estadio Julio César Villagra

29 May 2013 Round 16	Independiente	0 – 0	Estudiantes	Avellaneda, Argentina
--:--				Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

2 June 2013 Round 17	River Plate	v	Independiente	Buenos Aires, Argentina
--:--				Stadium: Estadio Monumental

16 June 2013 Round 18	Independiente	v	San Lorenzo	Avellaneda, Argentina
--:--				Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

23 June 2013 Round 19	Colon	v	Independiente	Santa Fe, Argentina
--:--				Stadium: Estadio Estanislao López

Relegation

Pos	Team	2010–11 Pts	2011–12 Pts	2012–13 Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Relegation
16	San Lorenzo	47	44	36	127	104	1.221
17	Quilmes	-	-	32	32	27	1.185
18	Independiente	43	47	26	116	104	1.115	Relegation to the Primera B Nacional
19	San Martín (San Juan)	-	48	24	72	66	1.091
20	Unión Santa Fe	-	50	17	67	66	1.015

Updated as of the start of the tournament.
Source:^[1]

References

^ "Estadisticas - Promedios del Torneo IVECO del Bicentenario Apertura 2010" [Statistics – Average of the 2010 Torneo IVECO del Bicentenario Apertura] (in Spanish). Argentine Football Association. Archived from the original on 10 January 2011. Retrieved February 18, 2011.

External links

Club Atlético Independiente official web site (in Spanish)

[1] "Estadisticas - Promedios del Torneo IVECO del Bicentenario Apertura 2010" [Statistics – Average of the 2010 Torneo IVECO del Bicentenario Apertura] (in Spanish). Argentine Football Association. Archived from the original on 10 January 2011. Retrieved February 18, 2011.

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Domestic leagues	Primera División Primera B Nacional Primera B Metropolitana Torneo Argentino A Primera C Metropolitana Torneo Argentino B Primera D Metropolitana Torneo Argentino C
Domestic cups	Copa Argentina (Final) Supercopa Argentina
South American competitions	2012 Copa Suruga Bank 2012 Recopa Sudamericana 2012 Copa Sudamericana 2013 Copa Libertadores
Related to national team	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
Club seasons
Primera Division	All Boys Argentinos Juniors Arsenal Atletico de Rafaela Belgrano Boca Juniors Colon Estudiantes (LP) Godoy Cruz Independiente Lanus Newell's Old Boys Quilmes Racing River Plate San Lorenzo San Martin (SJ) Tigre Union
Primera B Nacional	Aldosivi Almirante Brown Atletico Tucuman Banfield Boca Unidos Crucero del Norte Defensa Y Justicia Deportivo Merlo Douglas Haig Ferro Carril Oeste Gimnasia (J) Gimnasia (LP) Huracan Independiente (R) Instituto Nueva Chicago Olimpo Patronato Rosario Central Sarmiento
Torneo Argentino A	Talleres (C)