2017–18 San Lorenzo de Almagro season

San Lorenzo de Almagro
2017–18 season
Chairman	Matías Lammens
Manager	Diego Aguirre; (until 22 September 2017); Claudio Biaggio (int.); (from 22 September 2017 to 6 December 2017); Claudio Biaggio; (from 7 December 2017)
Stadium	Estadio Pedro Bidegain
Primera División	2nd
2016–17 Copa Argentina	Round of 32
2017–18 Copa Argentina	Round of 64
Copa Libertadores	Quarter-finals
Copa Sudamericana	First stage
Top goalscorer	League: Nicolás Blandi (8); All: Nicolás Blandi (8)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 season is San Lorenzo de Almagro's 33rd consecutive season in the top-flight of Argentine football. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Current squad[edit]

As of 20 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
2	DF	ARG	Marcos Angeleri
3	DF	ARG	Marcos Senesi
4	DF	ARG	Gonzalo Rodríguez
5	MF	ARG	Juan Mercier
6	DF	ARG	Matías Caruzzo
7	MF	ARG	Franco Mussis
8	MF	ARG	Gabriel Gudiño
9	FW	ARG	Nicolás Blandi
10	MF	ARG	Leandro Romagnoli
11	FW	ARG	Ezequiel Cerutti
12	GK	ARG	Sebastián Torrico
14	MF	ARG	Alexis Castro
15	FW	ARG	Nicolás Reniero
16	MF	ARG	Fernando Belluschi
17	DF	CHI	Paulo Díaz
19	MF	ARG	Rubén Botta
22	GK	ARG	Nicolás Navarro
23	FW	ARG	Germán Berterame
25	GK	ARG	José Devecchi


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
26	MF	PAR	Robert Piris Da Motta
27	DF	ARG	Gabriel Rojas
28	MF	ARG	Nahuel Barrios
29	DF	ARG	Víctor Salazar
31	MF	ARG	Facundo Quignon
32	DF	ARG	Fabricio Coloccini
33	DF	ARG	Nicolás Zalazar
34	MF	ARG	Franco Moyano
35	FW	ARG	Tomás Conechny
36	MF	ARG	Bautista Merlini
37	GK	ARG	Franco Carretero
—	MF	ARG	Juan Ignacio Cavallaro
—	MF	ARG	Fernando Elizari
—	MF	ARG	Daniel Ibáñez
—	MF	ARG	Robertino Insúa
—	MF	ARG	Leandro Navarro
—	FW	ARG	Alexis Domínguez
—	FW	ARG	Mauro Matos

Out on loan[edit]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ARG	Tomás Cardona (at Godoy Cruz until 30 June 2018)
—	DF	ARG	Santiago López (at Patronato until 30 June 2018)
—	DF	ARG	Brian Mieres (at Almagro until 30 June 2018)
13	DF	ARG	Lautaro Montoya (at Chacarita Juniors until 30 June 2018)
—	DF	ARG	Rodrigo Tapia (at Palestino until 30 June 2018)
—	MF	ARG	Brian Benítez (at Defensores de Belgrano until 30 June 2018)
—	MF	ARG	Santiago Camacho (at Independiente Rivadavia until 30 June 2018)
24	MF	ARG	Rodrigo De Ciancio (at Temperley until 30 June 2018)
—	MF	ARG	Gonzalo Jaque (at Defensores de Belgrano until 30 June 2018)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ARG	Alejandro Melo (at Atlético Tucumán until 30 June 2018)
—	MF	ARG	Franco Negri (at Independiente Rivadavia until 30 June 2018)
30	MF	ARG	Emiliano Purita (at Arsenal de Sarandí until 30 June 2018)
—	FW	ARG	Ezequiel Ávila (at Huesca until 30 June 2018)
—	FW	ARG	Rodrigo Contreras (at Arsenal de Sarandí until 30 June 2018)
—	FW	ARG	Gabriel Esparza (at Puebla until 31 December 2017)
—	FW	ARG	Ezequiel Montagna (at Temperley until 31 December 2017)
—	FW	ARG	Felix Villacorta (at Defensores de Belgrano until 30 June 2018)

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
1 July 2017	DF	Víctor Salazar	Rosario Central	Undisclosed^[2]^[3]
9 July 2017	DF	Gonzalo Rodríguez	Fiorentina	Undisclosed^[2]^[3]
10 July 2017	MF	Alexis Castro	Tigre	Undisclosed^[2]^[3]
17 July 2017	MF	Gabriel Gudiño	Atlético de Rafaela	Undisclosed^[2]^[3]

Out[edit]

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
1 July 2017	MF	Federico Bruno	Bragado	Undisclosed^[2]
1 July 2017	DF	Rodrigo Tapia	Palestino	Undisclosed^[4]
11 July 2017	FW	Gonzalo Bergessio	Vélez Sarsfield	Undisclosed^[2]^[3]
17 July 2017	DF	Gonzalo Prósperi	San Martín	Undisclosed^[2]
20 July 2017	MF	Néstor Ortigoza	Olimpia	Undisclosed^[2]^[3]
1 August 2017	DF	Mathías Corujo	Peñarol	Undisclosed^[5]

Loan out[edit]

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	To
1 July 2017	30 June 2018	FW	Rodrigo Contreras	Arsenal de Sarandí^[2]
6 July 2017	30 June 2018	DF	Alejandro Melo	Atlético Tucumán^[2]
22 July 2017	31 December 2017	FW	Ezequiel Montagna	Temperley^[2]
25 July 2017	30 June 2018	DF	Tomás Cardona	Godoy Cruz^[2]
27 July 2017	30 June 2018	MF	Rodrigo De Ciancio	Temperley^[2]

Friendlies[edit]

Pre-season[edit]

Win Draw Loss

29 July 2017 Friendly	San Lorenzo	2–0	Montevideo Wanderers	Buenos Aires, Argentina
	N. Blandi 16' (pen.), 58' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: San Lorenzo Ciudad Deportiva

29 July 2017 Friendly	San Lorenzo	0–0	Montevideo Wanderers	Buenos Aires, Argentina
		Report		Stadium: San Lorenzo Ciudad Deportiva

2 August 2017 Friendly	San Lorenzo	1–0	Godoy Cruz	Buenos Aires, Argentina
09:30	N. Reniero 19'	Report		Stadium: San Lorenzo Ciudad Deportiva

5 August 2017 Friendly	San Lorenzo	3–0	Peñarol	Buenos Aires, Argentina
13:00	N. Reniero 77', 88' G. Gudiño 85'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Pedro Bidegain

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.^[6]^[7]
(C) Champions

Results by matchday[edit]

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

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	San Lorenzo	1–1	Racing Club	Buenos Aires, Argentina
16:05	E. Cerutti 52'	Report	L. López 13'	Stadium: Estadio Pedro Bidegain Referee: Fernando Echenique (Argentina)

10 September 2017 2	Rosario Central	0–0	San Lorenzo	Rosario, Argentina
16:05		Report		Stadium: Estadio Gigante de Arroyito Referee: Patricio Loustau (Argentina)

16 September 2017 3	San Lorenzo	1–0	Arsenal de Sarandí	Buenos Aires, Argentina
18:05	M. Senesi 75'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Pedro Bidegain Referee: Federico Beligoy (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	San Lorenzo	0–0	Colón	Buenos Aires, Argentina
14:05		Report		Stadium: Estadio Pedro Bidegain Referee: Fernando Espinoza (Argentina)

13 October 2017 6	San Lorenzo	3–1	Defensa y Justicia	Buenos Aires, Argentina
21:05	E. Cerutti 18', 66' N. Blandi 47'	Report	N. Fernández 90'	Stadium: Estadio Pedro Bidegain Referee: Nicolás Lamolina (Argentina)

29 October 2017 7	Temperley	0–2	San Lorenzo	Turdera, Argentina
16:05		Report	G. Gudiño 13' E. Cerutti 77'	Stadium: Estadio Alfredo Beranger Referee: Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)

4 November 2017 8	San Lorenzo	0–1	Banfield	Buenos Aires, Argentina
16:15		Report	P. Mouche 17'	Stadium: Estadio Pedro Bidegain Referee: Germán Delfino (Argentina)

18 November 2017 9	San Martín	1–3	San Lorenzo	San Juan, Argentina
19:15	A. Fernández 73'	Report	N. Blandi 39', 90+3' P. Díaz 55'	Stadium: Estadio Ingeniero Hilario Sánchez Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)

25 November 2017 10	San Lorenzo	1–0	Argentinos Juniors	Buenos Aires, Argentina
19:15	N. Blandi 10'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Pedro Bidegain Referee: Hernán Mastrángelo (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)

3 December 2017 12	Tigre	1–2	San Lorenzo	Buenos Aires, Argentina
17:00	L. Janson 45'	Report	P. Díaz 39' E. Cerutti 55'	Stadium: Estadio José Dellagiovanna Referee: Fernando Echenique (Argentina)

January 2018 13	Talleres	–	San Lorenzo	Córdoba, Argentina
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes

Copa Argentina[edit]

Win Draw Loss

15 August 2017 R64	San Lorenzo	1–1 (4–2 p)	Cipolletti	Lanús, Argentina
18:00	N. Reniero 71'	Report	J. Piñero da Silva 20'	Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de Lanús – Néstor Díaz Pérez Referee: Andre Merlos (Argentina)
	Penalties
	N. Blandi M. Caruzzo G. Rodríguez L. Romagnoli E. Cerutti		E. Vilce G. Valente D. Jara C. Ávila

20 August 2017 R32	Deportivo Morón	1–0	San Lorenzo	Lanús, Argentina
15:30	L. Guzmán 86'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de Lanús – Néstor Díaz Pérez Referee: Pablo Echavarría (Argentina)

Copa Libertadores[edit]

Win Draw Loss

Round of 16[edit]

7 July 2017 First leg	Emelec	0–1	San Lorenzo	Guayaquil, Ecuador
21:45		Report	F. Belluschi 24'	Stadium: Estadio George Capwell Referee: Wilson Lamouroux (Colombia)

10 August 2017 Second leg	San Lorenzo	0–1 (agg: 1–1) (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Emelec	Buenos Aires, Argentina
21:45		Report	O. Lastra 47'	Stadium: Estadio Pedro Bidegain Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)
	Penalties
	N. Blandi M. Caruzzo M. Angeleri G. Gudiño F. Belluschi N. Reniero		F. Gaibor A. Preciado F. Luna S. Píriz R. Caicedo C. Ramos

Quarter-finals[edit]

13 September 2017 First leg	San Lorenzo	2–0	Lanús	Buenos Aires, Argentina
19:15	N. Blandi 34', 51' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Pedro Bidegain Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

21 September 2017 Second leg	Lanús	2–0 (agg: 2–2) (4–3 p)	San Lorenzo	Lanús, Argentina
21:45	J. Sand 11' N. Pasquini 16'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de Lanús – Néstor Díaz Pérez Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)
	Penalties
	A. Silva N. Pasquini D. Braghieri L. Acosta		F. Belluschi M. Caruzzo G. Rodríguez R. Botta N. Blandi

Copa Sudamericana[edit]

Win Draw Loss

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References[edit]

^ "San Lorenzo squad". Soccerway. 20 August 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "San Lorenzo transfers". Soccerway. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Mercado de pases del fútbol Argentino 2017/2018: Altas, bajas y rumores". Soccerway. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
^ "Bienvenido : Rodrigo Tapia". Club Deportivo Palestino. 1 July 2017. Archived from the original on 14 July 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
^ "Llegó la cuarta: Mathías Corujo jugará en Peñarol". Peñarol. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
^ "Reglamento del Campeonato de Primera División 2017–18" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.
^ "Reglamento General AFA" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.

[Soccerway_profile-1] "San Lorenzo squad". Soccerway. 20 August 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2017.

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

[Goal.com_transfers-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Mercado de pases del fútbol Argentino 2017/2018: Altas, bajas y rumores". Soccerway. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.

[R._Tapia_leaves-4] "Bienvenido : Rodrigo Tapia". Club Deportivo Palestino. 1 July 2017. Archived from the original on 14 July 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.

[M._Corujo_leaves-5] "Llegó la cuarta: Mathías Corujo jugará en Peñarol". Peñarol. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 2 August 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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