2019–20 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season

Boca Juniors
2019–20 season
President	Daniel Angelici; (until 13 December); Jorge Amor Ameal; (from 13 December)
Manager	Gustavo Alfaro; (until 30 December); Miguel Ángel Russo; (from 30 December)
Stadium	Estadio Alberto J. Armando
Primera División	Winners
Copa de la Superliga	TBD
2018–19 Copa Argentina	Round of 32
2019 Copa Libertadores	Semi-finals
2020 Copa Libertadores	Group stage
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season was the 91st consecutive Primera División season for the senior squad. During the season, Boca Juniors took part in the Primera División, Copa de la Superliga, Copa Argentina, Final stages of the 2019 Copa Libertadores and in the Group stage of the 2020 Copa Libertadores.

Season overview[edit]

June[edit]

On 19 June Boca announced that Alexis Mac Allister is the first signing of the season, being loaned from Brighton & Hove Albion. Julián Chicco is loaned to Patronato.^[1] Gonzalo Maroni and Agustín Rossi returned from their loans in Talleres (C) and Deportes Antofagasta, and are loaned again, to Sampdoria and to Lanús.^[2]^[3] Talleres (C) made use of the option to purchase Tomás Pochettino permanently.^[4] Nicolás Benegas returned from his loan and is transferred to Defensores de Belgrano.^[5]

July[edit]

Nicolás Colazo, Franco Cristaldo, Marcelo Torres and Nazareno Solís returned from their loans. Nazareno Solís is loaned to Aldosivi and Franco Cristaldo to Central Córdoba (SdE). On 12 July, Boca and Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) reached an agreement for the transfer of forward Jan Carlos Hurtado.^[6] On 18 July, Boca and Benfica reached an agreement for the transfer of midfielder Eduardo Salvio.^[7] The first official match of the season was a 1–0 win against Athletico Paranaense in the Round of 16 of 2019 Copa Libertadores. Italian midfielder Daniele de Rossi is new player of the club, after arriving as a free agent. He played 18 years in Roma and won the world cup with Italy.^[8] Boca draw 0–0 against Huracán in the first match of the league tournament. In the second leg of the Round of 16 of Copa Libertadores, Boca beat Athletico Paranaense 2-0 and advanced to the Quarterfinals, facing Ecuadorian team LDU Quito. Nicolás Colazo is loaned to Rosario Central.^[9]

August[edit]

On 4 August, Boca defeated Patronato 2–0. On 5 August, Boca and Marseille reached an agreement for the transfer of forward Darío Benedetto, "Pipa" leaves the club after three years, in which he scored 45 goals in 76 matches.^[10] On 8 August, forward Cristian Pavón is loaned to LA Galaxy.^[11] On 9 August, Boca and Cagliari reached an agreement for the transfer of midfielder Nahitan Nández.^[12] On 13 August, forward Franco Soldano is loaned from Olympiakos.^[13] Boca is eliminated from 2018–19 Copa Argentina after losing in penaltis against Almagro. On 18 August Boca won Aldosivi 2–0. On 21 August Boca won LDU Quito 3–0 in the first leg of the quarterfinals. On 25 August Boca defeated Banfield 1–0. In the second leg of the Quarterfinals of Copa Libertadores, Boca draw LDU Quito 0-0 and advanced to the Semifinals, facing River Plate, in another edition of Superclásico.

September[edit]

The Primera División Superclásico against River Plate ended in a 0–0 draw. On 15 September Boca won Estudiantes (LP) 1–0. On 21 September Boca won San Lorenzo 2–0. On 18 September Boca draw 1–1 against Newells.

October[edit]

The first leg of the Libertadores semifinals Superclásico ended in a 2–0 defeat against River Plate. On 6 October Boca won Defensa y Justicia 1–0. On 18 October Boca lost the first match of the Superliga, 1–0 against Racing. Boca won 1–0 against River the second leg of the Libertadores semifinals Superclásico but lost 2–1 in the aggregate and is eliminated. On 31 October Boca lost 2–1 against Lanús.

November[edit]

On 3 November Boca won Arsenal 5–1. On 10 November Boca draw 0–0 against Vélez Sarsfield. On 24 November Boca won Unión 2–0. On 30 November Boca draw 1–1 against Argentinos Juniors.

November[edit]

On 8 December Boca lost against Rosario Central 1–0, it was the last match of 2019.

December[edit]

Miguel Ángel Russo is the new head coach of the club, after Gustavo Alfaro ended his contract.^[14]

January[edit]

Leonardo Jara and Nahuel Molina returned from their loans. Kevin Mac Allister returned to his club after a loan spell in Boca. On 6 January, Daniele De Rossi announced his retirement from football.^[15] On 10 January the new uniforms are presented, with Adidas replacing Nike. On 17 January, midfielder Guillermo Fernández is loaned from Cruz Azul.^[16] Boca and Paolo Goltz agreed to mutually terminate the defender's contract, Goltz subsequently joined Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP). On 26 January the first match of the year was a 0–0 draw against Independiente. Brighton & Hove Albion recalls Alexis Mac Allister, interrupting his loan spell with Boca.^[17] On 31 January, Boca and Dynamo Kyiv reached an agreement for the transfer of defender Carlos Zambrano.^[18]

February[edit]

On 2 February Boca won Talleres (C) 2–1. On 8 February Boca won Atlético Tucumán 2–0. On 16 February Boca won Central Córdoba (SdE) 4–0. On 23 February Boca won Godoy Cruz 3–0. On 28 February Boca won Colón 4–0.

March[edit]

In the beginning of 2020 Copa Libertadores Boca draw Caracas 1-1. In the last match of Superliga Boca won Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 1-0 and won the title, the 34 title of Primera Division. On 10 March, in the second game of Copa Libertadores group stage Boca won 3-0 Independiente Medellín. The first match of Copa de la Superliga was a 4–1 victory over Godoy Cruz. On 17 March 2020, AFA announced the suspension of the tournament.^[19]

April[edit]

On 28 April 2020 AFA announced the abandonment of the Copa de la Superliga and the culmination of the 2019–20 season in all of its competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[20] CONMEBOL also announced the indefinite suspension of 2020 Copa Libertadores.

Squad[edit]

Squad no.	Name	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Note
Goalkeepers
1	Esteban Andrada	GK	(1991-01-26) 26 January 1991 (age 33)	69	-35	Lanús
12	Marcos Díaz	GK	(1986-02-05) 5 February 1986 (age 38)	6	-3	Huracán
28	Manuel Roffo	GK	(2000-04-04) 4 April 2000 (age 24)	0	0	Academy
Defenders
3	Emmanuel Mas	DF	(1989-01-15) 15 January 1989 (age 35)	61	4	Trabzonspor
4	Julio Buffarini	DF	(1988-08-18) 18 August 1988 (age 35)	75	2	São Paulo
5	Carlos Zambrano	DF	(1989-07-10) 10 July 1989 (age 34)	4	0	Dynamo Kyiv
15	Leonardo Jara	DF	(1991-05-20) 20 May 1991 (age 32)	84	2	D.C. United
18	Frank Fabra	DF	(1991-02-22) 22 February 1991 (age 33)	89	9	Independiente Medellín
20	Lisandro López	DF	(1989-09-01) 1 September 1989 (age 34)	41	5	Benfica	Injured
24	Carlos Izquierdoz (VC 2º)	DF	(1988-11-03) 3 November 1988 (age 35)	66	3	Santos Laguna
32	Gastón Ávila	DF	(2001-09-30) 30 September 2001 (age 22)	1	0	Academy
Midfielders
7	Guillermo Fernández	MF	(1991-10-11) 11 October 1991 (age 32)	45	3	Cruz Azul
8	Edwin Cardona	MF	(1992-12-08) 8 December 1992 (age 31)	49	11	Tijuana
11	Eduardo Salvio	MF	(1990-07-13) 13 July 1990 (age 33)	28	13	Benfica
14	Nicolás Capaldo	MF	(1998-09-14) 14 September 1998 (age 25)	29	0	Academy
21	Jorman Campuzano	MF	(1996-04-30) 30 April 1996 (age 27)	36	1	Atlético Nacional
23	Iván Marcone (VC 4º)	MF	(1990-06-03) 3 June 1990 (age 33)	46	0	Cruz Azul
39	Agustín Almendra	MF	(2000-02-11) 11 February 2000 (age 24)	34	2	Academy
	Gonzalo Maroni	MF	(1999-03-18) 18 March 1999 (age 25)	11	1	Sampdoria
Forwards
9	Ramón Ábila (VC 3º)	FW	(1989-10-14) 14 October 1989 (age 34)	71	30	Cruzeiro
10	Carlos Tevez (C)	FW	(1984-02-05) 5 February 1984 (age 40)	249	85	Shanghai Shenhua
19	Mauro Zárate	FW	(1987-03-18) 18 March 1987 (age 37)	66	17	Watford
22	Sebastián Villa	FW	(1996-05-19) 19 May 1996 (age 27)	60	5	Deportes Tolima
27	Franco Soldano	FW	(1994-09-14) 14 September 1994 (age 29)	19	2	Olympiakos
34	Agustín Obando	FW	(2000-03-11) 11 March 2000 (age 24)	21	0	Academy
	Walter Bou	FW	(1993-08-25) 25 August 1993 (age 30)	51	10	Unión

Transfers[edit]

Winter[edit]

In[edit]

Players transferred
Pos.	Name	Club	Fee
MF	Daniele De Rossi	Roma	Free
MF	Eduardo Salvio	Benfica	€7M
FW	Jan Carlos Hurtado	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	$5M

Players loaned
Pos.	Name	Club	End date
MF	Alexis Mac Allister	Brighton & Hove Albion	June 2020
FW	Franco Soldano	Olympiakos	December 2020

Loan Return
Pos.	Name	Return from
GK	Agustín Rossi	Antofagasta
DF	Gonzalo Goñi	Agropecuario
DF	Agustín Heredia	Godoy Cruz
MF	Nicolás Colazo	Tigre
MF	Franco Cristaldo	San Martín (SJ)
MF	Gonzalo Maroni	Talleres (C)
MF	Alexis Messidoro	Cerro Largo
MF	Tomás Pochettino	Talleres (C)
FW	Nicolás Benegas	Brown
FW	Walter Bou	Unión La Calera
FW	Tomás Fernández	Agropecuario
FW	Nazareno Solís	San Martín (SJ)
FW	Marcelo Torres	Banfield
FW	Guido Vadalá	Universidad de Concepción

Out[edit]

Players transferred
Pos.	Name	Club	Fee
MF	George Acosta	Austin Bold	Free
MF	Nicolás Colazo	Rosario Central	Free
MF	Alexis Messidoro	Estudiantes (M)	Free
MF	Nahitan Nández	Cagliari	€18M
MF	Tomás Pochettino	Talleres (C)	$900m
FW	Darío Benedetto	Marseille	€14M
FW	Nicolás Benegas	Defensores de Belgrano	Free

Players loaned
Pos.	Name	Club	End date
GK	Agustín Rossi	Lanús	June 2020
DF	Gonzalo Goñi	Estudiantes (BA)	June 2020
DF	Agustín Heredia	Cerro Largo	June 2020
DF	Isaac Monti	All Boys	June 2020
DF	Oscar Salomón	Central Córdoba (SdE)	June 2020
MF	Julián Chicco	Patronato	June 2020
MF	Franco Cristaldo	Central Córdoba (SdE)	June 2020
MF	Gonzalo Maroni	Sampdoria	June 2020
FW	Walter Bou	Unión (SF)	June 2020
FW	Tomás Fernández	Cerro Largo	June 2020
FW	Cristian Pavón	LA Galaxy	December 2020
FW	Nazareno Solís	Aldosivi	June 2020
FW	Marcelo Torres	Pafos	June 2020
FW	Guido Vadalá	Tolima	June 2020

Loan return
Pos.	Name	Return to

Summer[edit]

In[edit]

Players transferred
Pos.	Name	Club	Fee
DF	Carlos Zambrano	Dynamo Kyiv	Undisclosed

Players loaned
Pos.	Name	Club	End date
MF	Guillermo Fernández	Cruz Azul	December 2020

Loan return
Pos.	Name	Return from
GK	Federico Abadía	Talleres (C)
DF	Lucas Arzamendia	Cerro Largo
DF	Leonardo Jara	D.C. United
DF	Nahuel Molina	Rosario Central
MF	Sebastián Pérez	Barcelona
FW	Mauro Luna Diale	Cerro Largo
FW	Guido Vadalá	Tolima

Out[edit]

Players transferred
Pos.	Name	Club	Fee
DF	Paolo Goltz	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	Free
MF	Daniele De Rossi	Retired	Free

Players loaned
Pos.	Name	Club	End date
FW	Ezequiel Cañete	Unión (SF)	June 2021
FW	Mauro Luna Diale	Unión (SF)	June 2021

Loan return
Pos.	Name	Return to
DF	Kevin Mac Allister	Argentinos Juniors
MF	Alexis Mac Allister	Brighton & Hove Albion

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Winter[edit]

3 July 2019 Pre-season	América	1–2	Boca Juniors	Harrison, United States
20:00	Aguilar 12'		Zárate 65', 73'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Referee: Sorin Soticar

6 July 2019 Pre-season	Guadalajara	0–2	Boca Juniors	Seattle, United States
20:30			Mac Allister 31' Benedetto 41'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Referee: Chipalo Street

10 July 2019 Pre-season	Tijuana	1–0	Boca Juniors	Tijuana, Mexico
23:00	Bolaños 87'			Stadium: Estadio Caliente

Summer[edit]

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	28 July 2019	8 March 2020	Matchday 1	Winners	23	14	6	3	35	8	+27	060.87
Copa de la Superliga	14 March 2020		Matchday 1	Cancelled	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
2018–19 Copa Argentina	13 August 2019		Round of 32¹	Round of 32	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
2019 Copa Libertadores	24 July 2019	22 October 2019	Round of 16²	Semifinals	6	4	1	1	7	2	+5	066.67
2020 Copa Libertadores	3 March 2020	7 May 2020	Group stage	TBD³	5	3	2	0	7	1	+6	060.00
Total					36	22	10	4	54	13	+41	061.11

Last updated: 15 March 2020.
Source: Competitions

1: The Round of 64 was played in the previous season. 2: The group stage was played in the previous season. 3: The final stages will be 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)	23	14	6	3	35	8	+27	48	Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
2	River Plate	23	14	5	4	41	18	+23	47
3	Vélez Sarsfield	23	11	6	6	27	14	+13	39
4	Racing	23	9	12	2	28	23	+5	39
5	Argentinos Juniors	23	10	9	4	22	17	+5	39

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.
(C) Champions

Relegation table[edit]

Pos	Team	2016–17 Pts	2017–18 Pts	2018–19 Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg
1	Boca Juniors	58	51	48	157	75	2.093
2	Racing	45	57	39	141	75	1.88
3	River Plate	45	45	47	137	75	1.827

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
23	14	6	3	35	8	+27	48	7	4	1	18	4	+14	7	2	2	17	4	+13

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
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	L	W	D	W	D	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W
Position	13	5	3	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	4	4	1	1	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1

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

Matches[edit]

Win Draw Loss Postponed

28 July 2019 1	Boca Juniors	0–0	Huracán	Buenos Aires
20:00 UTC−3	Campuzano 28' Villa 57'	Report	Salcedo 40' Gómez 84' Calello 90+1'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Diego Abal

4 August 2019 2	Patronato	0–2	Boca Juniors	Paraná
20:00 UTC−3	Rosales 9' Tarragona 51' Andrade 66' Chimino 73'	Report	Salvio 5' Tevez 15' Goltz 33' Marcone 89'	Stadium: Presbítero Bartolomé Grella Referee: Fernando Rapallini

18 August 2019 3	Boca Juniors	2–0	Aldosivi	Buenos Aires
20:00 UTC−3	Izquierdoz 26' Tevez 34' Marcone 48' Salvio 77'	Report	Galeano 69'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Mauro Vigliano

25 August 2019 4	Banfield	0–1	Boca Juniors	Banfield
20:00 UTC−3	Urzi 67'	Report	Soldano 0' Hurtado 11' Buffarini 26' Alonso 67' Almendra 77'	Stadium: Florencio Solá Referee: Fernando Echenique

1 September 2019 5	River Plate	0–0	Boca Juniors	Buenos Aires
17:00 UTC−3	Pérez 32' Casco 83' Fernández 86'	Report	Izquierdoz 17' López 23' Marcone 36' Hurtado 40' Capaldo 54' Andrada 63' Fabra 90'	Stadium: Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Referee: Fernando Rapallini

15 September 2019 6	Boca Juniors	1–0	Estudiantes (LP)	Buenos Aires
20:00 UTC−3	Reynoso 3' Marcone 13' Weigandt 19' Capaldo 30' Fabra 68'	Report	Gómez 17' Kalinski 45'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Facundo Tello

21 September 2019 7	San Lorenzo	0–2	Boca Juniors	Buenos Aires
17:45 UTC−3	Menossi 20' Bareiro 62' O. Romero 74'	Report	López 16' 43' Reynoso 74' Hurtado 90+2'	Stadium: Pedro Bidegain Referee: Mauro Vigliano

28 September 2019 8	Boca Juniors	1–1	Newell's Old Boys	Buenos Aires
20:00 UTC−3	Almendra 12' Izquierdoz 30'	Report	Gentiletti 37' Villarruel 46' Rodríguez 48' Lema 76' Insaurralde 79'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Darío Herrera

6 October 2019 9	Defensa y Justicia	0–1	Boca Juniors	Florencio Varela
20:00 UTC−3	Merlini 81'	Report	Almendra 18' Hurtado 41' A. Mac Allister 53' Marcone 83' Buffarini 87' 90+2'	Stadium: Norberto Tomaghello Referee: Pablo Echavarría

18 October 2019 10	Boca Juniors	0–1	Racing Club	Buenos Aires
21:10 UTC−3	Soldano 38' Reynoso 43' Andrada 44' Alonso 81'	Report	Zaracho 27' Rojas 46'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Fernando Echenique

31 October 2019 11	Lanús	2–1	Boca Juniors	Lanús
21:20 UTC−3	Sand 8' 88' Auzqui 38' 48' Valenti 43' Di Plácido 67' Quignon 69' Belmonte 76' Abecasis 80'	Report	Zárate 27' 34' Almendra 29' Buffarini 35' Izquierdoz 55' 79' Tevez 76' Mas 90+2'	Stadium: Ciudad de Lanús Referee: Fernando Rapallini

3 November 2019 12	Boca Juniors	5–1	Arsenal	Buenos Aires
11:00 UTC−3	Tevez 15' Ábila 43' 61' Fabra 49', 90' Reynoso 78' Zárate 88'	Report	Piovi 30' Pereyra 61' Álvarez Suárez 88'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Pablo Echavarría

10 November 2019 13	Vélez Sarsfield	0–0	Boca Juniors	Buenos Aires
20:00 UTC−3	Fernández 10' Domínguez 32' Gianetti 41' Cufré 88'	Report	López 10' Fabra 46' 60' Marcone 61' Reynoso 86' Hurtado 89'	Stadium: José Amalfitani Stadium Referee: Patricio Loustau

22 November 2019 14	Boca Juniors	2–0	Unión	Buenos Aires
17:10 UTC−3	Ábila 2' 53' A. Mac Allister 55' Marcone 81'	Report	Corvalán 74'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Facundo Tello

30 November 2019 15	Boca Juniors	1–1	Argentinos Juniors	Buenos Aires
19:40 UTC−3	Ábila 28' Izquierdoz 64' Villa 90+4'	Report	F. Mac Allister 30' Vera 37' Silva 53' Sandoval 82'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Andrés Merlo

8 December 2019 16	Rosario Central	1–0	Boca Juniors	Rosario
19:40 UTC−3	Ribas 16' Rinaudo 54' Rius 90+1'	Report	Ábila 26' Capaldo 40' 90+4' De Rossi 44' Marcone 59'	Stadium: Gigante de Arroyito Referee: Diego Abal

26 January 2020 17	Boca Juniors	0–0	Independiente	Buenos Aires
21:45 UTC−3	Izquierdoz 17' 21' Fabra 77'	Report	Franco 12' Romero 26' Pérez 75' Benítez 84' Martínez 22'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Fernando Echenique

2 February 2020 18	Talleres (C)	1–2	Boca Juniors	Córdoba
21:45 UTC−3	Tenaglia 26' Menéndez 39' Valoyes 80' Moreno 90+2' Gandolfi 90+2'	Report	Villa 13' Campuzano 50' Tevez 63'	Stadium: Mario Alberto Kempes Referee: Fernando Rapallini

8 February 2020 19	Boca Juniors	2–0	Atlético Tucumán	Buenos Aires
21:45 UTC−3	Soldano 22' Campuzano 29' Fabra 87' Ábila 90+5' (pen.)	Report	Bravo 13' Ortiz 52'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Mauro Vigliano

16 February 2020 20	Central Córdoba (SdE)	0–4	Boca Juniors	Santiago del Estero
21:50 UTC−3	Vega 45' Vera Oviedo 45+1' Meli 59'	Report	Tevez 3', 52', 36' Salvio 25' Izquierdoz 51' Villa 58' Soldano 82'	Stadium: Alfredo Terrera Referee: Facundo Tello

23 February 2020 21	Boca Juniors	3–0	Godoy Cruz	Buenos Aires
19:40 UTC−3	Tevez 18' Fernández 32' Salvio 82', 86'	Report	Carrasco 35' Cartagena 46' Herrera 70' Alanís 90+1'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Nicolás Lamolina

28 February 2020 22	Colón	0–4	Boca Juniors	Santa Fe
21:10 UTC−3	Delgado 31' Olivera 79'	Report	Izquierdoz 14' Fernández 24' 55' Campuzano 65' Salvio 72' Tevez 74' Ábila 84'	Stadium: Brigadier General Estanislao López Referee: Diego Abal

8 March 2020 23	Boca Juniors	1–0	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	Buenos Aires
UTC−3	Fabra 17' Tevez 71' 72' Salvio 80' Capaldo 89'	Report	Goltz 66' Licht 70' Ayala 89'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Facundo Tello

Copa de la Superliga[edit]

Zone A[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Boca Juniors	1	1	0	4	1	+3	3	Advance to semi-finals
2	San Lorenzo	1	1	0	3	1	+2	3	Advance to semi-finals
3	Independiente	1	1	0	1	0	+1	3
4	Banfield	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
5	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	1	0	1	0	0	0	1

Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2020. Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head goals scored.

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
1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	+3

Source: AFA

Results by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C
Position	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

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

Matches[edit]

14 March 2020 1	Godoy Cruz	1–4	Boca Juniors	Mendoza
20:00 UTC−3	Badaloni 28' Ortiz 49' Almeida 80' Pizarro 90'	Report	Buffarini 6' Salvio 30' Mas 41' Izquierdoz 66' Campuzano 88'	Stadium: Malvinas Argentinas Referee: Darío Herrera

Copa Argentina[edit]

Round of 32[edit]

13 August 2019	Boca Juniors	1–1 (1–3 p)	Almagro	La Plata
21:10 UTC−3	De Rossi 27' 35' Fabra 49' Alonso 90+2'	Report	Bossio 31' Arrechea 45+1' Martínez 81'	Stadium: Ciudad de La Plata Referee: Silvio Trucco
	Penalties
	Tevez A. Mac Allister Hurtado Salvio		Denis Wilchez Coscia

2019 Copa Libertadores[edit]

Final Stages[edit]

Round of 16[edit]

24 July 2019 First leg	Athletico Paranaense	0–1	Boca Juniors	Curitiba, Brazil
21:30 UTC−3	Bruno Guimarães 1' González 86' Andrade 86' Ruben 90+4'	Report	Goltz 24' Capaldo 52' Ábila 54' Marcone 62' A. Mac Allister 82' Andrada 90+3'	Stadium: Arena da Baixada Referee: Daniel Fedorczuk (Uruguay)

31 July 2019 Second leg	Boca Juniors	2–0 (3–0 agg.)	Athletico Paranaense	Buenos Aires, Argentina
21:30 UTC−3	Nández 5' Weigandt 7' Izquierdoz 18' Ábila 56' 86' Salvio 90+4'	Report	Wellington 37' Pedro Henrique 41' Bruno Guimarães 68' Marcelo Cirino 72'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Julio Bascuñán (Chile)

Quarterfinals[edit]

21 August 2019 First leg	LDU Quito	0–3	Boca Juniors	Quito, Ecuador
17:15 UTC−5	Aguirre 11' Orejuela 45+2' Minda 47' Caicedo 72' Alcívar 84'	Report	Ábila 10' Reynoso 46' A. Mac Allister 68' Caicedo 80' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)
Note: Minda was sent off from the bench of substitutes.

28 August 2019 Second leg	Boca Juniors	0–0 (3–0 agg.)	LDU Quito	Buenos Aires, Argentina
19:15 UTC−3	Capaldo 41' Weigandt 49'	Report	Rodríguez 13' Aguirre 14' Guerra 17' Valencia 51' Alcívar 62'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

Semifinals[edit]

1 October 2019 First leg	River Plate	2–0	Boca Juniors	Buenos Aires, Argentina
21:30 UTC−3	Santos Borré 6' (pen.) Fernández 45+1' 69' Pérez 56' Pinola 85'	Report	Mas 10' Izquierdoz 35' López 43' Capaldo 90+6'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil)

22 October 2019 Second leg	Boca Juniors	1–0 (1–2 agg.)	River Plate	Buenos Aires, Argentina
21:30 UTC−3	A. Mac Allister 45+1' Marcone 53' Tevez 71' Hurtado 79'	Report	Fernández 54' Pérez 78' Díaz 87' Scocco 88' Martínez Quarta 90+1'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

2020 Copa Libertadores[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BOC	LIB	CAR	DIM
1	Boca Juniors	6	4	2	0	10	1	+9	14	Round of 16	—	0–0	3–0	3–0
2	Libertad	6	2	1	3	8	11	−3	7	Round of 16	0–2	—	3–2	2–4
3	Caracas	6	2	1	3	8	12	−4	7	Copa Sudamericana	1–1	2–1	—	0–2
4	Independiente Medellín	6	2	0	4	9	11	−2	6		0–1	1–2	2–3	—

Source: CONMEBOL

3 March 2020 1	Caracas	1–1	Boca Juniors	Caracas, Venezuela
20:30 UTC−4	Celis 29' Hernández 55' Bonsu Osei 84'	Report	Ábila 25' Marcone 53' Mas 62' Buffarini 88'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico de la UCV Referee: Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay)

10 March 2020 2	Boca Juniors	3–0	Independiente Medellín	Buenos Aires, Argentina
21:30 UTC−3	Salvio 35', 57' Tevez 40' Reynoso 72' 80'	Report	Caicedo 27' Cadavid 41' Flores 71'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Guillermo Guerrero (Ecuador)

17 September 2020 3	Libertad	0–2	Boca Juniors	Asunción, Paraguay
20:00 UTC−4	Mejía 47' Bareiro 61' 86' Ferreira 75'	Report	Salvio 6', 84' Campuzano 34' Mas 76'	Stadium: Estadio General Pablo Rojas Referee: Rodolpho Toski (Brazil)
Note: On 12 March 2020, CONMEBOL announced that the tournament would be temporarily suspended after group stage matchday 2 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with matches on matchday 3, originally scheduled for 17–19 March 2020, postponed to a later date.^[21]

24 September 2020 4	Independiente Medellín	0–1	Boca Juniors	Medellín, Colombia
19:00 UTC−5	Rodríguez 26' Cadavid 37'	Report	Campuzano 32' Zambrano 38' Salvio 88'	Stadium: Estadio Atanasio Girardot Referee: Augusto Aragón (Ecuador)
Note: On 12 March 2020, CONMEBOL announced that the tournament would be temporarily suspended after group stage matchday 2 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with matches on matchday 3, originally scheduled for 17–19 March 2020, postponed to a later date.^[21]

29 September 2020 5	Boca Juniors	0–0	Libertad	Buenos Aires, Argentina
21:30 UTC−3	Soldano 14' Fabra 38'	Report	Bareiro 33'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)
Note: On 12 March 2020, CONMEBOL announced that the tournament would be temporarily suspended after group stage matchday 2 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with matches on matchday 3, originally scheduled for 17–19 March 2020, postponed to a later date.^[21]

22 October 2020 6	Boca Juniors	3–0	Caracas	Buenos Aires, Argentina
21:30 UTC−3	López 27' Tevez 33', 44'	Report	Hernández 13' Villanueva 15' Blanco 49'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Christian Ferreyra (Uruguay)
Note: On 12 March 2020, CONMEBOL announced that the tournament would be temporarily suspended after group stage matchday 2 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with matches on matchday 3, originally scheduled for 17–19 March 2020, postponed to a later date.^[21]

Team statistics[edit]

	Total	Home	Away	Neutral
Games played	36	16	18	1
Games won	22	10	12
Games drawn	10	6	3	1
Games lost	4	1	3
Biggest win	5-1 vs Arsenal	5-1 vs Arsenal	4-0 vs Central Córdoba (SdE)
Biggest loss	2-0 vs River Plate	1-0 vs Racing Club	2-0 vs River Plate	None
Biggest win (Primera División)	5-1 vs Arsenal	5-1 vs Arsenal	4-0 vs Central Córdoba (SdE)
Biggest win (Copa de la Superliga)	4-1 vs Godoy Cruz		4-1 vs Godoy Cruz
Biggest win (Copa Argentina)	None
Biggest win (Copa Libertadores)	3-0 vs LDU Quito	3-0 vs Independiente Medellín	3-0 vs LDU Quito
Biggest loss (Primera División)	1-0 vs Racing Club	1-0 vs Racing Club	2-1 vs Lanús
Biggest loss (Copa de la Superliga)
Biggest loss (Copa Argentina)	None
Biggest loss (Copa Libertadores)	2-0 vs River Plate		2-0 vs River Plate	None
Clean sheets	25	13	12
Goals scored	54	24	29	1
Goals conceded	13	4	8	1
Goal difference	+41	+20	+21	0
Yellow cards	98	44	51	3
Red cards	7	2	5
Worst discipline	Izquierdoz Capaldo (2 RC)	Villa Izquierdoz (1 RC)	Capaldo (2 RC)
Penalties for	3	1	2
Penalties against	1		1

Season Appearances and goals[edit]

As of 29 September 2020

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primera División		Copa de la Superliga		Copa Argentina		Copa Libertadores
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ARG	Esteban Andrada	32	-10	20	-7	1	0	0	0	11	-3
12	GK	ARG	Marcos Díaz	4	-2	3	-1	0	0	1	-1	0	0
28	GK	ARG	Manuel Roffo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF	ARG	Emmanuel Mas	16	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	9+1	0
4	DF	ARG	Julio Buffarini	25	1	20	0	1	1	0	0	2+2	0
5	DF	PER	Carlos Zambrano	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
15	DF	ARG	Leonardo Jara	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
18	DF	COL	Frank Fabra	22	2	18	2	0	0	1	0	2+1	0
20	DF	ARG	Lisandro López	21	1	14+1	1	0	0	1	0	5	0
24	DF	ARG	Carlos Izquierdoz	28	2	17	1	1	1	0	0	10	0
32	DF	ARG	Gastón Ávila	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
7	MF	ARG	Guillermo Fernández	13	1	7	1	1	0	0	0	4+1	0
8	MF	COL	Edwin Cardona	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+3	0
11	MF	ARG	Eduardo Salvio	28	13	12+5	6	1	1	1	0	7+2	6
14	MF	ARG	Nicolás Capaldo	24	0	9+3	0	0+1	0	1	0	6+4	0
21	MF	COL	Jorman Campuzano	20	1	11+2	0	0+1	1	0+1	0	4+1	0
23	MF	ARG	Iván Marcone	22	0	11+2	0	1	0	0	0	7+1	0
32	MF	ARG	Gonzalo Maroni	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
39	MF	ARG	Agustín Almendra	7	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Forwards
9	MF	ARG	Ramón Ábila	22	8	5+7	5	1	0	1	0	7+1	3
10	FW	ARG	Carlos Tevez	26	9	11+6	9	0	0	0+1	0	6+2	0
19	FW	ARG	Mauro Zárate	19	2	5+7	2	0	0	1	0	3+3	0
22	FW	COL	Sebastián Villa	22	2	13+4	2	0+1	0	0	0	2+2	0
27	FW	ARG	Franco Soldano	19	2	12+1	2	0	0	0	0	5+1	0
34	FW	ARG	Agustín Obando	15	0	7+4	0	1	0	0	0	2+1	0
	FW	ARG	Walter Bou	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+3	0
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season, but have left the club
2	DF	ARG	Paolo Goltz	5	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
6	DF	PAR	Júnior Alonso	20	0	11+3	0	1	0	1	0	3+1	0
13	DF	ARG	Kevin Mac Allister	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	DF	ARG	Marcelo Weigandt	9	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
8	MF	ARG	Alexis Mac Allister	20	2	9+4	1	0	0	1	0	6	1
15	MF	URU	Nahitan Nández	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
16	MF	ITA	Daniele De Rossi	7	1	4+1	0	0	0	1	1	0+1	0
30	MF	ARG	Emanuel Reynoso	25	3	9+9	1	1	0	0	0	2+4	2
40	MF	ARG	Julián Chicco	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW	ARG	Cristian Pavón	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	ARG	Darío Benedetto	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW	VEN	Jan Carlos Hurtado	18	2	6+8	1	0	0	0+1	0	0+3	1

Top scorers[edit]

As of 29 September 2020

Rank	Pos.	No.	Name	Primera División	Copa de la Superliga	Copa Argentina	Copa Libertadores	Total
1	MF	11	Eduardo Salvio	6	1		6	13
2	FW	10	Carlos Tevez	9				9
3	FW	9	Ramón Ábila	5			3	8
4	MF	30	Emanuel Reynoso	1			1	2
5	FW	19	Mauro Zárate	2				2
6	FW	17	Jan Carlos Hurtado	1			1	2
7	DF	18	Frank Fabra	2				2
8	FW	27	Franco Soldano	2				2
9	FW	22	Sebastián Villa	2				2
10	DF	24	Carlos Izquierdoz	1	1			2
11	MF	8	Alexis Mac Allister	1			1	2
12	MF	7	Guillermo Fernández	1				1
13	MF	16	Daniele De Rossi			1		1
14	DF	20	Lisandro López	1				1
15	DF	4	Julio Buffarini		1			1
16	MF	21	Jorman Campuzano		1			1
17	MF	39	Agustín Almendra	1				1
Own Goals							1	1
Total				35	4	1	13	53

Top assists[edit]

As of 29 September 2020

Rank	Pos.	No.	Name	Primera División	Copa de la Superliga	Copa Argentina	Copa Libertadores	Total
1	DF	18	Frank Fabra	4			1	5
2	MF	8	Alexis Mac Allister	2		1	2	5
3	FW	22	Sebastián Villa	3			1	4
4	MF	11	Eduardo Salvio	3				3
5	FW	10	Carlos Tevez	2			1	3
6	FW	19	Mauro Zárate	2			1	3
7	MF	30	Emanuel Reynoso	3				3
8	FW	27	Franco Soldano	1				1
9	FW	17	Jan Carlos Hurtado	1				1
10	DF	20	Lisandro López	1				1
11	DF	6	Júnior Alonso	1				1
12	MF	14	Nicolás Capaldo	1				1
13	MF	7	Guillermo Fernández	1				1
14	FW	9	Ramón Ábila	1				1
15	DF	4	Julio Buffarini		1			1
16	DF	3	Emmanuel Mas		1			1
17	MF	8	Edwin Cardona				1	1
18	MF	15	Nahitan Nández				1	1
Total				26	2	1	8	37

Penalties[edit]

Date	Penalty Taker	Scored	Opponent	Competition
8 February 2020	Ramón Ábila	Yes	Atlético Tucumán	Primera División
16 February 2020	Carlos Tévez	No	Central Córdoba (SdE)	Primera División
16 February 2020	Franco Soldano	No	Central Córdoba (SdE)	Primera División

Clean sheets[edit]

As of 29 September 2020

Rank	Pos.	No.	Name	Primera División	Copa Libertadores	Total
1	GK	1	Esteban Andrada	15	8	23
2	GK	12	Marcos Díaz	2		2
Total				16	9	25

Disciplinary record[edit]

As of 29 September 2020

No.	Pos	Nat	Name
No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Primera División			Copa de la Superliga	Copa Argentina	Copa Libertadores		Total
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Esteban Andrada	2					1		3
12	GK		Marcos Díaz
28	GK		Manuel Roffo
Defenders
3	DF		Emmanuel Mas	1			1		3		5
4	DF		Julio Buffarini	3	1				1		4	1
5	DF		Carlos Zambrano						1		1
15	DF		Leonardo Jara
18	DF		Frank Fabra	7	1			1	1		9	1
20	DF		Lisandro López	3					1		4
24	DF		Carlos Izquierdoz	9	2				2		11	2
32	DF		Gastón Ávila
Midfielders
7	MF		Guillermo Fernández	2							2
8	MF		Edwin Cardona
11	MF		Eduardo Salvio	1							1
14	MF		Nicolás Capaldo	5	1				2	1	7	1	1
21	MF		Jorman Campuzano	4					2		6
23	MF		Iván Marcone	8					3		11
39	MF		Agustín Almendra	2		1					2		1
	MF		Gonzalo Maroni
Forwards
9	FW		Ramón Ábila	3					2		5
10	FW		Carlos Tevez	2					2		4
19	FW		Mauro Zárate	1							1
22	FW		Sebastián Villa	1		1					1		1
27	FW		Franco Soldano	1					1		2
34	FW		Agustín Obando
	FW		Walter Bou
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season, but have left the club
2	DF		Paolo Goltz	1					1		2
6	DF		Júnior Alonso	2				1			3
13	DF		Kevin Mac Allister
42	DF		Marcelo Weigandt	1					2		3
8	MF		Alexis Mac Allister	1					2		3
15	MF		Nahitan Nández						1		1
16	MF		Daniele De Rossi	1				1			2
30	MF		Emanuel Reynoso	4					1		5
40	MF		Julián Chicco
7	FW		Cristian Pavón
9	FW		Darío Benedetto
17	FW		Jan Carlos Hurtado	4							4
Total				65	5	2	1	3	29	1	99	5	3

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

^ "Refuerzos 19/20: Julián Chicco" (in Spanish). Patronato Official website.
^ "Maroni è della sampdoria: arriva a titolo temporaneo con diritto d'opzione" (in Italian). Sampdoria Official website.
^ "Agustín Rossi, nuevo refuerzo del Granate" (in Spanish). Lanús Official website. Archived from the original on 19 June 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
^ "Talleres formalizó la opción por Tomás Pochettino" (in Spanish). Talleres (C) Official website. Archived from the original on 3 October 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
^ "Fútbol Profesional: Se siguen sumando" (in Spanish). Defensores de Belgrano Official website. Archived from the original on 22 June 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
^ "Bienvenido Jan" (in Spanish). Boca Juniors Official website.
^ "Bienvenido Toto" (in Spanish). Boca Juniors Official website.
^ "Bienvenido Daniele" (in Spanish). Boca Juniors Official website.
^ "¡Nicolás Colazo ya es Canalla!" (in Spanish). Rosario Central Official website. Archived from the original on 1 August 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
^ "Dario Benedetto, seconde recrue olympienne" (in French). Marseille Official website.
^ "LA Galaxy acquire forward Cristian Pavón". LA Galaxy Official website.
^ "Bienvenido, Nández!" (in Italian). Cagliari Official website.
^ "Bienvenido Franco" (in Spanish). Boca Juniors Official website.
^ "Miguel Ángel Russo ya es el técnico de Boca" (in Spanish). Boca Juniors Official website.
^ ""Queda acá una parte de mi corazón"" (in Spanish). Boca Juniors Official website.
^ "¡Bienvenido a casa, Pol!" (in Spanish). Boca Juniors Official website.
^ "Mac Allister back with Albion". Brighton and Hove Albion Official website.
^ "Bienvenido Carlos" (in Spanish). Boca Juniors Official website.
^ "Suspensión del fútbol" (in Spanish). AFA.
^ "Campeonatos oficiales de la Asociación" (in Spanish). AFA.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "La CONMEBOL Libertadores queda suspendida temporalmente". CONMEBOL.com. 12 March 2020.

External links[edit]

Club Atlético Boca Juniors official web site (in Spanish)

[1] "Refuerzos 19/20: Julián Chicco" (in Spanish). Patronato Official website.

[2] "Maroni è della sampdoria: arriva a titolo temporaneo con diritto d'opzione" (in Italian). Sampdoria Official website.

[3] "Agustín Rossi, nuevo refuerzo del Granate" (in Spanish). Lanús Official website. Archived from the original on 19 June 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.

[4] "Talleres formalizó la opción por Tomás Pochettino" (in Spanish). Talleres (C) Official website. Archived from the original on 3 October 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2019.

[5] "Fútbol Profesional: Se siguen sumando" (in Spanish). Defensores de Belgrano Official website. Archived from the original on 22 June 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.

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

[7] "Bienvenido Toto" (in Spanish). Boca Juniors Official website.

[8] "Bienvenido Daniele" (in Spanish). Boca Juniors Official website.

[9] "¡Nicolás Colazo ya es Canalla!" (in Spanish). Rosario Central Official website. Archived from the original on 1 August 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2019.

[10] "Dario Benedetto, seconde recrue olympienne" (in French). Marseille Official website.

[11] "LA Galaxy acquire forward Cristian Pavón". LA Galaxy Official website.

[12] "Bienvenido, Nández!" (in Italian). Cagliari Official website.

[13] "Bienvenido Franco" (in Spanish). Boca Juniors Official website.

[14] "Miguel Ángel Russo ya es el técnico de Boca" (in Spanish). Boca Juniors Official website.

[15] ""Queda acá una parte de mi corazón"" (in Spanish). Boca Juniors Official website.

[16] "¡Bienvenido a casa, Pol!" (in Spanish). Boca Juniors Official website.

[17] "Mac Allister back with Albion". Brighton and Hove Albion Official website.

[18] "Bienvenido Carlos" (in Spanish). Boca Juniors Official website.

[19] "Suspensión del fútbol" (in Spanish). AFA.

[20] "Campeonatos oficiales de la Asociación" (in Spanish). AFA.

[suspension-21] "La CONMEBOL Libertadores queda suspendida temporalmente". CONMEBOL.com. 12 March 2020.

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