2016 Club Atlético Independiente season

Independiente
2016 season
President	Hugo Moyano
Manager	Gabriel Milito
Stadium	Libertadores de América
Primera División	3rd
Copa Argentina	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Fernández; Germán Denis; and Emiliano Rigoni (3); ; All: Fernández (4)
	← 2015 2016–17 →

The 2016 season Independiente Participate in the Primera División and the Copa Argentina.

Club

Kits

Supplier: Puma SE
Main Sponsor:: Correo OCA /
Secondary Sponsor: Audifarm Salud

Home Kit	Away Kit	3rd Kit	GK kit

Squad information

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK	Diego Matías Rodríguez	35	EU	2011	135	9	2017	Youth system	Second nationality: Italy
2	CB	Hernán Pellerano	30	EU	2015	34	0	2018	9,000,000 $	Second nationality: Italy
3	LB	Nicolás Tagliafico	32	EU	2015	56	2	2018	1,200,000 $	Second nationality: Italy
4	DM	Jorge Ortiz	40	Non-EU	2015	32	1	2018	11,750,000 $
5	DM	Julián Vitale	29	Non-EU	2015	20	1	N/A	Youth system
6	CB	Emanuel Aguilera	31	Non-EU	2014	24	1	2017	260,000 $
7	LW	Martín Benítez	30	Non-EU	2011	89	12	2017	Youth system
8	CM	Jesús Méndez	40	Non-EU	2014	51	2	2015	450,000 $
9	CF	Diego Vera	30	Non-EU	2015	35	11	2018	15,000,000 $
10	RW	Cristian Rodríguez	29	EU	2015	22	3	2017	1,000,000 $	Second nationality: Italy
11	CF	Leandro Fernández	33	Non-EU	2016	12	4	N/A	N/A
12	GK	Facundo Daffonchio	34	Non-EU	2011	0	0	2016	Youth system
13	GK	Gonzalo Rehak	31	Non-EU	2014	0	0	N/A	Youth system
14	CB	Víctor Cuesta	36	Non-EU	2014	71	5	2017	160,000 $
15	DM	Diego Martín Rodríguez	35	EU	2015	25	1	2018	1,200,000 $	Second nationality: Italy
17	LM	Juan Martínez Trejo	30	Non-EU	2012	24	2	2017	Youth system
18	CF	Lucas Albertengo	33	Non-EU	2015	30	10	2018	2,200,000 €
19	CF	Germán Denis	43	EU	2007	85	40	2019	Free	Second nationality: Italy
20	LW	Ezequiel Vidal	29	Non-EU	2015	8	0	N/A	Youth system
22	AM	Claudio Aquino	33	Non-EU	2015	32	1	2018	1,150,000 $
24	RM	Emiliano Rigoni	31	Non-EU	2016	17	4	2019	15,000,000 $
25	GK	Martín Campaña	35	Non-EU	2016	12	0	2018	1,150,000 $
26	RB	Gustavo Toledo	35	Non-EU	2015	52	0	2018	8800,000 $
27	RW	Rodrigo Gómez	31	Non-EU	2015	15	1	N/A	27,500 $
28	CF	Gastón Del Castillo	27	Non-EU	2016	2	0	N/A	Youth system
29	DM	Saúl Nelle	30	Non-EU	2016	2	0	N/A	Youth system
30	RB	Rodrigo Moreira	28	Non-EU	2015	0	0	N/A	Youth system
31	CF	Domingo Blanco	29	Non-EU	2016	2	0	N/A	Youth system
32	RB	Néstor Breitenbruch	29	Non-EU	2014	15	0	2019	Youth system
34	CB	Rafael Barrios	31	Non-EU	2014	6	0	N/A	Youth system

Last updated: 31 May 2016
Source: Clubaindependiente.com, Futbolpasion.com, Copa Argentina
Ordered by squad number.

Current coaching staff


Position	Staff
Coach	Gabriel Milito
Assistant Coach	Carlos Compagnucci
Assistant Coach	Xavi Tamarit
Fitness Coach	Gabriel Macaya
Goalkeepers coach	Pablo Cavallero
Reserve team Coach	Fernando Berón
Youth Department	Jorge Griffa
Doctor	Dr Luis Chiaradia
Doctor	Dr Sergio Mauro
Kinesiology	Gabriel De Brasi
Kinesiology	Julio Zunino
Massageist	Christian Trobec
Props	Daniel Sotelo
Props	Mariano Bagtano

Source: clubaindependiente.com

Transfers

Player In


No	Name	Nation	Pos	Moving From	Type	Fee (in $)
Summer
25	Martín Campaña		Goalkeeper	Defensor Sporting	Loan In	150,000 $
27	Rodrigo Gómez		Midfielder	Quilmes	Loan Return	Free
24	Néstor Breitenbruch		Defender	Quilmes	Loan Return	Free
24	Emiliano Rigoni		Midfielder	Belgrano	Transfer	15,000,000 $
11	Leandro Fernández		Forward	Godoy Cruz	Transfer (50%)	170,000 $
19	Germán Denis		Forward	Atalanta	Free transfer	Free

Total spending: 15,320,000 $

Player Out


No	Name	Nation	Pos	Moving to	Type	Fee (in $)
Summer
22	Germán Montoya		Goalkeeper	Atlético Rafaela	End of contract	Free
15	Jorge Figal		Defender	Olimpo	Loan Out	Free
24	Cristian Báez		Defender	Universidad de San Martín	End of contract	Free
3	Lucas Villalba		Defender	Atlético Tucumán	Loan Out	Free
30	Mauricio Victorino		Defender	Nacional	End of contract	Free
25	Alexis Zárate		Defender	Temperley	Loan Out	Free
16	Christian Ortiz		Midfielder	Universidad de San Martín	Loan Out	Free
11	Federico Mancuello		Midfielder	Flamengo	Transfer	3,000,000 $
32	Matías Pisano		Midfielder	Cruzeiro	Transfer (50%)	1,000,000 $
5	Franco Bellocq		Defender	Arsenal	Loan Out	Free
7	Francisco Pizzini		Forward	Olimpo	Loan Out	Free
28	Jorge Pereyra Díaz		Forward	Johor	End of Loan	Free
21	Emiliano Papa		Defender	Club Atlético Tigre	End of contract	Free
19	Juan Martín Lucero		Forward	Johor	Transfer	1,400,000 $

Total Income : 5,400,000 $

Players out on loan


No	Name	Nation	Pos	Destination	Finish at
Summer
15	Jorge Figal		Defender	Olimpo	30-06-2017
3	Lucas Villalba		Defender	Atlético Tucumán	30-06-2017
25	Alexis Zárate		Defender	Temperley	30-06-2017
16	Christian Ortiz		Midfielder	Universidad de San Martín	31-01-2017
5	Franco Bellocq		Defender	Arsenal	30-06-2017
7	Francisco Pizzini		Forward	Olimpo	30-06-2017
-	Jorge Márquez		Forward	Quilmes	30-06-2017
-	Gabriel Arce		Forward	Gimnasia (J)	30-06-2017
Previous seasons
6	Sergio Ojeda		Defender	Gimnasia (J)	30-06-2017

Net income: 9,920,000 $

Pre-season

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Copa De Oro

12 January 2016 Copa De Oro	Independiente	1 – 1	San Lorenzo	Mar del Plata
22:10	Víctor Cuesta 85'	Report	Blandi 65' Mussis 82' Kalinski 84' Lautaro Montoya 88'	Stadium: Estadio José María Minella Referee: Diego Abal

18 January 2016 Copa De Oro	Independiente	3 – 2	River Plate	Mar del Plata
22:10	Aquino 31', 67' Víctor Cuesta 81'	Report	Driussi 21' Pisculichi 90'	Stadium: Estadio José María Minella Referee: Fernando Rapallini

Standings
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Independiente	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	4
2	River Plate	2	1	0	1	5	5	0	3
3	San Lorenzo	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Copa De Avellaneda

29 January 2016 Copa De Avellaneda	Independiente	1 – 3	Racing Club	Mar del Plata
22:10	Diego Martín Rodríguez 22' Lucero 67'	Report	Noir 44' L.Martínez R.Martínez	Stadium: Estadio José María Minella

Friendly

Summer

Winter

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Primera División	-	-	3rd	7 February 2016	21 May 2016
Copa Argentina	Round of 64	Round of 32	N/A	4 May 2016	N/A

Overview

Updated as of 31 May 2016

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Primera División	16	7	6	3	22	12	+10	043.75
Copa Argentina	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Total	17	8	6	3	24	13	+11	047.06

Primera División

Win Draw Loss Postponed

7 February 2016 Round 1	Independiente	1 – 0	Belgrano	Avellaneda
17:00	Rigoni 43', 86'	Report	Federico Álvarez 70' Olave 72' Saravia 79' Farré 80'	Stadium: Libertadores de América Referee: Darío Herrera

14 February 2016 Round 2	Godoy Cruz	1 – 1	Independiente	Mendoza
21:15	García 16', 44' Godoy 52' G.Fernández 59' Ortiz 67' Fernando Zuqui 84'	Report	Denis 4' Fernández 79'	Stadium: Malvinas Argentinas Referee: Fernando Rapallini

17 February 2016 Round 3	Independiente	0 – 2	Rosario Central	Avellaneda
19:10	Ortiz 48' Gustavo Toledo 49' Víctor Cuesta 54' Denis 85'	Report	Damián Musto 48' Larrondo 50' (p) Jonás Aguirre 64' Álvarez 86'	Stadium: Libertadores de América Referee: Jorge Baliño

21 February 2016 Round 4	Independiente	1 – 1	Racing Club	Avellaneda
21 February 2016	Ortiz 24' Fernández 86'	Report	Grimi 9' Díaz 17' López 89'	Stadium: Libertadores de América Referee: Diego Abal

29 February 2016 Round 5	River Plate	1 – 0	Independiente	Buenos Aires
21:15	Arzura 43' Mercado 50' Alario 83'	Report	Diego Martín Rodríguez 61'	Stadium: Monumental Referee: Néstor Pitana

6 March 2016 Round 6	Independiente	4 – 1	Colón	Avellaneda
20:15	Denis 11' Benegas 22' (o.g.) Víctor Cuesta 55', 85' Benítez 73' Rigoni 89'	Report	Figueroa 23' Ruiz 49'	Stadium: Libertadores de América Referee: Fernando Echenique

13 March 2016 Round 7	Banfield	1 – 3	Independiente	Banfield
17:45	Simeone 13' Soto 50' Iván Rossi 54'	Report	Tagliafico 34' Víctor Cuesta 36' Vera 38' Gustavo Toledo 51' Benítez 63'	Stadium: Florencio Solá Referee: Silvio Trucco

20 March 2016 Round 8	Independiente	2 – 1	Patronato	Avellaneda
20:00	Denis 45' (p) Víctor Cuesta 58', 77' Benítez 68' Pellerano 90+1'	Report	Wálter Andrade 45' Carrasco 34' Marcelo Guzmán 37'	Stadium: Libertadores de América Referee: Patricio Loustau

3 April 2016 Round 9	Sarmiento	0 – 0	Independiente	Junín
20:00	Guillermo Ferracuti 68'	Report	Víctor Cuesta 51'	Stadium: Eva Perón Referee: Diego Abal

9 April 2016 Round 10	Independiente	0 – 0	Olimpo	Avellaneda
20:00	Fernández 59' Tagliafico 79' C.Rodríguez 79'	Report	Jorge Figal 42' Oiraghi 63' Míguez 86' Sills 87'	Stadium: Libertadores de América Referee: Fernando Echenique

17 April 2016 Round 11	Vélez Sarsfield	0 – 2	Independiente	Buenos Aires
17:45	Desábato 80'	Report	Ortiz 9' Víctor Cuesta 28' Jesús Méndez 38' Rigoni 49' Fernández 65'	Stadium: José Amalfitani Referee: Mariano González

24 April 2016 Round 12	Racing Club	0 – 0	Independiente	Avellaneda
18:45	Díaz 90+2'	Report	Vera 54' Tagliafico 65' Pellerano 82'	Stadium: Juan Domingo Perón Referee: Federico Beligoy

30 April 2016 Round 13	Independiente	0 – 1	San Lorenzo	Avellaneda
14:00		Report	Blandi 33', 47' Buffarini 75'	Stadium: Libertadores de América Referee: Patricio Loustau

8 May 2016 Round 14	Gimnasia (LP)	3 – 3	Independiente	La Plata
20:45	Maximiliano Meza 4', 42' O.Benítez 61' Facundo Oreja 84'	Report	Méndez 12' Rigoni 35' M.Benítez 49' Vera 54' Fernández 90+1'	Stadium: El Bosque Referee: Juan Pablo Pompei

15 May 2016 Round 15	Independiente	2 – 0	Arsenal	Avellaneda
20:00	Fernández 55', 56' Rodrigo Gómez 86'	Report	Claudio Corvalán 33' Bazán 35' Carrera 54' Franco Bellocq 89'	Stadium: Libertadores de América Referee: Germán Delfino

22 May 2016 Round 16	Quilmes	0 -3	Independiente	Quilmes
	Malrechauffe 4' Lucas Pérez Godoy 39'	Report	Rigoni 7' Vera 11' Víctor Cuesta 42'	Stadium: Centenario Dr. José Luis Meiszner Referee: Héctor Paletta

League table

Zone 1
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	San Lorenzo	16	10	4	2	23	16	+7	34	Championship playoff 2017 Copa Libertadores group stage
2	Godoy Cruz	16	10	3	3	27	14	+13	33	2017 Copa Libertadores group stage
3	Independiente	16	7	6	3	22	12	+10	27	2017 Copa Sudamericana first stage
4	Arsenal	16	8	3	5	21	15	+6	27
5	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	16	7	4	5	19	19	0	25

Source: AFA

Relegation

Pos	Team	2013–14 Pts	2014 Pts	2015 Pts	2016 Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg
1	Atlético Tucumán	—	—	—	30	30	16	1.875
2	San Lorenzo	60	26	61	34	181	103	1.757
3	Independiente	—	33	54	27	114	65	1.754
4	Boca Juniors	61	31	64	20	176	103	1.709
5	Lanús	59	35	42	38	174	103	1.689

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
16	7	6	3	22	12	+10	27	4	2	2	10	6	+4	3	4	1	12	6	+6

Last updated: 31 May 2016.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	L	D	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	L	D	W	W
Position	4	5	9	9	11	9	6	3	5	5	4	4	5	6	3	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Copa Argentina

Round of 64

4 May 2016 Round of 64	Independiente	2 – 1	San Telmo	Formosa
22:00	Víctor Cuesta 22' Fernández 36' Aquino 48'	Report	Leandro Wagner 45' Nahuel Oviedo 49' Guillermo Esteban 62' Cristian Leiva 67' Matías Correa 73'	Stadium: Estadio Antonio Romero Referee: Pedro Argañaraz

Round of 32

Independiente

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Statistics

Squad statistics

Last updated on 24 March 2016

			Primera División					Copa Argentina					Total
Nation	No.	Name		GS	Min.		Assist		GS	Min.		Assist		GS	Min.		Assist
Goalkeepers
	1	Diego Matías Rodríguez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	12	Facundo Daffonchio	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	13	Gonzalo Rehak	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	25	Martín Campaña	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
	2	Hernán Pellerano	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	3	Nicolás Tagliafico	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	6	Emanuel Aguilera	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	14	Víctor Cuesta	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	26	Gustavo Toledo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	30	Rodrigo Moreira	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	32	Néstor Breitenbruch	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	34	Rafael Barrios	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
	4	Jorge Ortiz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	5	Julián Vitale	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	8	Jesús Méndez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	10	Cristian Rodríguez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	15	Diego Martín Rodríguez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	17	Juan Martínez Trejo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	22	Claudio Aquino	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	24	Emiliano Rigoni	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	27	Rodrigo Gómez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	29	Saúl Nelle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
	7	Martín Benítez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	9	Diego Vera	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	11	Leandro Fernández	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	18	Lucas Albertengo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	19	Germán Denis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	20	Ezequiel Vidal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	28	Gastón Del Castillo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	31	Domingo Blanco	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who no longer play for Independiente
	19	Juan Martín Lucero	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goals

Last updated on 20 May 2016

Rank	Player	Position	Primera División	Copa Argentina	Total
1	Leandro Fernández	FW	3	1	4
2	Germán Denis	FW	3	0	3
2	Emiliano Rigoni	MF	3	0	3
3	Víctor Cuesta	DF	2	0	2
	Martín Benítez	FW	2	0	2
	Diego Vera	FW	2	0	2
4	Nicolás Tagliafico	DF	1	0	1
	Jorge Ortiz	MF	1	0	1
	Claudio Aquino	MF	0	1	1
	Rodrigo Gómez	MF	0	1	1
Own goals			1	0	1
Total			19	2	21

Assists

Last updated on 20 May 2016

Rank	Player	Position	Primera División	Copa Argentina	Total
1	Emiliano Rigoni	MF	4	0	4
2	Leandro Fernández	FW	2	1	3
3	Gustavo Toledo	DF	2	0	2
	Claudio Aquino	MF	2	0	2
	Diego Vera	FW	2	0	2
4	Rodrigo Gómez	MF	1	0	1
	Martín Benítez	FW	1	0	1
	Germán Denis	FW	1	0	1
	Nicolás Tagliafico	DF	0	1	1
	Jesús Méndez	MF	1	0	1
Total			16	2	18

Clean sheets

Last updated on 20 May 2016

Rank	Player	Position	Primera División	Total
1	Martín Campaña	GK	5	5
2	Diego Rodríguez	GK	1	1
Total			6	6

Disciplinary record

Last updated on 11 May 2016

No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Primera División		Copa Argentina	Total		Suspended
No.	Pos	Nat	Name
14	DF		Víctor Cuesta	6		1	7
11	FW		Leandro Fernández	4	1		4	1
2	DF		Hernán Pellerano	3			3
3	DF		Nicolás Tagliafico	2			2
26	GK		Gustavo Toledo	2			2
4	MF		Jorge Ortiz	2			2
7	FW		Martín Benítez	2			2
8	MF		Jesús Méndez	2			2
24	MF		Emiliano Rigoni	2			2
10	MF		Cristian Rodríguez	1			1
15	MF		Diego Martín Rodríguez	1			1
9	FW		Diego Vera	1			1
19	FW		Germán Denis	1			1

Penalties

Last updated on 24 March 2016

Date	Penalty Taker	Scored	Opponent	Competition
19 March 2016	Germán Denis	Yes	Patronato	Primera División

Overall

Last updated on 20 May 2016

	Total	Home	Away	Naturel
Games played	16	8	7	1
Games won	7	4	2	1
Games drawn	6	2	4	-
Games lost	3	2	1	-
Biggest win	4 – 1 vs Colón	4 – 1 vs Colón	3 – 1 vs Banfield	2-1 vs San Telmo
Biggest loss	0 – 2 vs Rosario Central	0 – 2 vs Rosario Central	0 – 1 vs River Plate	-
Biggest win (League)	4 – 1 vs Colón	4 – 1 vs Colón	3 – 1 vs Banfield	N/A
Biggest win (Copa Argentina)	2-1 vs San Telmo	N/A	N/A	2-1 vs San Telmo
Biggest loss (League)	0-2 vs Rosario Central	0-2 vs Rosario Central	0 – 1 vs River Plate	N/A
Biggest loss (Copa Argentina)	–	N/A	N/A	-
Clean sheets	6	3	3	-
Goals scored	21	10	9	2
Goals conceded	13	5	7	1
Goal difference	8	5	2	1
Average GF per game	1.31	1.25	1.29	2
Average GA per game	0.81	0.75	0.86	1
Yellow cards	29	14	14	1
Red cards	1	0	1	-
Most appearances	-	–
Most minutes played	-	–
Most goals	-	–
Penalties for	1	1	-	-
Penalties against	1	1	-	-

References

External links

Club Atlético Independiente|Independiente official web site (in Spanish)