2017–18 Rosario Central season

Rosario Central

2017–18 season
President	Raúl Broglia
Manager	Paolo Montero (until 10 November 2017) Leonardo Fernández (int.) (from 11 November 2017)
Stadium	Estadio Gigante de Arroyito
Primera División	21st
2016–17 Copa Argentina	Semi-finals
2017–18 Copa Argentina	Round of 64
Top goalscorer	League: Fernando Zampedri (4) All: Fernando Zampedri (6)
Home colours Away colours

The 2017–18 season is Rosario Central's 6th 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 26 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 4 DF  ARG Paulo Ferrari 8 MF  ARG Federico Carrizo 9 FW  ARG Marco Ruben 11 MF  ARG José Fernández 15 DF  URU Washington Camacho 16 MF  ARG Mauricio Martínez 17 FW  ARG Germán Herrera 18 DF  ARG Renzo Alfani 20 MF  ARG Gustavo Colman 21 GK  ARG Diego Rodríguez 22 MF  ARG Pedro Ojeda 24 MF  ARG Diego Becker 27 DF  PAR José Leguizamón 28 FW  ARG Agustín Coscia 30 GK  ARG Jeremías Ledesma 34 FW  ARG Maximiliano Lovera 35 MF  ARG Joaquín Pereyra

No. Pos. Nation Player 37 DF  ARG Leonel Rivas 38 FW  ARG Joel Reinoso 39 DF  ARG Tomás Zanotti — DF  CHI Alfonso Parot — DF  ARG Elías Gómez — GK  ARG Emilio Di Fulvio — FW  ARG Ezequiel Rodríguez — DF  ARG Fernando Tobio (on loan from Palmeiras) — FW  ARG Fernando Zampedri — MF  ARG Hernán Da Campo — MF  ARG Leonardo Gil — DF  ARG Luciano Recalde — MF  ARG Marcelo Ortiz (on loan from Boca Unidos) — MF  ARG Maximiliano González — DF  ARG Nahuel Quiroga — FW  ARG Pablo Becker — MF  URU Santiago Romero (on loan from Nacional)

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 7 FW  ARG Fabián Bordagaray (at Defensa y Justicia until 30 June 2018) 13 FW  ARG Rodrigo Migone (at Patronato until 30 June 2018) 26 MF  ARG Matías Mansilla (at Quilmes until 30 June 2018) 40 MF  ARG Félix Banega (at San Martín until 30 June 2018) — DF  ARG Fernando Alarcón (at Villa Dálmine until 30 June 2018)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  ARG Ijiel Protti (at Chacarita Juniors until 30 June 2018) — MF  ARG Jonás Aguirre (at Puebla until 31 December 2017) — DF  ARG Marco Torsiglieri (at Racing Club until 31 December 2017) — MF  ARG Marcos Martinich (at Villa Dálmine until 30 June 2018)

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
1 July 2017	DF	Washington Camacho	Racing Club	Undisclosed[2]
12 July 2017	DF	Alfonso Parot	Universidad Católica	Undisclosed[2][3]
13 July 2017	FW	Fernando Zampedri	Atlético Tucumán	Undisclosed[2][3]
27 July 2017	MF	Leonardo Gil	Estudiantes	Undisclosed[2]
30 July 2017	GK	Diego Rodríguez	Independiente	Undisclosed[2]

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
1 July 2017	DF	Javier Pinola	River Plate	Undisclosed[2][3]
1 July 2017	DF	Víctor Salazar	San Lorenzo	Undisclosed[2][3]
3 July 2017	MF	Damián Musto	Tijuana	Undisclosed[2][3]
14 August 2017	FW	Walter Acuña	Juventud Unida	Undisclosed[2]
17 August 2017	FW	César Delgado	Central Córdoba	Undisclosed[2]
17 August 2017	DF	Cristian Villagra	Atlético Tucumán	Undisclosed[2]
17 August 2017	DF	Dylan Gissi	Defensa y Justicia	Undisclosed[2]

Loan in

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	From
16 July 2017	30 June 2018	MF	Santiago Romero	Nacional[2]
5 August 2017	30 June 2018	MF	Marcelo Ortiz	Boca Unidos[2]
23 August 2017	30 June 2018	DF	Fernando Tobio	Palmeiras[2]

Loan out

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	To
11 July 2017	30 June 2018	MF	Félix Banega	San Martín[2]
29 July 2017	30 June 2018	DF	Fernando Alarcón	Villa Dálmine[2]
6 August 2017	30 June 2018	FW	Rodrigo Migone	Patronato[2]
14 August 2017	30 June 2018	MF	Matías Mansilla	Quilmes[2]
23 August 2017	30 June 2018	FW	Ijiel Protti	Chacarita Juniors[2]
24 August 2017	30 June 2018	FW	Fabián Bordagaray	Defensa y Justicia[4]
5 September 2017	30 June 2018	MF	Marcos Martinich	Villa Dálmine[2]

Friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Pre-season

Patronato v Rosario Central

2 August 2017 Friendly	Patronato	0–0	Rosario Central	Arroyo Seco, Argentina
		Report

Patronato v Rosario Central

2 August 2017 Friendly	Patronato	5–1	Rosario Central	Arroyo Seco, Argentina
	A. Contrera 5', 30' M. Quiroga 9' D. González 32' T. Spinelli 55'	Report	S. Romero 7'

Rosario Central v Vélez Sarsfield

8 August 2017 Friendly	Rosario Central	0–2	Vélez Sarsfield	Arroyo Seco, Argentina
		Report	G. Díaz F. Andrada

Rosario Central v Vélez Sarsfield

8 August 2017 Friendly	Rosario Central	2–1	Vélez Sarsfield	Arroyo Seco, Argentina
		Report

Primera División

Main article: 2017–18 Argentine Primera División

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
18	San Martín (SJ)	27	9	6	12	30	36	−6	33
19	Patronato	27	8	9	10	26	32	−6	33
20	Rosario Central	27	8	8	11	30	41	−11	32	Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage[a]
21	Newell's Old Boys[b]	27	8	6	13	23	28	−5	29
22	Lanús	27	6	11	10	20	37	−17	29

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.^[9][10]
Notes:

1. Rosario Central qualified for the Copa Libertadores group stage by winning the 2017–18 Copa Argentina.
2. Newell's Old Boys were deducted one point for debts owed to former players. Originally AFA partially accepted the appeal by Newell's Old Boys reducing the penalty from three points to one point but a new appeal by Lanús overturned the decision. Finally, on 28 June 2019 CAS gave back two points to Newell´s Old Boys reducing the penalty to one point again.^[5][6][7][8]

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	D	D	L	L	L	D	L	W	W	P	W
Position	15	18	18	23	26	26	24	27	24	23	23	21

Updated to match(es) played on 12 December 2017. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Colón v Rosario Central

26 August 2017 1	Colón	1–1	Rosario Central	Santa Fe, Argentina
16:15	T. Sandoval 87'	Report	W. Camacho 84'	Stadium: Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López Referee: Juan Pompei (Argentina)

Rosario Central v San Lorenzo

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

Temperley v Rosario Central

18 September 2017 3	Temperley	1–1	Rosario Central	Turdera, Argentina
21:05	M. Villasanti 56'	Report	F. Zampedri 22'	Stadium: Estadio Alfredo Beranger Referee: Diego Abal (Argentina)

Rosario Central v Banfield

24 September 2017 4	Rosario Central	0–4	Banfield	Rosario, Argentina
16:05		Report	D. Cvitanich 21', 31' (pen.) P. Mouche 58' M. Sperduti 79'	Stadium: Estadio Gigante de Arroyito Referee: Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)

San Martín v Rosario Central

1 October 2017 5	San Martín	3–1	Rosario Central	San Juan, Argentina
14:05	E. Agüero 62' F. Barcelo 64' L. Ardente 88' (pen.)	Report	F. Zampedri 45'	Stadium: Estadio Ingeniero Hilario Sánchez Referee: Juan Pompei (Argentina)

Rosario Central v Argentinos Juniors

14 October 2017 6	Rosario Central	1–3	Argentinos Juniors	Rosario, Argentina
14:05	F. Zampedri 90+3'	Report	B. Romero 30', 82' N. González 89'	Stadium: Estadio Gigante de Arroyito Referee: Pablo Echavarría (Argentina)

Tigre v Rosario Central

30 October 2017 7	Tigre	1–1	Rosario Central	Buenos Aires, Argentina
21:05	L. Menossi 16'	Report	M. Ruben 80'	Stadium: Estadio José Dellagiovanna Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

Rosario Central v Atlético Tucumán

4 November 2017 8	Rosario Central	0–1	Atlético Tucumán	Rosario, Argentina
18:05		Report	G. Núñez 53'	Stadium: Estadio Gigante de Arroyito Referee: Andrés Merlos (Argentina)

Talleres v Rosario Central

20 November 2017 9	Talleres	0–1	Rosario Central	Córdoba, Argentina
21:30		Report	F. Zampedri 62'	Stadium: Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes Referee: Jorge Baliño (Argentina)

Rosario Central v Boca Juniors

26 November 2017 10	Rosario Central	1–0	Boca Juniors	Rosario, Argentina
21:30	M. Ruben 4'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Gigante de Arroyito Referee: Patricio Loustau (Argentina)

Independiente v Rosario Central

2 December 2017 11	Independiente	Postponed	Rosario Central	Avellaneda, Argentina
19:15		Report		Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América Referee: Federico Beligoy (Argentina)

Rosario Central v Newell's Old Boys

10 December 2017 12	Rosario Central	1–0	Newell's Old Boys	Rosario, Argentina
17:00	G. Herrera 3'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Gigante de Arroyito Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

Gimnasia y Esgrima v Rosario Central

January 2018 13	Gimnasia y Esgrima	–	Rosario Central	Buenos Aires, Argentina
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Juan Carmelo Zerillo

Copa Argentina

Main article: 2016–17 Copa Argentina

  Win   Draw   Loss

Rosario Central v Deportivo Riestra

3 September 2017 R32	Rosario Central	2–1	Deportivo Riestra	Buenos Aires, Argentina
15:15	F. Zampedri 56' J. Leguizamón 73'	Report	E. Gómez 66' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estadio Diego Armando Maradona Referee: Hernán Mastrángelo (Argentina)

Rosario Central v Boca Juniors

27 September 2017 R16	Rosario Central	1–0	Boca Juniors	Mendoza, Argentina
21:10	M. Martínez 26'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Malvinas Argentinas Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)

Godoy Cruz v Rosario Central

23 October 2017 QF	Godoy Cruz	2–3	Rosario Central	Avellaneda, Argentina
18:00	S. García 7' F. Angileri 43'	Report	W. Camacho 61' F. Carrizo 76' F. Zampedri 88'	Stadium: Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón Referee: Ariel Penel (Argentina)

Atlético Tucumán v Rosario Central

10 November 2017 SF	Atlético Tucumán	0–0 (3–1 p)	Rosario Central	Formosa, Argentina
20:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Antonio Romero Referee: Federico Beligoy (Argentina)
	Penalties
	D. Barbona F. Grahl F. Álvarez		F. Carrizo M. Ruben D. Rodríguez M. Martínez

References

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2. "Rosario Central transfers". Soccerway. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
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8. "El TAS le devolvió dos puntos a Newell's" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. June 28, 2019.
9. "Reglamento del Campeonato de Primera División 2017–18" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.
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