2017–18 Arsenal de Sarandí season

Arsenal de Sarandí
2017–18 season
Chairman	Julio Ricardo Grondona
Manager	Humberto Grondona; (until 10 December 2017); Sergio Rondina; (from 15 December 2017)
Stadium	Estadio Julio Humberto Grondona
Primera División	28th
Copa Argentina	Round of 64
Copa Sudamericana	Second stage
Top goalscorer	League: Six players (1); All: Rodrigo Contreras (2)
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 season is Arsenal de Sarandí's 17th consecutive season in the top-flight of Argentine football. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Players

Current squad

As of 23 August 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
2	DF	ARG	Marcos Curado
3	DF	ARG	Claudio Corvalán
4	DF	ARG	Sergio Velázquez
7	MF	URU	Maximiliano Calzada
11	FW	ARG	Franco Fragapane
12	GK	ARG	Mauricio Aquino
15	MF	ARG	Gonzalo Giménez
17	DF	ARG	Leonardo Rolón
20	DF	ARG	Salvador Sánchez
22	GK	ARG	Pablo Santillo
23	MF	ARG	Lucas Wilchez
24	MF	ARG	Matías Zaldívar
25	DF	ARG	Federico Milo
31	FW	ARG	Sebastián Lomonaco


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
32	DF	ARG	Leandro Marín
—	FW	ARG	Bryan Schmidt
—	MF	ARG	David Drocco
—	DF	ARG	Emiliano Papa
—	MF	ARG	Emiliano Purita (on loan from San Lorenzo)
—	DF	ARG	Facundo Cardozo
—	MF	ARG	Facundo Monteseirín (on loan from Lanús)
—	FW	ARG	Gastón del Castillo (on loan from Independiente)
—	MF	ARG	Germán Ferreyra (on loan from Unión La Calera)
—	MF	ARG	Iván Bella
—	MF	ARG	Joaquín Ibáñez
—	DF	ARG	Leandro Godoy
—	GK	ARG	Maximiliano Velazco (on loan from River Plate)
—	FW	ARG	Rodrigo Contreras (on loan from San Lorenzo)

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
3 July 2017	DF	Emiliano Papa	Tigre	Undisclosed^[2]^[3]
4 July 2017	DF	Facundo Cardozo	Vélez Sarsfield	Undisclosed^[2]^[3]
18 July 2017	MF	Iván Bella	Vélez Sarsfield	Undisclosed^[2]^[3]
20 July 2017	MF	David Drocco	Audax Italiano	Undisclosed^[3]
31 July 2017	MF	Joaquín Ibáñez	Lanús	Undisclosed^[2]

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
1 July 2017	MF	Federico Flores	Released^[3]
1 July 2017	MF	Gabriel Sanabria	Released^{[nb 1]}^[3]
1 July 2017	DF	Jonathan Bottinelli	Released^{[nb 2]}^[3]
1 July 2017	DF	Luciano Vella	Released^[3]
18 July 2017	DF	Juan Sánchez Sotelo	Temperley	Undisclosed^[6]
25 July 2017	MF	Gonzalo Bazán	Sarmiento	Undisclosed^[7]
1 August 2017	DF	Germán Niz	San Telmo	Undisclosed^[2]
3 August 2017	MF	Gonzalo Papa	Villa Dálmine	Undisclosed^[2]
10 August 2017	DF	Tomás Berra	Santamarina	Undisclosed^[2]
22 August 2017	MF	Juan Brunetta	Belgrano	Undisclosed^[2]

Loan in

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	From
1 July 2017	30 June 2018	DF	Facundo Monteseirín	Lanús^[8]
1 July 2017	30 June 2018	MF	Germán Ferreyra	Unión La Calera^[9]
1 July 2017	30 June 2018	FW	Rodrigo Contreras	San Lorenzo^[2]
19 July 2017	30 June 2018	FW	Gastón del Castillo	Independiente^[10]
2 August 2017	30 June 2018	GK	Maximiliano Velazco	River Plate^[2]
3 August 2017	30 June 2018	MF	Emiliano Purita	San Lorenzo^[2]

Friendlies

Pre-season

Win Draw Loss

8 August 2017 Friendly	Arsenal de Sarandí	0–1	Atlético Tucumán	Avellaneda, Argentina
		Report	G. Núñez	Stadium: Estadio Julio Humberto Grondona

8 August 2017 Friendly	Arsenal de Sarandí	1–2	Atlético Tucumán	Avellaneda, Argentina
	G. Gómez	Report	M. Osores F. Grahl	Stadium: Estadio Julio Humberto Grondona

10 August 2017 Friendly	Arsenal de Sarandí	0–0	Yupanqui	Avellaneda, Argentina
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Julio Humberto Grondona

10 August 2017 Friendly	Arsenal de Sarandí	1–0	Yupanqui	Avellaneda, Argentina
	R. Palermo	Report		Stadium: Estadio Julio Humberto Grondona

11 August 2017 Friendly	Arsenal de Sarandí	Cancelled	Temperley
		Report

15 August 2017 Friendly	Arsenal de Sarandí	4–1	Victoriano Arenas	Avellaneda, Argentina
	J. Brunetta R. Carrera L. Rolón	Report		Stadium: Estadio Julio Humberto Grondona

15 August 2017 Friendly	Arsenal de Sarandí	4–2	Victoriano Arenas	Avellaneda, Argentina
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Julio Humberto Grondona

16 August 2017 Friendly	Arsenal de Sarandí	3–0	UAI Urquiza	Avellaneda, Argentina
	L. Rolón R. Contreras	Report		Stadium: Estadio Julio Humberto Grondona

16 August 2017 Friendly	Arsenal de Sarandí	2–3	UAI Urquiza	Avellaneda, Argentina
	J. Brunetta M. Carabajal	Report		Stadium: Estadio Julio Humberto Grondona

18 August 2017 Friendly	Arsenal de Sarandí	1–1	Tristán Suárez	Avellaneda, Argentina
	F. Fragapane	Report	L. López	Stadium: Estadio Julio Humberto Grondona

18 August 2017 Friendly	Arsenal de Sarandí	Abandoned	Tristán Suárez	Avellaneda, Argentina
	F. Fragapane	Report		Stadium: Estadio Julio Humberto Grondona

Primera División

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
24	Tigre	27	4	12	11	26	33	−7	24
25	Temperley	27	5	8	14	22	46	−24	23
26	Chacarita Juniors	27	4	6	17	23	40	−17	18
27	Arsenal	27	3	8	16	19	36	−17	17
28	Olimpo	27	3	6	18	16	50	−34	15

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.^[11]^[12]

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	D	L	L	L
Position	20	26	28	28	24	24	26	26	27	28	28	28

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

28 August 2017 1	Estudiantes	2–1	Arsenal de Sarandí	La Plata, Argentina
21:05	L. Melano 80' C. Alemán 86'	Report	R. Contreras 39'	Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de La Plata Referee: Silvio Trucco (Argentina)

8 September 2017 2	Arsenal de Sarandí	0–1	Colón	Avellaneda, Argentina
19:05		Report	T. Chancalay 68'	Stadium: Estadio Julio Humberto Grondona Referee: Ariel Penel (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)

23 September 2017 4	Arsenal de Sarandí	0–1	Temperley	Avellaneda, Argentina
14:05		Report	R. Costa 40'	Stadium: Estadio Julio Humberto Grondona Referee: Andrés Merlos (Argentina)

2 October 2017 5	Banfield	1–2	Arsenal de Sarandí	Banfield, Argentina
19:05	J. Álvarez 12'	Report	F. Milo 65' G. Ferreyra 87'	Stadium: Estadio Florencio Sola Referee: Jorge Baliño (Argentina)

16 October 2017 6	Arsenal de Sarandí	0–1	San Martín	Avellaneda, Argentina
21:05		Report	G. Carabajal 55'	Stadium: Estadio Julio Humberto Grondona Referee: Diego Abal (Argentina)

27 October 2017 7	Argentinos Juniors	3–2	Arsenal de Sarandí	Buenos Aires, Argentina
21:05	J. Sandoval 32' D. Batallini 37' L. Pisculichi 82'	Report	F. Monteseirín 6' Mosquito 17'	Stadium: Estadio Diego Armando Maradona Referee: Ariel Penel (Argentina)

6 November 2017 8	Arsenal de Sarandí	0–0	Tigre	Avellaneda, Argentina
17:05		Report		Stadium: Estadio Julio Humberto Grondona Referee: Patricio Loustau (Argentina)

17 November 2017 9	Atlético Tucumán	0–0	Arsenal de Sarandí	San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
19:15		Report		Stadium: Estadio Monumental José Fierro Referee: Germán Delfino (Argentina)

27 November 2017 10	Arsenal de Sarandí	0–1	Talleres	Avellaneda, Argentina
17:00		Report	N. Giménez 4'	Stadium: Estadio Julio Humberto Grondona Referee: Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)

3 December 2017 11	Boca Juniors	2–0	Arsenal de Sarandí	Buenos Aires, Argentina
19:15	G. Vadalá 35' E. Cardona 90 2'	Report		Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Facundo Tello (Argentina)

9 December 2017 12	Arsenal de Sarandí	1–2	Independiente	Avellaneda, Argentina
21:30	L. Wilchez 80'	Report	L. Fernández 18' E. Denis 90 1'	Stadium: Estadio Julio Humberto Grondona Referee: Federico Beligoy (Argentina)

January 2018 13	Newell's Old Boys	–	Arsenal de Sarandí	Rosario, Argentina
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Marcelo Bielsa

Copa Argentina

Win Draw Loss

–

Copa Sudamericana

Win Draw Loss

Second stage

6 July 2017 First leg	Sport Recife	2–0	Arsenal de Sarandí	Recife, Brazil
21:45	André 54', 72'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Ilha do Retiro Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)

27 July 2017 Second leg	Arsenal de Sarandí	2–1 (agg: 2–3)	Sport Recife	Avellaneda, Argentina
19:15	J. Brunetta 43' R. Contreras 64'	Report	André 82'	Stadium: Estadio Julio Humberto Grondona Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)

Notes

^ Following his release, Sanabria signed for Los Andes.^[4]
^ Following his release, Bottinelli signed for Unión Santa Fe.^[5]

References

^ "Arsenal de Sarandí squad". Soccerway. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Arsenal de Sarandí transfers". Soccerway. 29 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Mercado de pases del fútbol Argentino 2017/2018: Altas, bajas y rumores". Soccerway. 29 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
^ "Suma un conocido". Club Atletico Los Andes. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
^ "Bottinelli será presentado esta tarde". Uno Santa Fe. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
^ "Sánchez Sotelo se convirtió en el cuarto refuerzo de Temperley". TyC Sports. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
^ "Gonzalo Bazán profile". Soccerway. 29 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
^ "El defensor Facundo Monteseirín es el segundo refuerzo de Arsenal". TyC Sports. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
^ "Arsenal tiene su primer refuerzo". TyC Sports. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
^ "El hermano del Kun, refuerzo de Arsenal". TyC Sports. 19 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
^ "Reglamento del Campeonato de Primera División 2017–18" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.
^ "Reglamento General AFA" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.

[5] Following his release, Sanabria signed for Los Andes.^[4]

[7] Following his release, Bottinelli signed for Unión Santa Fe.^[5]

[Soccerway_profile-1] "Arsenal de Sarandí squad". Soccerway. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.

[Soccerway_transfers-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Arsenal de Sarandí transfers". Soccerway. 29 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.

[Goal.com_transfers-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Mercado de pases del fútbol Argentino 2017/2018: Altas, bajas y rumores". Soccerway. 29 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.

[Sanabria/Los_Andes-4] "Suma un conocido". Club Atletico Los Andes. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017.

[Bottinelli/Unión-6] "Bottinelli será presentado esta tarde". Uno Santa Fe. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017.

[J._Sánchez_Sotelo_leaves-8] "Sánchez Sotelo se convirtió en el cuarto refuerzo de Temperley". TyC Sports. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.

[G._Bazán_leaves-9] "Gonzalo Bazán profile". Soccerway. 29 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.

[F._Monteseirín_joins-10] "El defensor Facundo Monteseirín es el segundo refuerzo de Arsenal". TyC Sports. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.

[G._Ferreyra_joins-11] "Arsenal tiene su primer refuerzo". TyC Sports. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.

[G._del_Castillo_joins-12] "El hermano del Kun, refuerzo de Arsenal". TyC Sports. 19 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.

[rules-13] "Reglamento del Campeonato de Primera División 2017–18" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.

[14] "Reglamento General AFA" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.

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