title: 2017–18 Racing Club de Avellaneda season
text: # 2017–18 Racing Club de Avellaneda season
  
  The 2017–18 season is Racing Club de Avellaneda'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
  
      As of 22 March 2018.
  
  Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | GK | ARG | Juan Musso |
  | 2 | DF | ARG | Alejandro Donatti |
  | 3 | DF | ARG | Leandro Grimi |
  | 4 | DF | ARG | Iván Pillud |
  | 5 | MF | ARG | Nery Domínguez (on loan from Querétaro) |
  | 6 | DF | ARG | Miguel Barbieri |
  | 8 | MF | ARG | Diego González |
  | 32 | FW | ARG | Lautaro Martínez |
  | 10 | GK | ARG | Juan Musso |
  | 11 | FW | ARG | Braian Mansilla |
  | 13 | GK | ARG | Javier García |
  | 15 | FW | ARG | Lisandro López |
  | 16 | MF | ARG | Marcelo Meli |
  | 17 | MF | ARG | Martín Ojeda |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 18 | MF | ARG | Augusto Solari |
  | 19 | MF | ARG | Neri Cardozo |
  | 20 | DF | ARG | Lucas Orbán |
  | 21 | DF | ARG | Rodrigo Schlegel |
  | 22 | FW | ARG | Ricardo Centurión |
  | 23 | DF | ARG | Alexis Soto |
  | 24 | GK | ARG | Gastón Gómez |
  | 26 | DF | ARG | Renzo Saravia (on loan from Belgrano) |
  | 27 | FW | ARG | Pablo Cuadra |
  | 28 | MF | ARG | Matías Zaracho |
  | 29 | DF | ARG | Gonzalo Piovi |
  | 30 | MF | ARG | Santiago Rosales |
  | 30 | DF | ARG | Leonardo Sigali |
  | 32 | FW | ARG | Enrique Triverio |
  
  ### Out on loan
  
  Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | — | FW | ARG | Gustavo Bou (at Tijuana until 30 June 2018) |
  | — | MF | ARG | Santiago Rosales (at Olimpia until 31 December 2018) |
  | — | DF | PAR | Juan Patiño (at Olimpia until 31 December 2018) |
  | — | MF | ARG | Nicolás Oroz (at O'Higgins until 31 December 2018) |
  | — | DF | ARG | Sergio Vittor (at Universidad de Concepción until 31 December 2018) |
  | — | FW | ARG | Juan Dinenno (at Barcelona S.C. until 31 December 2018) |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | — | FW | ARG | Facundo Castillón (at Lanús until 30 June 2018) |
  | — | DF | ARG | Yonathan Cabral (at Atlético Tucumán until 30 June 2018) |
  | — | FW | ARG | Brian Fernández (at Unión La Calera until 31 December 2018) |
  | — | FW | ARG | Martín Pérez Guedes (at Mitre (SdE) until 30 June 2018) |
  | — | FW | ARG | Ricardo Noir (at Huracán until 31 December 2018) |
  
  ## Transfers
  
  ### In
  
  | Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 July 2017 | DF | Lucas Orbán | Genoa | €2,500,000 |
  | 1 July 2017 | DF | Juan Patiño | Guaraní | €1,250,000 |
  | 1 July 2017 | DF | Miguel Barbieri | Defensores de Belgrano | €260,000 |
  | 1 July 2017 | DF | Egidio Arévalo Ríos | Veracruz | Free |
  | 18 July 2017 | MF | Augusto Solari | River Plate | €2,000,000 |
  | 18 July 2017 | MF | Martín Ojeda | Ferro Carril Oeste | €500,000 |
  | 19 July 2017 | FW | Andrés Ibargüen | Atlético Nacional | €1,000,000 |
  | 4 August 2017 | DF | Alexis Soto | Banfield | €1,350,000 |
  | 15 August 2017 | FW | Enrique Triverio | Toluca | €1,250,000 |
  | 15 August 2017 | GK | Javier García | Tigre | Free |
  | 31 December 2017 | MF | Brian Fernández | Metz | End of loan |
  | 31 December 2017 | FW | Juan Dinenno | Deportivo Cuenca | End of loan |
  | 31 December 2017 | MF | Nicolás Oroz | Chacarita Juniors | End of loan |
  | 5 January 2018 | MF | Neri Cardozo | Monterrey | Free |
  | 18 January 2018 | FW | Ricardo Centurión | Genoa | €5,700,000 |
  | 19 January 2018 | DF | Leonardo Sigali | Dinamo Zagreb | €1,680,000 |
  | 19 January 2018 | DF | Alejandro Donatti | Tijuana | €1,600,000 |
  | 31 January 2018 | DF | Gonzalo Piovi | Argentinos Juniors | €800,000 |
  
  ### Out
  
  | Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 July 2017 | MF | Luciano Aued | Universidad Católica | Free |
  | 1 July 2017 | GK | Agustín Orion | Colo-Colo | Free |
  | 1 July 2017 | FW | José Luis Gómez | Lanús | €2,200,000 |
  | 1 July 2017 | MF | Washington Camacho | Rosario Central | €810,000 |
  | 6 July 2017 | DF | Gastón Campi | Estudiantes de La Plata | €525,000 |
  | 18 July 2017 | MF | Francisco Cerro | Rayo Vallecano | Free |
  | 21 July 2017 | FW | Marcos Acuña | Sporting Lisbon | €9,590,000 |
  | 26 July 2017 | DF | Pablo Álvarez | Huracán | Undisclosed |
  | 27 July 2017 | DF | Germán Voboril | Universidad Católica | Free |
  | 3 August 2017 | MF | Gastón Díaz | Vélez Sarsfield | Free |
  | 7 August 2017 | MF | Ezequiel Videla | Instituto | Free |
  | 31 December 2017 | DF | Marco Torsiglieri | Rosario Central | End of loan |
  | 5 January 2018 | FW | Andrés Ibargüen | América | €3,300,000 |
  | 30 January 2018 | DF | Egidio Arévalo Ríos | None | Fired |
  
  ### Loan in
  
  | Date from | Date to | Pos. | Name | From |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 | MF | Egidio Arévalo Ríos | Veracruz |
  | 7 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 | DF | Renzo Saravia | Belgrano |
  
  ### Loan out
  
  | Date from | Date to | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 | FW | Gustavo Bou | Tijuana | €3,000,000 |
  | 18 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 | DF | Yonathan Cabral | Atlético Tucumán | Free |
  | 14 August 2017 | 30 June 2018 | MF | Facundo Castillón | Lanús | Free |
  | 14 August 2017 | 30 June 2018 | FW | Martín Pérez Guedes | Mitre (Santiago del Estero) | Free |
  | 23 August 2017 | 31 December 2017 | FW | Brian Fernández | Metz | Free |
  | 1 January 2018 | 31 December 2018 | FW | Santiago Rosales | Olimpia | €500,000 |
  | 1 January 2018 | 31 December 2018 | DF | Juan Patiño | Olimpia | €125,000 |
  | 5 January 2018 | 31 December 2018 | FW | Brian Fernández | Unión La Calera | Free |
  | 9 January 2018 | 31 December 2018 | MF | Nicolás Oroz | O'Higgins | €67,000 |
  | 14 February 2018 | 31 December 2018 | FW | Juan Dinenno | Barcelona | Free |
  | 16 February 2018 | 31 December 2018 | DF | Sergio Vittor | Universidad de Concepción | €56,000 |
  
  ## Friendlies
  
  ### Pre-season
  
  Win  Draw  Loss
  
  ## Primera División
  
  ### League table
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 5 | Talleres (C) | 27 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 20 | +13 | 46 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage |
  | 6 | Independiente | 27 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 19 | +10 | 46 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage |
  | 7 | Racing | 27 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 46 | 32 | +14 | 45 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage |
  | 8 | River Plate | 27 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 45 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
  | 9 | Defensa y Justicia | 27 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 44 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage |
  
  * ↑ River Plate qualified for the Copa Libertadores group stage by winning the 2018 Copa Libertadores.
  
  ### 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 | D | W | L | D | L | W | L | D | W | L | D | W | |
  | Position | 14 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 19 | 18 | 14 | |
  
  ## Copa Argentina
  
  Win  Draw  Loss
  
  ## Copa Sudamericana
  
  Win  Draw  Loss
  
  ## Copa Libertadores
  
  Win  Draw  Loss
  
  