2011–12 Club Atlético Independiente season

Independiente
2011-12 season
President Julio Comparada
Manager Antonio Mohamed
(Until 5 September, 2011)
Cristian Díaz (interimn)
(Until 11 September, 2011)
Ramón Díaz
Stadium Estadio Libertadores de América
Torneo Apertura 8th
Torneo Clausura N/A
Suruga Bank Championship Runner up
Recopa Sudamericana Runner up
Copa Sudamericana Round of 16
Copa Argentina Round of 32
Top goalscorer League: Facundo Parra
(3 goals)
All: Facundo Parra
(5 goals)
Highest home attendance 37,00
vs. Internacional
(August 10, 2011)
Lowest home attendance 18,000
vs. Colón
(September 16, 2011)
Average home attendance 30,146
Home colours
Away colours
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Club Atlético Independiente's 2011–12 season is the club's 106th year of existence. Independiente this season going to play the Torneo Apertura, the Torneo Clausura, the Surugua Bank Championship, the Recopa Sudamericana, the Copa Sudamericana and the Copa Argentina.

Contents

Squad

As of November 20, 2011[1]

No. Name Nationality Position Date of Birth (Age) Signed from Notes
1 Hilario Navarro GK November 14, 1980 (1980-11-14) (age 31) San Lorenzo
2 Julián Velázquez DF October 23, 1990 (1990-10-23) (age 21) The Academy
3 Maximiliano Velazquez DF September 12, 1980 (1980-09-12) (age 31) Lanús
4 Cristian Báez DF April 9, 1990 (1990-04-09) (age 21) The Academy
5 Roberto Battión MF March 1, 1982 (1982-03-01) (age 30) Banfield
6 Eduardo Tuzzio DF July 31, 1974 (1974-07-31) (age 37) River Plate
7 Cristian Pellerano MF February 1, 1982 (1982-02-01) (age 30) Colón
8 Hernán Fredes MF March 27, 1987 (1987-03-27) (age 24) Metalist Kharkiv
9 Leonel Núñez FW October 13, 1983 (1983-10-13) (age 28) Bursaspor
10 Patricio Rodríguez MF May 4, 1990 (1990-05-04) (age 21) The Academy
11 Osmar Ferreyra MF January 9, 1983 (1983-01-09) (age 29) Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
12 Adrián Gabbarini GK October 10, 1985 (1985-10-10) (age 26) Independiente Rivadavia
13 Iván Vélez DF August 16, 1984 (1984-08-16) (age 27) Once Caldas
14 Gino Clara MF May 26, 1988 (1988-05-26) (age 23) Rangers
15 Fernando Godoy MF May 1, 1990 (1990-05-01) (age 21) The Academy
16 Nicolás Cabrera MF June 6, 1984 (1984-06-06) (age 27) Vélez Sársfield
17 Facundo Parra FW June 15, 1985 (1985-06-15) (age 26) Chacarita Juniors
18 Gabriel Milito DF September 7, 1980 (1980-09-07) (age 31) Barcelona Captain
19 Marco Pérez FW September 18, 1990 (1990-09-18) (age 21) Real Zaragoza
20 Matías Defederico FW August 23, 1989 (1989-08-23) (age 22) Corinthians
21 Fabián Assman GK March 23, 1986 (1986-03-23) (age 25) Las Palmas
22 Iván Pérez MF May 23, 1990 (1990-05-23) (age 21) The Academy
23 Adrián Argachá DF December 21, 1986 (1986-12-21) (age 25) Defensor Sporting
24 Leonel Galeano DF August 3, 1991 (1991-08-03) (age 20) The Academy
25 Carlos Matheu DF May 13, 1985 (1985-05-13) (age 26) Cagliari Vice-captain
26 Ignacio Bracia DF June 15, 1989 (1989-06-15) (age 22) The Academy
27 Lucas Kruspzky DF April 6, 1992 (1992-04-06) (age 19) The Academy
28 Gabriel Vallés DF May 3, 1986 (1986-05-03) (age 25) Godoy Cruz
29 Martín Benítez FW June 17, 1994 (1994-06-17) (age 17) The Academy
30 Diego Rodríguez GK June 25, 1989 (1989-06-25) (age 22) The Academy
31 Lucas Villafañez MF October 4, 1991 (1991-10-04) (age 20) Comisión de Actividades Infantiles
32 Walter Busse MF March 3, 1987 (1987-03-03) (age 25) Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy
33 Patricio Vidal MF March 7, 1990 (1990-03-07) (age 22) Santiago Morning
34 Brian Nieva FW April 18, 1990 (1990-04-18) (age 21) The Academy
35 Nicolás Delmonte MF May 10, 1989 (1989-05-10) (age 22) Dinamo Tirana
36 Samuel Cáceres DF March 20, 1989 (1989-03-20) (age 22) The Academy
37 Diego Churín FW January 12, 1989 (1989-01-12) (age 23) Comunicaciones
38 Francisco Pizzini FW September 19, 1993 (1993-09-19) (age 18) The Academy

Winter transfers

Players In
Name Nat Pos Moving from
Marco Pérez [2]  COL FW Real Zaragoza
Adrián Argachá [3]  URU DF Defensor Sporting
Gino Clara [4]  ARG MF Rangers
Osmar Ferreyra [4]  ARG MF Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Gabriel Milito [5]  ARG DF Barcelona
Players Out
Name Nat Pos Moving to
Lucas Mareque [6]  ARG DF Lorient
Andrés Silvera [7]  ARG FW Belgrano
Leandro Gracián [8]  ARG MF Boca Juniors
Federico Mancuello [9]  ARG MF Belgrano
Nicolás Martínez [10]  ARG MF Santiago Wanderers
Jairo Castillo [11]  COL FW América de Cali

Player statistics

Team stats

Torneo Apertura Torneo Clausura Suruga Bank Championship Recopa Sudamericana Copa Sudamericana Copa Argentina
Games played 19 0 1 2 2 1
Games won 7 0 0 1 1 1
Games drawn 6 0 1 0 0 0
Games lost 6 0 0 1 1 0
Goals for 18 0 2 3 1 4
Goals against 17 0 2 4 2 0
Players used 33 0 16 16 23 14
Yellow cards 33 0 1 6 5 2
Red cards 2 0 0 0 1 0

Last updated: 12 December
Source: Competitive matches

Squad stats

Updated on 12 December 2011

Torneo Apertura Torneo Clausura Suruga Bank Championship Recopa Sudamericana Copa Sudamericana Copa Argentina Total
Nation No. Name GS App. Min. GS App. Min. GS App. Min. GS App. Min. GS App. Min. GS App. Min. GS App. Min.
Goalkeepers
1 Hilario Navarro 4 4 380 –2 1 1 93 –2 2 2 189 –4 1 1 96 –2 1 1 91 9 9 849 –10
12 Adrián Gabbarini 3 3 285 –2 3 3 285 –2
21 Fabián Assman 12 12 1137 –13 1 1 95 13 13 1232 –11
Defenders
2 Julián Velázquez 15 15 1326 1 1 93 2 2 189 1 2 130 1 1 91 20 21 1882
3 Maximiliano Velázquez 14 15 1291 1 1 72 2 2 189 2 17 18 1552 2
4 Cristian Báez 1 1 95 1 47 1 1 96 1 1 91 3 4 329
6 Eduardo Tuzzio 16 16 1517 1 1 1 93 1 2 2 189 1 1 95 20 20 1894 2
13 Iván Vélez 5 5 425 1 1 71 1 49 1 1 96 7 8 641
18 Gabriel Milito 19 19 1737 2 2 189 1 1 95 22 22 2021
23 Adrián Argachá 5 5 381 1 21 2 2 153 1 23 7 9 579
24 Leonel Galeano 1 4 167 1 1 96 1 1 91 3 6 354
25 Carlos Matheu 1 2 151 1 1 96 3 3 247
28 Gabriel Vallés 2 2 189 1 1 68 3 3 257
Midfielders
5 Roberto Battión 3 4 263 1 1 46 4 5 309
7 Cristian Pellerano 14 15 1226 1 1 1 93 2 2 189 1 1 95 19 19 1603 1
8 Hernán Fredes 5 7 470 1 1 1 93 2 2 180 1 1 91 9 11 834 1
10 Patricio Rodríguez 2 4 244 1 47 1 1 95 3 6 386
11 Osmar Ferreyra 11 17 1050 1 1 1 46 1 2 105 1 38 1 1 91 1 14 22 1378 2
14 Gino Clara 1 34 1 17 2 51
15 Fernando Godoy 13 15 1238 1 1 88 14 16 1329
16 Nicolás Cabrera 3 7 324 1 22 1 30 3 9 376
22 Iván Pérez 6 9 489 2 2 2 110 1 1 67 9 12 666 2
31 Lucas Villafáñez 2 2 130 1 1 60 3 3 190
32 Walter Busse 5 163 1 1 61 1 61 1 7 285
35 Nicolás Delmonte 2 5 240 1 1 96 1 1 91 4 7 427
Forwards
9 Leonel Núñez 9 13 664 2 1 4 1 2 84 1 2 87 1 11 18 835 3
17 Facundo Parra 17 18 1552 3 1 1 93 1 1 1 95 1 1 95 1 1 71 1 21 22 1906 5
19 Marco Pérez 7 12 793 2 1 1 89 2 2 189 1 1 1 86 11 16 1157 3
20 Matías Defederico 11 14 1031 1 1 2 73 2 2 171 16 18 1276 1
29 Martín Benítez 2 5 260 2 2 5 260 2
34 Brian Nieva 3 5 213 1 1 64 2 2 51 1 20 1 5 10 344 2
37 Diego Churín 1 2 143 1 1 91 1 2 3 234 1
38 Francisco Pizzini 1 41 1 41

Disciplinary records

Last updated on 8 December 2011.

No. Pos Nat Name Torneo Apertura Torneo Clausura Suruga Bank Championship Recopa Sudamericana Copa Sudamericana Copa Argentina Total
2 DF Julián Velázquez 2 1 1 1 1 5 1
3 DF Maximiliano Velázquez 1 1 1 3
6 DF Eduardo Tuzzio 6 1 7
7 MF Cristian Pellerano 5 1 1 7
8 MF Hernán Fredes 3 1 4
9 FW Leonel Núñez 2 2
10 MF Patricio Rodríguez 1 1 2
11 MF Osmar Ferreyra 1 1
13 DF Iván Vélez 1 1
15 MF Fernando Godoy 1 1
17 FW Facundo Parra 1 1
18 DF Gabriel Milito 1 1
20 FW Matías Defederico 4 4
23 DF Adrián Argachá 1 1 1 2 1
24 DF Leonel Galeano 1 1
25 DF Carlos Matheu 1 1
28 DF Gabriel Vallés 1 1 2
34 FW Brian Nieva 1 1
35 MF Nicolás Delmonte 2 2
TOTALS 33 2 1 6 4 1 2 46 1 2

Club

Starting XI

No.
 Pos
 Nat
 Name
 GS Notes
21 GK ARG Assman 14 Navarro has eight starts.
Gabbarini has three starts.
2 RB ARG Velázquez J. 19 Matheu has two starts.
6 CB ARG Tuzzio 20 Also plays at RB. Vallés has three starts.
18 CB ARG Milito 22 Báez has three starts.
Galeano has twi starts.
3 LB ARG Velázquez M. 17 Also plays at CM and LM.
Vélez has seven starts.
Argachá has seven starts.
15 DM ARG Godoy 14 Pérez I. has nine starts.
Fredes has nine starts.
Battión has four starts.
Busse has one start.
11 RM ARG Ferreyra 14
7 LM ARG Pellerano 17 Also plays at CM.
Delmonte has four start.
Cabrera has three starts.
Villafáñez has three starts.
20 AM ARG Defederico 13 Also plays at CF nd RM.
Rodríguez P. has two starts.
17 CF ARG Parra 20 Pérez M. has eleven starts.
9 CF ARG Núñez 11 Nieva has five starts.
Churín has two starts.
Benítez has two starts.

Current technical staff

Position Staff
Firs team head coach Ramón Díaz
Assistant coach Emiliano Díaz
Sebastián Rambert
Physical fitness coach Ezequiel Domínguez
Jorge Pidal

Last updated: 17 September
Source: Independiente official site

Competitions

Pre-season

Copa de Oro

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Boca Juniors 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Independiente 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
San Lorenzo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Copa Provincia de Buenos Aires

Overall

Competition Started round Current
position / round		 Final
position / round		 First match Last match
Torneo Apertura — — 8th 16 August 2011 12 December 2011
Suruga Bank Championship Final — Runner Up 3 August 2011
Recopa Sudamericana Final — Runner Up 10 August 2011 24 August 2011
Copa Sudamericana Round of 16 — Round of 16 28 September 2011 12 October 2011
Copa Argentina Round of 64 Round of 32 23 November 2011
Torneo Clausura — —

Last updated: 8 December
Source: Competitions

Suruga Bank Championship

Main article: 2011 Suruga Bank Championship

Recopa Sudamericana

Main article: 2011 Recopa Sudamericana

Copa Sudamericana

Main article: 2011 Copa Sudamericana

Copa Argentina

Main article: 2011–12 Copa Argentina

Argentine Primera División

Main article: 2011–12 Argentine Primera División season

Torneo Apertura

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
6 Lanús 19 7 8 4 20 14 +6 29
7 Tigre 19 7 6 6 22 19 +3 27
8 Independiente 19 7 6 6 18 17 +1 27
9 San Martín (San Juan) 19 6 8 5 17 14 +3 26
10 Atlético de Rafaela 19 8 2 9 22 26 −4 26

Updated to games played on 4 December 2011
Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th head-to-head goals scored. This does not apply to defining the champion. If two or more teams had been tied in point at the end of the tournament, a playoff would have been held at a neutral venue within 72 hours for the championship.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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
19 7 6 6 18 17 +1 27 5 2 3 11 7 +4 2 4 3 7 10 −3

Last updated: 12 December
Source: Competitive Matches

Results by Round
Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ground H A H A H H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H
Result P L W D L W L L W L D W L D D W D D W W
Position 16 19 12 14 17 9 14 14 10 13 13 10 13 13 12 12 12 13 11 8

Last updated: 12 December.
Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Torneo Clausura

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
9 Estudiantes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Godoy Cruz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Independiente 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Lanús 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Newell's Old Boys 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Updated to games played on start of season
Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th head-to-head goals scored. This does not apply to defining the champion. If two or more teams had been tied in point at the end of the tournament, a playoff would have been held at a neutral venue within 72 hours for the championship.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Last updated: 2 March
Source: Competitive Matches

Results by Round
Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Ground A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H H H A
Result
Position

Last updated: 6 July.
Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

International cups qualification

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
3 Lanús (Q) 38 17 13 8 49 30 +19 64 2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
4 Godoy Cruz (Q) 38 16 10 12 61 52 +9 58
5 Independiente 38 14 14 10 48 37 +11 56 2012 Copa Sudamericana Second Stage
6 Racing 38 14 12 12 41 34 +7 54
7 Tigre 38 13 13 12 47 45 +2 52

Updated to games played on 12 December 2011
Source:
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th head-to-head goals scored..
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Relegation

Pos
 Team 2009–10
Pts		 2010–11
Pts		 2011–12
Pts		 Total
Pts		 Total
Pld		 Avg
 Relegation
6 Boca Juniors 47 53 43 143 95 1.505
7 Godoy Cruz 53 63 23 139 95 1.463
8 Independiente 68 43 27 138 95 1.453
9 Colón 55 47 31 133 95 1.4
10 Banfield 73 47 11 131 94 1.394

Updated as of games played on December 12, 2011.
Source: [12]

References

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