2014 Club Atlético Independiente season

Independiente

2014 season
President	Hugo Moyano
Manager	Jorge Almiron
Stadium	Estadio Libertadores de América
Argentine Primera División	3rd
Copa Argentina	Elimited In Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Federico Mancuello (9) All: Federico Mancuello (9)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2014 season is Independiente's first season back in the Primera División, following one season in the Primera B Nacional. Independiente this season going to play in the Argentine Primera División and be Continue Copa Argentina.

Current squad

Last updated on 16 October 2014

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Note
Goalkeepers
1	Diego Rodríguez		GK	(1989-06-25) June 25, 1989	The Academy
12	Facundo Daffonchio		GK	(1990-02-02) February 2, 1990	The Academy
22	Germán Montoya		GK	(1983-01-23) January 23, 1983	Colón
30	Alan Depotte		GK	(1993-05-18) May 18, 1993	The Academy
Defenders
2	Cristian Tula (VC)		DF	(1978-03-28) March 28, 1978	Atlético Nacional
3	Lucas Villalba		DF	(1987-12-05) December 5, 1987	The Academy
4	Néstor Breitenbruch		DF	(1995-09-13) September 13, 1995	The Academy	Injury
6	Sergio Ojeda		DF	(1992-01-04) January 4, 1992	The Academy
13	Rodrigo Moreira		DF	(1993-06-15) June 15, 1993	The Academy
15	Jorge Figal		DF	(1994-04-03) April 3, 1994	The Academy
25	Alexis Zárate		DF	(1994-04-08) April 8, 1994	The Academy
27	Víctor Cuesta		DF	(1988-11-19) November 19, 1988	Arsenal
28	Gabriel Vallés		DF	(1986-05-31) May 31, 1986	Godoy Cruz	Injury
31	Rafael Barrios		DF	(1993-05-23) May 23, 1993	The Academy
34	Sergio Escudero		DF	(1983-04-12) April 12, 1983	Criciúma
	Emanuel Aguilera		DF	(1989-06-11) June 11, 1989	Godoy Cruz
Midfielders
5	Franco Bellocq		MF	(1993-10-15) October 15, 1993	The Academy
8	Jesús Méndez		MF	(1984-08-01) August 1, 1984	Rosario Central
10	Federico Insua		MF	(1980-01-03) January 3, 1980	Vélez Sarsfield
11	Federico Mancuello (C)		MF	(1989-03-26) March 26, 1989	Belgrano
14	Fabián Monserrat		MF	(1992-06-25) June 25, 1992	The Academy
16	Jorge Iván Pérez		MF	(1990-05-23) May 23, 1990	San Martín de San Juan
20	Christian Ortiz		MF	(1990-08-20) August 20, 1990	The Academy
23	Daniel Montenegro (VC)		MF	(1979-03-28) March 28, 1979	América
24	Marcelo Vidal		MF	(1991-01-15) January 15, 1991	The Academy
26	Rodrigo Gómez		MF	(1993-01-02) January 2, 1993	Argentinos Juniors
32	Matías Pisano		MF	1991 (age 23–24)	Chacarita
33	Leonel Miranda		MF	(1994-01-07) January 7, 1994	The Academy
37	Juan Manuel Trejo		MF	(1994-08-19) August 19, 1994	The Academy	Injury
Forwards
7	Francisco Pizzini		FW	(1993-09-19) September 19, 1993	The Academy
9	Sebastián Penco		FW	(1983-09-22) September 22, 1983	San Martín (SJ)
17	Patricio Vidal		FW	(1992-04-08) April 8, 1992	Unión Española
19	Juan Martín Lucero		FW	(1991-11-30) November 30, 1991	Defensa y Justicia
21	Claudio Riaño		FW	(1988-08-01) August 1, 1988	Boca Juniors
29	Martín Benítez		FW	(1994-06-17) June 17, 1994	The Academy
35	Maximiliano Herrera		FW	(1993-01-08) January 8, 1993	Chacarita Juniors
36	Eloy Rodriguez		FW	(1993-05-03) May 3, 1993	Boca Unidos

Players out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player DF Cristian Báez (at Deportes Iquique) MF Walter Busse (at Manta) DF Federico Gay (at Aldosivi) DF Adrián Fernández (at Quilmes Atlético Club) MF Lucas Villafáñez ( Panetolikos) FW Leonel Buter (at Douglas Haig)

Transfers

Players In Name Nat Pos Moving from Patricio Vidal  ARG FW Unión Española Lucas Villafáñez  ARG MF Huracán Eloy Rodriguez  ARG FW Boca Unidos Maximiliano Herrera  ARG FW Chacarita Juniors Iván Pérez  ARG MF San Martín de San Juan Juan Martín Lucero  ARG FW Defensa y Justicia Jesús Méndez  ARG MF Rosario Central Germán Montoya  ARG GK Colon Claudio Riaño  ARG FW Boca Juniors Rodrigo Gómez  ARG MF Argentinos Juniors Víctor Cuesta  ARG DF Arsenal Sergio Escudero  ARG DF Criciúma Emanuel Aguilera  ARG DF Godoy Cruz

Players Out Name Nat Pos Moving to Martín Zapata  ARG MF Argentinos Juniors Cristian Menéndez  ARG FW Atlético Tucumán Reinaldo Alderete  ARG MF Ferro Carril Oeste Fabián Assmann  ARG GK Mérida Leonel Buter  ARG MF Douglas Haig Samuel Cáceres  ARG DF Nueva Chicago Adrián Fernández  PAR FW Quilmes Hernán Fredes  ARG MF Arsenal Hilario Navarro  ARG GK Estudiantes Facundo Parra  ARG MF Asteras Tripolis Julián Velázquez  ARG DF

Position	Staff
Manager	Jorge Almiron

Friendlies

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Pre-season 12 July 2014	Independiente	1 - 1	Atlético Mineiro	Gran Buenos Aires, Argentina
	Mancuello  17'	Report	Ronaldinho  45' (p)	Stadium: Ezeiza Partido Referee: Ariel Penel

Pre-season 12 July 2014	Independiente	0 - 2	Atlético Mineiro	Gran Buenos Aires, Argentina
		Report	Guilherme Dátolo	Stadium: Ezeiza Partido Referee: Ariel Penel

Pre-season 16 July 2014	Independiente	2 - 0	Vélez Sarsfield	Villa Olímpica
9:30	Penco  58' Mancuello  64'			Stadium: Villa Olímpica, Argentina Referee: Juan Battaglia

Pre-season 16 July 2014	Independiente	1 - 1	Vélez Sarsfield	Villa Olímpica
9:30	Fausto Grillo  65' (og)		Fausto Grillo  43'	Stadium: Villa Olímpica, Argentina Referee: Juan Battaglia

Pre-season 19 July 2014	Independiente	0 - 0	Deportivo Armenio	Avellaneda, Buenos Aires
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

Pre-season 19 July 2014	Independiente	0 - 0	Deportivo Armenio	Avellaneda, Buenos Aires
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

Pre-season 24 July 2014	Independiente	1 - 0	Villa Dálmine	Avellaneda, Buenos Aires
	Mancuello  32'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

Pre-season 24 July 2014	Independiente	3 - 0	Villa Dálmine	Avellaneda, Buenos Aires
	Marcelo Vidal  31' Benítez  74' (79)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

Pre-season 24 July 2014	Independiente	1 - 1	Temperley	Avellaneda, Buenos Aires
	Diego Rodriguez  53' (p)	Report	Dinenno  50'	Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América Referee: Pablo Motto

Pre-season 24 July 2014	Independiente	2 - 1	Temperley	Avellaneda, Buenos Aires
	P.Vidal  46' Eloy Rodriguez  50'	Report	Ariel Rojas  60'	Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América Referee: Pablo Motto

Competitions

Primera Division

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Round 1 10 August 2014	Independiente	3 - 0	Atlético de Rafaela	Avellaneda
15:15	Mancuello  44' Francisco Pizzini  53' Lucero  74'	Report	Rodrigo Depetris  80'	Stadium: Libertadores de América Referee: Saúl Laverni

Round 2 16 August 2014	Estudiantes (LP)	1 - 0	Independiente	La Plata
20:30	Desábato 33' Goñi  38'	Report	Pérez  22' Jorge Figal  51' Lucas Villalba  83' Mancuello  90'	Stadium: Ciudad de La Plata Referee: Patricio Loustau

Round 3 23 August 2014	Independiente	0 - 4	Vélez Sarsfield	Avellaneda
20:30		Report	Cubero  43' Lucas Pratto  47',  72' Leonardo Rolón  80' Romero  84'	Stadium: Libertadores de América Referee: Mauro Vigliano

Round 4 27 August 2014	Olimpo	1 - 2	Independiente	Bahía Blanca
19:15	Leonardo Gil  21' Blanco  50' (p),  56',  74'	Report	Víctor Cuesta  11' Diego Rodríguez  49' Méndez  55' Penco  88' Mancuello  92'	Stadium: Roberto Natalio Carminatti Referee: Pablo Lunati

Round 5 31 August 2014	Independiente	2 - 1	Racing Club	Avellaneda
15:15	Penco  24',  25' Mancuello  27' Tula  56' Franco Bellocq  74'	Report	Milito  13',  14' Yonathan Cabral  84'	Stadium: Libertadores de América Referee: Fernando Rapallini

Round 6 6 September 2014	Banfield	0 - 1	Independiente	Banfield
20:30	Prichoda  33' Jonathan Requena  86'	Report	Rodrigo Gómez  32' Víctor Cuesta  46' Mancuello  59' Néstor Breitenbruch  70' Lucas Villalba  73'	Stadium: Florencio Solá Referee: Jorge Baliño

Round 7 13 September 2014	Independiente	5 - 3	Quilmes	Avellaneda
20:30	Diego Rodríguez  26' (p),  51' (p) Franco Bellocq  39' Riaño  60',  91' Tula  68' Mancuello  93'	Report	Sarmiento  10' Romero  31' Klusener  70' (p) Joel Carli  75' Jonathan Zacaría  85'	Stadium: Libertadores de América Referee: Fernando Echenique

Round 8 21 September 2014	River Plate	4 - 1	Independiente	Buenos Aires
21:30	Pisculichi  3' Vangioni  7' Sánchez  11' Kranevitter  19' Rojas  37' Gutiérrez  66' Mora  77'	Report	Víctor Cuesta  4' Franco Bellocq  33' Mancuello  57' Méndez  67'	Stadium: Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Referee: Pablo Lunati

Round 9 27 September 2014	Independiente	2 - 0	Rosario Central	Avellaneda
15:30	Jorge Figal  62' Mancuello  50' Francisco Pizzini  57' Méndez  86'	Report	Rafael Delgado  33' Musto  55' Niell  73' Lucas Acevedo  81'	Stadium: Libertadores de América Referee: Patricio Loustau

Round 10 6 October 2014	Godoy Cruz	2 - 2	Independiente	Mendoza
20:30	Fernando Zuqui  7' Ramírez  36' Aquino  48' Daniel González  58'	Report	Mancuello  18' Franco Bellocq  48' Néstor Breitenbruch  53' Alexis Zárate  83',  83' Riaño  84' Víctor Cuesta  85'	Stadium: Malvinas Argentinas Referee: Jorge Baliño

Round 11 12 October 2014	Independiente	1 - 1	Defensa y Justicia	Avellaneda
16:00	Franco Bellocq  79' Penco  91'	Report	Mariano Barbieri  56' Camacho  73' Damián Martínez  85' Ruis  88'	Stadium: Libertadores de América Referee: Diego Ceballos

Round 12 18 October 2014	San Lorenzo	1 - 2	Independiente	Buenos Aires
16:00	Yepes  30' Torrico  70' Buffarini  71' Villalba  81' Juan Mercier  83'	Report	Montenegro  32' Méndez  42' Diego Rodríguez  66' (p) Víctor Cuesta  80'	Stadium: Pedro Bidegain Referee: Darío Herrera

Round 13 25 October 2014	Independiente	3 - 1	Tigre	Avellaneda
15:00	Lucero  1' (45+2) Mancuello  56' Franco Bellocq  78'	Report	Pablo Vitti  37'	Stadium: Libertadores de América Referee: Diego Abal

Round 15 9 November 2014	Independiente	0 - 1	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	Avellaneda
	Méndez  68'	Report	Licht  59'	Stadium: Libertadores de América Referee: Patricio Loustau

Round 14 13 November 2014	Arsenal	1 - 1	Independiente	Sarandí
19:00	Alemán  35'	Report	Penco  72'	Stadium: Julio H. Grondona Referee: Mauro Vigliano

Round 16 17 November 2014	Independiente	4 - 1	Lanús	Avellaneda
20:30	Penco  27' Méndez  33' Montenegro  35' Alexis Zárate  71' Lucero  89' Víctor Cuesta  90+2'	Report	Romero  2' Facundo Monteseirín  81' Velázquez	Stadium: Libertadores de América Referee: Germán Delfino

Round 17 23 November 2014	Boca Juniors	v	Independiente	Buenos Aires
		Report		Stadium: Alberto J. Armando

Round 18 30 December 2014	Independiente	v	Newell's Old Boys	Avellaneda
		Report		Stadium: Libertadores de América

Round 19 7 December 2014	Belgrano	v	Independiente	Córdoba
		Report		Stadium: Julio César Villagra

Season review

See also Argentine Primera División

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	River Plate	16	9	6	1	30	10	+20	33
2	Racing Club	16	10	2	4	26	16	+10	32
3	Independiente	16	9	3	4	29	22	+7	30
4	Lanús	16	9	3	4	24	21	+3	30

Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1st points;
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament 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
16	9	3	4	29	22	+7	30	6	1	2	20	12	+8	3	2	2	9	10	−1

Last updated: 18 November 2014.
Source:

Results by round

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

Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Copa Argentina

Final Round II 9 April 2014	Independiente	4 - 2 [1]	Deportivo Santamarina	San Luis
20:00 UTC-03:00	Insúa  26' (p),  63' Fabián Monserrat  35',  40' Menéndez  65' (p) Néstor Breitenbruch  80' Guillermo Pereira  87'	Report	Ignacio Celaya  25',  41' Jorge Peirone  31' Leonardo Gogna  69' Maximiliano Timpanaro  71'	Stadium: Estadio Provincial Juan Gilberto Funes Referee: Carlos Maglio

Round of 32 28 July 2014	Independiente	2 - 0	Belgrano	Buenos Aires
21:15 UTC-03:00	Néstor Breitenbruch  18' Francisco Pizzini  25',  48'	Report	Pittinari  2' Turús  66' Nicolás Ferreyra  75'	Stadium: Florencio Sola Referee: Silvio Trucco

Round of 16 1 October 2014	Independiente	0 - 2	Estudiantes de La Plata	Sánchez de Loria, San Juan
20:30 UTC-03:00	Franco Bellocq  52' Mancuello  83'	Report	Jonatan Shunke  50' Ezequiel Cerutti  75' Vera  84'	Stadium: San Juan de Bicentenario Referee: Diego Abal

Squad statistics

Updated on 19 Octobar 2014

			Primera Division					Copa Argentina					Total
Nation	No.	Name		GS	Min.		Assist		GS	Min.		Assist		GS	Min.		Assist
Goalkeepers
	1	Diego Rodríguez	12	12	1,080	2	0	2	2	180	0	0	14	14	1,260	2	0
	12	Facundo Daffonchio	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	22	Germán Montoya	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	30	Alan Depotte	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
	2	Cristian Tula	9	8	767	0	0	1	1	90	0	0	10	9	857	0	0
	3	Lucas Villalba	10	10	896	0	0	2	2	180	0	0	12	12	1,076	0	0
	4	Néstor Breitenbruch	9	9	716	0	0	2	2	135	0	0	11	11	851	0	0
	6	Sergio Ojeda	4	2	189	0	0	1	0	45	0	0	5	2	234	0	0
	13	Rodrigo Moreira	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	15	Jorge Figal	7	6	565	0	0	2	2	180	0	0	9	8	745	0	0
	25	Alexis Zárate	5	3	292	1	0	1	1	90	0	0	6	4	382	1	0
	27	Víctor Cuesta	11	11	990	0	0	1	1	90	0	0	12	12	1,080	0	0
	28	Gabriel Vallés	1	1	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	45	0	0
	31	Rafael Barrios	1	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	33	0	0
	34	Sergio Escudero	2	2	114	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	114	0	0
Midfielders
	5	Franco Bellocq	9	8	710	0	0	2	2	180	0	0	11	10	890	0	0
	8	Jesús Méndez	7	5	476	1	1	1	0	32	0	0	8	5	508	1	1
	10	Federico Insua	1	0	11	0	1	1	0	22	0	0	2	0	33	0	1
	11	Federico Mancuello	12	12	1,055	8	3	2	2	165	0	0	14	14	1,220	8	3
	14	Fabián Monserrat	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	16	Jorge Iván Pérez	1	1	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	35	0	0
	20	Christian Ortiz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	23	Daniel Montenegro	11	11	796	1	4	1	1	69	0	0	12	12	868	1	4
	24	Marcelo Vidal	4	0	102	0	0	1	0	15	0	0	5	0	117	0	0
	26	Rodrigo Gómez	5	5	345	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	345	0	0
	32	Matías Pisano	10	5	525	0	4	2	2	148	0	1	12	7	673	0	5
	33	Leonel Miranda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	37	Juan Manuel Trejo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
	7	Francisco Pizzini	10	3	530	1	0	2	2	158	2	0	12	5	688	3	0
	9	Sebastián Penco	6	3	258	3	0	2	1	114	0	0	8	4	372	3	0
	17	Patricio Vidal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	19	Juan Martín Lucero	10	7	659	1	0	1	0	21	0	0	11	7	680	1	0
	21	Claudio Riaño	9	8	643	2	1	1	1	69	0	0	10	9	733	2	1
	29	Martín Benítez	2	0	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	48	0	0
	35	Maximiliano Herrera	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	36	Eloy Rodriguez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goals

Rank	Player	Position	Primera Division	Copa Argentina	Total
1	Federico Mancuello	MF	9	0	9
2	Francisco Pizzini	MF	1	2	3
	Sebastián Penco	FW	3	0	3
	Diego Rodríguez	GK	3	0	3
	Juan Martín Lucero	FW	3	0	3
3	Claudio Riaño	FW	2	0	2
4	Jesús Méndez	MF	1	0	1
	Alexis Zárate	DF	1	0	1
	Daniel Montenegro	MF	1	0	1
Total			24	2	26

Assists

Rank	Player	Position	Primera Division	Copa Argentina	Total
1	Matías Pisano	MF	4	1	5
2	Daniel Montenegro	MF	4	0	4
	Federico Mancuello	MF	4	0	4
3	Claudio Riaño	FW	1	0	1
	Jesús Méndez	MF	1	0	1
	Federico Insua	MF	1	0	1
	Francisco Pizzini	FW	1	0	1

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Name			Notes
5	DF	Franco Bellocq	6	0
27	DF	Víctor Cuesta	5	0
8	MF	Jesús Méndez	4	0
15	DF	Jorge Figal	2	1
3	DF	Lucas Villalba	2	0
2	DF	Cristian Tula	2	0
4	DF	Néstor Breitenbruch	1	1
26	MF	Rodrigo Gómez	1	0
1	GK	Diego Rodríguez	1	0
9	FW	Sebastián Penco	1	0
7	FW	Francisco Pizzini	1	0
21	FW	Claudio Riaño	1	0

Penalties Date Penalty Taker Scored Opponent Competition 13 September 2014 Diego Rodríguez style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes"|Yes Quilmes Argentine Primera División 13 September 2014 Diego Rodríguez style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes"|Yes Quilmes Argentine Primera División 18 October 2014 Diego Rodríguez style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes"|Yes San Lorenzo Argentine Primera División

Overall

	Total	Home	Away	Naturel
Games played	16	8	6	2
Games won	9	5	3	1
Games drawn	2	1	1	0
Games lost	5	2	2	1
Biggest win	3-0 vs Atlético Rafaela	3-0 vs Atlético Rafaela	2-1 vs Olimpo 1-0 vs Banfield	2-0 vs Belgrano
Biggest loss	0-4 vs Vélez Sarsfield	0-4 vs Vélez Sarsfield	1-4 vs River Plate	-
Biggest win (League)	3-0 vs Atlético Rafaela	3-0 vs Atlético Rafaela	2-1 vs Olimpo 2-1 vs San Lorenzo 1-0 vs Banfield
Biggest win (Cup)	2-0 vs Belgrano	-	-	2-0 vs Belgrano
Biggest loss (League)	0-4 vs Vélez Sarsfield	0-4 vs Vélez Sarsfield	1-4 vs River Plate	-
Biggest loss (Cup)	0-2 vs Estudiantes	-	-	0-2 vs Estudiantes
Clean sheets	4	2	1	1
Goals scored	26	16	8	2
Goals conceded	22	11	9	2
Goal difference	4	5	-1	0
Average GF per game	1.63	2	1.33	1
Average GA per game	1.38	1.38	1.5	1
Yellow cards	33	10	20	3
Red cards	2	1	1	0
Most appearances	Diego Rodríguez Federico Mancuello (16)	–
Most minutes played	Diego Rodríguez (1,440)	–
Most goals	Federico Mancuello (9)	–
Winning rate	56.25%	62.5%	50%	50%

References

External links

• Club Atlético Independiente official web site (Spanish)

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