2019–20 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season

The 2019–20 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season was the 91st consecutive Primera División season for the senior squad. During the season, Boca Juniors took part in the Primera División, Copa de la Superliga, Copa Argentina, Final stages of the 2019 Copa Libertadores and in the Group stage of the 2020 Copa Libertadores.

Boca Juniors

2019–20 season
President	Daniel Angelici (until 13 December) Jorge Amor Ameal (from 13 December)
Manager	Gustavo Alfaro (until 30 December) Miguel Ángel Russo (from 30 December)
Stadium	Estadio Alberto J. Armando
Primera División	Winners
Copa de la Superliga	TBD
2018–19 Copa Argentina	Round of 32
2019 Copa Libertadores	Semi-finals
2020 Copa Libertadores	Group stage
Home colours Away colours

Season overview

June

On June 19 Boca announced that Alexis Mac Allister is the first signing of the season, being loaned from Brighton & Hove Albion. Julián Chicco is loaned to Patronato.[1] Gonzalo Maroni and Agustín Rossi returned from their loans in Talleres (C) and Deportes Antofagasta, and are loaned again, to Sampdoria and to Lanús.[2] [3] Talleres (C) made use of the option to purchase Tomás Pochettino permanently.[4] Nicolás Benegas returned from his loan and is transferred to Defensores de Belgrano.[5]

July

Nicolás Colazo, Franco Cristaldo, Marcelo Torres and Nazareno Solís returned from their loans. Nazareno Solís is loaned to Aldosivi and Franco Cristaldo to Central Córdoba (SdE). On July 12, Boca and Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) reached an agreement for the transfer of forward Jan Carlos Hurtado.[6] On July 18, Boca and Benfica reached an agreement for the transfer of midfielder Eduardo Salvio.[7] The first official match of the season was a 1–0 win against Athletico Paranaense in the Round of 16 of 2019 Copa Libertadores. Italian midfielder Daniele de Rossi is new player of the club, after arriving as a free agent. He played 18 years in Roma and won the world cup with Italy.[8] Boca draw 0–0 against Huracán in the first match of the league tournament. In the second leg of the Round of 16 of Copa Libertadores, Boca beat Athletico Paranaense 2-0 and advanced to the Quarterfinals, facing Ecuadorian team LDU Quito. Nicolás Colazo is loaned to Rosario Central.[9]

August

On August 4, Boca defeated Patronato 2–0. On August 5, Boca and Marseille reached an agreement for the transfer of forward Darío Benedetto, "Pipa" leaves the club after three years, in which he scored 45 goals in 76 matches.[10] On August 8, forward Cristian Pavón is loaned to LA Galaxy.[11] On August 9, Boca and Cagliari reached an agreement for the transfer of midfielder Nahitan Nández.[12] On August 13, forward Franco Soldano is loaned from Olympiakos.[13] Boca is eliminated from 2018–19 Copa Argentina after losing in penaltis against Almagro. On August 18 Boca won Aldosivi 2–0. On August 21 Boca won LDU Quito 3–0 in the first leg of the quarterfinals. On August 25 Boca defeated Banfield 1–0. In the second leg of the Quarterfinals of Copa Libertadores, Boca draw LDU Quito 0-0 and advanced to the Semifinals, facing River Plate, in another edition of Superclásico.

September

The Primera División Superclásico against River Plate ended in a 0–0 draw. On September 15 Boca won Estudiantes (LP) 1–0. On September 21 Boca won San Lorenzo 2–0. On September 18 Boca draw 1–1 against Newells.

October

The first leg of the Libertadores semifinals Superclásico ended in a 2–0 defeat against River Plate. On October 6 Boca won Defensa y Justicia 1–0. On October 18 Boca lost the first match of the Superliga, 1–0 against Racing. Boca won 1–0 against River the second leg of the Libertadores semifinals Superclásico but lost 2–1 in the aggregate and is eliminated. On October 31 Boca lost 2–1 against Lanús.

November

On November 3 Boca won Arsenal 5–1. On November 10 Boca draw 0–0 against Vélez Sarsfield. On November 24 Boca won Unión 2–0. On November 30 Boca draw 1–1 against Argentinos Juniors.

November

On December 8 Boca lost against Rosario Central 1–0, it was the last match of 2019.

December

Miguel Ángel Russo is the new head coach of the club, after Gustavo Alfaro ended his contract.[14]

January

Leonardo Jara and Nahuel Molina returned from their loans. Kevin Mac Allister returned to his club after a loan spell in Boca. On January 6, Daniele De Rossi announced his retirement from football.[15] On January 10 the new uniforms are presented, with Adidas replacing Nike. On January 17, midfielder Guillermo Fernández is loaned from Cruz Azul.[16] Boca and Paolo Goltz agreed to mutually terminate the defender's contract, Goltz subsequently joined Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP). On January 26 the first match of the year was a 0–0 draw against Independiente. Brighton & Hove Albion recalls Alexis Mac Allister, interrupting his loan spell with Boca.[17] On January 31, Boca and Dynamo Kyiv reached an agreement for the transfer of defender Carlos Zambrano.[18]

February

On February 2 Boca won Talleres (C) 2–1. On February 8 Boca won Atlético Tucumán 2–0. On February 16 Boca won Central Córdoba (SdE) 4–0. On February 23 Boca won Godoy Cruz 3–0. On February 28 Boca won Colón 4–0.

March

In the beginning of 2020 Copa Libertadores Boca draw Caracas 1-1. In the last match of Superliga Boca won Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 1-0 and won the title, the 34 title of Primera Division. On march 10, in the second game of Copa Libertadores group stage Boca won 3-0 Independiente Medellín. The first match of Copa de la Superliga was a 4–1 victory over Godoy Cruz. On 17 March 2020, AFA announced the suspension of the tournament.[19]

April

On 28 April 2020 AFA announced the abandonment of the Copa de la Superliga and the culmination of the 2019–20 season in all of its competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[20] CONMEBOL also announced the indefinite suspension of 2020 Copa Libertadores.

Current squad

Last updated on March 28, 2020.

Squad no.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Note
Goalkeepers
1	Esteban Andrada		GK	January 26, 1991	69	-35	Lanús
12	Marcos Díaz		GK	February 5, 1986	6	-3	Huracán
28	Manuel Roffo		GK	April 4, 2000	0	0	Academy
Defenders
3	Emmanuel Mas		DF	January 15, 1989	61	4	Trabzonspor
4	Julio Buffarini		DF	August 18, 1988	75	2	São Paulo
5	Carlos Zambrano		DF	July 10, 1989	4	0	Dynamo Kyiv
15	Leonardo Jara		DF	May 20, 1991	84	2	D.C. United
18	Frank Fabra		DF	February 22, 1991	89	9	Independiente Medellín
20	Lisandro López		DF	September 1, 1989	41	5	Benfica	Injured
24	Carlos Izquierdoz (VC 2º)		DF	November 3, 1988	66	3	Santos Laguna
32	Gastón Ávila		DF	September 30, 2001	1	0	Academy
Midfielders
7	Guillermo Fernández		MF	October 11, 1991	45	3	Cruz Azul
8	Edwin Cardona		MF	December 8, 1992	49	11	Tijuana
11	Eduardo Salvio		MF	July 13, 1990	28	13	Benfica
14	Nicolás Capaldo		MF	September 14, 1998	29	0	Academy
21	Jorman Campuzano		MF	April 30, 1996	36	1	Atlético Nacional
23	Iván Marcone (VC 4º)		MF	June 3, 1990	46	0	Cruz Azul
39	Agustín Almendra		MF	February 11, 2000	34	2	Academy
	Gonzalo Maroni		MF	March 18, 1999	11	1	Sampdoria
Forwards
9	Ramón Ábila (VC 3º)		FW	October 14, 1989	71	30	Cruzeiro
10	Carlos Tevez (C)		FW	February 5, 1984	249	85	Shanghai Shenhua
19	Mauro Zárate		FW	March 18, 1987	66	17	Watford
22	Sebastián Villa		FW	May 19, 1996	60	5	Deportes Tolima
27	Franco Soldano		FW	September 14, 1994	19	2	Olympiakos
34	Agustín Obando		FW	March 11, 2000	21	0	Academy
	Walter Bou		FW	August 25, 1993	51	10	Unión

Transfers

In

Players transferred
Pos.	Name	Club	Fee
MF	Daniele De Rossi	Roma	Free
MF	Eduardo Salvio	Benfica	€7M
FW	Jan Carlos Hurtado	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	$5M

Players loaned
Pos.	Name	Club	End date
MF	Alexis Mac Allister	Brighton & Hove Albion	June 2020
FW	Franco Soldano	Olympiakos	December 2020

Loan Return
Pos.	Name	Return from
GK	Agustín Rossi	Antofagasta
DF	Gonzalo Goñi	Agropecuario
DF	Agustín Heredia	Godoy Cruz
MF	Nicolás Colazo	Tigre
MF	Franco Cristaldo	San Martín (SJ)
MF	Gonzalo Maroni	Talleres (C)
MF	Alexis Messidoro	Cerro Largo
MF	Tomás Pochettino	Talleres (C)
FW	Nicolás Benegas	Brown
FW	Walter Bou	Unión La Calera
FW	Tomás Fernández	Agropecuario
FW	Nazareno Solís	San Martín (SJ)
FW	Marcelo Torres	Banfield
FW	Guido Vadalá	Universidad de Concepción

Out

Players transferred
Pos.	Name	Club	Fee
MF	George Acosta	Austin Bold	Free
MF	Nicolás Colazo	Rosario Central	Free
MF	Alexis Messidoro	Estudiantes (M)	Free
MF	Nahitan Nández	Cagliari	€18M
MF	Tomás Pochettino	Talleres (C)	$900m
FW	Darío Benedetto	Marseille	€14M
FW	Nicolás Benegas	Defensores de Belgrano	Free

Players loaned
Pos.	Name	Club	End date
GK	Agustín Rossi	Lanús	June 2020
DF	Gonzalo Goñi	Estudiantes (BA)	June 2020
DF	Agustín Heredia	Cerro Largo	June 2020
DF	Isaac Monti	All Boys	June 2020
DF	Oscar Salomón	Central Córdoba (SdE)	June 2020
MF	Julián Chicco	Patronato	June 2020
MF	Franco Cristaldo	Central Córdoba (SdE)	June 2020
MF	Gonzalo Maroni	Sampdoria	June 2020
FW	Walter Bou	Unión (SF)	June 2020
FW	Tomás Fernández	Cerro Largo	June 2020
FW	Cristian Pavón	LA Galaxy	December 2020
FW	Nazareno Solís	Aldosivi	June 2020
FW	Marcelo Torres	Pafos	June 2020
FW	Guido Vadalá	Tolima	June 2020

Loan return
Pos.	Name	Return to

In

Players transferred
Pos.	Name	Club	Fee
DF	Carlos Zambrano	Dynamo Kyiv	Undisclosed

Players loaned
Pos.	Name	Club	End date
MF	Guillermo Fernández	Cruz Azul	December 2020

Loan return
Pos.	Name	Return from
GK	Federico Abadía	Talleres (C)
DF	Lucas Arzamendia	Cerro Largo
DF	Leonardo Jara	D.C. United
DF	Nahuel Molina	Rosario Central
MF	Sebastián Pérez	Barcelona
FW	Mauro Luna Diale	Cerro Largo
FW	Guido Vadalá	Tolima

Out

Players transferred
Pos.	Name	Club	Fee
DF	Paolo Goltz	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	Free
MF	Daniele De Rossi	Retired	Free

Players loaned
Pos.	Name	Club	End date
FW	Ezequiel Cañete	Unión (SF)	June 2021
FW	Mauro Luna Diale	Unión (SF)	June 2021

Loan return
Pos.	Name	Return to
DF	Kevin Mac Allister	Argentinos Juniors
MF	Alexis Mac Allister	Brighton & Hove Albion

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Winter

July 3, 2019 Pre-season	América	1–2	Boca Juniors	Harrison, United States
20:00	Aguilar  12'		Zárate  65', 73'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Referee: Sorin Soticar

July 6, 2019 Pre-season	Guadalajara	0–2	Boca Juniors	Seattle, United States
20:30			Mac Allister  31' Benedetto  41'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Referee: Chipalo Street

July 10, 2019 Pre-season	Tijuana	1–0	Boca Juniors	Tijuana, Mexico
23:00	Bolaños  87'			Stadium: Estadio Caliente

Competitions

Overall

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Primera División	28 July 2019	8 March 2020	Matchday 1	Winners	23	14	6	3	35	8	+27	060.87
Copa de la Superliga	14 March 2020		Matchday 1	Cancelled	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
2018–19 Copa Argentina	13 August 2019		Round of 32^1	Round of 32	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
2019 Copa Libertadores	24 July 2019	22 October 2019	Round of 16^2	Semifinals	6	4	1	1	7	2	+5	066.67
2020 Copa Libertadores	3 March 2020	7 May 2020	Group stage	TBD^3	5	3	2	0	7	1	+6	060.00
Total					36	22	10	4	54	13	+41	061.11

Last updated: March 15, 2020.

Source: Competitions

1: The Round of 64 was played in the previous season. 2: The group stage was played in the previous season. 3: The final stages will be played in the next season.

Primera División

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Boca Juniors (C)	23	14	6	3	35	8	+27	48	Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
2	River Plate	23	14	5	4	41	18	+23	47
3	Vélez Sarsfield	23	11	6	6	27	14	+13	39
4	Racing	23	9	12	2	28	23	+5	39
5	Argentinos Juniors	23	10	9	4	22	17	+5	39

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.
(C) Champion.

Relegation table

Pos	Team	2016–17 Pts	2017–18 Pts	2018–19 Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Relegation
1	Boca Juniors	58	51	48	157	75	2.093
2	Racing	45	57	39	141	75	1.88
3	River Plate	45	45	47	137	75	1.827

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
23	14	6	3	35	8	+27	48	7	4	1	18	4	+14	7	2	2	17	4	+13

Source: AFA

Results by round

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

Source: AFA
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

28 July 2019 1	Boca Juniors	0–0	Huracán	Buenos Aires
20:00 UTC−3	Campuzano  28' Villa  57'	Report	Salcedo  40' Gómez  84' Calello  90+1'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Diego Abal

4 August 2019 2	Patronato	0–2	Boca Juniors	Paraná
20:00 UTC−3	Rosales  9' Tarragona  51' Andrade  66' Chimino  73'	Report	Salvio  5' Tevez  15' Goltz  33' Marcone  89'	Stadium: Presbítero Bartolomé Grella Referee: Fernando Rapallini

18 August 2019 3	Boca Juniors	2–0	Aldosivi	Buenos Aires
20:00 UTC−3	Izquierdoz  26' Tevez  34' Marcone  48' Salvio  77'	Report	Galeano  69'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Mauro Vigliano

25 August 2019 4	Banfield	0–1	Boca Juniors	Banfield
20:00 UTC−3	Urzi  67'	Report	Soldano  0' Hurtado  11' Buffarini  26' Alonso  67' Almendra  77'	Stadium: Florencio Solá Referee: Fernando Echenique

1 September 2019 5	River Plate	0–0	Boca Juniors	Buenos Aires
17:00 UTC−3	Pérez  32' Casco  83' Fernández  86'	Report	Izquierdoz  17' López  23' Marcone  36' Hurtado  40' Capaldo  54' Andrada  63' Fabra  90'	Stadium: Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Referee: Fernando Rapallini

15 September 2019 6	Boca Juniors	1–0	Estudiantes (LP)	Buenos Aires
20:00 UTC−3	Reynoso  3' Marcone  13' Weigandt  19' Capaldo  30' Fabra  68'	Report	Gómez  17' Kalinski  45'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Facundo Tello

21 September 2019 7	San Lorenzo	0–2	Boca Juniors	Buenos Aires
17:45 UTC−3	Menossi  20' Bareiro  62' O. Romero  74'	Report	López  16'  43' Reynoso  74' Hurtado  90+2'	Stadium: Pedro Bidegain Referee: Mauro Vigliano

28 September 2019 8	Boca Juniors	1–1	Newell's Old Boys	Buenos Aires
20:00 UTC−3	Almendra  12' Izquierdoz  30'	Report	Gentiletti  37' Villarruel  46' Rodríguez  48' Lema  76' Insaurralde  79'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Darío Herrera

6 October 2019 9	Defensa y Justicia	0–1	Boca Juniors	Florencio Varela
20:00 UTC−3	Merlini  81'	Report	Almendra  18' Hurtado  41' A. Mac Allister  53' Marcone  83' Buffarini  87'  90+2'	Stadium: Norberto Tomaghello Referee: Pablo Echavarría

18 October 2019 10	Boca Juniors	0–1	Racing Club	Buenos Aires
21:10 UTC−3	Soldano  38' Reynoso  43' Andrada  44' Alonso  81'	Report	Zaracho  27' Rojas  46'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Fernando Echenique

31 October 2019 11	Lanús	2–1	Boca Juniors	Lanús
21:20 UTC−3	Sand  8'  88' Auzqui  38'  48' Valenti  43' Di Plácido  67' Quignon  69' Belmonte  76' Abecasis  80'	Report	Zárate  27'  34' Almendra  29' Buffarini  35' Izquierdoz  55'  79' Tevez  76' Mas  90+2'	Stadium: Ciudad de Lanús Referee: Fernando Rapallini

3 November 2019 12	Boca Juniors	5–1	Arsenal	Buenos Aires
11:00 UTC−3	Tevez  15' Ábila  43'  61' Fabra  49', 90' Reynoso  78' Zárate  88'	Report	Piovi  30' Pereyra  61' Álvarez Suárez  88'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Pablo Echavarría

10 November 2019 13	Vélez Sarsfield	0–0	Boca Juniors	Buenos Aires
20:00 UTC−3	Fernández  10' Domínguez  32' Gianetti  41' Cufré  88'	Report	López  10' Fabra  46'  60' Marcone  61' Reynoso  86' Hurtado  89'	Stadium: José Amalfitani Stadium Referee: Patricio Loustau

22 November 2019 14	Boca Juniors	2–0	Unión	Buenos Aires
17:10 UTC−3	Ábila  2'  53' A. Mac Allister  55' Marcone  81'	Report	Corvalán  74'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Facundo Tello

30 November 2019 15	Boca Juniors	1–1	Argentinos Juniors	Buenos Aires
19:40 UTC−3	Ábila  28' Izquierdoz  64' Villa  90+4'	Report	F. Mac Allister  30' Vera  37' Silva  53' Sandoval  82'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Andrés Merlo

8 December 2019 16	Rosario Central	1–0	Boca Juniors	Rosario
19:40 UTC−3	Ribas  16' Rinaudo  54' Rius  90+1'	Report	Ábila  26' Capaldo  40'  90+4' De Rossi  44' Marcone  59'	Stadium: Gigante de Arroyito Referee: Diego Abal

26 January 2020 17	Boca Juniors	0–0	Independiente	Buenos Aires
21:45 UTC−3	Izquierdoz  17'  21' Fabra  77'	Report	Franco  12' Romero  26' Pérez  75' Benítez  84' Martínez  22'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Fernando Echenique

2 February 2020 18	Talleres (C)	1–2	Boca Juniors	Córdoba
21:45 UTC−3	Tenaglia  26' Menéndez  39' Valoyes  80' Moreno  90+2' Gandolfi  90+2'	Report	Villa  13' Campuzano  50' Tevez  63'	Stadium: Mario Alberto Kempes Referee: Fernando Rapallini

8 February 2020 19	Boca Juniors	2–0	Atlético Tucumán	Buenos Aires
21:45 UTC−3	Soldano  22' Campuzano  29' Fabra  87' Ábila  90+5' (pen.)	Report	Bravo  13' Ortiz  52'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Mauro Vigliano

16 February 2020 20	Central Córdoba (SdE)	0–4	Boca Juniors	Santiago del Estero
21:50 UTC−3	Vega  45' Vera Oviedo  45+1' Meli  59'	Report	Tevez  3', 52', 36' Salvio  25' Izquierdoz  51' Villa  58' Soldano 82'	Stadium: Alfredo Terrera Referee: Facundo Tello

23 February 2020 21	Boca Juniors	3–0	Godoy Cruz	Buenos Aires
19:40 UTC−3	Tevez  18' Fernández  32' Salvio  82', 86'	Report	Carrasco  35' Cartagena  46' Herrera  70' Alanís  90+1'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Nicolás Lamolina

28 February 2020 22	Colón	0–4	Boca Juniors	Santa Fe
21:10 UTC−3	Delgado  31' Olivera  79'	Report	Izquierdoz  14' Fernández  24'  55' Campuzano  65' Salvio  72' Tevez  74' Ábila  84'	Stadium: Brigadier General Estanislao López Referee: Diego Abal

8 March 2020 23	Boca Juniors	1–0	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	Buenos Aires
UTC−3	Fabra  17' Tevez  71'  72' Salvio  80' Capaldo  89'	Report	Goltz  66' Licht  70' Ayala  89'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Facundo Tello

Copa de la Superliga

Zone A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Boca Juniors	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	3	Advance to semi-finals
2	San Lorenzo	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	3
3	Independiente	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3
4	Banfield	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
5	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1

Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2020. Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head goals scored.

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
1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	+3

Source: AFA

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C
Position	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Source: AFA
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; C = Cancelled

Matches

14 March 2020 1	Godoy Cruz	1–4	Boca Juniors	Mendoza
20:00 UTC−3	Badaloni  28' Ortiz  49' Almeida  80' Pizarro  90'	Report	Buffarini  6' Salvio  30' Mas  41' Izquierdoz  66' Campuzano  88'	Stadium: Malvinas Argentinas Referee: Darío Herrera

Copa Argentina

Round of 32

13 August 2019	Boca Juniors	1–1 (1–3 p)	Almagro	La Plata
21:10 UTC−3	De Rossi  27'  35' Fabra  49' Alonso  90+2'	Report	Bossio  31' Arrechea  45+1' Martínez  81'	Stadium: Ciudad de La Plata Referee: Silvio Trucco
	Penalties
	Tevez A. Mac Allister Hurtado Salvio		Denis Wilchez Coscia

2019 Copa Libertadores

Final Stages

Round of 16

24 July 2019 First leg	Athletico Paranaense	0–1	Boca Juniors	Curitiba, Brazil
21:30 UTC−3	Bruno Guimarães  1' González  86' Andrade  86' Ruben 90+4'	Report	Goltz  24' Capaldo  52' Ábila  54' Marcone  62' A. Mac Allister  82' Andrada  90+3'	Stadium: Arena da Baixada Referee: Daniel Fedorczuk (Uruguay)

31 July 2019 Second leg	Boca Juniors	2–0 (3–0 agg.)	Athletico Paranaense	Buenos Aires, Argentina
21:30 UTC−3	Nández  5' Weigandt  7' Izquierdoz  18' Ábila  56'  86' Salvio  90+4'	Report	Wellington  37' Pedro Henrique  41' Bruno Guimarães  68' Marcelo Cirino  72'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Julio Bascuñán (Chile)

Quarterfinals

21 August 2019 First leg	LDU Quito	0–3	Boca Juniors	Quito, Ecuador
17:15 UTC−5	Aguirre  11' Orejuela  45+2' Minda  47' Caicedo  72' Alcívar  84'	Report	Ábila  10' Reynoso  46' A. Mac Allister  68' Caicedo  80' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)
Note: Minda was sent off from the bench of substitutes.

28 August 2019 Second leg	Boca Juniors	0–0 (3–0 agg.)	LDU Quito	Buenos Aires, Argentina
19:15 UTC−3	Capaldo  41' Weigandt  49'	Report	Rodríguez  13' Aguirre  14' Guerra  17' Valencia  51' Alcívar  62'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

Semifinals

1 October 2019 First leg	River Plate	2–0	Boca Juniors	Buenos Aires, Argentina
21:30 UTC−3	Santos Borré  6' (pen.) Fernández  45+1'  69' Pérez  56' Pinola  85'	Report	Mas  10' Izquierdoz  35' López  43' Capaldo  90+6'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil)

22 October 2019 Second leg	Boca Juniors	1–0 (1–2 agg.)	River Plate	Buenos Aires, Argentina
21:30 UTC−3	A. Mac Allister  45+1' Marcone  53' Tevez  71' Hurtado  79'	Report	Fernández  54' Pérez  78' Díaz  87' Scocco  88' Martínez Quarta  90+1'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

2020 Copa Libertadores

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BOC	LIB	CAR	DIM
1	Boca Juniors	6	4	2	0	10	1	+9	14	Round of 16		—	0–0	3–0	3–0
2	Libertad	6	2	1	3	8	11	−3	7			0–2	—	3–2	2–4
3	Caracas	6	2	1	3	8	12	−4	7	Copa Sudamericana		1–1	2–1	—	0–2
4	Independiente Medellín	6	2	0	4	9	11	−2	6			0–1	1–2	2–3	—

Source: CONMEBOL

March 3, 2020 1	Caracas	1–1	Boca Juniors	Caracas, Venezuela
20:30 UTC−4	Celis  29' Hernández  55' Bonsu Osei  84'	Report	Ábila  25' Marcone  53' Mas  62' Buffarini  88'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico de la UCV Referee: Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay)

March 10, 2020 2	Boca Juniors	3–0	Independiente Medellín	Buenos Aires, Argentina
21:30 UTC−3	Salvio  35', 57' Tevez  40' Reynoso  72'  80'	Report	Caicedo  27' Cadavid  41' Flores  71'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Guillermo Guerrero (Ecuador)

September 17, 2020 3	Libertad	0–2	Boca Juniors	Asunción, Paraguay
20:00 UTC−4	Mejía  47' Bareiro  61'  86' Ferreira  75'	Report	Salvio  6', 84' Campuzano  34' Mas  76'	Stadium: Estadio General Pablo Rojas Referee: Rodolpho Toski (Brazil)
Note: On 12 March 2020, CONMEBOL announced that the tournament would be temporarily suspended after group stage matchday 2 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with matches on matchday 3, originally scheduled for 17–19 March 2020, postponed to a later date.[21]

September 24, 2020 4	Independiente Medellín	0–1	Boca Juniors	Medellín, Colombia
19:00 UTC−5	Rodríguez  26' Cadavid  37'	Report	Campuzano  32' Zambrano  38' Salvio  88'	Stadium: Estadio Atanasio Girardot Referee: Augusto Aragón (Ecuador)
Note: On 12 March 2020, CONMEBOL announced that the tournament would be temporarily suspended after group stage matchday 2 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with matches on matchday 3, originally scheduled for 17–19 March 2020, postponed to a later date.[21]

September 29, 2020 5	Boca Juniors	0–0	Libertad	Buenos Aires, Argentina
21:30 UTC−3	Soldano  14' Fabra  38'	Report	Bareiro  33'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)
Note: On 12 March 2020, CONMEBOL announced that the tournament would be temporarily suspended after group stage matchday 2 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with matches on matchday 3, originally scheduled for 17–19 March 2020, postponed to a later date.[21]

October 22, 2020 6	Boca Juniors	3–0	Caracas	Buenos Aires, Argentina
21:30 UTC−3	López  27' Tevez  33', 44'	Report	Hernández 13' Villanueva  15' Blanco  49'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Christian Ferreyra (Uruguay)
Note: On 12 March 2020, CONMEBOL announced that the tournament would be temporarily suspended after group stage matchday 2 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with matches on matchday 3, originally scheduled for 17–19 March 2020, postponed to a later date.[21]

Team statistics

	Total	Home	Away	Neutral
Games played	36	16	18	1
Games won	22	10	12
Games drawn	10	6	3	1
Games lost	4	1	3
Biggest win	5-1 vs Arsenal	5-1 vs Arsenal	4-0 vs Central Córdoba (SdE)
Biggest loss	2-0 vs River Plate	1-0 vs Racing Club	2-0 vs River Plate	None
Biggest win (Primera División)	5-1 vs Arsenal	5-1 vs Arsenal	4-0 vs Central Córdoba (SdE)
Biggest win (Copa de la Superliga)	4-1 vs Godoy Cruz		4-1 vs Godoy Cruz
Biggest win (Copa Argentina)	None
Biggest win (Copa Libertadores)	3-0 vs LDU Quito	3-0 vs Independiente Medellín	3-0 vs LDU Quito
Biggest loss (Primera División)	1-0 vs Racing Club	1-0 vs Racing Club	2-1 vs Lanús
Biggest loss (Copa de la Superliga)
Biggest loss (Copa Argentina)	None
Biggest loss (Copa Libertadores)	2-0 vs River Plate		2-0 vs River Plate	None
Clean sheets	25	13	12
Goals scored	54	24	29	1
Goals conceded	13	4	8	1
Goal difference	+41	+20	+21	0
Yellow cards	98	44	51	3
Red cards	7	2	5
Worst discipline	Izquierdoz Capaldo (2 RC)	Villa Izquierdoz (1 RC)	Capaldo (2 RC)
Penalties for	3	1	2
Penalties against	1		1

Season Appearances and goals

As of September 29, 2020

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primera División		Copa de la Superliga		Copa Argentina		Copa Libertadores
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Esteban Andrada	32	-10	20	-7	1	0	0	0	11	-3
12	GK		Marcos Díaz	4	-2	3	-1	0	0	1	-1	0	0
28	GK		Manuel Roffo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF		Emmanuel Mas	16	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	9+1	0
4	DF		Julio Buffarini	25	1	20	0	1	1	0	0	2+2	0
5	DF		Carlos Zambrano	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
15	DF		Leonardo Jara	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
18	DF		Frank Fabra	22	2	18	2	0	0	1	0	2+1	0
20	DF		Lisandro López	21	1	14+1	1	0	0	1	0	5	0
24	DF		Carlos Izquierdoz	28	2	17	1	1	1	0	0	10	0
32	DF		Gastón Ávila	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
7	MF		Guillermo Fernández	13	1	7	1	1	0	0	0	4+1	0
8	MF		Edwin Cardona	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+3	0
11	MF		Eduardo Salvio	28	13	12+5	6	1	1	1	0	7+2	6
14	MF		Nicolás Capaldo	24	0	9+3	0	0+1	0	1	0	6+4	0
21	MF		Jorman Campuzano	20	1	11+2	0	0+1	1	0+1	0	4+1	0
23	MF		Iván Marcone	22	0	11+2	0	1	0	0	0	7+1	0
32	MF		Gonzalo Maroni	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
39	MF		Agustín Almendra	7	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Forwards
9	MF		Ramón Ábila	22	8	5+7	5	1	0	1	0	7+1	3
10	FW		Carlos Tevez	26	9	11+6	9	0	0	0+1	0	6+2	0
19	FW		Mauro Zárate	19	2	5+7	2	0	0	1	0	3+3	0
22	FW		Sebastián Villa	22	2	13+4	2	0+1	0	0	0	2+2	0
27	FW		Franco Soldano	19	2	12+1	2	0	0	0	0	5+1	0
34	FW		Agustín Obando	15	0	7+4	0	1	0	0	0	2+1	0
	FW		Walter Bou	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+3	0
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season, but have left the club
2	DF		Paolo Goltz	5	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
6	DF		Júnior Alonso	20	0	11+3	0	1	0	1	0	3+1	0
13	DF		Kevin Mac Allister	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	DF		Marcelo Weigandt	9	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
8	MF		Alexis Mac Allister	20	2	9+4	1	0	0	1	0	6	1
15	MF		Nahitan Nández	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
16	MF		Daniele De Rossi	7	1	4+1	0	0	0	1	1	0+1	0
30	MF		Emanuel Reynoso	25	3	9+9	1	1	0	0	0	2+4	2
40	MF		Julián Chicco	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW		Cristian Pavón	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Darío Benedetto	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW		Jan Carlos Hurtado	18	2	6+8	1	0	0	0+1	0	0+3	1

Top scorers

As of September 29, 2020

Rank	Pos.	No.	Name	Primera División	Copa de la Superliga	Copa Argentina	Copa Libertadores	Total
1	MF	11	Eduardo Salvio	6	1		6	13
2	FW	10	Carlos Tevez	9				9
3	FW	9	Ramón Ábila	5			3	8
4	MF	30	Emanuel Reynoso	1			1	2
5	FW	19	Mauro Zárate	2				2
6	FW	17	Jan Carlos Hurtado	1			1	2
7	DF	18	Frank Fabra	2				2
8	FW	27	Franco Soldano	2				2
9	FW	22	Sebastián Villa	2				2
10	DF	24	Carlos Izquierdoz	1	1			2
11	MF	8	Alexis Mac Allister	1			1	2
12	MF	7	Guillermo Fernández	1				1
13	MF	16	Daniele De Rossi			1		1
14	DF	20	Lisandro López	1				1
15	DF	4	Julio Buffarini		1			1
16	MF	21	Jorman Campuzano		1			1
17	MF	39	Agustín Almendra	1				1
Own Goals							1	1
Total				35	4	1	13	53

Top assists

As of September 29, 2020

Rank	Pos.	No.	Name	Primera División	Copa de la Superliga	Copa Argentina	Copa Libertadores	Total
1	DF	18	Frank Fabra	4			1	5
2	MF	8	Alexis Mac Allister	2		1	2	5
3	FW	22	Sebastián Villa	3			1	4
4	MF	11	Eduardo Salvio	3				3
5	FW	10	Carlos Tevez	2			1	3
6	FW	19	Mauro Zárate	2			1	3
7	MF	30	Emanuel Reynoso	3				3
8	FW	27	Franco Soldano	1				1
9	FW	17	Jan Carlos Hurtado	1				1
10	DF	20	Lisandro López	1				1
11	DF	6	Júnior Alonso	1				1
12	MF	14	Nicolás Capaldo	1				1
13	MF	7	Guillermo Fernández	1				1
14	FW	9	Ramón Ábila	1				1
15	DF	4	Julio Buffarini		1			1
16	DF	3	Emmanuel Mas		1			1
17	MF	8	Edwin Cardona				1	1
18	MF	15	Nahitan Nández				1	1
Total				26	2	1	8	37

Penalties

Date	Penalty Taker	Scored	Opponent	Competition
8 February 2020	Ramón Ábila	Yes	Atlético Tucumán	Primera División
16 February 2020	Carlos Tévez	No	Central Córdoba (SdE)	Primera División
16 February 2020	Franco Soldano	No	Central Córdoba (SdE)	Primera División

Clean sheets

As of September 29, 2020

Rank	Pos.	No.	Name	Primera División	Copa de la Superliga	Copa Argentina	Copa Libertadores	Total
1	GK	1	Esteban Andrada	15			8	23
2	GK	12	Marcos Díaz	2				2
Total				16			9	25

Disciplinary record

As of September 29, 2020

No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Primera División			Copa de la Superliga			Copa Argentina			Copa Libertadores			Total
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Esteban Andrada	2									1			3
12	GK		Marcos Díaz
28	GK		Manuel Roffo
Defenders
3	DF		Emmanuel Mas	1			1						3			5
4	DF		Julio Buffarini	3	1								1			4	1
5	DF		Carlos Zambrano										1			1
15	DF		Leonardo Jara
18	DF		Frank Fabra	7	1					1			1			9	1
20	DF		Lisandro López	3									1			4
24	DF		Carlos Izquierdoz	9	2								2			11	2
32	DF		Gastón Ávila
Midfielders
7	MF		Guillermo Fernández	2												2
8	MF		Edwin Cardona
11	MF		Eduardo Salvio	1												1
14	MF		Nicolás Capaldo	5	1								2		1	7	1	1
21	MF		Jorman Campuzano	4									2			6
23	MF		Iván Marcone	8									3			11
39	MF		Agustín Almendra	2		1										2		1
	MF		Gonzalo Maroni
Forwards
9	FW		Ramón Ábila	3									2			5
10	FW		Carlos Tevez	2									2			4
19	FW		Mauro Zárate	1												1
22	FW		Sebastián Villa	1		1										1		1
27	FW		Franco Soldano	1									1			2
34	FW		Agustín Obando
	FW		Walter Bou
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season, but have left the club
2	DF		Paolo Goltz	1									1			2
6	DF		Júnior Alonso	2						1						3
13	DF		Kevin Mac Allister
42	DF		Marcelo Weigandt	1									2			3
8	MF		Alexis Mac Allister	1									2			3
15	MF		Nahitan Nández										1			1
16	MF		Daniele De Rossi	1						1						2
30	MF		Emanuel Reynoso	4									1			5
40	MF		Julián Chicco
7	FW		Cristian Pavón
9	FW		Darío Benedetto
17	FW		Jan Carlos Hurtado	4												4
Total				65	5	2	1			3			29		1	99	5	3

Notes

References

1. "Refuerzos 19/20: Julián Chicco" (in Spanish). Patronato Official website.
2. "Maroni è della sampdoria: arriva a titolo temporaneo con diritto d'opzione" (in Italian). Sampdoria Official website.
3. "Agustín Rossi, nuevo refuerzo del Granate" (in Spanish). Lanús Official website.
4. "Talleres formalizó la opción por Tomás Pochettino" (in Spanish). Talleres (C) Official website.
5. "Fútbol Profesional: Se siguen sumando" (in Spanish). Defensores de Belgrano Official website.
6. "Bienvenido Jan" (in Spanish). Boca Juniors Official website.
7. "Bienvenido Toto" (in Spanish). Boca Juniors Official website.
8. "Bienvenido Daniele" (in Spanish). Boca Juniors Official website.
9. "¡Nicolás Colazo ya es Canalla!" (in Spanish). Rosario Central Official website.
10. "Dario Benedetto, seconde recrue olympienne" (in French). Marseille Official website.
11. "LA Galaxy acquire forward Cristian Pavón". LA Galaxy Official website.
12. "Bienvenido, Nández!" (in Italian). Cagliari Official website.
13. "Bienvenido Franco" (in Spanish). Boca Juniors Official website.
14. "Miguel Ángel Russo ya es el técnico de Boca" (in Spanish). Boca Juniors Official website.
15. ""Queda acá una parte de mi corazón"" (in Spanish). Boca Juniors Official website.
16. "¡Bienvenido a casa, Pol!" (in Spanish). Boca Juniors Official website.
17. "Mac Allister back with Albion". Brighton and Hove Albion Official website.
18. "Bienvenido Carlos" (in Spanish). Boca Juniors Official website.
19. "Suspensión del fútbol" (in Spanish). AFA.
20. "Campeonatos oficiales de la Asociación" (in Spanish). AFA.
21. "La CONMEBOL Libertadores queda suspendida temporalmente". CONMEBOL.com. 12 March 2020.

External links

• Club Atlético Boca Juniors official web site (in Spanish)