2014 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season explained

Club:	Boca Juniors
Season:	2014
Chairman:	Daniel Angelici
Chrtitle:	President
Manager:	Carlos Bianchi (until August 28) Rodolfo Arruabarrena (from August 29)
Stadium:	Estadio Alberto J. Armando (La Bombonera)
League:	Torneo Transición
League Result:	5th
Cup2:	Copa Argentina
Cup2 Result:	Round of 16
Cup3:	Copa Sudamericana
Cup3 Result:	Semifinals
League Topscorer:	Jonathan Calleri (6)
Season Topscorer:	Jonathan Calleri (8)
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Prevseason:	2013–14
Nextseason:	2015

The 2014 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season was the 85th consecutive Primera División season played by the senior squad. That Boca Juniors took part in Argentine Primera División, Copa Argentina and Copa Sudamericana.

Season overview

June

6 June: Boca announced that Jonathan Calleri signs for Boca from All Boys for $300.0000.^[1]
19 June: Lucas Viatri signs for Shanghai Greenland from Boca for €2.200.000.^[2]
20 June: Boca announced that Emanuel Trípodi renewed a one-year loan.^[3]
24 June: Juan Sánchez Miño signs for Torino from Boca for €3.200.000.^[4]

July

1 July: Lisandro Magallán, Guillermo Burdisso, Sebastián Palacios and Sergio Araujo returned from Rosario Central, Galatasaray, Unión and Tigre after a loan spell.^[5]

Diego Perotti and Claudio Riaño expired their loans and signed with Genoa and Independiente respectively.

2 July: César Meli signs for Boca from Colón on a 6-month loan, with an option to make the move permanent for $500.0000.^[6]

Alan Aguirre and Sebastián Vidal signed for Douglas Haig and Temperley, on a 6-month and 18-month loan respectively.^[7] ^[8]

3 July: Gonzalo Castellani signs for Boca from Godoy Cruz for $1.600.000.^[9]

Alan Pérez signed for Deportes Magallanes on a one-year loan.^[10]

4 July: Guillermo Fernández and Franco Fragapane signed for Atlético de Rafaela and Elche Ilicitano on an 18-month and one-year loan respectively.^[11] ^[12]
8 July: Cristian Pavón signs for Boca from Talleres (C) for $1.600.000 and signs a one-year loan for Colón.^[13]
10 July: Federico Carrizo signs for Boca from Rosario Central for $2.700.000.^[14]
16 July: Boca played the first friendly match against Boca Unidos, the match ended in a 2-0 defeat for the team of Carlos Bianchi.
17 July: Juan Roman Riquelme signs for Argentinos Juniors from Boca after expiring the contract on 30 June.^[15]

David Achucarro and Orlando Gaona Lugo signed for Olimpo on an 18-month loan .^[16]

19 July: Sergio Araujo signs for Las Palmas on a one-year loan.^[17]
20 July: Boca played the second friendly match against Nacional in Montevideo. The match ended 0–1 with the only goal coming from Jonathan Calleri in the 92nd minute that gave Boca the "Atilio Garcia Cup".
22 July: Andrés Chávez signs for Boca from Banfield for $2.500.000.^[18]
24 July: Diego Rivero signs for Argentinos Juniors from Boca after expiring the contract on 30 June.^[19]
26 July: Sebastián Palacios signs for Arsenal on a 6-month loan.^[20]

Boca played against Huracán on the Round of 32 of 2013–14 Copa Argentina and it was defeated 0-2. Emanuel Insúa was injured in the first half.

28 July: The new uniforms were presented.^[21]
30 July: José Pedro Fuenzalida signs for Boca from Colo-Colo for $400.000.^[22]

Due to the death of Julio Humberto Grondona the Round 1 of Torneo Transición was postponed 1 week.

31 July: Mauro Dalla Costa signs for San Martín (SJ) on a 6-month loan.^[23]

August

7 August: Mariano Echeverria signs for Boca from Arsenal on a one-year loan.^[24]
8 August: Alex Jara signs for Boca and signs a one-year loan for Sportivo Italiano.^[25]
10 August: On the Round 1 of Torneo Transición Boca started the tournament with a defeat against Newell's Old Boys. The only goal was scored by Mauricio Tévez.
15 August: Guillermo Burdisso suffered the rupturing of the meniscus. Burdisso would be out for several weeks.^[26]
18 August: On the Round 2 of Torneo Transición Boca defeated Belgrano, Emanuel Gigliotti scored the goal in the last seconds of the game with a great assist of Federico Carrizo. Fernando Gago was injured in the first half and was replaced by Gonzalo Castellani.
19 August: Fernando Gago and Juan Manuel Martínez suffered the distension of a muscle. They are not going to play against Atletico de Rafaela.^[27]
22 August: Another injured; Juan Forlín suffered the strain of the left Biceps femoris muscle. He also will not play against Atletico de Rafaela.^[28]
24 August: On the Round 3 of Torneo Transición Boca suffered another defeat in La Bombonera, against Atletico de Rafaela, who had never won in the stadium of Boca. The result was 0-3, and a great concern for Carlos Bianchi.
27 August: On the Round 4 of Torneo Transición, Boca worsened their crisis; it was defeated 3-1 by Estudiantes (LP), showing a very poor level.
27 August: Due to poor results, Carlos Bianchi was sacked after a year and a half in the club, in this time, he earned 26 wins, 22 ties and 26 defeats.
27 August: Rodolfo Arruabarrena was announced as the new manager.^[29]
31 August: On the Round 5 of Torneo Transición, after two consecutive defeats, Boca returned to the victory; defeated Vélez Sarsfield 3-1 on the first match of the new manager Rodolfo Arruabarrena.

September

4 September: On the first leg of the second stage of 2014 Copa Sudamericana, Boca played against Rosario Central, Boca was winning 1-0 but in the last seconds, Central was able to score and the match finished 1-1. Boca continued showing a great improvement.
5 September: Pablo Ledesma entered in the last minutes of the match against Rosario Central, but was injured, he suffered a luxation in his shoulder, he will be out 2 months.^[30]
7 September: On the Round 6 of Torneo Transición, Boca played with Olimpo in the stadium Roberto Carminatti, Olimpo played with 10 players almost the entire match, after searching the 1-0, Emanuel Gigliotti scored and Boca won their second straight game.
14 September: On the Round 7 of Torneo Transición, Boca played in La Bombonera against Racing. Jonathan Calleri scored the first goal but due to adverse weather conditions, it was rescheduled to September 25.
18 September: On the second leg of the second stage of 2014 Copa Sudamericana, Boca got a 3-0 victory over Rosario Central with Andrés Chávez scoring twice and José Pedro Fuenzalida scoring the third goal. Boca showed a very good football, and advanced to the next stage.
21 September: On the Round 8 of Torneo Transición, Boca played vs Banfield. Again, Andrés Chávez scored the first goal, but in the last moments of the game, Banfield scored and the match finished 1-1. Daniel Díaz was replaced in the half-time with a sprained left knee, he will be injured one month and he could not play the Superclásico.
22 September: After the problem of Daniel Díaz, is added a ney injury: Juan Forlín, again suffered another strain, on the right Gastrocnemius muscle, he will also could not play the Superclásico.^[31]
25 September: On the Round 7 of Torneo Transición, in the rescheduled match from September 14, Boca had problems in defense and Racing won 2-1 with Gustavo Bou scoring twice.
28 September: On the Round 9 of Torneo Transición, Boca played vs Quilmes and won 1-0, the only goal was scored by Federico Carrizo. Thus, Boca arrives to the Superclásico with confidence.

October

5 October: On the Round 10 of Torneo Transición, Boca played against River Plate, the Superclásico, the most important match of Argentina. It was a 1-1 draw, with Lisandro Magallán scoring for Boca and Germán Pezzella scoring for River.
12 October: On the Round 11 of Torneo Transición, Boca played against Rosario Central. It was a victory 2-1, despite not having a very good performance.
15 October: On the first leg of the Round of 16 of 2014 Copa Sudamericana Boca suffered against Deportivo Capiatá, a small team from Paraguay, it was 0-1.
19 October: On the Round 12 of Torneo Transición, Boca played against Godoy Cruz. It was a victory 3-2, showing defensive mistakes, with Fernando Gago playing a great match.
23 October: On the second leg of the Round of 16 of 2014 Copa Sudamericana, Boca won 1-0 in Luque against Deportivo Capiatá and forced the penalty shoot-out and won 4-3. Now Boca will play against another Paraguayan team: Cerro Porteño.
26 October: On the Round 13 of Torneo Transición, Boca played against Defensa y Justicia. It was a victory 2-0 with Juan Manuel Martínez scoring the two goals. Lisandro Magallán was injured in his left knee.
27 October: Finally, Lisandro Magallán suffered the anterior cruciate ligament of his left knee, and he will be out of activity for six months.^[32]
30 October: On the first leg of the Quarterfinals of 2014 Copa Sudamericana, Boca won 1-0 against Cerro Porteño in a tight match, with Emanuel Gigliotti scoring the only goal.

November

2 November: On the Round 14 of Torneo Transición, Boca played against San Lorenzo, again, under the rain, it was a 0-2 defeat. Boca couldn't play a good match.
6 November: On the second leg of the Quarterfinals of 2014 Copa Sudamericana, Boca won 4-1 against Cerro Porteño in a Paraguay, it was the best match of the team since the arrive of Rodolfo Arruabarrena. Now in Semifinals, Boca will play against River Plate another edition of the Superclásico, the last one in continental tournaments was 10 years ago in the Semifinals of the 2004 Copa Libertadores, with Boca winning the playoff by penalty shoot-out.
9 November: On the Round 15 of Torneo Transición, Boca played against Tigre, Boca playing with an alternative team won 2-0 with Emanuel Gigliotti scoring twice.
16 November: On the Round 16 of Torneo Transición, Boca played against Arsenal, again, with an alternative team and the game ended 1-1.
20 November: On the first leg of the Semifinals of 2014 Copa Sudamericana, Boca faced River Plate, it was 0-0 in a hard match and disputed match. River finished the game with 7 yellow cards. Juan Manuel Martínez played only 30 minutes because of a foul committed by Leonel Vangioni and it was replaced by José Pedro Fuenzalida.
21 November: Juan Manuel Martínez injury was confirmed: a sprain on his right ankle, He will not play in the rest of the season.^[33]
23 November: On the Round 17 of Torneo Transición, Boca played in La Bombonera against Independiente. It was a victory 3-1 with two goals of Jonathan Calleri and one of Emanuel Gigliotti. Federico Carrizo played a great match with two assists.
27 November: On the second leg of the Semifinals of 2014 Copa Sudamericana, Boca lost to River Plate 1-0 and was eliminated from the tournament.
30 November: On the Round 18 of Torneo Transición, Boca played against Lanús. It was a 2-2 draw, Boca played with an alternative team.

December

8 December: On the Round 19 of Torneo Transición, Boca played against Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP), in the last match of the season, it was a 0-2 defeat.

Current squad

Last updated on 8 December 2014

Squad No.	Name	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Note
Goalkeepers
1	Agustín Orion (VC 4º)	GK	26 June 1981	143	0	Estudiantes (LP)
12	Emanuel Trípodi	GK	8 January 1981	7	0	Quilmes
23	Sebastián D'Angelo	GK	14 January 1989	5	0	The Academy
31	Manuel Vicentini	GK	19 April 1990	0	0	The Academy
Defenders
2	Daniel Díaz (C)	DF	13 July 1979	138	11	Atlético Madrid
3	Emanuel Insúa	DF	10 April 1991	43	2	Godoy Cruz
4	Hernán Grana	DF	12 April 1985	21	0	All Boys
6	Juan Forlín	DF	10 January 1988	66	4	Al Rayyan
13	Nahuel Zárate	DF	27 January 1993	33	0	The Academy
14	Claudio Pérez	DF	26 December 1985	38	2	Belgrano
15	Leandro Marín	DF	22 January 1992	48	2	The Academy
22	Lisandro Magallán	DF	27 September 1993	22	1	Rosario Central	Injured
24	Guillermo Burdisso	DF	26 September 1988	42	3	Galatasaray
28	Mariano Echeverria	DF	27 May 1981	16	2	Arsenal
33	Juan Cruz Komar	DF	13 August 1996	1	0	The Academy
Midfielders
5	Fernando Gago (VC 2º)	MF	10 April 1986	118	2	Valencia
8	Pablo Ledesma	MF	4 February 1984	236	17	Catania
10	Luciano Acosta	MF	31 May 1994	28	2	The Academy
11	Federico Carrizo	MF	17 May 1991	25	1	Rosario Central
16	Gonzalo Castellani	MF	10 August 1987	18	0	Godoy Cruz
17	César Meli	MF	20 June 1992	18	1	Colón
18	Nicolás Colazo	MF	8 July 1990	88	6	All Boys
19	Federico Bravo	MF	5 October 1993	35	0	The Academy
20	Adrián Cubas	MF	22 May 1996	12	0	The Academy
21	Cristian Erbes (VC 3º)	MF	6 January 1990	126	4	The Academy
26	José Pedro Fuenzalida	MF	22 February 1985	18	1	Colo-Colo
29	Leonardo Suárez	MF	30 March 1996	2	0	The Academy
30	Iván Colman	MF	6 May 1995	0	0	The Academy
32	Franco Cristaldo	MF	15 August 1996	3	0	The Academy
35	Matías Zaragoza	MF	20 September 1995	0	0	The Academy
Forwards
7	Juan Manuel Martínez	FW	25 October 1985	66	8	Corinthians	Injured
9	Emanuel Gigliotti	FW	20 May 1987	59	23	Novara
25	Andrés Chávez	FW	21 March 1991	19	6	Banfield
27	Jonathan Calleri	FW	23 September 1993	24	8	All Boys
34	Joel Acosta	FW	16 January 1991	8	0	The Academy

Transfers

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Top scorers

Last updated on 8 December 2014.

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1	FW	27	Jonathan Calleri	6	0	2	8
2	FW	9	Emanuel Gigliotti	5	0	2	7
3	FW	25	Andrés Chávez	2	0	4	6
4	FW	7	Juan Manuel Martínez	3	0	0	3
5	DF	15	Leandro Marín	1	0	1	2
5	DF	28	Mariano Echeverria	2	0	0	2
7	DF	2	Daniel Díaz	1	0	0	1
	MF	17	César Meli	1	0	0	1
	MF	26	José Pedro Fuenzalida	0	0	1	1
	MF	11	Federico Carrizo	1	0	0	1
	DF	22	Lisandro Magallán	1	0	0	1
	MF	5	Fernando Gago	1	0	0	1
	DF	3	Emanuel Insúa	1	0	0	1
	-	-	Own Goals
Total				25	0	10	35

Top assists

Last updated on 8 December 2014.

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1	MF	11	Federico Carrizo	6	0	0	6
2	FW	25	Andrés Chávez	2	0	3	5
3	MF	5	Fernando Gago	1	0	3	4
4	FW	27	Jonathan Calleri	1	0	1	2
4	MF	10	Luciano Acosta	2	0	0	2
6	MF	18	Nicolás Colazo	1	0	0	1
	FW	9	Emanuel Gigliotti	1	0	0	1
	MF	26	José Pedro Fuenzalida	0	0	1	1
Total				14	0	8	22

Penalties

Date	Penalty Taker	Scored	Opponent	Competition
9 November 2014	Emanuel Gigliotti		Tigre	Torneo Transición
28 November 2014	Emanuel Gigliotti		River Plate	Copa Sudamericana

Clean sheets

Last updated on 8 December 2014.

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1	GK	1	Agustín Orion	5	0	4	9
Total				4	0	3	7

Disciplinary record

Last updated on 8 December 2014.

		Name
		Name	Torneo Transición		Copa Argentina		Copa Sudamericana		Total
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Agustín Orion					2		2
12	GK	Emanuel Trípodi
23	GK	Sebastián D'Angelo
31	GK	Manuel Vicentini
Defenders
2	DF	Daniel Díaz	1		1		2	1	3	1
3	DF	Emanuel Insúa	4	1					4	1
4	DF	Hernán Grana	2		1	1			3	1
6	DF	Juan Forlín	1				2		3
13	DF	Nahuel Zárate	2						2
14	DF	Claudio Pérez	3				1		4
15	DF	Leandro Marín	3				1		4
22	DF	Lisandro Magallán					1		1
24	DF	Guillermo Burdisso
28	DF	Mariano Echeverria	3				1		4
33	DF	Juan Cruz Komar
Midfielders
5	MF	Fernando Gago		1	1		1		2	1
8	MF	Pablo Ledesma	1						1
10	MF	Luciano Acosta					1		1
11	MF	Federico Carrizo	2				1		3
16	MF	Gonzalo Castellani	1	1					1	1
17	MF	César Meli	4				3		7
18	MF	Nicolás Colazo	1						1
19	MF	Federico Bravo	1						1
20	MF	Adrián Cubas	2						2
21	MF	Cristian Erbes	5		1		1		7
26	MF	José Pedro Fuenzalida	1				3		4
29	MF	Leonardo Suárez
30	MF	Iván Colman
32	MF	Franco Cristaldo
35	MF	Matías Zaragoza
Forwards
7	FW	Juan Manuel Martínez					1		1
9	FW	Emanuel Gigliotti	2						2
25	FW	Andrés Chávez	4				1		5
27	FW	Jonathan Calleri	4				1		5
34	FW	Joel Acosta
Total			47	2	4	1	23		74	5

External links

Club Atlético Boca Juniors official web site

Notes and References

http://www.planetabocajuniors.com.ar/calleri-nuevo-refuerzo-de-boca/ Calleri, nuevo refuerzo de Boca
http://www.planetabocajuniors.com.ar/sanchez-mino-arma-las-valijas// Sanchez Miño arma las valijas
http://www.planetabocajuniors.com.ar/renuevan-el-prestamo-a-tripodi/ Renuevan el prestamo a Tripodi
http://www.planetabocajuniors.com.ar/viatri-se-va-a-china/ Viatri se va a China
http://www.planetabocajuniors.com.ar/viejos-conocidos/ Viejos Conocidos
http://www.planetabocajuniors.com.ar/meli-el-segundo-refuerzo/ Meli, el segundo refuerzo
http://www.planetabocajuniors.com.ar/alan-aguirre-cedido-a-douglas-haig/ Alan Aguirre cedido a Douglas Haig
http://www.planetabocajuniors.com.ar/sebastian-vidal-a-temperley/ Sebastian Vidal a Temperley
http://www.planetabocajuniors.com.ar/castellani-el-tercer-refuerzo/ Castellani, el tercer refuerzo
http://www.planetabocajuniors.com.ar/alan-perez-cedido-a-deportivo-magallanes/ Alan Pérez, cedido a Deportivo Magallanes
http://www.planetabocajuniors.com.ar/pol-fernandez-nuevo-jugador-de-atletico-de-rafaela/ “Pol” Fernández, nuevo jugador de Atlético de Rafaela
http://www.planetabocajuniors.com.ar/fragapane-se-sumara-a-elche-ilicitano/ Fragapane se sumará a Elche Ilicitano
http://www.planetabocajuniors.com.ar/pavon-ya-se-resolvio-mi-llegada-a-boca/ Pavón: “Ya se resolvió mi llegada a Boca”
http://www.planetabocajuniors.com.ar/carrizo-es-nuevo-jugador-de-boca/ Carrizo es nuevo jugador de Boca
http://www.planetabocajuniors.com.ar/oficial-riquelme-jugara-en-argentinos/ Oficial: Riquelme jugará en Argentinos
http://www.planetabocajuniors.com.ar/achucarro-y-gaona-lugo-a-olimpo/ Achucarro y Gaona Lugo a Olimpo
http://www.planetabocajuniors.com.ar/araujo-vuelve-al-futbol-espanol/ Araujo vuelve al fútbol español
http://www.planetabocajuniors.com.ar/hubo-acuerdo-por-chavez/ Hubo acuerdo por Chávez
http://www.planetabocajuniors.com.ar/rivero-nuevo-jugador-de-argentinos-juniors/ Rivero, nuevo jugador de Argentinos Juniors
http://www.planetabocajuniors.com.ar/palacios-a-arsenal/ Palacios, a Arsenal
http://www.planetabocajuniors.com.ar/la-nueva-camiseta-suplente/ Confirmado: Así serán las nuevas camisetas
http://www.planetabocajuniors.com.ar/fuenzalida-llego-a-la-argentina/ Fuenzalida llegó a la Argentina
http://www.planetabocajuniors.com.ar/se-va-dalla-costa/ Se va Dalla Costa
http://www.planetabocajuniors.com.ar/echeverria-el-septimo-refuerzo/ Echeverría, el séptimo refuerzo
http://www.planetabocajuniors.com.ar/boca-anoto-a-un-juvenil-de-instituto-en-afa/ Boca anotó a un juvenil de Instituto en AFA
http://www.planetabocajuniors.com.ar/se-rompio-burdisso/ Se lesionó Burdisso
http://www.planetabocajuniors.com.ar/gago-y-martinez-lesionados/ Gago y Martínez, lesionados
http://www.planetabocajuniors.com.ar/forlin-desgarrado/ Forlín, desgarrado
http://www.planetabocajuniors.com.ar/arruabarrena-el-nuevo-tecnico-de-boca/ Arruabarrena, el nuevo técnico de Boca
http://www.planetabocajuniors.com.ar/parte-medico-ledesma-con-una-luxacion/ Parte Médico: Ledesma, con una luxación
http://www.planetabocajuniors.com.ar/problema-central/ Problema central
http://www.planetabocajuniors.com.ar/magallan-se-rompio-los-ligamentos/ Magallán se rompió los ligamentos
http://www.planetabocajuniors.com.ar/martinez-se-pierde-el-resto-del-2014/ Martínez se pierde el resto del 2014