| Club: | Boca Juniors |
| Season: | 2016–17 |
| Chairman: |  Daniel Angelici |
| Chrtitle: | President |
| Manager: | Guillermo Barros Schelotto |
| Stadium: | Estadio Alberto J. Armando (La Bombonera) |
| League: | Primera División |
| League Result: | Winners |
| Cup2: | Copa Argentina |
| Cup2 Result: | Quarterfinals |
| Cup3: | Copa Libertadores |
| Cup3 Result: | Semifinals |
| League Topscorer: | Darío Benedetto (21) |
| Season Topscorer: | Darío Benedetto (23) |
| Average Attendance: | 45,000 |
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| Prevseason: | 2016 |
| Nextseason: | 2017–18 |
The 2016–17 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season is the 88th consecutive Primera División season for the senior squad. During the season, Boca Juniors will take part in the Primera División, Copa Argentina and in the Semifinals of the Copa Libertadores.
In the first days of June, 3 players arrived to the club: Fernando Zuqui, from Godoy Cruz, in the transfer it was included money for Guillermo Pol Fernández; Darío Benedetto, from Club América; and Walter Bou, who was loaned from Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP).[1] Also, Lisandro Magallán and Gonzalo Castellani returned from their loans in Defensa y Justicia and Lanús. Additionally, Alexis Rolín left the club. After 7 years and more than 150 games in the club, Cristian Erbes left Boca to play in Mexican team Veracruz.[2] The season started with a 4–0 win over Güemes in the Round of 64 of the Copa Argentina.
Santiago Vergini signed with Boca despite that the medical check wasn't good. Nicolas Benegas is loaned to Quilmes. Boca lost their first match of Copa Libertadores, in the Semifinals, 2–1 against Independiente del Valle; and in the second leg, Boca lost again, in an incredible match 3-2 and it was eliminated in the Semifinals. Fernando Tobio returned to Palmeiras. Andrés Chávez is loaned to São Paulo.[3] Daniel Díaz is transferred to Getafe CF.[4] Nicolás Lodeiro is transferred to Seattle Sounders FC.[5] César Meli signed for Sporting CP on a one-year loan.[6] Talleres (C) made use of the option to purchase Juan Cruz Komar permanently.[7]
Sebastián Palacios is transferred to Talleres (C).[8] Also, 4 more players arrived to the club: Sebastián Pérez, from Atlético Nacional; Axel Werner, who was loaned from Atlético Madrid; Ricardo Centurión, who was loaned from São Paulo and Fernando Tobio, who was loaned again from Palmeiras.[9] After 5 years and more than 200 games, Agustín Orión left the club to play in Racing Club.[10] On August 23 Boca won 2–1 over Santamarina in the Round of 32 of the Copa Argentina. Wílmar Barrios and Nazareno Solís are transferred from Deportes Tolima and Talleres (C). The new players were publicly introduced in the last days of August.[11] At the start of the Primera División tournament Boca played against Lanús losing 1–0. Franco Cristaldo is loaned to Rayo Vallecano.[12]
Leandro Marín is loaned to Arsenal. Nicolás Colazo is loaned to Australian team Melbourne City.[13] The first match of September was a 3–0 victory over Belgrano. After that a 1–1 draw against Godoy Cruz and a 4–1 win vs Quilmes with a hat-trick of Darío Benedetto. Boca advanced to the Quarterfinals of Copa Argentina after the victory over Lanús in the penalty shoot-out.
The month started with a 1–1 draw against Tigre and a 2–0 victory over Sarmiento. Gonzalo Castellani is loaned to Defensa y Justicia. Boca played in Tucumán against Atlético Tucumán achieving a 2–2 draw. After that a 4–0 win over Temperley.
Boca lost against Rosario Central in the Quarterfinals of Copa Argentina; Boca will not play any CONMEBOL tournaments in 2017. Boca won the first match away, 3–0 in La Plata against Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP). On November 11 in Spain, Boca won the Antonio Puerta Trophy 4–3 against Sevilla. D.C. United acquires Luciano Acosta on a permanent transfer after the expiration of his one-year loan.[14] Boca couldn't won against Rosario Central in the local tournament, it was a 1–1 draw. Boca won the derby against San Lorenzo, after several months Fernando Gago returned to the first team.
In the first match of December, Boca got a great win 4–2 over Racing Club; and 4–2 against River Plate in the Superclásico. In the last match of 2016 Boca won 4–1 against Colón. After a lot of rumors finally was confirmed that the last idol of the club, Carlos Tevez is transferred to Shanghai Shenhua of China.[15] [16]
Adrián Cubas signed for Pescara on a six-month loan.[17] After a 2–0 victory over Estudiantes (LP) in Mar del Plata, and a 2–2 draw against San Lorenzo Boca was crowned championship of the Copa de Oro. On the last friendly Superclasico, River Plate defeated Boca 2–0, the match was played in Mar del Plata. César Meli is transferred to Racing Club.[18]
On February 2 Boca lost 5–3 in penalties after a 1–1 draw in a friendly against Chivas de Guadalajara in Jalisco. Oscar Benítez is loaned to Boca from Benfica on an 18-month loan and the goalkeeper Agustín Rossi is transferred from Estudiantes (LP).[19] On February 11 Boca lost 3–1 against Aldosivi. Federico Carrizo is transferred to Rosario Central.[20] The last friendly of the summer was a 2–1 victory over Colón.
In the long-awaited return of the tournament Boca beat Banfield 2–0. And then suffered the first defeat in La Bombonera against Talleres (C). After that loss Boca won a difficult game 2–1 in San Juan against San Martín.
In the first game of April Boca win 1–0 against Defensa y Justicia. And then, a 3–1 win over Vélez Sarsfield, keeping Boca in the first place of the table. But a 1–1 draw against Patronato and a 0–0 draw against Atlético de Rafaela made Boca lose 4 important points. In the last match of April Boca won 3–0 over Arsenal.
Boca started May with a 0–0 draw against Estudiantes (LP). In the second Superclasico Boca played very badly and lost 3–1; but then Boca won 1–0 over Newell's Old Boys and drew 1–1 against Huracán.
Boca, showing great football won 3-0 the derbi over Independiente, and after that a 4–0 win over Aldosivi. On June 20, San Lorenzo won 1–0 over Banfield, the only team with chances to reach Boca at the top, so that Boca became the champion of 2016–17 Primera División. In the last away match Boca drew 2–2 against Olimpo. In the last match of the tournament Boca won 2–1 over Unión. With 21 goals Darío Benedetto finished as the tournament goalscorer.
Last updated on June 25, 2017
| Players transferred in | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Pos. | Name | Club | Fee | |
| 3 June 2016 | MF | Fernando Zuqui | Godoy Cruz | Undisclosed | |
| 7 June 2016 | FW | Darío Benedetto |  América | Undisclosed | |
| 4 July 2016 | FW | Santiago Vergini | Sunderland | Undisclosed | |
| 15 August 2016 | MF |  Sebastián Pérez Cardona | Atlético Nacional | Undisclosed | |
| 26 August 2016 | MF | Wílmar Barrios | Deportes Tolima | Undisclosed | |
| 26 August 2016 | FW | Nazareno Solís | Talleres (C) | Free | |
| Players transferred out | |||||
| Date | Pos. | Name | Club | Fee | |
| 3 June 2016 | MF | Guillermo Fernández | Godoy Cruz | Undisclosed | |
| 28 June 2016 | MF | Cristian Erbes | Veracruz | Free | |
| 23 July 2016 | DF | Daniel Díaz | Getafe CF | Free | |
| 27 July 2016 | MF | Nicolás Lodeiro |  Seattle Sounders FC | Undisclosed | |
| 30 July 2016 | DF | Juan Cruz Komar | Talleres (C) | Undisclosed | |
| 2 August 2016 | FW | Sebastián Palacios | Talleres (C) | Undisclosed | |
| 19 August 2016 | GK | Agustín Orión | Racing Club | Free | |
| 15 November 2016 | MF | Luciano Acosta | D.C. United | Undisclosed | |
| Players loaned in | |||||
| Start date | Pos. | Name | Club | End date | |
| 3 June 2016 | FW | Walter Bou | Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) | June 2017 | |
| ? August 2016 | MF | Ricardo Centurión |  São Paulo | June 2017 | |
| ? August 2016 | DF | Fernando Tobio | Palmeiras | June 2017 | |
| 20 August 2016 | GK | Axel Werner | Atlético Madrid | June 2017 | |
| Players loaned out | |||||
| Start date | Pos. | Name | Club | End date | |
| 6 July 2016 | FW | Nicolas Benegas | Quilmes | June 2017 | |
| 19 July 2016 | FW | Andrés Chávez | São Paulo | June 2017 | |
| 30 July 2016 | MF | César Meli | Sporting CP | June 2017 | |
| 31 August 2016 | MF | Franco Cristaldo | Rayo Vallecano | June 2017 | |
| 5 September 2016 | MF | Nicolás Colazo |  Melbourne City FC | June 2017 | |
| 7 September 2016 | DF | Leandro Marín | Arsenal | June 2017 | |
| 17 October 2016 | DF | Gonzalo Castellani | Defensa y Justicia | ? | |
| Loan Return | |||||
| Date | Pos. | Name | Return to | Return from | |
| June 2016 | DF | Lisandro Magallán | Boca Juniors | Defensa y Justicia | |
| June 2016 | MF | Gonzalo Castellani | Boca Juniors | Lanús | |
| June 2016 | DF | Leandro Marín | Boca Juniors | Tigre | |
| June 2016 | MF | Franco Cristaldo | Boca Juniors | Elche | |
| June 2016 | MF | Alexis Rolín |  Catania | Boca Juniors | |
| July 2016 | MF | Fernando Tobio | Palmeiras | Boca Juniors | |
| Players transferred in | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Pos. | Name | Club | Fee | |
| 2 February 2017 | GK | Agustín Rossi | Defensa y Justicia | $1.400.000 | |
| Players transferred out | |||||
| Date | Pos. | Name | Club | Fee | |
| 29 December 2016 | FW | Carlos Tevez |  Shanghai Shenhua | $12.000.000 | |
| 31 January 2017 | MF | César Meli | Racing Club | Undisclosed | |
| 23 February 2017 | MF | Federico Carrizo | Rosario Central | $700.000 | |
| Players loaned in | |||||
| Start date | Pos. | Name | Club | End date | |
| 2 February 2017 | FW | Oscar Benítez | Benfica | June 2018 | |
| Players loaned out | |||||
| Start date | Pos. | Name | Club | End date | |
| 10 January 2017 | MF | Adrián Cubas | Pescara | June 2017 | |
| Loan Return | |||||
| Date | Pos. | Name | Return to | Return from | |
| scope=col | Competition | scope=col | Started round | scope=col | Final position/round | scope=col | First match | scope=col | Last match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primera División | – | bgcolor=gold | Winners | 28 August 2016 | 25 June 2017 | ||||
| Copa Argentina | 29 June 2016 | 2 November 2016 | |||||||
| Copa Libertadores | Semifinals1 | 7 July 2016 | 14 July 2016 |
See main article: 2016–17 Argentine Primera División.
| width=28 | width=185 | Team | width=50 | width=50 | width=50 | width=50 | width=50 | width=50 | width=50 | Relegation | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boca Juniors | 31 | 64 | 20 | 63 | 178 | 95 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Racing | 41 | 57 | 24 | 55 | 177 | 95 | |||||||||||
| 3 | San Lorenzo | 26 | 61 | 34 | 52 | 173 | 94 |
See main article: 2015–16 Copa Argentina.
See main article: 2016 Copa Libertadores.
See main article: 2016 Copa Libertadores final stages.
| Total | Home | Away | Neutral | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games played | 36 | 16 | 16 | 4 | |
| Games won | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | |
| Games drawn | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | |
| Games lost | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Biggest win | 4-0 vs Güemes 4-0 vs Temperley 4-0 vs Aldosivi | 4-0 vs Temperley | 4-0 vs Aldosivi | 4-0 vs Güemes | |
| Biggest loss | 2-1 vs Ind. del Valle 3-2 vs Ind. del Valle | 2-1 vs Ind. del Valle | |||
| Biggest win (Primera División) | 4-0 vs Temperley 4-0 vs Aldosivi | 4-0 vs Temperley | 4-0 vs Aldosivi | None | |
| Biggest win (Copa Argentina) | 4-0 vs Güemes | None | |||
| Biggest win (Copa Libertadores) | None | ||||
| Biggest loss (Primera División) | 1-0 vs Lanús 2-1 vs Talleres (C) | 2-1 vs Talleres (C) | 1-0 vs Lanús | None | |
| Biggest loss (Copa Argentina) | 2-1 vs Rosario Central | None | 2-1 vs Rosario Central | ||
| Biggest loss (Copa Libertadores) | 2-1 vs Ind. del Valle 3-2 vs Ind. del Valle | 3-2 vs Ind. del Valle | 2-1 vs Ind. del Valle | None | |
| Clean sheets | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | |
| Goals scored | 74 | 37 | 28 | 9 | |
| Goals conceded | 35 | 15 | 15 | 5 | |
| Goal difference | +39 | +22 | +13 | +4 | |
| Yellow cards | 70 | 31 | 33 | 6 | |
| Red cards | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Top scorer | Benedetto (23) | Benedetto (13) | Benedetto (8) | Pavón (3) | |
| align=left | Worst discipline | Tevez Centurión Pérez Cardona (1 RC) | Tevez Centurión Pérez Cardona (1 RC) | ||
| Penalties for | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Penalties against | 1 | 1 | |||
Last updated on June 25, 2017|-! colspan="12" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Goalkeepers|-! colspan="12" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Defenders|-! colspan="12" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Midfielders|-! colspan="12" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Forwards|-! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Players away from the club on loan:|-! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Players transferred out during the season:|}
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| width=25 | width=25 | width=25 | width=200 | Name | width= 50 | Primera División | width= 50 | Copa Argentina | width= 50 | Copa Libertadores | width= 50 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW | 9 | Darío Benedetto | 21 | 2 | 23 | |||||||||
| 2 | FW | 7 | Cristian Pavón | 9 | 3 | 2 | 14 | ||||||||
| 3 | MF | 10 | Ricardo Centurión | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 4 | FW | 10 | Carlos Tevez | 5 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||
| 5 | FW | 19 | Walter Bou | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 6 | DF | 4 | Gino Peruzzi | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 7 | DF | 25 | Juan Manuel Insaurralde | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 8 | MF | 8 | Pablo Pérez | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 9 | FW | 22 | Oscar Benítez | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 10 | MF | 5 | Fernando Gago | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 11 | DF | 18 | Frank Fabra | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 12 | MF | 20 | Gonzalo Maroni | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 13 | DF | 3 | Jonathan Silva | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Own Goals | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Total | 62 | 9 | 3 | 74 | |||||||||||
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| 1 | GK | 12 | Agustín Rossi | 7 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 2 | GK | 1 | Guillermo Sara | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 3 | GK | 1 | Agustín Orion | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Total | 10 | 1 | 11 | ||||||||||||
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| 1 | GK | | Guillermo Sara | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 12 | GK | | Agustín Rossi | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 23 | GK | | Ramiro Martínez | |||||||||||||||
| 28 | GK | | Axel Werner | |||||||||||||||
| Defenders | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | | Fernando Tobio | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | | Jonathan Silva | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | | Gino Peruzzi | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | DF | | Lisandro Magallán | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 18 | DF | | Frank Fabra | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 25 | DF | | Juan Manuel Insaurralde | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 27 | DF | | Santiago Vergini | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 35 | DF | | Nahuel Molina Lucero | |||||||||||||||
| Midfielders | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | MF | | Fernando Gago | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | | Pablo Pérez | 9 | 2 | 1 | 12 | |||||||||||
| 10 | MF | | Ricardo Centurión | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 14 | MF | | Sebastián Pérez Cardona | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 15 | MF | | Fernando Zuqui | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 16 | MF | | Wílmar Barrios | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 20 | MF | | Gonzalo Maroni | |||||||||||||||
| 29 | MF | | Leonardo Jara | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 30 | MF | Rodrigo Bentancur | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 40 | MF | | Julián Chicco | |||||||||||||||
| Forwards | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | | Cristian Pavón | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | | Darío Benedetto | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 17 | FW | | Nazareno Solís | |||||||||||||||
| 19 | FW | | Walter Bou | |||||||||||||||
| 22 | FW | | Oscar Benítez | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 26 | FW | | Marcelo Torres | |||||||||||||||
| Players transferred out during the season | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | | Agustín Orion | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | | Daniel Díaz | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 21 | DF | | Leandro Marín | |||||||||||||||
| 11 | MF | | Federico Carrizo | |||||||||||||||
| 14 | MF | Nicolás Lodeiro | ||||||||||||||||
| 17 | MF | | César Meli | |||||||||||||||
| 18 | MF | | Nicolás Colazo | |||||||||||||||
| 20 | MF | | Adrián Cubas | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 22 | MF | | Gonzalo Castellani | |||||||||||||||
| 10 | FW | | Carlos Tevez | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 25 | FW | | Andrés Chávez | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 34 | FW | | Sebastián Palacios | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 58 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 70 | 3 | ||||||||||||
