2019–20 Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield season explained

Club:Vélez Sarsfield
Season:2019–20
Chrtitle:President
Stadium:Lucas Rey Stadium
League:Argentine Alex el id
Cup1:Copa Argentina
Cup2:Copa de la Superliga
Cup3:Copa Sudamericana
League Topscorer:Lucas “El tano” Feller (8)
Season Topscorer:Ariel Camicha (13)
Prevseason:2018–19
Nextseason:2020-21

The 2019–20 season is Vélez Sarsfield's 78th consecutive season in the top division of Argentine football.[1] In addition to the Primera División, the club are competing in the Copa Argentina, Copa de la Superliga and Copa Sudamericana.[1]

The season generally covers the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

Review

Pre-season

Luciano Tilger was the first transfer-related occurrence of Vélez Sarsfield's season, as he agreed a permanent move to Almirante Brown on 14 June 2019. On 18 June, the club announced three signings in Tomás Guidara, from Belgrano, and Maximiliano Romero, on loan from PSV. Soon after, Fernando Gago put pen to paper on a one-year contract, months after his release from Boca Juniors. Joaquín Laso went to Atlético San Luis of Liga MX on 19 June. Gastón Díaz was released on 24 June, after he and the club mutually parted ways - he later joined Colón. Álvaro López's loan deal with Almirante Brown was renewed on 25 June.[2] Numerous loans from the past campaign officially expired on and around 30 June.[3] Guido Mainero was loaned to Defensa y Justicia on 1 July.

Vélez were held to draws by Villa Dálmine in friendlies on 6 July.[4] Romero scored his first goal for them on 10 July in a pre-season match with Estudiantes of Buenos Aires at Villa Olímpica in Ituzaingó.[5] Rodrigo Cáseres and Mauricio Toni headed to Justo José de Urquiza and Alvarado on 12 July. Vélez shared a friendly win apiece with Banfield on 13 July.[6] Espanyol confirmed the incoming of Matías Vargas on 14 July. Atlético Tucumán were taken care of in pre-season on 16 July, beating them one-nil twice.[7] Uruguayan Matías de los Santos was signed on loan from Millonarios on 18 July. Vélez defeated Huracán in an exhibition on 20 July, though then lost hours later.[8] A transaction with Tigre featuring Lucas Janson and Jonathan Ramis was agreed on 25 July.[9]

July

A defeat away to Talleres on 28 July got Vélez Sarsfield's league campaign underway, as Jony scored the game's only goal for the hosts.[10] Lucas Janson officially arrived from Tigre on 30 July, as Jonathan Ramis went the other way on loan. Also on that day, Rodrigo Salinas, fresh from signing a new contract with Vélez, was loaned to Newell's Old Boys.

August

Nicolás Delgadillo, off a loan with San Martín, was loaned again on 1 August as he joined Patronato. Vélez threw away a two-goal lead in the Primera División versus reigning champions Racing Club, as they drew 2–2 despite early goals from Nicolás Domínguez and Maximiliano Romero.[11] Vélez played Talleres in friendlies on 10 August, winning 1–0 and 2–0.[12] Gianluca Mancuso left on a two-year loan deal to Valladolid on 12 August. Vélez lost on the road in the league for the second time running on 18 August, as Lanús beat them in Buenos Aires.[13] Following no victory in three, Vélez secured their opening win of 2019–20 on 24 August after beating Newell's Old Boys 3–1.[14] Vélez revealed, on 29 August, that a deal had been agreed with Bologna for Nicolás Domínguez.[15]

Vélez won for the second week running on 30 August, after defeating Estudiantes by one-goal away from home in the Primera División.[16] Bologna confirmed the signing of Nicolás Domínguez on 30 August, with the central midfielder immediately returning to Vélez on a temporary basis.

September

Emiliano Amor departed on loan to Primera B Nacional's San Martín on 3 September, as he extended his Vélez contract in the process.

Squad

Squad No.NationalityNamePosition(s)Date of Birth (age)Signed from
Goalkeepers
1Facundo PerroneGK10 August 1999[17] Academy
12Lucas HoyosGK29 April 1989[18] Instituto
22Alexander DomínguezGK5 June 1987[19] Monterrey
25Matías BorgognoGK21 August 1998[20] Academy
Tomás FigueroaGK20 April 1995[21] Academy
Defenders
2Matías de los SantosCB22 November 1992[22] Millonarios (loan)
3Braian CufréLB15 December 1996[23] Academy
4Hernán De La FuenteRB7 July 1997[24] Academy
13Joaquín GarcíaDF20 August 1991[25] Academy
15Damián FernándezDF2 January 2001[26] Academy
17Lautaro GianettiCB13 November 1993[27] Academy
24Tomás GuidaraRB31 March 1996[28] Belgrano
28Miguel BrizuelaCB5 January 1997[29] Academy
29Luis AbramCB27 February 1996[30] Sporting Cristal
Ramiro RíosCB7 November 1995[31] Academy
Midfielders
5Fabián CuberoDM21 December 1978[32] UANL
6Fernando GagoDM10 April 1986[33] Boca Juniors
8Nicolás DomínguezCM28 June 1998[34] Bologna (loan)
10Agustín BouzatLW28 March 1994[35] Boca Juniors
14Cristian NúñezDM20 September 1997[36] Academy
16Lucas RobertoneCM18 March 1997[37] Academy
23Thiago AlmadaMF26 April 2001[38] Academy
27Pablo GaldamesCM30 December 1996[39] Unión Española
30Gastón GiménezCM27 July 1991[40] Estudiantes (LP)
31Álvaro BarrealAM17 August 2000[41] Academy
32Luca OrellanoAM22 March 2000[42] Academy
33Alejo MonteroCM5 May 1998[43] Academy
34Francisco OrtegaLM19 March 1999[44] Academy
36Elian MuñozAM21 July 2000[45] Academy
37Gonzalo RodríguezCM4 October 1987[46] Academy
Emiliano BogadoMF18 November 1997[47] Academy
Forwards
11Lucas JansonLW16 August 1994[48] Tigre
18Leandro FernándezLW12 March 1991[49] Independiente (loan)
19Maximiliano RomeroCF9 January 1999[50] PSV (loan)
20Nazareno BazánFW8 March 1999[51] Academy
Yamil AsadLW27 July 1994[52] Academy
Ramiro CáseresRW9 January 1994[53] Academy
Out on loanLoaned to
7Guido MaineroRM23 March 1995[54] Defensa y Justicia
9Rodrigo SalinasCF4 July 1986[55] Newell's Old Boys
Fabricio AlvarengaRB17 January 1996[56] Deportivo Morón
Luis AmarillaCF25 August 1995[57] Universidad Católica
Emiliano AmorCB16 May 1995[58] San Martín
Nicolás DelgadilloLW2 October 1997[59] Patronato
Álvaro LópezFW6 August 1998[60] Almirante Brown
Gianluca MancusoDM3 February 1998[61] Valladolid
Jonathan RamisCF6 November 1989[62] Tigre
Mauricio ToniCB9 March 1998[63] Alvarado

Transfers

Domestic transfer windows:[64]
3 July 2019 to 24 September 2019
20 January 2020 to 19 February 2020.

Transfers in

Date fromPositionNationalityNameFromRef.
19 June 2019 DM Unattached [65]
3 July 2019 RB [66]
30 July 2019 LW [67] [68]

Transfers out

Date fromPositionNationalityNameToRef.
19 June 2019 CB [69] [70]
3 July 2019 FW Luciano Tilger [71]
3 July 2019 RM [72]
12 July 2019 CB Rodrigo Cáseres [73] [74]
14 July 2019 AM [75] [76]
30 August 2019 CM [77] [78]

Loans in

Start datePositionNationalityNameFromEnd dateRef.
3 July 2019 CF 30 June 2020
18 July 2019 CB 30 June 2020 [79] [80]
30 August 2019 CM 30 December 2019

Loans out

Start datePositionNationalityNameToEnd dateRef.
3 July 2019 RM 30 June 2020 [81] [82]
12 July 2019 CB 30 June 2020 [83] [84]
30 July 2019 CF 30 June 2020
30 July 2019 CF 30 June 2020 [85] [86]
1 August 2019 LW 30 June 2020 [87] [88]
12 August 2019 DM 30 June 2021 [89] [90]
3 September 2019 CB 30 June 2020 [91] [92]

Friendlies

Pre-season

Vélez Sarsfield would face Banfield in a pre-season friendly, as revealed on 19 June by their opponents.[93] [94] Atlético Tucumán scheduled a match with them on 24 June.[95] [96] Two days later, Buenos Aires' Estudiantes announced a game with Vélez.[94] [97] Friendlies with Villa Dálmine and Huracán were set for 6/20 July on 2/17 July.[98] [99]

Mid-season

They'd meet Talleres in friendly matches on 10 August, before facing Arsenal de Sarandí in early September.[100] [101]

Competitions

Primera División

See main article: 2019–20 Argentine Primera División.

Relegation table

width=25width=185Teamwidth=50width=50width=50width=50width=50width=50Relegation
9Huracán48 35 5 88 57
10San Lorenzo50 23 13 86 57
11Vélez Sarsfield38 40 7 85 57
1236 42 6 84 57
13Unión43 36 4 83 57
Source: AFA

Matches

The fixtures for the 2019–20 campaign were released on 10 July.[102]

Copa Argentina

See main article: 2019–20 Copa Argentina.

Copa de la Superliga

See main article: 2020 Copa de la Superliga.

Copa Sudamericana

See main article: 2020 Copa Sudamericana.

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.Pos.NationalityNameLeagueCupLeague CupContinentalTotalDisciplineRef
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1GKFacundo Perrone000000000000
2CBMatías de los Santos000000000000
3LBBraian Cufré300000003000
4RBHernán De La Fuente000000000000
5DMFabián Cubero000000000000
6DMFernando Gago1(1)00000001(1)000
7RMGuido Mainero000000000000
8CMNicolás Domínguez430000004320
9CFRodrigo Salinas000000000000
10LWAgustín Bouzat500000005020
11LWLucas Janson3(1)10000003(1)100
12GKLucas Hoyos500000005020
13DFJoaquín García000000000000
14DMCristian Núñez0(1)00000000(1)000
15DMDamián Fernández0(1)00000000(1)010
16CMLucas Robertone4(1)10000004(1)110
17CBLautaro Gianetti400000004000
18LWLeandro Fernández1(2)00000001(2)000
19CFMaximiliano Romero4(1)10000004(1)120
20FWNazareno Bazán000000000000
22GKAlexander Domínguez000000000000
23MFThiago Almada1(3)00000001(3)000
24RBTomás Guidara500000005000
25GKMatías Borgogno000000000000
27CMPablo Galdames2(2)00000002(2)020
28CBMiguel Brizuela100000001000
29CBLuis Abram500000005010
30CMGastón Giménez400000004000
31AMÁlvaro Barreal100000001000
32AMLuca Orellano000000000000
33CMAlejo Montero000000000000
34LMFrancisco Ortega200000002000
36AMElian Muñoz000000000000
37CMGonzalo Rodríguez000000000000
RBFabricio Alvarenga000000000000
LWYamil Asad000000000000
CFLuis Amarilla000000000000
CBEmiliano Amor000000000000
MFEmiliano Bogado000000000000
RWRamiro Cáseres000000000000
LWNicolás Delgadillo000000000000
GKTomás Figueroa000000000000
FWÁlvaro López000000000000
DMGianluca Mancuso000000000000
CFJonathan Ramis000000000000
CBRamiro Ríos000000000000
CBMauricio Toni000000000000
Own goals<--For, not against-->00000
Statistics accurate as of 31 August 2019.

Goalscorers

NameLeagueCupLeague CupContinentalTotalRef
1CM8data-sort-value="Domínguez, Nicolás"Nicolás Domínguez30003
2CF19data-sort-value="Romero, Maximiliano"Maximiliano Romero10001
LW11data-sort-value="Janson, Lucas"Lucas Janson10001
CM16data-sort-value="Robertone, Lucas"Lucas Robertone10001
Own goals10000
Totals70007

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  9. News: Se concretó un principio de acuerdo con Velez por Lucas Janson. 26 July 2019. Tigre. 25 July 2019.
  10. News: Talleres superó a Vélez en Córdoba por el debut en la Superliga. 28 July 2019. Talleres. 28 July 2019.
  11. News: El campeón Racing rescató un punto sobre la hora ante Vélez en Liniers. 4 August 2019. Infobae. 3 August 2019.
  12. News: Con el regreso de Fernando Gago, Vélez vence en dos amistoso a Talleres. 10 August 2019. Marca. 10 August 2019.
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  66. News: ¡Bienvenidos!. 18 June 2019. Vélez Sarsfield. 18 June 2019.
  67. News: Bienvenido, Lucas. 31 July 2019. Vélez Sarsfield. 30 July 2019.
  68. News: Lucas Janson llegó a Vélez. 31 July 2019. TyC Sports. 31 July 2019.
  69. News: ¡Y seguimos creciendo!. 19 July 2019. Atlético San Luis. 19 June 2019.
  70. News: Atlético de San Luis anuncia contratación de Joaquín Laso. 19 July 2019. El Sol de San Luis. 19 June 2019.
  71. News: Y va el décimo.... 16 June 2019. Olé. 14 June 2019.
  72. News: Bienvenido Gastón. 25 June 2019. Colón. 25 June 2019.
  73. News: Rodrigo Cáseres, otro defensor para el celeste. 13 July 2019. Justo José de Urquiza. 12 July 2019.
  74. News: Arribó un defensor. 13 July 2019. Mundo Ascenso. 12 July 2019.
  75. News: Matías Vargas, nou fitxatge perico!. 14 July 2019. Espanyol. 14 July 2019.
  76. News: Official: Espanyol sign Matias 'Monito' Vargas. 14 July 2019. Marca. 14 July 2019.
  77. News: Domínguez è del Bologna. 1 September 2019. Bologna. 30 August 2019.
  78. News: Official: Bologna sign Dominguez. 1 September 2019. Football Italia. 30 August 2019.
  79. News: Bienvenido, Matías. 18 July 2019. Vélez Sarsfield. 18 July 2019.
  80. News: Vélez confirmó a Matías De los Santos. 18 July 2019. ESPN. 18 July 2019.
  81. News: ¡Bienvenido Guido Mainero a Defensa y Justicia!. 1 July 2019. Defensa y Justicia. 1 July 2019.
  82. News: Otra baja para el Gringo Heinze. 1 July 2019. TNT Sports LA. 1 July 2019.
  83. News: Conocé las nuevas caras de Alvarado para el próximo torneo de la Primera Nacional. 1 August 2019. Alvarado. 12 July 2019.
  84. News: El comodorense Mauricio Toni se fue de Talleres y jugará en Alvarado. 1 August 2019. ADN SUR. 13 July 2019.
  85. News: Rodrigo Salinas vestirá la rojinegra. 31 July 2019. Newell's Old Boys. 30 July 2019.
  86. News: Newell’s le ganó la pulseada a Colón y contrató a Rodrigo Salinas. 31 July 2019. Vía País. 31 July 2019.
  87. News: Refuerzos 19/20: Nicolás Delgadillo. 1 August 2019. Patronato. 1 August 2019.
  88. News: Patronato presentó dos refuerzos más y llegó a 16. 1 August 2019. TyC Sports. 1 August 2019.
  89. News: Gianluca Mancuso refuerza la medular del Promesas. 12 August 2019. Valladolid. 12 August 2019.
  90. News: Macuso llega al Promesas para reforzar el mediocampo. 12 August 2019. El Norte de Castilla. 12 August 2019.
  91. News: Emiliano Amor fue cedido a préstamo por un año, sin cargo y sin opción, a San Martín. 4 September 2019. San Martín. 3 September 2019.
  92. News: Emiliano Amor se suma a San Martín. 4 September 2019. Los Primeros TV. 3 September 2019.
  93. News: Gutiérrez y Toledo, los primeros refuerzos de Banfield. 21 June 2019. InfoRegión. 19 June 2019.
  94. News: Cronograma semanal. 9 July 2019. Vélez Sarsfield. 8 July 2019.
  95. News: ¡Volvimos con todo!. 25 June 2019. Atlético Tucumán. 24 June 2019.
  96. News: Calendario de amistosos de pretemporada confirmado. 9 July 2019. Atlético Tucumán. 8 July 2019.
  97. News: Agenda de amistosos de pretemporada. 26 June 2019. Estudiantes (BA). 26 June 2019.
  98. News: Cronograma semanal. 2 July 2019. Vélez Sarsfield. 2 July 2019.
  99. News: Para encarar el tramo final. 18 July 2019. Vélez Sarsfield. 17 July 2019.
  100. News: Talleres no descansa: este sábado jugará un amistoso con Vélez. 7 August 2019. Mundo D - La Voz. 6 August 2019.
  101. News: Suma cargas. 4 September 2019. Vélez Sarsfield. 3 September 2019.
  102. News: El fixture completo de la Superliga 2019/2020. 23 July 2019. Don Balón. 10 July 2019.