Club: | Racing Club |
Season: | 2019–20 |
Chrtitle: | President |
Stadium: | Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón |
League: | Primera División |
Cup1: | Copa Argentina |
Cup1 Result: | Round of 64 |
Cup2: | Copa de la Superliga |
Cup3: | Copa Libertadores |
League Topscorer: | Nery Domínguez (1) Iván Pillud Augusto Solari Darío Cvitanich Lisandro López Diego González |
Season Topscorer: | Nery Domínguez (1) Iván Pillud Augusto Solari Darío Cvitanich Lisandro López Diego González |
Prevseason: | 2018–19 |
Nextseason: | 2020-21 |
The 2019–20 season is Racing Club's 35th 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 Libertadores.[1]
The season generally covers the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.
Ricardo Centurión and Guillermo Fernández left for Mexican football on 14 June, having agreed terms with Atlético San Luis and Cruz Azul on 30 May and 13 June respectively; the former being a loan deal. On 8 June, Renzo Saravia was purchased by Primeira Liga side Porto. Three days later, Racing Club announced their first signing as Matías Rojas transferred from Cerro Porteño. Gonzalo Piovi departed on 24 June, penning a contract with Defensa y Justicia. Hours after, following his contract expiring, youngster Patricio Boolsen was signed by Santamarina.[2] A swap with Atlético Tucumán was revealed on 27 June, as David Barbona switched spots with Augusto Lotti and Yonathan Cabral; the latter making his loan move permanent. Racing also paid $750k.
Barracas Central snapped up two Racing youngsters on loan on 28 June, with Gonzalo Córdoba and Alexis Cuello heading to Buenos Aires. Numerous loans from the previous campaign officially expired on and around 30 June. A fresh loan was confirmed on 1 July, as Santiago Rosales penned a season-long deal with Patronato. A fifth temporary outgoing was communicated a day later, with newly-promoted top-flight team Central Córdoba loaning Marcelo Meli. A scheduled friendly with Arsenal de Sarandí was cancelled on 2 July.[3] 3 July saw Martín Pérez Guedes make a move to Indian football with Delhi Dynamos. Ricardo Noir and Juan Gabriel Patiño completed loans to Belgrano and Cerro Porteño on 4 July. Lautaro Arregui went to Santamarina on 5 July.
Martín Ojeda and Mariano Bareiro were loaned to fellow Primera División outfit Huracán on 5 July. Racing played friendlies with Chivas Florida whilst on their training camp of Orlando, United States and came away with a 5–0 aggregate win. A third youngster made the move to Santamarina on 7 July, as central midfielder Gustavo Iturra headed to Tandil. Atlanta concluded the loan signing of Héctor Villalba on 10 July. A second opponent of pre-season was met on 10 July, as they put five total goals past Florida Soccer Soldiers of the United Premier Soccer League.[4] Walter Montoya was loaned in from Cruz Azul on 11 July. Racing ended their US tour with victories over Miami Sun and Naples United on 13 July.[5] Sergio Vittor went out on loan to Banfield on 17 July.
Racing Club suffered a shock exit in the Copa Argentina on 21 July, as they were eliminated by Torneo Federal A's Boca Unidos at the round of sixty-four via a penalty shoot-out.[6] Racing drew their Primera División opener on 26 July, as Unión Santa Fe held them to a scoreless draw on home soil.[7] José Luis Rodríguez signed an eighteen-month loan contract with Racing from Danubio on 30 July.
Neri Cardozo departed Racing on 1 August, as he agreed a contract with Defensa y Justicia. Facundo Castillón also left, with him going to Greece with Levadiakos. Racing produced a second half comeback from two goals down to secure a point away to Vélez Sarsfield on 3 August.[8] Braian Mansilla went off to Portuguese football on loan with Vitória Setúbal on 6 August. Evelio Cardozo scored as Racing beat Arsenal de Sarandí on 9 August, in an exhibition match that followed a goalless draw between the two earlier in the day.[9] Eduardo Coudet got his fifth reinforcement on 13 August, as forward Nicolás Reniero came from San Lorenzo. Cristian Marcial was loaned by Platense on 15 August. Racing conceded six goals in a home loss to River Plate on 17 August.[10]
Racing dropped further points on 25 August, as they drew 0–0 with newly-promoted Central Córdoba.[11] Racing returned to winning ways on 31 August with a 3–1 victory over Godoy Cruz.[12]
Squad No. | Nationality | Name | Position(s) | Date of Birth (age) | Signed from | |
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Goalkeepers | ||||||
1 | Gabriel Arias | GK | 13 September 1987[13] | Defensa y Justicia | ||
13 | Javier García | GK | 29 January 1987[14] | Tigre | ||
25 | Gastón Gómez | GK | 4 March 1996[15] | Academy | ||
Federico Escobar | GK | 1 January 2000[16] | Academy | |||
Carlos Olses | GK | 21 September 2000[17] | Deportivo La Guaira (loan) | |||
Nicolás Stella | GK | 26 March 1997[18] | Academy | |||
Defenders | ||||||
2 | Alejandro Donatti | CB | 24 October 1986[19] | Tijuana | ||
3 | Alexis Soto | LB | 20 October 1993[20] | Banfield | ||
4 | Iván Pillud | RB | 24 April 1986[21] | Tiro Federal | ||
5 | Eugenio Mena | LB | 18 July 1988[22] | Bahia | ||
6 | Lucas Orbán | LB | 3 February 1989[23] | Genoa | ||
14 | Rodrigo Schlegel | CB | 3 April 1997[24] | Academy | ||
30 | Leonardo Sigali | CB | 29 May 1987[25] | Dinamo Zagreb | ||
José Luis Rodríguez | DF | 14 March 1997[26] | Danubio (loan) | |||
Midfielders | ||||||
8 | Diego González | DM | 9 February 1988[27] | Santos Laguna | ||
10 | Matías Rojas | AM | 3 November 1995[28] | Cerro Porteño | ||
11 | David Barbona | AM | 22 January 1995[29] | Atlético Tucumán | ||
16 | Mauricio Martínez | DM | 20 February 1993[30] | Rosario Central | ||
18 | Augusto Solari | RM | 3 February 1992[31] | River Plate | ||
21 | Marcelo Díaz | DM | 30 December 1986[32] | UNAM | ||
22 | Juan Manuel Sánchez de León | DM | 7 July 1999[33] | Academy | ||
23 | Nery Domínguez | DM | 9 April 1990[34] | Querétaro | ||
24 | Julián López | CM | 8 January 2000[35] | Academy | ||
28 | Federico Zaracho | RM | 10 March 1998[36] | Academy | ||
32 | Walter Montoya | AM | 21 July 1993[37] | Cruz Azul (loan) | ||
Nicolás Muscio | AM | 18 February 1998[38] | Academy | |||
Forwards | ||||||
7 | Mateo Cassierra | CF | 13 April 1997[39] | Ajax (loan) | ||
9 | Jonatan Cristaldo | CF | 5 March 1989[40] | Vélez Sarsfield | ||
11 | Andrés Ríos | CF | 1 August 1989[41] | Vasco da Gama | ||
15 | Lisandro López | CF | 2 March 1983[42] | Internacional | ||
20 | Darío Cvitanich | CF | 16 May 1984[43] | Banfield | ||
27 | Evelio Cardozo | FW | 6 February 2001[44] | Academy | ||
29 | Nicolás Reniero | CF | 18 March 1995[45] | San Lorenzo | ||
Braian Guille | FW | 31 July 1997[46] | Academy | |||
Out on loan | Loaned to | |||||
17 | Martín Ojeda | LW | 27 November 1998[47] | Huracán | ||
Nelson Acevedo | LM | 11 July 1988[48] | Unión Santa Fe | |||
Braian Álvarez | LM | 22 August 1997[49] | Unión Santa Fe | |||
Rodrigo Amaral | AM | 25 March 1997[50] | Nacional | |||
Mariano Bareiro | DM | 8 March 1995[51] | Huracán | |||
Ricardo Centurión | LW | 19 January 1993[52] | Atlético San Luis | |||
Gonzalo Córdoba | MF | 29 March 2000[53] | Barracas Central | |||
Pablo Cuadra | CF | 6 June 1995[54] | Unión Santa Fe | |||
Alexis Cuello | FW | 18 February 2000[55] | Barracas Central | |||
Juan Ignacio Dinenno | FW | 28 August 1994[56] | Deportivo Cali | |||
Facundo Gutiérrez | CM | 3 June 1997[57] | Godoy Cruz | |||
Gustavo Iturra | CM | 6 April 1999[58] | Santamarina | |||
Cristian Marcial | DF | 10 January 1996[59] | Platense | |||
Braian Mansilla | CF | 16 April 1997[60] | Vitória Setúbal | |||
Marcelo Meli | AM | 20 June 1992[61] | Central Córdoba | |||
Ricardo Noir | LW | 26 February 1987[62] | Belgrano | |||
Nicolás Oroz | AM | 1 April 1994[63] | Universidad de Chile | |||
Juan Gabriel Patiño | CB | 29 November 1989[64] | Cerro Porteño | |||
Leonel Piedrabuena | GK | 26 July 1999[65] | Ocampo Fábrica | |||
Santiago Rosales | AM | 22 March 1995[66] | Patronato | |||
Héctor Villalba | CB | 29 November 1989[67] | Atlanta | |||
Sergio Vittor | CB | 9 June 1989[68] | Banfield | |||
Domestic transfer windows:[69]
3 July 2019 to 24 September 2019
20 January 2020 to 19 February 2020.
Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Ref. | |
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3 July 2019 | AM | [70] [71] [72] | ||||
3 July 2019 | AM | [73] [74] [75] | ||||
13 August 2019 | CF | [76] [77] |
Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Ref. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
14 June 2019 | RM | [78] [79] | ||||
1 July 2019 | RB | [80] [81] | ||||
2 July 2019 | LM | [82] [83] | ||||
3 July 2019 | LB | [84] [85] | ||||
3 July 2019 | DF | Patricio Boolsen | [86] | |||
3 July 2019 | CF | [87] [88] | ||||
3 July 2019 | CB | [89] | ||||
5 July 2019 | MF | Lautaro Arregui | [90] | |||
1 August 2019 | LM | [91] [92] | ||||
1 August 2019 | RW | [93] [94] |
Start date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | End date | Ref. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11 July 2019 | AM | 31 December 2020 | [95] [96] | ||||
30 July 2019 | DF | 31 December 2020 | [97] [98] |
Start date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | End date | Ref. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
14 June 2019 | LW | 31 December 2019 | [99] [100] | ||||
3 July 2019 | MF | 30 June 2020 | [101] [102] | ||||
3 July 2019 | FW | Alexis Cuello | 30 June 2020 | ||||
3 July 2019 | AM | 30 June 2020 | [103] [104] | ||||
3 July 2019 | AM | 30 June 2020 | [105] | ||||
4 July 2019 | LW | 30 June 2020 | [106] [107] | ||||
5 July 2019 | LW | 30 June 2020 | [108] [109] | ||||
5 July 2019 | LW | 30 June 2020 | [110] | ||||
7 July 2019 | CM | 30 June 2020 | [111] [112] | ||||
8 July 2019 | CB | 30 June 2020 | [113] [114] | ||||
10 July 2019 | CB | Héctor Villalba | 30 June 2020 | [115] [116] | |||
17 July 2019 | CB | 30 June 2020 | [117] [118] | ||||
6 August 2019 | CF | 30 June 2020 | [119] [120] | ||||
15 August 2019 | DF | 30 June 2020 | [121] [122] |
An exhibition match between Racing Club and Arsenal de Sarandí, set for 13 July, was revealed on 11 June 2019; though was later cancelled.[123] [3] Whilst training in Orlando, Florida, Racing met local sides Chivas Florida, Florida Soccer Soldiers, Miami Sun and Naples United in friendlies.[124] [125]
Racing would meet Arsenal de Sarandí in a mid-season friendly on 9 August in Sarandí at Racing's Predio Tita Mattiussi training complex.[126]
See main article: 2019–20 Argentine Primera División.
width=25 | width=185 | Team | width=50 | width=50 | width=50 | width=50 | width=50 | width=50 | Relegation | |||||||
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1 | Boca Juniors | 58 | 51 | 11 | 120 | 57 | ||||||||||
2 | Racing | 45 | 57 | 6 | 108 | 57 | ||||||||||
3 | Arsenal | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 5 | ||||||||||
4 | Defensa y Justicia | 44 | 53 | 4 | 101 | 57 | ||||||||||
5 | River Plate | 45 | 45 | 8 | 98 | 57 |
The fixtures for the 2019–20 campaign were released on 10 July.[127]
See main article: 2018–19 Copa Argentina. Boca Unidos, of Torneo Federal A, were drawn to be Racing Club's round of sixty-four opponents in the Copa Argentina, with the tie scheduled to be played at the Estadio Ciudad de Lanús – Néstor Díaz Pérez on 21 July 2019; a neutral venue, as is customary in the competition.[1] [128]
See main article: 2020 Copa de la Superliga.
See main article: 2020 Copa Libertadores.
No. | Pos. | Nationality | Name | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | Discipline | Ref | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||||||||
1 | GK | Gabriel Arias | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2 | CB | Alejandro Donatti | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
3 | LB | Alexis Soto | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
4 | RB | Iván Pillud | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
5 | LB | Eugenio Mena | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
6 | LB | Lucas Orbán | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
7 | CF | Mateo Cassierra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
8 | DM | Diego González | 1(3) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(3) | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
9 | CF | Jonatan Cristaldo | 2(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
10 | AM | Matías Rojas | 3(2) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
11 | AM | David Barbona | 1(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
13 | GK | Javier García | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
14 | CB | Rodrigo Schlegel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
15 | CF | Lisandro López | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||
16 | DM | Mauricio Martínez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
17 | LW | Martín Ojeda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
18 | RM | Augusto Solari | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
20 | CF | Darío Cvitanich | 1(3) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(3) | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
21 | DM | Marcelo Díaz | 4(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
22 | DM | Juan Manuel Sánchez de León | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
23 | DM | Nery Domínguez | 4(1) | 1 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4(2) | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||
24 | CM | Julián López | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
25 | GK | Gastón Gómez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
27 | FW | Evelio Cardozo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
28 | RM | Federico Zaracho | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||||
29 | CF | Nicolás Reniero | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
30 | CB | Leonardo Sigali | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
32 | AM | Walter Montoya | 2(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
– | LM | Nelson Acevedo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
– | LM | Braian Álvarez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
– | AM | Rodrigo Amaral | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
– | DM | Mariano Bareiro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
– | LW | Ricardo Centurión | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
– | MF | Gonzalo Córdoba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
– | CF | Pablo Cuadra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
– | FW | Alexis Cuello | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
– | FW | Juan Ignacio Dinenno | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
– | GK | Federico Escobar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
– | FW | Braian Guille | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
– | CM | Facundo Gutiérrez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
– | CM | Gustavo Iturra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
– | CF | Braian Mansilla | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
– | DF | Cristian Marcial | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
– | AM | Marcelo Meli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [129] | |||
– | AM | Nicolás Muscio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
– | LW | Ricardo Noir | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
– | GK | Carlos Olses | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
– | AM | Nicolás Oroz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
– | CB | Juan Gabriel Patiño | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
– | GK | Leonel Piedrabuena | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
– | CF | Andrés Ríos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
– | DF | José Luis Rodríguez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
– | AM | Santiago Rosales | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
– | GK | Nicolás Stella | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
– | CB | Héctor Villalba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
– | CB | Sergio Vittor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Own goals< | --For, not against--> | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | — | — |
Name | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | Ref | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | DM | 23 | data-sort-value="Domínguez, Nery" | Nery Domínguez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
RB | 4 | data-sort-value="Pillud, Iván" | Iván Pillud | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
RM | 18 | data-sort-value="Solari, Augusto" | Augusto Solari | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
CF | 20 | data-sort-value="Cvitanich, Darío" | Darío Cvitanich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
CF | 15 | data-sort-value="López, Lisandro" | Lisandro López | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
DM | 8 | data-sort-value="González, Diego" | Diego González | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Totals | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |