2018–19 Racing Club de Avellaneda season

The 2018–19 season was Racing Club de Avellaneda's 34th consecutive season in the top-flight of Argentine football. The season covered the period from 10 August 2018 to 7 April 2019. The club won their 18th league title, and first in five seasons since 2014.

Racing Club de Avellaneda
2018–19 season
ManagerEduardo Coudet
StadiumEstadio Juan Domingo Perón
Primera División1st
Copa ArgentinaRound of 64
Copa LibertadoresRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Lisandro López (17)
All: Lisandro López (18)

Players

First-team squad
As of 1 March 2019.[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Chile CHI Gabriel Arias
2 DF Argentina ARG Alejandro Donatti
3 DF Argentina ARG Alexis Soto
4 DF Argentina ARG Iván Pillud
5 DF Chile CHI Eugenio Mena
6 DF Argentina ARG Lucas Orbán
7 FW Colombia COL Mateo Cassierra (on loan from Ajax)
8 MF Argentina ARG Guillermo Fernández
9 FW Argentina ARG Jonatan Cristaldo
10 MF Argentina ARG Ricardo Centurión
11 FW Argentina ARG Andrés Ríos
13 GK Argentina ARG Javier García
14 DF Argentina ARG Rodrigo Schlegel
15 FW Argentina ARG Lisandro López
16 MF Argentina ARG Mauricio Martínez
17 MF Argentina ARG Martín Ojeda
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Argentina ARG Augusto Solari
19 MF Argentina ARG Neri Cardozo
20 FW Argentina ARG Darío Cvitanich
21 MF Chile CHI Marcelo Díaz
23 MF Argentina ARG Nery Domínguez
24 MF Argentina ARG Julián López
25 GK Argentina ARG Gastón Gómez
26 DF Argentina ARG Renzo Saravia
28 MF Argentina ARG Federico Zaracho
29 FW Argentina ARG Alexis Cuello
30 DF Argentina ARG Leonardo Sigali
33 MF Argentina ARG Evelio Cardozo
— GK Argentina ARG Federico Escobar
— GK Venezuela VEN Carlos Olces (on loan from La Guaira)
— MF Argentina ARG Juan Sánchez de León
For recent transfers, see List of Argentine football transfers winter 2018–19.

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Argentina ARG Nicolás Stella (at Gimnasia y Esgrima (J))
— DF Argentina ARG Miguel Barbieri (at Rosario Central)
— DF Argentina ARG Yonathan Cabral (at Atlético Tucumán)
— DF Argentina ARG Cristian Marcial (at Fénix)
— DF Paraguay PAR Juan Patiño (at Belgrano)
— DF Argentina ARG Gonzalo Piovi (at Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP))
— MF Argentina ARG Nelson Acevedo (at Unión Santa Fe)
— MF Argentina ARG Braian Álvarez (at Unión Santa Fe)
— MF Argentina ARG Facundo Castillón (at Aldosivi)
— MF Argentina ARG Diego González (at Tijuana)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Argentina ARG Facundo Gutiérrez (at Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP))
— MF Argentina ARG Marcelo Meli (at Belgrano)
— MF Argentina ARG Nicolás Oroz (at O'Higgins)
— MF Argentina ARG Martín Pérez Guedes (at Defensores de Belgrano)
— MF Argentina ARG Santiago Rosales (at Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP))
— FW Argentina ARG Juan Dinenno (at Deportivo Cali)
— FW Argentina ARG Braian Guille (at Brown)
— FW Argentina ARG Augusto Lotti (at Unión Santa Fe)
— FW Argentina ARG Ricardo Noir (at Atlético Tucumán)
— FW Argentina ARG Braian Mansilla (at Gimnasia)

Competitions

Superliga Argentina
Main article: 2018–19 Argentine Primera División

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Racing (C) 25 17 6 2 43 16 +27 57 Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
2 Defensa y Justicia 25 15 8 2 33 18 +15 53
3 Boca Juniors 25 15 6 4 42 18 +24 51
4 River Plate 25 13 6 6 42 21 +21 45 Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage[lower-alpha 1]
5 Atlético Tucumán 25 12 6 7 36 29 +7 42 Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage
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.[2][3]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. River Plate qualified for the Copa Libertadores group stage by winning the 2018–19 Copa Argentina.

[2][4]

Matches
14 August 2018 1 Atletico Tucuman 2—2 Racing Tucumán
Stadium: Monumental José Fierro
Referee: Néstor Pitana
19 August 2018 2 Racing Club de Avellaneda 2—0 Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield
24 August 2018 3 Club Atlético Patronato 0—3 Racing
2 September 2018 4 Racing 2—0 Rosario Central

Copa Argentina
Main article: 2018–19 Copa Argentina
July 21, 2019 Round of 64 Racing 0–0
(3–4 p)		 Boca Unidos Lanús, Pcia. de Buenos Aires
17:10 Report Stadium: Ciudad de Lanús – Néstor Díaz Pérez
Referee: Hernán Mastrángelo
Penalties
López soccer ball with check mark
Rojas soccer ball with check mark
Barbona soccer ball with red X
Pillud soccer ball with check mark
Cvitanich soccer ball with red X
Díaz soccer ball with red X		 soccer ball with check mark Baroni
soccer ball with check mark Ojeda
soccer ball with red X Fabro
soccer ball with check mark A. Morales
soccer ball with red X Vizcarra
soccer ball with check mark Alloco

2018 Copa Libertadores
Main article: 2018 Copa Libertadores

Group stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CRU RAC VAS UCH
1 Brazil Cruzeiro 6 3 2 1 15 5 +10 11 Round of 16 — 2–1 0–0 7–0
2 Argentina Racing 6 3 2 1 12 6 +6 11 4–2 — 4–0 1–0
3 Brazil Vasco da Gama 6 1 2 3 3 10 −7 5 Copa Sudamericana 0–4 1–1 — 0–1
4 Chile Universidad de Chile 6 1 2 3 2 11 −9 5 0–0 1–1 0–2 —
Source: CONMEBOL
27 February 2018 (2018-02-27) 1 Racing Argentina 4–2 Brazil Cruzeiro Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón, Avellaneda
21:30 UTC−3
  • Martínez 13', 44', 62'
  • Solari 76'
 Report
Attendance: 35,920
Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)
3 April 2018 (2018-04-03) 2 Universidad de Chile Chile 1–1 Argentina Racing Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago
21:30 UTC−3
Report
Attendance: 45,545
Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)
19 April 2018 (2018-04-19) 3 Racing Argentina 4–0 Brazil Vasco da Gama Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón, Avellaneda
19:15 UTC−3
Report Attendance: 41,893
Referee: Ulises Mereles (Paraguay)
26 April 2018 (2018-04-26) 4 Vasco da Gama Brazil 1–1 Argentina Racing Estádio São Januário, Rio de Janeiro
21:30 UTC−3
Report
Attendance: 10,346
Referee: Diego Haro (Peru)
3 May 2018 (2018-05-03) 5 Racing Argentina 1–0 Chile Universidad de Chile Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón, Avellaneda
19:15 UTC−3
Report Attendance: 43,785
Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)
22 May 2018 (2018-05-22) 6 Cruzeiro Brazil 2–1 Argentina Racing Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte
21:30 UTC−3
Report
Attendance: 44,512
Referee: Andrés Rojas (Colombia)

Knockout phase
29 August 2018 (2018-08-29) Round of 16 2nd leg River Plate Argentina 3–0
(3–0 agg.)		 Argentina Racing Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires
19:30 UTC−3
Report Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)

References
  1. "Racing Club squad". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  2. "REGLAMENTO DE COMPETENCIAS PRIMERA DIVISIÓN – 2018/2019" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.
  3. "Reglamento General AFA" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.
  4. "Reglamento General AFA" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.
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