# 2019–20 Gimnasia y Esgrima de Mendoza season

The 2019–20 season is Gimnasia y Esgrima's 2nd consecutive season in the second division of Argentine football. In addition to Primera B Nacional, the club are competing in the Copa Argentina.
The season generally covers the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

## Review
### Pre-season

Neri Espinosa was the first player out the door, as his move to Deportivo Maipú of Torneo Federal A was confirmed on 4 June 2019. Nine days later, Mateo Ramírez joined fellow Primera B Nacional team Guillermo Brown. Gimnasia y Esgrima announced their first incoming on 15 June as Brian Alferez was loaned from Godoy Cruz. In the subsequent five days, Gonzalo Bazán and Lucas Baldunciel departed to Platense and Temperley respectively. A third and fourth player left between 25-27 June, with Lucas Márquez and Diego Auzqui going to Mitre. Patricio Cucchi went abroad on 28 June, signing with Atlético Nacional of Categoría Primera A. Right midfielder Pablo Cortizo headed off to top-flight Patronato on 30 June. Numerous 2018–19 loans expired on/around on 30 June.
San Martín signed forward Sebastián Matos on 2 July. Their first permanent transaction was made on 4 July in Iván Ramírez from Flandria. Lucas Carrizo and Renzo Vera were revealed as new signings on 7 July. Primera División side Godoy Cruz were Gimnasia'a first opponents of pre-season, facing them on 11 July though failing to come out on top across two matches.

### July

Gimnasia y Esgrima met River Plate in a round of thirty-two tie in the Copa Argentina on 16 July, they would eventually lose out on penalties after a score draw in normal time; where Renzo Vera netted, while Brian Andrada missed the decisive spot-kick. Federico Mazur arrived from Temperley on 23 July. Jacobo Mansilla made a move from Patronato on 25 July. Gimnasia lost in back-to-back friendlies with San Martín (SJ) on 27 July.

### August

3 August saw Gonzalo Berterame sign from San Lorenzo. Six days later, Gimnasia met their third opponent of pre-season in Belgrano - drawing and losing, taking their overall winless streak to seven matches. On 12 August, another new player arrived from San Lorenzo as Alejandro Molina put pen to paper. Felix Orode signed from Defensores de Pronunciamiento on 13 August, while Luis Salces followed the Nigerian attacking midfielder in on 14 August. Stefano Brundo went off to Atlético de Rafaela on 12 August. Gimnasia's first fixture in Primera B Nacional ended in a goalless draw versus Defensores de Belgrano at the Estadio Víctor Antonio Legrotaglie on 18 August. Leandro Aguirre converted an early penalty to seal victory over Almagro on 25 August.
Gonzalo Marronkle debuted against Almagro, despite no official confirmation from the club regarding his arrival. Lisandro Cabrera was loaned from Newell's Old Boys on 27 August.

### September

Gimnasia failed to score for the second successive home match on 2 September, as they drew 0–0 with Quilmes.

## Squad

| Squad No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of Birth (age) | Signed from |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| | Tomás Giménez | GK | (1998-10-29) 29 October 1998 (age 25) | Academy |
| | Tomás Marchiori | GK | (1995-06-20) 20 June 1995 (age 29) | Academy |
| | Alejo Tello | GK | (1999-10-14) 14 October 1999 (age 24) | Academy |
| Defenders ||||||
| | Leandro Aguirre | LB | (1989-02-08) 8 February 1989 (age 35) | Valletta |
| | Brian Alferez | CB | (1998-04-04) 4 April 1998 (age 26) | Godoy Cruz (loan) |
| | Miguel Barbero | LB | (1996-10-28) 28 October 1996 (age 27) | Academy |
| | Lucas Carrizo | DF | (1997-05-20) 20 May 1997 (age 27) | San Telmo |
| | Gabriel Fernández | CB | (1993-04-03) 3 April 1993 (age 31) | Central Córdoba |
| | Lucas Fernández | RB | (1988-07-20) 20 July 1988 (age 36) | Chaco For Ever |
| | Federico Mazur | RB | (1993-05-14) 14 May 1993 (age 31) | Temperley |
| | Alejandro Molina | RB | (1997-08-10) 10 August 1997 (age 27) | San Lorenzo (loan) |
| | Diego Mondino | CB | (1994-11-14) 14 November 1994 (age 29) | Defensores de Belgrano |
| | Renzo Vera | RB | (1983-06-01) 1 June 1983 (age 41) | Patronato |
| Midfielders ||||||
| | Leandro Becerra | LM | (1984-01-26) 26 January 1984 (age 40) | Central Córdoba |
| | Franco Carrasco | MF | (1995-09-14) 14 September 1995 (age 29) | La Consulta |
| | Lucio Compagnucci | DM | (1996-02-23) 23 February 1996 (age 28) | Real Murcia |
| | Emmanuel García | MF | (1993-07-08) 8 July 1993 (age 31) | Fundación Amigos |
| | Santiago López | MF | (1997-12-04) 4 December 1997 (age 26) | Academia Chacras |
| | Jacobo Mansilla | LM | (1987-06-15) 15 June 1987 (age 37) | Patronato |
| | Sergio Oga | AM | (1981-09-15) 15 September 1981 (age 43) | Central Norte |
| | Felix Orode | AM | (1990-07-28) 28 July 1990 (age 34) | Defensores de Pronunciamiento |
| | Iván Ramírez | MF | (1990-02-23) 23 February 1990 (age 34) | Flandria |
| | Brian Zabaleta | MF | (1998-04-23) 23 April 1998 (age 26) | Empleados de Comercio |
| Forwards ||||||
| | Brian Andrada | FW | (1997-06-22) 22 June 1997 (age 27) | Ferro Carril Oeste |
| | Gonzalo Berterame | FW | (1996-07-11) 11 July 1996 (age 28) | San Lorenzo (loan) |
| | Lisandro Cabrera | FW | (1998-01-04) 4 January 1998 (age 26) | Newell's Old Boys (loan) |
| | Tadeo Marchiori | FW | (1999-10-18) 18 October 1999 (age 24) | Academy |
| | Gonzalo Marronkle | CF | (1984-11-14) 14 November 1984 (age 39) | Hồ Chí Minh City |
| | Ignacio Morales | FW | (1998-02-11) 11 February 1998 (age 26) | Academy |
| | Nicolás Romano | FW | (1999-11-05) 5 November 1999 (age 24) | Academy |
| | Luis Salces | LW | (1994-11-25) 25 November 1994 (age 29) | Central Córdoba |

## Transfers

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

### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From |
| 4 July 2019 | MF | Iván Ramírez | Flandria |
| 7 July 2019 | DF | Lucas Carrizo | San Telmo |
| 7 July 2019 | RB | Renzo Vera | Patronato |
| 23 July 2019 | RB | Federico Mazur | Temperley |
| 25 July 2019 | LM | Jacobo Mansilla | Patronato |
| 3 August 2019 | FW | Gonzalo Berterame | San Lorenzo |
| 13 August 2019 | AM | Felix Orode | Defensores de Pronunciamiento |
| 14 August 2019 | LW | Luis Salces | Unattached |
| 25 August 2019 | CF | Gonzalo Marronkle | Hồ Chí Minh City |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To |
| 3 July 2019 | AM | Neri Espinosa | Deportivo Maipú |
| 3 July 2019 | MF | Mateo Ramírez | Guillermo Brown |
| 3 July 2019 | LM | Gonzalo Bazán | Platense |
| 3 July 2019 | AM | Lucas Baldunciel | Temperley |
| 3 July 2019 | LB | Lucas Márquez | Mitre |
| 3 July 2019 | CM | Diego Auzqui | Mitre |
| 3 July 2019 | RM | Pablo Cortizo | Patronato |
| 3 July 2019 | FW | Sebastián Matos | San Martín |
| 8 July 2019 | FW | Patricio Cucchi | Atlético Nacional |
| 12 August 2019 | CB | Stefano Brundo | Atlético de Rafaela |

### Loans in

| Start date | Position | Name | From | End date |
| 3 July 2019 | CB | Brian Alferez | Godoy Cruz | 30 June 2020 |
| 12 August 2019 | RB | Alejandro Molina | San Lorenzo | 30 June 2020 |
| 27 August 2019 | FW | Lisandro Cabrera | Newell's Old Boys | 30 June 2020 |

## Friendlies
### Pre-season

Godoy Cruz of the Primera División were scheduled to be Gimnasia y Esgrima's opening opponents of pre-season. They'd also travel to the Estadio Ingeniero Hilario Sánchez to play San Martín (SJ) and to the El Gigante de Alberdi to face Belgrano.
Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Primera B Nacional
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 3 September 2019. Source: Soccerway

#### Matches

The fixtures for the 2019–20 league season were announced on 1 August 2019, with a new format of split zones being introduced. Gimnasia y Esgrima were drawn in Zone B.
Win  Draw  Loss

### Copa Argentina

River Plate, of the Primera División, were drawn to play Gimnasia y Esgrima in the Copa Argentina on 16 July, with the round of thirty-two tie scheduled for the Estadio Único in Villa Mercedes, San Luis; at a neutral stadium, as is normal in the competition.
Win  Draw  Loss

## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos. | Nationality | Name | League | League | Cup | Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline | Ref |
| No. | Pos. | Nationality | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | | Ref |
| – | GK | | Tomás Giménez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | GK | | Tomás Marchiori | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | GK | | Alejo Tello | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | LB | | Leandro Aguirre | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| – | CB | | Brian Alferez | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| – | LB | | Miguel Barbero | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | DF | | Lucas Carrizo | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| – | CB | | Gabriel Fernández | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | RB | | Lucas Fernández | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | RB | | Federico Mazur | 2(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| – | RB | | Alejandro Molina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | CB | | Diego Mondino | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| – | RB | | Renzo Vera | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| – | MF | | Franco Carrasco | 0(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | LM | | Leandro Becerra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | DM | | Lucio Compagnucci | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | MF | | Emmanuel García | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | MF | | Santiago López | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | LM | | Jacobo Mansilla | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | AM | | Sergio Oga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | AM | | Felix Orode | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | MF | | Iván Ramírez | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| – | MF | | Brian Zabaleta | 0(2) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | FW | | Brian Andrada | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | FW | | Gonzalo Berterame | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | FW | | Lisandro Cabrera | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | FW | | Tadeo Marchiori | 1 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | CF | | Gonzalo Marronkle | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | FW | | Ignacio Morales | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | FW | | Nicolás Romano | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | FW | | Luis Salces | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | — | — |
| Players who left during the season |||||||||||||||||
| – | CB | | Stefano Brundo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Statistics accurate as of 4 September 2019.

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Pos | No. | Nat | Name | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | Ref |
| 1 | RB | – | | Renzo Vera | 0 | 1 | — | — | 0 | 1 | |
| 1 | LB | – | | Leandro Aguirre | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 1 | |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 1 | 1 | — | — | 0 | 2 | — |