# 2017–18 Newell's Old Boys season

The 2017–18 season is Newell's Old Boys' 56th consecutive season in the top-flight of Argentine football. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

## Current squad

    As of 26 January 2018.
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 | ARG | Luciano Pocrnjic |
| 4 | DF | ARG | José San Román |
| 6 | DF | ARG | Sebastián Domínguez |
| 16 | FW | ARG | Víctor Figueroa |
| 17 | FW | ARG | Mauricio Tévez |
| 18 | MF | ARG | Joaquín Torres |
| 20 | MF | ARG | Joel Amoroso |
| 21 | DF | ARG | Juan Sills |
| 22 | MF | ARG | Alexis Rodríguez |
| 23 | GK | ARG | Sebastián D'Angelo |
| 24 | FW | ARG | Ignacio Huguenet |
| 26 | FW | ARG | Héctor Fértoli |
| 30 | DF | ARG | Nehuén Paz |
| 34 | FW | ARG | Carlos Rotondi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 36 | DF | ARG | Franco Escobar |
| 38 | DF | ARG | Braian Rivero |
| 39 | MF | ARG | Jalil Elías |
| 43 | MF | ARG | Brian Bustos |
| — | FW | ARG | Brian Sarmiento (on loan from Banfield) |
| — | DF | ARG | Bruno Bianchi (on loan from Atlético Tucumán) |
| — | FW | ARG | Daniel Opazo |
| — | DF | PAR | Danilo Ortiz (on loan from Godoy Cruz) |
| — | FW | STP | Luís Leal (on loan from Chiapas) |
| — | FW | ARM | Mauro Guevgeozián (on loan from Temperley) |
| — | GK | ARG | Nelson Ibáñez (on loan from Tigre) |
| — | MF | ARG | Nery Leyes (on loan from Atlético Tucumán) |
| — | GK | ARG | Nicolás Temperini |

### 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 |
| 14 | DF | ARG | Lisandro Martínez (at Defensa y Justicia until 30 June 2018) |
| 28 | DF | ARG | Milton Valenzuela (at Columbus Crew SC until 8 December 2018) |
| 33 | FW | ARG | Matías Tissera (at Quilmes until 30 June 2018) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | ARG | Francisco Fydriszewski (at Lugo until 30 June 2018) |
| — | DF | ARG | Gabriel Báez (at Venados until 30 June 2018) |
| — | MF | ARG | Iván Silva (at Guillermo Brown until 30 June 2018) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| 16 July 2017 | FW | Daniel Opazo | Cipolletti | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2017 | FW | Ignacio Scocco | River Plate | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2017 | DF | Maximiliano Pollacchi | Colegiales | Undisclosed |
| 18 July 2017 | MF | Eugenio Isnaldo | Asteras Tripolis | Undisclosed |
| 19 July 2017 | MF | Jacobo Mansilla | Tigre | Undisclosed |
| 26 July 2017 | MF | Maxi Rodríguez | Peñarol | Undisclosed |
| 31 July 2017 | MF | Federico Fattori | Nueva Chicago | Undisclosed |
| 31 July 2017 | FW | Franco Pérez | Morelia | Undisclosed |
| 27 August 2017 | MF | Emiliano Franco | Douglas Haig | Undisclosed |

### Loan in

| Date from | Date to | Pos. | Name | From |
| 6 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 | FW | Mauro Guevgeozián | Temperley |
| 14 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 | DF | Bruno Bianchi | Atlético Tucumán |
| 20 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 | FW | Brian Sarmiento | Banfield |
| 22 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 | GK | Nelson Ibáñez | Tigre |
| 27 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 | MF | Nery Leyes | Atlético Tucumán |
| 31 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 | DF | Danilo Ortiz | Godoy Cruz |
| 6 August 2017 | 30 June 2018 | FW | Luís Leal | Chiapas |

### Loan out

| Date from | Date to | Pos. | Name | To |
| 1 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 | DF | Gabriel Báez | Venados |
| 10 August 2017 | 30 June 2018 | DF | Lisandro Martínez | Defensa y Justicia |
| 14 August 2017 | 30 June 2018 | FW | Matías Tissera | Quilmes |
| 15 August 2017 | 30 June 2018 | MF | Iván Silva | Guillermo Brown |
| 18 August 2017 | 30 June 2018 | FW | Francisco Fydriszewski | Lugo |
| 19 August 2017 | 30 June 2018 | MF | Marcos Pérez | Sportivo Belgrano |
| 26 January 2018 | 8 December 2018 | DF | Milton Valenzuela | Columbus Crew SC |

## Friendlies
### Pre-season

Win  Draw  Loss

## Primera División
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 19 | Patronato | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 26 | 32 | −6 | 33 | |
| 20 | Rosario Central | 27 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 30 | 41 | −11 | 32 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 21 | Newell's Old Boys | 27 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 28 | −5 | 29 | |
| 22 | Lanús | 27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 20 | 37 | −17 | 29 | |
| 23 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 28 | 43 | −15 | 27 | |
* ↑ Rosario Central qualified for the Copa Libertadores group stage by winning the 2017–18 Copa Argentina.
* ↑ Newell's Old Boys were deducted one point for debts owed to former players. Originally AFA partially accepted the appeal by Newell's Old Boys reducing the penalty from three points to one point but a new appeal by Lanús overturned the decision. Finally, on 28 June 2019 CAS gave back two points to Newell´s Old Boys reducing the penalty to one point again.

### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | W | L | D | L | W | D | L | W | D | L | |
| Position | 13 | 22 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 18 | 22 | 24 | |

## Copa Argentina

Win  Draw  Loss

## Copa Sudamericana

Win  Draw  Loss