# 2017–18 Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield season

The 2017–18 season is Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield's 76th 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 22 August 2017.
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 | Alan Aguerre |
| 3 | DF | ARG | Braian Cufré |
| 4 | DF | ARG | Emiliano Amor |
| 5 | MF | ARG | Fabián Cubero |
| 6 | DF | ARG | Fausto Grillo |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Jorge Correa |
| 15 | DF | ARG | Fabricio Alvarenga |
| 16 | DF | ARG | Nicolás Tripichio |
| 17 | DF | ARG | Lautaro Gianetti |
| 19 | FW | ARG | Maximiliano Romero |
| 22 | FW | ARG | Nicolás Delgadillo |
| 23 | MF | ARG | Leandro Desábato |
| 25 | GK | ARG | Tomás Figueroa |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 26 | MF | ARG | Matías Vargas |
| 28 | MF | ARG | Nicolás Domínguez |
| 32 | DF | ARG | Mauricio Toni |
| 33 | FW | ARG | Favio Durán |
| 35 | MF | ARG | Santiago Cáseres |
| 36 | MF | ARG | Gianluca Mancuso |
| 37 | FW | ARG | Matías Aguirre |
| — | GK | ARG | César Rigamonti (on loan from Belgrano) |
| — | FW | ARG | Federico Andrada (on loan from River Plate) |
| — | FW | ARG | Gonzalo Bergessio |
| — | MF | ARG | Lucas Robertone |
| — | FW | PAR | Luis Amarilla (on loan from Libertad) |

### 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 |
| — | FW | ARG | Nicolás Servetto (at Brown until 30 June 2018) |
| — | FW | ARG | Yamil Asad (at D.C. United until 31 December 2017) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| 11 July 2017 | FW | Gonzalo Bergessio | San Lorenzo | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2017 | GK | Fabián Assmann | Released | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | FW | Juan Manuel Martínez | Released | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | FW | Mariano Pavone | Estudiantes | Undisclosed |
| 4 July 2017 | DF | Facundo Cardozo | Arsenal de Sarandí | Undisclosed |
| 18 July 2017 | MF | Iván Bella | Arsenal de Sarandí | Undisclosed |
| 21 July 2017 | DF | Cristian Nasuti | Olimpo | Undisclosed |
| 30 July 2017 | DF | Maximiliano Caire | Tigre | Undisclosed |
| 31 July 2017 | MF | Sebastián Martelli | Temperley | Undisclosed |

### Loan in

| Date from | Date to | Pos. | Name | From |
| 17 July 2017 | 30 June 2019 | FW | Federico Andrada | River Plate |
| 21 July 2017 | 30 June 2019 | FW | Luis Amarilla | Libertad |
| 2 August 2017 | 30 June 2018 | GK | César Rigamonti | Belgrano |

## Friendlies
### Pre-season

Win  Draw  Loss

## Primera División
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 12 | Argentinos Juniors | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 36 | 30 | +6 | 41 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage |
| 13 | Belgrano | 27 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 29 | 28 | +1 | 40 | |
| 14 | Vélez Sarsfield | 27 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 32 | −1 | 38 | |
| 15 | Atlético Tucumán | 27 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 29 | 26 | +3 | 36 | |
| 16 | Estudiantes (LP) | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 26 | −1 | 36 | |

### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A |
| Result | W | W | D | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | D | |
| Position | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 19 | |

## Copa Argentina

Win  Draw  Loss