# 2017–18 Estudiantes de La Plata season

The 2017–18 season is Estudiantes de La Plata's 24th 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 3 September 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 | Jerónimo Pourtau |
| 2 | DF | ARG | Leandro Desábato |
| 3 | DF | ARG | Lucas Diarte |
| 4 | DF | ARG | Iván Gómez |
| 6 | DF | ARG | Jonathan Schunke |
| 7 | FW | COL | Juan Ferney Otero |
| 8 | MF | ARG | Israel Damonte |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Lucas Rodríguez |
| 12 | GK | ARG | Daniel Sappa |
| 14 | MF | ARG | Facundo Sánchez |
| 17 | MF | ARG | Bautista Cejas |
| 19 | DF | ARG | Sebastián Dubarbier |
| 21 | GK | ARG | Mariano Andújar |
| 22 | MF | ARG | Rodrigo Braña |
| 23 | MF | ARG | Juan Perotti |
| 25 | FW | ARG | Ignacio Bailone |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 26 | FW | ARG | Elías Umere |
| 27 | FW | ARG | Facundo Quintana |
| 28 | MF | ARG | Bautista Cascini |
| 31 | DF | ARG | Nicolás Bazzana |
| 32 | MF | ARG | Nicolás Talpone |
| — | MF | ECU | Christian Alemán (on loan from Barcelona) |
| — | MF | ARG | Fernando Zuqui |
| — | MF | ARG | Gabriel Graciani |
| — | DF | ARG | Gastón Campi |
| — | FW | ARG | Gastón Fernández |
| — | FW | ARG | Lucas Melano (on loan from Portland Timbers) |
| — | FW | ARG | Marco Borgnino (on loan from Atlético de Rafaela) |
| — | FW | ARG | Mariano Pavone |
| — | DF | ARG | Matías Catalán (on loan from San Luis) |
| — | MF | ARG | Nahuel Estévez |
| — | FW | ARG | Pablo Lugüercio |

### 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 |
| — | MF | ARG | Emiliano Ozuna (at Temperley until 30 June 2018) |
| — | FW | ARG | Facundo Bruera (at Independiente Rivadavia until 30 June 2018) |
| — | DF | ARG | Julián Marchioni (at Patronato until 30 June 2018) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | ARG | Mauricio Rosales (at Olimpo until 30 June 2018) |
| — | DF | ARG | Rodrigo Ayala (at Villa San Carlos until 30 June 2018) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2017 | DF | Gastón Campi | Racing Club | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2017 | FW | Mariano Pavone | Vélez Sarsfield | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2017 | FW | Pablo Lugüercio | Aldosivi | Undisclosed |
| 20 July 2017 | MF | Nahuel Estévez | Comunicaciones | Undisclosed |
| 7 August 2017 | FW | Gastón Fernández | Grêmio | Undisclosed |
| 23 August 2017 | MF | Fernando Zuqui | Boca Juniors | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| 5 July 2017 | FW | Javier Toledo | Sol de América | Undisclosed |
| 5 July 2017 | DF | Matías Aguirregaray | Tijuana | Undisclosed |
| 6 July 2017 | MF | David Barbona | Atlético Tucumán | Undisclosed |
| 27 July 2017 | MF | Leonardo Gil | Rosario Central | Undisclosed |
| 4 August 2017 | MF | Javier Iritier | Tigre | Undisclosed |
| 9 August 2017 | GK | Facundo Andújar | Deportivo Español | Undisclosed |
| 13 August 2017 | FW | Lucas Viatri | Peñarol | Undisclosed |
| 15 August 2017 | DF | Luciano Vargas | Rivadavia | Undisclosed |
| 21 August 2017 | MF | Santiago Ascacíbar | VfB Stuttgart | Undisclosed |
| 29 August 2017 | DF | Juan Foyth | Tottenham Hotspur | Undisclosed |
| 2 September 2017 | GK | Nahuel Losada | All Boys | Undisclosed |

### Loan in

| Date from | Date to | Pos. | Name | From |
| 20 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 | FW | Marco Borgnino | Atlético de Rafaela |
| 27 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 | FW | Lucas Melano | Portland Timbers |
| 6 August 2017 | 30 June 2018 | DF | Matías Catalán | San Luis |
| 6 August 2017 | 30 June 2018 | MF | Christian Alemán | Barcelona |

### Loan out

| Date from | Date to | Pos. | Name | To |
| 20 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 | DF | Julián Marchioni | Patronato |
| 31 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 | DF | Rodrigo Ayala | Villa San Carlos |
| 1 August 2017 | 30 June 2018 | DF | Mauricio Rosales | Olimpo |
| 28 August 2017 | 30 June 2018 | FW | Facundo Bruera | Independiente Rivadavia |

## Friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

### Mid-season
## Primera División
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 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 |
| 17 | Banfield | 27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 24 | +3 | 35 |
| 18 | San Martín (SJ) | 27 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 30 | 36 | −6 | 33 |

### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| Ground | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | D | L | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | L | |
| Position | 8 | 13 | 15 | 20 | 12 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 13 | |

## Copa Argentina

Win  Draw  Loss

## Copa Sudamericana

Win  Draw  Loss

### Round of 16
## Copa Libertadores

Win  Draw  Loss