# 2017–18 Rosario Central season

The 2017–18 season is Rosario Central's 6th 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 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 |
| 4 | DF | ARG | Paulo Ferrari |
| 8 | MF | ARG | Federico Carrizo |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Marco Ruben |
| 11 | MF | ARG | José Fernández |
| 15 | DF | URU | Washington Camacho |
| 16 | MF | ARG | Mauricio Martínez |
| 17 | FW | ARG | Germán Herrera |
| 18 | DF | ARG | Renzo Alfani |
| 20 | MF | ARG | Gustavo Colman |
| 21 | GK | ARG | Diego Rodríguez |
| 22 | MF | ARG | Pedro Ojeda |
| 24 | MF | ARG | Diego Becker |
| 27 | DF | PAR | José Leguizamón |
| 28 | FW | ARG | Agustín Coscia |
| 30 | GK | ARG | Jeremías Ledesma |
| 34 | FW | ARG | Maximiliano Lovera |
| 35 | MF | ARG | Joaquín Pereyra |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 37 | DF | ARG | Leonel Rivas |
| 38 | FW | ARG | Joel Reinoso |
| 39 | DF | ARG | Tomás Zanotti |
| — | DF | CHI | Alfonso Parot |
| — | DF | ARG | Elías Gómez |
| — | GK | ARG | Emilio Di Fulvio |
| — | FW | ARG | Ezequiel Rodríguez |
| — | DF | ARG | Fernando Tobio (on loan from Palmeiras) |
| — | FW | ARG | Fernando Zampedri |
| — | MF | ARG | Hernán Da Campo |
| — | MF | ARG | Leonardo Gil |
| — | DF | ARG | Luciano Recalde |
| — | MF | ARG | Marcelo Ortiz (on loan from Boca Unidos) |
| — | MF | ARG | Maximiliano González |
| — | DF | ARG | Nahuel Quiroga |
| — | FW | ARG | Pablo Becker |
| — | MF | URU | Santiago Romero (on loan from Nacional) |

### 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 |
| 7 | FW | ARG | Fabián Bordagaray (at Defensa y Justicia until 30 June 2018) |
| 13 | FW | ARG | Rodrigo Migone (at Patronato until 30 June 2018) |
| 26 | MF | ARG | Matías Mansilla (at Quilmes until 30 June 2018) |
| 40 | MF | ARG | Félix Banega (at San Martín until 30 June 2018) |
| — | DF | ARG | Fernando Alarcón (at Villa Dálmine until 30 June 2018) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | ARG | Ijiel Protti (at Chacarita Juniors until 30 June 2018) |
| — | MF | ARG | Jonás Aguirre (at Puebla until 31 December 2017) |
| — | DF | ARG | Marco Torsiglieri (at Racing Club until 31 December 2017) |
| — | MF | ARG | Marcos Martinich (at Villa Dálmine until 30 June 2018) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2017 | DF | Washington Camacho | Racing Club | Undisclosed |
| 12 July 2017 | DF | Alfonso Parot | Universidad Católica | Undisclosed |
| 13 July 2017 | FW | Fernando Zampedri | Atlético Tucumán | Undisclosed |
| 27 July 2017 | MF | Leonardo Gil | Estudiantes | Undisclosed |
| 30 July 2017 | GK | Diego Rodríguez | Independiente | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2017 | DF | Javier Pinola | River Plate | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2017 | DF | Víctor Salazar | San Lorenzo | Undisclosed |
| 3 July 2017 | MF | Damián Musto | Tijuana | Undisclosed |
| 14 August 2017 | FW | Walter Acuña | Juventud Unida | Undisclosed |
| 17 August 2017 | FW | César Delgado | Central Córdoba | Undisclosed |
| 17 August 2017 | DF | Cristian Villagra | Atlético Tucumán | Undisclosed |
| 17 August 2017 | DF | Dylan Gissi | Defensa y Justicia | Undisclosed |

### Loan in

| Date from | Date to | Pos. | Name | From |
| 16 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 | MF | Santiago Romero | Nacional |
| 5 August 2017 | 30 June 2018 | MF | Marcelo Ortiz | Boca Unidos |
| 23 August 2017 | 30 June 2018 | DF | Fernando Tobio | Palmeiras |

### Loan out

| Date from | Date to | Pos. | Name | To |
| 11 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 | MF | Félix Banega | San Martín |
| 29 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 | DF | Fernando Alarcón | Villa Dálmine |
| 6 August 2017 | 30 June 2018 | FW | Rodrigo Migone | Patronato |
| 14 August 2017 | 30 June 2018 | MF | Matías Mansilla | Quilmes |
| 23 August 2017 | 30 June 2018 | FW | Ijiel Protti | Chacarita Juniors |
| 24 August 2017 | 30 June 2018 | FW | Fabián Bordagaray | Defensa y Justicia |
| 5 September 2017 | 30 June 2018 | MF | Marcos Martinich | Villa Dálmine |

## Friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

### Pre-season
## Primera División
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 18 | San Martín (SJ) | 27 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 30 | 36 | −6 | 33 | |
| 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 | |
* ↑ 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | D | L | L | L | D | L | W | W | P | W | |
| Position | 15 | 18 | 18 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 27 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 21 | |

## Copa Argentina

Win  Draw  Loss