# 2018–19 Racing Club de Avellaneda season

The 2018–19 season was Racing Club de Avellaneda's 34th consecutive season in the top-flight of Argentine football. The season covered the period from 10 August 2018 to 7 April 2019. The club won their 18th league title, and first in five seasons since 2014.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 1 March 2019.
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 | CHI | Gabriel Arias |
| 2 | DF | ARG | Alejandro Donatti |
| 3 | DF | ARG | Alexis Soto |
| 4 | DF | ARG | Iván Pillud |
| 5 | DF | CHI | Eugenio Mena |
| 6 | DF | ARG | Lucas Orbán |
| 7 | FW | COL | Mateo Cassierra (on loan from Ajax) |
| 8 | MF | ARG | Guillermo Fernández |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Jonatan Cristaldo |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Ricardo Centurión |
| 11 | FW | ARG | Andrés Ríos |
| 13 | GK | ARG | Javier García |
| 14 | DF | ARG | Rodrigo Schlegel |
| 15 | FW | ARG | Lisandro López |
| 16 | MF | ARG | Mauricio Martínez |
| 17 | MF | ARG | Martín Ojeda |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | ARG | Augusto Solari |
| 19 | MF | ARG | Neri Cardozo |
| 20 | FW | ARG | Darío Cvitanich |
| 21 | MF | CHI | Marcelo Díaz |
| 23 | MF | ARG | Nery Domínguez |
| 24 | MF | ARG | Julián López |
| 25 | GK | ARG | Gastón Gómez |
| 26 | DF | ARG | Renzo Saravia |
| 28 | MF | ARG | Federico Zaracho |
| 29 | FW | ARG | Alexis Cuello |
| 30 | DF | ARG | Leonardo Sigali |
| 33 | MF | ARG | Evelio Cardozo |
| — | GK | ARG | Federico Escobar |
| — | GK | VEN | Carlos Olces (on loan from La Guaira) |
| — | MF | ARG | Juan Sánchez de León |

#### 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 |
| — | GK | ARG | Nicolás Stella (at Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)) |
| — | DF | ARG | Miguel Barbieri (at Rosario Central) |
| — | DF | ARG | Yonathan Cabral (at Atlético Tucumán) |
| — | DF | ARG | Cristian Marcial (at Fénix) |
| — | DF | PAR | Juan Patiño (at Belgrano) |
| — | DF | ARG | Gonzalo Piovi (at Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)) |
| — | MF | ARG | Nelson Acevedo (at Unión Santa Fe) |
| — | MF | ARG | Braian Álvarez (at Unión Santa Fe) |
| — | MF | ARG | Facundo Castillón (at Aldosivi) |
| — | MF | ARG | Diego González (at Tijuana) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ARG | Facundo Gutiérrez (at Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)) |
| — | MF | ARG | Marcelo Meli (at Belgrano) |
| — | MF | ARG | Nicolás Oroz (at O'Higgins) |
| — | MF | ARG | Martín Pérez Guedes (at Defensores de Belgrano) |
| — | MF | ARG | Santiago Rosales (at Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)) |
| — | FW | ARG | Juan Dinenno (at Deportivo Cali) |
| — | FW | ARG | Braian Guille (at Brown) |
| — | FW | ARG | Augusto Lotti (at Unión Santa Fe) |
| — | FW | ARG | Ricardo Noir (at Atlético Tucumán) |
| — | FW | ARG | Braian Mansilla (at Gimnasia) |

## Competitions
### Superliga Argentina
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Racing (C) | 25 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 43 | 16 | +27 | 57 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 2 | Defensa y Justicia | 25 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 33 | 18 | +15 | 53 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 3 | Boca Juniors | 25 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 42 | 18 | +24 | 51 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 4 | River Plate | 25 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 42 | 21 | +21 | 45 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 5 | Atlético Tucumán | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 29 | +7 | 42 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage |
* ↑ River Plate qualified for the Copa Libertadores group stage by winning the 2018–19 Copa Argentina.

#### Matches
### 2018 Copa Libertadores
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CRU | RAC | VAS | UCH |
| 1 | Cruzeiro | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 11 | Round of 16 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 7–0 |
| 2 | Racing | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 11 | Round of 16 | 4–2 | — | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Vasco da Gama | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 5 | Copa Sudamericana | 0–4 | 1–1 | — | 0–1 |
| 4 | Universidad de Chile | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 5 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — |