# 2017–18 Defensa y Justicia season

The 2017–18 season is Defensa y Justicia's 5th 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 | Lucio Chiappero |
| 4 | DF | ARG | Rafael Barrios |
| 5 | MF | ARG | Luis Jerez Silva (on loan from Godoy Cruz) |
| 7 | FW | ARG | Juan Kaprof (on loan from River Plate) |
| 8 | MF | URU | Ignacio Rivero |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Hernán Fredes |
| 12 | GK | ARG | Ezequiel Unsain |
| 18 | DF | ARG | Pablo Alvarado |
| 20 | DF | ARG | Rafael Delgado |
| 21 | GK | ARG | Gabriel Arias |
| 28 | MF | ARG | Tomás Pochettino (on loan from Boca Juniors) |
| 31 | MF | ARG | Gonzalo Castellani (on loan from Boca Juniors) |
| 33 | MF | ARG | Leonel Miranda |
| 34 | MF | ARG | Matías Sosa |
| 35 | MF | ARG | Mariano Bareiro (on loan from Racing Club) |
| — | MF | ARG | Adrián Cubas (on loan from Boca Juniors) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | ARG | Ciro Rius |
| — | MF | ARG | Diego Venturi |
| — | DF | SUI | Dylan Gissi |
| — | FW | ARG | Fabián Bordagaray (on loan from Rosario Central) |
| — | FW | ARG | Facundo Melivilo (on loan from Chacarita Juniors) |
| — | FW | ARG | Fernando Márquez (on loan from Belgrano) |
| — | MF | ARG | Franco Cristaldo (on loan from Boca Juniors) |
| — | FW | ARG | Gonzalo Díaz |
| — | FW | ARG | Guido Dal Casón |
| — | FW | ARG | Horacio Tijanovich (on loan from Gimnasia y Esgrima) |
| — | MF | ARG | Jonathan Requena (on loan from Banfield) |
| — | DF | URU | Leandro Zazpe (on loan from Juventud) |
| — | DF | ARG | Lisandro Martínez (on loan from Newell's Old Boys) |
| — | DF | ARG | Lucas Suárez |
| — | MF | ARG | Nahuel Cisneros (on loan from Boca Juniors) |

### 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 |
| — | DF | ARG | Agustin Gómez (at AIK until 31 December 2017) |
| — | GK | ARG | Fernando Pellegrino (at Sarmiento until 30 June 2018) |
| — | FW | ARG | Pablo Bueno (at Flandria until 30 June 2018) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| 4 July 2017 | DF | Lucas Suárez | Sarmiento | Undisclosed |
| 5 July 2017 | MF | Daniel González | Temperley | Undisclosed |
| 17 August 2017 | DF | Dylan Gissi | Rosario Central | Undisclosed |
| 17 August 2017 | FW | Gonzalo Díaz | Vélez Sarsfield | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2017 | FW | Nicolás Stefanelli | AIK | Undisclosed |
| 6 July 2017 | MF | Jonás Gutiérrez | Independiente | Undisclosed |
| 10 July 2017 | FW | Andrés Ríos | Vasco da Gama | Undisclosed |

### Loan in

| Date from | Date to | Pos. | Name | From |
| 1 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 | MF | Nahuel Cisneros | Boca Juniors |
| 7 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 | MF | Franco Cristaldo | Boca Juniors |
| 8 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 | MF | Adrián Cubas | Boca Juniors |
| 30 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 | FW | Fernando Márquez | Belgrano |
| 31 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 | FW | Facundo Melivilo | Chacarita Juniors |
| 31 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 | FW | Horacio Tijanovich | Gimnasia y Esgrima |
| 10 August 2017 | 30 June 2018 | DF | Lisandro Martínez | Newell's Old Boys |
| 14 August 2017 | 30 June 2018 | MF | Jonathan Requena | Banfield |
| 22 August 2017 | 30 June 2018 | DF | Leandro Zazpe | Juventud |
| 24 August 2017 | 30 June 2018 | FW | Fabián Bordagaray | Rosario Central |

### Loan out

| Date from | Date to | Pos. | Name | To |
| 26 July 2017 | 31 December 2017 | DF | Agustin Gómez | AIK |
| 27 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 | GK | Fernando Pellegrino | Sarmiento |
| 31 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 | FW | Pablo Bueno | Flandria |

## Friendlies
### Pre-season

Win  Draw  Loss

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 7 | Racing | 27 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 46 | 32 | +14 | 45 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage |
| 8 | River Plate | 27 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 45 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 9 | Defensa y Justicia | 27 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 44 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage |
| 10 | Unión | 27 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 33 | 23 | +10 | 43 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage |
| 11 | Colón | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 22 | +10 | 41 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage |
* ↑ River Plate qualified for the Copa Libertadores group stage by winning the 2018 Copa Libertadores.

### 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 | W | L | L | D | L | D | W | W | W | W | L | |
| Position | 10 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 10 | |

## Copa Argentina

Win  Draw  Loss

## Copa Sudamericana

Win  Draw  Loss