# 2019–20 Club Atlético Colón season

The 2019–20 season is Colón's 6th consecutive season in the top division of Argentine football. In addition to the Primera División, the club are competing in the Copa Argentina, Copa de la Superliga and Copa Sudamericana.
The season generally covers the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

## Review
### Pre-season

Colón started their pre-season campaign with defeat at the hands of Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) of Primera B Nacional on 22 June 2019, with Diego López notching the only goal of the game. They played one further fixture with Gimnasia that day, running out 4–0 winners at the Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena; Mateo Hernández notched a brace. Two new signings were confirmed in the week commencing 24 June, as Gastón Díaz joined from Vélez Sarsfield while Rodrigo Aliendro made a move from Atlético Tucumán. Gustavo Toledo left as part of the Aliendro deal, agreeing terms with Atlético Tucumán on 28 June. A third and fourth exhibition match was played on 29 June, as Colón held Newell's Old Boys to a draw in game one before winning the second thanks to Nicolás Leguizamón.
Cristian Guanca (Al-Ettifaq) and Juan Bauza (Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) respective loans away from last season officially ended on 30 June. On 2 July, Guanca returned to Saudi Arabia on a permanent contract with Al-Shabab. Lucas Acevedo, from recently relegated San Martín, signed for Colón on 4 July. Patronato's Cristian Tarragona condemned Colón to a friendly loss on 5 July.

### July

Colón, on 11 July, opened their competitive schedule with defeat after losing to league rivals Argentinos Juniors in the first leg of a Copa Sudamericana round of sixteen tie, following a strike from Matías Romero after thirty-eight minutes on home soil. The two teams met again on 17 July, with Colón equalling the scores on aggregate with a 0–1 win. Christian Bernardi's goal sent it to penalties, which saw them come out 3–4 victors. On 22 July, Gonzalo Bueno joined Almería. Mauro Da Luz, a Uruguayan midfielder from his homeland's River Plate, penned a loan contract on 23 July. Federico Lértora moved to Colón from Belgrano on 25 July. Colón faced Patronato in their opening fixture of the Primera División on 27 July, coming away with a loss after a Christian Chimino goal.
On 25 July, Franco Zuculini departed to Venezia of Italy's Serie B. 29 July saw Juan Bauza sign with Górnik Zabrze of Poland's Ekstraklasa.

### August

August began with a second successive defeat in the Primera División, as a trip to Huracán ended 2–0 in favour of the hosts. Zulia, in a quarter-final tie in the Copa Sudamericana, gained a first leg advantage after Abel Casquete struck to defeat Colón on 8 August. Colón advanced to the Copa Sudamericana semi-finals on 15 August, as they struck four goals at the Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López to overturn the first leg deficit against Venezuela's Zulia; who finished the contest with nine men. A brace from Wilson Morelo gave Colón their first league victory of 2019–20, as they defeated Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) on 19 August. Belgrano revealed, on 23 August, that they and Colón had agreed a deal for Lucas Acosta in the preceding months, though Acosta rejected the move.
A 2–0 beating at the Estadio Libertadores de América to Independiente on 24 August meant Colón suffered their third league loss in four games. Colón put four goals past Sol de Mayo in the Copa Argentina on 28 August, as they progressed to the round of sixteen.

### September

Colón drew at home to Rosario Central in the Primera División on 1 September, with Rodrigo Aliendro netting the host's goal. Colón completed the signing of Jorge Ortega from Olimpia on 2 September.

## Squad

| Squad No. | Nationality | Name | Position(s) | Date of Birth (age) | Signed from |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | | Leonardo Burián | GK | (1984-01-21) 21 January 1984 (age 40) | Godoy Cruz |
| 17 | | Ignacio Chicco | GK | (1996-06-30) 30 June 1996 (age 28) | Academy |
| 22 | | Joaquín Hass | GK | (1998-03-27) 27 March 1998 (age 26) | Academy |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | | Lucas Acevedo | CB | (1991-11-08) 8 November 1991 (age 32) | San Martín |
| 3 | | Clemente Rodríguez | LB | (1981-07-31) 31 July 1981 (age 43) | São Paulo |
| 6 | | Emanuel Olivera | CB | (1990-04-02) 2 April 1990 (age 34) | Boca Unidos |
| 13 | | Alex Vigo | RB | (1999-04-28) 28 April 1999 (age 25) | Academy |
| 15 | | Damián Schmidt | CB | (1992-12-07) 7 December 1992 (age 31) | San Martín |
| 16 | | Franco Quiroz | LB | (1998-03-11) 11 March 1998 (age 26) | Wanderers de Concordia |
| 24 | | Guillermo Ortiz | CB | (1992-08-09) 9 August 1992 (age 32) | Newell's Old Boys |
| 31 | | Gonzalo Escobar | LB | (1997-03-16) 16 March 1997 (age 27) | Temperley |
| 33 | | Facundo Garcés | CB | (1999-09-05) 5 September 1999 (age 25) | Academy |
| | | Andrés Cadavid | CB | (1985-12-28) 28 December 1985 (age 38) | Millonarios |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 4 | | Tomás Moschión | CM | (2000-06-02) 2 June 2000 (age 24) | Academy |
| 5 | | Matías Fritzler | CM | (1986-08-23) 23 August 1986 (age 38) | Huracán |
| 7 | | Mauro Da Luz | MF | (1994-09-05) 5 September 1994 (age 30) | River Plate |
| 8 | | Fernando Zuqui | RM | (1991-11-27) 27 November 1991 (age 32) | Estudiantes |
| 11 | | Guillermo Celis | DM | (1993-05-08) 8 May 1993 (age 31) | Vitória Guimarães (loan) |
| 14 | | Federico Lértora | CM | (1990-07-05) 5 July 1990 (age 34) | Belgrano |
| 18 | | Gastón Díaz | RM | (1988-03-13) 13 March 1988 (age 36) | Vélez Sarsfield |
| 21 | | Mateo Hernández | AM | (1998-10-05) 5 October 1998 (age 26) | Academy |
| 23 | | Christian Bernardi | AM | (1990-03-10) 10 March 1990 (age 34) | Instituto |
| 25 | | Braian Galván | RW | (2000-10-06) 6 October 2000 (age 24) | Academy |
| 27 | | Brian Farioli | MF | (1998-02-19) 19 February 1998 (age 26) | Academy |
| 28 | | Marcelo Estigarribia | LM | (1987-09-21) 21 September 1987 (age 37) | Deportivo Maldonado (loan) |
| 29 | | Rodrigo Aliendro | CM | (1991-02-16) 16 February 1991 (age 33) | Atlético Tucumán |
| 34 | | Gabriel Esparza | RW | (1993-01-30) 30 January 1993 (age 31) | San Lorenzo |
| | | Adrián Bastía | CM | (1978-12-20) 20 December 1978 (age 45) | Atlético de Rafaela |
| Forwards ||||||
| 9 | | Nicolás Leguizamón | CF | (1995-01-26) 26 January 1995 (age 29) | Academy |
| 10 | | Luis Rodríguez | LW | (1985-01-01) 1 January 1985 (age 39) | Atlético Tucumán |
| 12 | | Tomás Chancalay | RW | (1999-01-01) 1 January 1999 (age 25) | Academy |
| 19 | | Wilson Morelo | CF | (1987-05-21) 21 May 1987 (age 37) | Santa Fe |
| 26 | | Juan Cruz Zurbriggen | FW | (2000-05-12) 12 May 2000 (age 24) | Academy |
| 30 | | Santiago Pierotti | FW | (2001-04-03) 3 April 2001 (age 23) | Academy |
| 32 | | Tomás Sandoval | FW | (1999-03-30) 30 March 1999 (age 25) | Academy |
| | | Jorge Ortega | CF | (1991-04-16) 16 April 1991 (age 33) | Olimpia |
| Out on loan | Out on loan | Out on loan | Out on loan | Out on loan | Loaned to |
| | | Joaquín Aylagas | GK | (1996-03-15) 15 March 1996 (age 28) | Barnechea |
| | | Juan Bauza | AM | (1996-05-03) 3 May 1996 (age 28) | Górnik Zabrze |
| | | Erik Godoy | CB | (1993-08-16) 16 August 1993 (age 31) | Vancouver Whitecaps FC |

## Transfers

Domestic transfer windows: 3 July 2019 to 24 September 2019 20 January 2020 to 19 February 2020.

### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From |
| 3 July 2019 | RM | Gastón Díaz | Vélez Sarsfield |
| 3 July 2019 | CM | Rodrigo Aliendro | Atlético Tucumán |
| 4 July 2019 | CB | Lucas Acevedo | San Martín |
| 25 July 2019 | CM | Federico Lértora | Belgrano |
| 2 September 2019 | CF | Jorge Ortega | Olimpia |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To |
| 2 July 2019 | AM | Cristian Guanca | Al-Shabab |
| 3 July 2019 | RB | Gustavo Toledo | Atlético Tucumán |
| 22 July 2019 | LW | Gonzalo Bueno | Almería |
| 25 July 2019 | DM | Franco Zuculini | Venezia |

### Loans in

| Start date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | End date | Ref. |
| 23 July 2019 | MF | | Mauro Da Luz | River Plate | 30 June 2020 | |

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | End date | Ref. |
| 29 July 2019 | RW | | Juan Bauza | Górnik Zabrze | 30 June 2020 | |

## Friendlies
### Pre-season

A three-team friendly tournament, named Cementerio de los Elefantes, was planned to take place at the end of June with Independiente and San Lorenzo but was later scrapped. On 14 June 2019, Colón announced a pre-season training camp would take place in Salta, with the club arranging a friendly fixtures at the Estadio 23 de Agosto against Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) of Primera B Nacional. A day later, Patronato revealed a match with Colón. On 29 June, Colón would face friendlies with Newell's Old Boys.
Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Primera División
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 20 | Patronato | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 34 | −12 | 23 |
| 21 | Huracán | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 27 | −10 | 22 |
| 22 | Aldosivi | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 35 | −15 | 22 |
| 23 | Colón | 23 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 39 | −22 | 18 |
| 24 | Godoy Cruz | 23 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 22 | 46 | −24 | 18 |

#### Relegation table

| Pos | Team | 2017–18 Pts | 2018–19 Pts | 2019–20 Pts | Total Pts | Total Pld | Avg | Relegation |
| 19 | Newell's Old Boys | 29 | 29 | 9 | 67 | 56 | 1.196 |
| 20 | Banfield | 35 | 29 | 4 | 68 | 57 | 1.193 |
| 21 | Colón | 41 | 23 | 4 | 68 | 57 | 1.193 |
| 22 | Rosario Central | 32 | 26 | 9 | 67 | 57 | 1.175 | Relegation to Primera B Nacional |
| 23 | Central Córdoba (SdE) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | Relegation to Primera B Nacional |
Source: AFA

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 1 September 2019. Source: Soccerway

#### Matches

The fixtures for the 2019–20 campaign were released on 10 July.
Win  Draw  Loss

### Copa Argentina

Colón would face Sol de Mayo in the Copa Argentina round of thirty-two on 28 August 2019. After convincingly beating the Torneo Federal A outfit, they were then paired with Atlético Tucumán.
Win  Draw  Loss

### Copa de la Superliga

Win  Draw  Loss

### Copa Sudamericana

Colón's round of sixteen opponents in the Copa Sudamericana were revealed to be fellow Argentine Primera División team Argentinos Juniors. After advancing through that round, they were drawn with Venezuelan outfit Zulia. In the semi-finals, Colón would meet Brazilian outfit Atlético Mineiro.
Win  Draw  Loss

## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos. | Nationality | Name | League | League | Cup | Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Continental | Continental | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline | Ref |
| No. | Pos. | Nationality | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | | Ref |
| 1 | GK | | Leonardo Burián | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | CB | | Lucas Acevedo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 3 | LB | | Clemente Rodríguez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | CM | | Tomás Moschión | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | CM | | Matías Fritzler | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3(1) | 0 | 8(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 6 | CB | | Emanuel Olivera | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 7 | MF | | Mauro Da Luz | 1(3) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(3) | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | RM | | Fernando Zuqui | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 9 | CF | | Nicolás Leguizamón | 2(1) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 5(2) | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 10 | LW | | Luis Rodríguez | 3(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7(1) | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 11 | DM | | Guillermo Celis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | RW | | Tomás Chancalay | 2(2) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0(3) | 1 | 3(5) | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| 13 | RB | | Alex Vigo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 14 | CM | | Federico Lértora | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| 15 | CB | | Damián Schmidt | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | LB | | Franco Quiroz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | GK | | Ignacio Chicco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | RM | | Gastón Díaz | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 19 | CF | | Wilson Morelo | 3(2) | 2 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 1 | 4(4) | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| 21 | AM | | Mateo Hernández | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | GK | | Joaquín Hass | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | AM | | Christian Bernardi | 3(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8(1) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 24 | CB | | Guillermo Ortiz | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 3(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 25 | FW | | Braian Galván | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 26 | FW | | Juan Cruz Zurbriggen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 27 | MF | | Brian Farioli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 28 | LM | | Marcelo Estigarribia | 3(2) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 5(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 29 | CM | | Rodrigo Aliendro | 3(1) | 1 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7(2) | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 30 | FW | | Santiago Pierotti | 0(1) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 31 | LB | | Gonzalo Escobar | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 6(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 32 | FW | | Tomás Sandoval | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 33 | CB | | Facundo Garcés | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 34 | RW | | Gabriel Esparza | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | GK | | Joaquín Aylagas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | CM | | Adrián Bastía | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | AM | | Juan Bauza | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | CB | | Andrés Cadavid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | CB | | Erik Godoy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | CF | | Jorge Ortega | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | — | — |
Statistics accurate as of 1 September 2019.

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Pos | No. | Nat | Name | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | Ref |
| 1 | CF | 19 | | Wilson Morelo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1 | RW | 12 | | Tomás Chancalay | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2 | AM | 23 | | Christian Bernardi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | CM | 14 | | Federico Lértora | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | LW | 10 | | Luis Rodríguez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | FW | 30 | | Santiago Pierotti | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2 | MF | 7 | | Mauro Da Luz | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2 | CF | 9 | | Nicolás Leguizamón | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2 | CM | 29 | | Rodrigo Aliendro | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | — |