# 2019–20 Club Atlético Brown season

The 2019–20 season is Brown's 5th consecutive season in the second division of Argentine football, Primera B Nacional.
The season generally covers the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

## Review
### Pre-season

On 7 June 2019, both Marcelo Lamas and Nicolás Benegas switched Brown for fellow Primera B Nacional team Defensores de Belgrano. Iván Silva's loan from Newell's Old Boys was extended on 11 June. A day later, Leonardo Zaragoza became departure number three as he joined Estudiantes (BA), though the club did soon announce their first incomings. Gastón Grecco was followed in the door by goalkeeper Mauro Ruggiero, signing respectively from Cañuelas and Flandria. Further outgoings were confirmed in the days after, with Alexis Vega (Temperley) and Maximiliano Resquín (Colegiales) leaving. Brown announced five arrivals on 26 June, with the loans of Elías Contreras and Nahuel Rodríguez being followed by Ezequiel Bonacorso, Iván Becker and Tomás Molina.
Juan Manuel Olivares, after rejecting a new contract with Brown, signed for Defensores de Belgrano on 26 June; player number three to make that move. Matías Cortave was the seventh name to leave on 27 June, as he went to Deportivo Morón. Paraguayan midfielder Rodrigo Burgos, from Talleres (C), joined them on that day, before Matías Ruiz Sosa made it nine to go by penning a deal with Comunicaciones. Numerous loans from the previous campaign officially expired on and around 30 June. Fernando Enrique came through the door soon after, as did Guillermo Sotelo. Ignacio Liporace departed to Atlético de Rafaela on 3 July, as forward Lucas Campana left for Estudiantes (BA). Ariel Kippes and Mauricio Carrasco made moves in on 4 July.
Luciano Nieto penned terms from Bolivian club Sport Boys by Pablo Vicó on 7 July. The manager secured his fourteenth new addition on 10 July in Felipe Cadenazzi from Mitre. Matías Linas, from relegated Los Andes, came to Adrogué after Cadenazzi on 11 July. Talleres (RE) revealed Adrián Maidana had swapped Brown for them on 13 July. On 17 July, Brown met Quilmes in their first pre-season friendly - subsequently suffering a goalless draw and a 2–1 loss. Two days later, they shared victories with Tristán Suárez in matches in Adrogué. Brown reinforced with a player on loan from Huracán on 23 July, as Fernando Cosciuc signed for one season. During which time, Brown played out two draws with the reserves of Defensa y Justicia at the Estadio Lorenzo Arandilla.
On 29 July, Brown were held to a goalless tie by San Telmo in a friendly - prior to losing to the Primera B Metropolitana outfit in the day's secondary encounter. Brown sealed consecutive 2–0 wins at home to Liniers on 7 August, with Tomás Molina notching a brace to secure the initial victory. Valentín Otondo (Olimpo) and Alex Sosa (Huracán) became new reinforcements for Pablo Vicó's squad on 14 August.

### August

Brown opened their Primera B Nacional campaign with a score draw at home to Atlético de Rafaela on 17 August, with Alberto Stegman popping up with their goal. They grabbed their opening set of points a week later, as Luciano Nieto scored twice in a three-goal win away to All Boys. A first half goal from Matías Córdoba condemned Brown to defeat against Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) on 31 August.

## Squad

| Squad No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of Birth (age) | Signed from |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| | Sebastián Anchoverri | GK | (1991-04-26) 26 April 1991 (age 33) | Olimpo |
| | Agustín Quiroz | GK | (1999-03-02) 2 March 1999 (age 25) | Academy |
| | Martín Ríos | GK | (1977-07-14) 14 July 1977 (age 47) | Estudiantes (BA) |
| | Mauro Ruggiero | GK | (1987-05-16) 16 May 1987 (age 37) | Flandria |
| Defenders ||||||
| | Ignacio Bogino | RB | (1986-02-22) 22 February 1986 (age 38) | Temperley |
| | Ezequiel Bonacorso | RB | (1993-08-09) 9 August 1993 (age 31) | Mitre |
| | Fernando Cosciuc | DF | (1998-02-19) 19 February 1998 (age 26) | Huracán (loan) |
| | Emir Faccioli | CB | (1989-08-05) 5 August 1989 (age 35) | All Boys |
| | Ariel Kippes | DF | (1994-02-25) 25 February 1994 (age 30) | Sarmiento |
| | Luciano Nieto | AM | (1991-01-19) 19 January 1991 (age 33) | Sport Boys |
| | Guillermo Sotelo | CB | (1991-01-01) 1 January 1991 (age 33) | Sarmiento |
| | Alberto Stegman | LB | (1994-02-01) 1 February 1994 (age 30) | Tigre |
| Midfielders ||||||
| | Iván Becker | AM | (1991-05-18) 18 May 1991 (age 33) | Estudiantes (BA) |
| | Rodrigo Burgos | MF | (1989-06-21) 21 June 1989 (age 35) | Talleres (C) |
| | Elías Contreras | MF | (1997-03-07) 7 March 1997 (age 27) | Independiente (loan) |
| | Fernando Enrique | RM | (1985-09-16) 16 September 1985 (age 39) | Atlanta |
| | Valentín Otondo | CM | (1999-08-20) 20 August 1999 (age 25) | Olimpo |
| | Nahuel Rodríguez | LM | (1996-03-18) 18 March 1996 (age 28) | Argentinos Juniors (loan) |
| | Iván Silva | CM | (1994-01-22) 22 January 1994 (age 30) | Newell's Old Boys (loan) |
| | Alex Sosa | RM | | Huracán |
| Forwards ||||||
| | Néstor Benítez | FW | (1999-01-15) 15 January 1999 (age 25) | Academy |
| | Maximiliano Brito | CF | (1991-07-19) 19 July 1991 (age 33) | CAI |
| | Felipe Cadenazzi | CF | (1991-10-12) 12 October 1991 (age 32) | Mitre |
| | Mauricio Carrasco | LW | (1987-09-24) 24 September 1987 (age 37) | Royal Pari |
| | Santiago De Sagastizabal | CF | (1997-05-09) 9 May 1997 (age 27) | Academy |
| | Leandro Garate | FW | (1993-09-02) 2 September 1993 (age 31) | Deportivo Rincón |
| | Francisco Gil | FW | (2000-05-03) 3 May 2000 (age 24) | Academy |
| | Gastón Grecco | FW | (1981-03-27) 27 March 1981 (age 43) | Cañuelas |
| | Matías Linas | FW | (1993-06-08) 8 June 1993 (age 31) | Los Andes |
| | Tomás Molina | CF | (1995-04-12) 12 April 1995 (age 29) | Huracán |

## 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 | FW | Gastón Grecco | Cañuelas |
| 3 July 2019 | GK | Mauro Ruggiero | Flandria |
| 3 July 2019 | RB | Ezequiel Bonacorso | Unattached |
| 3 July 2019 | AM | Iván Becker | Estudiantes (BA) |
| 3 July 2019 | CF | Tomás Molina | Huracán |
| 3 July 2019 | MF | Rodrigo Burgos | Talleres (C) |
| 3 July 2019 | MF | Fernando Enrique | Atlanta |
| 3 July 2019 | CB | Guillermo Sotelo | Sarmiento |
| 4 July 2019 | DF | Ariel Kippes | Sarmiento |
| 4 July 2019 | LW | Mauricio Carrasco | Royal Pari |
| 7 July 2019 | AM | Luciano Nieto | Sport Boys |
| 10 July 2019 | CF | Felipe Cadenazzi | Mitre |
| 11 July 2019 | FW | Matías Linas | Los Andes |
| 14 August 2019 | CM | Valentín Otondo | Olimpo |
| 14 August 2019 | RM | Alex Sosa | Huracán |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To |
| 3 July 2019 | CM | Marcelo Lamas | Defensores de Belgrano |
| 3 July 2019 | CF | Nicolás Benegas | Defensores de Belgrano |
| 3 July 2019 | RB | Leonardo Zaragoza | Estudiantes (BA) |
| 3 July 2019 | RM | Alexis Vega | Temperley |
| 3 July 2019 | LW | Maximiliano Resquín | Colegiales |
| 3 July 2019 | RM | Juan Manuel Olivares | Defensores de Belgrano |
| 3 July 2019 | RB | Matías Cortave | Deportivo Morón |
| 3 July 2019 | AM | Matías Ruiz Sosa | Comunicaciones |
| 3 July 2019 | LB | Ignacio Liporace | Atlético de Rafaela |
| 3 July 2019 | CF | Lucas Campana | Estudiantes (BA) |
| 13 July 2019 | DM | Adrián Maidana | Talleres (RE) |

### Loans in

| Start date | Position | Name | From | End date |
| 3 July 2019 | MF | Elías Contreras | Independiente | 30 June 2020 |
| 3 July 2019 | LM | Nahuel Rodríguez | Argentinos Juniors | 30 June 2020 |
| 23 July 2019 | DF | Fernando Cosciuc | Huracán | 30 June 2020 |

## Friendlies
### Pre-season

Friendly encounters with Quilmes was scheduled, on 21 June 2019, for 17 July. Tristán Suárez revealed matches with them on 28 June; for 20 July. They'd also face Defensa y Justicia Reserves, San Telmo and Liniers.
Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Primera B Nacional
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 3 September 2019. Source: Soccerway

#### Matches

The fixtures for the 2019–20 league season were announced on 1 August 2019, with a new format of split zones being introduced. Brown were drawn in Zone B.
Win  Draw  Loss

## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos. | Nationality | Name | League | League | Cup | Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline | Ref |
| No. | Pos. | Nationality | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | | Ref |
| – | GK | | Sebastián Anchoverri | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | GK | | Agustín Quiroz | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | GK | | Martín Ríos | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | GK | | Mauro Ruggiero | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | RB | | Ignacio Bogino | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| – | DF | | Fernando Cosciuc | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | CB | | Emir Faccioli | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | DF | | Ariel Kippes | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | AM | | Luciano Nieto | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | CB | | Guillermo Sotelo | 0(2) | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | LB | | Alberto Stegman | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| – | FW | | Néstor Benítez | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | CF | | Maximiliano Brito | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | CF | | Felipe Cadenazzi | 0(3) | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | LW | | Mauricio Carrasco | 0(1) | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | CF | | Santiago De Sagastizabal | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | FW | | Leandro Garate | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | FW | | Francisco Gil | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | FW | | Gastón Grecco | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | FW | | Matías Linas | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | AM | | Iván Becker | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| – | RB | | Ezequiel Bonacorso | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | MF | | Rodrigo Burgos | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | MF | | Elías Contreras | 0(2) | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | CM | | Valentín Otondo | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | LM | | Nahuel Rodríguez | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | CM | | Iván Silva | 0(1) | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | LM | | Alex Sosa | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | RM | | Fernando Enrique | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | CF | | Tomás Molina | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | — | — |
Statistics accurate as of 3 September 2019.

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Pos | No. | Nat | Name | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | Ref |
| 1 | AM | – | | Luciano Nieto | 2 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 2 | |
| 2 | LB | – | | Alberto Stegman | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 1 | |
| 2 | CF | – | | Tomás Molina | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 1 | |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 4 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 4 | — |