# 2012–13 Club Atlético Independiente season

Club Atlético Independiente's 2012–13 season is the club's 107th year of existence. Independiente this season going to play the Torneo Inicial, the Torneo Final, the Copa Sudamericana and the Copa Argentina.

## Squad

| No. | Name | Position | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from | Notes |
| 1 | Hilario Navarro | GK | (1980-11-14) November 14, 1980 (age 43) | San Lorenzo | |
| 2 | Cristian Tula | DF | (1978-01-28) January 28, 1978 (age 46) | Atlético Nacional | |
| 3 | Claudio Morel Rodríguez | DF | (1978-02-02) February 2, 1978 (age 46) | Deportivo de La Coruña | |
| 4 | Nicolás Villagra | DF | | The Academy | |
| 5 | Roberto Battión | MF | (1982-03-01) March 1, 1982 (age 42) | Banfield | |
| 6 | Eduardo Tuzzio | DF | (1974-07-31) July 31, 1974 (age 50) | River Plate | |
| 7 | Luciano Leguizamón | FW | (1982-07-01) July 1, 1982 (age 42) | Arsenal | |
| 8 | Hernán Fredes | MF | (1987-03-27) March 27, 1987 (age 37) | Metalist Kharkiv | |
| 9 | Ernesto Farías | FW | (1980-05-29) May 29, 1980 (age 44) | Cruzeiro | |
| 10 | Daniel Montenegro | MF | (1979-03-28) March 28, 1979 (age 45) | América | |
| 11 | Osmar Ferreyra | MF | (1983-01-09) January 9, 1983 (age 41) | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | |
| 12 | Adrián Gabbarini | GK | (1985-10-10) October 10, 1985 (age 38) | The Academy | |
| 13 | Alexis Zárate | DF | (1992-06-25) June 25, 1992 (age 32) | The Academy | |
| 14 | Fabián Monserrat | MF | (1994-05-08) May 8, 1994 (age 30) | The Academy | |
| 15 | Fernando Godoy | MF | (1990-05-01) May 1, 1990 (age 34) | The Academy | |
| 17 | Diego Rodríguez | GK | (1989-06-25) June 25, 1989 (age 35) | The Academy | |
| 18 | Julián Velázquez | DF | (1990-10-23) October 23, 1990 (age 33) | The Academy |
| 19 | Jonathan Santana | MF | (1981-10-19) October 19, 1981 (age 42) | Club Libertad |
| 20 | Juan Fernando Caicedo | MF | (1989-07-13) July 13, 1989 (age 35) | Deportes Quindío | |
| 21 | Fabián Assman | GK | (1986-03-23) March 23, 1986 (age 38) | Las Palmas | |
| 22 | Fabián Vargas | MF | (1980-04-17) April 17, 1980 (age 44) | AEK Athens | |
| 23 | Federico Mancuello | MF | (1989-03-26) March 26, 1989 (age 35) | Belgrano | |
| 24 | Federico Gay | DF | (1991-03-03) March 3, 1991 (age 33) | The Academy | |
| 25 | Patricio Vidal | MF | (1992-04-08) April 8, 1992 (age 32) | Santiago Morning |
| 26 | Francisco Pizzini | FW | (1993-09-19) September 19, 1993 (age 31) | The Academy | |
| 26 | Leonel Galeano | DF | (1991-08-03) August 3, 1991 (age 33) | The Academy | |
| 28 | Gabriel Vallés | DF | (1986-05-03) May 3, 1986 (age 38) | Godoy Cruz | |
| 29 | Martín Benítez | FW | (1994-06-17) June 17, 1994 (age 30) | The Academy | |
| 30 | Facundo Daffonchio | GK | (1990-01-01) January 1, 1990 (age 34) | The Academy | |
| 31 | Lucas Villafáñez | MF | (1991-10-04) October 4, 1991 (age 33) | CAI | |
| 33 | Leonel Miranda | DF | (1994-01-07) January 7, 1994 (age 30) | The Academy | |
| 34 | Samuel Cáceres | DF | (1989-02-20) February 20, 1989 (age 35) | Nueva Chicago | |
| 38 | Sergio Ojeda | DF | (1994-01-04) January 4, 1994 (age 30) | The Academy | |
| 39 | Gonzalo Contrera | DF | (1994-03-20) March 20, 1994 (age 30) | The Academy | |
| 40 | Eloy Rodríguez | DF | (1993-05-03) May 3, 1993 (age 31) | The Academy | |
| | Paulo Rosales | MF | (1984-01-10) January 10, 1984 (age 40) | Union | Out in January 2013 |
| | Roberto Russo | DF | (1982-06-19) June 19, 1982 (age 42) | Godoy Cruz | Out in January 2013 |
| | Víctor Zapata | MF | (1979-01-20) January 20, 1979 (age 45) | Vélez Sarsfield | Out in January 2013 |
| | Diego Churín | FW | (1989-12-01) December 1, 1989 (age 34) | Comunicaciones | Out in January 2013 |

### Summer transfers
## Competitions
### Argentine Primera División
#### Torneo Inicial
#### Relegation

| Pos | Team | 2010–11 Pts | 2011–12 Pts | 2012–13 Pts | Total Pts | Total Pld | Avg | Relegation |
| 16 | San Lorenzo | 47 | 44 | 36 | 127 | 104 | 1.221 |
| 17 | Quilmes | - | - | 32 | 32 | 27 | 1.185 |
| 18 | Independiente | 43 | 47 | 26 | 116 | 104 | 1.115 | Relegation to the Primera B Nacional |
| 19 | San Martín (San Juan) | - | 48 | 24 | 72 | 66 | 1.091 | Relegation to the Primera B Nacional |
| 20 | Unión Santa Fe | - | 50 | 17 | 67 | 66 | 1.015 | Relegation to the Primera B Nacional |
Updated as of the start of the tournament. Source: