2016–17 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season

Boca Juniors
2016–17 season
President	Daniel Angelici
Manager	Guillermo Barros Schelotto
Stadium	Estadio Alberto J. Armando ; (La Bombonera)
Primera División	Winners
Copa Argentina	Quarterfinals
Copa Libertadores	Semifinals
Top goalscorer	League: Darío Benedetto (21); All: Darío Benedetto (23)
Average home league attendance	45,000
	← 2016 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season is the 88th consecutive Primera División season for the senior squad. During the season, Boca Juniors will take part in the Primera División, Copa Argentina and in the Semifinals of the Copa Libertadores.

Season overview

June

In the first days of June, 3 players arrived to the club: Fernando Zuqui, from Godoy Cruz, in the transfer it was included money for Guillermo Pol Fernández; Darío Benedetto, from Club América; and Walter Bou, who was loaned from Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP).^[1] Also, Lisandro Magallán and Gonzalo Castellani returned from their loans in Defensa y Justicia and Lanús. Additionally, Alexis Rolín left the club. After 7 years and more than 150 games in the club, Cristian Erbes left Boca to play in Mexican team Veracruz.^[2] The season started with a 4–0 win over Güemes in the Round of 64 of the Copa Argentina.

July

Santiago Vergini signed with Boca despite that the medical check wasn't good. Nicolas Benegas is loaned to Quilmes. Boca lost their first match of Copa Libertadores, in the Semifinals, 2–1 against Independiente del Valle; and in the second leg, Boca lost again, in an incredible match 3-2 and it was eliminated in the Semifinals. Fernando Tobio returned to Palmeiras. Andrés Chávez is loaned to São Paulo.^[3] Daniel Díaz is transferred to Getafe CF.^[4] Nicolás Lodeiro is transferred to Seattle Sounders FC.^[5] César Meli signed for Sporting CP on a one-year loan.^[6] Talleres (C) made use of the option to purchase Juan Cruz Komar permanently.^[7]

August

Sebastián Palacios is transferred to Talleres (C).^[8] Also, 4 more players arrived to the club: Sebastián Pérez, from Atlético Nacional; Axel Werner, who was loaned from Atlético Madrid; Ricardo Centurión, who was loaned from São Paulo and Fernando Tobio, who was loaned again from Palmeiras.^[9] After 5 years and more than 200 games, Agustín Orión left the club to play in Racing Club.^[10] On August 23 Boca won 2–1 over Santamarina in the Round of 32 of the Copa Argentina. Wílmar Barrios and Nazareno Solís are transferred from Deportes Tolima and Talleres (C). The new players were publicly introduced in the last days of August.^[11] At the start of the Primera División tournament Boca played against Lanús losing 1–0. Franco Cristaldo is loaned to Rayo Vallecano.^[12]

September

Leandro Marín is loaned to Arsenal. Nicolás Colazo is loaned to Australian team Melbourne City.^[13] The first match of September was a 3–0 victory over Belgrano. After that a 1–1 draw against Godoy Cruz and a 4–1 win vs Quilmes with a hat-trick of Darío Benedetto. Boca advanced to the Quarterfinals of Copa Argentina after the victory over Lanús in the penalty shoot-out.

October

The month started with a 1–1 draw against Tigre and a 2–0 victory over Sarmiento. Gonzalo Castellani is loaned to Defensa y Justicia. Boca played in Tucumán against Atlético Tucumán achieving a 2–2 draw. After that a 4–0 win over Temperley.

November

Boca lost against Rosario Central in the Quarterfinals of Copa Argentina; Boca will not play any CONMEBOL tournaments in 2017. Boca won the first match away, 3–0 in La Plata against Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP). On November 11 in Spain, Boca won the Antonio Puerta Trophy 4–3 against Sevilla. D.C. United acquires Luciano Acosta on a permanent transfer after the expiration of his one-year loan.^[14] Boca couldn't won against Rosario Central in the local tournament, it was a 1–1 draw. Boca won the derby against San Lorenzo, after several months Fernando Gago returned to the first team.

December

In the first match of December, Boca got a great win 4–2 over Racing Club; and 4–2 against River Plate in the Superclásico. In the last match of 2016 Boca won 4–1 against Colón. After a lot of rumors finally was confirmed that the last idol of the club, Carlos Tevez is transferred to Shanghai Shenhua of China.^[15]^[16]

January

Adrián Cubas signed for Pescara on a six-month loan.^[17] After a 2–0 victory over Estudiantes (LP) in Mar del Plata, and a 2–2 draw against San Lorenzo Boca was crowned championship of the Copa de Oro. On the last friendly Superclasico, River Plate defeated Boca 2–0, the match was played in Mar del Plata. César Meli is transferred to Racing Club.^[18]

February

On February 2 Boca lost 5–3 in penalties after a 1–1 draw in a friendly against Chivas de Guadalajara in Jalisco. Oscar Benítez is loaned to Boca from Benfica on an 18-month loan and the goalkeeper Agustín Rossi is transferred from Estudiantes (LP).^[19] On February 11 Boca lost 3–1 against Aldosivi. Federico Carrizo is transferred to Rosario Central.^[20] The last friendly of the summer was a 2–1 victory over Colón.

March

In the long-awaited return of the tournament Boca beat Banfield 2–0. And then suffered the first defeat in La Bombonera against Talleres (C). After that loss Boca won a difficult game 2–1 in San Juan against San Martín.

April

In the first game of April Boca win 1–0 against Defensa y Justicia. And then, a 3–1 win over Vélez Sarsfield, keeping Boca in the first place of the table. But a 1–1 draw against Patronato and a 0–0 draw against Atlético de Rafaela made Boca lose 4 important points. In the last match of April Boca won 3–0 over Arsenal.

May

Boca started May with a 0–0 draw against Estudiantes (LP). In the second Superclasico Boca played very badly and lost 3–1; but then Boca won 1–0 over Newell's Old Boys and drew 1–1 against Huracán.

June

Boca, showing great football won 3-0 the derbi over Independiente, and after that a 4–0 win over Aldosivi. On June 20, San Lorenzo won 1–0 over Banfield, the only team with chances to reach Boca at the top, so that Boca became the champion of 2016–17 Primera División. In the last away match Boca drew 2–2 against Olimpo. In the last match of the tournament Boca won 2–1 over Unión. With 21 goals Darío Benedetto finished as the tournament goalscorer.

Squad

Last updated on June 25, 2017

Squad No.	Name	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Note
Goalkeepers
1	Guillermo Sara	GK	(1987-09-30) September 30, 1987 (age 37)	34	-32	Real Betis
12	Agustín Rossi	GK	(1995-08-21) August 21, 1995 (age 29)	16	-12	Defensa y Justicia
23	Ramiro Martínez	GK	(1991-04-18) April 18, 1991 (age 33)	0	0	Academy
28	Axel Werner	GK	(1996-02-28) February 28, 1996 (age 28)	2	-3	Atlético Madrid
Defenders
2	Fernando Tobio	DF	(1989-10-18) October 18, 1989 (age 35)	50	0	Palmeiras
3	Jonathan Silva	DF	(1994-06-29) June 29, 1994 (age 30)	36	2	Sporting CP
4	Gino Peruzzi	DF	(1992-06-09) June 9, 1992 (age 32)	68	4	Catania
6	Lisandro Magallán	DF	(1993-09-27) September 27, 1993 (age 31)	24	1	Defensa y Justicia
18	Frank Fabra	DF	(1991-02-22) February 22, 1991 (age 33)	34	3	Independiente Medellín
25	Juan Manuel Insaurralde	DF	(1984-10-03) October 3, 1984 (age 40)	125	8	Chiapas	Injured
27	Santiago Vergini	DF	(1988-08-03) August 3, 1988 (age 36)	31	0	Sunderland
35	Nahuel Molina Lucero	DF	(1998-04-06) April 6, 1998 (age 26)	9	0	Academy
Midfielders
5	Fernando Gago (C)	MF	(1986-04-10) April 10, 1986 (age 38)	176	8	Valencia
8	Pablo Pérez (VC 2º)	MF	(1985-08-10) August 10, 1985 (age 39)	79	6	Málaga
10	Ricardo Centurión	MF	(1993-01-19) January 19, 1993 (age 31)	24	8	São Paulo
14	Sebastián Pérez Cardona	MF	(1993-03-29) March 29, 1993 (age 31)	12	0	Atlético Nacional	Injured
15	Fernando Zuqui	MF	(1991-11-25) November 25, 1991 (age 33)	17	0	Godoy Cruz
16	Wílmar Barrios	MF	(1993-10-16) October 16, 1993 (age 31)	21	0	Deportes Tolima
20	Gonzalo Maroni	MF	(1999-03-18) March 18, 1999 (age 25)	3	1	Academy
29	Leonardo Jara	MF	(1991-05-20) May 20, 1991 (age 33)	36	1	Estudiantes (LP)
30	Rodrigo Bentancur	MF	(1997-06-05) June 5, 1997 (age 27)	65	1	Academy
40	Julián Chicco	MF	(1998-01-13) January 13, 1998 (age 26)	3	0	Academy
Forwards
7	Cristian Pavón	FW	(1996-01-21) January 21, 1996 (age 28)	54	18	Colón
9	Darío Benedetto	FW	(1990-05-17) May 17, 1990 (age 34)	30	23	América
17	Nazareno Solís	FW	(1994-04-22) April 22, 1994 (age 30)	4	0	Talleres (C)
19	Walter Bou	FW	(1993-08-25) August 25, 1993 (age 31)	27	6	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)
22	Oscar Benítez	FW	(1993-01-14) January 14, 1993 (age 31)	9	2	Benfica
26	Marcelo Torres	FW	(1998-01-18) January 18, 1998 (age 26)	0	0	Academy

Transfers

Winter

Players transferred in
Date	Pos.	Name	Club	Fee
3 June 2016	MF	Fernando Zuqui	Godoy Cruz	Undisclosed
7 June 2016	FW	Darío Benedetto	América	Undisclosed
4 July 2016	FW	Santiago Vergini	Sunderland	Undisclosed
15 August 2016	MF	Sebastián Pérez Cardona	Atlético Nacional	Undisclosed
26 August 2016	MF	Wílmar Barrios	Deportes Tolima	Undisclosed
26 August 2016	FW	Nazareno Solís	Talleres (C)	Free
Players transferred out
Date	Pos.	Name	Club	Fee
3 June 2016	MF	Guillermo Fernández	Godoy Cruz	Undisclosed
28 June 2016	MF	Cristian Erbes	Veracruz	Free
23 July 2016	DF	Daniel Díaz	Getafe CF	Free
27 July 2016	MF	Nicolás Lodeiro	Seattle Sounders FC	Undisclosed
30 July 2016	DF	Juan Cruz Komar	Talleres (C)	Undisclosed
2 August 2016	FW	Sebastián Palacios	Talleres (C)	Undisclosed
19 August 2016	GK	Agustín Orión	Racing Club	Free
15 November 2016	MF	Luciano Acosta	D.C. United	Undisclosed
Players loaned in
Start date	Pos.	Name	Club	End date
3 June 2016	FW	Walter Bou	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	June 2017
? August 2016	MF	Ricardo Centurión	São Paulo	June 2017
? August 2016	DF	Fernando Tobio	Palmeiras	June 2017
20 August 2016	GK	Axel Werner	Atlético Madrid	June 2017
Players loaned out
Start date	Pos.	Name	Club	End date
6 July 2016	FW	Nicolas Benegas	Quilmes	June 2017
19 July 2016	FW	Andrés Chávez	São Paulo	June 2017
30 July 2016	MF	César Meli	Sporting CP	June 2017
31 August 2016	MF	Franco Cristaldo	Rayo Vallecano	June 2017
5 September 2016	MF	Nicolás Colazo	Melbourne City FC	June 2017
7 September 2016	DF	Leandro Marín	Arsenal	June 2017
17 October 2016	DF	Gonzalo Castellani	Defensa y Justicia	?
Loan Return
Date	Pos.	Name	Return to	Return from
June 2016	DF	Lisandro Magallán	Boca Juniors	Defensa y Justicia
June 2016	MF	Gonzalo Castellani	Boca Juniors	Lanús
June 2016	DF	Leandro Marín	Boca Juniors	Tigre
June 2016	MF	Franco Cristaldo	Boca Juniors	Elche
June 2016	MF	Alexis Rolín	Catania	Boca Juniors
July 2016	MF	Fernando Tobio	Palmeiras	Boca Juniors

Summer

Players transferred in
Date	Pos.	Name	Club	Fee
2 February 2017	GK	Agustín Rossi	Defensa y Justicia	$1.400.000
Players transferred out
Date	Pos.	Name	Club	Fee
29 December 2016	FW	Carlos Tevez	Shanghai Shenhua	$12.000.000
31 January 2017	MF	César Meli	Racing Club	Undisclosed
23 February 2017	MF	Federico Carrizo	Rosario Central	$700.000
Players loaned in
Start date	Pos.	Name	Club	End date
2 February 2017	FW	Oscar Benítez	Benfica	June 2018
Players loaned out
Start date	Pos.	Name	Club	End date
10 January 2017	MF	Adrián Cubas	Pescara	June 2017
Loan Return
Date	Pos.	Name	Return to	Return from

Pre-season and friendlies

Winter

Win Draw Loss Postponed

June 23, 2016 Pre-season	Boca Juniors	2–0	Olimpia	Salta, Argentina
21:00	Díaz 19' Zuqui 31' Cubas 32' Chávez 87'		Riveros 17' Mencia 42'	Stadium: Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena Referee: Silvio Trucco (Argentina)

July 23, 2016 Pre-season	Boca Juniors	1–1	Danubio	Buenos Aires, Argentina
	Pavón		Graví	Stadium: La Bombonera

July 23, 2016 Pre-season	Boca Juniors	3–0	Danubio	Buenos Aires, Argentina
	Carrizo Palacios			Stadium: La Bombonera

July 29, 2016 Pre-season	Boca Juniors	4–1	Defensa y Justicia	Buenos Aires, Argentina
	Pavón Benedetto Tevez		Elizari	Stadium: La Bombonera

July 29, 2016 Pre-season	Boca Juniors	0–2	Defensa y Justicia	Buenos Aires, Argentina
			Stefanelli Bouzat	Stadium: La Bombonera

August 14, 2016 Pre-season	Boca Juniors	2–0	San Lorenzo	La Plata, Argentina
19:00	Carrizo 23' Pérez 34'			Stadium: Ciudad de La Plata

September 3, 2016 Mid-season	Boca Juniors	2–0	Libertad	Resistencia, Argentina
20:00	Tevez 36' Bou 52'			Stadium: Estadio Centenario

October 9, 2016 Mid-season	Boca Juniors	2–2	Olimpia	Jujuy, Argentina
20:00	Benedetto 7' Bou 90+1' (pen.)		Benítez 4' Mendieta 38'	Stadium: Estadio 23 de Agosto
Note: The match was suspended after Olimpia abandoned the match in the last minute before the penalty shoot-out.

November 11, 2016 Antonio Puerta Trophy	Sevilla	3–4	Boca Juniors	Seville, Spain
16:45	Nzonzi 30' Kolodziejczak 84' Vietto 88'		Benedetto 24' Pavón 38' Tevez 59', 90+4'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

Summer

January 21, 2017 Copa de Oro	Boca Juniors	2–0	Estudiantes (LP)	Mar del Plata, Argentina
22:10	Diarte 13' (o.g.) Bou 26' Pérez 50'	Report	Umeres 60' 67' Ahumada Acuña 83'	Stadium: Estadio José María Minella Referee: Federico Beligoy

January 24, 2017 Copa de Oro	Boca Juniors	2–2	San Lorenzo	Mar del Plata, Argentina
22:10	Gago 9' (pen.) Benedetto 34' Bou 65' Carrizo 72' Vergini 90'	Report	Ortigoza 1' Mussis 18' Montoya 27' Blandi 65' Merlini 65' Marcos Senesi 74'	Stadium: Estadio José María Minella Referee: Mauro Vigliano

January 28, 2017 Copa Luis B. Nofal	River Plate	2–0	Boca Juniors	Mar del Plata, Argentina
22:10	Mayada 18' Maidana 20' Montiel 31' Mina 54' 69' Driussi 62' 80' Palacios 76'	Report	Pérez 5' Benedetto 58' 82' Gago 70' Insaurralde 80'	Stadium: Estadio José María Minella Referee: Néstor Pitana

February 2, 2016 Duelo de Gigantes	Guadalajara	1–1 (5–3 p)	Boca Juniors	Jalisco, Mexico
23:30	Hernández 55' Pulido 74'	Report	Peruzzi 58' Bou 67' Pérez 69' Barrios 87'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Referee: Luis Enrique Santander
	Penalties
	Alanís Zaldívar Pineda Pizarro Fierro		Pavón Vergini Pérez Gago

February 11, 2017 Friendly	Aldosivi	3–1	Boca Juniors	Mar del Plata, Argentina
20:00	Llama 7' Alegre 15' Penco 30' Galván 49' Sosa 57' Castro 59'		Pérez 48' Benítez 74' Gago 89'	Stadium: Estadio José María Minella Referee: Fernando Rapallini

February 25, 2017 Friendly	Colón	1–2	Boca Juniors	Santa Fe, Argentina
21:30	Blanco 26' Leguizamón 26'		Tobio 45+1' Bou 78'	Stadium: Estadio B.G. Estanislao López Referee: Germán Delfino

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position/round	First match	Last match
Primera División	–	Winners	28 August 2016	25 June 2017
Copa Argentina	Round of 64	Quarterfinals	29 June 2016	2 November 2016
Copa Libertadores	Semifinals¹	Semifinals	7 July 2016	14 July 2016

1: There is a one-month break between the quarterfinals and semifinals due to the Copa América Centenario held in June, so the Second Stage, Round of 16 and Quarterfinals belong to the previous season.

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Primera División	30	18	9	3	62	25	+37	060.00
Copa Argentina	4	2	1	1	9	5	+4	050.00
Copa Libertadores	2	0	0	2	3	5	−2	000.00
Total	36	20	10	6	74	35	+39	055.56

Last updated: June 25, 2017
Source: Competitions

Primera División

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Boca Juniors (C)	30	18	9	3	62	25	+37	63	Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
2	River Plate	30	16	8	6	51	28	+23	56
3	Estudiantes (LP)	30	16	8	6	46	26	+20	56
4	Racing	30	17	4	9	51	40	+11	55
5	Banfield	30	17	3	10	42	35	+7	54	Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage

Source: AFA
(C) Champions

Relegation table

Pos	Team	2014 Pts	2015 Pts	2016 Pts	2016–17 Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg
1	Boca Juniors	31	64	20	63	178	95	1.874
2	Racing	41	57	24	55	177	95	1.863
3	San Lorenzo	26	61	34	52	173	94	1.84

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	18	9	3	62	25	+37	63	11	2	2	35	12	+23	7	7	1	27	13	+14

Source: AFA

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	D	W
Position	22	12	12	8	8	4	7	3	2	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: AFA
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss Postponed

August 28, 2016 1	Lanús	1–0	Boca Juniors	Lanús
20:00 UTC−3	Montenegro 39' Martínez 65' Acosta 67'	Report	Bentancur 38'	Stadium: Ciudad de Lanús Referee: Diego Abal

September 11, 2016 2	Boca Juniors	3–0	Belgrano	Buenos Aires
18:00 UTC−3	Tevez 32' 35' 35' Pavón 45+1' Fabra 83'	Report	Saravia 33' Lema 45' Álvarez 54' 74' Álvarez Suárez 86' Bolatti 88'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Germán Delfino

September 18, 2016 3	Godoy Cruz	1–1	Boca Juniors	Mendoza
16:00 UTC−3	Fernández 8' Silva 75' Correa 82'	Report	Fabra 18' Peruzzi 71'	Stadium: Malvinas Argentinas Referee: Patricio Loustau

September 25, 2016 4	Boca Juniors	4–1	Quilmes	Buenos Aires
18:00 UTC−3	Benedetto 6', 17', 24' Centurión 23' Tobio 63'	Report	Da Campo 12' Sarulyte 39' González 45+1'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Néstor Pitana

October 2, 2016 5	Tigre	1–1	Boca Juniors	Victoria
20:00 UTC−3	Morales 2' 65' Urribarri 42' Luna 90+1'	Report	Pérez 11' Insaurralde 80'	Stadium: José Dellagiovanna Referee: Federico Beligoy

October 16, 2016 6	Boca Juniors	2–0	Sarmiento	Buenos Aires
16:00 UTC−3	Pérez 12' Centurión 32' Insaurralde 35' W. Bou 90+3'	Report	Niz 11'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Fernando Echenique

October 23, 2016 7	Atlético Tucumán	2–2	Boca Juniors	San Miguel de Tucumán
20:00 UTC−3	Zampedri 43' Cáceres 56' 87' Menéndez 70' 71'	Report	Pavón 3', 46' Tobio 38'	Stadium: Monumental José Fierro Referee: Diego Abal

October 29, 2016 8	Boca Juniors	4–0	Temperley	Buenos Aires
16:00 UTC−3	Peruzzi 4' 8' Pavón 10' Aguirre 23' (o.g.) W. Bou 65'	Report	Bogino 25' Aguirre 53' Zárate 74' Arregui 81'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Saúl Laverni

November 6, 2016 9	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	0–3	Boca Juniors	La Plata
20:00 UTC−3	Licht 7' Romero 7' Carrera 31' Coronel 36' Bottinelli 88'	Report	Benedetto 31', 35' Pavón 42' Zuqui 47'	Stadium: Juan Carmelo Zerillo Referee: Jorge Baliño

November 20, 2016 10	Boca Juniors	1–1	Rosario Central	Buenos Aires
18:30 UTC−3	Benedetto 10' Centurión 21' Vergini 45+2' Pérez Cardona 89'	Report	Fernández 13' Gutiérrez 16' 21' Martínez 28' Torsiglieri 67' Ferrari 72' Villagra 82' Camacho 90+1'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Darío Herrera

November 27, 2016 11	San Lorenzo	1–2	Boca Juniors	Buenos Aires
18:30 UTC−3	Belluschi 45+2'	Report	Insaurralde 14' Benedetto 20' W. Bou 25' Fabra 39' Vergini 56' Sara 77'	Stadium: Pedro Bidegain Referee: Fernando Espinoza

December 4, 2016 12	Boca Juniors	4–2	Racing Club	Buenos Aires
18:00 UTC−3	Insúa 23' (o.g.) W. Bou 40', 47' Gago 78' Tevez 79'	Report	López 49', 73' Cerro 60' G. Bou 76'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Patricio Loustau

December 11, 2016 13	River Plate	2–4	Boca Juniors	Buenos Aires
17:00 UTC−3	Driussi 33' 34' Alario 39' 88' Maidana 53' Mora 71'	Report	W. Bou 13' Pérez 18' Gago 60' Tevez 61', 80' Centurión 90+3' 90+4'	Stadium: Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Referee: Diego Abal

December 18, 2016 14	Boca Juniors	4–1	Colón	Buenos Aires
18:30 UTC−3	Vergini 6' Centurión 9', 61' Tevez 29' Pavón 33' 77'	Report	Olivera 13' Leguizamón 22' Ceballos 37' Ortiz 85'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Saúl Laverni

March 11, 2017 15	Banfield	0–2	Boca Juniors	Banfield
18:30 UTC−3	Remedi 78'	Report	Gago 2' Benedetto 15', 63' Insaurralde 35' Pérez Cardona 90+2'	Stadium: Florencio Solá Referee: Darío Herrera

March 19, 2017 16	Boca Juniors	1–2	Talleres (C)	Buenos Aires
19:30 UTC−3	Benítez 24' Pérez 38'	Report	Reynoso 38' 81' Ramis 45' Palacios 67'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Ariel Penel

March 26, 2017 17	San Martín (SJ)	1–2	Boca Juniors	San Juan
16:30 UTC−3	Matricardi 9' Dening 25' 87' Ardente 27' Villarruel 28' Casierra 53'	Report	Pavón 26' Centurión 55' Bentancur 58' Peruzzi 59'	Stadium: Ingeniero Hilario Sánchez Referee: Fernando Espinoza

April 1, 2017 18	Boca Juniors	1–0	Defensa y Justicia	Buenos Aires
20:00 UTC−3	Pérez Cardona 32' Peruzzi 37' Benedetto 46' 72'	Report	Silva 80' Miranda 86' Bareiro 89'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Juan Pablo Pompei

April 9, 2017 19	Vélez Sarsfield	1–3	Boca Juniors	Buenos Aires
20:15 UTC−3	Desábato 11' Nasuti 28' Canteros 42' Cubero 63' Romero 82'	Report	Benedetto 24' 35' Peruzzi 53' Fabra 60' Pavón 84'	Stadium: José Amalfitani Referee: Patricio Loustau

April 16, 2017 20	Boca Juniors	1–1	Patronato	Buenos Aires
18:15 UTC−3	Benedetto 45' Pavón 47'	Report	Geminiani 22' Guzmán 35' Comas 57' Arce 90'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Germán Delfino

April 23, 2017 21	Atlético de Rafaela	0–0	Boca Juniors	Rafaela
16:15 UTC−3	Itabel 45'	Report	Pérez 45+1'	Stadium: Nuevo Monumental Referee: Facundo Tello

April 30, 2017 22	Boca Juniors	3–0	Arsenal	Buenos Aires
19:10 UTC−3	Benedetto 4', 25' Peruzzi 48' Maroni 60' Barrios 80'	Report	Pérez 11' Wilchez 56' Velázquez 90+1'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Darío Herrera

May 6, 2017 23	Estudiantes (LP)	0–0	Boca Juniors	La Plata
20:10 UTC−3	Schunke 3' Sánchez 23' Solari 43' Ascacibar 46' Umeres 73'	Report	Bentancur 17' Pérez 43' Peruzzi 68'	Stadium: Ciudad de La Plata Referee: Silvio Trucco

May 14, 2017 24	Boca Juniors	1–3	River Plate	Buenos Aires
17:00 UTC−3	Insaurralde 22' Fabra 29' Vergini 43' Gago 45+2' Benedetto 65'	Report	Maidana 11' Martínez 14' Alario 23' 36' Martínez Quarta 33' Moreira 59' Ponzio 86' Driussi 90'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Patricio Loustau

May 21, 2017 25	Boca Juniors	1–0	Newell's Old Boys	Buenos Aires
18:00 UTC−3	Benedetto 27' Pérez 42'	Report	Escobar 44' Sills 45+1' Mansilla 80' Formica 89'	Stadium: La Bombonera

May 27, 2017 26	Huracán	1–1	Boca Juniors	Buenos Aires
19:30 UTC−3	González 41' Briasco 50' Nicolás Romat 78' Compagnucci 88' Romero Gamarra 90+5' (pen.)	Report	Peruzzi 24' Benedetto 35' 74' Barrios 47' Jara 78' Rossi 90+3'	Stadium: Tomás Adolfo Ducó Referee: Darío Herrera

June 4, 2017 27	Boca Juniors	3–0	Independiente	Buenos Aires
19:00 UTC−3	Magallán 23' Benedetto 28' (pen.), 74' Gago 39' Benítez 44' Barrios 59' Pérez 66' Jara 73'	Report	Barco 4' Gigliotti 17' Franco 27' Erviti 51'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Fernando Rapallini

June 18, 2017 28	Aldosivi	0–4	Boca Juniors	Mar del Plata
17:45 UTC−3	Brum 18' Lugüercio 36' Galván 55' Miracco 55' Canever 81'	Report	Pavón 38' Centurión 40' Gago 76' (pen.) Pérez 78' Silva 83'	Stadium: José María Minella Referee: Patricio Loustau

June 21, 2017 29	Olimpo	2–2	Boca Juniors	Bahía Blanca
19:45 UTC−3	Magallán 61' (o.g.) Blanco 62' Cabral 74'	Report	Centurión 41' Benedetto 42' Silva 43' Benítez 74'	Stadium: Roberto Carminatti Referee: Federico Beligoy

June 25, 2017 30	Boca Juniors	2–1	Unión	Buenos Aires
16:15 UTC−3	Benedetto 11', 48' Barrios 75'	Report	Blasi 56' 58' M. Pittón 65' Méndez 36' Erramuspe 90+2'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Mauro Vigliano

Copa Argentina

Round of 64

June 29, 2016	Boca Juniors	4–0	Güemes	San Juan
21:10 UTC−3	Pavón 0', 13' Insaurralde 23' Pérez 88'	Report		Stadium: Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario Referee: Federico Beligoy

Round of 32

August 22, 2016	Santamarina	1–2	Boca Juniors	Formosa
21:10 UTC−3	Pierce 4' Aguirre Schmidt 29' Michel 71' Piñero 81'	Report	Benedetto 17' Pavón 77'	Stadium: Estadio Antonio Romero Referee: Silvio Trucco

Round of 16

September 28, 2016	Lanús	2–2 (2–4 p)	Boca Juniors	Mar del Plata
21:10 UTC−3	Martínez 4' 65' Herrera 13' Braghieri 59' Silva 13'	Report	Peruzzi 1' Vergini 48' Tevez 50', 64' Pérez 55'	Stadium: José María Minella Referee: Darío Herrera
	Penalties
	Martínez Pasquini Braghieri Marcone		Tevez Pavón Benedetto Vergini

Quarterfinals

November 2, 2016	Rosario Central	2–1	Boca Juniors	Córdoba
21:10 UTC−3	Villagra 25' Torsiglieri 31' Fernández 37' Herrera 41' Salazar 71' Menosse 82' Colman 82'	Report	Pérez 12' Pavón 39' Silva 71' Benedetto 90+5'	Stadium: Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes Referee: Patricio Loustau

Copa Libertadores

Final Stages

Semifinals

July 7, 2016 First leg	Independiente del Valle	2–1	Boca Juniors	Quito, Ecuador
19:45 UTC−5	Ju. Angulo 24' Cabezas 61' Jo. Angulo 75' León 78'	Report	Pérez 12' 69' Cubas 32' Chávez 78'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

July 14, 2016 Second leg	Boca Juniors	2–3 (3-5 agg.)	Independiente del Valle	Buenos Aires, Argentina
21:45 UTC−3	Pavón 3', 90' Zuqui 14' Fabra 41' Díaz 54' Lodeiro 70'	Report	Caicedo 15' 24' Cabezas 48' Ju. Angulo 50' Rizotto 63' Mina 69'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Daniel Fedorczuk (Uruguay)

Team statistics

	Total	Home	Away	Neutral
Games played	36	16	16	4
Games won	19	10	7	2
Games drawn	10	2	7	1
Games lost	6	3	2	1
Biggest win	4-0 vs Güemes 4-0 vs Temperley 4-0 vs Aldosivi	4-0 vs Temperley	4-0 vs Aldosivi	4-0 vs Güemes
Biggest loss	2-1 vs Ind. del Valle 3-2 vs Ind. del Valle	3-2 vs Ind. del Valle	2-1 vs Ind. del Valle	2-1 vs Rosario Central
Biggest win (Primera División)	4-0 vs Temperley 4-0 vs Aldosivi	4-0 vs Temperley	4-0 vs Aldosivi	None
Biggest win (Copa Argentina)	4-0 vs Güemes	None		4-0 vs Güemes
Biggest win (Copa Libertadores)	None
Biggest loss (Primera División)	1-0 vs Lanús 2-1 vs Talleres (C)	2-1 vs Talleres (C)	1-0 vs Lanús	None
Biggest loss (Copa Argentina)	2-1 vs Rosario Central	None		2-1 vs Rosario Central
Biggest loss (Copa Libertadores)	2-1 vs Ind. del Valle 3-2 vs Ind. del Valle	3-2 vs Ind. del Valle	2-1 vs Ind. del Valle	None
Clean sheets	13	7	5	1
Goals scored	74	37	28	9
Goals conceded	35	15	15	5
Goal difference	+39	+22	+13	+4
Yellow cards	70	31	33	6
Red cards	3	2	1	0
Top scorer	Benedetto (23)	Benedetto (13)	Benedetto (8)	Pavón (3)
Worst discipline	Tevez Centurión Pérez Cardona (1 RC)	Tevez Centurión Pérez Cardona (1 RC)
Penalties for	3	2	1
Penalties against	1		1

Season Appearances and goals

Last updated on June 25, 2017

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primera División		Copa Argentina		Copa Libertadores
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ARG	Guillermo Sara	15	-15	12	-10	3	-5	0	0
12	GK	ARG	Agustín Rossi	16	-12	16	-12	0	0	0	0
23	GK	ARG	Ramiro Martínez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	GK	ARG	Axel Werner	2	-3	2	-3	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	ARG	Fernando Tobio	16	0	13	0	2+1	0	0	0
3	DF	ARG	Jonathan Silva	15	1	12+1	1	2	0	0	0
4	DF	ARG	Gino Peruzzi	30	3	25+1	3	4	0	0	0
6	DF	ARG	Lisandro Magallán	7	0	5+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
18	DF	COL	Frank Fabra	24	1	18+2	1	2	0	2	0
25	DF	ARG	Juan Manuel Insaurralde	24	2	18+1	1	2+1	1	2	0
27	DF	ARG	Santiago Vergini	31	0	24+4	0	3	0	0	0
35	DF	ARG	Nahuel Molina Lucero	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
5	MF	ARG	Fernando Gago	16	2	16	2	0	0	0	0
8	MF	ARG	Pablo Pérez	34	2	28	0	3+1	1	2	1
10	MF	ARG	Ricardo Centurión	24	8	17+5	8	2	0	0	0
14	MF	COL	Sebastián Pérez Cardona	12	0	4+8	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF	ARG	Fernando Zuqui	17	0	4+9	0	2	0	2	0
16	MF	COL	Wílmar Barrios	21	0	11+9	0	1	0	0	0
20	MF	ARG	Gonzalo Maroni	2	1	1+1	1	0	0	0	0
29	MF	ARG	Leonardo Jara	21	0	7+9	0	1+2	0	2	0
30	MF	URU	Rodrigo Bentancur	26	0	20+2	0	2+1	0	0+1	0
40	MF	ARG	Julián Chicco	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	ARG	Cristian Pavón	35	14	30	9	4	3	1	2
9	FW	ARG	Darío Benedetto	30	23	24+1	21	2+1	2	1+1	0
17	FW	ARG	Nazareno Solís	4	0	1+3	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	ARG	Walter Bou	27	6	5+20	6	0+1	0	0+1	0
22	FW	ARG	Oscar Benítez	9	2	2+7	2	0	0	0	0
26	FW	ARG	Marcelo Torres	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players away from the club on loan:
20	MF	ARG	Adrián Cubas	7	0	2+1	0	1+1	0	2	0
22	MF	ARG	Gonzalo Castellani	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
25	FW	ARG	Andrés Chávez	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
Players transferred out during the season:
1	GK	ARG	Agustín Orion	3	-5	0	0	1	0	2	-5
2	DF	ARG	Daniel Díaz	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
21	DF	ARG	Leandro Marín	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF	ARG	Federico Carrizo	4	0	1+1	0	1+1	0	0	0
14	MF	URU	Nicolás Lodeiro	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
17	MF	ARG	César Meli	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	ARG	Nicolás Colazo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW	ARG	Carlos Tevez	17	7	11	5	4	2	2	0
34	FW	ARG	Sebastián Palacios	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Top scorers

Last updated on June 25, 2017

Rank	Pos.	No.	Name	Primera División	Copa Argentina	Copa Libertadores	Total
1	FW	9	Darío Benedetto	21	2		23
2	FW	7	Cristian Pavón	9	3	2	14
3	MF	10	Ricardo Centurión	8			8
4	FW	10	Carlos Tevez	5	2		7
5	FW	19	Walter Bou	6			6
6	DF	4	Gino Peruzzi	3			3
7	DF	25	Juan Manuel Insaurralde	1	1		2
8	MF	8	Pablo Pérez		1	1	2
9	FW	22	Oscar Benítez	2			2
10	MF	5	Fernando Gago	2			2
11	DF	18	Frank Fabra	1			1
12	MF	20	Gonzalo Maroni	1			1
13	DF	3	Jonathan Silva	1			1
Own Goals				2			2
Total				62	9	3	74

Clean sheets

Last updated on June 25, 2017

Rank	Pos.	No.	Name	Primera División	Copa Argentina	Total
1	GK	12	Agustín Rossi	7		7
2	GK	1	Guillermo Sara	4		4
3	GK	1	Agustín Orion		1	1
Total				10	1	11

Disciplinary record

Last updated on June 25, 2017

No.	Pos	Nat	Name
No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Primera División		Copa Argentina	Copa Libertadores	Total
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Guillermo Sara	1				1
12	GK		Agustín Rossi	1				1
23	GK		Ramiro Martínez
28	GK		Axel Werner
Defenders
2	DF		Fernando Tobio	2				2
3	DF		Jonathan Silva	1		1		2
4	DF		Gino Peruzzi	6		1		7
6	DF		Lisandro Magallán	1				1
18	DF		Frank Fabra	4			1	5
25	DF		Juan Manuel Insaurralde	4				4
27	DF		Santiago Vergini	4		1		4
35	DF		Nahuel Molina Lucero
Midfielders
5	MF		Fernando Gago	4				4
8	MF		Pablo Pérez	9		2	1	12
10	MF		Ricardo Centurión	1	1			1	1
14	MF		Sebastián Pérez Cardona	2	1			2	1
15	MF		Fernando Zuqui	1			1	2
16	MF		Wílmar Barrios	4				4
20	MF		Gonzalo Maroni
29	MF		Leonardo Jara	2				2
30	MF		Rodrigo Bentancur	3				3
40	MF		Julián Chicco
Forwards
7	FW		Cristian Pavón	2		1		3
9	FW		Darío Benedetto	4				4
17	FW		Nazareno Solís
19	FW		Walter Bou
22	FW		Oscar Benítez	1				1
26	FW		Marcelo Torres
Players transferred out during the season
1	GK		Agustín Orion
2	DF		Daniel Díaz				1	1
21	DF		Leandro Marín
11	MF		Federico Carrizo
14	MF		Nicolás Lodeiro
17	MF		César Meli
18	MF		Nicolás Colazo
20	MF		Adrián Cubas				1	1
22	MF		Gonzalo Castellani
10	FW		Carlos Tevez	1	1			1	1
25	FW		Andrés Chávez				1	1
34	FW		Sebastián Palacios
Total				58	3	6	6	70	3

References

^ "Bienvenidos a Casa" (in Spanish). Boca Juniors Official website.
^ "Cristian Erbes se integra a los Tiburones Rojos para el A-2016" (in Spanish). Veracruz Official website.
^ "Tricolor acerta com Andrés Chávez e aguarda FIFA por Buffarini" (in Portuguese). São Paulo Official website.
^ "Cata Díaz vuelve a su casa" (in Spanish). Getafe Official website.
^ "Seattle Sounders sign Uruguayan international Nicolás Lodeiro ". Seattle Sounders Official website.
^ "COMUNICADO SPORTING CLUBE DE PORTUGAL – FUTEBOL, SAD SOBRE MARCELO MELI" (in Portuguese). Sporting CP Official website.
^ "El Club acordó la adquisición del 50% del pase y extensión del contrato de Juan Cruz Komar" (in Spanish). Talleres (C) Official website.
^ "Sebastián Palacios acordó su incorporación al Talleres de Primera" (in Spanish). Talleres (C) Official website.
^ "Vuelta a las practicas" (in Spanish). Boca Juniors Official website.
^ "Orión ya trabajó con el plantel" (in Spanish). Racing Club Official website.
^ "Bienvenidos" (in Spanish). Boca Juniors Official website.
^ "Franco Cristaldo nuevo jugador del Rayo" (in Spanish). Rayo Vallecano Official website.
^ "City Signs Colazo". Melbourne City Official website.
^ "United finalize transfer for Luciano Acosta with largest transfer fee in club history". D.C. United Official website.
^ "Carlitos seguirá su carrera en China" (in Spanish). Boca Juniors Official website.
^ "Carlos Alberto Tévez is officially joined Shanghai Shenhua". Shanghai Shenhua Official website.
^ "Verso Napoli – Pescara, Adrian Andres Cubas" (in Italian). Pescara 1936 Official website.
^ "Meli firmó su contrato hasta 2021" (in Spanish). Racing Club Official website.
^ "Alegría y Responsabilidad" (in Spanish). Boca Juniors Official website.
^ "¡Bienvenido a casa, Pachi!" (in Spanish). Rosario Central Official website.

External links

Club Atlético Boca Juniors official web site (in Spanish)

[1] "Bienvenidos a Casa" (in Spanish). Boca Juniors Official website.

[2] "Cristian Erbes se integra a los Tiburones Rojos para el A-2016" (in Spanish). Veracruz Official website.

[3] "Tricolor acerta com Andrés Chávez e aguarda FIFA por Buffarini" (in Portuguese). São Paulo Official website.

[4] "Cata Díaz vuelve a su casa" (in Spanish). Getafe Official website.

[5] "Seattle Sounders sign Uruguayan international Nicolás Lodeiro ". Seattle Sounders Official website.

[6] "COMUNICADO SPORTING CLUBE DE PORTUGAL – FUTEBOL, SAD SOBRE MARCELO MELI" (in Portuguese). Sporting CP Official website.

[7] "El Club acordó la adquisición del 50% del pase y extensión del contrato de Juan Cruz Komar" (in Spanish). Talleres (C) Official website.

[8] "Sebastián Palacios acordó su incorporación al Talleres de Primera" (in Spanish). Talleres (C) Official website.

[9] "Vuelta a las practicas" (in Spanish). Boca Juniors Official website.

[10] "Orión ya trabajó con el plantel" (in Spanish). Racing Club Official website.

[11] "Bienvenidos" (in Spanish). Boca Juniors Official website.

[12] "Franco Cristaldo nuevo jugador del Rayo" (in Spanish). Rayo Vallecano Official website.

[13] "City Signs Colazo". Melbourne City Official website.

[14] "United finalize transfer for Luciano Acosta with largest transfer fee in club history". D.C. United Official website.

[15] "Carlitos seguirá su carrera en China" (in Spanish). Boca Juniors Official website.

[16] "Carlos Alberto Tévez is officially joined Shanghai Shenhua". Shanghai Shenhua Official website.

[17] "Verso Napoli – Pescara, Adrian Andres Cubas" (in Italian). Pescara 1936 Official website.

[18] "Meli firmó su contrato hasta 2021" (in Spanish). Racing Club Official website.

[19] "Alegría y Responsabilidad" (in Spanish). Boca Juniors Official website.

[20] "¡Bienvenido a casa, Pachi!" (in Spanish). Rosario Central Official website.

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