2025 Club Atlético Independiente season

Club Atlético Independiente
2025 season
President	Néstor Grindetti
Manager	Julio Vaccari
Stadium	Estadio Libertadores de América
Primera División	1st
Copa Argentina	Round of 32
Copa Sudamericana	Group stage
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2024

The 2025 season is the 120th for Club Atlético Independiente and their 11th consecutive season in the Primera División. The club will also take part in the Copa Argentina and Copa Sudamericana.

Squad

Current squad

As of 28 January 2025^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ARG	Joaquín Blázquez (on loan from Talleres)
3	DF	ARG	Adrián Spörle
4	DF	ARG	Federico Vera
5	MF	CHI	Felipe Loyola
6	DF	ARG	Nicolás Freire
7	FW	ARG	Santiago Montiel
8	MF	CHI	Pablo Galdames
9	FW	PAR	Gabriel Ávalos
10	MF	CHI	Luciano Cabral
11	MF	ARG	Federico Mancuello
13	GK	URU	Manuel Tasso
14	MF	ARG	Lautaro Millán
16	FW	ARG	Santiago Hidalgo
18	FW	ARG	Ignacio Maestro Puch (on loan from Atlético Tucumán)
19	FW	ITA	Lucas Román


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	URU	Rodrigo Fernández Cedrés (on loan from Santos)
21	MF	ARG	David Martínez
22	FW	ARG	Chaco Martínez
23	MF	ARG	Iván Marcone (captain)
24	FW	ARG	Santiago López
26	DF	ARG	Kevin Lomónaco
27	FW	ARG	Diego Tarzia
31	FW	ARG	Nicolás Vallejo
32	DF	ARG	Franco Paredes
33	GK	ARG	Rodrigo Rey (vice-captain)
34	FW	ARG	Matías Giménez
35	DF	ARG	Santiago Salle
36	DF	ARG	Sebastián Valdez
77	DF	COL	Alvaro Angulo

Transfers In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date
DF	Nicolás Freire	Pumas UNAM	Loan	1 January 2025
MF	Luciano Cabral	León	€961,000	1 January 2025
MF	Pablo Galdames	Vasco da Gama	Free	3 January 2025
DF	Sebastián Valdez	Central Córdoba	Free	4 January 2025
DF	Álvaro Angulo	Atlético Nacional	Free	15 January 2025
MF	Rodrigo Fernández	Santos	Loan	20 January 2025

Transfers Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Lucas González	Defensa y Justicia	€1,100,000	8 January 2025
MF	Jhonny Quiñónez	Barcelona SC	Loan	16 January 2025

Exhibition matches

18 January 2025

Defensor Sporting

2–5

Independiente

21 March 2025

Independiente

3–1

Colegiales

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Primera División	24 January 2025^[2]		Matchday 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Copa Argentina				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Copa Sudamericana	2 April 2025		Group stage	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Source: Competitions

Primera División

Torneo Apertura

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Rosario Central	16	10	5	1	22	8	+14	35	Advance to round of 16
2	River Plate	16	8	7	1	21	9	+12	31
3	Independiente	16	8	5	3	23	12	+11	29
4	San Lorenzo	16	7	6	3	14	10	+4	27
5	Deportivo Riestra	16	5	9	2	13	7	+6	24

Source: AFA

Results by round

Round	1
Ground	H
Result
Position

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

24 January 2025 1	Independiente	2–1	Sarmiento	Avellaneda
19:15 UTC−3	Ávalos 15' (pen.), 48'	Report	Magnin 77' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

29 January 2025 2	Talleres	2–3	Independiente	Córdoba
17:00 UTC−3	Vera 4' (o.g.) Depietri 85'	Report	Rodríguez 17' (o.g.) Spörle 38' Cabral 90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes

2 February 2025 3	Independiente	2–0	Gimnasia La Plata	Avellaneda
21:30 UTC−3	Ávalos 10' (pen.) Angulo 81'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

8 February 2025 4	River Plate	2–0	Independiente	Buenos Aires
20:15 UTC−3	Colidio 51', 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Monumental Referee: Leandro Rey Hilfer

12 February 2025 5	Independiente	3–0	Vélez Sarsfield	Avellaneda
--:-- UTC−3	Ávalos 31', 43' Cabral 78'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

17 February 2025 6	Platense	1–1	Independiente	Florida
19:15 UTC−3	Paredes 89' (o.g.)	Report	Vázquez 76' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de Vicente López

22 February 2025 7	Independiente	2–0	Instituto	Avellaneda
18:00 UTC−3	Angulo 53' Mancuello 71' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

4 March 2025 8	Banfield	0–0	Independiente	Banfield
19:30 UTC−3		Report		Stadium: Estadio Florencio Sola

8 March 2025 9	San Lorenzo	1–2	Independiente	Buenos Aires
17:00 UTC−3	Vombergar 22' (pen.)	Report	Millán 12' Loyola 74'	Stadium: Estadio Pedro Bidegain

16 March 2025 10	Independiente	1–1	Racing	Avellaneda
16:00 UTC−3	Angulo 79'		Martirena 21'	Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

29 March 2025 11	Independiente	4–0	Godoy Cruz	Córdoba
18:45 UTC−3	Loyola 2', 18' Arce 25' (o.g.) Ávalos 35'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Juan Domingo Perón

6 April 2025 12	Lanús	1–1	Independiente	Lanús
15:30 UTC−3	Salvio 57' (pen.)	Report	Galdames 4'	Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de Lanús

13 April 2025 13	Independiente	2–0	San Martín	Córdoba
18:00 UTC−3	Ávalos 69', 82'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Juan Domingo Perón

Final stages

11 May 2025 Round of 16	Independiente	1–0	Independiente Rivadavia	Avellaneda
15:30	Montiel 56'	Report		Stadium: Libertadores de América Referee: Hernán Mastángelo

19 May 2025 (2025-05-19) Quarter-finals	Boca Juniors	v	Independiente	Buenos Aires
20:30 UTC−3				Stadium: La Bombonera

Torneo Clausura

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Qualification
3	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	Advance to round of 16
4	Godoy Cruz
5	Independiente
6	Instituto
7	Lanús

Source: AFA

Results by round

Round	1
Ground
Result
Position

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Copa Argentina

26 February 2025 Round of 64	Independiente	2–0	Sportivo Belgrano	San Nicolás de los Arroyos
21:30	Tarzia 30' Mancuello 81' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Único de San Nicolás Referee: Andrés Gariano

Copa Sudamericana

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Independiente	5	3	0	2	9	6	+3	9	Advance to round of 16
2	Guaraní	5	2	2	1	9	7	+2	8	Advance to knockout round play-offs
3	Nacional Potosí	5	2	1	2	8	6	+2	7
4	Boston River (E)	5	1	1	3	7	14	−7	4

Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2025. Source: CONMEBOL
(E) Eliminated

1 April 2025 (2025-04-01) 1	Nacional Potosí	2–0	Independiente	Potosí, Bolivia
18:00 UTC−4	Ábrego 66' Diellos 83'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Víctor Agustín Ugarte Referee: Edina Alves (Brazil)

8 April 2025 (2025-04-08) 2	Independiente	2–1	Boston River	Avellaneda, Argentina
19:00 UTC−3	Galdames 61', 90+1'	Report	Muñoa 86'	Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América Referee: Bruno Arleu (Brazil)

22 April 2025 (2025-04-22) 3	Guaraní	2–1	Independiente	Asunción, Paraguay
19:00 UTC−3	Vargas 28', 80'	Report	Loyola 60'	Stadium: Estadio Defensores del Chaco^{[note 1]} Referee: Roberto Pérez (Peru)

6 May 2025 (2025-05-06) 4	Boston River	1–5	Independiente	Montevideo, Uruguay
21:30 UTC−3	Anello 7'	Report	Giménez 14', 61' (pen.) Millán 21' Tarzia 46' Hidalgo 90+2'	Stadium: Estadio Centenario^{[note 2]} Referee: Jhon Ospina (Colombia)

15 May 2025 (2025-05-15) 5	Independiente	1–0	Guaraní	Avellaneda, Argentina
19:00 UTC−3	Tarzia 43'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América Referee: Flavio de Souza (Brazil)

28 May 2025 (2025-05-28) 6	Independiente	v	Nacional Potosí	Avellaneda, Argentina
19:00 UTC−3				Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

Notes

^ Guaraní play their home matches at Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción (originally scheduled at Estadio Arsenio Erico, Asunción) instead of their regular stadium Estadio Rogelio Livieres, Asunción which is being rebuilt.^[3]^[4]
^ Boston River played their home matches at Estadio Centenario, Montevideo instead of their regular stadium Estadio Campeones Olímpicos, Florida which did not meet CONMEBOL requirements.

References

^ "Independiente: Plantel Profesional". Club Atlético Independiente. Archived from the original on 17 December 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
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^ "Remodelación del estadio, en marcha" [Remodeling of the stadium, underway] (in Spanish). La Nación. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
^ "Cambio de escenarios en la CONMEBOL Sudamericana" [Venues change in the CONMEBOL Sudamericana] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 2 April 2025. Retrieved 3 April 2025.

[Guaraní-5] Guaraní play their home matches at Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción (originally scheduled at Estadio Arsenio Erico, Asunción) instead of their regular stadium Estadio Rogelio Livieres, Asunción which is being rebuilt.^[3]^[4]

[Boston_River-6] Boston River played their home matches at Estadio Centenario, Montevideo instead of their regular stadium Estadio Campeones Olímpicos, Florida which did not meet CONMEBOL requirements.

[1] "Independiente: Plantel Profesional". Club Atlético Independiente. Archived from the original on 17 December 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2021.

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[3] "Remodelación del estadio, en marcha" [Remodeling of the stadium, underway] (in Spanish). La Nación. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2025.

[4] "Cambio de escenarios en la CONMEBOL Sudamericana" [Venues change in the CONMEBOL Sudamericana] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 2 April 2025. Retrieved 3 April 2025.

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