2025 Club Atlético Independiente season

Club Atlético Independiente
2025 season
President	Néstor Grindetti
Manager	Julio Vaccari
Stadium	Estadio Libertadores de América
Torneo Apertura	Semi-finals
Torneo Clausura	Pre-season
Copa Argentina	Round of 16
Copa Sudamericana	Round of 16
Home colours	Away colours

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	Source
DF	Nicolás Freire	Pumas UNAM	Loan	1 January 2025
MF	Luciano Cabral	León	€961,000	1 January 2025	^[2]
MF	Pablo Galdames	Vasco da Gama	Free	3 January 2025	^[3]
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	^[4]
DF	Leonardo Godoy	Athletico Paranaense	US$1,900,000	17 June 2025	^[5]
MF	Ignacio Pussetto	Pumas UNAM	Undisclosed	12 July 2025	^[6]
DF	Milton Valenzuela	Lugano	Free	16 July 2025	^[7]
DF	Facundo Zabala	Olimpia	€1,920,000	24 July 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
FW	Braian Martínez	Tigre	Loan	20 June 2025	^[8]
DF	Álvaro Angulo	Pumas UNAM	€1,300,000	15 July 2025	^[9]

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	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Torneo Apertura	24 January 2025^[10]	24 May 2025	Matchday 1	Semi-finals	19	10	6	3	25	12	+13	052.63
Torneo Clausura	13 July 2025		Matchday 1		1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Copa Argentina	26 February 2025		Round of 64		2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
Copa Sudamericana	2 April 2025		Group stage		6	4	0	2	16	6	+10	066.67
Total					28	16	7	5	47	21	+26	057.14

Last updated: 13 July 2025
Source: Competitions

Primera División

Torneo Apertura

League table

Pos	Team	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:
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	Avellaneda
18:45 UTC−3	Loyola 2', 18' Arce 25' (o.g.) Ávalos 35'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

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	Avellaneda
18:00 UTC−3	Ávalos 69', 82'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

27 April 2025 14	Independiente	0–0	Deportivo Riestra	Avellaneda
21:15 UTC−3		Report		Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

30 April 2025 15	Atlético Tucumán	2–0	Independiente	Tucumán
21:00 UTC−3	Bajamich 24' Díaz 87'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Monumental José Fierro

3 May 2025 16	Rosario Central	1–0	Independiente	Rosario
18:30 UTC−3	Spörle 20' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Gigante de Arroyito

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	0–1	Independiente	Buenos Aires
20:30 UTC−3		Report	Angulo 63'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Nicolás Ramírez

24 May 2025 Semi-finals	Independiente	0–0 (5–6 p)	Huracán	Avellaneda
18:30		Report		Stadium: Libertadores de América Referee: Hernán Mastrángelo
	Penalties
	Ávalos Montiel Galdames Loyola Lomónaco Angulo Hidalgo		Sequeira Guidara Pellegrino Miljevic Gil Pereyra Mazzantti

Torneo Clausura

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	San Martín (SJ)	5	1	2	2	4	5	−1	5
12	Talleres (C)	5	1	2	2	3	4	−1	5
13	Instituto	5	1	2	2	2	9	−7	5
14	Godoy Cruz	5	0	3	2	4	7	−3	3
15	Independiente	5	0	2	3	4	7	−3	2

Updated to match(es) played on 18 August 2025. Source: AFA

Results by round

Round	1
Ground
Result
Position

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

Matches

13 July 2025 1	Sarmiento	2–2	Independiente	Junín
14:15 UTC−3	Ardaiz 33' Giménez 55'	Report	Ávalos 46' Loyola 83'	Stadium: Estadio Eva Perón

20 July 2025 2	Independiente	1–2	Talleres	Avellaneda
21:00 UTC−3	Freire 56'	Report	Schott 27' Depietri 79'	Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

27 July 2025 3	Gimnasia y Esgrima	1–0	Independiente	La Plata
16:00 UTC−3	Suso 24'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Juan Carmelo Zerillo

9 August 2025 4	Independiente	0–0	River Plate	Avellaneda
18:30 UTC−3		Report		Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

16 August 2025 5	Vélez Sarsfield	2–1	Independiente	Buenos Aires
19:00 UTC−3	Godoy 35' (pen.) Romerp 84'	Report	Loyola 76' (pen.)	Stadium: José Amalfitani Stadium

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

29 June 2025 Round of 32	Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	1–2	Independiente	La Punta
17:00	Mondino 29'	Report	Montiel 52' (pen.) Angulo 88'	Stadium: Estadio Juan Gilberto Funes Referee: Sebastián Zunino

1 August 2025 Round of 16	Belgrano	2–0	Independiente	Rosario
17:10	Jara 45+1' Zelarayán 71'	Report		Stadium: Gigante de Arroyito Referee: Fernando Echenique

Copa Sudamericana

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Independiente	6	4	0	2	16	6	+10	12	Advance to round of 16
2	Guaraní	6	2	2	2	9	12	−3	8	Advance to knockout round play-offs
3	Boston River	6	2	1	3	12	14	−2	7
4	Nacional Potosí	6	2	1	3	8	13	−5	7

Source: CONMEBOL

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	7–0	Nacional Potosí	Avellaneda, Argentina
19:00 UTC−3	Montiel 26', 53' Tarzia 34' Loyola 51' Millán 77' Echeverría 81' (o.g.) Galdames 84'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América Referee: Paulo Zanovelli (Brazil)

Round of 16

13 August 2025 (2025-08-13) First leg	Universidad de Chile	1–0	Independiente	Santiago, Chile
20:30 UTC−4	Assadi 36'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos Referee: Anderson Daronco (Brazil)

20 August 2025 (2025-08-20) Second leg	Independiente	1–1 Abandoned^{[note 3]}	Universidad de Chile	Avellaneda, Argentina
21:30 UTC−3	Montiel 27'	Report	Assadi 11'	Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América Referee: Gustavo Tejera (Uruguay)

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.^[11]^[12]
^ 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.
^ The Independiente v Universidad de Chile second leg match was abandoned in the 47th minute of play due to disturbances by Universidad de Chile fans. ^[13]

References

^ "Independiente: Plantel Profesional". Club Atlético Independiente. Archived from the original on 17 December 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
^ Jara Marchant, Max (1 January 2025). "¡Se viste de rojo! Luciano Cabral es el nuevo refuerzo de Independiente". TNT Sports Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 January 2025.
^ Arriaza, Bastian (3 January 2025). "Oficial: Pablo Galdames tiene nuevo club". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 January 2025.
^ "Independiente anunció la llegada del uruguayo Rodrigo Fernández" [Independiente announced the arrival of the Uruguayan Rodrigo Fernández] (in Spanish). ESPN. 11 January 2025. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
^ "🆕Independiente confirm Leo Godoy signing". 29 June 2025.
^ "Pumas le da las gracias a Ignacio Pussetto".
^ "Independiente sumó una buena y una mala: Presentó un refuerzo y se complicó otro - TyC Sports".
^ "BRAIAN MARTÍNEZ ES REFUERZO DE TIGRE" (in Spanish). Club Atlético Tigre. 20 June 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
^ "Álvaro Angulo salta a Pumas: El lateral que promete goles".
^ https://www.ligaprofesional.ar/notas/temporada-2025/2024/12/20/sorteo-de-la-temporada-2025/
^ "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.
^ Villanueva, Miguel (20 August 2025). "Why Was Independiente vs Universidad de Chile Suspended in the Copa Sudamericana?". beIN Sports. Retrieved 20 August 2025.

[Guaraní-13] 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.^[11]^[12]

[Boston_River-14] 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.

[Independiente_v_Universidad_de_Chile-16] The Independiente v Universidad de Chile second leg match was abandoned in the 47th minute of play due to disturbances by Universidad de Chile fans. ^[13]

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

[2] Jara Marchant, Max (1 January 2025). "¡Se viste de rojo! Luciano Cabral es el nuevo refuerzo de Independiente". TNT Sports Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 January 2025.

[3] Arriaza, Bastian (3 January 2025). "Oficial: Pablo Galdames tiene nuevo club". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 January 2025.

[4] "Independiente anunció la llegada del uruguayo Rodrigo Fernández" [Independiente announced the arrival of the Uruguayan Rodrigo Fernández] (in Spanish). ESPN. 11 January 2025. Retrieved 12 January 2025.

[5] "🆕Independiente confirm Leo Godoy signing". 29 June 2025.

[6] "Pumas le da las gracias a Ignacio Pussetto".

[7] "Independiente sumó una buena y una mala: Presentó un refuerzo y se complicó otro - TyC Sports".

[8] "BRAIAN MARTÍNEZ ES REFUERZO DE TIGRE" (in Spanish). Club Atlético Tigre. 20 June 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.

[9] "Álvaro Angulo salta a Pumas: El lateral que promete goles".

[10] ttps://www.ligaprofesional.ar/notas/temporada-2025/2024/12/20/sorteo-de-la-temporada-2025/

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

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

[15] Villanueva, Miguel (20 August 2025). "Why Was Independiente vs Universidad de Chile Suspended in the Copa Sudamericana?". beIN Sports. Retrieved 20 August 2025.

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