2011–12 Club Atlético Independiente season

Independiente
2011–12 season
President	Julio Comparada; (Until 31 December 2011); Javier Cantero
Manager	Antonio Mohamed; (Until 5 September 2011); Daniel Garnero(interimn); (Until 11 September 2011); Ramón Díaz; (Until 4 March 2012); Cristian Díaz (interimn)
Stadium	Estadio Libertadores de América
Torneo Apertura	8th
Torneo Clausura	13th
Suruga Bank Championship	Runner up
Recopa Sudamericana	Runner up
Copa Sudamericana	Round of 16
Copa Argentina	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Ernesto Farías; Parra; (4 goals each); All: Facundo Parra; (6 goals)
Highest home attendance	37,00; vs. Internacional; (August 10, 2011)
Lowest home attendance	18,000; vs. Colón; (September 16, 2011)
Average home league attendance	30,985
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2010–11 2012–13 →

Club Atlético Independiente's 2011–12 season is the club's 106th year of existence. Independiente this season going to play the Torneo Apertura, the Torneo Clausura, the Surugua Bank Championship, the Recopa Sudamericana, the Copa Sudamericana and the Copa Argentina.

Squad

As of March 4, 2012^[1]

No.	Name	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Notes
1	Hilario Navarro	GK	(1980-11-14) November 14, 1980 (age 44)	San Lorenzo
2	Julián Velázquez	DF	(1990-10-23) October 23, 1990 (age 34)	The Academy
3	Lucas Kruspzky	DF	(1992-04-06) April 6, 1992 (age 32)	The Academy
4	Cristian Báez	DF	(1990-04-09) April 9, 1990 (age 34)	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	Cristian Pellerano	MF	(1982-02-01) February 1, 1982 (age 42)	Colón
8	Hernán Fredes	MF	(1987-03-27) March 27, 1987 (age 37)	Metalist Kharkiv
9	Leonel Núñez	FW	(1983-10-13) October 13, 1983 (age 41)	Bursaspor
10	Patricio Rodríguez	MF	(1990-05-04) May 4, 1990 (age 34)	The Academy
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 39)	Independiente Rivadavia
13	Iván Vélez	DF	(1984-08-16) August 16, 1984 (age 40)	Once Caldas	Out on January 17, 2012
14	Fabián Monserrat	MF	(1992-06-25) June 25, 1992 (age 32)	The Academy
15	Fernando Godoy	MF	(1990-05-01) May 1, 1990 (age 34)	The Academy
16	Patricio Vidal	MF	(1992-04-08) April 8, 1992 (age 32)	Santiago Morning
17	Facundo Parra	FW	(1985-06-15) June 15, 1985 (age 39)	Chacarita Juniors
18	Gabriel Milito	DF	(1980-09-07) September 7, 1980 (age 44)	Barcelona	Captain
19	Ernesto Farías	FW	(1980-05-29) May 29, 1980 (age 44)	Cruzeiro	In on January 17, 2012
20	Matías Defederico	FW	(1989-08-23) August 23, 1989 (age 35)	Corinthians
21	Fabián Assmann	GK	(1986-03-23) March 23, 1986 (age 38)	Las Palmas
22	Iván Pérez	MF	(1990-05-23) May 23, 1990 (age 34)	The Academy
23	Adrián Argachá	DF	(1986-12-21) December 21, 1986 (age 37)	Defensor Sporting
24	Leonel Galeano	DF	(1991-08-03) August 3, 1991 (age 33)	The Academy
25	Carlos Matheu	DF	(1985-05-13) May 13, 1985 (age 39)	Cagliari	Vice-captain
26	Francisco Pizzini	FW	(1993-09-19) September 19, 1993 (age 31)	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	Diego Rodríguez	GK	(1989-06-25) June 25, 1989 (age 35)	The Academy
31	Lucas Villafáñez	MF	(1991-10-04) October 4, 1991 (age 33)	Comisión de Actividades Infantiles
32	Walter Busse	MF	(1987-03-03) March 3, 1987 (age 37)	Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy
34	Brian Nieva	FW	(1990-04-18) April 18, 1990 (age 34)	The Academy
35	Nicolás Delmonte	MF	(1989-05-10) May 10, 1989 (age 35)	Dinamo Tirana
36	Samuel Cáceres	DF	(1989-03-20) March 20, 1989 (age 35)	The Academy	Out on January 29, 2012
37	Diego Churín	FW	(1989-01-12) January 12, 1989 (age 35)	Comunicaciones
—	Ignacio Bracia	DF	(1989-06-15) June 15, 1989 (age 35)	The Academy
—	Federico Gay	DF	(1991-12-07) December 7, 1991 (age 32)	The Academy
—	Maximiliano Velázquez	DF	(1980-09-12) September 12, 1980 (age 44)	Lanús	Out on February 9, 2012
—	Nicolás Cabrera	MF	(1984-06-06) June 6, 1984 (age 40)	Vélez Sársfield	Out on January 10, 2012
—	Gino Clara	MF	(1988-05-26) May 26, 1988 (age 36)	Rangers
—	Marco Pérez	FW	(1990-09-18) September 18, 1990 (age 34)	Real Zaragoza	Out on January 24, 2012

Winter transfers

Players In
Name	Nat	Pos	Moving from
Marco Pérez^[2]	COL	FW	Real Zaragoza
Adrián Argachá^[3]	URU	DF	Defensor Sporting
Gino Clara^[4]	ARG	MF	Rangers
Osmar Ferreyra^[4]	ARG	MF	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Gabriel Milito^[5]	ARG	DF	Barcelona

Players Out
Name	Nat	Pos	Moving to
Lucas Mareque^[6]	ARG	DF	Lorient
Andrés Silvera^[7]	ARG	FW	Belgrano
Leandro Gracián^[8]	ARG	MF	Boca Juniors
Federico Mancuello^[9]	ARG	MF	Belgrano
Nicolás Martínez^[10]	ARG	MF	Santiago Wanderers
Jairo Castillo^[11]	COL	FW	América de Cali

Summer transfers

Players In
Name	Nat	Pos	Moving from
Ernesto Farías^[12]	ARG	FW	Cruzeiro

Players Out
Name	Nat	Pos	Moving to
Nicolás Cabrera^[13]	ARG	MF	Gimnasia (La Plata)
Iván Vélez^[14]	COL	DF	Junior
Marco Pérez^[15]	COL	FW	Belgrano
Samuel Cáceres^[16]	PAR	DF	Nueva Chicago
Maximiliano Velázquez^[17]	ARG	DF	Lanús

Player statistics

Team stats

	Torneo Apertura	Torneo Clausura	Suruga Bank Championship	Recopa Sudamericana	Copa Sudamericana	Copa Argentina
Games played	19	8	1	2	2	2
Games won	7	3	0	1	1	1
Games drawn	6	0	1	0	0	0
Games lost	6	5	0	1	1	1
Goals for	18	10	2	3	1	4
Goals against	17	14	2	4	2	2
Players used	35	23	16	16	23	22
Yellow cards	36	20	1	6	5	5
Red cards	2	2	0	0	1	0

Last updated: 31 March
Source: Competitive matches

Squad stats

Updated on 31 March 2012

			Torneo Apertura				Torneo Clausura				Suruga Bank Championship				Recopa Sudamericana				Copa Sudamericana				Copa Argentina				Total
Nation	No.	Name	GS	App.	Min.		GS	App.	Min.		GS	App.	Min.		GS	App.	Min.		GS	App.	Min.		GS	App.	Min.		GS	App.	Min.
Goalkeepers
	1	Hilario Navarro	4	4	492	−5	4	4	286	−2	1	1	93	−2	2	2	189	−4	1	1	96	−2	1	1	91		12	12	1247	–17
	12	Adrián Gabbarini	3	3	285	−2	1	1	95																		4	4	380	–2
	21	Fabián Assmann	12	12	1137	−13													1	1	95						13	13	1232	–11
	30	Diego Rodríguez					3	3	286	−7													1	1	95	−2	4	4	381	–9
Defenders
	2	Julián Velázquez	15	15	1326		7	7	667		1	1	93		2	2	189		1	2	130		1	1	91		27	28	2549
	3	Lucas Kruspzky					3	3	269														1	1	73		4	4	342
	4	Cristian Báez	1	1	95							1	47		1	1	96						2	2	186		4	5	424
	6	Eduardo Tuzzio	16	16	1517	1	8	8	779		1	1	93	1	2	2	189		1	1	95						28	28	2673	2
	13	Iván Vélez	5	5	425						1	1	71			1	49		1	1	96						7	8	641
	18	Gabriel Milito	19	19	1737		7	7	611						2	2	189		1	1	95						29	29	2632
	23	Adrián Argachá	5	5	381							1	21						2	2	153			1	23		7	9	579
	24	Leonel Galeano	1	4	167		2	3	256										1	1	96		2	3	210		6	11	729
	25	Carlos Matheu	1	2	151														1	1	96		1	1	95		4	4	342
	28	Gabriel Vallés	2	2	189		1	2	119														1	1	68		4	5	376
	—	Maximiliano Velázquez	14	15	1291						1	1	72		2	2	189	2									17	18	1552	2
Midfielders
	5	Roberto Battión	3	4	263		3	3	304	1	1	1	46														7	8	613	1
	7	Cristian Pellerano	14	15	1226	1	1	3	111		1	1	93		2	2	189		1	1	95						20	22	1714	1
	8	Hernán Fredes	5	7	470	1	5	7	544		1	1	93		2	2	180						1	1	91		14	18	1378	1
	10	Patricio Rodríguez	2	4	244		6	7	546			1	47						1	1	95						9	13	932
	11	Osmar Ferreyra	11	17	1050	1	4	5	354	1	1	1	46		1	2	105			1	38		1	1	91	1	18	27	1732	3
	14	Fabián Monserrat					4	4	381	2													1	-	95		5	5	476	2
	15	Fernando Godoy	13	15	1238		5	6	423										1	1	88	1	1	95			20	23	1847
	16	Patricio Vidal					3	4	291	1														1	35		3	5	326	1
	22	Iván Pérez	6	9	489	2	1	4	152						2	2	110		1	1	67			1	40		10	17	858	2
	31	Lucas Villafáñez	2	2	130		1	1	83														1	1	60		4	4	273
	32	Walter Busse		5	163		4	5	299										1	1	61		1	2	116		6	13	639
	35	Nicolás Delmonte	2	5	240														1	1	96		1	1	91		4	7	427
	—	Nicolas Cabrera	3	7	324							1	22			1	30										3	9	376
	—	Gino Clara		1	34															1	17							2	51
Forwards
	9	Leonel Núñez	9	13	664	2	1	2	89			1	4		1	2	84		1	2	87	1					12	20	924	3
	17	Facundo Parra	17	18	1552	3	2	6	286	1	1	1	93	1	1	1	95		1	1	95		2	2	166	1	24	29	2267	6
	19	Ernesto Farías					7	7	684	4																	7	7	684	4
	20	Matías Defederico	11	14	1031	1	2	3	193						1	2	73		2	2	171						18	21	1469	1
	26	Francisco Pizzini		1	41																		1	1	95		1	2	136
	29	Martín Benítez	2	5	260	2	2	4	227																		4	9	487	2
	34	Brian Nieva	3	5	213	1										1	64		2	2	51		1	2	81	1	6	11	405	2
	37	Diego Churín	1	2	143			1	12														1	2	113	1	2	5	268	1
	—	Marco Pérez	7	12	793	2					1	1	89		2	2	189	1	1	1	86						11	16	1157	3

Disciplinary records

Last updated on 31 March 2012.

No.	Pos	Nat	Name
No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Torneo Apertura		Torneo Clausura			Suruga Bank Championship	Recopa Sudamericana	Copa Sudamericana		Copa Argentina		Total
2	DF		Julián Velázquez	2	1	4				1	1		1		9		1
3	DF		Lucas Kruspzky												3
6	DF		Eduardo Tuzzio	6		3				1					10
7	MF		Cristian Pellerano	5				1		1	1				7		1
8	MF		Hernán Fredes	3		2				1					6
9	FW		Leonel Núñez	2		1									3
10	MF		Patricio Rodríguez	1		1					1				3
11	MF		Osmar Ferreyra			2				1					3
13	DF		Iván Vélez	1											1
14	MF		Fabián Monserrat			1										1
15	MF		Fernando Godoy									1		1		2
17	FW		Facundo Parra	1		1									2
18	DF		Gabriel Milito	1		4									5
19	FW		Ernesto Farías			1									1
20	FW		Matías Defederico	4			1								4	1
23	DF		Adrián Argachá	1	1						1				2		1
24	DF		Leonel Galeano	1									1		2
25	DF		Carlos Matheu	1									1		2
28	DF		Gabriel Vallés	1									1		2
34	FW		Brian Nieva	1											1
35	MF		Nicolás Delmonte	2											2
—	DF		Maximiliano Velázquez	1					1	1					3
			TOTALS	33	2	19	1	1	1	6	4	1	5		68	2	3

Club

Starting XI

No.	Pos.	Name	MS	Notes
21	GK	Assmann	14	Navarro has eleven starts. Rodríguez D. has four starts. Gabbarini has four starts.
2	CB	Velázquez	26	Matheu has three starts.
6	CB	Tuzzio	27	Also plays at RB. Vallés has four starts. Kruspzky has three starts.
18	CB	Milito	28	Báez has four starts. Galeano has four starts.
8	CM	Fredes	13	Pérez has ten starts.
15	CM	Godoy	20	Battión has six starts. Busse has four starts.
11	RM	Ferreyra	18	Monserrat has five starts.
7	LM	Pellerano	18	Also plays at CM. Argachá has 7 starts. Delmonte has four start. Villafáñez has four starts.
20	AM	Defederico	15	Also plays at CF and RM. Rodríguez P. has eight starts.
17	CF	Parra	23	Farías has six starts. Pizzini has one start.
9	CF	Núñez	12	Nieva has six starts. Churín has two starts. Benítez has three starts. Vidal has two starts.

Current technical staff

Position	Staff
First team head coach	Ramón Díaz
Assistant coach	Emiliano Díaz Sebastián Rambert
Physical fitness coach	Ezequiel Domínguez Jorge Pidal

Last updated: 17 September
Source: Independiente official site

Competitions

Pre-season

17 July 2011 Jesús Arellano farewell	Monterrey	1–0	Independiente	Monterrey, Mexico
19:00 UTC−06:00	Zavala 60'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tecnológico Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Mauricio Morales (Mexico)

22 July 2011 United States tour	Ventura County Fusion	0–3	Independiente	Oxnard, United States
19:00 UTC−08:00		Report	Núñez 27' Parra 34' I. Pérez 79'	Stadium: Oxnard College Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)

24 July 2011 Revival Cup	Ajax	5–1	Independiente	Amsterdam, Netherlands
14:30 UTC+02:00	Eriksen 6' Özbiliz 47', 50', 54' Ebecilio 74'	Report	Benítez 70'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 19,149 Referee: Richard Liesveld (Netherlands)

26 July 2011 United States tour	Portland Timbers	2–0	Independiente	Portland, United States
19:00 UTC−08:00	Zizzo 36' Umony 39' Purdy 84' López 86' Dike 90+2'	Report	I. Pérez 31' J. Velázquez 41' Pellerano 59'	Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field Attendance: 18,627 Referee: Yader Reyes (United States)

Copa de Oro

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Independiente (C)	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4
San Lorenzo	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
Boca Juniors	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions

12 January 2012 Round 1	Independiente	0–0	San Lorenzo	Mar del Plata, Argentina
22:10 UTC−03:00	Galeano 14'	Report	Ortigoza 17' Diego Martínez 71' Méndez 86'	Stadium: Estadio José María Minella Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Patricio Loustau

21 January 2012 Round 3	Boca Juniors	0–1	Independiente	Mar del Plata, Argentina
22:10 UTC−03:00	F. Sosa 2' Schaivi 39' Insaurralde 41' Cvitanich 83'	Report	Ferreyra 25' M. Velázquez 52' Schaivi 90' (o.g.) Núñez 90+1'	Stadium: Estadio José María Minella Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Néstor Pitana

Copa Provincia de Buenos Aires

28 January 2012 Final	Independiente	0–1	Racing	Mar del Plata, Argentina
22:10 UTC−03:00	Fredes 18' Godoy 25' 90' P. Rodríguez 60' Milito 64' M. Velázquez 71'	Report	Castro 35' Hauche 61' 63' 67'	Stadium: Estadio José María Minella Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Sergio Pezzotta

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Torneo Apertura	—	—	8th	16 August 2011	12 December 2011
Suruga Bank Championship	Final	—	Runner Up	3 August 2011
Recopa Sudamericana	Final	—	Runner Up	10 August 2011	24 August 2011
Copa Sudamericana	Round of 16	—	Round of 16	28 September 2011	12 October 2011
Copa Argentina	Round of 64	—	Round of 32	23 November 2011	6 March 2012
Torneo Clausura	—	13th		11 February 2012

Updated to match played 31 March
Source: Competitions

Suruga Bank Championship

3 August 2011 Final	Júbilo Iwata	2–2 (4–2 p)	Independiente	Fukuroi, Japan
19:30 UTC+09:00	Battión 9' (o.g.) Funatani 11' Arata 58'	Report	Tuzzio 32' M. Velázquez 39' Parra 47'	Stadium: Shizuoka Stadium Attendance: 19,034 Referee: Lee Probert (England)
	Penalties
	Kobayashi Yamada Nasu Komano Fujita		Núñez Pellerano Báez Parra

Recopa Sudamericana

10 August 2011 First leg	Independiente	2–1	Internacional	Avellaneda, Argentina
21:50 UTC−03:00	M. Velázquez 41' Pellerano 68' M. Pérez 72' J. Velázquez 78'	Report	Bolívar 4' Leandro Damião 36' D'Alessandro 54'	Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

24 August 2011 Second leg	Internacional	3–1 (4–3 agg.)	Independiente	Porto Alegre, Brazil
21:50 UTC−03:00	Leandro Damião 19', 24' Kléber 82' (pen.)	Report	M. Velázquez 22' 48' Tuzzio 35' Ferreyra 77' Fredes 86'	Stadium: Estádio Beira-Rio Attendance: 56,000 Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

Copa Sudamericana

28 September 2011 Round of 16 First Leg	LDU Quito	2–0	Independiente	Quito, Ecuador
17:15 UTC−05:00	Urrutia 37' Ambrosi 42' Bolaños 52' Calderon 75' Guagua 85'	Report	J. Velázquez 74'	Stadium: Estadio Casablanca Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Martín Vázquez (Uruguay)

12 October 2011 Round of 16 Second Leg	Independiente	1–0 (1–2 agg.)	LDU Quito	Avellaneda, Argentina
21:15 UTC−03:00	Pellerano 31' Argachá 38' Núñez 45' P. Rodríguez 62' Godoy 63' 86'	Report	De La Cruz 49' Urrutia 53'	Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América Attendance: 26,000 Referee: José Buitrago (Colombia)

Copa Argentina

23 November 2011 Round of 64	Independiente	4–0	Colegiales	Salta, Argentina
22:00 UTC−03:00	J. Velázquez 33' Parra 44' Vallés 51' Ferreyra 65' (pen.) Churín 70' (pen.) Nieva 75'	Report	Buzzi 23' Leguizamón Arce 64' Farina 68'	Stadium: Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ramón Guaymas

6 March 2012 Round of 32	Independiente	0–2	Belgrano	Salta, Argentina
21:10 UTC−03:00	Godoy 11' Galeano 70' Matheu 87'	Report	Maldonado 5' Lollo 71' Pittinari 74'	Stadium: Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Mauro Vigliano

Argentine Primera División

Torneo Apertura

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	Lanús	19	7	8	4	20	14	+6	29
7	Tigre	19	7	6	6	22	19	+3	27
8	Independiente	19	7	6	6	18	17	+1	27
9	San Martín (SJ)	19	6	8	5	17	14	+3	26
10	Atlético de Rafaela	19	8	2	9	22	26	−4	26

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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
19	7	6	6	18	17	+1	27	5	2	3	11	7	+4	2	4	3	7	10	−3

Last updated: 12 December.
Source: Competitive Matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	P	L	W	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	D	D	W	D	D	W	W
Position	16	19	12	14	17	9	14	14	10	13	13	10	13	13	12	12	12	13	11	8

Updated to match(es) played on 12 December. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

6 August 2011 Round 1	Independiente	Postponed	San Martín (San Juan)	Avellaneda, Argentina
--:-- UTC−03:00				Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América
Note: The match was postponed for the Independiente's participation in the 2011 Suruga Bank Championship.

16 August 2011 Round 2	Lanús	1–0	Independiente	Lanús, Argentina
17:00 UTC−03:00	Izquierdoz 59' Pavone 90+3'	Report	Núñez 63' Tuzzio 82' Fredes 90+2'	Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de Lanús Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Néstor Pitana

21 August 2011 Round 3	Independiente	1–0	Estudiantes	Avellaneda, Argentina
21:00 UTC−03:00	Defederico 19' Argachá 41' 43' M. Pérez 46'	Report	Braña 3' Benítez 22' Cellay 58' G. Fernández 87'	Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Saúl Laverni

28 August 2011 Round 4	Argentinos Juniors	0–0	Independiente	Buenos Aires, Argentina
20:15 UTC−03:00	Berardo 49' E. Hernández 59' P. Hernández 75' Laba 80'	Report	Pellerano 75'	Stadium: Estadio Diego Armando Maradona Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Pablo Lunati

4 September 2011 Round 5	Independiente	0–1	Boca Juniors	Avellaneda, Argentina
18:10 UTC−03:00	Pellerano 69'	Report	Rivero 16' Schiavi 49' Viatri 62' Somoza 79'	Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Héctor Baldassi

7 September 2011 Round 1	Independiente	2–1	San Martín (San Juan)	Avellaneda, Argentina
21:10 UTC−03:00	Pellerano 21' Milito 22' Cantero 41' (o.g.)	Report	Grabinski 33' Bustos 39' García 53' Cantero 84' Pocrnjic 90+2'	Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América Attendance: 29,000 Referee: Pablo Díaz

11 September 2011 Round 6	Belgrano	2–0	Independiente	Córdoba, Argentina
16:00 UTC−03:00	R. Rodríguez 26' Pereyra 37', 46' 49' Turus 49' Barrios 90+1' Etevenaux 90+1'	Report	Pellerano 51' Vélez 90'	Stadium: Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Gabriel Favale

16 September 2011 Round 7	Independiente	0–1	Colón	Avellaneda, Argentina
17:00 UTC−03:00		Report	Higuaín 16' Costa 26'	Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Saúl Laverni

21 September 2011 Round 8	Atlético de Rafaela	1–3	Independiente	Rafaela, Argentina
17:05 UTC−03:00	Castro 66'	Report	Matheu 12' Núñez 22' Nieva 24' Delmonte 71' Parra 88' Ferreyra 90+3'	Stadium: Estadio Rafaela Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Juan Pablo Pompei

25 September 2011 Round 9	Independiente	0–1	Vélez Sársfield	Avellaneda, Argentina
11:00 UTC−03:00		Report	J. Ramírez 34'	Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Néstor Pitana

2 October 2011 Round 10	Racing	1–1	Independiente	Avellaneda, Argentina
16:10 UTC−03:00	Hauche 1' Martínez 26'	Report	Parra 27' Nieva 32' M. Velázquez 83'	Stadium: Estadio Juan Domingo Perón Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Sergio Pezzotta

15 October 2011 Round 11	Independiente	2–1	Godoy Cruz	Avellaneda, Argentina
14:00 UTC−03:00	Núñez 48' 90+2' M. Pérez 89'	Report	Sigali 5' Ramírez 63' G. Cabrera 67' Damonte 90+3'	Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Silvio Trucco

24 October 2011 Round 12	Banfield	3–0	Independiente	Banfield, Argentina
22:05 UTC−03:00	Tagliafico 33' F. Ferreyra 54', 58' Acevedo 90'	Report	J. Velázquez 30' Defederico 70' Tuzzio 84'	Stadium: Estadio Florencio Solá Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Mauro Vigliano

29 October 2011 Round 13	Independiente	0–0	Arsenal	Avellaneda, Argentina
22:15 UTC−03:00	Pellerano 69' Tuzzio 89'	Report	López 34' Aguirre 48'	Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Sergio Pezzota

4 November 2011 Round 14	All Boys	2–2	Independiente	Buenos Aires, Argentina
17:05 UTC−03:00	Sánchez 4' Soto 5' Matos 18', 60' Cambiasso 21' Quiroga 25' Stefanatto 68'	Report	Delmonte 4' Defederico 9' 37' Vallés 46' I. Pérez 53'	Stadium: Estadio Islas Malvinas Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Silvio Trucco

19 November 2011 Round 15	Independiente	3–0	Olimpo	Avellaneda, Argentina
19:10 UTC−03:00	Tuzzio 34' 72' J. Velázquez 45+1' I. Pérez 49' Parra 72' Defederico 79'	Report	Musto 30' 69' Villanueva 67' Faccioli 71' Vizcarrondo 88'	Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Mauro Vigliano

28 November 2011 Round 16	Unión	0–0	Independiente	Santa Fé, Argentina
21:10 UTC−03:00	Rosales 58' Avendaño 70' A. Fernández 86'	Report	Pellerano 57' Tuzzio 58'	Stadium: Estadio 15 de Abril Attendance: 22,300 Referee: Luis Álvarez

4 December 2011 Round 17	Independiente	1–1	Newell's Old Boys	Avellaneda, Argentina
17:00 UTC−03:00	J. Velázquez 34' Benítez 51' P. Rodríguez 75'	Report	P. Pérez 17' 34'	Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Diego Abal

8 December 2011 Round 18	San Lorenzo	0–1	Independiente	Buenos Aires, Argentina
22:10 UTC−03:00	Martínez 76'	Report	Tuzzio 42' Fredes 55' Benítez 67'	Stadium: Estadio Pedro Bidegain Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Pablo Lunati

12 December 2011 Round 19	Independiente	2–1	Tigre	Avellaneda, Argentina
21:15 UTC−03:00	Galeano 39' Parra 56' (pen.) Fredes 66' 85' P. Rodríguez 88'	Report	Morales 13' (pen.) Castaño 50'	Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Sergio Pezzotta

Torneo Clausura

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
14	Belgrano	19	6	6	7	17	20	−3	24
15	San Martín (SJ)	19	6	4	9	21	29	−8	22
16	Independiente	19	5	5	9	22	28	−6	20
17	Racing	19	5	4	10	19	27	−8	19
18	Godoy Cruz	19	2	8	9	11	25	−14	14

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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
8	3	0	5	10	12	−2	9	3	0	2	9	5	+4	0	0	3	1	7	−6

Last updated: 25 March.
Source: Competitive Matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A
Result	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	D	W
Position	17	19	20	20	20	16	19	13	13	11

Updated to match(es) played on 25 March. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

11 February 2012 Round 1	San Martín (San Juan)	1–0	Independiente	San Juan, Argentina
21:15 UTC−03:00	Más 41' Caprari 61'	Report	Velázquez 39' Defederico 65' 90+1' Núñez 67' Milito 68'	Stadium: Estadio Ingeniero Hilario Sánchez Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Saúl Laverni

19 February 2012 Round 2	Independiente	0–1	Lanús	Avellaneda, Argentina
17:00 UTC−03:00	Ferreyra 46'	[1]	Pizarro 64' Valeri 72' Pavone 88'	Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Diego Abal

25 February 2012 Round 3	Estudiantes	2–0	Independiente	La Plata, Argentina
19:10 UTC−03:00	G. Fernández 21' Desabato 24' Braña 49' Modón 61' Carrillo 79'	Report	Velázquez 8' Kruspzky 37' Fredes 45' Parra 82'	Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de La Plata Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Juan Pablo Pompei

3 March 2012 Round 4	Independiente	1–3	Argentinos Juniors	Avellaneda, Argentina
19:10 UTC−03:00	Kruspzky 6' Milito 51' Fredes 52' Battión 63'	Report	Batista 9' Bordagaray 45+13' 60' Barzola 61'	Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Federico Beligoy

11 March 2012 Round 5	Boca Juniors	4–5	Independiente	Buenos Aires, Argentina
19:10 UTC−03:00	Roncaglia 12', 51' Riquelme 45+1' Ledesma 74'	Report	Vidal 1' Ferreyra 7' 40' Farías 32', 90+1', 90+5' Tuzzio 51' Milito 55'	Stadium: Estadio Alberto J. Armando Attendance: 59,000 Referee: Saúl Laverni

17 March 2012 Round 6	Independiente	2–0	Belgrano	Avellaneda, Argentina
20:30 UTC−03:00	Farías 75' P. Rodríguez 83' Monserrat 85' 86'	Report	Lollo 21' R. Rodríguez 80' C. Pérez 82'	Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Germán Delfino

25 March 2012 Round 7	Colón	3–0	Independiente	Santa Fé, Argentina
18:15 UTC−03:00	Chevantón 42' Moreno y Fabianesi 54' Mugni 60' 61' Garcé 69' Batista 73' González 80'	Report	Tuzzio 18' Farías 33' Velázquez 66' Pellerano 78'	Stadium: Estadio Brigadier Estanislao López Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Diego Ceballos

31 March 2012 Round 8	Independiente	2–0	Atlético de Rafaela	Avellaneda, Argentina
20:30 UTC−03:00	Velázquez 44' Parra 56' Milito 63' Tuzzio 73' Monserrat 79'	Report	Zbrun 61' Carignano 78'	Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Pablo Díaz

6 April 2012 Round 9	Vélez Sársfield	1–1	Independiente	Buenos Aires, Argentina
21:15 UTC−03:00	Pratto 23' Cubero 67' Domínguez 77'		Parra 4' Villafáñez 14' Argachá 26' Tuzzio 59' Velázquez 74' Parra 87'	Stadium: Estadio José Amalfitani Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Alejandro Toia

14 April 2012 Round 10	Independiente	4–1	Racing Club	Avellaneda, Argentina
18:00 UTC−03:00	Godoy 11' Galeano 29' Parra 35', 57' Velázquez 69' Vidal 92' Rodríguez 95' Rodríguez 95'		Gutiérrez 29' Aveldaño 34' Martínez 55' Zuculini 57' Castro 64' Gutiérrez 67' Hauche 82' Cáceres 88'	Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Sergio Pezzotta

22 April 2012 Round 11	Godoy Cruz	0–0	Independiente	Mendoza, Argentina
20:10 UTC−03:00	Ramírez 24' Cabrera 73' Cooper 88'		Argachá 14' Milito 34' Ferreyra 53' Argachá 83'	Stadium: Estadio Malvinas Argentinas Referee: Silvio Trucco

28 April 2012 Round 12	Independiente	2–0	Banfield	Avellaneda, Argentina
--:-- UTC−03:00				Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

5 May 2012 Round 13	Arsenal	3–1	Independiente	Sarandí, Argentina
--:-- UTC−03:00				Stadium: Estadio Julio Humberto Grondona

12 May 2012 Round 14	Independiente	0–3	All Boys	Avellaneda, Argentina
--:-- UTC−03:00				Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

20 May 2012 Round 15	Olimpo	2–1	Independiente	Bahía Blanca, Argentina
--:-- UTC−03:00				Stadium: Estadio Roberto Natalio Carminatti

27 May 2012 Round 16	Independiente	0–0	Unión	Avellaneda, Argentina
--:-- UTC−03:00				Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

9 June 2012 Round 17	Newell's Old Boys	2–1	Independiente	Rosario, Argentina
--:-- UTC−03:00				Stadium: Estadio Marcelo Bielsa

17 June 2012 Round 18	Independiente	0–0	San Lorenzo	Avellaneda, Argentina
--:-- UTC−03:00				Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

24 June 2012 Round 19	Tigre	2-2	Independiente	Victoria, Argentina
--:-- UTC−03:00				Stadium: Estadio Monumental de Victoria

International cups qualification

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
3	Lanús	38	17	13	8	49	30	+19	64	2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
4	Godoy Cruz	38	16	10	12	61	52	+9	58	2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
5	Independiente	38	14	14	10	48	37	+11	56	2012 Copa Sudamericana Second Stage
6	Racing	38	14	12	12	41	34	+7	54
7	Tigre	38	13	13	12	47	45	+2	52

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th head-to-head goals scored.

Relegation

Pos	Team	2009–10 Pts	2010–11 Pts	2011–12 Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg
5	Argentinos Juniors	73	54	33	160	103	1.553
6	Lanús	60	63	36	159	103	1.544
7	Independiente	68	43	36	147	103	1.427
8	Godoy Cruz	53	63	31	147	103	1.427
9	Colón	55	47	41	143	103	1.388

Updated as of games played on March 31, 2012.
Source:^[18]

Notes

References

^ "Plantel" (in Spanish). Independiente official web site. July 22, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
^ "Marco Pérez ya es jugador de Independiente de Avellaneda" (in Spanish). Terra. July 5, 2011. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
^ "Argachá y conocelo" (in Spanish). Olé. July 13, 2011. Archived from the original on September 5, 2014. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Gino Clara y "El Malevo" Ferreyra son los nuevos refuerzos del "rojo"" (in Spanish). Infobae. July 13, 2011. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
^ "El regreso de un ídolo" (in Spanish). Independiente official website. August 5, 2011. Archived from the original on October 1, 2011. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
^ "Lucas Mareque jugará en el fútbol francés" (in Spanish). Los Andes. July 12, 2011. Archived from the original on July 13, 2011. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
^ "Silvera: No vine a retirarme en Belgrano" (in Spanish). La Voz. July 13, 2011. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
^ "Como en casa" (in Spanish). Olé. July 2, 2011. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
^ "DE TAQUITO" (in Spanish). El Litoral. July 20, 2011. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
^ "Santiago Wanderers presentó al volante argentino Nicolás Martínez" (in Spanish). Cooperativa. July 15, 2011. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
^ "Rumores de fichajes" (in Spanish). Supergol. June 25, 2011. Retrieved July 22, 2011.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Ernesto Farías pasó a Independiente" (in Spanish). ESPN. January 17, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
^ "Nicolás Cabrera: "Hablé con Pedro y no dudé"" (in Spanish). El Sol. January 10, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2012.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Iván Vélez ya se mueve en aguas del 'Tiburón'" (in Spanish). Futbolred. January 17, 2012. Retrieved January 31, 2012.
^ "Marco Pérez fue presentado como nuevo jugador de Belgrano" (in Spanish). Futbolred. January 24, 2012. Retrieved January 31, 2012.
^ "Cáceres se fue a préstamo a Chicago" (in Spanish). Olé. January 29, 2012. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
^ "Maximiliano Velázquez rescindió su contrato y volvió a Lanús" (in Spanish). Clarín. February 9, 2012. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
^ "Estadisticas – Promedios del Torneo IVECO del Bicentenario Apertura 2010" [Statistics – Average of the 2010 Torneo IVECO del Bicentenario Apertura] (in Spanish). Argentine Football Association. Archived from the original on 10 January 2011. Retrieved February 18, 2011.

External links

Club Atlético Independiente official web site (in Spanish)

[1] "Plantel" (in Spanish). Independiente official web site. July 22, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved July 22, 2011.

[2] "Marco Pérez ya es jugador de Independiente de Avellaneda" (in Spanish). Terra. July 5, 2011. Retrieved July 22, 2011.

[3] "Argachá y conocelo" (in Spanish). Olé. July 13, 2011. Archived from the original on September 5, 2014. Retrieved July 22, 2011.

[Transfer-4] "Gino Clara y "El Malevo" Ferreyra son los nuevos refuerzos del "rojo"" (in Spanish). Infobae. July 13, 2011. Retrieved July 22, 2011.

[5] "El regreso de un ídolo" (in Spanish). Independiente official website. August 5, 2011. Archived from the original on October 1, 2011. Retrieved August 7, 2011.

[6] "Lucas Mareque jugará en el fútbol francés" (in Spanish). Los Andes. July 12, 2011. Archived from the original on July 13, 2011. Retrieved July 22, 2011.

[7] "Silvera: No vine a retirarme en Belgrano" (in Spanish). La Voz. July 13, 2011. Retrieved July 22, 2011.

[8] "Como en casa" (in Spanish). Olé. July 2, 2011. Retrieved July 22, 2011.

[9] "DE TAQUITO" (in Spanish). El Litoral. July 20, 2011. Retrieved July 20, 2011.

[10] "Santiago Wanderers presentó al volante argentino Nicolás Martínez" (in Spanish). Cooperativa. July 15, 2011. Retrieved July 22, 2011.

[11] "Rumores de fichajes" (in Spanish). Supergol. June 25, 2011. Retrieved July 22, 2011.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[12] "Ernesto Farías pasó a Independiente" (in Spanish). ESPN. January 17, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2012.

[13] "Nicolás Cabrera: "Hablé con Pedro y no dudé"" (in Spanish). El Sol. January 10, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2012.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[14] "Iván Vélez ya se mueve en aguas del 'Tiburón'" (in Spanish). Futbolred. January 17, 2012. Retrieved January 31, 2012.

[15] "Marco Pérez fue presentado como nuevo jugador de Belgrano" (in Spanish). Futbolred. January 24, 2012. Retrieved January 31, 2012.

[16] "Cáceres se fue a préstamo a Chicago" (in Spanish). Olé. January 29, 2012. Retrieved February 12, 2012.

[17] "Maximiliano Velázquez rescindió su contrato y volvió a Lanús" (in Spanish). Clarín. February 9, 2012. Retrieved February 12, 2012.

[18] "Estadisticas – Promedios del Torneo IVECO del Bicentenario Apertura 2010" [Statistics – Average of the 2010 Torneo IVECO del Bicentenario Apertura] (in Spanish). Argentine Football Association. Archived from the original on 10 January 2011. Retrieved February 18, 2011.

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