With the start of the League Cup scheduled for the weekend of January 27 and 28, many of the 28 teams in the first division of Argentine soccer have already begun their preseason activities. Meanwhile, the coaching staff and leaders work to configure the teams that will face the competition. At the moment, the market is moving slowly and confirmed additions are much fewer than departures.
Argentinos Juniors
Additions: Diego Barros (Los Andes).
Low: Gabriel Ávalos, Leonel Mosevich, Alexis Martín Arias, Javier Cabrera, Fabricio Domínguez, Rodrigo Cabral, Matías Vera, Mariano Bittolo, Leonel González.
Coach: Pablo Guede (continues).
Atlético Tucumán
Additions: Did not perform.
Low: Ignacio Maestro Puch, Cristian Menéndez, Bautista Kociubinski.
Coaches: Sergio Gómez and Favio Orsi (continue).
Banfield
Additions: Did not perform.
Low: Éric Remedi, Luis Del Pino Mago, Pedro Souto.
Coach: Julio César Falcioni (continues).
Central Tents
Additions: Did not perform.
Low: Ivan Wall, Lucas Colitto, Bruno Sepulveda.
Coach: Alejandro Orfila (replaced Sergio Rondina).
Belgrano
Additions: Did not perform.
Low: Lucas Diarte, Francisco Oliver.
Coach: Guillermo Farré (continues).
Boca Juniors
Additions: Did not perform.
Low: Facundo Roncaglia, Diego Gonzalez, Rodrigo Montes.
Coach: Diego Martínez (replaced Mariano Herrón).
Córdoba Central
Additions: Did not perform.
Low: Lucas Gamba, Marcelo Benítez, Gonzalo Goñi, Brian Blasi.
Coach: Abel Balbo (replaced Omar De Felippe).
Defense and Justice
Additions: Did not perform.
Low: Lucas Pratto, Andrés Ríos.
Coach: Julio Vaccari (continues).
Deportivo Riestra
Additions: Enzo Avaro (Sportivo Belgrano).
Coach: Matías Módolo (continues).
Students of La Plata
Additions: Éric Meza (Colón).
Low: Mariano Andújar, Mauro Boselli, Jorge Rodríguez, Santiago Núñez, Leonardo Godoy, Esteban Obregón.
Coach: Eduardo Domínguez (continues).
Gymnastics and Fencing La Plata
Additions: Julián Kadijevic (Communications).
Low: Christian Tarragona, Germain Guiffey, Antonio Napolitano, Bruno Palazzo, Stanislao Jara.
Coach: Leonardo Madelón (continues).
Godoy Cruz
Additions: Tomás Pozzo (Independiente), Mariano Santiago (Almirante Brown), Martín Pino (Institute), Franco Petroli (River).
Low: Cristian Núñez, Matías Soria.
Coach: Daniel Oldrá (continues).
Hurricane
Additions: Did not perform.
Low: Lucas Chaves, Fernando Torrent, Valentín Burgoa.
Coach: Facundo Sava (replaced Diego Martínez).
Independent
Additions: Gabriel Avalos (Argentina Juniors), Ignacio Maestro Puch (Atletico Tucuman), Adrian Spörle (Arsenal), Alex Luna (Atletico de Rafaela).
Low: Martín Cauteruccio, Javier Báez, Renzo Bacchia, Tomás Pozzo, Agustín Mulet, Martín Sarrafiore.
Coach: Carlos Tevez (continues).
Independent Rivadavia
Additions: Mariano Monllor (San Martín de San Juan), Emiliano Saliadarre (Racing), Antonio Napolitano (Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata), Francisco Maidana (Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy), Aaron Spetale (Nueva Chicago), Rufino Lucero (Aldosivi), Tomás Palacios (Talleres), Fernando Arce (Sportivo Carepeguá).
Low: Alvaro Dionisio, Franco Romero, Alejo Distaulo, Jonas Aguirre, Brian Sanchez, Facundo Masuero.
Coach: Rodolfo De Paoli (replaced Alfredo Berti).
Institute
Additions: Rodrigo Pérez Casada (Sporting Defender).
Low: Adrián Martínez, Luciano Aued, Ezequiel Parnisari, Nicolás Linares, Leonel Mosevich, Leonardo Monje, Nicolás Watson, Martín Pino.
Coach: Diego Dabove (continues).
Lanus
Additions: Abel Luciatti (Tiger).
Low: Jose Sand, Diego Braghieri, Julian Fernandez, Franco Troyansky.
Coach: Ricardo Zielinski (continues).
Newell’s Old Boys
Additions: Did not perform.
Low: Pablo Pérez, Iván Gómez, Cristian Ferreira, Jorge Recalde, Guillermo Ortiz, Facundo Mansilla, Bruno Pittón.
Coach: Mauricio Larriera (replaced Gabriel Heinze).
Platense
Additions: Did not perform.
Low: Ramiro Macagno, Jerónimo Cacciabue, Juan Infante, Franco Díaz, Maximiliano Zalazar, Gonzalo Asís, Alejandro Sánchez, Facundo Russo, Nicolás Servetto.
Coach: Sebastián Grazzini (replaced Martín Palermo).
Racing Club
Additions: Adrián Martínez (Institute), Maximiliano Salas (Palestino).
Low: Aníbal Moreno, Gabriel Hauche, Emiliano Insua, Gonzalo Piovi, Catriel Cabellos.
Coach: Gustavo Costas (replaced Sebastián Grazzini).
River Plate
Additions: Nicolás Fonseca (Montevideo Wanderers)
Low: Nicholas De la Cruz, Solomon Knee, Jonathan Maidana, Emmanuel Mammana, Enzo Perez, Bruno Zuculini.
Coach: Martín Demichelis (continues).
Central Rosary
Additions: Did not perform.
Low: Walter Montoya, Ismael Cortez, Octavio Bianchi, Fernando Rodriguez.
Coach: Miguel Ángel Russo (continues).
Saint Lawrence
Additions: Tarragona (about to be signed).
Low: August Battle, Jalil Elias, Federico Girotti, Gonzalo Maroni, Nicholas Blandi, Carlos Auzqui.
Coach: Ruben Insua (continues).
Sarmiento
Additions: Did not perform.
Low: José Devecchi, Franco Sbuttoni, Gonzalo Bettini, Guido Mainero, Fernando Martínez, Juan Cruz Kaprof.
Coach: Sergio Rondina (replaced Facundo Sava).
Workshops
Additions: Did not perform.
Low: Fernando Bersano, Tomás Palacios.
Coach: Walter Ribonetto (replaced Javier Gandolfi).
Tigre
Additions: Did not perform.
Low: Sebastian Prediger, Lucas Menossi, Abel Luciatti, Aaron Mills, Augustin Obando, Sebastian Prieto, Thomas Badaloni.
Coach: Néstor Gorosito (replaced Lucas Pusineri).
Union
Additions: Bruno Pittón (Newell’s), Lucas Gamba (Central Córdoba).
Low: Sebastián Moyano, Franco Calderón.
Coach: Cristian González (continues).
Velez Sarsfield
Additions: Did not perform.
Low: Lautaro Giannetti, Leonardo Burián, Gastón Gómez, Lautaro Cano.
Coach: Gustavo Quinteros (replaced Sebastián Méndez).