The 2019–20 season is Atlético Tucumán's fifth consecutive season in the top division of Argentine football. In addition to the Primera División, the club are competing in the Copa Argentina, Copa de la Superliga and Copa Sudamericana.

The season generally covers the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

Review Pre-season Cristian Erbes was announced as Atlético Tucumán's first off-season signing on 17 June 2019, as he agreed terms on a move from Nacional of the Paraguayan Primera División. He was followed on the same day by Fabián Monzón, who had been a free agent since leaving Universidad de Chile in mid-2018. José Luis Fernández (Defensa y Justicia) and Dylan Gissi (Patronato) also completed moves in on that day. Mathías Abero departed to Patronato on 19 June, with Juan Cruz Kaprof following him out as he joined Arsenal de Sarandí on 21 June. Their fifth reinforcement became Federico Bravo on 25 June, joining from Patronato. Rodrigo Aliendro was confirmed as their third outgoing player on 27 June, as the central midfielder moved to fellow Primera División outfit Colón.

Later on 27 June, a swap deal with Racing Club was made official as David Barbona switched places with Augusto Lotti and Yonathan Cabral; with Racing also paying $750k. Lotti penned a five-year contract, while Cabral made his loan permanent to sign a four-year deal. Ricardo Zielinski secured his eighth new player on 28 June by completing negotiations with Colón's Gustavo Toledo, which was later revealed to have been part of swap for Rodrigo Aliendro. Numerous loans from the previously campaign expired on 30 June. Franco Sbuttoni made a move to Arsenal de Sarandí on 1 July, while Juan Mercier went to San Martín in the following twenty-four hours. Leonardo Heredia signed on 3 July, coming from Plaza Colonia of the Uruguayan Primera División.

Marcelo Ortiz arrived from Boca Unidos on 6 July, as Claudio Pombo went to Sarmiento. They met Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) went undefeated in two matches on 11 July. On 12 July, Deportes Antofagasta captured Nery Leyes. They suffered losses on 16 July against Vélez Sarsfield. Mauro Osores was loaned by Primera B Nacional's Guillermo Brown on 19 July. Tucumán played Boca Juniors in consecutive friendlies on 18 July, losing by an aggregate of six goals. They again went winless in games with Banfield on 20 July. Ariel Rojas, from San Lorenzo, came on 22 July. Guillermo Acosta, after terminating his contract with Lanús, headed to Tucumán on 25 July; seven months after doing the opposite. Lucas Melano joined on 26 July, having left Portland Timbers on 16 July.

July Atlético Tucumán hosted Rosario Central on day one of the 2019–20 Primera División, eventually falling to a 1–2 defeat after Leonardo Gil scored the visitor's winner. Gonzalo Castellani signed for Tucumán from San Lorenzo on 30 July. Gervasio Núñez headed off to newly-promoted Central Córdoba on 31 July.

August Atlético Tucumán experienced consecutive defeats in the Primera División on 3 August, as Central Córdoba beat them at the Estadio Alfredo Terrera. Tucumán met Mitre in two friendlies on 8 August, as they both ended with one-goal wins; Gonzalo Castellani and Jonás Romero scored. After back-to-back games without a win to start the league campaign, Tucumán won their first three points on 19 August during a fixture with Godoy Cruz. A third loss in four matches arrived for Ricardo Zielinski's men on 26 August, as they lost 3–0 away to Aldosivi. José San Román departed to Cypriot football with Nea Salamina on 31 August.

September Marcelo Ortiz netted in the Primera División against Arsenal de Sarandí on 1 September, which gave Tucumán their second straight home victory on 1 September. Tucumán went through to the round of sixteen in the Copa Argentina on 4 September, defeating Boca Unidos on penalties in the round of thirty-two.

Squad Squad No. Nationality Name Position(s) Date of Birth (age) Signed from Goalkeepers 1 Cristian Lucchetti GK Banfield 20 Franco Pizzicanella GK Academy 24 Alejandro Sánchez GK Nueva Chicago Defenders 2 Bruno Bianchi CB Unión Santa Fe 3 Fabián Monzón LB Universidad de Chile 6 Marcelo Ortiz CB Boca Unidos (loan) 13 Dylan Gissi CB Patronato 14 Agustín Lagos DF Academy 15 Yonathan Cabral CB Racing Club 25 Camilo Albornoz DF Academy 26 Gustavo Toledo RB Colón 30 Gabriel Risso Patrón LB Academy Pier Barrios CB Belgrano Andrés Lamas CB Defensor Sporting Midfielders 5 Federico Bravo CM Patronato 7 Tomás Cuello LM Academy 8 Guillermo Acosta CM Lanús 10 Gonzalo Castellani AM San Lorenzo 11 José Luis Fernández LM Defensa y Justicia 16 Ariel Rojas LM San Lorenzo 17 Leonardo Heredia AM Plaza Colonia 21 Cristian Erbes CM Nacional 23 Ramiro Carrera RM Unión Española Forwards 9 Leandro Díaz CF Veracruz 12 Lucas Melano CF Portland Timbers 18 Ramiro Ruiz FW Academy 22 Javier Toledo CF Sol de América 27 Augusto Lotti CF Racing Club 28 Jonás Romero RW Academy 29 Kevin Isa Luna FW Academy Mauro Matos CF Chacarita Juniors Out on loan Loaned to Favio Álvarez AM LA Galaxy Mauro Osores CB Guillermo Brown

Transfers Domestic transfer windows:3 July 2019 to 24 September 201920 January 2020 to 19 February 2020.

Transfers in Date from Position Nationality Name From Ref. 3 July 2019 CM Cristian Erbes Nacional 3 July 2019 LB Fabián Monzón Unattached 3 July 2019 LM José Luis Fernández Defensa y Justicia 3 July 2019 CB Dylan Gissi Patronato 3 July 2019 CM Federico Bravo 3 July 2019 CF Augusto Lotti Racing Club 3 July 2019 CB Yonathan Cabral 3 July 2019 RB Gustavo Toledo Colón 3 July 2019 AM Leonardo Heredia Plaza Colonia 22 July 2019 LM Ariel Rojas San Lorenzo 25 July 2019 CM Guillermo Acosta Lanús 26 July 2019 CF Lucas Melano Portland Timbers 30 July 2019 AM Gonzalo Castellani San Lorenzo

Transfers out Date from Position Nationality Name To Ref. 3 July 2019 LB Mathías Abero Patronato 3 July 2019 RW Juan Cruz Kaprof Arsenal de Sarandí 3 July 2019 CM Rodrigo Aliendro Colón 3 July 2019 AM David Barbona Racing Club 3 July 2019 CB Franco Sbuttoni Arsenal de Sarandí 3 July 2019 CM Juan Mercier San Martín 6 July 2019 RM Claudio Pombo Sarmiento 23 July 2019 CM Nery Leyes Deportes Antofagasta 31 July 2019 LM Gervasio Núñez Central Córdoba 31 August 2019 RB José San Román Nea Salamina

Loans in Start date Position Nationality Name From End date Ref. 6 July 2019 CB Marcelo Ortiz Boca Unidos 30 June 2020

Loans out Start date Position Nationality Name To End date Ref. 19 July 2019 CB Mauro Osores Guillermo Brown 30 June 2020

Friendlies Pre-season Banfield revealed, on 19 June, a friendly match with Atlético Tucumán was to take place in pre-season. Further fixtures, against Vélez Sarsfield and Defensa y Justicia, were released by the club on 24 June. A match with San Salvador de Jujuy's Gimnasia y Esgrima was scheduled on 4 July. Exact details for the Vélez Sarsfield and Banfield games were communicated on 8 July, as an encounter with Boca Juniors was also added; with all matches taking place in Buenos Aires.

Mid-season Mitre announced friendlies with Atlético Tucumán on 6 August.

Competitions Primera División

League table

Relegation table Team Relegation 10San Lorenzo 50 23 13 86 57 11Vélez Sarsfield 38 40 7 85 57 12Atlético Tucumán 36 42 6 84 57 13Unión 43 36 4 83 57 14Lanús 29 34 10 73 57 Source: AFA

Results summary

Matches The fixtures for the 2019–20 campaign were released on 10 July.

Copa Argentina

Atlético Tucumán were drawn to face Boca Unidos (Torneo Federal A) in the Copa Argentina round of thirty-two, with the match set for the Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena in Salta. After progressing, they'd met league rivals Colón.

Copa de la Superliga

Copa Sudamericana

Squad statistics Appearances and goals No.Pos.NationalityNameLeagueCupLeague CupContinentalTotalDisciplineRefAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals1GKCristian Lucchetti4000000040102CBBruno Bianchi5100000051203LBFabián Monzón4000000040005CMFederico Bravo3010000040106CBMarcelo Ortiz4110000051107LMTomás Cuello3000000030008CMGuillermo Acosta4(1)00(1)000004(2)0009CFLeandro Díaz50000000502010AMGonzalo Castellani400(1)000004(1)00011LMJosé Luis Fernández2(1)01000003(1)01012CFLucas Melano0(5)01000001(5)01013CBDylan Gissi20100000300014DFAgustín Lagos00000000000015CBYonathan Cabral20100000300016LMAriel Rojas4(1)01000005(1)01017AMLeonardo Heredia000(1)000000(1)00018FWRamiro Ruiz00000000000020GKFranco Pizzicanella00000000000021CMCristian Erbes20000000200022CFJavier Toledo3(2)01100004(2)14123RMRamiro Carrera1(2)01000002(2)00024GKAlejandro Sánchez1(1)01000002(1)00025DFCamilo Albornoz00000000000026RBGustavo Toledo00000000000027CFAugusto Lotti2(1)01000003(1)00028RWJonás Romero00000000000029FWKevin Isa Luna00000000000030LBGabriel Risso Patrón0(1)00000000(1)000–AMFavio Álvarez000000000000–CBPier Barrios000000000000–CBAndrés Lamas000000000000–CFMauro Matos000000000000–CBMauro Osores000000000000Own goals—0—0—0—0—0———Players who left during the season–RBJosé San Román000000000000 Statistics accurate as of 5 September 2019.

Goalscorers NameLeagueCupLeague CupContinentalTotalRef1CB2Bruno Bianchi10001CB6Marcelo Ortiz10001CF22Javier Toledo10001Own goals20002Totals50005—

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