The 2023 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season is the 95th consecutive season in the top flight of Argentine football. In addition to the domestic league, Boca Juniors will participate in this season's editions of the Copa de la Liga Profesional, the Supercopa Argentina, the Copa Argentina, the Trofeo de Campeones de la Liga Profesional and the 2023 Copa Libertadores.
Season overview January Ezequiel Fernández and Nicolás Valentini return from their loans. Boca and Carlos Zambrano agreed to mutually terminate the forward's contract, Zambrano subsequently joined Alianza Lima. Nazareno Solís returns from Alvarado, and is loaned again, to Patronato. Defender Bruno Valdez arrives as a free agent. Boca started the season losing 1–2 against Racing in the Supercopa Internacional. Agustín Rossi is loaned until the end of the season to Al Nassr. Boca won 1–0 against Atlético Tucumán the first match of Primera Division. Aaron Molinas is loaned until the end of the season to Tigre.
February Miguel Merentiel is loaned until the end of the season from Palmeiras. On February 5, Boca drew 0–0 against Central Córdoba (SdE). On February 11 Boca lost 1–2 against Talleres (C). On February 19 Boca won 3–1 against Platense. On February 25 Boca won 2–1 against Vélez Sarsfield.
March On march 1 Boca defeated Patronato 3-0 and won their second Supercopa Argentina. On march 6, Boca drew 0–0 against Defensa y Justicia. On march 12 Boca lost 0–1 against Banfield. On march 19 Boca lost 2–3 against Instituto. On march 25, Boca defeated Olimpo 2-1 and advanced to the round of 32 of Copa Argentina. On March 28, Hugo Ibarra is sacked and Mariano Herrón is appointed as interim manager.
April On April 1 Boca defeated Barracas Central 3-0. On the first match of Copa Libertadores Boca drew 0–0 against Monagas in Venezuela. On April 9 Boca lost 1–2 against Colón. Jorge Almirón is appointed as new manager. On April 12 Boca lost 0–1 against San Lorenzo. On April 15 Boca lost 0–1 against Estudiantes. On April 18 Boca defeated Deportivo Pereira 2–1 in Copa Libertadores. On April 23 Boca drew 2–2 against Rosario Central. On April 29 Boca defeated Racing Club 3-1.
May On may 3 Boca defeated Colo-Colo 2–0 in Copa Libertadores. On may 7 Boca lost 1-0 the Superclásico against River Plate. On may 14 Boca defeated Belgrano 2-0. On may 24 Boca lost 0–1 against Deportivo Pereira in Copa Libertadores. On may 28 Boca defeated Tigre 1-0.
June On June 1 Boca lost 0–1 against Arsenal. On June 6 Boca defeated Colo-Colo 1–0 in Copa Libertadores and qualified to the final stages. On June 10 Boca drew 1–1 against Lanús. On June 22 Boca lost 0–4 against Godoy Cruz. On June 29 Boca defeated Venezuelan Monagas 4–0 in Copa Libertadores. Martín Payero ended his loan with Boca and returned to his club. Agustín Almendra ended his contract with the club.
July Agustín Rossi, Jorman Campuzano, Vicente Taborda and Jan Carlos Hurtado return from their loans. Rossi is transferred to Flamengo. On July 2 Boca defeated Sarmiento (J) 2-0. On July 6 Boca drew 0–0 against Unión. On July 10 Boca defeated Huracán 1-0. On July 16 Boca defeated Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 3-1. On July 20, Boca defeated Barracas Central 2-1 and advanced to the round of 16 of Copa Argentina. On July 24 Boca defeated Newell's Old Boys 2-1. Defender Lucas Blondel arrives from Tigre and forward Lucas Janson arrives from Vélez Sarsfield. Luis Vázquez is transferred to Anderlecht. Mateo Retegui, who was on loan at Tigre, is transferred to Genoa. Boca and Óscar Romero agreed to mutually terminate the midfielder's contract, Romero subsequently joined Pendikspor. Jan Carlos Hurtado is loaned to LDU Quito. Edinson Cavani joins the club, on a free transfer from Valencia. On July 29 Boca defeated Independiente 2-0, ending the Primera Division tournament in the seventh position.
August Marcelo Saracchi arrives from Levante. On the first leg of round of 16 of Copa Libertadores, Boca drew 0–0 against Uruguayan Nacional. After a 4–2 win on penalties, Boca defeated Nacional and advanced to the quarterfinals of Copa Libertadores.
Current squad
Last updated on August 9, 2023.
Squad no. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (Age) Apps Goals Last team Note Goalkeepers 1 Sergio Romero GK 32 -25 Venezia 12 Leandro Brey GK 1 0 Los Andes 13 Javier García GK 68 -81 Racing Defenders 2 Facundo Roncaglia DF 1247 Aris Limassol 3 Agustín Sández DF 452 Youth team 4 Nicolás Figal DF 593 Inter Miami 6 Marcos Rojo (C) DF 616 Manchester United 15 Nicolás Valentini DF 231 Aldosivi 17 Luis Advíncula DF 884 Rayo Vallecano 18 Frank Fabra (VC 3º) DF 21415 Independiente Medellín 19 Valentín Barco DF 201 Youth team 24 Lucas Blondel DF 00 Tigre 25 Bruno Valdez DF 240 América 26 Marcelo Saracchi DF 00 Levante 35 Nahuel Génez DF 30 Youth team 39 Gabriel Aranda DF 150 Youth team 50 Aaron Anselmino DF 20 Youth team 57 Marcelo Weigandt DF 633 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) Midfielders 5 Alan Varela (VC 4º) MF 1112 Youth team 8 Guillermo Fernández (VC 2º) MF 13010 Cruz Azul 14 Esteban Rolón MF 350 Huracán 20 Juan Ramírez MF 872 San Lorenzo 21 Ezequiel Fernández MF 290 Tigre 23 Diego González MF 423 Racing Club 27 Jorman Campuzano MF 992 Giresunspor 31 Brandon Cortés MF 50 Universidad de Chile 36 Cristian Medina MF 1125 Youth team Forwards 7 Exequiel Zeballos FW 556 Youth team 9 Darío Benedetto FW 14168 Olympique de Marseille 10 Edinson Cavani FW 10 Valencia 11 Lucas Janson FW 10 Vélez Sarsfield 16 Miguel Merentiel FW 349 Palmeiras 22 Sebastián Villa FW 17229 Deportes Tolima 28 Gonzalo Morales FW 92 Youth team 29 Norberto Briasco FW 454 Huracán 33 Nicolás Orsini FW 363 Lanús 41 Luca Langoni FW 3810 Youth team
Transfers Summer In Players transferredPos.NameClubFeeDF Bruno Valdez AméricaFree
Players loanedPos.NameClubEnd dateFW Miguel Merentiel PalmeirasDecember 2023
Loan ReturnPos.NameReturn fromDF Nicolás Valentini AldosiviMF Ezequiel Fernández TigreFW Nazareno Solís Alvarado
Out Players transferredPos.NameClubFeeDF Carlos Zambrano Alianza LimaFree
Players loanedPos.NameClubEnd dateGK Agustín Rossi Al NassrJune 2023MF Aaron Molinas TigreDecember 2023FW Nazareno Solís PatronatoDecember 2023
Loan returnPos.NameReturn to
Winter In Players transferredPos.NameClubFeeDF Lucas Blondel Tigre$1.850.000DF Marcelo Saracchi LevanteUndisclosedFW Edinson Cavani ValenciaFreeFW Lucas Janson Vélez SarsfieldUndisclosed
Players loanedPos.NameClubEnd date
Loan ReturnPos.NameReturn fromGK Agustín Rossi Al NassrMF Jorman Campuzano GiresunsporFW Jan Carlos Hurtado Red Bull BragantinoFW Vicente Taborda Platense
Out Players transferredPos.NameClubFeeGK Agustín Rossi FlamengoUndisclosedMF Agustín Almendra Racing ClubFreeMF Óscar Romero PendiksporFreeFW Mateo Retegui GenoaUndisclosedFW Luis Vázquez AnderlechtUndisclosed
Players loanedPos.NameClubEnd dateFW Jan Carlos Hurtado LDU QuitoJune 2024
Loan returnPos.NameReturn toMF Martín Payero Middlesbrough
Competitions
Overall
Primera División
League table
Relegation table
Team Relegation 1River Plate 75 76 61 212 106 2Boca Juniors 63 79 44 186 106 3Racing 53 80 36 169 106
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Copa de la Liga Profesional
Group stage Zone 2
International Qualification
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Copa Argentina
Round of 64
Round of 32
Round of 16
Supercopa Argentina
Trofeo de Campeones
Supercopa Internacional
Copa Libertadores
Group stage
Final Stages
Team statistics Total Home Away Neutral Games played 3818164 Games won 201163 Games drawn 734 Games lost 11371 Biggest win 4-0 vs Monagas4-0 vs Monagas3-0 vs Barracas Central3-0 vs Patronato Biggest loss 0-4 vs Godoy Cruz2-3 vs Instituto0-4 vs Godoy Cruz1-2 vs Racing Biggest win (Primera División) 3-0 vs Barracas Central3-1 vs Platense3-0 vs Barracas CentralNone Biggest win (National Cups) 3-0 vs Patronato 3-0 vs Patronato Biggest win (Copa Libertadores) 4-0 vs Monagas4-0 vs Monagas2-0 vs Colo-Colo Biggest loss (Primera División) 0-4 vs Godoy Cruz2-3 vs Instituto0-4 vs Godoy CruzNone Biggest loss (National Cups) 1-2 vs Racing 1-2 vs Racing Biggest loss (Copa Libertadores) 0-1 vs Deportivo Pereira 0-1 vs Deportivo Pereira Clean sheets 17971 Goals scored 5026168 Goals conceded 3011154 Goal difference +20+15+1+4 Yellow cards 9240484 Red cards 11110 Top scorer Merentiel (8) Merentiel (5) Langoni (3)Benedetto (4) Penalties for 1 1Penalties against 6141
Season Appearances and goals
! colspan="16" style="background:#00009B; color:gold; text-align:center"| Goalkeepers
! colspan="16" style="background:#00009B; color:gold; text-align:center"| Defenders
! colspan="16" style="background:#00009B; color:gold; text-align:center"| Midfielders
! colspan="16" style="background:#00009B; color:gold; text-align:center"| Forwards
! colspan="16" style="background:#00009B; color:gold; text-align:center"| Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season, but have left the club
Top scorers
PlayerPrimera DivisiónCopa LibertadoresTotal1FW16 Miguel Merentiel7182FW9 Darío Benedetto3473MF36 Cristian Medina3144MF11 Martín Payero445FW38 Luis Vázquez1236FW41 Luca Langoni337DF4 Nicolás Figal338MF10 Óscar Romero229MF8 Guillermo Fernández2210DF57 Marcelo Weigandt2211DF17 Luis Advíncula2112FW29 Norberto Briasco1113DF2 Facundo Roncaglia1114DF3 Agustín Sández1115MF5 Alan Varela1116FW22 Sebastián Villa1117DF19 Valentín Barco1118FW7 Exequiel Zeballos1119DF15 Nicolás Valentini11 Own Goals22Totals338950
Top assists
PlayerPrimera DivisiónCopa LibertadoresTotal1MF10 Óscar Romero31152FW22 Sebastián Villa2133DF17 Luis Advíncula334FW16 Miguel Merentiel2135DF18 Frank Fabra11136FW9 Darío Benedetto1127FW38 Luis Vázquez1128DF57 Marcelo Weigandt229MF8 Guillermo Fernández2210MF36 Cristian Medina11211DF19 Valentín Barco11212FW41 Luca Langoni11123DF 3 Agustín Sández1114DF4 Nicolás Figal1115FW29 Norberto Briasco1116MF11 Martín Payero1117MF14 Esteban Rolón1118MF20 Juan Ramírez1119MF5 Alan Varela1120FW7 Exequiel Zeballos11Totals247839
Penalties Date Penalty Taker Scored Opponent Competition25 March 2022Darío BenedettoOlimpoCopa Argentina
Clean sheets
PlayerPrimera DivisiónCopa LibertadoresTotal1GK1 Sergio Romero105152GK13 Javier García112Totals121417
Disciplinary record
PlayerPrimera DivisiónCopa LibertadoresTotal Goalkeepers1GK Sergio Romero1 1 12GK Leandro Brey 13GK Javier García Defenders2DF Facundo Roncaglia3 1 11 51 3DF Agustín Sández2 2 4DF Nicolás Figal51 2 71 6DF Marcos Rojo 15DF Nicolás Valentini4 1 2 6 117DF Luis Advíncula3 1 4 18DF Frank Fabra4 1 1 6 19DF Valentín Barco3 2 5 24DF Lucas Blondel 25DF Bruno Valdez5 1151124DF Marcelo Saracchi 39DF Gabriel Aranda 57DF Marcelo Weigandt2 1 1 3 1 Midfielders5MF Alan Varela10 1 11 8MF Guillermo Fernández10 10 14MF Esteban Rolón 11 1 120MF Juan Ramírez1 1 21MF Ezequiel Fernández4 2 4 223MF Diego González 27MF Jorman Campuzano 36MF Cristian Medina4 4 Forwards7FW Exequiel Zeballos 1 1 9FW Darío Benedetto2 1 3 10FW Edinson Cavani 11FW Lucas Janson 16FW Miguel Merentiel3 1 1 4 122FW Sebastián Villa1 1 1128FW Gonzalo Morales 29FW Norberto Briasco 1 1 33FW Nicolás Orsini 41FW Luca Langoni Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season, but have left the club1GK Agustín Rossi 10MF Óscar Romero2 2 11MF Martín Payero2 1 1 3 116MF Aaron Molinas 38FW Luis Vázquez Total71174 152 9039
Notes
References
External links Club Atlético Boca Juniors official web site