2018 Supercopa Argentina

The 2018 Supercopa Argentina Final was the 7th edition of the Supercopa Argentina, an annual football match contested by the winners of the Argentine Primera División and Copa Argentina competitions.[2] Initially the match was scheduled for 4 April 2019 at the Estadio Malvinas Argentinas in Mendoza but it was rescheduled for 2 May 2019.[3]

2018 Supercopa Argentina
Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, venue
Boca Juniors won 6–5 on penalties
Date2 May 2019
VenueEstadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza
Man of the MatchSebastián Villa[1]
RefereeFernando Rapallini
2017
2019

Boca Juniors and Rosario Central qualified after winning the 2017–18 Argentine Primera División tournament and the 2017–18 Copa Argentina, respectively.[4][5][6]

Boca Juniors won the match via a penalty shoot-out after the game had finished 0–0. It was their first Supercopa Argentina title.[7]

Qualified teams edit

Team Qualification Previous appearances (bold indicates winners)
Boca Juniors 2017–18 Primera División champions 3 (2012, 2015, 2017)
Rosario Central 2017–18 Copa Argentina champions None

Match edit

Details edit

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Boca Juniors
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rosario Central
GK 31   Esteban Andrada
DF 4   Julio Buffarini   18'
DF 20   Lisandro López
DF 24   Carlos Izquierdoz   45'
DF 3   Emmanuel Mas
MF 22   Sebastián Villa   90'
MF 15   Nahitan Nández
MF 23   Iván Marcone
MF 30   Emanuel Reynoso   41'   61'
FW 19   Mauro Zárate   78'
FW 9   Darío Benedetto (c)
Substitutes:
GK 12   Marcos Díaz
DF 6   Júnior Alonso
MF 27   Jorman Campuzano
MF 39   Agustín Almendra
FW 7   Cristian Pavón   78'
FW 10   Carlos Tevez   61'
FW 17   Ramón Ábila
Manager:
  Gustavo Alfaro
GK 1   Jeremías Ledesma
DF 12   Nahuel Molina
DF 32   Facundo Almada   66'
DF 2   Matías Caruzzo (c)
DF 19   Miguel Barbieri   69'
DF 24   Alfonso Parot   88'
MF 13   Rodrigo Villagra   80'
MF 21   Fabián Rinaudo
MF 5   Leonardo Gil
FW 34   Maximiliano Lovera   84'
FW 9   Claudio Riaño   64'
Substitutes:
GK 31   Josué Ayala
DF 4   Gonzalo Bettini
DF 6   Marcelo Ortiz
MF 7   Joaquín Pereyra   81'   80'
MF 10   Néstor Ortigoza   84'
FW 17   Germán Herrera
FW 20   Fernando Zampedri   64'
Manager:
  Diego Cocca

Assistant referees:[8]
Gabriel Chade
Pablo González
Fourth official:[8]
Jorge Baliño

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

Statistics edit

2018 Supercopa Argentina winners
Boca Juniors
1st Title

References edit

  1. ^ "Alfaro: "Lo quiero compartir con Guillermo"" (in Spanish). Fox Sports. 2 May 2019. Archived from the original on 3 May 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  2. ^ "REGLAMENTO DEL CAMPEONATO DE PRIMERA DIVISIÓN 2017/2018" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA. 17 August 2017.
  3. ^ "La Supercopa Argentina 2018 se disputará el 2 de mayo en Mendoza" (in Spanish). Copa Argentina. 14 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Boca jugará la Supercopa Argentina 2019" (in Spanish). Diario Xeneize. 9 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Rosario Central es el campeón de la Copa Total Argentina 2018" (in Spanish). Copa Argentina. 7 December 2018. Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  6. ^ "Boca ya tiene rival para la Supercopa Argentina" (in Spanish). Copa Argentina. 7 December 2018. Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Boca venció a Rosario Central en los penales y ganó la Supercopa Argentina" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 2 May 2019.
  8. ^ a b c "Supercopa Argentina: Rapallini, el árbitro de Boca-Central" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 25 April 2019.
  9. ^ "Argentina - Supercopa Argentina 2019 - COMPARATIVA" (in Spanish). AFA. 2 May 2019.