2025 Newell's Old Boys season

Newell's Old Boys
2025 season
Chairman	Ignacio Astore
Manager	Mariano Soso; (until 17 February); Cristian Fabbiani; (from 19 February)
Stadium	Estadio Marcelo Bielsa
Torneo Apertura	11th
Torneo Clausura	Pre-season
Copa Argentina	Round of 32
Home colours	Away colours

The 2025 season is the 121st for Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys and their 11th consecutive season in the Primera División. The club will also participate in the Copa Argentina.

Squad

Current squad

As of 22 July 2025^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	ARG	Luca Sosa (on loan from Barcelona SC)
4	DF	ARG	Alejo Montero
5	MF	ARG	Éver Banega (captain)
6	DF	COL	Jherson Mosquera
9	FW	ARG	Darío Benedetto
12	GK	ARG	Lucas Hoyos
14	MF	URU	Martín Fernández
15	DF	ARG	Martín Luciano
16	DF	PAR	Saúl Salcedo
17	MF	ARG	Valentino Acuña
18	DF	ARG	Víctor Cuesta
19	DF	ARG	Brian Calderara
20	MF	ARG	Gonzalo Maroni (on loan from Boca Juniors)
21	FW	ARG	Luciano Herrera (on loan from Defensa y Justicia)
23	DF	ARG	Ángelo Martino


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
24	FW	ARG	Mateo Silvetti
25	DF	ARG	Alejo Tabares (on loan from All Boys)
26	MF	ARG	Juan Ignacio Méndez
27	MF	ARG	Luca Regiardo
28	MF	ARG	Gaspar Iñíguez
29	DF	ARG	Fabián Noguera
30	GK	ARG	Williams Barlasina
32	FW	PAR	Carlos González
34	MF	ARG	David Sotelo
37	DF	ARG	Luciano Lollo
38	FW	ARG	Giovani Chiaverano
43	MF	ARG	Lisandro Montenegro
—	MF	ARG	Guillermo Balzi
—	FW	ARG	Juan Manuel García
—	FW	ARG	Genaro Rossi

Transfers In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Luca Sosa	Barcelona SC	Loan	8 January 2025	^[2]
GK	Keylor Navas	Unattached	Free	21 January 2025	^[3]
FW	Darío Benedetto	Olimpia	Free	12 June 2025	^[4]
MF	Jherson Mosquera	Independiente Medellín	Loan return	30 June 2025
MF	Martín Fernández	Boston River	Undisclosed	1 July 2025
MF	Gaspar Iñíguez	Unattached	Free	6 July 2025
DF	Fabián Noguera	Abha	Free	12 July 2025	^[5]
GK	Juan Espínola	Olimpia	Undisclosed	24 July 2025
MF	Franco Orozco	Lanús	Loan	24 July 2025	^[6]

Transfers Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Ignacio Ramírez	Sport Recife	Loan	12 July 2025	^[7]
GK	Josué Reinatti	Defensa y Justicia	Loan	6 July 2025
MF	Fernando Cardozo	Olimpia	Loan	16 July 2025	^[8]
DF	Tomás Jacob	Necaxa	€1,540,000	15 July 2025	^[9]
GK	Keylor Navas	Pumas UNAM	€1,600,000	21 July 2025	^[10]
MF	Juan Ignacio Méndez	Instituto	Loan	24 July 2025

Friendlies

3 July 2025 International Football Cup SF	Mazatlán	1–0	Newell's Old Boys	Boca del Río
18:10 UTC−6	Benedetti 64'			Stadium: Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente

6 July 2025 International Football Cup TP	Newell's Old Boys	1–1 (1–3 p)	Once Caldas	Boca del Río, Mexico
16:10 UTC−6	Gigena 65'		Moreno 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Torneo Apertura	23 January 2025^[11]		Matchday 1	13	4	3	6	9	13	−4	030.77
Torneo Clausura				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Copa Argentina	3 April 2025		Round of 64	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Total				14	4	4	6	9	13	−4	028.57

Source: Competitions

Primera División

Torneo Apertura

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
7	Barracas Central	16	7	5	4	20	18	+2	26	Advance to round of 16
8	Estudiantes (LP)	16	5	6	5	18	19	−1	21	Advance to round of 16
9	Newell's Old Boys	16	5	4	7	12	15	−3	19
10	Defensa y Justicia	16	5	4	7	18	22	−4	19
11	Central Córdoba (SdE)	16	5	3	8	21	22	−1	18

Source: AFA

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	D	D	W	W	D
Position

Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

23 January 2025 1	Newell's Old Boys	0–1	Independiente Rivadavia	Rosario
21:30 UTC−3			Peinipil 43'	Stadium: Estadio Marcelo Bielsa

27 January 2025 2	Banfield	3–0	Newell's Old Boys	Banfield
20:00 UTC−3	Nasif 30' (pen.) Alaniz 45+1'			Stadium: Estadio Florencio Sola

2 February 2025 3	Newell's Old Boys	1–0	Aldosivi	Rosario
19:15 UTC−3	Maroni 28'			Stadium: Estadio Marcelo Bielsa

7 February 2025 4	Central Córdoba	2–0	Newell's Old Boys	Santiago del Estero
20:00 UTC−3	Heredia 36' Florentín 90+7'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades

12 February 2025 5	Newell's Old Boys	0–1	Defensa y Justicia	Rosario
19:15 UTC−3		Report	Miritello 90+3'	Stadium: Estadio Marcelo Bielsa

16 February 2025 6	Newell's Old Boys	1–2	Rosario Central	Rosario
17:00 UTC−3	Éver Banega 87'		Duarte 16' Campaz 63'	Stadium: Estadio Marcelo Bielsa

24 February 2025 7	Barracas Central	2–0	Newell's Old Boys	Sarandí
17:00 UTC−3	Candia 2' Duarte 90+1'			Stadium: Estadio Julio Humberto Grondona

3 March 2025 8	Atlético Tucumán	1–2	Newell's Old Boys	Tucumán
21:00 UTC−3	Laméndola 41'		Silvetti 4', 45+1'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental José Fierro

9 March 2025 (2025-03-09) 9	Newell's Old Boys	0–0	Belgrano	Rosario
21:30 UTC−3				Stadium: Estadio Marcelo Bielsa

15 March 2025 10	Estudiantes	1–1	Newell's Old Boys	La Plata
18:30 UTC−3	Palacios 26'		Herrera 45+1'	Stadium: Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi

30 March 2025 (2025-03-30) 11	Newell's Old Boys	2–0	Boca Juniors	Rosario
19:30 UTC−3	Herrera 4' Lollo 45+2'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Marcelo Bielsa Referee: Darío Herrera

7 April 2025 12	Tigre	0–2	Newell's Old Boys	Victoria
20:00 UTC−3			Cuesta 13' Herrera 74'	Stadium: Estadio José Dellagiovanna

11 April 2025 13	Newell's Old Boys	0–0	Argentinos Juniors	Rosario
21:00 UTC−3				Stadium: Estadio Marcelo Bielsa

18 April 2025 14	Unión	1–1	Newell's Old Boys	Santa Fe
21:30 UTC−3	Gamba 11'	Report	González 16'	Stadium: Estadio 15 de Abril

29 April 2025 15	Newell's Old Boys	2–0	Huracán	Rosario
--:-- UTC−3	Acuña 43' Lollo 81'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Marcelo Bielsa

2 May 2025 16	Racing	1–0	Newell's Old Boys	Avellaneda
15:30 UTC−3	Salcedo 88' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: El Cilindro

Torneo Clausura

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Banfield	5	2	1	2	7	8	−1	7
10	Boca Juniors	5	1	3	1	5	3	+2	6
11	Newell's Old Boys	5	1	3	1	5	5	0	6
12	Argentinos Juniors	5	1	2	2	2	3	−1	5
13	Independiente Rivadavia	5	1	1	3	5	7	−2	4

Updated to match(es) played on 17 August 2025. Source: AFA

Matches

13 July 2025 1	Independiente Rivadavia	1–2	Newell's Old Boys	Mendoza
21:30 UTC−3	Studer 31'	Report	González 71' Banega 88'	Stadium: Estadio Bautista Gargantini

20 July 2025 2	Newell's Old Boys	1–2	Banfield	Rosario
16:45 UTC−3	Banega 59'	Report	Auzmendi 44' Méndez 73'	Stadium: Estadio Marcelo Bielsa

26 July 2025 3	Aldosivi	0–0	Newell's Old Boys	Mar del Plata
14:30 UTC−3		Report		Stadium: Estadio José María Minella

8 August 2025 4	Newell's Old Boys	1–1	Central Córdoba	Rosario
21:00 UTC−3	Maroni 85'	Report	Verón 90'	Stadium: Estadio Marcelo Bielsa

14 August 2025 5	Defensa y Justicia	1–1	Newell's Old Boys	Gobernador Costa
14:00 UTC−3	Pérez 38'	Report	Mosquera 19'	Stadium: Estadio Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello

Copa Argentina

3 April 2025 Round of 64	Newell's Old Boys	0–0 (5–4 p)	Kimberley	Florida
21:10		Report		Stadium: Ciudad de Vicente López Referee: Pablo Echavarría
	Penalties
	Banega González Sotelo Cuesta García Cardozo		Bacigalupe Loscalzo Mantia Pereyra Rinaldi S. Vázquez

22 May 2025 Round of 32	Defensa y Justicia	0–2	Newell's Old Boys	San Nicolás de los Arroyos
21:10		Report	Herrera 38' Maroni 47'	Stadium: Único de San Nicolás Referee: Pablo Dóvalo

13 August 2025 Round of 16	Atlético Tucumán	2–3	Newell's Old Boys	Salta
19:30	Brizuela 31' Coronel 36'	Report	Lollo 11' Maroni 39' González 60'	Stadium: Padre Martearena Referee: Ariel Penel

Quarter-finals

Newell's Old Boys

v

Belgrano

References

^ "Plantel Professional". Newell's Old Boys. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
^ Machado, Santiago (January 9, 2025). "Luca Sosa es Rojinegro".
^ "GK Keylor Navas joins Newell's on free transfer". 22 January 2025.
^ "Darío Benedetto fue presentado oficialmente como refuerzo de Newell's". 12 June 2025.
^ "Antes de debutar en Mendoza, Newell's sumó un nuevo refuerzo que viene de Arabia Saudita'".
^ "Franco Orozco es nuevo jugador leproso".
^ "Ignacio Ramírez é do Leão".
^ "Fernando Cardozo continuará su carrera en Olimpia de Paraguay".
^ "Confirmed Transfer: Necaxa signs Tomás Jacob". 20 June 2025.
^ "Keylor Navas joins Pumas from Newell's Old Boys for €1.6 million".
^ Santonovich, Diego (December 20, 2024). "Sorteo y fixture del Apertura 2025 | Liga Profesional de Fútbol de AFA".

[1] "Plantel Professional". Newell's Old Boys. Retrieved 29 April 2025.

[2] Machado, Santiago (January 9, 2025). "Luca Sosa es Rojinegro".

[3] "GK Keylor Navas joins Newell's on free transfer". 22 January 2025.

[4] "Darío Benedetto fue presentado oficialmente como refuerzo de Newell's". 12 June 2025.

[5] "Antes de debutar en Mendoza, Newell's sumó un nuevo refuerzo que viene de Arabia Saudita'".

[6] "Franco Orozco es nuevo jugador leproso".

[7] "Ignacio Ramírez é do Leão".

[8] "Fernando Cardozo continuará su carrera en Olimpia de Paraguay".

[9] "Confirmed Transfer: Necaxa signs Tomás Jacob". 20 June 2025.

[10] "Keylor Navas joins Pumas from Newell's Old Boys for €1.6 million".

[11] Santonovich, Diego (December 20, 2024). "Sorteo y fixture del Apertura 2025 | Liga Profesional de Fútbol de AFA".

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