2025 Racing Club de Avellaneda season

Racing Club de Avellaneda
2025 season
President	Diego Milito
Manager	Gustavo Costas
Stadium	El Cilindro
Torneo Apertura	Round of 16
Torneo Clausura	Pre-season
Copa Argentina	Round of 16
Copa Libertadores	Round of 16
Recopa Sudamericana	Champions (1st title)

The 2025 season is the 122nd for Racing Club de Avellaneda and their 11th consecutive season in the Primera División. The club will also participate in the Copa Argentina, Copa Libertadores, and Recopa Sudamericana.

Squad

Current squad

As of 28 January 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
2	DF	ARG	Agustín García Basso
3	DF	ARG	Marco Di Cesare
5	MF	ARG	Juan Nardoni
7	FW	ARG	Maximiliano Salas
9	FW	ARG	Adrián Martínez
10	FW	ARG	Luciano Vietto
11	MF	ARG	Matías Zaracho
13	DF	ARG	Santiago Sosa
14	MF	ARG	Adrián Fernández (on loan from San Telmo)
15	DF	URU	Gastón Martirena
16	MF	URU	Martín Barrios
19	MF	ARG	Ignacio Rodríguez
20	DF	ARG	Germán Conti
21	GK	CHI	Gabriel Arias (captain)
23	DF	ARG	Nazareno Colombo


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
25	GK	ARG	Facundo Cambeses
26	DF	PAR	Richard Sánchez
27	DF	ARG	Gabriel Rojas
28	FW	ARG	Santiago Solari
32	MF	ARG	Agustín Almendra
34	DF	ARG	Facundo Mura
35	DF	ARG	Santiago Quirós
36	MF	ARG	Bruno Zuculini
41	FW	ARG	Ramiro Degregorio
43	DF	ARG	Gonzalo Escudero
49	MF	ARG	David González
59	DF	ARG	Fabián Sánchez
77	FW	URU	Adrián Balboa
—	GK	ARG	Gastón Gómez

Transfers In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Adrián Balboa	Unión de Santa Fe	€776,000	17 January 2025
MF	Matías Zaracho	Atlético Mineiro	€1,700,000	17 January 2025
DF	Santiago Sosa	Atlanta United	Undisclosed	20 January 2025	^[2]
MF	Adrian Fernández	San Telmo	Loan	31 January 2025
MF	Richard Sánchez	América	Undisclosed	12 March 2025	^[3]
MF	Alan Forneris	Colón	Undisclosed	25 June 2025	^[4]
MF	Duván Vergara	América de Cali	Undisclosed	25 June 2025	^[5]
MF	Tomás Conechny	Alavés	Undisclosed	11 July 2025	^[6]

Transfers Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Nicolás Reniero	Lugo	Free^[7]	8 January 2025
FW	Roger Martínez	Al Taawoun	Free	14 January 2025	^[8]
MF	Catriel Cabellos	Sporting Cristal	Undisclosed	16 January 2025
GK	Gastón Gómez	Deportes Concepción	Loan	13 June 2025	^[9]
FW	Maximiliano Salas	River Plate	€8,000,000	11 July 2025	^[10]

Exhibition matches

18 January 2025 Friendly	Colo Colo	0–3	Racing	Macul
			Sosa 50' Solari 78', 90'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental

28 June 2025 Friendly	Olimpia	1–4	Racing	Asunción, Paraguay
16:00 UTC−3	Ferreira 66'		Fernández 42' Barreto 46' (o.g.) Zuculini 83' Degregorio 90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Defensores del Chaco

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Torneo Apertura	24 January 2025	10 May 2025	Matchday 1	Round of 16	17	9	1	7	26	17	+9	052.94
Torneo Clausura	13 July 2025		Matchday 1		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Copa Argentina	23 March 2025		Round of 64		2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	100.00
Copa Libertadores	1 April 2025		Group stage		6	4	1	1	14	3	+11	066.67
Recopa Sudamericana	20 February 2025	27 February 2025	Final	Winners	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00
Total					27	17	2	8	49	21	+28	062.96

Last updated: 2 July 2025
Source: Competitions

Primera División

Torneo Apertura

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentinos Juniors	16	9	6	1	24	9	+15	33	Advance to round of 16
2	Boca Juniors	16	10	3	3	24	11	+13	33
3	Racing	16	9	1	6	26	16	+10	28
4	Huracán	16	7	6	3	19	12	+7	27
5	Tigre	16	8	3	5	18	12	+6	27

Source: AFA

Results by round

Round	1
Ground	A
Result
Position

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

Matches

24 January 2025 1	Barracas Central	1–3	Racing	Avellaneda
17:00 UTC−3	Bruera 21'	Report	Vietto 30' Martínez 74' Balboa 90+2'	Stadium: Estadio Julio Humberto Grondona

30 January 2025 2	Racing	4–0	Belgrano	Avellaneda
19:15 UTC−3	Martínez 20', 68' Vietto 62' Balboa 82'	Report		Stadium: El Cilindro

3 February 2025 3	Estudiantes	2–0	Racing	La Plata
19:15 UTC−3	Ascacíbar 34' Neves 58'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi

8 February 2025 (2025-02-08) 4	Racing	2–0	Boca Juniors	Avellaneda
22:15 UTC−3	Vietto 15' Martínez 86'	Report		Stadium: El Cilindro Referee: Yael Falcón Pérez

11 February 2025 5	Tigre	1–0	Racing	Victoria
22:15 UTC−3	Saralegui 4'	Report		Stadium: Estadio José Dellagiovanna

15 February 2025 6	Racing	2–3	Argentinos Juniors	Avellaneda
21:30 UTC−3	Lescano 22' Molina 28' Prieto 47'	Report	Barrios 82' Di Cesare 88'	Stadium: El Cilindro

3 March 2025 7	San Lorenzo	3–2	Racing	Buenos Aires
19:00 UTC−3	Braida 2', 86' Peralta 90+1'		Mura 30' Balboa 50'	Stadium: Estadio Pedro Bidegain Attendance: 46 792

8 March 2025 8	Racing	0–1	Huracán	Avellaneda
19:15 UTC−3			Ramírez 25'	Stadium: El Cilindro

16 March 2025 9	Independiente	1–1	Racing	Avellaneda
16:00 UTC−3	Angulo 79'		Martirena 21'	Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América

16 March 2025 10	Unión de Santa Fe	0–1	Racing	Santa Fe
21:00 UTC−3			Martínez 59'	Stadium: Estadio 15 de Abril

27 March 2025 11	Independiente Rivadavia	2–1	Racing	Mendoza
21:00 UTC−3	Barbieri 69', 79'		Nardoni 25'	Stadium: Estadio Bautista Gargantini

6 April 2025 12	Racing	4–1	Banfield	Avellaneda
20:15 UTC−3	Martínez 42', 47', 55' Solari 76'		Alaniz 90+1'	Stadium: El Cilindro

14 April 2025 13	Aldosivi	0–2	Racing	Mar del Plata
15:30 UTC−3		Report	Martínez 13' (pen.) Solari 35'	Stadium: Estadio José María Minella

18 April 2025 14	Racing	1–0	Central Córdoba	Avellaneda
19:15 UTC−3	Zuculini 45'	Report		Stadium: El Cilindro

28 April 2025 15	Defensa y Justicia	1–2	Racing	Gobernador Costa
19:30 UTC−3	González 54'	Report	Salas 72' Martirena 87'	Stadium: Estadio Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello

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

Final stages

10 May 2025 Round of 16	Racing	0–1	Platense	Avellaneda
18:45		Report	Orsini 83'	Stadium: El Cilindro Referee: Darío Herrera

Torneo Clausura

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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
14	Racing	5	1	1	3	3	5	−2	4
15	Aldosivi	5	0	3	2	1	5	−4	3

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

Matches

12 July 2025 1	Racing	0–1	Barracas Central	Avellaneda
20:45 UTC−3		Report	Insúa 90+13' (pen.)	Stadium: El Cilindro

20 July 2025 2	Belgrano	0–1	Racing	Córdoba
19:00 UTC−3		Report	Vergara 51'	Stadium: El Gigante de Alberdi

26 July 2025 3	Racing	0–1	Estudiantes	Avellaneda
21:15 UTC−3		Report	Carrillo 55'	Stadium: El Cilindro

9 August 2025 (2025-08-09) 4	Boca Juniors	1–1	Racing	Buenos Aires
16:30 UTC−3	Giménez 82'	Report	Solari 75'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Nicolás Ramírez

15 August 2025 5	Racing	1–2	Tigre	Avellaneda
21:00 UTC−3	Balboa 43'	Report	Martínez 90' (pen.) Russo 90+3'	Stadium: El Cilindro

Copa Argentina

23 March 2025 Round of 64	Racing	2–0	Santamarina	Lanús
17:00 UTC−3	Mura 44' Salas 55'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de Lanús Referee: Sebastián Zunino

2 July 2025 Round of 32	Racing	3–1	San Martín (SJ)	La Punta
18:45	Martínez 28', 78' Balboa 73'	Report	Tijanovich 19'	Stadium: Estadio Juan Gilberto Funes Referee: Fernando Echenique

3 August 2025 Round of 16	Racing	3–0	Deportivo Riestra	Lanús
16:00	Vergara 10' (pen.) Barbieri 26' (o.g.) Mura 32'	Report		Stadium: Ciudad de Lanús – Néstor Díaz Pérez Referee: Nazareno Arasa

Quarter-finals

Racing

v

TBD

Copa Libertadores

Group Stage

The draw for the group stage was held on March 17, 2025.^[11]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	RAC	FOR	BUC	CLC
1	Racing	6	4	1	1	14	3	+11	13	Advance to round of 16	—	1–0	1–2	4–0
2	Fortaleza	6	2	2	2	8	5	+3	8	Advance to round of 16	0–3	—	0–0	4–0
3	Atlético Bucaramanga	6	1	3	2	6	10	−4	6	Transfer to Copa Sudamericana	0–4	1–1	—	3–3
4	Colo-Colo	6	1	2	3	5	15	−10	5		1–1	0–3^[a]	1–0	—

Source: CONMEBOL
Notes:

^ The Colo-Colo v Fortaleza match was suspended at 0–0 in the 68th minute of play after Colo-Colo fans invaded the pitch following the passing of two fellow supporters in an incident prior to the start of the match. After a one-hour wait, CONMEBOL announced the abandonment of the match and referred the matter to its Disciplinary Commission,^[12]^[13] which subsequently awarded Fortaleza a 3–0 win.^[14]

1 April 2025 (2025-04-01) 1	Fortaleza	0–3	Racing	Fortaleza, Brazil
21:30 UTC−3		Report	Salas 26' Almendra 48' Sosa 84'	Stadium: Castelão Attendance: 40,413^[15] Referee: Juan Gabriel Benítez (Paraguay)

10 April 2025 (2025-04-10) 2	Racing	1–2	Atlético Bucaramanga	Avellaneda, Argentina
19:00 UTC−3	Barrios 90+2'	Report	Pons 54' Sambueza 64'	Stadium: El Cilindro Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Andrés Matonte (Uruguay)

22 April 2025 (2025-04-22) 3	Colo-Colo	1–1	Racing	Santiago, Chile
20:30 UTC−4	Cepeda 9'	Report	Barrios 86'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental David Arellano Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Juan Gabriel Benítez (Paraguay)

6 May 2025 (2025-05-06) 4	Atlético Bucaramanga	0–4	Racing	Bucaramanga, Colombia
17:00 UTC−5		Report	Martínez 4' Solari 56' Sosa 69' Barrios 90+4'	Stadium: Estadio Américo Montanini Referee: Augusto Aragón

14 May 2025 (2025-05-14) 5	Racing	4–0	Colo-Colo	Avellaneda, Argentina
21:30 UTC−3	Martínez 36', 45+1' Solari 51' Balboa 81'	Report		Stadium: El Cilindro Referee: Gustavo Tejera (Uruguay)

29 May 2025 (2025-05-29) 6	Racing	1–0	Fortaleza	Avellaneda, Argentina
21:30 UTC−3	Martínez 90+4'	Report		Stadium: El Cilindro Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)

Final stages

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 2 June 2025, 12:00 PYT (UTC−3) at the CONMEBOL headquarters in Luque, Paraguay.^[18]

Round of 16

12 August 2025 (2025-08-12) First leg	Peñarol	1–0	Racing	Montevideo, Uruguay
21:30 UTC−3	Terans 78'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Campeón del Siglo Attendance: 35,570^[19] Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil)

19 August 2025 (2025-08-19) Second leg	Racing	3–1 (3–2 agg.)	Peñarol	Avellaneda, Argentina
21:30 UTC−3	Martínez 7', 83' (pen.) Pardo 90+4'	Report	Herrera 15'	Stadium: El Cilindro Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

Quarter-finals

16–18 September 2025 (2025-09) First leg	Vélez Sarsfield	v	Racing
--:-- UTC−3

23–25 September 2025 (2025-09) Second leg	Racing	v	Vélez Sarsfield
--:-- UTC−3

Recopa Sudamericana

20 February 2025 First leg	Racing	2–0	Botafogo	Avellaneda, Argentina
21:30 UTC−3	Vietto 31' (pen.) Martínez 63'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Presidente Perón Referee: Felipe González (Chile)

27 February 2025 Second leg	Botafogo	0–2 (0–4 agg.)	Racing	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
21:30 UTC−3		Report	Zaracho 50' Zuculini 69'	Stadium: Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)

Notes

^ Racing played their home match against Atlético Bucaramanga behind closed doors as they were punished for the use of pyrotechnics by their fans in their 2024 Copa Sudamericana semi-final match against Corinthians.^[16]
^ Colo-Colo will play their home matches against Racing and Atlético Bucaramanga behind closed doors as they were punished for the incidents in their match against Fortaleza.^[17]

References

^ "Racing Club squad". Racingclub.com.ar. Archived from the original on 8 February 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
^ "Atlanta United transfer M Santiago Sosa to Racing Club". Reuters. 6 December 2024.
^ ""One Player Does Not Make the Team": América Fans Bid Farewell to Richard Sánchez".
^ "Alan Forneris es nuevo refuerzo de Racing".
^ "Duvan Vergara Arrives in Argentina to Join Racing Club".
^ [1]
^ "Llegó a Racing como figura, quedó colgado y se fue libre - TyC Sports". www.tycsports.com. December 9, 2024.
^ "التعاون يدعم صفوفه بالجناح الكولومبي "روجر مارتينيز"". 14 January 2025.
^ "Gastón Gómez fue presentado como nuevo arquero de Deportes Concepción". 13 June 2025.
^ "River presentó oficialmente a Maxi Salas como nuevo refuerzo".
^ "Pautas de sorteo de Fase de Grupos para la CONMEBOL Libertadores y CONMEBOL Sudamericana 2025" [Group Stage draw guidelines for the 2025 CONMEBOL Libertadores and CONMEBOL Sudamericana]. CONMEBOL. 7 March 2025. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
^ "Escándalo: cancelado Colo Colo-Fortaleza por graves incidentes tras el ingreso de la barra al campo de juego" [Scandal: Colo Colo-Fortaleza match canceled due to serious incidents after fans entered the field] (in Spanish). DSports. 10 April 2025. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
^ "Cancelación de partido: Colo Colo vs. Fortaleza" [Match cancellation: Colo Colo vs. Fortaleza] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 11 April 2025. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
^ "Multa y advertencia al Club Social y Deportivo Colo Colo" [Fine and warning to Club Social y Deportivo Colo Colo] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 30 April 2025. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
^ "Racing 3-0 Fortaleza (1 de abr, 2025) Placar Final" (in Brazilian Portuguese). ESPN. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
^ "Por qué Racing juega sin público ante Atlético Bucaramanga en el Cilindro" [Why Racing are playing against Atlético Bucaramanga at the Cilindro without fans] (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 10 April 2025. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
^ "¿Por qué Colo Colo juega sin público vs. Racing Club por Copa Libertadores?" [Why are Colo Colo playing without fans against Racing Club for the Libertadores?] (in Spanish). RedGol. 22 April 2025. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
^ "Sorteo de Octavos de Final de la CONMEBOL Libertadores y CONMEBOL Sudamericana – 2025" [2025 CONMEBOL Libertadores and CONMEBOL Sudamericana Round of 16 draw] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 19 May 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
^ "Peñarol 1-0 Racing (12 de ago, 2025) Placar Final" (in Brazilian Portuguese). ESPN. Retrieved 14 August 2025.

[table_note_CLC_FOR0.024223021708533-15] The Colo-Colo v Fortaleza match was suspended at 0–0 in the 68th minute of play after Colo-Colo fans invaded the pitch following the passing of two fellow supporters in an incident prior to the start of the match. After a one-hour wait, CONMEBOL announced the abandonment of the match and referred the matter to its Disciplinary Commission,^[12]^[13] which subsequently awarded Fortaleza a 3–0 win.^[14]

[Racing_v_Atlético_Bucaramanga-18] Racing played their home match against Atlético Bucaramanga behind closed doors as they were punished for the use of pyrotechnics by their fans in their 2024 Copa Sudamericana semi-final match against Corinthians.^[16]

[Colo-Colo_home_matches-20] Colo-Colo will play their home matches against Racing and Atlético Bucaramanga behind closed doors as they were punished for the incidents in their match against Fortaleza.^[17]

[squadoffic-1] "Racing Club squad". Racingclub.com.ar. Archived from the original on 8 February 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.

[2] "Atlanta United transfer M Santiago Sosa to Racing Club". Reuters. 6 December 2024.

[3] ""One Player Does Not Make the Team": América Fans Bid Farewell to Richard Sánchez".

[4] "Alan Forneris es nuevo refuerzo de Racing".

[5] "Duvan Vergara Arrives in Argentina to Join Racing Club".

[6] [1]

[7] "Llegó a Racing como figura, quedó colgado y se fue libre - TyC Sports". www.tycsports.com. December 9, 2024.

[8] "التعاون يدعم صفوفه بالجناح الكولومبي "روجر مارتينيز"". 14 January 2025.

[9] "Gastón Gómez fue presentado como nuevo arquero de Deportes Concepción". 13 June 2025.

[10] "River presentó oficialmente a Maxi Salas como nuevo refuerzo".

[11] "Pautas de sorteo de Fase de Grupos para la CONMEBOL Libertadores y CONMEBOL Sudamericana 2025" [Group Stage draw guidelines for the 2025 CONMEBOL Libertadores and CONMEBOL Sudamericana]. CONMEBOL. 7 March 2025. Retrieved 13 March 2025.

[CLC_FOR_match-12] "Escándalo: cancelado Colo Colo-Fortaleza por graves incidentes tras el ingreso de la barra al campo de juego" [Scandal: Colo Colo-Fortaleza match canceled due to serious incidents after fans entered the field] (in Spanish). DSports. 10 April 2025. Retrieved 10 April 2025.

[CONMEBOL_statement_CLC_FOR-13] "Cancelación de partido: Colo Colo vs. Fortaleza" [Match cancellation: Colo Colo vs. Fortaleza] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 11 April 2025. Retrieved 11 April 2025.

[CLC_FOR_Decision-14] "Multa y advertencia al Club Social y Deportivo Colo Colo" [Fine and warning to Club Social y Deportivo Colo Colo] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 30 April 2025. Retrieved 30 April 2025.

[16] "Racing 3-0 Fortaleza (1 de abr, 2025) Placar Final" (in Brazilian Portuguese). ESPN. Retrieved 2 April 2025.

[17] "Por qué Racing juega sin público ante Atlético Bucaramanga en el Cilindro" [Why Racing are playing against Atlético Bucaramanga at the Cilindro without fans] (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 10 April 2025. Retrieved 10 April 2025.

[19] "¿Por qué Colo Colo juega sin público vs. Racing Club por Copa Libertadores?" [Why are Colo Colo playing without fans against Racing Club for the Libertadores?] (in Spanish). RedGol. 22 April 2025. Retrieved 22 April 2025.

[21] "Sorteo de Octavos de Final de la CONMEBOL Libertadores y CONMEBOL Sudamericana – 2025" [2025 CONMEBOL Libertadores and CONMEBOL Sudamericana Round of 16 draw] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 19 May 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2025.

[22] "Peñarol 1-0 Racing (12 de ago, 2025) Placar Final" (in Brazilian Portuguese). ESPN. Retrieved 14 August 2025.

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