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Belgrano

Liga Profesional de Fútbol

Copa Argentina

Founded:	1905
Stadium:	Estadio Julio César Villagra
Coach:	Ricardo Alberto Zielinski
Liga Profesional de Fútbol Form:
Overall Form:

Belgrano home ground venue is Estadio Julio César Villagra.

Ricardo Alberto Zielinski is the current coach for Belgrano.

Belgrano Liga Profesional de Fútbol Match Fixtures and Results

[ Home Overall Away ]

Belgrano have played a total of 16 matches in Argentina Liga Profesional de Fútbol. Their current statistics is 4 win, 8 draw and 4 lose.

Belgrano did not lose their last five matches in the competition.

The overall results is shown by default. You can also analyze Belgrano results for their home or away matches in Liga Profesional de Fútbol 2025.

Click on + to view detailed soccer statistics of the goal scorers, yellow and red cards for each match.
The match kick-off date and time is automatically converted to your local timezone.

Team	Total Matches	Win	Draw	Lose
Belgrano	16	4	8	4

Date	Home	Score	Away	HT
17/11/2025	Belgrano	0 - 0	Unión Santa Fe	0-0	H2H	O	+
			17' Agustín Colazo
Jeremías Lucco 46'
Nicolás Fernández 46'
			51' Agustín Colazo
			51' Marcelo Estigarribia
			53' Julián Palacios
			56' Franco Fragapane
			56' Nicolás Palavecino
			56' Julián Palacios
			56' Augusto Solari
Julián Mavilla 61'
Juan Velázquez 61'
Lucas Menossi 76'
Ulises Sánchez 76'
Federico Ricca 76'
Gonzalo Zelarayán 76'
Leonardo Morales 78'
			83' Emiliano Álvarez
			83' Nicolás Paz
			84' Cristian Tarragona
			84' Diego Díaz
Lautaro Ismael Gutierrez 86'
Francisco González Metilli 86'
Lautaro Ismael Gutierrez 86'
Gabriel Compagnucci 90+5'
04/11/2025	Belgrano	0 - 0	Tigre	0-0	H2H	O	+
Federico Ricca 22'
Adrián Spörle 22'
			25' Julián López
Adrián Spörle 40'
			58' Braian Martínez
			58' Jalil Elías
Ulises Sánchez 61'
Ramiro Hernandes 61'
			67' Sebastián Medina
			72' Joaquín Laso
			72' Ramón Arias
Franco Jara 72'
Nicolás Fernández 72'
Francisco González Metilli 72'
Gonzalo Zelarayán 72'
Ramiro Hernandes 78'
80'
Lucas Passerini 80'
			82' Gonzalo Piñeiro
			82' Alan Barrionuevo
			82' Sebastián Medina
			82' Simón Rivero
			83' David Romero
			83' Alfio Oviedo
Lucas Passerini 90+2'
12/10/2025	Belgrano	1 - 1	Estudiantes	0-0	H2H	O	+
F. Jara 42'
T. Ostchega 46'
A. Baldi 46'
			57' Fabricio Pérez
			57' Alexis Castro
N. Fernández 68'		1 - 0
U. Sánchez 74'
G. Heredia 74'
			75' Cristian Medina
			75' Edwuin Cetré
			75' Mikel Amondarain
			75' Gabriel Neves
			76' Tiago Palacios
			76' Facundo Farías
F. González 87'
L. Menossi 87'
N. Fernández 87'
L. Passerini 87'
			90+1' Santiago Arzamendia
			90+1' José Sosa
J. Mavilla 90+1'
G. Zelarayán 90+1'
L. Menossi 90+2'
G. Heredia 90+3'
		1 - 1	90+4' G. Compagnucci
L. Menossi 90+6'
23/09/2025	Belgrano	3 - 0	Newell's Old Boys	1-0	H2H	O	+
			23' L. Regiardo
			29' É. Banega
F. González 38'		1 - 0
Thiago Cardozo 43'
			45' Darío Benedetto
			45+1' V. Cuesta
Leonardo Morales 46'
Elías López 46'
N. Fernández 49'		2 - 0
F. Jara 50'
			51' G. Maroni
			61' L. Regiardo
			61' L. Montenegro
			61' Darío Benedetto
			61' Franco Orozco
61'
			64' G. Chiaverano
			64' F. Guch
F. Jara 74'
J. Mavilla 74'
			75' C. González
			75' J. García
N. Fernández 85'
L. Menossi 85'
G. Compagnucci 85'
G. Zelarayán 85'
Lucas Zelarayán 87'		3 - 0
S. Longo 88'
G. Heredia 88'
11/09/2025	Belgrano	0 - 0	San Martín San Juan	0-0	H2H	O	+
Rodrigo Saravia 18'
			23' Nicolas Watson
Leonardo Morales 37'
			58' Marco Iacobellis
			59' Diego González
U. Sánchez 60'
G. Compagnucci 60'
Rodrigo Saravia 60'
L. Menossi 60'
			66' Marco Iacobellis
			66' Horacio Tijanovich
N. Fernández 71'
L. Passerini 71'
Leonardo Morales 71'
Bryan Reyna 71'
			73' Sebastian Gonzalez
			73' Sebastián Jaurena
			74' I. Maestro Puch
			74' Federico Anselmo
S. Longo 82'
F. González 82'
L. Passerini 85'
			88' S. Salle
			88' Alejandro Molina
			88' Diego González
			88' Matías Orihuela
			90+3' Horacio Tijanovich
L. Menossi 90+8'
25/08/2025	Belgrano	0 - 3	Central Cordoba SdE	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	3' Gastón Verón
S. Longo 21'
Federico Ricca 39'
			42' Facundo Mansilla
			46' Matías Godoy
			46' Diego Barrera
S. Longo 46'
J. Mavilla 46'
N. Meriano 46'
Bryan Reyna 46'
F. Jara 51'
		0 - 2	53' Diego Barrera
Lisandro López 60'
			68' F. Juárez
			68' José Florentín
			68' Leonardo Heredia
			68' Ivan Gómez
Federico Ricca 68'
L. Passerini 68'
Rodrigo Saravia 68'
U. Sánchez 68'
			69' Alan Aguerre
Lisandro López 74'
N. Fernández 76'
A. Leguizamón 76'
			79' Gastón Verón
			79' Nazareno Fúnez
		0 - 3	84' Diego Barrera
			89' Matías Vera
09/08/2025	Belgrano	2 - 1	Banfield	1-0	H2H	O	+
G. Compagnucci 19'		1 - 0
			22' M. Río
S. Longo 32'
			36' Rodrigo Auzmendi
			46' M. Río
			46' L. Ríos
L. Zelarayán 48'		2 - 0
		2 - 1	57' Mauro Méndez
			62' G. Ríos
			62' Frank Castañeda
			68' S. Daniele
			68' L. Piñero
S. Longo 75'
U. Sánchez 75'
M. Troilo 77'
N. Fernández 81'
J. Mavilla 81'
			82' S. Esquivel
			82' Julio Furch
			82' Juan Luis Alfaro
			82' J. Iribarren
F. Jara 82'
L. Passerini 82'
G. Compagnucci 88'
N. Meriano 88'
Rodrigo Saravia 88'
F. Quignón 88'
F. Quignón 90+2'
20/07/2025	Belgrano	0 - 1	Racing Club	0-0	H2H	O	+
			1' Adrián Emmanuel Martínez
			10' Gabriel Hernán Rojas
M. Troilo 43'
F. Jara 46'
L. Passerini 46'
		0 - 1	51' Duván Vergara
			56' Santiago Sosa
F. González 66'
U. Sánchez 66'
			67' Bruno Zuculini
G. Compagnucci 73'
B. Reyna 73'
			74' Santiago Solari
			74' Tomás Conechny
			74' Duván Vergara
			74' Ignacio Agustín Rodríguez
S. Longo 80'
R. Hernandes 80'
			87' Adrián Emmanuel Martínez
			87' Adrián Martín Balboa Camacho
			89' Gastón Nicolás Martirena Torres
Leonardo Morales 89'
			89' Gabriel Arias Arroyo
			89' Facundo Nicolás Cambeses
L. Passerini 90+5'
26/04/2025	Belgrano	1 - 1	Argentinos Juniors	1-0	H2H	O	+
N. Fernández 21'		1 - 0
			40' Alan Lescano
L. Menossi 46'
Elías López 46'
		1 - 1	47' Alan Lescano
M. Troilo 58'
N. Meriano 58'
F. Grillo 60'
			65' Álan Rodríguez
			67' Emiliano Viveros
			67' José Herrera
G. Compagnucci 75'
U. Sánchez 75'
			76' Nicolas Oroz
			76' Lucas Gómez
G. Compagnucci 76'
U. Sánchez 76'
			77' Federico Fattori
			83' Álan Rodríguez
			83' Juan Cardozo
F. Jara 83'
L. Passerini 83'
N. Meriano 88'
12/04/2025	Belgrano	1 - 3	Boca Juniors	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	38' Marcos Rojo
L. Menossi 61'		1 - 1
		1 - 2	62' Kevin Zenón
			68' Lucas Blondel
			68' Luis Advíncula
			68' Milton Giménez
			68' Ayrton Costa
F. González 72'
J. Mavilla 72'
F. Quignón 72'
B. Reyna 72'
		1 - 3	76' Carlos Palacios
			78' Edinson Cavani
			78' Miguel Merentiel
			78' Kevin Zenón
			78' Ignacio Miramon
L. Menossi 78'
G. Zelarayán 78'
			84' Carlos Palacios
			84' Alan Velasco
			88' Rodrigo Battaglia
F. Grillo 90+1'
30/03/2025	Belgrano	1 - 1	Talleres Córdoba	0-1	H2H	O	+
			4' Camilo Portilla
F. Grillo 14'
		0 - 1	19' Rick
T. Ostchega 28'
			45+5' Nahuel Bustos
T. Ostchega 46'
G. Compagnucci 46'
U. Sánchez 46'
N. Fernández 46'
F. González 46'
L. Menossi 46'
			51' Ruben Botta
			55' Ulises Ortegoza
L. Passerini 55'
			58' Guido Herrera
			60' Ruben Botta
			60' Valentin Depietri
			60' Nahuel Bustos
			60' Federico Girotti
F. Jara 66'		1 - 1
			74' Ulises Ortegoza
			74' Emanuel Reynoso
L. Passerini 80'
B. Reyna 80'
			83' Juan Gabriel Rodríguez
			83' Santiago Fernandez
			84' Rick
			84' Sebastián Palacios
L. Menossi 90+1'
L. Menossi 90+1'
G. Compagnucci 90+5'
17/03/2025	Belgrano	1 - 1	Barracas Central	1-1	H2H	O	+
Nicolás Fernández 31'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	36' Omar Fernando Tobio
			46' Cristian Nahuel Barrios
			46' Tomás Uriel Porra
			46' Iván Tapia
			46' Siro Rosane
			54' Javier Morales
			54' Facundo Bruera
Tobías Ostchega 62'
Francisco González Metilli 63'
Lucas Passerini 63'
Nicolás Fernández 67'
Tobías Ostchega 72'
Nicolás Meriano 72'
			74' Jhonatan Marcelo Candia Hernández
Franco Jara 74'
			80' Omar Fernando Tobio
			81' Marcos Ignacio Ledesma
Franco Jara 87'
Bryan Reyna 87'
			90+1' Iván Tapia
Mariano Troilo 90+5'
Lucas Menossi 90+12'
24/02/2025	Belgrano	2 - 0	Defensa y Justicia	1-0	H2H	O	+
Nicolás Fernández 38'		1 - 0
			45+1' Juan Miritello
Nicolás Meriano 46'
Tobías Ostchega 46'
Santiago Longo 47'
Ulises Sánchez 54'
Lucas Zelarayán 54'
Nicolás Fernández 57'		2 - 0
Santiago Longo 61'
Cravero 61'
			63' César Pérez
			63' David Barbona
			63' Gastón Togni
			63' Abiel Osorio
			63' Francisco González
			63' Matías Ramírez
Lucas Passerini 65'
Fausto Grillo 68'
Tobías Ostchega 72'
Facundo Quignon 75'
Francisco González Metilli 75'
Nicolás Fernández 75'
Francisco González Metilli 75'
			80' Kevin Gutiérrez
			80' Benjamin Schamine
Bryan Reyna 84'
			85' Aaron Molinas
			88' Aaron Molinas
			88' Maximiliano González
12/02/2025	Belgrano	2 - 0	Aldosivi	1-0	H2H	O	+
Nicolás Fernández 5'		1 - 0
			46' Yonatan Cabral
			46' Lautaro Chávez
Agustín Dáttola 48'
			53' Tobías Leiva
			53' Marcelo Esponda
			53' Néstor Breitenbruch
Mariano Troilo 54'		2 - 0
Bryan Reyna 63'
Francisco González Metilli 63'
			65' Lautaro Chávez
			67' Ayrton Preciado
			67' Nathanael Guzmán
			68' Franco Rami
			68' Alexis Domínguez
Nicolás Fernández 69'
Jeremías Lucco 69'
Ulises Sánchez 69'
Lucas Passerini 69'
Ramiro Hernandes 75'
Facundo Quignon 75'
Mariano Troilo 80'
			81' Roberto Bochi
			81' Elías Torres
Cravero 85'
04/02/2025	Belgrano	0 - 3	Independiente Rivadavia	0-3	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	7' Sebastián Villa
		0 - 2	17' Luciano Gómez
Juan Velázquez 30'
Tobías Ostchega 30'
			37' Mauricio Cardillo
			45' Tomas Bottari
		0 - 3	45+2' Sebastián Villa
Nicolás Meriano 46'
Gabriel Compagnucci 46'
Lucas Manuel Zelarayán 46'
Bryan Reyna 46'
			63' Tomas Bottari
			63' Diego Ruben Tonetto
			67' Victorio Ramis
			67' Juan Ignacio Barbieri
			67' Luis Sequeira
			67' Gonzalo Ríos
Lucas Passerini 71'
Nicolás Fernández 71'
			74' Mauricio Cardillo
			74' Leonard Costa
Lucas Menossi 78'
Lucas Menossi 79'
Ulises Sánchez 79'
25/01/2025	Belgrano	1 - 1	Huracán	1-1	H2H	O	+
Nicolás Meriano 18'
Daniel Zabala 34'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	38' Walter Mazzantti
Juan Velázquez 40'
Lucas Menossi 66'
Nicolás Fernández 66'
Bryan Reyna 66'
Ulises Sánchez 66'
			68' Gabriel Alanis
			68' Agustín Urzi
			68' Erik Ramírez
			68' Matías Tissera
			70' Leonel Pérez
			73' Daniel Zabala
			73' Marco Pellegrino
Nicolás Meriano 74'
Mariano Troilo 74'
			82' Walter Mazzantti
			82' Rodrigo Cabral
			82' Franco Watson
			82' Pedro Emanuel Ojeda
Franco Jara 84'
Lucas Passerini 84'
Gabriel Compagnucci 84'
Gerónimo Heredia 84'
Juan Espinola 86'
Mariano Troilo 88'

Chart Analysis

The graph shows the performance and results of Belgrano in Liga Profesional de Fútbol.

Statistics & Analysis of Belgrano

Achievement	Statistics
Longest winning run	2
Longest losing streak	1
Longest run without loss	5
Longest run without win	5
Clean sheets	6
Matches over 2.25 goals	5
Matches under 2.25 goals	11
Matches First Half Over 0.5	11
Matches First Half Under 0.5	5
Matches odd	5
Matches even	11
Average goals scored	0.94
Average goals allowed	1
Failure to score	6
Biggest victory	3 - 0
Biggest defeat	0 - 3
Missed penalties	0
Penalty goals	0
Own goals	0
Goalless draw at home match	3 (19%)
Goalless draw at away match	0
Comeback win	0

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Liga Profesional de Fútbol 2025 - 2nd Phase Table

Belgrano are in the 10th position of Liga Profesional de Fútbol.

Group A

#	Soccer Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	D	P
1	Boca Juniors	16	8	5	3	28	12	+16	29
2	Unión Santa Fe	16	6	7	3	20	13	+7	25
3	Racing Club	16	7	4	5	16	13	+3	25
4	Central Cordoba SdE	16	5	9	2	17	11	+6	24
5	Argentinos Juniors	16	7	3	6	18	13	+5	24
6	Barracas Central	16	5	8	3	19	17	+2	23
7	Tigre	16	5	7	4	14	13	+1	22
8	Estudiantes	16	6	3	7	17	18	-1	21
9	Banfield	16	6	3	7	15	21	-6	21
10	Belgrano	16	4	8	4	13	11	+2	20
11	Huracán	16	5	5	6	10	15	-5	20
12	Defensa y Justicia	16	5	4	7	14	19	-5	19
13	Aldosivi	16	5	3	8	13	18	-5	18
14	Independiente Rivadavia	16	3	7	6	14	17	-3	16
15	Newell's Old Boys	16	3	5	8	13	23	-10	14

8th Finals

Belgrano are in the 24th position of Liga Profesional de Fútbol.

Group B

#	Soccer Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	D	P
1	Rosario Central	16	8	7	1	18	8	+10	31
2	Lanús	16	9	3	4	20	13	+7	30
3	Deportivo Riestra	16	8	4	4	19	12	+7	28
4	Vélez Sarsfield	16	7	5	4	19	12	+7	26
5	San Lorenzo	16	6	6	4	13	11	+2	24
6	River Plate	16	6	4	6	20	15	+5	22
7	Gimnasia La Plata	16	7	1	8	14	16	-2	22
8	Talleres Córdoba	16	5	6	5	9	12	-3	21
9	Sarmiento	16	5	5	6	13	17	-4	20
10	San Martín San Juan	16	4	7	5	13	16	-3	19
11	Independiente	16	4	6	6	14	13	+1	18
12	Atlético Tucumán	16	5	3	8	17	22	-5	18
13	Instituto	16	3	7	6	9	17	-8	16
14	Godoy Cruz	16	1	9	6	11	19	-8	12
15	Central Cordoba SdE	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	1
15	Platense	16	2	6	8	12	25	-13	12
16	Argentinos Juniors	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	1
18	Aldosivi	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0
19	Boca Juniors	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0
20	Independiente Rivadavia	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0
21	Banfield	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0
22	Huracán	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0
23	Racing Club	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0
24	Belgrano	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0
25	Unión Santa Fe	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0
26	Barracas Central	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0
27	Estudiantes	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0
28	Defensa y Justicia	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0
29	Newell's Old Boys	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0
30	Tigre	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0

8th Finals

Liga Profesional de Fútbol 2025 - 1st Phase Table

Belgrano are in the 12th position of Liga Profesional de Fútbol.

Group A

#	Soccer Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	D	P
1	Argentinos Juniors	16	9	6	1	24	9	+15	33
2	Boca Juniors	16	10	3	3	24	11	+13	33
3	Racing Club	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
6	Independiente Rivadavia	16	7	6	3	20	17	+3	27
7	Barracas Central	16	7	5	4	20	18	+2	26
8	Estudiantes	16	5	6	5	18	19	-1	21
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 Cordoba SdE	16	5	3	8	21	22	-1	18
12	Belgrano	16	3	8	5	13	23	-10	17
13	Aldosivi	16	4	3	9	18	28	-10	15
14	Banfield	16	3	5	8	14	19	-5	14
15	Unión Santa Fe	16	3	5	8	11	17	-6	14

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Group B

#	Soccer Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	D	P
1	Rosario Central	16	10	5	1	22	8	+14	35
2	River Plate	16	8	7	1	21	9	+12	31
3	Independiente	16	8	5	3	23	12	+11	29
4	San Lorenzo	16	7	6	3	14	10	+4	27
5	Deportivo Riestra	16	5	9	2	13	7	+6	24
6	Platense	16	6	5	5	13	11	+2	23
7	Lanús	16	4	8	4	13	11	+2	20
8	Instituto	16	5	3	8	16	20	-4	18
9	Godoy Cruz	16	3	8	5	8	18	-10	17
10	Atlético Tucumán	16	5	1	10	17	21	-4	16
11	Gimnasia La Plata	16	4	4	8	9	18	-9	16
12	Sarmiento	16	2	9	5	11	19	-8	15
13	Vélez Sarsfield	16	4	2	10	7	22	-15	14
14	Talleres Córdoba	16	2	7	7	11	15	-4	13
15	San Martín San Juan	16	2	3	11	5	18	-13	9

8th Finals

Belgrano Squad

Detailed statistics of each Belgrano player with their photo, nationality, jersey number, position and caps.

If you want to bet on the players, you should see who are the Belgrano top goal scorers and which players have a disciplinary problem with the the most yellow or red cards.

Click on the players to get in-depth players' profile. Such as the players' age, place of birth, height, weight and his entire soccer career path.

#	Name of Player
1	Ignacio Francisco Chicco
2	Aníbal Leguizamón Espínola	824	1	0				1
3	Adrián Sporle	593	1	2		3
4	Denniss Elías López Beklels	491	5	2		1
4	Elías Sebastián López
5	Santiago Longo	1699	0	8		4
6	Fausto Grillo	835	0	2		5	1
7	Roberto Bryan Reyna Casaverde	594	12	4		3
8	Gabriel Carlos Compagnucci	2110	4	9	1	4	1	1
9	Lucas Giuliano Passerini	1141	16	5	2	5	1
10	Lucas Manuel Zelarayán	1973	2	3	3	1
11	Francisco González Metilli	1831	5	17	1	2
12	Ulises Sánchez	716	15	7
13	Nicolás Meriano	505	5	5		2
14	Leonardo Morales	1377	0	2		4
15	Lucas Ariel Menossi	1282	9	12	1	7	1
16	Federico Ricca Rostagnol	617	0	3		1
16	Tomas Alejandro Castro
17	Lisandro Ezequiel López	1064	0	1		3	1
17	Tiago Cravero	178	2	1		1
18	Lucas Bernabéu
19	Facundo Tomás Quignón	822	6	6		2
20	Gonzalo Nicolas Zelarayán	50	6	0
22	Nicolás Fernández	2264	6	17	10	2
23	Manuel Matías Vicentini	450				1
24	Alexis Maldonado	630				1
24	Agustín Nicolás Dattola	360				1
25	Thiago Gastón Cardozo Brugman	1440				1
25	Juan Ángel Espínola González	990				1
29	Franco Daniel Jara	2178	2	13	5	6
30	Rodrigo Agustín Saravia Salvia	491	1	4		1
32	Julián Mavilla	512	13	2		1
33	Tobías Ostchega	939	5	4		5
34	Gerónimo Heredia	632	7	3		3
37	Mariano Troilo	1515	1	1	1	8
40	Agustín Falcón
42	Jeremías Lucco	96	2	1
45	Agustín Baldi	45	1	0
51	Ramiro Hernandes	195	6	1		2
52	Máximo Ezequiel Oses
53	Juan Martin Velazquez	284	2	1		1
65	Álvaro Ocampo
	Alex Matías Ibacache Mora

Argentina Football

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