The 2019–20 season is Deportivo Morón's 3rd consecutive season in the second division of Argentine football, Primera B Nacional.

The season generally covers the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

Review Pre-season Deportivo Morón unveiled six new players on 10 June 2019. Dylan Glaby and Franco Ravizzoli came from Primera C Metropolitana duo Argentino and Deportivo Merlo, while Lucas Pérez Godoy and Diego Tonetto penned contract terms from Primera B Nacional's Mitre and Platense. Agustín Mansilla signed from Lanús, while Kevin Gissi joined from Italian club Cuneo. Matías Nizzo renewed his loan from Chacarita Juniors on 14 June. On 18 June, signing number seven was confirmed as Santamarina's Francisco Oliver put pen to paper. Matías Cortave was next through the door, as the full-back signed a deal from Brown on 27 June. Esteban Ciaccheri completed a move in on 29 June from Primera B de Chile side Rangers. 2018–19 loans expired on and around 30 June.

After suffering a loss to San Lorenzo in a pre-season friendly on 6 July, Morón won the secondary encounter later in the day thanks to a Damián Akerman goal. Sebastián Montero headed off to Justo José de Urquiza on 7 July. Morón played out two goalless friendly draws with Flandria on 10 July. Morón and Villa Dálmine met each other in friendlies on 13 July, subsequently playing out two draws. José D'Angelo secured terms from San Telmo on 15 July. A tie with Tigre on 20 July made it five straight draws in pre-season for Morón, though that streak was concluded with a victory over Tigre on the same day. Lucas Chacana arrived from Los Andes on 24 July. Due to inclement weather, on 26 July, Morón and Colegiales cancelled their friendly that was planned for the following day.

On 29 July, Gastón González went to Belgrano. Morón shared wins with Agropecuario on 2 August. On 7 August, Morón put six goals past Puerto Nuevo of Primera D Metropolitana - four of which were scored by Kevin Gissi. A friendly encounter with Sportivo Barracas was cancelled due to bad weather on 9 August, in order to protect the Estadio Nuevo Francisco Urbano pitch. 12 August saw Facundo Pumpido sign for Guillermo Brown.

August Morón and Nueva Chicago neutralised each other on 19 August, as their opening fixture in Primera B Nacional ended without goals in Buenos Aires. Morón got their opening win of the season on 24 August, with Esteban Ciaccheri netting against Guillermo Brown. Matchday three saw Morón travel to face Alvarado in Mar del Plata, with el Gallito coming away with a 2–4 victory as Mauricio Alonso netted an all-important brace.

Squad Squad No. Nationality Name Position(s) Date of birth (age) Signed from Goalkeepers Bruno Galván GK Gualaceo Franco Ravizzoli GK Deportivo Merlo Franco Rojas GK Academy Julio Salvá GK Acassuso Defenders Fabricio Alvarenga RB Vélez Sarsfield (loan) Mariano Bracamonte DF Academy Cristian Broggi DF Academy Juan Celaya CB Villa Dálmine Matías Cortave RB Brown Manuel Guiñazú CB Academy Luciano Lapetina LB Godoy Cruz Nicolás Martínez LB Fénix Emiliano Mayola DF Flandria Francisco Oliver CB Santamarina Valentín Perales CB San Lorenzo Midfielders Iván Álvarez MF Academy Gonzalo Baglivo DM UT Cajamarca José D'Angelo AM San Telmo Dylan Glaby CM Argentino Matías Guayaré MF Academy Agustín Lavezzi MF Coronel Aguirre Cristian Lillo MF Flandria Gerardo Martínez MF Academy Matías Nizzo CM Chacarita Juniors (loan) Matías Pardo AM Academy Lucas Pérez Godoy DM Mitre Federico Prada DM Sacachispas Nicolás Ramírez LW Los Andes Diego Tonetto LM Platense Nisim Vergara MF Academy Forwards Damián Akerman FW Tristán Suárez Mauricio Alonso FW Lorca Deportiva Lucas Chacana LW Los Andes Diego Cháves CF Arsenal de Sarandí Esteban Ciaccheri FW Rangers (loan) Kevin Gissi CF Cuneo Lucas Poletto CF Sportivo Belgrano

Transfers Domestic transfer windows:3 July 2019 to 24 September 201920 January 2020 to 19 February 2020.

Transfers in Date from Position Nationality Name From Ref. 3 July 2019 CF Kevin Gissi Cuneo 3 July 2019 CM Dylan Glaby Argentino 3 July 2019 FW Agustín Mansilla Lanús 3 July 2019 DM Lucas Pérez Godoy Mitre 3 July 2019 GK Franco Ravizzoli Deportivo Merlo 3 July 2019 LM Diego Tonetto Platense 3 July 2019 CB Francisco Oliver Santamarina 3 July 2019 RB Matías Cortave Brown 3 July 2019 FW Esteban Ciaccheri Rangers 15 July 2019 AM José D'Angelo San Telmo 24 July 2019 LW Lucas Chacana Los Andes

Transfers out Date from Position Nationality Name To Ref. 7 July 2019 FW Sebastián Montero Justo José de Urquiza 29 July 2019 CM Gastón González Belgrano 12 August 2019 CF Facundo Pumpido Guillermo Brown

Friendlies Pre-season Deportivo Morón, on 20 June 2019, announced friendlies with San Lorenzo and Tigre. The latter being set for 20 July, with the former taking place on 6 July; the same day when they were also set to face Flandria in Jáuregui - as revealed by their opponents on 18 June - though that was later rescheduled, for Morón, for 10 July. Final details, including a kick-off time of 09:30, for the San Lorenzo encounter were told on 5 July. Villa Dálmine communicated a friendly with Morón was scheduled for 13 July. Colegiales would visit Morón on 27 July. On 29 July, Morón revealed three new pre-season opponents in Agropecuario, Puerto Nuevo and Sportivo Barracas.

Competitions Primera B Nacional

Results summary

Matches The fixtures for the 2019–20 league season were announced on 1 August 2019, with a new format of split zones being introduced. Deportivo Morón were drawn in Zone A.

Squad statistics Appearances and goals No.Pos.NationalityNameLeagueCupLeague CupContinentalOtherTotalDisciplineRefAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals–GKBruno Galván00———000000–GKFranco Ravizzoli00———000000–GKFranco Rojas00———000000–GKJulio Salvá30———003000–RBFabricio Alvarenga31———003100–DFMariano Bracamonte00———000000–DFCristian Broggi30———003010–CBJuan Celaya00———000000–RBMatías Cortave30———003000–CBManuel Guiñazú00———000000–LBLuciano Lapetina00———000000–LBNicolás Martínez30———003020–DFEmiliano Mayola30———003020–CBFrancisco Oliver0(1)0———000(1)000–CBValentín Perales00———000000–MFIván Álvarez00———000000–DMGonzalo Baglivo00———000000–AMJosé D'Angelo0(1)0———000(1)000–CMDylan Glaby00———000000–MFMatías Guayaré00———000000–MFAgustín Lavezzi00———000000–MFCristian Lillo0(1)0———000(1)000–MFGerardo Martínez00———000000–AMMatías Pardo00———000000–CMMatías Nizzo30———003010–DMLucas Pérez Godoy30———003010–DMFederico Prada00———000000–LWNicolás Ramírez20———002000–LMDiego Tonetto1(2)0———001(2)000–MFNisim Vergara00———000000–FWDamián Akerman0(1)0———0(1)00000–FWMauricio Alonso32———003200–LWLucas Chacana00———000000–CFDiego Cháves00———000000–FWEsteban Ciaccheri1(1)1———001(1)100–CFKevin Gissi2(1)1———002(1)110–CFLucas Poletto00———000000Own goals—0————0—0——— Statistics accurate as of 30 August 2019.

Goalscorers NameLeagueCupLeague CupContinentalOtherTotalRef1FW–Mauricio Alonso2———022FW–Esteban Ciaccheri1———01CF–Kevin Gissi1———01RB–Fabricio Alvarenga1———01Own goals0———00Totals5———05—

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