Club Nacional de Football
Full name | Club Nacional de Football | ||
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Nickname(s) | Bolso Tricolor Bolsilludo Decano[1] | ||
Founded | 14 May 1899 | ||
Ground | Gran Parque Central | ||
Capacity | 38,000[2] | ||
Chairman | Alejandro Balbi | ||
Manager | Álvaro Recoba | ||
League | Primera División | ||
2023 | Primera División, 3rd of 16 | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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Club Nacional de Football (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkluβ nasjoˈnal de ˈfuðβol], National Football Club or simply as Nacional) is a Uruguayan professional sports club based in Montevideo.
The club was founded on 14 May 1899 as a result of the merger between Uruguay Athletic Club and Montevideo Fútbol Club.[3] Although its main focus is football, the club hosts many other activities, including basketball, futsal, tennis, cycling, volleyball, and chess.
In domestic tournaments, Nacional has won the
At international level, Nacional has won 9 titles recognized by
Nacional is identified with the white, blue and red colours inspired by the
Nacional has fierce rivalries with many clubs, notably with cross-town team Peñarol, in clashes known as El clásico del fútbol uruguayo.[14] Along with Peñarol, Nacional has never been relegated from the top flight of Uruguayan football.
According to
In February 2013, Nacional reached 60,000 associates.[17]
History
Foundation and first years
Nacional is a result of the fusion between Montevideo Football Club and Uruguay Athletic Club, 14 May 1899. It was decided there that the club's flag should include the three colors (red, blue and white) historically connected to
In September 1903 Nacional fully represented the Uruguay national football team and beat Argentina 3–2, winning the first international match ever (between national teams) in the history of Uruguayan football (the first international club match ever, was won by Albion over Argentine team Retiro A.C. 3–1 in 1896 in Buenos Aires). In 1905 Nacional won its first international title, the Copa de Honor Cousenier.
In a general assembly which took place in 1911, the populist majority led by club president José María Delgado obtained a victory over the elitist minority which resulted in an institutional transformation: the club opened its doors to players from lower classes, such as Abdón Porte, who would eventually become one of the club's biggest symbols, playing in Nacional until his premature death in 1918.[18]
Nacional's players started developing already around 1900 a new playing style that introduced a less physical and more imaginative game, made out of fast combinations and frequent dribbles. Magariños says: "The action of these teams [the British-Uruguayan teams, that is] was conducted according to the purest and standardized virtues of British sport: positional play, long passes, furious shots, and strong physical play. The body was used as a weapon, both offensively and defensively. (...) Nacional, formed mainly by smaller and faster players (...) abandoned the physical confrontation that was allowed back then, and chose to play according to their own possibilities. They chose to perform dribbling's, fast and short passing, very fast sprints, and a hectic activity in the pitch."[[19]]
After winning the 1912 championship, they won the 1915 Triple Crown (tri-championship), which included the three major domestic and international tournaments of that time: Primera División, Tie Cup, and Copa de Honor Cousenier. Nacional would go on to win the first Copa Uruguaya en propiedad (meaning they were the first club to win three championships in a row), by winning both the 1916 and 1917 league championships, also winning the 1919, 1920, 1922, 1923 and 1924 league titles.
At international level, Nacional won three
International tours and success
After two very successful initial decades in the national league of Uruguay and at the regional level, Nacional became the foundation of Uruguay's first international success at the world level. In 1924, Nacional contributed players (
In 1925, due to the success of Uruguay and players from Nacional in the 1924 Summer Olympics, Nacional was invited to make an extensive European tour, playing 38 matches over six months. During that tour, Nacional played against both national squads and professional club teams from 9 European countries. Nacional won 26 matches, tied 7, and lost 5, scoring 130 goals and allowing 30.[20] An estimate of 800,000 tickets were sold during that tour, where Nacional played friendlies in France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, and Portugal.[21] which is considered the largest tour in the history of world football.[22]
In 1927, Nacional made a North America tour, with similar results to the ones obtained in the European adventure made two years before, with 16 wins, 2 ties and 1 loss.
The show team: 1932–43
In 1932, football became professional in Uruguay and Nacional formed a team that would be nicknamed La Máquina Blanca (The White Machine). The team scored 28 goals in the first four games of the 1932 season. In 1933 Nacional won its 12th. first division title, repeating the next year. The 1933 championship is remembered as the longest ever, since it ended in November 1934, after a series of final games against Peñarol, the last won by Nacional by 3–1 with 3 goals by Héctor Castro.
In 1938, Argentine footballer Atilio García came to the club. That same year Nacional won the Torneo Internacional Nocturno Rioplatense, an international friendly championship. Between 1939 and 1943, coached by former player Héctor Castro, Nacional won the Quinquenio de Oro (five consecutive championships from 1939 to 1943). Some highlights of those times was the 5–1 victory over Peñarol, with 4 goals by Atilio García. Nacional also made an outstanding campaign in the 1941 season, winning all the games disputed (20/20). In those five years the team played 96 Copa Uruguaya games, won 77, tied 9 and only lost 10, made 318 goals and allowed 108.[23]
Nacional's superiority over Peñarol during this era is best exemplified by some particular feats:
- Between 1938 and 1943 there were 23 clásicos, with 18 victories for Nacional and only 4 for their rivals.
- On 14 December 1941 Nacional obtained the largest win in the history of Uruguayan Clásico, defeating Peñarol 6 – 0. (That year, Nacional won all 20 games of the championship.)
- On 23 November 1943 Nacional won their tenth Campeonato uruguayo clásico in a row.[23]
Notable players of that period include
International achievements
Nacional's international reputation relied on the tournaments played during the first half of the 20th century in the
Nacional participated in the Libertadores for the first time in 1962, when they were defeated in the semi-finals by Peñarol. They got to the Finals in 1964, but lost to Independiente, and in 1967 to Racing.
With President Miguel Restuccia, Nacional formed the basis of a team that would eventually achieve its goal, with players such as
In
.During this period, Nacional also regained supremacy in the domestic field, obtaining four Uruguayan Championships in a row (1969, 70, 71 and 72), keeping an unbeaten match record against classic rivals Peñarol: between 2 March 1971 and 31 January 1974, Nacional remained undefeated in 16 games.
Nacional repeated its achievement in the Copa Libertadores in
Nacional won its third copa Libertadores in
Recent history
In most of the 90s the club suffered a financial crisis and obtained few sportive results. It won the 1992 Championship with great performances by Julio César Dely Valdés and Antonio Vidal González. After Peñarol's second Quinquenio (1993–97) Nacional's Directive board changed: returning President Dante Iocco brought back club's idol Hugo de León as coach to prevent Peñarol from obtaining the hypothetical Sexenio. That year Nacional won the 1998 Campeonato Uruguayo by winning both short tournaments Apertura and Clausura. This was the first time any club achieved this feat since that system was implemented in 1994, having been repeated only by Danubio in 2006–07 season.
Maintaining the basis of its squad, Nacional dominated the national ambitus for three consecutive years (2000, 2001 and 2002.)
In 2005 Nacional decided to restore its stadium, the Estadio Gran Parque Central, where the team has returned to host most of their games instead of state-owned Estadio Centenario.
Nacional is the most successful team since the beginning of the century, having won also the 2005, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2014–15 and 2016 championships.
2016 was the 46th Uruguayan Championship won by Nacional. It was a one-round tournament, which marked the return of the domestic calendar to fit the calendar year instead of the European calendar.
Nacional qualified for the 2018 Copa Libertadores. It was the club's 45th appearance in the tournament, and the twenty second consecutive (a new record in the cup's history).
After Martín Lasarte's resignation, the club's board appointed former star and reserve team coach Alexander Medina as the principal team's new coach.[24]
Results and fixtures
The following is a list of match results from January 1st 2024 to May 26th 2024, the end of the apertura stage of the Uruguayan league. This also includes fixtures from the Copa Libertadores and other tournaments/friendlies
Win Draw Loss Fixture
2024
January 1st - May 26th
13 January Friendly | Nacional | 1–1 (4–3 p) | Unión | Montevideo, Uruguay |
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Stadium: Estadio Gran Parque Central Attendance: - |
17 January Friendly | Nacional | 1–1 (4–1 p) | Peñarol | Montevideo, Uruguay |
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Stadium: Estadio Centenario Attendance: - |
19 January Friendly | Nacional | 0–1 | Colo-Colo | Montevideo, Uruguay |
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Stadium: Estadio Gran Parque Central Attendance: - |
23 January Friendly | Peñarol | 0–2 | Nacional | Montevideo, Uruguay |
Report |
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Stadium: Estadio Centenario Attendance: - |
6 February 2023 Copa Uruguay R16 | Liverpool | 2–1 | Nacional | Montevideo, Uruguay |
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Stadium: Estadio Belvedere Attendance: - |
16 February Campeonato Uruguayo - Round 1 | Nacional | 2–1 | River Plate | Montevideo, Uruguay |
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Stadium: Estadio Gran Parque Central Attendance: - Referee: Andrés Matonte |
21 February Copa Libertadores - Qualifying Stage 2 (Leg 1) | Academia Puerto Cabello | 0–2 | Nacional | Valencia, Venezuela |
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Stadium: Estadio Misael Delgado Attendance: - Referee: Braulio Da Silva Machado (Brazil) |
25 February Campeonato Uruguayo - Round 2 | Liverpool | 1–1 | Nacional | Montevideo, Uruguay |
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Stadium: Estadio Belvedere Attendance: - Referee: Mathias De Armas |
28 February Copa Libertadores - Qualifying Stage 2 (Leg ) | Nacional | 2–0 (4–0 agg.) | Academia Puerto Cabello | Montevideo, Uruguay |
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Report | Stadium: Estadio Gran Parque Central Attendance: - |
2 March Campeonato Uruguayo - Round 3 | Nacional | 3–0 | Montevideo Wanderers | Montevideo, Uruguay |
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Report | Stadium: Estadio Gran Parque Central Attendance: - |
7 March Copa Libertadores - Qualifying Stage 3 (Leg 1) | Always Ready | 1–0 | Nacional | El Alto, Bolivia |
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Report | Stadium: Estadio Municipal de El Alto Attendance: - |
10 March Campeonato Uruguayo - Round 6 | Defensor Sporting | 3–3 | Nacional | Montevideo, Uruguay |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Luis Franzini Attendance: - |
14 March Copa Libertadores - Qualifying Stage 3 (Leg 2) | Nacional | 2–1 (2–2 agg.) (5–4 p) | Always Ready | Montevideo, Uruguay |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Gran Parque Central Attendance: - |
23 March Campeonato Uruguayo - Round 7 | Nacional | 0–0 | Progreso | Montevideo, Uruguay |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Gran Parque Central Attendance: - |
29 March Campeonato Uruguayo - Round 8 | Peñarol | 0–0 | Nacional | Montevideo, Uruguay |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Campeón del Siglo Attendance: - |
3 April Copa Libertadores - Group H | Nacional | 2–0 | Libertad | Montevideo, Uruguay |
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Report | Stadium: Estadio Gran Parque Central Attendance: - |
6 April Campeonato Uruguayo - Round 9 | Nacional | 1–0 | Cerro Largo | Montevideo, Uruguay |
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Report | Stadium: Estadio Gran Parque Central Attendance: - |
11 April Copa Libertadores - Group H | River Plate | 2–0 | Nacional | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Monumental Attendance: - |
24 April Copa Libertadores - Group H | Nacional | v | Deportivo Táchira | Montevideo, Uruguay |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Gran Parque Central Attendance: - |
5 May Copa Libertadores - Group H | Nacional | v | River Plate | Montevideo, Uruguay |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Gran Parque Central Attendance: - |
15 May San Cristóbal, Venezuela | ||||
Report | Stadium: Estadio Polideportivo Attendance: - |
30 May Copa Libertadores - Group H | Libertad | v | Nacional | Asunción, Paraguay |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Tigo La Huerta Attendance: - |
Stadium
Nacional plays most home games at its own stadium, the Montevideo-based 34,000 (and growing) capacity Gran Parque Central (soon to be 40,089), first built in 1900. It is located in "Quinta de la Paraguaya" a historic place where an Oriental revolutionary leader José Gervasio Artigas was named "Jefe de los Orientales" in 1811.[25] In recent decades the stadium had not been used very often because Nacional played at the national stadium Estadio Centenario, sharing it with Peñarol, but in 2005 Nacional decided to the return to the Gran Parque Central. Since then, its ongoing renovation has allowed Nacional to play most of its home domestic matches there, as well as many international matches. High-risk matches and derbies are still played at the Centenario.
The four stands of the stadium are named in memory of four symbolic figures:
- the official stand, which includes press and VIP boxes is called José María Delgado, after one of the club's most important Presidents.
- the largest stand, opposed to the Delgado, is the Atilio García, after Nacional's all-time top scorer.
- the Abdón Porte, after one of Nacional's biggest symbols: a player who after being relegated from the team shot himself dead in the center of the field. This is the stand where the organized supporter group attends.
- the Héctor Scarone, after another historical striker, nicknamed el Mago (the Wizard).
After the completion of the second tire of the Atilio García, Abdón Porte and Héctor Scarone stands, the current work involves the construction of a corner structure joining the Atilio García and Porte stands. Future additions include a third tire on the three aforementioned stands.
Supporters
The First "Hincha"
The Spanish word to describe football fans is "
"The biggest flag in the world"
In June 2013, Nacional supporters displayed for the first time the biggest flag in the world as they called the emblem during a match vs.
The flag also weighed 5,000 kg, with 400 people being needed to move it.[30] La Banda Del Parque
Nicknames
Nacional is nicknamed "tricolores" ("three colours"), "albos" ("whites") and "bolsilludos", later shortened to "bolsos" ("bolsillo" being the Spanish word for pocket – Nacional used to play with a jersey that had a pocket on the chest). "La blanca" (another reference to the white jersey) is less common.
Players
Current squad
- As of 28 January 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Records
- Most appearances: Emilio Álvarez (511 matches played)
- Most years with the club: Héctor Scarone (21 years), (1917 to 1939)
- All-time greatest goalscorer: Atilio García (465 goals)
- Longest time without conceding a goal: Gustavo Munúa (963 minutes)
World Champion players
In 1924, Nacional was the club that contributed more players to Uruguay's team that won the Olympic gold medal in football of that year. It happened again with Uruguay's teams of 1928 and 1930, Olympic and world champions respectively, in which Nacional contributed the majority of players. Nacional is the only Uruguayan club that contributed players to every Uruguay national team that went on to win international tournaments.[31]
Below, the list of Nacional players that were part of Uruguay's Olympic and world champions teams.
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Notable coaches
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Honours
Domestic
- Primera División (49)
- Supercopa Uruguaya (2): 2019, 2021
Other Official Domestic Honours
- Liguilla Pre-Libertadores (8): 1982, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2007, 2008
- Torneo Intermedio (4): 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022
- Copa Competencia (7): 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1919, 1921, 1923
- Copa de Honor (7): 1905, 1906, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917
- Torneo de Honor (15): 1935, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1948, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1963[32]
- Torneo Competencia (10): 1934, 1942, 1945, 1948, 1952, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1989
- Torneo Cuadrangular (7): 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967
- Liga Mayor (3): 1975, 1976, 1977
- Campeonato Nacional General Artigas (2): 1961, 1962
International
- Copa Libertadores (3): 1971, 1980, 1988
- Intercontinental Cup (3): 1971, 1980, 1988
- Copa Interamericana (2): 1971, 1988
- Recopa Sudamericana (1): 1989
- Copa Aldao[33] (3): 1916, 1919, 1920[34]
- Copa de Honor Cousenier[33] (4): 1905, 1915, 1916, 1917
- 1915
- Copa de Confraternidad Escobar-Gerona[33] (1): 1945[35]
International friendlies
- Copa Ciudad de Montevideo[36] (5): 1953, 1969, 1970, 1978, 1984[37]
- Torneo Internacional Nocturno Rioplatense (1): 1938 [36]
Youth tournaments
- U-20 Copa Libertadores (1): 2018
- Copa Santiago de Futebol Juvenil (2): 1989, 1994
Other sports
Basketball
Nacional participates in the tournaments organised by the Uruguayan basketball federation Federación Uruguaya de Basketball (known as FUBB) since 1932. The club won the championships of 1935 and 1937. Nowadays, Nacional takes part in the Liga Uruguaya de Basketball, Uruguayan basketball first division.
- Campeonato Federal (2): 1935 y 1937.
- Liguilla (2): 1982 y 1983.
Cycling
Nacional participates in the championships organised by the Uruguayan Cycling Federation
Vuelta Ciclista del Uruguay (9)
- Teams (5): 1960, 1968, 1994, 1999, 2000[38]
- Individual (3)
- Leandro Noli: 1939
- Jorge Correa: 1968
- Milton Wynants: 1996
Rutas de América (6)
- Teams (5): 1993, 1994, 1995, 2000 y 2001.[39]
- General Individual (1)
- Gustavo Figueredo: 2000
Mil Millas Orientales (1)
- General Individual (1)
- Tomás Correa: 1960
Vuelta Ciclista del Paraguay (2)[40]
- Teams (1): 1998
- Individual (1)
- Gustavo Figueredo: 1998
Rugby
In April 2019, Nacional had announced that they would form a rugby union section[41] to compete in the 2020 season of the Súper Liga Americana de Rugby.[42] Nevertheless, it never occurred so Peñarol remained as the only Uruguayan representative in the league.
Tennis
Nacional has a lot of tennis courts in Parque Central, behind the stand Abdón Porte, in which several stages of the tournaments organised in Uruguay are disputed. In 2005, the club had the honour of holding various games played by Uruguay in the American Zone II of Davis Cup.
Volleyball
Nacional has its volleyball court in Parque Central, in the gymnasium of Jaime Cibils street. In that stadium, the club plays its home games of the championships organised by the Uruguayan volleyball federation Federación Uruguaya de Vóleibol in every category.
Men (9)
- Campeonato Federal (1): 1954.
- Super Liga Uruguaya de Voleibol (3): 2008, 2009,[43] 2010.
- Campeonato Uruguayo Livosur (1): 2010.
- Torneo Apertura Livosur (2): 2009, 2010.
- Torneo Clausura Livosur (2): 2006, 2008.
Women (4)
- Campeonato Federal (3): 1955, 1960, 1961.
- Torneo Abierto ciudad de Minas: 2011
Women's football
Nacional was part of the tournaments organised by the Department of Feminine Football of the Uruguayan Football Association, since its establishment in 1996, winning the Campeonato Uruguayo in 1997 and 2000. The club disaffiliated in 2005 and returned to the league in 2009 ending third in the annual standings. They won the championship in 2010 and 2011–2012. Internationally, Nacional played in various South American championships.
Official national tournaments (12)
- Campeonato Uruguayo(4): 1997, 2000, 2010, 2011/2012.
- Torneo Apertura (4): 1997, 1999, 2000, 2011.
- Torneo Clausura (2): 2002, 2012.
- Torneo Preparación Joseph Blatter (2): 2010, 2011.
Other national tournaments (3)
- Triangular Día Internacional de la Mujer (ciudad de Minas, departamento de Lavalleja) (1): 2011
- Triangular Internacional Diego Rodríguez (Rivera) (1): 2011
- Triangular Triangular Confraternidad en Artigas (1): 2012
International friendly tournaments (1)
- Cuadrangular Internacional Ciudad de San Nicolás de los Arroyos (Argentina) (1): 2011
Youth tournaments (3)
- Torneo Apertura Sub 18 (1): 2004
- Torneo Preparación Bicentenario Sub 16 (1): 2011
- Triangular Internacional Diego Rodríguez Sub 16 (1): 2011
Futsal
Nacional participates in the championships organised by de Futsal Delegated Commission of the Uruguayan Football Association. The club won the Uruguayan league title in various occasions and is nowadays the Uruguayan champion. Internationally, Nacionals main achievement is the second place in the South American Futsal Cup
Affiliate FIFUSA – AMF / FUdeFS
Official national tournaments (10)
- Campeonato Metropolitano (8): 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 y 1997.
- Campeonato Nacional de Clubes Campeones (2): 1994, 1997.
Official international tournaments(1)
- Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes Campeones: 1996.
Affiliate FIFA / AUF
Official national tournaments (23)
- Campeonato Uruguayo (7): 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008 y 2009.
- Campeonato Metropolitano (5): 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007 y 2009.
- Copa de Honor (Liguilla Pre Libertadores) (3): 2006, 2010, 2011.
- Campeonato Apertura (5): 1998, 2000, 2005, 2008 y 2009.
- Campeonato Clausura (3): 1998, 2002 y 2009.
Official international tournaments (1)
- Ganador de la Zona Sur de la Copa Libertadores de Futsal: 2003.[44]
See also
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