Nacional Atlético Clube, usually known as Nacional de Patos or simply as Nacional is a
Brazilian football club from
Patos,
Paraíba state. The club was founded in 1961, and in 1989 competed in the
Brazilian Championship Second Level and in 2005 and in 2007 competed in the
Brazilian Championship Third Level. Its home matches are played at
José Cavalcanti Stadium.
History
On 23 December 1961, the club was founded by employees of federal institutions, such as the
Correios
The Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telégrafos (, abbr. ECT), also known as Correios (), is a state-owned company that has operated the national Mail, postal service of Brazil since the 17th century.
The ECT created and manages the Brazilian ...
, and other institutions. The club's colors were originally green and yellow, but later the green and white were adopted as Nacional's official colors.
[Nacional Atlético Clube at Arquivo de Clubes]
(archived 17 January 2013)
From 1977 to 1981, Nacional won the
Torneio Incentivo, which was organized by the
Brazilian Football Confederation
The Brazilian Football Confederation (, CBF) is the governing body of football in Brazil. It was founded on Monday, 8 June 1914, as , and renamed Confederação Brasileira de Desportos in 1916. The football confederation, as known today, sepa ...
, five times in a row.
In 1989, the club competed in the
Brazilian Championship Second Level, but was eliminated in the first stage.
[1989 Brazilian Championship Second Level at RSSSF](_blank)
In
2005
2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...
, Nacional competed in the
Brazilian Championship Third Level, but was eliminated in the first stage of the competition.
[2005 Brazilian Championship Third Level at RSSSF](_blank)
In 2007, the club won the
Paraíba State Championship for the first time. Nacional's Edmundo was the competition's top goalscorer, with 18 goals.
[2007 Paraíba State Championship at RSSSF](_blank)
In the
same year, the club competed in the Brazilian Championship Third Level, reaching the final stage of the competition.
[2007 Brazilian Championship Third Level at RSSSF](_blank)
Honours
*
Campeonato Paraibano
** Winners (1): 2007
** Runners-up (4): 1978, 1990, 1991, 2005
*
Copa Paraíba
** Winners (1): 2008
*
Campeonato Paraibano Second Division
** Winners (1): 2017
* Torneio Incentivo
** Winners (5): 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981
Current squad (selected)
Stadium
Nacional's home stadium is
Estádio José Cavalcanti, with a maximum capacity of 8,000 people.
However, in 2007, the club played its
Campeonato Brasileiro Série C
The Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, commonly known as the Série C or the Brazilian Série C to distinguish it from the Italian Serie C, is the third tier of the Brazilian football league system.
Unlike the first and second divisions, the Sér ...
final stage home matches at
Amigão stadium, which has a maximum capacity of 40,000 people and is located in
Campina Grande
Campina Grande is the second most populous Brazilian city in the State of Paraíba after João Pessoa, Paraíba, João Pessoa, the capital. It is considered to be the most important city of the Northeastern Brazilian subregion called ''agreste''. ...
,
[Amigão Stadium at Templos do Futebol]
because the minimum stadium capacity allowed during that stage of the competition was 10,000 people.
[Nacional não deve jogar em Patos na fase final da Série C do Brasileiro - WSCOM (October 7, 2007)]
(retrieved on November 23, 2007)
References
External links
Official website
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Association football clubs established in 1961
Football clubs in Paraíba
1961 establishments in Brazil