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

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, 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
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
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
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

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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