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Club Nacional de Football (, ''National Football Club'' or simply as Nacional) is a Uruguayan professional
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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''. Although its main focus is football, the club hosts many other activities, including
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, and
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. In domestic tournaments, Nacional has won the Primera División title 49 times, most recently in the 2020 season. Domestic cups honors include Copa de Competencia (8 times) and Copa de Honor (7 times), among others. At international level, Nacional has won 22 titles recognised by FIFA and CONMEBOL, including three Copa Libertadores. In this tournament, Nacional is the 2nd best club all-time with 618 points. Nacional has also won all three
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it has competed in, becoming the second three time world champion in
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. In addition, Nacional is the only Uruguayan team to have won the
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(two times) and the Recopa Sudamericana. In the latter competition Nacional won the inaugural edition in
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. Besides, Nacional won four
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, three
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two
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, and one
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, all of them organized jointly by the Argentine and
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Associations. Nacional is identified with the white, blue and red colours inspired by the flag of Uruguay's national hero José Gervasio Artigas. While the club hosts some games at Montevideo's
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, Nacional plays most of its home matches at the Parque Central, located in the La Blanqueada neighborhood and popularly known as ''El Parque'', where on 13 July 1930
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played one of the two opening games of the 1930 FIFA World Cup, and where
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, among others, made their debut in the
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. Parque Central was also the only venue in the 1923 and 1924 edition of the Copa América. Nacional has fierce rivalries with many clubs, notably with cross-town team
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, in clashes known as '' El clásico del fútbol uruguayo''. Along with Peñarol, Nacional has never been relegated from the top flight of Uruguayan football. According to CONMEBOL, Nacional was the Uruguayan team with the best international performance in the 2007–2012 period.
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named it as the best Uruguayan team of the 2001–2010 period and the seventh best team in South America. In February 2013, Nacional reached 60,000 associates.


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
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, Uruguay's national hero. The club's uniform was mostly red and blue. In 1900 Nacional included the Club Defensa and its players, and started playing at the
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. That same year four clubs governed by foreigners ( Albion F.C.,
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,
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and Deutscher F.K.) founded the " Uruguay Association League". Nacional's petition to be included was dismissed on the thought that ''criollo'' clubs and their players lacked category. However, the League's clubs had to admit Nacional in 1901, after the club was invited to join the Argentinean League, due to their impressive performances in a number of friendly matches. In
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Nacional won their first
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title. The red jersey was substituted by the white jersey in 1902. In September 1903 Nacional fully represented the
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and beat
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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
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). In 1905 Nacional won its first international title, the
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. 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 Abdón Porte (1893 – 5 March 1918) was a Uruguayan footballer who played as defensive midfielder. Nicknamed ''El Indio'' he won many titles with his club Nacional, and also a Copa América with the Uruguay national team. He committed suicid ...
, who would eventually become one of the club's biggest symbols, playing in Nacional until his premature death in 1918. 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 he British-Uruguayan teams, that iswas 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."[] After winning the 1912 Uruguayan Primera División, 1912 championship, they won the 1915 ''Triple Crown'' (tri-championship), which included the three major domestic and international tournaments of that time: Primera División,
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, and
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. 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
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and
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league championships, also winning the
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, 1920,
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,
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and
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league titles. At international level, Nacional won three
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(
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,
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, 1920), three consecutive
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(
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,
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,
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), and two
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(
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,
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).


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 ( Mazzali, Urdinarán, Scarone, Romano, Zibechi and Pascual Somma) for Uruguayan national representative that won the Summer Olympics in Paris. Nacional made also a substantial contribution to the Uruguayan teams of 1928 and 1930, Olympic and World champions respectively. Nacional is the only Uruguayan club that contributed players to every Uruguay national team that has won international tournaments. In 1925, due to the success of
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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. 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. which is considered the largest tour in the history of world football. 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
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). 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.Este artículo lo puede ver en este link: https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/una-epoca-que-emociona-a-nacional-el-quinquenio-y-la-maxima-goleada-clasica-2020429124648
on ''El Observador'', 29 Apr 2020
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. Notable players of that period include Atilio García (all-time Nacional's top scorer, also Uruguayan Clásico all-time top scorer with 34 goals, eight times Uruguayan Champion, eight times league's highest scorer); Aníbal Paz (nine times Uruguayan champion and World Champion defending Uruguay in 1950); Schubert Gambetta (nine times Uruguayan Champion and World Champion in 1950); Luis Ernesto Castro (seven times Uruguayan Champion);
Aníbal Ciocca Aníbal Ciocca (born 23 July 1915) was a Uruguayan football-player notably active during the 1930s and 1940s, member of the forward line that conquered the ''Quinquenio de Oro'' (1939-1943) for Nacional. He came to Nacional in 1931 from Monte ...
(eight times Uruguayan Champion), Eugenio ''Pato'' Galvalisi (seven times Uruguayan Champion), Roberto Porta (six times Uruguayan Champion),
Bibiano Zapirain Bibiano Zapirain (2 December 1919 – 2 December 2000) was a Uruguayan Association football, footballer. Honours ;Nacional *Primera División (Uruguay), Primera División: 6 :: 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1950, 1952 ;Uruguay *Copa América: 1 :: 19 ...
(six times Uruguayan Champion).


International achievements

Nacional's international reputation relied on the tournaments played during the first half of the 20th century in the
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region, where the most important international tournaments in America were played before the Copa Libertadores was created. Historical rivalries with longtime enemy
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and famous Argentinian teams like Boca, River Plate,
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, Independiente, San Lorenzo,
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and
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, among others, were established in those championships. Nacional participated in the Libertadores for the first time in
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, when they were defeated in the semi-finals by Peñarol. They got to the Finals in
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, but lost to Independiente, and in
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to Racing. With President Miguel Restuccia, Nacional formed the basis of a team that would eventually achieve its goal, with players such as Ubiña, Mujica, Montero Castillo, Espárrago, ''Cascarilla'' Morales, Brazilian goalkeeper Manga, Cubilla and the great Argentinean striker
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. In the 1969 Libertadores, after defeating Peñarol in semi-finals, Nacional lost its third Finals, this time against Estudiantes de La Plata. In 1971, coached by
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, Nacional finally won its first Copa Libertadores, beating Estudiantes de La Plata in
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,
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. That year, Nacional won its first World Club title, the
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, in memorable matches against Panathinaikos from Greece, with goals from striker
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. Panathinaikos played because the reigning European champion,
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, refused to play due to the violent conduct common among top South American teams during this period. The following year, Nacional won its first
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, defeating
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from
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. During this period, Nacional also regained supremacy in the domestic field, obtaining four Uruguayan Championships in a row (
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, 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 1980, beating
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from Brazil in the finals. After becoming South American champions, Nacional won the Intercontinental Cup for the second time, defeating European champions
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from England 1–0, with goal by forward
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. That year Nacional also won the
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. Nacional won its third copa Libertadores in
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, beating Argentine side
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3–0 in the Estadio Centenario, with goals from Ernesto Vargas, Santiago Ostolaza and
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. That same year, Nacional would contest its third Intercontinental Cup. In a breath-taking final against Dutch side
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coached by Guus Hiddink, Nacional would win in the penalty shootout after the game ended 2–2 with two goals by Ostolaza (the second one scored at the last minute of overtime). The next year, Nacional won its second
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, this time beating C.D. Olimpia from Honduras, and the Recopa Sudamericana, defeating
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from Argentina.


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 Hugo Eduardo de León Rodríguez (born 27 February 1958) is a Uruguayan football coach and former player, who played as a defender. Club career De León joined Nacional in 1977. With Nacional, he won two Uruguayan league titles, in 1977 and 1 ...
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 (
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, 2001 and 2002.) In 2005 Nacional decided to restore its stadium, the
Estadio Gran Parque Central The Estadio Gran Parque Central is the stadium of Club Nacional de Football. It is located in Montevideo, Uruguay, near Nacional headquarters (exactly between the streets Carlos Anaya, Jaime Cibils, General Urquiza and Comandante Braga), in the ...
, where the team has returned to host most of their games instead of state-owned
Estadio Centenario Estadio Centenario is a stadium in the Parque Batlle of Montevideo, Uruguay, used primarily for football. The stadium was built between 1929 and 1930 to host the inaugural 1930 FIFA World Cup, as well as to commemorate the centenary of Ur ...
. Nacional is the most successful team since the beginning of the century, having won also the 2005, 2005–06, 2008–09,
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, 2011–12, 2014–15 and
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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 The 2018 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores was the 59th edition of the CONMEBOL Libertadores (also referred to as the ''Copa Libertadores''), South America's premier club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. River Plate defeated Boca Juniors in ...
. It will be Nacional's 45th appearance in the tournament, and the twenty second consecutive (absolute 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.


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 José Gervasio Artigas Arnal (; June 19, 1764 – September 23, 1850) was a political leader, military general, statesman and national hero of Uruguay and the broader Río de la Plata region. He fought in the Latin American wars of in ...
was named "Jefe de los Orientales" in 1811. In recent decades the stadium had not been used very often because Nacional played at the national stadium
Estadio Centenario Estadio Centenario is a stadium in the Parque Batlle of Montevideo, Uruguay, used primarily for football. The stadium was built between 1929 and 1930 to host the inaugural 1930 FIFA World Cup, as well as to commemorate the centenary of Ur ...
, sharing it with
Peñarol Club Atlético Peñarol (; English: ''Peñarol Athletic Club'') —also known as ''Carboneros'', ''Aurinegros,'' and (familiarly) ''Manyas''— is a Uruguayan sports club from Montevideo. The name "Peñarol" comes from the Peñarol neigh ...
, 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 Abdón Porte (1893 – 5 March 1918) was a Uruguayan footballer who played as defensive midfielder. Nicknamed ''El Indio'' he won many titles with his club Nacional, and also a Copa América with the Uruguay national team. He committed suicid ...
, 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 José Juan Héctor Scarone Berreta (26 November 1898 – 4 April 1967) was a Uruguayan footballer who played as inside forward. Scarone was considered one of the best players in the world during his time,. being nicknamed ''El Mago'' ("the Magic ...
, 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 "", and it was coined by Nacional fans. An employee of Nacional of the early 20th century, Prudencio Miguel Reyes, was famous for his continuous support to the team. The other fans that attended the games started to call him by one of his duties: pumping air to the balls (in Spanish: "inflar" the balls, in Uruguay: "hinchar" the balls). Within a few games, Reyes was known as the "hincha" of Nacional. This is the origin of a word that is frequently used by Spanish speakers worldwide.


"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. Deportivo Toluca played for the 2013 Copa Libertadores. The flag cost US$50,000, previously collected amongst the supporters La Banda Del Parque The flag, 600 meters in length and 50 meters in height, entered the
Guinness World Records ''Guinness World Records'', known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as ''The Guinness Book of Records'' and in previous United States editions as ''The Guinness Book of World Records'', is a reference book published annually, listing world ...
as "the biggest flag ever seen in a football match". The flag also weighed 5,000 kg, with 400 people being needed to move it. 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


Out on loan


Records

*Most appearances: Emilio Álvarez ''(511 matches played)'' *Most years with the club:
Héctor Scarone José Juan Héctor Scarone Berreta (26 November 1898 – 4 April 1967) was a Uruguayan footballer who played as inside forward. Scarone was considered one of the best players in the world during his time,. being nicknamed ''El Mago'' ("the Magic ...
''(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
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, 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. Below, the list of Nacional players that were part of Uruguay's Olympic and world champions teams. 1924 Olympic champions * Andrés Mazali *
Ángel Romano Alfredo Ángel Romano (2 August 1893 – 22 August 1972) was a Uruguayan professional footballer. A striker, he played 70 games for his national team between 1911 and 1927, scoring 28 goals. He played in the Copa América nine times, winning t ...
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Héctor Scarone José Juan Héctor Scarone Berreta (26 November 1898 – 4 April 1967) was a Uruguayan footballer who played as inside forward. Scarone was considered one of the best players in the world during his time,. being nicknamed ''El Mago'' ("the Magic ...
*Pascual Somma *
Santos Urdinarán Santos "Vasquito" Urdinarán Barrena (30 March 1900 – 14 July 1979), known as ''El Vasquito'', was a footballer from Uruguay. He played for Nacional from 1919 to 1933 (318 matches and 124 goals), playing the position of right winger. He was ...
* Alfredo Zibechi 1928 Olympic champions *
José Leandro Andrade José Leandro Andrade (22 November 1901 – 5 October 1957) was an Uruguayan footballer who played at wing-half. He was nicknamed "The Black Marvel" (''maravilla negra''). During his prime he was regarded as one of the finest footballers in the ...
* Héctor Castro *
Pedro Cea José Pedro Cea (1 September 1900 – 18 September 1970) was a Uruguayan football player as a striker and coach. Playing career Club career Cea was born in MontevideoMontevideo. At club level, he played for Nacional, where he won several Ur ...
* Andrés Mazali *
Pedro Petrone Pedro Petrone Schiavone (11 May 1905 – 13 December 1964) was a Uruguayan footballer who played in the role of striker. His nickname was ''Artillero'', meaning artilleryman or gunner, in reference to his amazing goalscoring prowess. Club caree ...
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Héctor Scarone José Juan Héctor Scarone Berreta (26 November 1898 – 4 April 1967) was a Uruguayan footballer who played as inside forward. Scarone was considered one of the best players in the world during his time,. being nicknamed ''El Mago'' ("the Magic ...
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Santos Urdinarán Santos "Vasquito" Urdinarán Barrena (30 March 1900 – 14 July 1979), known as ''El Vasquito'', was a footballer from Uruguay. He played for Nacional from 1919 to 1933 (318 matches and 124 goals), playing the position of right winger. He was ...
1930 FIFA World Cup champions *
José Leandro Andrade José Leandro Andrade (22 November 1901 – 5 October 1957) was an Uruguayan footballer who played at wing-half. He was nicknamed "The Black Marvel" (''maravilla negra''). During his prime he was regarded as one of the finest footballers in the ...
* Héctor Castro *
Pedro Cea José Pedro Cea (1 September 1900 – 18 September 1970) was a Uruguayan football player as a striker and coach. Playing career Club career Cea was born in MontevideoMontevideo. At club level, he played for Nacional, where he won several Ur ...
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Pedro Petrone Pedro Petrone Schiavone (11 May 1905 – 13 December 1964) was a Uruguayan footballer who played in the role of striker. His nickname was ''Artillero'', meaning artilleryman or gunner, in reference to his amazing goalscoring prowess. Club caree ...
* Conduelo Píriz * Emilio Recoba * Zoilo Saldombide *
Héctor Scarone José Juan Héctor Scarone Berreta (26 November 1898 – 4 April 1967) was a Uruguayan footballer who played as inside forward. Scarone was considered one of the best players in the world during his time,. being nicknamed ''El Mago'' ("the Magic ...
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Santos Urdinarán Santos "Vasquito" Urdinarán Barrena (30 March 1900 – 14 July 1979), known as ''El Vasquito'', was a footballer from Uruguay. He played for Nacional from 1919 to 1933 (318 matches and 124 goals), playing the position of right winger. He was ...
1950 FIFA World Cup champions * Schubert Gambetta * Aníbal Paz * Julio Pérez * Rodolfo Pini * Eusebio Tejera


Notable coaches


Honours


Domestic

* Primera División (49) ::
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(8): 1903, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1919, 1921, 1923 * Copa de Honor (7): 1905, 1906, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917 *Torneo de Honor (17): 1935, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1948, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959 (shared), 1960 (shared), 1961, 1962 (shared), 1963 *Torneo Competencia (13): 1934, 1942 (shared), 1945, 1948, 1952, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964 (shared), 1967 (shared), 1989 *Torneo Cuadrangular (8): 1952, 1954, 1955 (Shared), 1956, 1958, 1961 (Shared), 1964, 1967 *Liguilla (8): 1982, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2007, 2008 *Liga Mayor (3): 1975, 1976, 1977 *Campeonato Nacional General Artigas (2): 1961, 1962


Other

Official tournaments but played once: *Torneo Fermín Garicoits (1): 1965 *Torneo Ciudad de Montevideo (1): 1973 *Torneo Campeones Olímpicos (1): 1974 *Campeonato Estadio Centenario (1): 1983


International

* Copa Libertadores (3): 1971, 1980,
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* Copa de Confraternidad Escobar-Gerona (1): '
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*Copa del Atlántico (1): 1947


International friendlies

* Copa Ciudad de Montevideo (5): 1953, 1969, 1970, 1978, 1984 * Torneo Internacional Nocturno Rioplatense (1): 1938 Títulos internacionales
on Nacional website


Youth tournaments

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* 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 Federación Ciclista del Uruguay since its beginnings. The club won the most important competitions in several occasions: Vuelta Ciclista del Uruguay and
Rutas de América Rutas de América is a stage road bicycle race held annually in February in Uruguay since 1972. From 2009 to 2012, the race was organized as a 2.2 event on the UCI America Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing com ...
, individually and by teams. Nowadays, Nacional cycling team has the presence of Milton Wynants, winner of a silver medal for Uruguay in the
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. Vuelta Ciclista del Uruguay (9) * Teams (5): 1960, 1968, 1994, 1999, 2000 * Individual (3) : ''Leandro Noli'': 1939 : ''Jorge Correa'': 1968 : '' Milton Wynants'': 1996
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(6) * Teams (5): 1993, 1994, 1995, 2000 y 2001. * General Individual (1) : ''Gustavo Figueredo'': 2000 Mil Millas Orientales (1) * General Individual (1) : ''Tomás Correa'': 1960 Vuelta Ciclista del Paraguay (2) * Teams (1): 1998 * Individual (1) : ''Gustavo Figueredo'': 1998


Rugby

Nacional have announced that they will forming a
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section to compete in the 2021 season of the Súper Liga Americana de Rugby.


Tennis

Nacional has a lot of tennis courts in Parque Central, behind the stand Talud 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, 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 Copa Libertadores de América de Futsal in 2003.


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 The Copa Libertadores de Clubes de Futsal ( en, South American Club Futsal Championship, pt, Campeonato Sul-Americano de Futebol de Salão) is an international futsal competition disputed between the best clubs of South America. Since 2002, the t ...
: 2003.


References


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