Club Nacional

Club Nacional is a Paraguayan football team, based in the neighbourhood of Barrio Obrero in Asunción, founded in 1904. Internationally, the club is referred to as Nacional Asunción, in order to distinguish itself from Uruguay's Nacional and Colombia's Atlético Nacional.[1]

For the Uruguayan team, see Club Nacional de Football. For other clubs named Nacional, see Nacional (disambiguation).
Club Nacional
Full nameClub Nacional
Nickname(s)La Academia
Tricolor
FoundedJune 5, 1904 (1904-06-05)
GroundEstadio Arsenio Erico
Capacity7,000
ChairmanJuan Carlos Galeano
ManagerRoberto Torres
LeaguePrimera División
2019 Clausura6th

History

The club was founded on June 5, 1904 by a group of alumni of the Colegio Nacional de la Capital, one of the oldest public schools in Asunción. The club was originally named Nacional Football Club, taking the name from "Club Nacional de Football" the Uruguayan club, whose shield and three colors were taken to associate the national origin. It is also referred as related to the school the founders attended. Its first president was Víctor Paredes Gómez and white was selected as the team color because that was the color of the Nacional de la Capital School uniform. For the emblem of the club, the colors of the Paraguayan flag were chosen.

Nacional is one of the traditional teams in the Paraguayan league and they have won a total of nine championships so far. Their nickname "La Academia" (the academy) was given to them because of their excellent youth system that produced great players such as Arsenio Erico, who is considered as the best Paraguayan footballer of all time.

In 2009 Nacional won the Clausura title after 63 years.

In 2014, Club Nacional Asunción made history after reaching the final of a Copa Libertadores competition for the first time, during the 2014 edition.[2]

Youth

One of the club's youth teams played at the 2009 Torneo di Viareggio,[3] the 2010 Torneo di Viareggio,[4] the 2011 Torneo di Viareggio,[5] the 2012 Torneo di Viareggio[6] and the 2013 Torneo di Viareggio.[7]

Honors

Current squad

As of 15 September 2018[1][8] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  PAR Santiago Rojas
2 DF  PAR Juan Franco
3 DF  PAR Víctor Barrientos
5 MF  PAR Marcos Duré
6 MF  PAR Luis Miño
7 MF  PAR Derlis Alegre
8 MF  PAR Juan Argüello
10 FW  PAR Danilo Santacruz
12 GK  PAR Juan Espínola
13 FW  PAR Gerardo Arévalos
14 MF  PAN Ricardo Clarke
15 DF  PAR Víctor Dávalos
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF  PAR Miguel Ángel Paniagua
17 FW  PAR Nery Balbuena
18 FW  PAR Derlis Orué
18 FW  PAR Richard Lugo Martínez
20 MF  PAR Cristhian Aguada
21 FW  PAR Nery Cardozo
22 DF  PAR Diego Melgarejo
23 DF  PAR Gustavo Velázquez
24 FW  PAR Félix Benítez
26 DF  PAR Carlos Montiel (on loan from Cerro Porteño)
27 DF  PAR Miguel Jacquet
29 MF  ARG Juan Ignacio Vieyra

Notable players
To appear in this section a player must have either:
  • Been part of a national team squad at any time.
  • Played in the first division of any other football association (outside Paraguay).
  • Played in a continental and/or intercontinental competition.

Managers

References
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  2. "Nacional cayó pero logró histórico paso a la final de la Libertadores - PrensaFútbol". Prensafutbol.cl. 29 July 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  3. "Coppa Carnevale - Torneo Internazionale Giovanile di Viareggio". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  4. "Coppa Carnevale - Torneo Internazionale Giovanile di Viareggio". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  5. "Coppa Carnevale - Torneo Internazionale Giovanile di Viareggio". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  6. "Coppa Carnevale - Torneo Internazionale Giovanile di Viareggio". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  7. "Torneo". Viareggiocup.com. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  8. "Club Nacional". Clubnacional.com.py. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  9. "Ficha Estadistica de INCA -glaucineis martins da silva- (perfil, ficha, profile, stats)". Bdfa.com.ar. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  10. "Argentina - I. Fideleff - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". Int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  11. http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Abroad/2016-07.html
  12. https://www.abc.com.py/deportes/futbol/nacional-fichara-a-ze-turbo-1774715.html
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