Nacional ( Spanish Club Nacional ) is one of the oldest football clubs in Paraguay , founded in 1904 . Nacional won the championship of Paraguay nine times (four titles were won in the amateur era), and the seventh title was obtained in 2009 (Klausura), 63 years after the previous victory. All this time, the team firmly held fifth place in the number of champion titles, second only to the recognized Big Four metropolitan teams led by two grandees of Paraguayan football - Olympia and Cerro Porteno . Nine times Nacional finished second in the national championship.
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| Full title | Club nacional | |||
| Nicknames | La Academia (Academy), Tricolores ( Tricolor ), Albo (White) | |||
| Based | 1904 | |||
| Stadium | Arsenio Eriko , Asuncion , Paraguay | |||
| Capacity | 7,000 | |||
| The president |  Juan Carlos Galeano | |||
| Main coach | Aldo Bobadilla | |||
| Rating | CONMEBOL 33 [1] | |||
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| Competition | Paraguayan example | |||
| Clausura 2018 | 6th | |||
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History
The club was created by a group of students from the National Capital College ( Spanish: Colegio Nacional de la Capital ) on June 5, 1904 . The original name - Nacional Football Club , as well as the colors and emblem of the team were similar to the corresponding attributes of the Uruguayan Nacional .
Especially in the amateur era, as well as in the first professional years, Nacional was one of the most successful clubs in the country. In the second half of the XX century, the team somewhat lost their positions, often flying to the Second Division of the national championship. After winning it in 2003, Nacional is once again in the elite of Paraguayan football. At the end of the 2008 season , the team made it to the Libertadores Cup , and in 2009 the club, under the leadership of former legendary football player Ever Hugo Almeida, won his seventh league title, the first time since 1946 .
In 2014, Nacional became the second Paraguayan team, after Olimpia to reach the finals of the international tournament, the Libertadores Cup , where, after two meetings, lost to the Argentinean San Lorenzo de Almagro .
The team is nicknamed “La Academia” due to the fact that it has brought up a number of famous football players, the greatest of which is the idol for fans to this day Arsenio Eriko .
Achievements
- Champions of Paraguay (9): 1909 , 1911 , 1924 , 1926 , 1942 , 1946 , Cl. 2009 , Ap. 2011 , Ap. 2013
- Champion of the Second Division of Paraguay (3): 1979, 1989, 2003
- Finalist of the Libertadores Cup (1): 2014
Famous Players
- Roberto Miguel Acuna
- Florencio Amarilla
- Christian Bogado
- Edgar Denis
- Ignacio Don
- Denis Canisa
- Oscar Cardozo
- Cecilio Martinez
- Erminio Miranda
- Raul Piris
- Manuel Flaitas Solic
- Arsenio Eriko
- Heriberto Herrera
Notes
- ↑ Ranking Conmebol de Copa Libertadores (Spanish) . CONMEBOL (14 de enero de 2017). Date of treatment January 14, 2017.
Links
- Club official website (Spanish)