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Club Nacional is a Paraguayan professional
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club based in the neighbourhood of Obrero in
Asunción Asunción (, ) is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay. The city stands on the eastern bank of the Paraguay River, almost at the confluence of this river with the Pilcomayo River. The Paraguay River and the Bay of Asunción in the north ...
. Founded in 1904, the club currently plays in the
Paraguayan Primera División The División Profesional de la Paraguayan Football Association, Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol (; "Professional Division of the Paraguayan Football Association"), also known as the Primera División (; "first division"), or due to sponsorship ...
, and holds its home games at
Estadio Arsenio Erico Estadio Arsenio Erico is a multi-use stadium in the neighbourhood of Barrio Obrero in Asunción, Paraguay. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Club Nacional. The stadium holds 4,434 people. It is named af ...
. Internationally, the club is referred to as Nacional Asunción, in order to distinguish itself from Uruguay's
Nacional Nacional, the Portuguese and Spanish word for "national", may refer to: Airlines * Nacional Transportes Aéreos, a Brazilian airline defunct in 2002 * Transportes Aéreos Nacional, a Brazilian airline defunct in 1961 Bank * Banco Nacional, a ...
and Colombia's
Atlético Nacional Atlético Nacional S. A., best known as Atlético Nacional, is a Colombian professional football club based in Medellín. The club is one of only three clubs to have played in every first division tournament in the country's history, the other ...
.


History

The club was founded on 5 June 1904, by a group of
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of the
Colegio Nacional de la Capital Colegio Nacional de la Capital "Gral. Bernardino Caballero" (or simply CNC) is a public high school in Asuncion, Paraguay. The school is one of the most prestigious in Paraguay. Many personalities have studied there. History The CNC was establi ...
, one of the oldest public schools in
Asunción Asunción (, ) is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay. The city stands on the eastern bank of the Paraguay River, almost at the confluence of this river with the Pilcomayo River. The Paraguay River and the Bay of Asunción in the north ...
. 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" () was given to them because of their excellent youth system that produced great players such as
Arsenio Erico Arsenio Pastor Erico Martínez (30 March 1915 – 23 July 1977) was a Paraguayan Association football, football Striker (association football), striker. He is the Primera División Argentina topscorers, all-time highest goalscorer in the Primer ...
, who is considered as the best Paraguayan footballer of all time. In
2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
Nacional won their first league title in 63 years. In
2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...
, Club Nacional made history by reaching the Copa Libertadores final for the first time ever since its foundation, and by being only the second Paraguayan club to reach the final (after Olimpia). The club began the campaign with a runner-up finish in the group stage. In the knockout stages, they defeated Argentine clubs Vélez Sarsfield and
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. In the semi-finals, they beat Uruguayan club
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2–1 on aggregate to set up a final with
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. The first leg of the final was played in Asunción and ended 1-1. However, San Lorenzo won the second leg 1–0 at
Estadio Pedro Bidegain Nuevo Gasómetro (; , named after the club's former venue, El Gasómetro), officially known as Pedro Bidegain Stadium (, ; named after the club's former president Pedro Bidegain) is an association football stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Loca ...
and took the title with a 2-1 aggregate victory.


Youth

One of the club's youth teams played at the 2009 Torneo di Viareggio, the
2010 Torneo di Viareggio The 2010 winners of the Torneo di Viareggio (in English, the Viareggio Tournament, officially the Viareggio Cup World Football Tournament Coppa Carnevale), the annual youth football tournament held in Viareggio, Tuscany, are listed below. Format ...
, the 2011 Torneo di Viareggio, the
2012 Torneo di Viareggio The 2012 winners of the Torneo di Viareggio (in English, the Viareggio Tournament, officially the Viareggio Cup World Football Tournament Coppa Carnevale), the annual youth football tournament held in Viareggio, Tuscany, are listed below. Format ...
and the 2013 Torneo di Viareggio.


Honours


National

* Primera División ** Winners (9):
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''(undefeated)'',
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,
1926 In Turkey, the year technically contained only 352 days. As Friday, December 18, 1926 ''(Julian Calendar)'' was followed by Saturday, January 1, 1927 '' (Gregorian Calendar)''. 13 days were dropped to make the switch. Turkey thus became the ...
,
1942 The Uppsala Conflict Data Program project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 4.62 million. However, the Correlates of War estimates that the prior year, 1941, was th ...
,
1946 1946 (Roman numerals, MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1946th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 946th year of the 2nd millennium, the 46th year of the 20th centur ...
, 2009 Clausura, 2011 Apertura, 2013 Apertura * Plaqueta Millington Drake ** Winners (4): 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946 * División Intermedia ** Winners (3): 1979, 1989, 2003


Current squad

''As of 24 January, 2024''


Notable players

:To appear in this section a player must have either: * Been part of a national team at any time. * Played in the first division of any other football association (outside Paraguay). * Played in a continental and/or intercontinental competition. 2000's *
Óscar Cardozo Óscar René Cardozo Marín (; born 20 May 1983), best known as Tacuara (Guarani language, Guarani for Guadua), is a Paraguayan professional association football, footballer who plays as a striker (association football), striker for Club Liberta ...
(2004–06) *
Cristian Bogado Cristian Venancio Bogado Morínigo (born 7 January 1987) is a Paraguayan footballer who plays as a striker. International goals Honours Club ;Colo-Colo * Primera División de Chile Primera may refer to * Nissan Primera, a car * Primera ...
(2005–07) * Glacinei Martins (2005–2006, 2007–2009) *
Juan Cardozo Juan Cardozo (born 1 August 1974) is a Paraguayan former footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, ...
(2008) 2010's *
Fredy Bareiro Fredy José Bareiro Gamarra (born 27 March 1982) is a Paraguayan former association football, footballer. Bareiro is one of very few footballers to have participated in back-to-back finals of the Copa Libertadores, playing for Club Olimpia, Oli ...
(2014) * Julio Santa Cruz (2014–15) * Brian Montenegro (2014) *
Ignacio Fideleff Ignacio David Fideleff (born 4 July 1989) is an Argentina, Argentinian association football, exfootballer who used to play as a Defender (association football), centre back. Early life He was born in Rosario, in the province of Santa Fe Provi ...
(2016–) *
Roberto Nanni Roberto Antonio Nanni (born 20 August 1981) is an Argentine retired football forward. Club career Nanni started playing professionally for Vélez Sársfield in 2001. While at the team, he reached the final fixture of the 2003 Clausura as the ...
(2016–) Non-
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players *
Christopher Cristaldo Christopher Cristaldo Zambrini (born 15 January 1995) is a Paraguayan-born Australian footballer who currently plays as a forward for Moreland City. Club career Youth career In 2011, he played for the Victorian Training Centre where he made 1 ...
(2016) *
Zé Turbo Júnior José Correia (born 22 October 1996), known as Zé Turbo, is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Pari NN. He was on the books of Sporting and Inter Milan as a teenager, but did not make a senior appearanc ...
(2019)


Managers

* Ever Hugo Almeida (1992) * Daniel Raschle (July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2009) * Ever Hugo Almeida (July 1, 2009 – April 15, 2010) *
Juan Manuel Battaglia Juan Manuel Battaglia (born 11 June 1957) is a former Association football, football midfielder and forward. Battaglia started his career in 1977, in Paraguayan side Club Nacional (Paraguay), Nacional before moving to Cerro Porteño. He then w ...
(April 1, 2010 – Dec 31, 2011) *
Javier Torrente Javier Luis Torrente (born 8 June 1969) is an Argentine football manager. He was recently the manager of Chilean club Universidad de Concepción. Career Torrente has been assistant manager to Marcelo Bielsa at Vélez Sársfield, Espanyol, Ar ...
(Jan 1, 2012 – April 19, 2012) * Gustavo Morínigo (April 16, 2012–15) *
Ricardo Dabrowski Ricardo Mariano Dabrowski (born 28 March 1961) is an Argentine former football player and manager. He played as a forward for clubs in Argentina, Chile and Mexico. Career A native of Temperley, Dabrowski (also known as ''Ruso'') played football ...
(2015) * Daniel Raschle (2015–2016) * Ever Hugo Almeida (2016–)


References


External links


Club Nacional de Paraguay
– official website
Club Nacional de Paraguay
– unofficial website {{DEFAULTSORT:Nacional Football clubs in Paraguay Football clubs in Asunción Association football clubs established in 1904 1904 establishments in Paraguay