Atlético Nacional

Atlético Nacional
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Full name	Club Atlético Nacional S. A.
Nickname(s)	Los Verdolagas (The Purslanes),; Rey de Copas (King of Cups),; El Verde de la Montaña (The Green from the Mountains),; El Verde Paisa (The Paisa Green)
Founded	7 March 1947; 76 years ago
Ground	Estadio Atanasio Girardot; Medellín, Colombia; (capacity: 40,043)
Owner	Organización Ardila Lülle
Chairman	Juan David Pérez
Manager	Jorge Almirón
League	Categoría Primera A
2018	1st, Apertura champions
Website	Club home page
	Current season

Club Atlético Nacional S.A., also known as just Atlético Nacional, is a professional Colombian football team based in Medellín. They are one of the most successful and popular football teams in Colombia.

They play their home games at the Atanasio Girardot Stadium. They share the stadium with their local rivals, Independiente Medellin. The club is one of only three teams to play in every first division tournament in Colombia. The other two teams are Millonarios and Santa Fe.

History

The team was founded on 7 March 1947 as Club Atletico Municipal De Medellin by Luis Alberto Villegas Lopez. Atletico Nacional is the club with the most fans in Colombia. Atlético Municipal changed to its current name, Atlético Nacional, in 1951.

Honors

National honours

Categoría Primera A:

Winners (16): 1954, 1973, 1976, 1981, 1991, 1994, 1999, 2005–I, 2007–I, 2007–II, 2011–I, 2013–I, 2013–II, 2014–I, 2015–II, 2017–I

Runners-up (10): 1955, 1965, 1971, 1974, 1988, 1990, 1992, 2002–I, 2004–I, 2004–II

Copa Colombia:

Winners (3): 2012, 2013, 2016

Superliga Colombiana:

Winners (2): 2012, 2016

Runners-up (3): 2014, 2015, 2018

International honours

Copa Libertadores: 19 appearances

Winners (2): 1989, 2016

Runners-up (1): 1995

Semifinals (2): 1990, 1991

Copa Merconorte: 4 appearances

Winners (2): 1998, 2000

Copa Sudamericana: 8 appearances

Runners-up (3): 2002, 2014, 2016

Semifinals (1): 2003

Copa Interamericana: 2 appearances

Winners (2): 1989, 1995

Recopa Sudamericana: 2 appearances

Winners (1): 2017

Runners-up (1): 1990

Intercontinental Cup: 1 appearance

Runners-up (1): 1989

FIFA Club World Cup: 1 appearance

Third Place (1): 2016

FIFA Fair Play Award: Awarded in 2016 for requesting CONMEBOL to award Chapecoense with the 2016 Copa Sudamericana title after the LaMia Flight 2933 crash.

Players

First-team squad

As of 14 January 2018^[2]^[3]

No.	Position	Player
2	DF	Daniel Bocanegra
3	DF	Felipe Aguilar
4	DF	Gorka Elustondo
5	DF	Andrés Perea
6	MF	Raúl Loaiza
7	MF	Gustavo Torres
8	MF	Diego Arias
10	MF	Macnelly Torres
11	FW	Andrés Rentería (on loan from Querétaro)
12	DF	Alexis Henríquez
15	MF	Juan Pablo Nieto
16	MF	Ronaldo Lucena
19	DF	Jackson Montaño

No.	Position	Player
20	MF	Jeison Lucumí
21	MF	Jhon Mosquera
23	DF	Edwin Velasco
25	GK	Christian Vargas
26	DF	Carlos Cuesta
27	MF	Edwin Valencia
29	MF	Aldo Leão Ramírez (on loan from Atlas)
30	FW	Arley Rodríguez
32	DF	Christian Mafla
33	FW	Hadier Borja
–	DF	Roderick Miller
–	FW	Juan David Castañeda

Out on loan

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Cristian Bonilla (at La Equidad)
–	GK	Camilo Vargas (at Deportivo Cali)
–	DF	Cristian Cassiani (at Leones)
–	DF	José Luis García (at Real Santander)
–	DF	Tomás Maya (at Leones)
–	DF	Esteban Morales (at Bogotá)

No.	Position	Player
–	DF	Jeisson Palacios (at Atlético Bucaramanga)
–	MF	Sherman Cárdenas (at LDU Quito)
–	MF	Cristián Dajome (at América de Cali)
–	MF	Julián Mendoza (at Real Cartagena)
–	MF	Juan Pablo Ramírez (at Deportivo Pasto)
–	MF	John Henry Sánchez (at Leones)

Affiliated teams

Alianza Petrolera (another team from the Categoria Primera A)

Atlético Nacional Media

The squad that won the club's first league title in 1954.
Escudo en verde de Unión Indulana Foot-Ball Club, equipo que terminaría transformándose en Atlético Nacional de Medellín
Escudo Atlético Nacional 1950
Escudo Atlético Nacional 1954
Escudo Atlético Nacional 1989
Escudo Atlético Nacional 1995
Escudo Atlético Nacional 1996