Atlético Nacional

Atlético Nacional

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 (1947-03-07)
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 website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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

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

Out on loan

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 Colombia Cristian Bonilla (at La Equidad) – GK Colombia Camilo Vargas (at Deportivo Cali) – DF Colombia Cristian Cassiani (at Leones) – DF Colombia José Luis García (at Real Santander) – DF Colombia Tomás Maya (at Leones) – DF Colombia Esteban Morales (at Bogotá)

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

Affiliated teams

• Alianza Petrolera (another team from the Categoria Primera A)

Other websites

• Atlético Nacional official website