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; 77 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 website
	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[change | change source]

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[change | change source]

National honours[change | change source]

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[change | change source]

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[change | change source]

First-team squad[change | change source]

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

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[change | change source]

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)