Club Nacional
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| Full name | Club Nacional | ||
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| Nickname(s) | La Academia, Tricolor | ||
| Founded | 5 June 1904 | ||
| Ground | Estadio Arsenio Erico | ||
| Capacity | 5,000 | ||
| Chairman | Robert Harrison | ||
| Manager |
 Daniel Raschle | ||
| League | Primera División | ||
| 2015 Clausura | 12th | ||
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Club Nacional is a Paraguayan football (soccer) team, based in the neighbourhood of Barrio Obrero in Asunción, founded in 1904. Internationally, the club is referred to as Nacional Asunción, in order to distinguish itself from Uruguay's Nacional and Colombia's Atlético Nacional.[1]
History
The club was founded on June 5, 1904 by a group of alumni of the Colegio Nacional de la Capital, one of the oldest public schools in Asunción. The club was originally named Nacional Football Club, taking the name "Nacional" from 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" (the academy) was given to them because of their excellent youth system that produced great players such as Arsenio Erico, who is considered as the best Paraguayan footballer of all time.
In 2009 Nacional won the Clausura 2009 title after 63 years.
In 2014, Club Nacional Asunción made history after reaching the final of Copa Libertadores 2014 for the first time, thus they became the greatest team from Barrio Obrero, the home neighborhood of a so-called " great " club Cerro Porteno, the second most successful club team in Primera Division Paraguaya, who never qualified to an international competition final in their whole history .[2]
Honors
- Primera División (9): 1909, 1911 (undefeated), 1924, 1926, 1942, 1946, 2009 Clausura, 2011 Apertura, 2013 Apertura.
- División Intermedia (3): 1979, 1989, 2003
Current squad
As of 17 April 2016.[3][4] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Notable players
- To appear in this section a player must have either:
- Been part of a national team squad at any time.
- Played in the first division of any other football association (outside of Paraguay).
- Played in a continental and/or intercontinental competition.
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2000's
2010's
Non-CONMEBOL players
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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 (April 1, 2010 – Dec 31, 2011)
Javier Torrente (Jan 1, 2012 – April 19, 2012)- Gustavo Morínigo (April 16, 2012–15)
- Ricardo Dabrowski (2015)
- Daniel Raschle (2015–)
References
- ↑ http://uk.soccerway.com/teams/paraguay/club-nacional/1627/
- ↑ http://www.prensafutbol.cl/17393-defensor-vs-club-nacional-semi-copa-libertadores/
- ↑ http://uk.soccerway.com/teams/paraguay/club-nacional/1627/
- ↑ Plantel Principal
- ↑ http://uk.soccerway.com/players/ignacio-fideleff/27283/
- ↑ http://uk.soccerway.com/players/christopher-christaldo/277525/