Club Nacional de Football

Nacional

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Full name	Club Nacional de Football
Nickname(s)	Tricolores (Tricolors) Bolsilludo Bolso Albos (Whites)
Founded	May 14, 1899
Ground	Estadio Gran Parque Central
Capacity	23,500
Chairman	Ricardo Alarcón
Manager	Marcelo Gallardo
League	Primera División
2010–11	1st
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Club Nacional de Football is a sports institution from Uruguay, founded on May 14, 1899 in Montevideo, as a result of the fusion between Uruguay Athletic Club and Montevideo Fútbol Club.

Nacional plays several sports, being football the most important and the one in which the club has achieved significant victories in Uruguay and internationally, earning worldwide recognition.

Considered one of the big teams in the country and South America, Nacional won the Copa Libertadores three times: 1971, 1980 and 1988. In this tournament, Nacional is the all-time leader with 515 points. Nacional also won the Copa Intercontinental in 1971, 1980 and 1988, becoming the first unbeaten three times world champion. In addition, Nacional is the only Uruguayan team that won the Copa Interamericana (1972 and 1989) and the Recopa Sudamericana, competition in which is the first champion (1989). In the domestic league, Nacional won the championship 43 times, playing in the first division since its debut in 1901, with the record of 11 titles in the amateur era and 32 titles in the profesional era. With a total of 144 official titles won, 123 domestic titles and 21 international titles (9 of them recognized by either Conmebol or FIFA), Nacional is the most successful club in Uruguay in terms of number of titles.

Nacional is identified with the white, blue and red colours inspired by the Uruguay's national hero José Gervasio Artigas flag. In spite of hosting some games at the Montevideo's city property Estadio Centenario, Nacional plays most of its home matches at the Parque Central, located in the La Blanqueada neighbourhood and popularly known as El Parque, where on July 13, 1930 Belgium and the United States played one of the two opening games of the 1930 FIFA World Cup, and where Argentina and Brazil, among others, made their debut in FIFA World Cup. Besides, Parque Central was the only venue in the 1923 and 1924 edition of the Copa América.

Nacional has fierce rivalries with many clubs, notably with cross-town team Peñarol, in clashes known as El clásico del fútbol uruguayo.

According to CONMEBOL, Nacional is the Uruguayan team with the best international performance in the last five years.

In May 2011, Nacional surpassed the number of 40.000 associates.

History

International Tours and Success

Nacional was founded as the first "criollo" football side in Uruguay, being the first club that was not founded or controlled by British or other foreigners. Its players started developing already around 1900 a new playing style that introduced a less physical and more imaginative game, made out of fast combinations and frequent dribblings. Magariños says: "The action of these teams [the British-Uruguayan teams, that is] was conducted according the purest and standardized virtues of British sport: positional play, long passes, furious shots, and strong physical play. The body was used as a weapon, both offensively and defensively. (...) Nacional, formed mainly by smaller and faster players (...) abandoned the physical confrontation that was allowed back then, and chose to play according to their own possibilities. They chose to perform dribblings, fast and short passing, very fast sprints, and a hectic activity in the pitch."[] After two very successful initial decades in the national league of Uruguay and at the regional level, Nacional became the foundation of Uruguay's first international success at the world level. In 1924, Nacional contributed six players (Mazali, Urdinarán, Scarone, Romano, Zibechi and Somma) for Uruguayan national representative that won the Summer Olympics in Paris. Nacional made also a substantial contribution to the Uruguayan teams of 1928 and 1930, Olympic and world champions respectively. As a matter of fact, Nacional is the only Uruguayan club that contributed players to every Uruguayan national team that won international tournaments. In 1925, due to the success of Uruguay and of Nacional players in the Olympics, Nacional was invited to make an extensive European tour, playing 38 matches over six months. During that tour, Nacional played against both national squads and professional club teams from 9 European countries. Nacional won 26 matches, tied 7, and lost 5. An estimate of about 800,000 tickets were sold during that tour.

In 1927, Nacional made an American tour, with similar results to the ones obtained in the European adventure made two years before.

The international reputation of Nacional was formed in tournaments played in the first half of the 20th century in the Río de la Plata region, where the most important international tournaments in America were played before the Copa Libertadores was created. The historical rivalries with long time enemy Peñarol and famous Argentinian teams like Boca Juniors, C.A. River Plate, Racing Club, Independiente, San Lorenzo, Rosario Central and Newell's Old Boys, among others, were established in the Copa Río de la Plata, and the Copa de Honor and the Copa de Competencia.

In 1971 Nacional won its first Copa Libertadores, beating Estudiantes de La Plata from Argentina in the final disputed in Lima, Peru. In the same year, Nacional won its first World Club title, the 1971 Intercontinental Cup, in memorable matches against Panathinaikos from Greece, with goals from striker Luis Artime. Panathinaikos played because the reigning European champion, AFC Ajax, refused to play due to the violent conduct common among top South American teams during this period. The following year, Nacional won its first Copa Interamericana, defeating Cruz Azul from Mexico.

Nacional repeated its achievement in the Copa Libertadores in 1980, beating Internacional from Brazil in the final, in a Estadio Centenario packed with Nacional fans. After becoming South American champions, Nacional won the Intercontinental Cup for the second time, defeating European champions Nottingham Forest from England 1–0, with goal from forward Waldemar Victorino.

Nacional won its third copa Libertadores in 1988, beating Argentine side Newell's Old Boys 3–0 in the Estadio Centenario, with goals from Vargas, De León and Ostolaza. That same year, Nacional would contest its third Intercontinental Cup. In a breath-taking final against Dutch side PSV Eindhoven coached by Guus Hiddink, Nacional would win in the penalty shootout after the game ended 2–2. "El Bolso" remains as the only team to win all the Intercontinental finals it participated in. In the next year, Nacional won its second Interamerican Cup, this time beating C.D. Olimpia.

In 1989, Nacional won the Recopa Sudamericana, defeating Racing from Argentina.

Kits

Nacional's home kit is a white jersey, with blue shorts and socks (although it is also common for them to wear an all white strip). The away jersey is red, which is used both with blue or white shorts and socks. The third kit is a blue jersey with blue shorts and white socks. The colours of the uniform were amalgamated from the merged clubs,the red was taken from Montevideo Football Club,blue from Uruguay Athletic (original colours) and later the adding of white from club Defensa

Home kits

1899–1901

1902–...

Special

Away kits

1902–1994

Team B 1908

1995–1997

1998

1999

2000–2001

2002–...

Stadium

Main article: Estadio Gran Parque Central

Nacional plays most home games at its own stadium, the 25,000 (and growing) capacity Gran Parque Central (soon to be 30,000), built in 1900. In recent decades the stadium has not been used very often because Nacional played at the national stadium Estadio Centenario, sharing it with Peñarol. High-risk matches and derbies are still played at the Centenario. In 2005, the renovation of Parque Central allowed Nacional to play home matches there more often.

Parque Central is located in "Quinta de la Paraguaya" a historic place where an Uruguayan military hero was named "Jefe de los Orientales" Uruguayan leader (military speaking) in 1811.

Supporters

The First "Hincha"

The Spanish word to describe football fans is "hincha", and it was coined by Nacional fans. An employee of Nacional of the early 20th century, Prudencio Miguel Reyes, was famous for his continuous support to the team. The other fans that attended the games started to call him by one of his duties: pumping air to the balls (in Spanish: "inflar" the balls, in Uruguay: "hinchar" the balls). Within a few games, Reyes was known as the "hincha" of Nacional. This is the origin of a word that is frequently used by Spanish speakers worldwide.

Nicknames

Nacional is nicknamed "tricolores" ("three colours"), and "bolsilludos", later shortened to "bolsos" ("bolsillo" being the Spanish word for pocket – Nacional used to play with a jersey that had a pocket on the chest). "La blanca" (The white) is less common also called the albos.

Players

Current squad

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	URU	Leonardo Burian
2	DF	URU	Darwin Torres
3	DF	BRA	Jadson Viera
4	DF	URU	Christian Núñez
5	MF	URU	Santiago Romero
6	DF	URU	Alexis Rolin
7	FW	URU	Renato César
8	MF	URU	Matías Cabrera
9	FW	URU	Alexander Medina
10	FW	URU	Tabaré Viudez
11	FW	URU	Vicente Sánchez
12	GK	URU	Martín Tejera
13	DF	URU	Pablo Alvarez
14	DF	ARG	Diego Placente

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	FW	URU	Gonzalo Bueno
16	FW	URU	Mathías Abero
17	MF	URU	Maximiliano Calzada
18	MF	ARG	Israel Damonte
19	DF	URU	Andrés Scotti
20	FW	URU	Álvaro Recoba
21	MF	URU	Matías Vecino
22	FW	URU	Joaquín Boghossian
23	MF	URU	Facundo Píriz
24	MF	ARG	Marcos Aguirre
25	GK	URU	Jorge Bava
26	FW	AUS	Richard Porta
27	MF	URU	Rafael García
84	FW	ESP	Sergi Mut

Notable players

• Luis Artime
• Atilio García
• Rinaldo Martino
• Mariano Pernia
• Domingos da Guia
• Manga
• Patesko
• Pierre Webó
• Milton Núñez
• Julio Dely Valdés
• Héctor Rial
• Sebastián Abreu
• Ruben Acosta
• Juan Albín
• Emilio Álvarez
• Javier Ambrois
• José Leandro Andrade
• Daniel Cardaccio
• Juan Ramón Carrasco
• Daniel Carreño
• Héctor Castro
• Luis Ernesto Castro
• William Castro

• Pedro Cea
• Bolívar Céspedes
• Carlos Céspedes
• Aníbal Ciocca
• Sebastian Coates
• Hugo de León
• Juan Carlos de Lima
• Guillermo Escalada
• Víctor Espárrago
• Álvaro Fernández
• Daniel Fonseca
• Bruno Fornaroli
• Eugenio Galvalisi
• Schubert Gambetta
• Diego Godin
• Julio César "Tony" Gómez
• Walter Gómez
• Gianni Guigou
• Nicolás Lodeiro
• Diego Lugano
• Jorge Manicera
• Andrés Mazali
• Julio Montero Castillo

• Julio César Morales
• Oscar Javier Morales
• Richard Morales
• Juan Martín Mujica
• Gustavo Munúa
• Fernando Muslera
• José Nasazzi
• Héctor Núñez
• Raúl Núñez
• Santiago Ostolaza
• Aníbal Paz
• Julio Pérez
• Pedro Petrone
• Raúl Pini
• Rodolfo Pini
• José Luis Pintos Saldanha
• Roberto Porta
• Abdón Porte
• Alvaro Recoba
• Emilio Recoba
• Mario Regueiro
• Daniel Felipe Revelez
• Rodolfo Rodríguez

• Héctor Rodríguez Peña
• Ángel Romano
• Vicente Sánchez
• José Santamaría
• Héctor Scarone
• Jorge Seré
• Carlos Soca
• Pascual Somma
• Ruben Sosa
• Joaquin Stevenazy
• Luis Suárez
• Eusebio Tejera
• Luis Ubiña
• Santos Urdinarán
• Gustavo Varela
• Mauricio Victorino
• Waldemar Victorino
• Sebastian Viera
• Bibiano Zapirain
• Alfredo Zibechi

Records

• Most appearances: Emilio Álvarez (511 matches played)
• Most years with the club: Héctor Scarone (21 years), (1917 to 1939)
• All-time greatest goalscorer: Atilio García (465 goals)
• Longest time without conceding a goal: Gustavo Munúa (963 minutes)

World Champion players

In 1903, Uruguay, fully represented by Nacional's team members beat Argentina 3–2, winning the first international match ever (of national teams) in the history of Uruguayan football (the first club match ever was won by Albion over Argentine team Retiro 3–1 in 1896 in Buenos Aires).

In 1924, Nacional was the club that contributed more players to the Uruguayan team that won the Olympic gold medal in football of that year. The same thing happened with the Uruguayan teams of 1928 and 1930, Olympic and world champions respectively, in which Nacional contributed the majority of players. As a matter of fact, Nacional is the only Uruguayan club that contributed players to every Uruguayan national team that won international tournaments.

Below, the list of Nacional players that were part of Uruguay's Olympic and world champions teams.

1924 Olympic champions

• Andrés Mazali
• Alfredo Zibechi
• Santos Urdinarán
• Héctor Scarone
• Ángel Romano
• Pascual Somma

1928 Olympic champions

• Andrés Mazali
• Santos Urdinarán
• Héctor Scarone
• José Andrade
• Pedro Cea
• Juan Píriz
• Héctor Castro
• Pedro Petrone

1930 FIFA World Cup champions

• Santos Urdinarán
• Héctor Scarone
• José Andrade
• Emilio Recoba
• Pedro Cea
• Héctor Castro
• Zoilo Saldombide
• Pedro Petrone
• Conduelo Píriz

1950 FIFA World Cup champions

• Aníbal Paz
• Eusebio Tejera
• Shubert Gambetta
• Julio Pérez
• Rodolfo Pini

Notable coaches

William Reaside Héctor Castro (1939–43), (1952) Enrique Fernández (1946), (1950–52) Ondino Viera (1955–60) Washington Etchamendy (1971) Juan Martín Mujica (1980–81) Roberto Fleitas (1987–92), (1997) Héctor Núñez (1989) Hugo De León (1998–01)

List of presidents

Dr. Sebastián Puppo	1899
Mr. Jorge A. Ballestero	1900
Mr. Bernardino Daglio (h)	1901
Mr. Carlos Carve Urioste	1902
Mr. Domingo Prat	1903–04
Mr. Luis Laventure	1905
Dr. José María Reyes Lerena	1906–07
Dr. Domingo Prat	1908
Dr. Francisco Del Campo	1909
Dr. Domingo Prat	1910
Dr. José María Delgado	1911–21
Mr. Rodolfo Bermúdez	1922–23
Mr. Numa Pesquera	1923–25
Dr. Ramón Pedro Díaz	1926
Mr. Oscar Bottini	1927
Dr. Melitón Romero	1928
Dr. José María Delgado	1929–32
Dr. Atilio Narancio	1933–36
Mr. Aníbal Zapicán Falco	1937
Dr. Raúl Blengio Salvo	1938
Dr. Rodolfo Gorriti	1940–45
Mr. Roberto Espil	1946–49
Ac. A. Gregorio Baldizán	1950–51
Dr. Santiago de Brum Carbajal	1952–53
Dr. Manuel González	1953–54
Mr. Roberto Espil	1954
Mr. José Añón	1955–61
Dr. Eduardo Pons Etcheverry	1962–67
Mr. Miguel Restuccia	1968–79
Dr. Justo M. Alonso Leguisamo	1979–80
Mr. Dante Iocco	1980–82
Dr. Rodolfo Sienra	1983–85
Ac. Mario Garbarino	1986–88
Mr. Roberto Recalt	1989–91
Mr. Ceferino Rodríguez	1992–97
Mr. Dante Iocco	1998–00
Ec. Eduardo Ache	2001–06
Dr. Víctor Della Valle	2006
Dr. Ricardo Alarcón	2006–

Honors

Domestic

• Primera División (43)
  • Amateur Era (11): 1902, 1903, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1924.
  • Professional Era (32): 1933, 1934, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1963, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1992, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2010–11.

Other official domestic (79)

• Copa Competencia (8): 1903, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1919, 1921, 1923
• Copa de Honor (7): 1905, 1906, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917
• Torneo de Honor (17): 1935, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1948, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959 (shared), 1960 (shared), 1961, 1962 (shared), 1963
• Torneo Competencia (13): 1934, 1942 (shared), 1945, 1948, 1952, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964 (shared), 1967 (shared), 1989
• Torneo Cuadrangular (8): 1952, 1954, 1955 (Shared), 1956, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967
• Torneo Apertura (9): 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009
• Torneo Clausura (6): 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2006 y 2011
• Liguilla (8): 1982, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2007, 2008
• Liga Mayor (3): 1975, 1976, 1977
• Campeonato Nacional General Artigas (2): 1961, 1962
• Torneo Fermín Garicoits (1): 1965
• Torneo Ciudad de Montevideo (1): 1973
• Torneo 50º Aniversario de Colombes (1): 1974
• Torneo Campeones Olímpicos (1): 1974
• Campeonato Estadio Centenario (1): 1983

International

• Copa Libertadores (3): 1971, 1980, 1988
• Intercontinental Cup (3): 1971, 1980, 1988
• Copa Interamericana (2): 1972, 1989
• Recopa Sudamericana (1): 1989

Other International

• Copa Aldao (5): 1916, 1919, 1920, 1940, 1946
• Copa de Honor Cousenier (4): 1905, 1915, 1916, 1917
• Cup Tie Competition (2): 1913, 1915
• Copa de Confraternidad Escobar – Gerona (1): 1945

Friendly

America

• Copa Confraternidad Rioplatense: 1902, 1903, 1908, 1909, 1913, 1917
• Campeonato Río de la Plata: 1903 (1er triunfo de Uruguay representado por Nacional)
• Copa Campeones del Plata: 1904, 1922
• Copa Albion: 1907
• Copa Rosario-Montevideo: 1909
• Copa Intendencias Municipales del Plata: 1919
• Copa Uruguay-Paraguay: 1924
• Copa Montevideo-Avellaneda: 1927, 1928
• Copa Ciudad de La Plata: 1928, 1971
• Copa Embajada de España: 1928
• Copa Amistad Nacional-Boca: 1929
• Copa Embajada de Perú: 1929
• Copa del Atlántico: 1947
• Copa Ciudad de Montevideo Internacional: 1953, 1969, 1970, 1978
• Campeonato Nocturno Rioplatense: 1938
• C. C. Grandes del Río de la Plata: 1938
• Copa Ciudad de Rosario: 1938
• Torneo cuadrangular en Santiago de Chile: 1951
• Torneo Internacional de El Salvador: 1964
• Copa Triangular Internacional: 1970
• Trofeo 2º Carnaval del Fútbol de México: 1971
• Copa Colosos del Fútbol: 1976
• Copa Ciudad de Montevideo: 1984, 1986
• Copa Bayer: 1985
• Copa Mar del Plata: 1989
• Copa Mar del Plata: 1998
• Copa Conrad de Punta del Este: 2005
• Copa Ricard: 2006, 2008
• Copa Suat: 2008
• Copa Bimbo (2): 2010 y 2011.
• Copa Noche Alba: 2011.

Europe

• Copa Teresa Herrera (La Coruña): 1958
• Pentagonal Internacional: 1959
• IV Torneo Ciudad de León (España): 1977
• Trofeo Ciudad de Albacete: 1987
• Trofeo Costa del Sol: 1972, 2006

Asia

• Copa Corea del Sur: 1989
• Copa China: 1996

Domestic Friendly (53)

• Trofeo Cambridge F.C. (3): 1905, 1906, 1907
• Copa Pro – Chile: 1906
• Copa "Instrucción Primaria": 1906
• Copa "CURCC- Nacional": 1908
• Copa Juan Cat: 1908
• Copa "Reina Margarita": 1908
• Copa "Entre Nous": 1908
• Copa "Asociación Rural" (San José): 1910
• Copa Dirección Nacional de Educación Primaria: 1910
• Copa "La Razón": 1911
• Copa "Instrucciones del Año XIII": 1913
• Copa Julio Bossio: 1914
• Copa "Presidente Brum": 1919
• Copa "República del Perú": 1919
• Copa "Día de la Raza" y "Sarandí": 1919
• Copa Albion: 1919
• Copa León Peyrou (3): 1920, 1921, 1922
• Copa Delbene: 1921
• Copa" Intendencia de Soriano": 1921
• Copa A. Rosso: 1924
• Copa El Día ( Larre Borges): 1926
• Copa Ing. José Serrato: 1928
• Copa "Presidente Serrato": 1930
• Copa "Dr. R. Jude": 1931
• Copa Ferrocarriles del Estado (2): 1932, 1933
• Copa UTE: 1932
• Copa "Los Estadios": 1932
• Copa Cruz Roja Paraguaya: 1933
• Copa "Berta Singerman": 1933
• Copa Ramírez y Pomar: 1934
• Copa Bandera de la Raza: 1935
• Copa "Lord Willington": 1938
• Copa Oscaria: 1940
• 'Trofeo "Millington Drake": 1941
• Trofeo Inauguración Parque Central: 1944
• Cuadrangular Emilio Píriz: 1946
• Torneo Embajada de Perú: 1948
• Trofeo República de Chile: 1953
• Trofeo Nelson Iriniz Casas: 1958
• Trofeo Zezé Moreira: 1968
• Copa Intendencia Municipal de Montevideo: 1972
• Torneo Centenario "Curva de Maroñas": 1973
• Copa Sebastián Elcano: 1987
• Copa Confraternidad: 1989
• Copa "13 de Setiembre de 1903": 2003
• Copa Uruguay Natural (Paysandú): 2004.
• Copa Ferrocarril FC (Salto): 2009.
• Copa Monte Carlo TV: 2011.

Youth Tournaments (90)

Domestics (83)

• Campeonato Uruguayo Tercera división (23): 1936, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1949, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1983, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2003 y 2005.
• Campeonato Uruguayo Cuarta división (Sub-19) (28): 1941, 1942, 1945, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1982, 1984, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1996, 2001, 2009 y 2010.
• Campeonato Uruguayo Quinta división (Sub-17) (21): 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1986, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 y 2010.
• Campeonato Uruguayo Sexta división (Sub-15) (5): 1985, 1987, 1996, 1999 y 2002.
• Campeonato Uruguayo Séptima división (Sub-14) (6): 1987, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2003 y 2008.

Internationals (83)

• 2 Copa Santiago de Futebol Juvenil titles: 1989, 1994
• 3 PUNTA CUP Juvenil titles: 2006, 2008 and 2009
• Clarkson Friendship Cup: 2009
• Flores Cup: 2011

Other sports

Basketball

Nacional participates in the tournaments organised by the Uruguayan basketball federation Federación Uruguaya de Basketball (known as FUBB) since 1932. The club won the championships of 1935 and 1937. Nowadays, Nacional takes part in the Torneo Metropolitano, Uruguayan basketball second division.

• Campeonato Federal (2): 1935 y 1937.
• Liguilla (2): 1982 y 1983.

Cycling

Nacional participates in the championships organised by the Uruguayan Cycling Federation Federación Ciclista del Uruguay since its beginnings. The club won the most important competitions in several occasions: Vuelta Ciclista del Uruguay and Rutas de América, individually and by teams. Nowadays, Nacional cycling team has the presence of Milton Wynants, winner of a silver medal for Uruguay in the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Vuelta Ciclista del Uruguay (9)

• Por equipos (6): 1960, 1961, 1968, 1994, 1999 y 2000.
• General Individual (3)

Leandro Noli: 1939.

Jorge Correa: 1968.

Milton Wynants: 1996.

Rutas de América (6)

• Por equipos (5): 1993, 1994, 1995, 2000 y 2001.
• General Individual (1)

Gustavo Figueredo: 2000.

Mil Millas Orientales (1)

• General Individual (1)

Tomás Correa: 1960.

Vuelta Ciclista del Paraguay (2)

• Por equipos (1): 1998.
• General Individual (1)

Gustavo Figueredo: 1998

Tennis

Nacional has a lot of tennis courts in Parque Central, behind the stand Talud Abdón Porte, in which several stages of the tournaments organised in Uruguay are disputed. In 2005, the club had the honour of holding various games played by Uruguay in the American Zone II of Davis Cup.

Volleyball

Nacional has its volleyball court in Parque Central, in the gymnasium of Jaime Cibils street. In that stadium, the club plays its home games of the championships organised by the Uruguayan volleyball federation Federación Uruguaya de Vóleibol in every category.

Men (6)

• Campeonato Federal (1): 1954.
• Super Liga Nacional de Voleibol (3): 2008, 2009, 2010.
• Torneo Apertura Livosur (2): 2009, 2010.
• Torneo Clausura Livosur (2): 2006, 2008.

Women (3)

• Campeonato Federal (3): 1955, 1960, 1961.

Women's football

Nacional was part of the tournaments organised by the Department of Femenine Football of the Uruguayan Football Association, since its establishment in 1996. The club won various league titles and its main rival in Uruguay was Rampla Juniors. Internationally, Nacional played in various South American championships. The club dissaffiliated in 2005 and returned to the league in 2009 ending third in the annual standings.

Official national tournaments (4)

• Campeonato Uruguayo (3): 1997, 2000 y 2010.
• Torneo Preparación Joseph Blatter (1): 2010

Other national tournaments (2)

• Trofeo Amistoso Día Internacional de la Mujer (Minas-Lavalleja) (1): 2011
• Triangular Internacional Diego Rodríguez (Rivera) (1): 2011

Youth tournaments (2)

• Torneo Apertura Sub 18 (1): 2004
• Torneo Preparación Bicentenario Sub 16 (1): 2011

Futsal

Nacional participates in the championships organised by de Futsal Delegated Commission of the Uruguayan Football Association. The club won the Uruguayan league title in various occasions and is nowadays the Uruguayan champion. Internationally, Nacionals main achievement is the second place in the South American Futsal Cup Copa Libertadores de América de Futsal in 2003.

Affiliate FIFUSA – AMF / FUdeFS

Torneos nacionales (10)

• Campeonato Metropolitano (8): 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 y 1997.
• Campeonato Nacional de Clubes Campeones (2): 1994, 1997.

Torneos internacionales (1)

• Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes Campeones: 1996.

Affiliate FIFA / AUF

Torneos nacionales (20)

• Campeonato Uruguayo (7): 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008 y 2009.
• Campeonato Metropolitano (5): 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007 y 2009.
• Copa de Honor (Liguilla Pre Libertadores) (2): 2006, 2010.
• Campeonato Apertura (5): 1998, 2000, 2005, 2008 y 2009.
• Campeonato Clausura (3): 1998, 2002 y 2009.

Torneos internacionales (1)

• Ganador de la Zona Sur de la Copa Libertadores de Futsal: 2003.

Campeonatos Uruguayos Juveniles Futsal (AUF)(5)

• Campeonato Uruguayo Sub-20 (4): 2001, 2006, 2007 y 2010.
• Campeonato Uruguayo Sub-15: 2007.

External links

• Club Nacional de Football official page
• Decano.com no official page
• TodoNacional.com no official page
• Bolsilludo.com no official page