Atlético Nacional

Club · Colombia · Primera A

«Los Verdolagas»

382 Matches

188 wins

103 draws

91 losses

603–380 Goals

+223 Difference

1.6 Scored per game

Form W W L W W W

Nacional go into the current Categoría Primera A season as the club that has never had to ask what the top flight looks like from below.

That continental identity dates to 1989, when a Nacional side built around Francisco Maturana beat Olimpia on penalties to become the first Colombian club to win the Copa Libertadores. René Higuita played in goal that year, and the same generation carried a defender named Andrés Escobar. Nacional went on to lose the Intercontinental Cup final to Milan by a single goal, then waited until 2016 to win the Libertadores again, beating River Plate on penalties under Reinaldo Rueda before finishing third at the Club World Cup.

The club was formed in Medellín on 7 March 1947 as Club Atlético Municipal, notarised three weeks later, and only became Atlético Nacional in July 1950 after the textile firm Fabricato bought a controlling stake and pushed the name to reflect a squad fielding Colombians only. Fabricato sold up within a year; the current majority owner, Organización Ardila Lülle, bought in during 1996.

Latest results

All matches

30 Aug	Primera A	Alianza Petrolera A	5:1	W
27 Aug	Primera A	Deportivo Cali H	2:1	W
23 Aug	Primera A	Fortaleza FC A	2:1	W
16 Aug	Primera A	Santa Fe H
13 Aug	Copa Colombia	Deportivo Cali H
10 Aug	Primera A	America de Cali A	0:1	L

Standing

Primera A

Group stage · Apertura

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
1	Atlético Nacional	19	13	1	5	35:15	40
2	Junior	19	11	2	6	31:24	35
3	Deportivo Pasto	19	10	4	5	29:25	34
4	America de Cali	19	10	3	6	25:15	33
5	Once Caldas	19	8	9	2	31:22	33

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted: 382

382 Matches

188 wins

103 draws

91 losses

603–380 Goals

+223 Difference

1.6 Scored per game

Season results matches counted: 382

188 103 91

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	382	190	192
Scored	603	365	238
Conceded	380	159	221
Scored per game	1.6	1.9	1.2
Conceded per game	1.0	0.8	1.2
Difference	+223	+206	+17

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Andrés De Jesús Sarmiento Salas Midfielder 29 Matches

Juan Manuel Rengifo Forward 28 Matches

Alfredo José Morelos Aviléz Forward 28 Matches

Marlos Moreno Durán Midfielder 27 Matches

Edwin Andrés Cardona Bedoya Midfielder 27 Matches

Cesar Rafael Haydar Villarreal Defender 26 Matches

Andrés Felipe Román Mosquera Defender 26 Matches

Andrés Mateus Uribe Villa Midfielder 25 Matches

Squad of Atlético Nacional

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Age	Matches
29	Andrés De Jesús Sarmiento Salas	Midfielder	28	29
19	Juan Manuel Rengifo	Forward	21	28
9	Alfredo José Morelos Aviléz	Forward	30	28
7	Marlos Moreno Durán	Midfielder	29	27
10	Edwin Andrés Cardona Bedoya	Midfielder	33	27
4	Cesar Rafael Haydar Villarreal	Defender	25	26
6	Andrés Felipe Román Mosquera	Defender		26
8	Andrés Mateus Uribe Villa	Midfielder	35	25
21	Jorman David Campuzano Puentes	Midfielder	30	25
15	Harlen Castillo	Goalkeeper	33	25
20	Milton Oscar Casco	Defender	38	23
16	William Tesillo	Defender	36	22
13	Nicolás Santiago Rodríguez Calderón	Midfielder	22	21
18	Eduard Alexander Bello Gil	Midfielder		21
17	Cristian Daniel Arango Duque	Forward	31	20
28	S. Garcia	Defender	21	20
33	Samuel Velásquez Uribe	Defender	23	19
80	Juan Manuel Zapata Zumaque	Midfielder		18
27	Dairon Estibens Asprilla Rivas	Forward		18
3	Neyder Parra	Defender	21	17
26	Andrés Marín	Defender	19	16
1	David Ospina	Goalkeeper		15
5	Christian Uribe	Defender		15
35	Matias Lozano	Midfielder		10
44	Kevin Cataneo	Goalkeeper		10
31	Javi Rios	Midfielder	20	8
30	Juan Francisco Bauza	Midfielder		8
26	Elkin Rivero	Midfielder		6
24	Juan Rosa	Forward		6
34	Franco Armani	Goalkeeper	39	4
28	Robinson Garcia	Defender		4
25	Luis Miguel Marquinez Preciado	Goalkeeper	23	3
99	Ian Carlo Poveda-Ocampo	Forward		2
44	Edimer Sea	Goalkeeper		2
30	Kevin Parra	Midfielder		2
27	Yeicar Alberto Perlaza Perea	Defender	23	1