Rugby team

Club Nacional

Club · Uruguay · Primera División - Apertura

«The Dean»

324 Matches

169 wins

87 draws

68 losses

531–318 Goals

+213 Difference

1.6 Scored per game

Form L W D W W D

Fifty Uruguayan championships is a number Club Nacional reaches by counting eras rather than seasons: eleven of them came before the game turned professional, the rest since, most recently in 2025. Three Copa Libertadores wins, in 1971, 1980 and 1988, each converted into an Intercontinental Cup a few months later.

The club formed on 14 May 1899 out of a merger between Uruguay Athletic Club and Montevideo Football Club, and took its white, blue and red from the flag of José Gervasio Artigas. It has never changed that name, and it has never left the ground it moved into the following year. Estadio Gran Parque Central , opened on 25 May 1900, is the oldest football stadium still in use anywhere in the Americas, though that runs to 34,361 for domestic games and drops to 28,251 when CONMEBOL's international restrictions apply. A 2025 plan approved expansion past 40,000.

It also produced Atilio García, the top scorer in the history of both the club and the derby itself. In 2020, the club lost another player, Juan Izquierdo, who collapsed of cardiac arrest during a match in Brazil.

Nacional opened its ranks to working-class players in 1911. What has stayed constant since is the record: 50 league titles.

Latest results

All matches

6 Sep	Primera División - Apertura	Juventud H	2:2	D
3 Sep	Copa Uruguay	River Plate A	3:2	W
30 Aug	Primera División - Apertura	Peñarol Montevideo A	1:0	W
27 Aug	Copa Uruguay	Albion FC H	0:0	D
23 Aug	Primera División - Apertura	Progreso H	1:0	W
15 Aug	Primera División - Apertura	Racing Club de Montevideo A	0:2	L

Standing

CONMEBOL Libertadores

Group stage · Group B

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
1	Coquimbo Unido	6	3	1	2	8:6	10
2	Deportes Tolima	6	2	2	2	7:6	8
3	Club Nacional	6	2	2	2	7:9	8
4	Universitario	6	1	3	2	5:6	6

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Team statistics

matches counted: 324

324 Matches

169 wins

87 draws

68 losses

531–318 Goals

+213 Difference

1.6 Scored per game

Season results matches counted: 324

169 87 68

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	324	168	156
Scored	531	306	225
Conceded	318	146	172
Scored per game	1.6	1.8	1.4
Conceded per game	1.0	0.9	1.1
Difference	+213	+160	+53

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Luciano Boggio Midfielder 25 Matches

Tomás Verón Lupi Midfielder 23 Matches

Nicolás Rodríguez Defender 21 Matches

Agustín Maximiliano Rogel Paita Defender 21 Matches

Emiliano Ancheta da Rosa Defender 21 Matches

Lucas Guzmán Rodríguez Cardoso Midfielder 21 Matches

Maximiliano Gómez González Forward 21 Matches

Paolo Calzone Defender 21 Matches

Squad of Club Nacional

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Age	Matches
6	Luciano Boggio	Midfielder	27	25
27	Tomás Verón Lupi	Midfielder	26	23
7	Nicolás Rodríguez	Defender		21
2	Agustín Maximiliano Rogel Paita	Defender	28	21
13	Emiliano Ancheta da Rosa	Defender		21
23	Lucas Guzmán Rodríguez Cardoso	Midfielder	33	21
9	Maximiliano Gómez González	Forward		21
15	Paolo Calzone	Defender	20	21
19	Juan Cruz de los Santos da Luz	Midfielder		20
1	Luis Mejía	Goalkeeper	35	20
30	Mateo Baltasar Barcia Fernández	Midfielder	25	20
10	Agustín dos Santos	Midfielder	18	19
21	Camilo Damián Cándido Aquino	Defender	31	19
14	Marcelo Nicolás Lodeiro Benítez	Midfielder		19
18	Pavel Nunez	Forward	20	18
11	Maximiliano Joaquín Silvera Cabo	Forward		17
32	Thomas Viera	Defender		17
4	Sebastián Coates Nión	Defender		17
25	Ignacio Nahuel Suárez Ferreira	Goalkeeper		17
31	Rodrigo Martínez	Midfielder		12
7	Nicolás Federico López Alonso	Forward		12
8	Mauricio Vera	Midfielder		12
20	Gonzalo Rodrigo Carneiro Méndez	Forward		12
5	Juan Pintado	Defender	29	10
34	Federico Baes	Midfielder		10
56	Juan Garcia	Midfielder	20	8
40	Juan Bianchi	Goalkeeper		7
39	Luciano Gonzalez	Midfielder		7
5	Francisco Calvo	Defender	34	6
29	Tiziano Correa	Forward	22	6
36	Bruno Zuculini	Midfielder	33	5
8	Santiago Silva	Midfielder		5
22	Alexis Martín Arias	Goalkeeper	34	5
24	Exequiel Mereles de la Quintana	Forward		5
24	Benjamin Nunez	Midfielder	23	4
20	Rubén Alejandro Botta Montero	Forward	36	3
15	Gastón Martirena	Defender	26	2
26	Bruno Aradi	Midfielder		2
29	Julián Camilo Millán Díaz	Defender		2
23	L. Rodriguez	Defender		1

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Fixtures of Club Nacional

12 Sep · 20:30 Wanderers A Primera División - Apertura

6 Sep Juventud H 2:2 D
3 Sep River Plate A 3:2 W
30 Aug Peñarol Montevideo A 1:0 W
27 Aug Albion FC H 0:0 D
23 Aug Progreso H 1:0 W
15 Aug Racing Club de Montevideo A 0:2 L
9 Aug Boston River H 1:2 L
2 Aug Progreso H 2:1 W

Honours of Club Nacional

Primera División 1902, 1903, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1924, 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, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2024, 2025 52
Copa de Honor Cousenier 1905, 1915, 1916, 1917 4
Copa Aldao 1916, 1919, 1920 3
Copa Libertadores 1971, 1980, 1988 3
Intercontinental Cup 1971, 1980, 1988 3
Copa Competencia Chevallier Boutell 1913, 1915 2
Copa Interamericana 1972, 1989 2
Tie Cup 1913, 1915 2
Copa Sudamericana 1989 1

Transfers

Arrivals

Exequiel Mereles Central Español 27/28
Axel Mendes CA Cerro 26/27
João Gonçalves CS U Craiova 26/27
Williams Kokolo Hannover 96 26/27
Stavros Gavriel Zulte Waregem 26/27
M. Jensen Odense BK 26/27

Departures

Santiago Silva Huachipato 27/28
Tiziano Correa Cerro Largo 27/28
Jota Machico 26/27
André Sousa União Santarém 26/27
Lucas João Petro Luanda 26/27
João Aurélio Retired 26/27