Atlético Nacional
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| Full name | Corporación Deportiva Club Atlético Nacional |
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| Nickname(s) | Los Verdolagas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1942 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Estadio Atanasio Girardot Medellín, Colombia |
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| Capacity | 52,872 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Victor Marulanda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Oscar Héctor Quintabani | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Copa Mustang | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 Finalización | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Corporación Deportiva Club Atlético Nacional is a Colombian football team based in Medellín. They are often called "Verdolagas" and play their home games at the Estadio Atanasio Girardot stadium which also serves as home to El Deportivo Independiente Medellin.
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[edit] Overview
The club was founded in 1942. Nacional was the first Colombian team champion of the Copa Libertadores de América, winning the tournament in 1989, and also playing the finals in 1995. The winning of this cup was done in a special manner since all of the team's players were Colombian and thus Atletico Nacional earned the nickname of the "Puros Criollos."
The team has been at the top of the Mustang Cup eight times, winning in 1954, 1973, 1976, 1981, 1991, 1994, 1999 (when there was only one champion per year) and 2005 in the first half.
Atlético Nacional was home to international stars like Juan Pablo Ángel, Faustino Asprilla, René Higuita, Víctor Aristizábal, Andres Escobar, Mauricio "Chicho" Serna, César Cueto, and others.
The team wears green and white vertically striped jerseys.
The team is actually owned by the Organización Ardila Lulle. Nacional's Mascot is the tiger, named Nacho and with green and white striped as it is the team's uniform. The tiger was created in 1998.
[edit] Honors
[edit] National Honors
- Mustang Cup
- Winners (8): 1954, 1973, 1976, 1981, 1991, 1994, 1999, 2005-I
[edit] International Honors
- Copa Libertadores de América
- Winners (1): 1989
- Runners-up (1): 1995
- Intercontinental Cup
- Runners-up (1): 1989
- Copa Merconorte
- Winners (2): 1998, 2000
- Copa Interamericana
- Winners (2): 1989, 1995
[edit] Current squad
As of February 15, 2007
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[edit] Foreigners
[edit] External links
 Colombian Mustang Cup 2007 teams: |
| América | Boyacá Chicó F.C. | Bucaramanga | Deportivo Cali | Deportivo Pasto | Cúcuta | La Equidad | Huila Junior | Medellín | Millonarios | Nacional | Once Caldas | Pereira | Real Cartagena | Quindío | Santa Fe | Tolima |
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