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Club Nacional de Football is a Uruguay

Uruguay

Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...

an sports club

Sports club

A sports club or sport club, sometimes athletics club or sports association is a club for the purpose of playing one or more sports...

based in Montevideo

Montevideo

Montevideo is the largest city, the capital, and the chief port of Uruguay. The settlement was established in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst a Spanish-Portuguese dispute over the platine region, and as a counter to the Portuguese colony at Colonia del Sacramento...

. It is best known for its professional football team, which plays in the Uruguayan Primera División.

Nacional is one of the most successful teams in Uruguay. They have won the championship 43 times, including 32 in the professional era. Internationally, they have won the Copa Libertadores three times, ranking them fifth overall. As of today, Nacional is the team that leads Copa Libertadores' points table, having accumulated 515. Nacional has also won the Intercontinental Cup

Intercontinental Cup (football)

The European/South American Cup, commonly referred to as the World Club Championship, Intercontinental Cup or Toyota Cup, was a football competition endorsed by UEFA and CONMEBOL, contested between the winners of the European Cup and the South American Copa Libertadores...

three times, a joint record they share with Boca Juniors

Boca Juniors

Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....

, Peñarol

C.A. Peñarol

Club Atlético Peñarol also known as Carboneros, Aurinegros and familiarly as Manya, is an Uruguayan sports club based in the Peñarol barrio, Montevideo, best known for its professional football team. The team plays their home matches in Estadio Centenario, the largest stadium in the country, but...

, Milan

A.C. Milan

Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan or simply Milan , is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy, that plays in the Serie A. Milan was founded in 1899 by English lace-maker Herbert Kilpin and businessman Alfred Edwards among others...

, and Real Madrid

Real Madrid C.F.

Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...

.

Nacional was founded on May 14, 1899 as the result of an alliance between Uruguay Athletic and Montevideo Football Club. The club has a strong rivalry with cross-town club Peñarol. Matches between them are known as the Clásico del fútbol uruguayo. The team plays their home games at the Estadio Gran Parque Central

Estadio Gran Parque Central

The Estadio Gran Parque Central, usually just Parque Central, is the stadium of Club Nacional de Football. It is located in Montevideo, Uruguay, near Nacional headquarters , in the La Blanqueada neighbourhood...

stadium, the home of the first ever FIFA World Cup match on July 13, 1930, when the USA beat Belgium 3–0.

History

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 the substantial structure and players for Uruguayan national representative that won the Summer Olympics in Paris. The starting lineup of Uruguay at that tournament was composed by seven Nacional players, including the five forwards (Urdinarán, Scarone, Petrone, Cea and Romano) the goalkeeper Mazali and the defender Arispe. Both José Nasazzi and José Leandro Andrade, other two of the usual starters, will eventually play for Nacional in the following years.

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.

International Tours and Success

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 twentieth century in the Río de la Plata

Río de la Plata

The Río de la Plata —sometimes rendered River Plate in British English and the Commonwealth, and occasionally rendered [La] Plata River in other English-speaking countries—is the river and estuary formed by the confluence of the Uruguay River and the Paraná River on the border between Argentina and...

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

C.A. Peñarol

and famous Argentinian teams like Boca Juniors

Boca Juniors

, C.A. River Plate

Club Atlético River Plate

Club Atlético River Plate is an Argentine sports club based in the Nuñez neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently competes in Nacional B, the second tier of Argentine football....

, Racing Club

Racing Club de Avellaneda

Racing Club is an Argentine professional football club from Avellaneda, a suburb of Greater Buenos Aires. Founded in 1903, Racing has been historically considered one of the "big five" clubs of Argentine football...

, Independiente

Club Atlético Independiente

Club Atlético Independiente is an Argentine athletic, sports and social club, which has its headquarters and stadium in the city of Avellaneda, Buenos Aires Province. The club is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División....

, San Lorenzo

Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro

Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro is an Argentine sports club based in Boedo neighbourhood, Buenos Aires, mostly known because of its football team....

, Rosario Central

Rosario Central

Club Atlético Rosario Central is a sports club based in Rosario, Argentina. Its football team currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, the second tier of the Argentine football league system, after being relegated in the 2009-10 season....

and Newell's Old Boys

Newell's Old Boys

Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario. The club was founded on November 3, 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell, one of the pioneers of Argentine football...

, 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

Estudiantes de La Plata

Club Estudiantes de La Plata , simply referred to as Estudiantes, is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, where it has spent most of its history....

from Argentina in the final disputed in Lima

Lima

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, Peru

Peru

Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....

. In the same year, Nacional won its first World Club title, the 1971 Intercontinental Cup

1971 Intercontinental Cup

The 1971 Intercontinental Cup was a football tie held over two legs in December 1971 between the runners up of the 1970–71 European Cup, Panathinaikos , and Nacional, winners of the 1971 Copa Libertadores....

, in memorable matches against Panathinaikos from Greece, with goals from striker Luis Artime

Luis Artime

Luis Artime is a retired Argentine footballer, who played as a striker, and scored more than 1000 goals during his career...

. 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

Copa Interamericana

Copa Interamericana was a football trophy contested between the champions of CONMEBOL's Copa Libertadores de América and the winners of CONCACAF's Champions' Cup...

, defeating Cruz Azul from Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

.

Nacional repeated its achievement in the Copa Libertadores in 1980, beating Internacional

Sport Club Internacional

Sport Club Internacional is a Brazilian football team and multi-sport club from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, founded on April 4, 1909, and are one of the only five clubs to have never been relegated, along with Santos, São Paulo, Flamengo and Cruzeiro. They play in red shirts, white shorts and...

from Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

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

Nottingham Forest F.C.

Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...

from England

England

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1–0, with goal from forward Waldemar Victorino

Waldemar Victorino

Waldemar Victorino is an Uruguayan former football forward who played football in 5 different countries: Uruguay, Colombia, Italy, Argentina, Ecuador and Peru.-Club: Nacional** Primera División Uruguaya: 1980...

.

Nacional won its third copa Libertadores in 1988, beating Argentine side Newell's Old Boys

Newell's Old Boys

Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario. The club was founded on November 3, 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell, one of the pioneers of Argentine football...

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

Guus Hiddink

Guus Hiddink is a Dutch football manager and former player. He was the most recently manager of the Turkish national football team. He is considered to be one of the best managers of his generation and was the best-paid coach in international football in 2009...

, 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

Recopa Sudamericana

The Recopa Sudamericana is an annual football match-up between the reigning champions of the previous year's Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana, South America's premier club competitions....

, defeating Racing

Racing Club de Avellaneda

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

Away kits

Stadium

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. This is the stadium where the first match of the first FIFA World Cup was played (United States-Belgium), on July 13th, 1930. In recent decades the stadium has not been used very often because Nacional played at the national stadium Estadio Centenario

Estadio Centenario

Estadio Centenario is a stadium in Parque Batlle, Montevideo, Uruguay, used primarily for football. The stadium was built between 1929 and 1930 to host the 1930 FIFA World Cup, as well as to commemorate the centennial of Uruguay's first constitution...

, 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 was named "Jefe de los Orientales" Uruguayan leader (military speaking) in 1811.

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 1900s, 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.

Notable players

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Spain Mariano Pernia Domingos da Guia

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Manga

Aílton Corrêa Arruda

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Patesko

Rodolpho Barteczko

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Milton Núñez

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Julio Dely Valdes

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Héctor Rial

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Sebastián Abreu

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Ruben Acosta Juan Albín

Juan Angel Albín

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Emilio Álvarez

Emilio Álvarez (footballer)

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Javier Ambrois

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José Leandro Andrade Daniel Cardaccio

Jorge Daniel Cardaccio

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Juan Ramón Carrasco

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Daniel Carreño

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Héctor Castro

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Luis Ernesto Castro

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William Castro

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Pedro Cea

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Bolívar Céspedes Carlos Céspedes Aníbal Ciocca Sebastian Coates

Sebastián Coates

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Hugo de León

Hugo De León

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Juan Carlos de Lima

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Guillermo Escalada

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Víctor Espárrago Álvaro Fernández

Álvaro Fernández

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Daniel Fonseca

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Bruno Fornaroli

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Eugenio Galvalisi Schubert Gambetta

Schubert Gambetta

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Diego Godin

Diego Godín

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Julio César "Tony" Gómez Walter Gómez

Walter Gomez

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Gianni Guigou

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Nicolás Lodeiro

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Diego Lugano

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Jorge Manicera

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Andrés Mazali

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Julio Montero Castillo

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Julio César Morales

Julio Morales

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Oscar Javier Morales

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Juan Martín Mujica Gustavo Munúa

Gustavo Munúa

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Fernando Muslera

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José Nasazzi

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Santiago Ostolaza

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Aníbal Paz

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Julio Pérez

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Pedro Petrone

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Raúl Pini Rodolfo Pini

Rodolfo Pini

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José Luis Pintos Saldanha

José Pintos Saldanha

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Roberto Porta

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Abdón Porte

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Alvaro Recoba

Álvaro Recoba

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Emilio Recoba

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Daniel Felipe Revelez Rodolfo Rodríguez

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Vicente Sánchez

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José Santamaría

José Santamaria

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Héctor Scarone

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Jorge Seré

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Pascual Somma Ruben Sosa Joaquin Stevenazy Luis Suárez

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Eusebio Tejera

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Luis Ubiña Santos Urdinarán

Santos Urdinarán

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Gustavo Varela

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Mauricio Victorino

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Waldemar Victorino

Sebastian Viera

Sebastián Viera

Mario Sebastián Viera Galaín is an Uruguayan professional footballer who plays for Junior Barranquilla in Colombia, as a goalkeeper.-Club career:...

Bibiano Zapirain

Bibiano Zapirain was an Uruguayan footballer.-Honours:Nacional*Primera División: 6Uruguay*Copa América: 1-External links:*...

Alfredo Zibechi

Alfredo J. Zibechi was an Uruguayan football player who played 38 times for the Uruguay national team between 1915 and 1924, scoring one goal....

Records

Most appearances: Emilio Álvarez
Emilio Álvarez (footballer)
Emilio Álvarez is a Uruguayan football defender who played for Uruguay in the 1962 and 1966 FIFA World Cups. He also played for Club Nacional de Football.-External links:*...

(511 matches played)
Most years with the club: Héctor Scarone
Héctor Scarone
Héctor Pedro Scarone Beretta was a Uruguayan football striker. He went on for many years Since 1930 to holds the record as the all-time leading scorer with 31 goals in 52 games between 1917 and 1930 for the Uruguayan national team...

(21 years), (1917 to 1939)
All-time greatest goalscorer: Atilio García
Atilio García
Atilio Ceferino García was an Argentine-Uruguayan football striker who is the second highest goalscorer in the history of Uruguayan football...

(465 goals)
Longest time without conceding a goal: Gustavo Munúa
Gustavo Munúa
Gustavo Adolfo Munúa Vera is an Uruguayan footballer who plays for Levante UD in the Spanish first division, as a goalkeeper....

(963 minutes)

World Champion players

In 1903, Uruguay, fully represented by Nacional's team members beat Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

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

Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...

).

In 1924, Nacional was the club that contributed more players to the Uruguayan team that won the Olympic

Olympic Games

The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...

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
1924 Summer Olympics
The 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1924 in Paris, France...

Andrés Mazali
Andrés Mazali
Andrés Mazali was a twice Olympic Gold medallist for Uruguay in the 1924 and 1928 Olympic football tournaments, but is, perhaps, famous for his ill-judged decision to break curfew in the days leading up to the start of the first, deciding to go out on a date with a mystery blond before the FIFA...
Alfredo Zibechi
Alfredo Zibechi
Alfredo J. Zibechi was an Uruguayan football player who played 38 times for the Uruguay national team between 1915 and 1924, scoring one goal....
José Andrade
José Andrade
José Leandro Andrade was an Uruguayan footballer who played at right half. Nicknamed the black marvel, "meravilla negra", is considered the first great colored player, and the very first real international football star....
Santos Urdinarán
Santos Urdinarán
Santos "Vasquito" Urdinarán , known as el Vasquito, was a footballer from Uruguay. He played for Nacional from 1919 to 1933 , playing the position of right winger. He was born and died in Montevideo.He also played 20 matches and scored 2 goals for the Uruguay national football team...
Héctor Scarone
Héctor Scarone
Héctor Pedro Scarone Beretta was a Uruguayan football striker. He went on for many years Since 1930 to holds the record as the all-time leading scorer with 31 goals in 52 games between 1917 and 1930 for the Uruguayan national team...
Ángel Romano
Ángel Romano
Alfredo Ángel Romano was an Uruguayan football striker who played 68 times for Uruguay between 1911 and 1927, scoring 28 goals. He played in the Copa América 8 times, finishing on the winning side on 5 occasions...
Pascual Somma

1928 Olympic champions
1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Amsterdam had bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games, but had to give way to war-victim Antwerp, Belgium, and Pierre de...

Andrés Mazali
Andrés Mazali
Andrés Mazali was a twice Olympic Gold medallist for Uruguay in the 1924 and 1928 Olympic football tournaments, but is, perhaps, famous for his ill-judged decision to break curfew in the days leading up to the start of the first, deciding to go out on a date with a mystery blond before the FIFA...
Santos Urdinarán
Santos Urdinarán
Santos "Vasquito" Urdinarán , known as el Vasquito, was a footballer from Uruguay. He played for Nacional from 1919 to 1933 , playing the position of right winger. He was born and died in Montevideo.He also played 20 matches and scored 2 goals for the Uruguay national football team...
Héctor Scarone
Héctor Scarone
Héctor Pedro Scarone Beretta was a Uruguayan football striker. He went on for many years Since 1930 to holds the record as the all-time leading scorer with 31 goals in 52 games between 1917 and 1930 for the Uruguayan national team...
José Andrade
José Andrade
José Leandro Andrade was an Uruguayan footballer who played at right half. Nicknamed the black marvel, "meravilla negra", is considered the first great colored player, and the very first real international football star....
Pedro Cea
Pedro Cea
José Pedro Cea was an Uruguayan football player and coach.-Club career:At club level, he played for Nacional, where he won several Uruguayan Championships.-International career:...
Juan Píriz
Juan Piriz
Juan Píriz was an Uruguayan football player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the Uruguayan team, which won the gold medal in the football tournament....
Héctor Castro
Héctor Castro
Héctor Castro was a Uruguayan football player and coach.-Early life:Castro was born in Montevideo...
Pedro Petrone
Pedro Petrone
Pedro Petrone Schiavone , nicknamed Artillero was a Uruguayan footballer in the striker role. His nickname Artillero, meaning artilleryman or gunner in reference to his amazing goalscoring prowess....

1930 FIFA World Cup champions
1930 FIFA World Cup
The 1930 FIFA World Cup was the inaugural FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in Uruguay from 13 July to 30 July 1930...

Santos Urdinarán
Santos Urdinarán
Santos "Vasquito" Urdinarán , known as el Vasquito, was a footballer from Uruguay. He played for Nacional from 1919 to 1933 , playing the position of right winger. He was born and died in Montevideo.He also played 20 matches and scored 2 goals for the Uruguay national football team...
Héctor Scarone
Héctor Scarone
Héctor Pedro Scarone Beretta was a Uruguayan football striker. He went on for many years Since 1930 to holds the record as the all-time leading scorer with 31 goals in 52 games between 1917 and 1930 for the Uruguayan national team...
José Andrade
José Andrade
José Leandro Andrade was an Uruguayan footballer who played at right half. Nicknamed the black marvel, "meravilla negra", is considered the first great colored player, and the very first real international football star....
Emilio Recoba
Emilio Recoba
Emilio Recoba was a Uruguayan footballer who was part of the team that won the first World Cup in 1930 for Uruguay, but he did not play any matches in the tournament. He was a club player of Nacional Montevideo....
Pedro Cea
Pedro Cea
José Pedro Cea was an Uruguayan football player and coach.-Club career:At club level, he played for Nacional, where he won several Uruguayan Championships.-International career:...
Héctor Castro
Héctor Castro
Héctor Castro was a Uruguayan football player and coach.-Early life:Castro was born in Montevideo...
Zoilo Saldombide
Zoilo Saldombide
Zoilo Saldombide was a Uruguayan footballer. He was part of the team that won the first ever World Cup in 1930 for Uruguay, but he did not play any matches in the tournament. He was a club player of Montevideo Wanderers....
Pedro Petrone
Pedro Petrone
Pedro Petrone Schiavone , nicknamed Artillero was a Uruguayan footballer in the striker role. His nickname Artillero, meaning artilleryman or gunner in reference to his amazing goalscoring prowess....
Conduelo Píriz
Conduelo Píriz
Conduelo Píriz was an Uruguayan footballer who was part of the team that won the first ever World Cup in 1930 for Uruguay, but he did not play any matches in the tournament. He was a club player of Nacional Montevideo.-References:**...

1950 FIFA World Cup champions
1950 FIFA World Cup
The 1950 FIFA World Cup, held in Brazil from 24 June to 16 July, was the fourth FIFA World Cup. It was the first World Cup since 1938, the planned 1942 and 1946 competitions having been canceled owing to World War II...

Aníbal Paz
Aníbal Paz
Aníbal Luis Paz was a Uruguayan footballer. His position is goalkeeper. He was born in Montevideo.From 1939 to 1953 he played for Club Nacional de Football, winning the Uruguayan championship nine times . He also earned 22 caps for the Uruguay national football team from 1940 to 1950...
Eusebio Tejera
Eusebio Tejera
Eusebio Ramón Tejera Kirkerup was a Uruguayan footballer.From 1945 to 1950 he played for Club Nacional de Football, winning the Uruguayan championship in 1946, 47 and 50. He also earned 31 caps for the Uruguay national football team from 1945 to 1954...
Shubert Gambetta
Julio Pérez
Julio Pérez
Julio Gervasio Pérez Gutiérrez was a Uruguayan footballer.From 1950 to 1957 he played for Club Nacional de Football, winning the Uruguayan championship in 1950, 52, 55 and 56. He also earned 22 caps and scored 9 goals for the Uruguay national football team from 1947 to 1956...
Rodolfo Pini
Rodolfo Pini
Rodolfo Pini is a former Uruguayan footballer, who played for Club Nacional de Football.For the Uruguay national football team, he was part of the 1950 FIFA World Cup winning team, but did not play in any matches in the tournament.-References:*...

Notable coaches

William Reaside Héctor Castro

Héctor Castro

Héctor Castro was a Uruguayan football player and coach.-Early life:Castro was born in Montevideo...

Enrique Fernández

Enrique Fernández Viola

Enrique Fernández Viola, commonly referred to as Enrique Fernández, was a Uruguayan footballer and manager who played for Nacional, FC Barcelona, Uruguay and the Catalan XI. As a manager he won two Uruguayan championships with Nacional and La Liga titles with both FC Barcelona and Real Madrid...

(1945), (1950–52) Ondino Viera

Ondino Viera

Ondino Viera , in Brazil also known as Ondino Vieira, was an Uruguayan football manager. In his long lasting career he won between the 1930s and 1960s important titles with clubs in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay...

Washington Etchamendy Juan Martín Mujica Roberto Fleitas

Roberto Fleitas

Roberto Fleitas is a Uruguayan football head coach and former center back who managed the Uruguayan national team and several top level Uruguayan clubs.-Career:...

Héctor Núñez

Hugo De León

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–

Domestic

Primera División (43)
- Amateur Era (11): 1902
  Primera División Uruguaya 1902
  -Overview:It was contested by 6 teams, and Nacional won the championship.-League standings:-References:*...
  
  , 1903
  Primera División Uruguaya 1903
  -Overview:It was contested by 7 teams, and Nacional won the championship.-League standings:-References:*...
  
  , 1912
  Primera División Uruguaya 1912
  -Overview:It was contested by 8 teams, and Nacional won the championship.-League standings:-References:*...
  
  , 1915
  Primera División Uruguaya 1915
  -Overview:It was contested by 10 teams, and Nacional won the championship.-League standings:-References:*...
  
  , 1916
  Primera División Uruguaya 1916
  -Overview:It was contested by 9 teams, and Nacional won the championship.-League standings:-References:*...
  
  , 1917
  Primera División Uruguaya 1917
  -Overview:It was contested by 10 teams, and Nacional won the championship.-League standings:-References:*...
  
  , 1919
  Primera División Uruguaya 1919
  -Overview:It was contested by 10 teams, and Nacional won the championship.-League standings:-References:*...
  
  , 1920
  Primera División Uruguaya 1920
  -Overview:It was contested by 12 teams, and Nacional won the championship.-League standings:-References:*...
  
  , 1922
  Primera División Uruguaya 1922
  -Overview:It was contested by 12 teams, and Nacional won the championship.-League standings:-References:*...
  
  , 1923
  Primera División Uruguaya 1923
  -Overview:It was contested by 12 teams, and Nacional won the championship.-League Standings:-Overview:It was contested by 32 teams, and Atlético Wanderers won the championship. Otherwise, this dissident championship is not considered official by the Uruguayan Football Association.-League...
  
  , 1924
  Primera División Uruguaya 1924
  -Overview:It was contested by 12 teams, and Nacional won the championship.-League Standings:-Overview:It was contested by 17 teams, and Peñarol won the championship. Otherwise, this dissident championship is not considered official by the Uruguayan Football Association.-League Standings:-References:*...
  
  .
- Professional Era (32): 1933
  Primera División Uruguaya 1933
  -Overview:It was contested by 10 teams, and Nacional won the championship.-League standings:*Playoff: Nacional-Peñarol 0-0, 0-0 and 3-2-References:*...
  
  , 1934
  Primera División Uruguaya 1934
  -Overview:It was contested by 10 teams, and Nacional won the championship.-League standings:-References:*...
  
  , 1939
  Primera División Uruguaya 1939
  -Overview:It was contested by 11 teams, and Nacional won the championship.-League standings:*Playoff: Nacional-Peñarol 3-2-References:*...
  
  , 1940
  Primera División Uruguaya 1940
  -Overview:It was contested by 11 teams, and Nacional won the championship.-League standings:-References:*...
  
  , 1941
  Primera División Uruguaya 1941
  -Overview:It was contested by 11 teams, and Nacional won the championship.-League standings:-References:*...
  
  , 1942
  Primera División Uruguaya 1942
  -Overview:It was contested by 10 teams, and Nacional won the championship.-League standings:-References:*...
  
  , 1943
  Primera División Uruguaya 1943
  -Overview:It was contested by 10 teams, and Nacional won the championship.-League standings:-References:*...
  
  , 1946
  Primera División Uruguaya 1946
  -Overview:It was contested by 10 teams, and Nacional won the championship.-League standings:-References:*...
  
  , 1947
  Primera División Uruguaya 1947
  -Overview:It was contested by 10 teams, and Nacional won the championship.-League standings:-References:*...
  
  , 1950
  Primera División Uruguaya 1950
  -Overview:It was contested by 10 teams, and Nacional won the championship.-League standings:-References:*...
  
  , 1952
  Primera División Uruguaya 1952
  -Overview:It was contested by 10 teams, and Nacional won the championship.-League standings:-References:*...
  
  , 1955
  Primera División Uruguaya 1955
  -Overview:It was contested by 10 teams, and Nacional won the championship.-League standings:-References:*...
  
  , 1956
  Primera División Uruguaya 1956
  -Overview:It was contested by 10 teams, and Nacional won the championship.-League standings:-References:*...
  
  , 1957
  Primera División Uruguaya 1957
  -Overview:It was contested by 10 teams, and Nacional won the championship.-League standings:-References:*...
  
  , 1963
  Primera División Uruguaya 1963
  -Overview:It was contested by 10 teams, and Nacional won the championship.-League standings:-References:*...
  
  , 1966
  Primera División Uruguaya 1966
  -Overview:It was contested by 10 teams, and Nacional won the championship.-League standings:-References:*...
  
  , 1969
  Primera División Uruguaya 1969
  -Overview:It was contested by 11 teams, and Nacional won the championship.-League standings:-References:*...
  
  , 1970
  Primera División Uruguaya 1970
  -Overview:It was contested by 11 teams, and Nacional won the championship.-League standings:-Champions:-Relegation group:-References:*...
  
  , 1971
  Primera División Uruguaya 1971
  -Overview:It was contested by 12 teams, and Nacional won the championship.-League standings:-Champions:-Relegation group:-References:*...
  
  , 1972
  Primera División Uruguaya 1972
  -Overview:It was contested by 12 teams, and Nacional won the championship.-League standings:-References:*...
  
  , 1977
  Primera División Uruguaya 1977
  -Overview:It was contested by 12 teams, and Nacional won the championship.-League standings:-References:*...
  
  , 1980
  Primera División Uruguaya 1980
  -Overview:It was contested by 14 teams, and Nacional won the championship.-League standings:-References:*...
  
  , 1983
  Primera División Uruguaya 1983
  -Overview:It was contested by 13 teams, and Nacional won the championship.-League standings:-References:*...
  
  , 1992
  Primera División Uruguaya 1992
  -Overview:It was contested by 13 teams, and Nacional won the championship.-League standings:-References:*...
  
  , 1998
  Primera División Uruguaya 1998
  -Overview:It was contested by 12 teams, and Nacional won the championship.-Apertura:-Clausura:-Overall:-References:*...
  
  , 2000
  Primera División Uruguaya 2000
  -Overview:It was contested by 18 teams, and Nacional won the championship.-Apertura:-Clausura:-Overall:-Playoff:*Nacional 1-0 ; 1-1 PeñarolNacional won the championship.-References:*...
  
  , 2001
  Primera División Uruguaya 2001
  -Overview:It was contested by 18 teams, and Nacional won the championship.-Group A:-Group B:-Group C:-Overall:-Apertura:-Clausura:-Playoff:*Nacional 2-2 ; 2-1 DanubioNacional won the championship.-Group A:-Group B:-References:*...
  
  , 2002
  Primera División Uruguaya 2002
  -Overview:It was contested by 18 teams, and Nacional won the championship.-Group A:-Group B:-Group C:-Overall:-Apertura:-Clausura:-Playoff:*Danubio 1-2 ; 1-2 NacionalNacional won the championship.-Group A:-Group B:-References:*...
  
  , 2005
  Primera División Uruguaya 2005
  The Primera División Uruguaya 2005 started on March 5, 2005 and ended on July 12, 2005. The league changed to European style after the season, which started in August and ran to June next year, but a winter league instead of summer due to Southern Hemisphere....
  
  , 2005–06, 2008–09, 2010–11
  2010–11 Uruguayan Primera División season
  The 2010–11 Liga Profesional de Primera División season, also known as the 2010–11 Copa Uruguaya or the 2010–11 Campeonato Uruguayo, was the 107th season of Uruguay's top-flight football league, and the 80th in which it was professional....
  
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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
1971 Copa Libertadores
The Copa Libertadores 1971 was the 12th edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's annual international club tournament. Nacional won the competition....

, 1980, 1988
Intercontinental Cup
Intercontinental Cup (football)
The European/South American Cup, commonly referred to as the World Club Championship, Intercontinental Cup or Toyota Cup, was a football competition endorsed by UEFA and CONMEBOL, contested between the winners of the European Cup and the South American Copa Libertadores...

(3): 1971
1971 Intercontinental Cup
The 1971 Intercontinental Cup was a football tie held over two legs in December 1971 between the runners up of the 1970–71 European Cup, Panathinaikos , and Nacional, winners of the 1971 Copa Libertadores....

, 1980
1980 Intercontinental Cup
The 1980 Intercontinental Cup was a football match played on 11 February 1981 between Nacional of Uruguay, winners of the 1980 Copa Libertadores, and Nottingham Forest of England, winners of the 1979–80 European Cup. The match was played for the first time at the neutral venue of the National...

, 1988
1988 Intercontinental Cup
-External links:*...
Copa Interamericana
Copa Interamericana
Copa Interamericana was a football trophy contested between the champions of CONMEBOL's Copa Libertadores de América and the winners of CONCACAF's Champions' Cup...

(2): 1972, 1989
Recopa Sudamericana
Recopa Sudamericana
The Recopa Sudamericana is an annual football match-up between the reigning champions of the previous year's Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana, South America's premier club competitions....

(1): 1989

Other International

Copa Aldao
Copa Aldao
The Copa Ricardo Aldao , but popularily called the Campeonato Rioplatense and Copa Río de La Plata, was a football club competition contested annually, albeit irregularly, between the national champions of Argentina and Uruguay. The cup is one of the many inter-South American club competitions that...

(5): 1916, 1919, 1920, 1940, 1946
Copa de Honor Cousenier
Copa de Honor Cousenier
Copa de Honor Cousenier is a defunct international football club tournament which was played 13 times between representatives of the Argentine and Uruguay football associations between 1905 and 1920.-History:...

(4): 1905, 1915, 1916, 1917
Cup Tie Competition
Tie Cup
The Tie Cup is a defunct international football tournament played between representatives of the Argentine league , Rosario league and the Uruguayan football Association...

(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
Copa Bimbo
The Campeonato Internacional de Verano, also konwn under its sponsored name Copa Bimbo, is an international exhibition football competition hosted in Montevideo, Uruguay since 2009. It features four teams: Uruguay's two major teams Nacional and Peñarol, and guest teams from Argentina , Brazil and...

(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
Trofeo Costa del Sol
Trofeo Internacional Costa del Sol is football friendly competition, patrocined by Spain Federation and held in Málaga, Spain by CD Málaga, was beginning on 1961 to 1983, Discontinued after 1983 due to financial difficulties. No tournaments took place in two decades, during which time local club CD...

: 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.

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
Copa Santiago de Futebol Juvenil
The Copa Santiago de Futebol Juvenil, formerly known as Torneio Romeu Goulart Jacques, is a U-17 football tournament played on annual basis in the Brazilian city of Santiago, Rio Grande do Sul...

titles: 1989, 1994
3 PUNTA CUP Juvenil titles: 2006, 2008 and 2009
Clarkson Friendship Cup: 2009
Flores Cup: 2011

Basketball

Nacional participates in the tournaments organised by the Uruguayan basketball federation Federación Uruguaya de Basketball

Uruguayan Basketball Federation

The Federacion Uruguaya de Basketball also known by the acronymun FUBB, is Uruguay's professional basketball league's federation.-History: under the presidency of Federico Crocker...

(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

Rutas de América

Rutas de América is a stage road bicycle race held annually in February in Uruguay. Since 2009, the race is organized as a 2.2 event on the UCI America Tour.- Winners :...

, individually and by teams. Nowadays, Nacional cycling team has the presence of Milton Wynants

Milton Wynants

Milton Ariel Wynants Vázquez is a racing cyclist from Uruguay, who was affiliated with the Veloz Club Sanducero.Wynants competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country...

, winner of a silver medal for Uruguay in the 2000 Summer Olympics

2000 Summer Olympics

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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

Milton Ariel Wynants Vázquez is a racing cyclist from Uruguay, who was affiliated with the Veloz Club Sanducero.Wynants competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country...

: 1996.

Rutas de América
Rutas de América
Rutas de América is a stage road bicycle race held annually in February in Uruguay. Since 2009, the race is organized as a 2.2 event on the UCI America Tour.- Winners :...

(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

Davis Cup

The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the United States. By...

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'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

Rampla Juniors

Rampla Juniors Fútbol Club, usually known simply as Rampla Juniors is an Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo.-Origin and colours:...

. 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.

Torneos nacionales (10)

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

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.

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