Club Deportivo El Nacional
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| Full name | Club Social, Cultural y Deportivo "El Nacional" | ||
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| Nickname(s) | "Puros Criollos" "Equipo Militar" "La Maquina Roja" |
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| Founded | June 1, 1964 | ||
| Ground | Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa Quito, Ecuador (Capacity: 40,948) |
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| Chairman |  Gral. Rodrigo Bohórquez Flores |
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| Manager | Juan Carlos Burbano |
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| League | Serie A | ||
| 2008 | 4th | ||
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Club Deportivo El Nacional is a sports club from Quito, Ecuador that is best known for its professional football team. El Nacional belongs to the Ecuadorian military and maintained a traditional of having only Ecuadorian players on their team. This has given them such nicknames as Puros Criollos ("Pure Creoles") and El Equipo Militar ("The Military Team"). The three colors of the team (red, light blue and dark blue) represent the three branches of the Ecuadorian military. The team logo has as a third color (yellow) instead of light blue. The principal uniform is red with bleu accents, and the alternate uniform is gray with blue shorts.
El Nacional is tied with Barcelona Sporting Club for the greatest number of Ecuadorian championships, with 13. They are the only club in Ecuador to win three titles in a row, having done so on two occasions (1976, 1977, 1978 & 1982, 1983, 1984). The club has participated in more Copa Libertadores than any other club in Ecuador, having competed in the competition 22 times. El Nacional has three first-division rivals in Quito, which are Sociedad Deportiva Aucas from the south, and Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito and Sociedad Deportivo Quito from the north.
Other sports the organization participates in is gymnastics, table tennis, Ecuavolley, chess, and shooting.
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[edit] History
[edit] Beginnings
It all started with the dream of Capitan Hugo Enderica Torres of the Ecuadorian Military. His dream was to form a professional football team of only Ecuadorian players. After having a successful run in the lower divisions El Nacional moved up to the Serie A of Ecuador in 1964 and was officially founded. With an official agreement with AFNA, the team was baptized as Club Deportivo El Nacional. With just three years of life as a proffessional team, El Nacional was the first team to bring a championship to the province of Pichincha in 1967. After financial troubles and fights between team mates, the second championship was reached in 1973 against Universidad Catolica.
[edit] The Bi-Tri Campeon
In the 70's El Nacional was able to achieve what no Ecuadorian team had done in the history of the league. In 1976, 1977, 1978 they were unbeatable champions. Fabian Paz y Mino stepped up as the leading goal scorer in the league in 1977 to help El Nacional during those three years of glory. In 1982, 1983, 1984 El Nacional repeated this feat to become double three time championship winners. Their title count became eight. This was gained by help from two legendary players Jose Villafuerte and Ermen Benitez. In 1985 they accomplished their most important feat in international competition reaching semifinals in the Copa Libertadores de America. One year later they added to their titles by being crowned for the ninth time in their history.
[edit] The 90's
El Nacional produced some of the greatest players in Ecuador and won two more championships in 1992 and 1996 with the help of Cleber Chala, Agustin Delgado, and Oswaldo Ibarra. They also disputed the semifinals of the Copa Conmebol 1992 and the 1994 edition.
[edit] Present
The current success of the team has added two more championships in 2005 and 2006 bringing their total to 13 titles. They have equaled rivals Barcelona to become one of the best teams in Ecuador. El Nacional has brought up talented players such as Antonio Valencia, Segundo Alejandro Castillo, Cristian Benitez and Felix Borja. There have been plans to build a new stadium but no official decision has been taken as of yet.
[edit] Stadium
El Nacional play their home matches in the Estadio Olimpico Atahualpa. Plans have been enabled to build a new stadium. However no official decision has been taken. The management even showed the model of what the 42,000 seat stadium would look like.
[edit] Supporters
On May 13, 1998, a group of friends met and decided to form a highly dedicated fanbase called La Marea Roja (English: The Red Tide). Over the years, they aimed to integrate more people, and becoming a better organized to be the largest fan group of El Nacional, and hopefully of Ecuador. It is made up of over 250 members, with members owning proper identification cards. La Marea Roja stands at the south part of the stadium for 90 minutes every game, which attracts adults, women and large numbers of children.
[edit] Current squad
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[edit] Noted players
- Christian Benitez
- Juan Carlos Burbano
- Segundo Castillo
- Antonio Valencia
- Christian Lara
- Jorge Guagua
- Edison Mendez
- Carlos Castro
- Juan Carlos Garay
- David Quiroz
- Felix Borja
- Diego Herrera
- José Gavica
- Jose Guerrero
- Lupo Quiñonez
- Otilino Tenorio
- Pedro Quiñónez
- Fabián Paz y Miño
- Milton Rodriguez
- Marco Constante
- Fernando Baldeon
- Ermen Benitez
- Agustín Delgado
- Ángel Fernández
- Oswaldo Ibarra
- Jose Villafuerte
- Walter Ayovi
[edit] Achievements
- Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A
- Champion (13): 1967, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1992, 1996, 2005 C, 2006
- Runner-Up (7): 1964, 1972, 1974, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2001
- Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie B
- Winner (1): 1979 E2
[edit] Performance in CONMEBOL competitions
- Copa Libertadores: 22 participations (1968, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009)
- Best performance: Semi-finals (1985)
- Copa Sudamericana: 3 participations (2005, 2006, 2007)
- Best performance: Second round (2006, 2007)
- Copa CONMEBOL: 2 participations (1992, 1994)
- Best performance: Semi-finals (1992)
- Copa Merconorte: 3 participations (1998, 1999, 2000)
- Best performance: Semi-finals (1998)
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Official Website (Spanish)
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