CLUB NACIONAL (PARAGUAY)

:''For other club, see Nacional.''
'Club Nacional' is a Paraguayan football (soccer) team, based in the neighbourhood of Barrio Obrero in Asunción, founded in 1904.

Contents

History

Honours

Notable players

External link

History

The club was founded on June 5, 1904 by a group of alumni of the Colegio Nacional de la Capital, one of the oldest public schools in Asunción. The club was originally named 'Nacional Football Club', taking the name "Nacional" from the school the founders attended. Its first president was Víctor Paredes Gómez and white was selected as the team color because that was the color of the Nacional de la Capital School uniform. For the emblem of the club, the colors of the Paraguayan flag were chosen.
Nacional is one of the traditional teams in the Paraguayan league and they have won a total of six championships so far. Their nickname "La Academia" (the academy) was given to them because of their excellent youth system that produced great players such as Arsenio Erico, who is considered as the best Paraguayan footballer of all time.

Honours

★ ''

★
★ 'Winners (6):' 1909, 1911, 1924, 1926, 1942, 1946

★ ''

★
★ 'Winners (3):' 1979, 1989, 2003

Notable players

Players on the list are sorted by era

★ Arsenio Erico (''El Saltarín Rojo'')

★ Manuel Fleitas Solich (''El Brujo'')

★ Heriberto Herrera (''El Sargento de Hierro'')

★ Cecilio Martínez

★ Roberto Miguel Acuña (''El Toro'')

★ Edgar Denis (''La Araña'')

★ Oscar Cardozo (''Tacuara'')

External link

★ Club Nacional de Paraguay Official Site