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Corporation The Sports Club Atletico Nacional [3], better known as the National Athletic is a club Colombia soccer. A native of Medellin, Antioquia, is one of the clubs largest and most popular of their country [citation needed]. It was founded in 1947 and plays in the Colombian first division.
Their city rivals Independiente Medellín is, to whom, of the 252 classics played, has won 103, have tied 79 times, and lost in 70 opportunities. In addition, classics dispute with Bogota Millonarios, Deportivo Cali and America de Cali.
has won ten times the Colombian Professional Football. Internationally, Colombia was the first champion of the Libertadores Cup in 1989 American Cup champion in 1990 and 1997 and Merconorte Cup in 1998 and 2000. He has been runner-up Intercontinental Cup in 1989, the Libertadores Cup in 1995 and the Recopa Sudamericana in 1990. Titles that have earned him the epithet of Cups King of Colombian. Birth and amateurism
neighborhood team led Atletico Nacional was born in 1935 in Buenos Aires neighborhood pasture in central-east of Medellín with the name of FC Union. Founded by a group of young people gathered to play soccer in the pasture known as "Don Pepe's sleeve ', it was on the eastern side of the road that now is the Carrera 39, between what is now Teatro Pablo Tobon Uribe and the Placita de Florez. In 1936, the Union becomes a participant The second category of Antioquia Football League, at the time the league had 4 categories: first, second, third and youth. The team was led to the second by Don Miguel Tobon Ortiz, vice president of the League, who had seen him play and was impressed by their quality.
The first time you heard of the Union, wearing white flannel shirt and red shorts, was in October 1942 when he won the amateur championship of the second category of Antioquia Football League. Already with a reputation behind him, the Union was ready to pass the first, but to ensure that the promotion was successful was to strengthen the team. In this Indulana time enters another amateur team. Union regarding the need not to the ridicule of Medellín and Hurricane, the strongest teams in the first, agreed to the merger of the Union and the Indulana. The fruitful partnership lasted three years, from 1943 to 1945.
The major parties are playing on the football field of the racecourse's Libertadores, where today stands the San Joaquin. The games were held there, because the city of Medellin did not have a stadium. Official foundation
In 1947 Alberto Lopez Villegas, a former president of the Football League of Antioquia, leads the Foundation a business partnership designed to stimulate and establish sports as football and professional basketball in Antioquia. The company began work with $ 50 thousand dollars contributed by 500 members in shares of $ 100 pesos each, payable in the first spot of $ 20 pesos at the time of joining the society and the $ 80 remaining at a maximum of 12 monthly installments. So, on Friday, March 7, 1947 consolidated the birth of the new institution under the name of the Medellin Municipal Athletic Club.
The deed of the new society was held on April 30, 1947 in Medellín would notice first. In the charter explicitly stated that one of the objectives the new institution would be "to support the local athletes and not just in football but in all sports." [9] This was clearly reflected the philosophy 'Creole' team purslane.
Because the initiative did not own football squad, it was thought in the first-class teams of the League of Antioquia. The FBC Union turned out to be accurate and agreed to incorporating it into the new institution. This addition made the Athletic Union in the Council. Renaming
In July 1950, Fabricato, a leading textile companies in Medellin, is linked to the computer to buy most of their actions. Soon after, in August 1950 the team name is changed to the National Athletic. This decision was taken considering that the team had players from all over the country and that the name was more closely the motto adopted by the institution since its official founding, "Above all the defense and encouragement of national player." However, the new name does not appear in official returns Dimayor until next year.
Fabricato The relationship lasted until November 1951 because due to poor results and poor economic situation of the team, the company decides to transfer his shares to an amateur group led by Mr Miguel Acosta Mesa.
The 1952 championship sports slump continues. Due to the poor season, coach Ricardo 'tank' Ruiz is removed, and instead is appointed by the Uruguayan José Saule. At the end of the tournament, ending in the position National noon with 17 points, 29 less than the champion. To stand out, that would be the last year that the cast would act as purslane local San Fernando at the racetrack. Swollen
In phase "all against all" of the Apertura 2007, the supporters of the National had the best average attendance at home, which was 25,155 spectators per game. National also has the best average out of Atanasio Girardot Stadium, 23,043 spectators per game. The "barra brava" of the National Puffy is known as The South, founded in Medellín in 1997.
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in 1991 had the highest average attendance of Colombian football, which was of 35,896 spectators per game.
