El Nacional

Full name	Club Deportivo El Nacional
Nickname(s)	"Puros Criollos" "Equipo Militar" " La Maquina Roja
Founded	June 1, 1964
Ground	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador (Capacity: 39,816[1])
Chairman	Gral. Rodrigo Bohórquez
Manager	Jorge Célico
League	Serie A
2007-08	2nd Stage, 4th Position
Home colours Away colours

The Club Deportivo El Nacional is a professional football (soccer) team from Quito, the capital of Ecuador in northwestern South America. Nacional is called so because it belongs to the Ecuadorian military and because only players with Ecuadorian nationality are allowed to play on the team. This is why the team is nicknamed Puros Criollos ("All-Homegrowns") or El Equipo Militar ("The Military Team"). The three colors of the team, which are 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 home-team uniform is bright-red with light- and dark-blue designs, and the away uniform is usually gray. El Nacional Quitos Logo image by http://www. ... Football club names are a part of the sports culture, reflecting century-old traditions. ... This is a list of lists of the use of nicknames in football (soccer). ... is the 152nd day of the year (153rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ... This article is about the building type. ... Estadio Olimpico Atahualpa is a multi-use stadium in Quito, Ecuador. ... For other uses, see Quito (disambiguation). ... Rungnado May Day Stadium is the worlds largest football stadium. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ecuador. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Argentina. ... The Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol is the most important football competition of the Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol, the football federation of Ecuador. ... Image File history File links left arm of kit template File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... body of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... rightarm of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... It has been suggested that replica shirt be merged into this article or section. ... Image File history File links left arm of kit template File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... body of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... rightarm of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... It has been suggested that replica shirt be merged into this article or section. ... Soccer redirects here. ... For other uses, see Quito (disambiguation). ... The term Creole and its cognates in other languages — such as crioulo, criollo, créole, kriolu, criol, kreyol, kriulo, kriol, krio, etc. ...

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El Nacional is the team with the largest number of Ecuadorian championships (13), sharing this distinction with Barcelona Sporting Club from Guayaquil. Famous players to play or have played for the team include forwards Ángel Fernández, Agustín Delgado, and Eduardo Hurtado, who is also well-known for playing in the U.S. Major League Soccer for teams like the Los Angeles Galaxy and the MetroStars. Barcelona Sporting Club is an Ecuadorian football team located in the countrys most populous city of Guayaquil. ... This article is about the city of Guayaquil. ... Ángel Oswaldo Fernández (born 2 August 1971) is an Ecuadorian football player. ... Agustín Javier Delgado Chala (nicknamed Tin; born December 23, 1974, in Piquiucho, a small village in the Chota River valley in Imbabura) is an Ecuadorian football player. ... Eduardo Hurtado (born January 12, 1969 in Esmeraldas, Ecuador) is a soccer striker, the all-time leading scorer for the Ecuador national team (tied with Agustin Delgado) with 26 goals in 74 caps. ... Major League Soccer (MLS) is a North America professional soccer league. ... Year founded 1995 League Major League Soccer Full name Los Angeles Galaxy Nickname LA Galaxy Stadium The Home Depot Center (HDC) Carson, CA Coach Ruud Gullit Owner Philip Anschutz (AEG) First Game Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 MetroStars (Rose Bowl; April 13, 1996) Largest Win Dallas Burn 1–8 Los... MetroStars logo 2002-2005 The MetroStars was the name of a soccer club based in New Jersey that participated in Major League Soccer between 1996 and 2005. ...

Nacional has three first-division rivals in Quito, which are the Sociedad Deportiva Aucas from the south of the city, and Liga Deportiva Universitaria and the Sociedad Deportivo Quito from the north. A fifth team, which belongs to the Ecuadorian police academy (EScuela Superior de POLIcía or ESPOLI), and which is called Club Deportivo ESPOLI, moved to the city of Latacunga, about two hours south of Quito. The Sociedad Deportiva Aucas is a soccer club from the city of Quito in northern Ecuador. ... -1... The Sociedad Deportivo Quito is a soccer club based in Quito, Ecuador. ... Police Academy is a long-running series of comedy films, the first six of which were made in the 1980s. ... Club Deportivo ESPOLI is a professional soccer team from Quito, Ecuador, which belongs to the Escuela Superior de Policía (ESPOLI), which is a police academy of Quito. ... Latacunga (in local parlance Tacunga) is a plateau town of Ecuador, capital of the Cotopaxi Province, 46 m. ...

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The team plays in Quito in the Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, at an altitude of about 2,800 meters, but practices outside the city. Estadio Olimpico Atahualpa is a multi-use stadium in Quito, Ecuador. ...

Achievements

• Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol
  • Champion (13): 1967, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1992, 1996, 2005, 2006.

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International Honors

• Copa conmebol Semifinalist:(1)1992
• Copa Libertadores Semifinalist:(1)1985
• Copa Merconorte Semifinalist:(1)1998

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

• Copa Libertadores: 21 appearance

Best: Semi-Final in 1985

• Copa Sudamericana: 3 appearances

2005: First Round

2006: Second Round

2007: Second Round

• Copa CONMEBOL: 2 appearances

1992: Semi-Final

1994: First Round

• Copa Merconorte: 3 appearances

1998: Semi-Final

1999: Group Stage

2000: Group Stage

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Notable Players

• Jose Villafuerte
  
• Juan Carlos Burbano
  
• Christian Benitez
  
• Segundo Castillo
• Oswaldo Ibarra
• Marco Constante

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Current Squad

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No. Position Player 1 GK Cristian Mora[1] 2 DF Carlos Castro 3 DF Bolivar Gómez 4 DF Omar De Jesús 5 MF Carlos Hidalgo 6 DF Pavel Caicedo 7 MF David Quiróz 8 FW Ebelio Ordóñez 9 FW Walter Calderón 10 FW Cléber Chalá 12 GK Oswaldo Ibarra 13 FW Richar Mercado

No. Position Player 15 MF Wellington Sánchez 16 DF Jhon Guagua 17 MF Walter Ayoví 18 MF Pedro Quiñónez 19 DF Erik De Jesús 20 DF Luis Checa 22 GK Robinson Sánchez 23 MF Santiago Morales 24 DF Willian Cuero 25 MF Jhon Minda

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See Also

Ecuadorian Army The Ecuadorian Army (Spanish: Ejército Ecuatoriano) is the branch of the Ecuadorian military in charge of the defense of the Ecuadorian State from any land-based threat. ...

References

External links

• Official Site

Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol • 2008 clubs v • d • e

Barcelona • Dep. Azogues • Dep. Cuenca • Dep. Quito  El Nacional • Emelec • ESPOLI • Liga de Quito • Macará  Olmedo • Técnico Universitario • Universidad Catolica  Image File history File links Flag_of_Ecuador. ... The Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol is the most important football competition of the Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol, the football federation of Ecuador. ... The Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol 2008 was the 50th season of the Ecuadorian Serie A, Ecuadors premier football league. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ecuador. ... Barcelona Sporting Club is an Ecuadorian football team located in the countrys most populous city of Guayaquil. ... Deportivo Azogues is an Ecuadorian football team playing at the top level, the Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol. ... The Club Deportivo Cuenca is a soccer club based in Cuenca, Ecuador. ... The Sociedad Deportivo Quito is a soccer club based in Quito, Ecuador. ... Club Sport Emelec is a famous sports club from Guayaquil, Ecuador. ... Club Deportivo ESPOLI is a professional soccer team from Quito, Ecuador, which belongs to the Escuela Superior de Policía (ESPOLI), which is a police academy of Quito. ... -1... The Club Social y Deportivo Macará is a soccer club based in Ambato, Ecuador. ... The Centro Deportivo Olmedo is a soccer club based in Riobamba, Ecuador. ... The Club Deportivo Técnico Universitario is a soccer club based in Ambato, Ecuador. ... The Club Deportivo Universidad Católica del Ecuador is a soccer club based in Quito, Ecuador. ...