2009–10 Club Nacional de Football season

Nacional
2009-10 season
Chairman	Ricardo Alarcón
Manager	Eduardo Mario Acevedo
Primera Division	Runners-up
Torneo Apertura	1st (9th title)
Torneo Clausura	4th
Copa Libertadores	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Sergio Blanco; (13 goals); All: ; Sergio Blanco; (13 goals)
Highest home attendance	60,000 v Peñarol; (6 December 2009)
Lowest home attendance	15,000 v Fénix; (24 April 2010)
Average home league attendance	25,298
	← 2008–09 2010–11 →

Squad[edit]

Updated 2 May 2010 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	URU	Leonardo Burián
2	DF	URU	Alejandro Lembo (vice-captain)
3	DF	URU	Martín Galain
4	DF	URU	Christian Núñez
5	MF	URU	Gianni Guigou
6	DF	URU	Ernesto Goñi
7	DF	PAR	Eduardo Aranda
8	MF	URU	Mathías Cabrera
9	FW	URU	Sebastián Balsas
10	MF	ARG	Ángel Morales
11	FW	URU	Sergio Blanco
12	GK	URU	Nicola Pérez
13	MF	URU	Raúl Ferro
14	FW	URU	Mario Regueiro
15	MF	URU	Álvaro González
16	MF	URU	Gustavo Varela
17	MF	URU	Maximiliano Calzada


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	DF	URU	Gonzalo Godoy
19	DF	URU	Sebastián Coates
20	FW	URU	Santiago García
21	MF	URU	Oscar Javier Morales (captain)
22	MF	URU	Mauricio Pereyra
23	FW	URU	Facundo Píriz
24	FW	URU	Diego Vera
25	GK	URU	Rodrigo Muñoz
—	GK	URU	Sebastián Fuentes
—	DF	URU	Alejandro Rodríguez
—	DF	URU	Alexis Rolin
—	MF	URU	Santiago Saúl
—	MF	URU	Santiago Romero
—	FW	URU	Álvaro Apólito
—	FW	URU	Bryan Machado
—	FW	URU	Leonardo Novo

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	URU	Alejandro Lembo (from Aris Thessaloniki)
4	DF	URU	Christian Núñez (from Cerro)
5	MF	URU	Gianni Guigou (from Treviso)
6	DF	URU	Ernesto Goñi (from Racing)
7	DF	PAR	Eduardo Aranda (from Liverpool)
8	MF	URU	Mathías Cabrera (from Cerro)
9	FW	URU	Sebastián Balsas (from Racing)
13	MF	URU	Raúl Ferro (from Danubio)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	URU	Álvaro González (from Boca Juniors)
16	MF	URU	Gustavo Varela (from Schalke 04)
17	FW	URU	Mario Regueiro (from Aris Thessaloniki)
18	DF	URU	Gonzalo Godoy (from Cerro)
23	FW	PAR	Derlis Florentín (from Barcelona)
24	FW	URU	Diego Vera (from Defensor Sporting)
—	GK	URU	Sebastián Fuentes (from Miramar Misiones)
—	FW	URU	Álvaro Apólito (from Cerro)

Out[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	ARG	Federico Domínguez (to Argentinos Juniors)
3	DF	URU	Gastón Filgueira (end contract)
4	DF	URU	Mauricio Victorino (to Universidad de Chile)
5	DF	URU	Martín Rodríguez (to Liverpool)
6	DF	ARG	Matías Rodríguez (to Universidad de Chile)
7	DF	URU	Diego Rodríguez (to Central Español)
8	MF	URU	Diego Arismendi (to Stoke City)
9	FW	URU	Alexander Medina (to Arsenal)
13	FW	URU	Martín Cauteruccio (to Racing)
14	MF	URU	Nicolás Lodeiro (to Ajax)
15	DF	URU	Adrián Romero (to Querétaro)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	FW	ARG	Marcos Mondaini (to Alianza Lima)
17	MF	URU	Roberto Brum (to Olimpo)
18	DF	URU	Pablo Caballero (to Locarno)
22	MF	URU	Álvaro Fernández (to Vitória Setúbal)
23	MF	URU	Jorge Cazulo (to Deportivo Maldonado)
23	FW	PAR	Derlis Florentín (to Atenas)
24	FW	URU	Gustavo Biscayzacú (end contract)
—	DF	URU	Mathías Abero (to Racing)
—	DF	CRC	Kendall Waston (to Saprissa)
—	MF	URU	Luis Oyarbide (to Montevideo Wanderers)
—	FW	URU	Álvaro Apolito (to Cerro)

Statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals[edit]

Last updated on 18 May 2010.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primera División Uruguaya		Copa Libertadores
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	URU	Leonardo Burián	3	-4	3+0	-4	0+0	0
2	DF	URU	Alejandro Lembo	31	2	24+0	2	7+0	0
3	DF	URU	Martín Galain	4	0	3+1	0	0+0	0
4	DF	URU	Christian Núñez	32	0	21+4	0	5+2	0
5	MF	URU	Gianni Guigou	15	1	8+6	1	0+1	0
6	DF	URU	Ernesto Goñi	18	1	13+0	1	5+0	0
7	DF	PAR	Eduardo Aranda	10	1	10+0	1	0+0	0
8	MF	URU	Mathías Cabrera	19	1	10+8	1	1+0	0
9	FW	URU	Sebastián Balsas	20	5	9+8	5	0+3	0
10	MF	ARG	Ángel Morales	33	3	26+1	2	6+0	1
11	FW	URU	Sergio Blanco	30	13	14+11	13	1+4	0
13	MF	URU	Raúl Ferro	32	1	22+3	1	7+0	0
14	FW	URU	Mario Regueiro	30	11	19+3	6	8+0	5
15	MF	URU	Álvaro González	37	3	22+7	3	8+0	0
16	MF	URU	Gustavo Varela	31	10	16+7	9	8+0	1
17	MF	URU	Maximiliano Calzada	20	0	5+8	0	5+2	0
18	DF	URU	Gonzalo Godoy	13	1	8+1	0	1+3	1
19	DF	URU	Sebastián Coates	32	3	24+0	2	8+0	1
20	FW	URU	Santiago García	21	6	12+7	6	1+1	0
21	MF	URU	Oscar Javier Morales	34	1	27+0	1	7+0	0
22	MF	URU	Mauricio Pereyra	26	2	11+8	1	2+5	1
23	MF	URU	Facundo Píriz	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
24	FW	URU	Diego Vera	14	2	3+8	2	0+3	0
25	GK	URU	Rodrigo Muñoz	38	-33	30+0	-23	8+0	-10
—	DF	URU	Gastón Filgueira*	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
—	DF	ARG	Matías Rodríguez*	13	2	13+0	2	0+0	0
—	MF	URU	Nicolás Lodeiro*	9	7	9+0	7	0+0	0
—	MF	URU	Santiago Romero	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
—	FW	PAR	Derlis Florentín*	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
—	FW	URU	Bryan Machado	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0

Note

* = Players who left the club mid-season

Top scorers[edit]

Includes all competitive matches

Position	Number	Name	Primera División Uruguaya	Copa Libertadores	Total
1	11	Sergio Blanco	13	0	13
2	14	Mario Regueiro	6	5	11
3	16	Gustavo Varela	9	1	10
4	—	Nicolás Lodeiro*	7	0	7
5	20	Santiago García	6	0	6
6	9	Sebastián Balsas	5	0	5
7	10	Ángel Morales	2	1	3
=	15	Álvaro González	3	0	3
=	19	Sebastián Coates	2	1	3
10	2	Alejandro Lembo	2	0	2
=	22	Mauricio Pereyra	1	1	2
=	24	Diego Vera	2	0	2
=	—	Matías Rodríguez*	2	0	2
14	5	Gianni Guigou	1	0	1
=	6	Ernesto Goñi	1	0	1
=	7	Eduardo Aranda	1	0	1
=	13	Raúl Ferro	1	0	1
=	18	Gonzalo Godoy	1	0	1
=	21	Oscar Javier Morales	1	0	1
=	23	Mathías Cabrera	1	0	1
		Own Goals	0	0	0
		Total	66	10	76

Note

* = Players who left the club mid-season

Disciplinary record[edit]

Position	Nation	Number	Name
Position	Nation	Number	Name	Primera División Uruguaya		Copa Libertadores		Total
DF		2	Alejandro Lembo	9	0	4	0	13	0
DF		3	Martín Galain	1	0	0	0	1	0
DF		4	Christian Núñez	8	1	1	0	9	1
MF		5	Gianni Guigou	2	0	0	0	2	0
DF		6	Ernesto Goñi	1	0	1	0	2	0
DF		7	Eduardo Aranda	1	0	0	0	1	0
MF		8	Mathías Cabrera	4	0	1	0	4	1
FW		9	Sebastián Balsas	2	0	1	0	3	0
MF		10	Ángel Morales	6	0	0	0	6	0
FW		11	Sergio Blanco	4	2	0	0	4	2
MF		13	Raúl Ferro	8	0	4	0	12	0
FW		14	Mario Regueiro	11	2	1	0	12	2
MF		15	Álvaro González	2	0	2	0	4	0
MF		16	Gustavo Varela	10	0	1	1	10	1
MF		17	Maximiliano Calzada	1	1	2	0	3	1
DF		18	Gonzalo Godoy	1	0	1	0	2	0
DF		19	Sebastián Coates	7	0	4	1	11	1
FW		20	Santiago García	4	0	0	0	4	0
MF		21	Oscar Javier Morales	9	1	1	1	10	2
MF		22	Mauricio Pereyra	4	0	1	0	5	0
MF		23	Facundo Píriz	1	0	0	0	1	0
FW		24	Diego Vera	2	0	0	0	2	0
GK		25	Rodrigo Muñoz	2	0	1	0	3	0
DF		—	Gastón Filgueira*	1	1	0	0	1	1
DF		—	Matías Rodríguez*	4	1	0	0	4	1
MF		—	Nicolás Lodeiro*	1	0	0	0	1	0
			Total	105	10	25	3	130	13

Note

* = Players who left the club mid-season

Captains[edit]

No.	Pos.	Name	Starts
21	MF	Oscar Javier Morales	34
2	DF	Alejandro Lembo	4
11	FW	Sergio Blanco	2
16	MF	Gustavo Varela	1

Penalties Awarded[edit]

Date	Success?	Penalty Taker	Opponent	Competition
2009-10-03	Y	Sebastián Balsas	Racing	Primera División
2009-10-28	Y	Santiago García	Central Español	Primera División
2009-11-01	N	Santiago García	Cerro	Primera División
2009-12-13	Y	Nicolás Lodeiro	Cerrito	Primera División
2010-02-24	Y	Ángel Morales	Deportivo Cuenca	Copa Libertadores
2010-03-06	Y	Gustavo Varela	Montevideo Wanderers	Primera División
2010-03-13	Y	Sergio Blanco	Atenas	Primera División
2010-03-13	Y	Sergio Blanco	Atenas	Primera División
2010-03-21	N	Rodrigo Muñoz	Central Español	Primera División
2010-04-07	N	Gustavo Varela	Deportivo Cuenca	Copa Libertadores
2010-05-02	Y	Sergio Blanco	Cerrito	Primera División
2010-05-02	Y	Gianni Guigou	Cerrito	Primera División

International players[edit]

The following is a list of all squad members who have played for their national sides during the 2009–10 season. Players in bold were in the starting XI for their national side.

26 September 2009

Name		Opponents	Mins.
URU U-20	Sebastián Coates	England U-20	90
URU U-20	Nicolás Lodeiro	England U-20	90
URU U-20	Mauricio Pereyra	England U-20	90
URU U-20	Santiago García	England U-20	59
URU U-20	Maximiliano Calzada	England U-20	4

29 January 2009

Name		Opponents	Mins.	Goals
URU U-20	Sebastián Coates	Uzbekistan U-20	90	0
URU U-20	Nicolás Lodeiro	Uzbekistan U-20	60	1
URU U-20	Mauricio Pereyra	Uzbekistan U-20	45	0
URU U-20	Santiago García	Uzbekistan U-20	90	1

2 October 2009

Name		Opponents	Mins.	Goals
URU U-20	Sebastián Coates	Ghana U-20	90	0
URU U-20	Nicolás Lodeiro	Ghana U-20	90	1
URU U-20	Mauricio Pereyra	Ghana U-20	60	0
URU U-20	Maximiliano Calzada	Ghana U-20	43	0

7 October 2009

Name		Opponents	Mins.
URU U-20	Sebastián Coates	Brazil U-20	90
URU U-20	Nicolás Lodeiro	Brazil U-20	90
URU U-20	Mauricio Pereyra	Brazil U-20	61
URU U-20	Maximiliano Calzada	Brazil U-20	45
URU U-20	Santiago García	Brazil U-20	29

15 November 2009

Name		Opponents	Mins.	Goals
URU	Álvaro González	Costa Rica	90	0
URU	Nicolás Lodeiro	Costa Rica	60	0

18 November 2009

Name		Opponents	Mins.	Goals
URU	Nicolás Lodeiro	Costa Rica	83	0

Starting 11[edit]

No.	Pos.	Name	MS	Notes
25	GK	Muñoz	38	Burián has three starts
4	RB	Núñez	26	Aranda has ten starts
2	CB	Lembo	32	Galaín has three starts
19	CB	Coates	32	Godoy has ten starts
6	LB	Goñi	18
21	DM	O. Morales	34	Guigou has eight starts
13	RW	Ferro	28	Calzada has ten starts Píriz has one start
16	LW	González	29
10	AM	A. Morales	32	Cabrera has eleven starts Pereyra has thirteen starts
16	FW	Varela	24	García has twelve starts Blanco has fourteen starts
14	FW	Regueiro	27	Vera has ten starts Balsas has nine starts

Last updated: 18 May 2010
Source: Squad stats and Start formations.
Only competitive matches.
Using the most used start formation.
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

Muñoz

Lembo

Coates

Núñez

Goñi

O. Morales

Ferro

González

A. Morales

Varela

Regueiro

Overall[edit]

Games played	41 (33 Primera División Uruguaya, 8 Copa Libertadores)
Games won	25 (22 Primera División Uruguaya, 3 Copa Libertadores)
Games drawn	7 (4 Primera División Uruguaya, 3 Copa Libertadores)
Games lost	9 (7 Primera División Uruguaya, 2 Copa Libertadores)
Goals scored	76
Goals conceded	38
Goal difference	+38
Yellow cards	130
Red cards	13
Worst discipline	Mario Regueiro (12 , 2 )
Best result	6-0 (A) v Atenas – Primera División Uruguaya 2010.03.13
Worst result	0-4 (A) v Montevideo Wanderers – Primera División Uruguaya 2009.10.17
Most appearances	Rodrigo Muñoz (38 appearances)
Top scorer	Sergio Blanco (13 goals)

Last updated: 18 May
Source: Nacional

Club[edit]

Coaching staff[edit]

Position	Staff
Manager	Eduardo Mario Acevedo
Assistant manager	Alejandro Acevedo
Second assistant manager	Willians Lemus
Goalkeeping coach	Tabaré Alonso
Team fitness coach	Eduardo Arismendi Fernando Cal
Club doctor	Carlos Suero
First-team collaborator	Ruben Sosa

Last updated: 7 October 2009
Source: Nacional

Other information[edit]

Chairman	Ricardo Alarcón
Sports Manager	Daniel Henríquez
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Estadio Gran Parque Central (25,000 / 105x70 meters)

Updated to match played 7 April 2010
Source: Nacional

Team Kit[edit]

Supplier: Umbro
Sponsor(s): Ancel
Macri Sport Center

Home

Away

Third kit

Friendlies[edit]

2009-08-13

15:00 (UTC-3)

Juventud	0–7	Nacional
	Report	Medina 4', 37' Blanco 12' (pen.) Guigou 25' Arismendi 41' Abero 63' Núñez 85'

Estadio Profesor Alberto Suppici, Colonia

Attendance: 0

2009-08-17

15:30 (UTC-3)

Nacional	4–0	Mutual de Colonia
Blanco 5', 13' Balsas 54' Cabrera 86'	Report

Los Céspedes, Montevideo

Attendance: 0

2009-09-05

11:00 (UTC-3)

Nacional	3–0	Cerro Largo
Regueiro 31' Vera 56' Varela 82'	Report

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Attendance: 3,000

2009-11-11

10:30 (UTC-3)

Nacional	3–1	Miramar Misiones
García 25' Vera 47', 68'	Report	Larrosa 81'

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Attendance: 0

2009-11-14

10:00 (UTC-3)

Nacional	4–2	Osvaldo Cannobio's team
Núñez 14' García 27' (pen.) Balsas 67' Vera 78'	Report	Alvez 34', 41'

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Attendance: 0

2009-11-26

10:00 (UTC-3)

Nacional	7–0	Florida
Blanco 27' Regueiro 41' Muñoz 61' (pen.) Varela 67' Florentín 74' A. Morales 78' Balsas 86'	Report

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Attendance: 0

2009-11-28

15:00 (UTC-3)

Nacional	3–2	Miramar Misiones
Regueiro 25', 41' García 71'	Report	Larrosa 61', 90+1'

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Attendance: 0

2010-01-09

18:00 (UTC-3)

Maldonado	0–4	Nacional
	Report	García 35' Lodeiro 54' Varela 66' Vera 85'

Posta del Lago, Punta del Este

Attendance: 0

Copa Amistad[edit]

2009-10-08

20:00 (UTC-3)

Ferro Carril	1–3	Nacional
N. Cabrera 86'	Report	Blanco 5', 29' (pen.) Balsas 18'

Estadio Roberto Dickinson, Salto

Attendance: 5,000

Copa Bimbo[edit]

Semi-finals[edit]

2010-01-15

22:00 (UTC-3)

Nacional	0–0	Peñarol
O. Morales 13' Varela 15' Lembo 50' Balsas 73'	Report	Pacheco 28' Ramírez 39' Orteman 42' Aguirregaray 73'
Penalties
Guigou A. Morales Varela Vera Lembo Muñoz O. Morales	6–5	Orteman Ramírez Ramis Albín Olivera Urretavizcaya Alejandro González

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Jorge Larrionda

Final[edit]

2010-01-18

22:10 (UTC-3)

Danubio	1–1	Nacional
Perrone 78' Silva 86'	Report	Núñez 77' Blanco 90+1'
Penalties
Perrone Mena Ifrán Miguez	1–3	Varela A. Morales A. González Ferro

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Darío Ubriaco

Primera División Uruguaya[edit]

Apertura's table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nacional	15	13	0	2	36	11	+25	36^[a]	Championship Playoffs
2	Liverpool	15	8	5	2	31	14	+17	29
3	Defensor Sporting	15	8	5	2	28	16	+12	29
4	Montevideo Wanderers	15	7	5	3	24	13	+11	26
5	Peñarol	15	7	5	3	28	19	+9	26

Updated to match(es) played on December 13, 2009. Source: AUF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head results; 5th draw
Notes:

^ Nacional was docked three points.

The apertura's winner qualifies for the semifinal of the Primera División.

Matches[edit]

2009-08-22

15:30 (UTC-3)

Cerro Largo	0–1	Nacional
Rivero 37' Y. Rodríguez 40'	Report	Muñoz 39' Blanco 45' Matías Rodríguez 54' Cabrera 82'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Rafael Orfila

2009-08-29

15:00 (UTC-3)

Nacional	1–0	Tacuarembó
A. Morales 53' Núñez 65' O. Morales 70' Matías Rodríguez 78' Vera 88' 90+9'	Report	Martínez 22' Sosa 62' Dutra 63' Silva 70' A. García 90+3'

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Carlos Aguirregaray

2009-09-13

15:30 (UTC-3)

Defensor Sporting	0–3	Nacional
de Souza 26' Martínez 44' M. Risso 58'	Report	O. Morales 30' Núñez 41' Cabrera 48' 60' A. Morales 58' Regueiro 74'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Martín Vázquez

2009-09-20

16:00 (UTC-3)

Nacional	2–1	Liverpool
Aranda 39' Matías Rodríguez 73' Lembo 86'	Report	Castro 37' Medina 57' Alfaro 66' 90+1' Macchi 76' Rodales 83' Alvez 85'

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Attendance: 21,000

Referee: Roberto Silvera

2009-09-26

19:30 (UTC-3)

River Plate	1–0	Nacional
Zambrana 23' (pen.) Klingender 41' 49' Porta 42' J. Rodríguez 82' 90+4'	Report	Regueiro 23' 28' Matías Rodríguez 48' 80' Guigou 51' A. Morales 74' Núñez 85'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 27,000

Referee: Luis Larrañaga

2009-10-03

16:30 (UTC-3)

Nacional	3–2	Racing
Núñez 29' Guigou 29' O. Morales 41' Balsas 45+3' (pen.), 49' 76' Ferro 79' Blanco 85'	Report	Cauteruccio 8' Quiñones 14' 45+1' Hernández 19' Barrientos 51' Ostolaza 78'

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Attendance: 21,000

Referee: Héctor Martínez

2009-10-17

16:30 (UTC-3)

Montevideo Wanderers	4–0	Nacional
Tellechea 43' Videla 49' Lacerda 55' (pen.) Charquero 74' Vanderhoeght 76'	Report	Cabrera 15' Blanco 27' A. Morales 33' Lembo 42' Matías Rodríguez 53' O. Morales 65' Vera 82'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 16,000

Referee: Fredy De Seja

2009-10-21

21:30 (UTC-3)

Nacional	5–0	Atenas
Blanco 8' Lodeiro 19', 77' Matías Rodríguez 43' González 55' Varela 65' Coates 85'	Report	Galán 22' Trinidad 63'

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Attendance: 16,000

Referee: Oscar Rojas

2009-10-28

20:10 (UTC-3)

Nacional	5–1	Central Español
Aranda 56' García 66' (pen.) Lodeiro 71' 71' Blanco 72' Varela 82'	Report	Usucar 18' Espiga 49' 84' Firpo 54' Tejera 65'

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Attendance: 19,000

Referee: Fernando Cabrera

2009-11-01

17:00 (UTC-3)

Nacional	2–0	Cerro
Lodeiro 7' Blanco 19' Ferro 35' Lembo 51' Varela 90+3'	Report	Caballero 14' Suffo 31' Ravecca 50' Melo 69' Trujillo 79' Leites 84' 90+1' Lombardi 86'

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Attendance: 21,000

Referee: Gustavo Siegler

2009-11-07

17:00 (UTC-3)

Nacional	3–0	Rampla Juniors
O. Morales 23' Ferro 30' Coates 32', 73' Núñez 79'	Report	Bonjour 14' Requelme 27' Broli 74' Novick 75' Delgado 82' Melonio 85'

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Daniel Fedorczuk

2009-11-22

17:00 (UTC-3)

Danubio	0–2	Nacional
R. Rodríguez 22' S. Rodríguez 38' Pumar 44' Silva 60'	Report	González 24' Varela 24' 28' A. Morales 72' Vera 85'

Jardines del Hipódromo, Montevideo

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Roberto Silvera

2009-12-06

17:00 (UTC-3)

Nacional	3–0	Peñarol
Regueiro 2' 53' Lodeiro 29' García 44' 80' Coates 47'	Report	de los Santos 26' Alcoba 32' Aguirregaray 32' Ramis 79' Olivera 88'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Darío Ubríaco

2009-12-10

21:00 (UTC-3)

Fénix	0–1	Nacional
Gerardo Varela 3' Quiroga 60'	Report	González 55' Coates 82'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Jorge Larrañaga

2009-12-13

17:00 (UTC-3)

Cerrito	2–5	Nacional
Franco 4', 90' Alcoba 30' Planchón 54' Bruzzone 63' L. Cabrera 72'	Report	A. Morales 5' 35' Lodeiro 12' (pen.), 32' Regueiro 16' Filgueira 36' 56' Lembo 50' Varela 54' Blanco 83'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Gustavo Siegler

Clausura's table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
2	Cerro	15	9	2	4	28	18	+10	29
3	Fénix	15	8	5	2	21	11	+10	29
4	Nacional	15	8	3	4	27	15	+12	27
5	River Plate	15	6	5	4	31	19	+12	23
6	Central Español	15	6	4	5	24	20	+4	22

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2010. Source: AUF (in Spanish)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head results; 5th draw

The Clausura winner qualifies for the semifinal of the Primera División.

Matches[edit]

2010-01-23

19:00 (UTC-3)

Nacional	3–1	Cerro Largo
Regueiro 22' Varela 25' Lembo 45' Ferro 51' Blanco 75'	Report	Olivera 42' Ruíz 45'

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Attendance: 19,000

Referee: Rafael Orfila

2010-01-29

21:00 (UTC-3)

Tacuarembó	1–1	Nacional
Ramírez 1' Da Silva 51' G. Píriz 60' Vinicius 68'	Report	A. Morales 19' Regueiro 32' 59' O. Morales 43' Coates 72' Lembo 79' Varela 89'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Fernando Falce

2010-02-06

19:00 (UTC-3)

Nacional	0–1	Defensor Sporting
Ferro 30' Coates 32' O. Morales 42' Pereyra 53' Balsas 54' Regueiro 58'	Report	de Souza 3' 49' Ariosa 28' Taborda 36' Silva 50'

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Attendance: 21,000

Referee: Héctor Martínez

2010-02-14

19:00 (UTC-3)

Liverpool	0–2	Nacional
Santucho 18' Díaz 26' Montero 71'	Report	Blanco 6', 84' Ferro 17' Varela 26' Muñoz 60' Lembo 79'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Martín Vázquez

2010-02-19

19:30 (UTC-3)

Nacional	1–4	River Plate
Pereyra 57' Blanco 76'	Report	J. Cordoba 17', 46', 66' Montelongo 40' J. Rodríguez 49'

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Attendance: 22,500

Referee: Fernando Cabrera

2010-02-27

19:00 (UTC-3)

Racing	0–3	Nacional
Tejera 38' Cazulo 78' Keosseian 83'	Report	Núñez 13' Varela 41' 64' Balsas 42' Ferro 59' Goñi 83' García 88'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Javier Bentancor

2010-03-06

19:00 (UTC-3)

Nacional	2–1	Montevideo Wanderers
Varela 15' (pen.), 63' 76' Regueiro 40' O. Morles 87'	Report	Quagliotti 36' D. Pérez 42' Corujo 44' R. Pérez 53' Ferreira 61'

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Attendance: 23,000

Referee: Roberto Silvera

2010-03-13

19:00 (UTC-3)

Atenas	0–6	Nacional
Arriola 5' La Cruz 5' Da Silva 60' Yantorno 89'	Report	Blanco 6' (pen.), 8', 79' (pen.) Núñez 17' Balsas 22', 71' Pereyra 25'

Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Liber Prudente

2010-03-21

19:00 (UTC-3)

Central Español	0–2	Nacional
	Report	Regueiro 19' Blanco 64'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Jorge Larrionda

2010-03-27

16:00 (UTC-3)

Cerro	3–1	Nacional
Melo 11' Mora 24', 41' Caballero 38' Asconeguy 69' Dadomo 78'	Report	Varela 5' 10' Ferro 30' Regueiro 44' O. Morales 75' Blanco 45+5'

Estadio Luis Tróccoli, Montevideo

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Oscar Rojas

2010-04-03

16:00 (UTC-3)

Rampla Juniors	1–0	Nacional
Dzeruvs 28' 62' Lapolla 37' Benia 40' Perujo 69'	Report	Coates 46' González 57' García 76' O. Morales 85'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Heber Rodríguez

2010-01-10

16:00 (UTC-3)

Nacional	2–1	Danubio
Calzada 17' Regueiro 26' 43' Godoy 46' González 85'	Report	Pumar 26' 88' Miguez 31' Silva 52' Porras 84'

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Attendance: 24,000

Referee: Darío Ubriaco

2010-04-17

16:00 (UTC-3)

Peñarol	0–0	Nacional
Aguirregaray 10' Arévalo Rios 38' Orteman 74'	Report	Blanco 20' Núñez 23' Lembo 43' Ferro 66' García 90+2'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Martín Vázquez

2010-04-23

19:00 (UTC-3)

Nacional	1–1	Fénix
Goñi 9' Pereyra 54' Cabrera 87'	Report	Gerardo Varela 15' Galain 63' (o.g.)

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Roberto Silvera

2010-05-02

15:30 (UTC-3)

Nacional	3–1	Cerrito
Píriz 12' Galain 17' Blanco 30' (pen.) Núñez 53' Guigou 72' (pen.) García 83'	Report	Techera 44' Canosa 70' Ronchetti 74' 75' 90+2' Foletti 89'

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Fernando Falce

Aggregate table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Peñarol	30	21	6	3	68	34	+34	69	2011 Copa Libertadores Second Stage^[a]
2	Nacional	30	21	3	6	63	26	+37	63^[b]	2011 Copa Libertadores Second Stage^[a]
3	Liverpool	30	14	9	7	53	35	+18	51	2011 Copa Libertadores First Stage
4	River Plate	30	12	10	8	55	42	+13	46	2010 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
5	Defensor Sporting	30	13	7	10	49	44	+5	46	2010 Copa Sudamericana First Stage

Updated to match(es) played on May 2, 2010. Source: AUF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head results; 5th draw
Notes:

^ Peñarol and Nacional are qualified as the season finalists (the Apertura and Clausura winners)
^ Nacional was docked three points.

The Aggregate winner qualify for the final of Primera División and 2011 Copa Libertadores group stage.
The Aggregate runners-up (if not qualified for the final) qualify for the 2011 Copa Libertadores first stage.
The Aggregate third place (if not qualified for the final) qualify for the 2010 Copa Sudamericana first stage.
The Aggregate fourth place (if not qualified for the final) qualify for the 2010 Copa Sudamericana first stage.

Results by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	A	H	H
Result	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	D	W
Position	10	7	3	1	3	3	6	4	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 2010-05-02. Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Relegation[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Nacional	59	37	10	12	113	60	+53	118^[a]
2	Peñarol	59	36	12	11	119	64	+55	120
3	Defensor Sporting	59	33	11	15	101	71	+30	110
4	Liverpool	59	28	19	12	97	67	+30	103
5	River Plate	59	25	18	16	103	78	+25	96^[b]

Updated to match(es) played on May 2, 2010. Source: AUF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head results; 5th draw
Notes:

^ Nacional was docked three points.
^ In the previous season, Rampla Juniors was docked three points won against River Plate, to whom the points were then awarded to.

The three clubs with lowest points are relegated.

Semi-final[edit]

2010-05-12

20:30 (UTC-3)

Peñarol	0–2	Nacional
Orteman 17' Ramírez 23' Arévalo Ríos 33' Martinuccio 85'	Report	O. Morales 6' García 13', 59' Regueiro 16' Varela 21'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Jorge Larrionda

Final[edit]

First leg[edit]

2010-05-16

16:00 (UTC-3)

Nacional	0–1	Peñarol
Coates 17' Lembo 45' Varela 61' García 62' Calzada 63' Cabrera 77' Regueiro 90'	Report	Pacheco 23' Alejandro González 43' D. Rodríguez 62' Urretavizcaya 72' Olivera 90+4'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Héctor Martínez

Second leg[edit]

2010-05-16

16:00 (UTC-3)

Peñarol	1–1	Nacional
Ramírez 22' 80' G. Rodríguez 33' Albín 37' Aguirregaray 44' 68' Sosa 90+1'	Report	Varela 12' Lembo 35' 70' Pereyra 72' Blanco 88' Regueiro 90+3'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Darío Ubriaco

Peñarol won 2–1 on aggregate

Copa Libertadores[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Nacional	6	3	3	0	9	4	+5	12
2	Banfield	6	3	2	1	13	8	+5	11
3	Morelia	6	1	2	3	4	8	−4	5
4	Deportivo Cuenca	6	1	1	4	7	13	−6	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

2010-02-11

19:00 (UTC-3)

Nacional	3–2	Deportivo Cuenca
Regueiro 46', 64' 65' Varela 47' A. Morales 85' (pen.)	Report	Granda 24' J. García 58' M. Hurtado 59' Escalada 67' Méndez 88'

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Attendance: 24,500

Referee: Enrique Osses

2010-02-24

01:10 (UTC-3)

Morelia	0–0	Nacional
Borgetti 51' Durán 64' Sabah 85'	Report	Coates 51' Lembo 53' Balsas 63' Regueiro 82'

Estadio Morelos, Morelos

Attendance: 41,000

Referee: Francisco Peñuela

2010-03-10

20:30 (UTC-3)

Nacional	2–2	Banfield
Varela 8' Regueiro 40' Núñez 41' O. Morales 49' Lembo 67' Coates 67'	Report	J. Rodríguez 17', 43' (pen.) 55' Barraza 48' Ramírez 71' Pio 82'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Hebert Lopes

2010-03-16

19:30 (UTC-3)

Banfield	0–2	Nacional
Battión 15' López 45+2' Barraza 74' J. Rodríguez 77'	Report	Ferro 6' Coates 34' Godoy 42' Calzada 69'

Estadio Florencio Solá, Banfield

Attendance: 33,000

Referee: Wilson Seneme

2010-04-07

20:15 (UTC-3)

Deportivo Cuenca	0–0	Nacional
Narvaez 33' Ianiero 39' J. García 45+1' Ayoví 68' Escalada 87'	Report	Goñi 22' González 27' Coates 36' Muñoz 43' Calzada 48' O. Morales 90+1'

Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar, Cuenca

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Pablo Pozo

2010-04-21

19:30 (UTC-3)

Nacional	2–0	Morelia
Regueiro 3' Ferro 37' Pereyra 78'	Report	Marvin Cabrera 40' Durán 59' Hernández 65' Silva 69'

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Paulo César de Oliveira

Round of 16[edit]

First leg[edit]

2010-04-29

19:00 (UTC-3)

Cruzeiro	3–1	Nacional
Thiago Ribeiro 7', 22', 42'	Report	González 37' Ferro 40' Regueiro 50' Lembo 76' Godoy 83'

Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto, Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Héctor Baldassi

Second leg[edit]

2010-05-05

21:50 (UTC-3)

Nacional	0–3	Cruzeiro
Coates 28' 53' Lembo 45+3' Pereyra 64' Varela 69' Ferro 76'	Report	Thiago Ribeiro 29' Gil 45+3' Diego Renan 48' Leonardo Silva 54' Thiago Heleno 68' Gilberto 80'

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Federico Beligoy

Cruzeiro won 6–1 on aggregate.

Records[edit]

Doubles achieved[edit]

Opponent	Home result	Away result
Cerro Largo	3–1	1–0
Liverpool	2–1	2–0
Racing	3–2	3–0
Atenas	5–0	6–0
Central Español	5–1	2–0
Danubio	2–1	2–0
Cerrito	3–1	5–2

Comeback[edit]

Nacional have conceded the first goal in a match 10 times this season in the Primera División and the Copa Libertadores, recorded 5 wins, 1 draw and 5 loss.

Opponent	H/A	Result	Scoreline
Liverpool	H	2–1	Alfaro 66', Matías Rodríguez 73', Lembo 86'
Racing	H	3–2	Cauteruccio 8', Quiñones 14', Balsas 45+3' (pen.), 49, Ferro 79'
Central Español	H	5–1	Espiga 49', Aranda 56', García 66' (pen.), Lodeiro 71', Blanco 72', Varela 82'
Cerrito	A	5–2	Franco 4', 90', A. Morales 5', Lodeiro 12', 32' (pen.), Varela 54', Blanco 83'
Deportivo Cuenca	H	3–2	Granda 24', Regueiro 46', 64', Escalada 67', A. Morales 82' (pen.)

Biggest winning margin[edit]

#	Opponent	H/A	Result	Competition
1	Atenas	A	6–0	Primera División
2	Atenas	H	5–0	Primera División
3	Central Español	H	5–1	Primera División
4	Cerrito	A	5–2	Primera División
5	Defensor Sporting	A	3–0	Primera División
5	Rampla Juniors	H	3–0	Primera División
5	Peñarol	H	3–0	Primera División
5	Racing	A	3–0	Primera División
9	Cerro Largo	H	3–1	Primera División
9	Cerrito	H	3–1	Primera División

Team statistics[edit]

Goal minutes[edit]

Updated to games played on 18 May 2010.

1'–15'	16'–30'	31'–HT	46'–60'	61'–75'	76'–FT
14	10	13	10	12	17

Honours[edit]

Team[edit]

Primera División Uruguaya Fair Play Award

Winners: 2008–09

Copa Amistad

Winners: 2009

Torneo Apertura

Winners: 2009

Primera División Uruguaya Best team of the year

Winners: 2009

Copa Bimbo

Winners: 2010

Historical Table of the Copa Libertadores

Winners: 2010

Individuals[edit]

Name	Number	Country	Award
Gianni Guigou	5	Uruguay	Yumbo Man of the Match (week 30)
Ángel Morales	10	Argentina	Man of the final match in 2010 Copa Bimbo, Best player of the 2010 Copa Bimbo, Primera División Uruguaya Best Foreign Player of the season
Sergio Blanco	11	Uruguay	Yumbo Man of the Match (week 23)
Raúl Ferro	13	Uruguay	Yumbo Man of the Match (week 21 and 24)
Mario Regueiro	14	Uruguay	Yumbo Man of the Match (week 27), Primera División Uruguaya Fan's Best Forward of the season
Gustavo Varela	16	Uruguay	Yumbo Man of the Match (week 22)
Sebastián Coates	19	Uruguay	Primera División Uruguaya Best Defender of the season, Primera División Uruguaya Fan's Best Defender of the season
Santiago García	20	Uruguay	Yumo man of the semi-final match
Oscar Javier Morales	21	Uruguay	Man of the semi-final match in 2010 Copa Bimbo
Mauricio Pereyra	22	Uruguay	Yumbo Man of the Match (week 19)
Rodrigo Muñoz	25	Uruguay	Primera División Uruguaya Best Goalkeeper of the season, Primera División Uruguaya Fan's Best Goalkeeper of the season
Nicolás Lodeiro	—	Uruguay	2009 America dream team, Primera División Uruguaya Best player of the year, Primera División Uruguaya Best Attacking Midfielder of the season, Primera División Uruguaya Fan's Best Midfielder of the season, Primera División Uruguaya Fan's Best Player of the season
Bryan Machado	—	Uruguay	2010 International Tournament U–18 third place, 2010 International Tournament U–18 top goalscorer
Santiago Romero	—	Uruguay	2010 International Tournament U–18 third place
Ricardo Alarcón	—	Uruguay	Primera División Uruguaya Best Chairman of the season

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Club Nacional de Football official web site

[table_hth_NAC0.90490966146109-1] Nacional was docked three points.

[table_note_res_CLSS0.3832719532695-2] Peñarol and Nacional are qualified as the season finalists (the Apertura and Clausura winners)

[table_hth_NAC0.3832719532695-3] Nacional was docked three points.

[table_hth_NAC0.30303042442679-4] Nacional was docked three points.

[table_hth_RAM0.30303042442679-5] In the previous season, Rampla Juniors was docked three points won against River Plate, to whom the points were then awarded to.

[a]

[a]

[b]

[a]

[b]

Squad[edit]

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Out[edit]

Statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals[edit]

Top scorers[edit]

Disciplinary record[edit]

Captains[edit]

Penalties Awarded[edit]

International players[edit]

Starting 11[edit]

Overall[edit]

Club[edit]

Coaching staff[edit]

Other information[edit]

Team Kit[edit]

Friendlies[edit]

Copa Amistad[edit]

Copa Bimbo[edit]

Semi-finals[edit]

Final[edit]

Primera División Uruguaya[edit]

Apertura's table[edit]

Matches[edit]

Clausura's table[edit]

Matches[edit]

Aggregate table[edit]

Results by round[edit]

Relegation[edit]

Semi-final[edit]

Final[edit]

First leg[edit]

Second leg[edit]

Copa Libertadores[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Round of 16[edit]

First leg[edit]

Second leg[edit]

Records[edit]

Doubles achieved[edit]

Comeback[edit]

Biggest winning margin[edit]

Team statistics[edit]

Goal minutes[edit]

Honours[edit]

Team[edit]

Individuals[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]