C.D. Nacional

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C.D. Nacional "da Madeira"

Full name

Clube Desportivo Nacional

Nickname(s)

Alvinegros (The White-and-Black)

Founded

1910

Ground

Estádio Eng. Rui Alves,
Funchal, Madeira

Capacity

3,000

Chairman

Rui Alves

Manager

Carlos Brito

League

BWINLIGA

2005-06

Liga, 5th





Home colours





Away colours

Clube Desportivo Nacional, founded in 1910, is a Portuguese football club, that plays in Funchal, Madeira Islands. It is commonly known as Nacional da Madeira, (pron. IPA: [nɐsiu'naɫ dɐ mɐ'dɐiɾɐ]). Nacional shares a rivalry with fellow Madeira club CS Marítimo. Marítimo are historically more successful than Nacional, but in 2005-06 Nacional finished 5th in the Portuguese Liga, qualifying the club for the UEFA Cup. Nacional's best ever league finish was 4th in 2003-04.

1 The 2006 UEFA Cup
2 Current Playing Squad
3 League and Cup History
4 External link

[edit] The 2006 UEFA Cup

In the 2006-07 UEFA Cup, Nacional were drawn against Romanian side Rapid Bucuresti in the first round. The Alvinegros lost the away tie in Bucharest 1-0. This did not stop many predicting that Nacional would pull back the tie at the Estádio Eng. Rui Alves. Back in Madeira, Nacional led 1-0 at the final whistle, through a Juliano Spadacio goal, to make the tie go into extra time. However, Rapid scored twice in extra time to make the score 3-1 on aggregate, and knocked Nacional out.

[edit] Current Playing Squad

No.	Position	Player
19	FW	Georgi Chilikov
18	FW	Cássio
17	FW	Adriano
11	FW	Serginho Baiano
9	FW	Rodrigo Silva
7	MF	Bruno
77	MF	Julio Marchant
57	MF	Adilson
71	MF	Rogerinho
24	GK	Jose Belman

No.	Position	Player
23	MF	Chainho
21	MF	Zé Vitor
18	GK	Diego Benaglio
2	DF	Ricardo Fernandes
29	DF	Bruno Patacas
3	DF	Fernando Ávalos
15	DF	Bruno Basto
9	MF	Rogerinho
13	MF	Ricardo Pateiro

[edit] League and Cup History

The club is currently in its eight season at the top level of Portuguese football.

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Europe		Notes
1988-1989	1D	10	38	12	12	14	43	49	36
1989-1990	1D	14	34	7	14	13	34	46	28
1990-1991	1D	20	38	8	11	19	33	60	27				relegated
1991-1992	2H	14	34	6	13	15	26	42	25
1992-1993	2H	13	34	10	10	14	34	32	30
1993-1994	2H	11	34	10	11	13	32	33	31
1994-1995	2H	13	34	10	11	13	39	42	32
1995-1996	2H	16	34	11	6	17	39	43	39				relegated
1996-1997	2DS	1	34	24	6	4	80	30	78	last 64
1997-1998	2H	18	34	6	9	19	37	58	27	last 64			relegated
1998-1999	2DS	9	34	15	4	15	42	39	49	last 64
1999-2000	2DS	1	38	25	8	5	66	32	83				promoted
2000-2001	2H	7	34	14	9	11	55	52	51	last 16
2001-2002	2H	3	34	18	8	8	62	39	62	last 128			promoted
2002-2003	1D	11	34	9	13	12	40	46	40	last 32
2003-2004	1D	4	34	17	5	12	56	35	56	quarter-final			best classification ever
2004-2005	1D	12	34	12	5	17	46	48	41	last 16	UC	1st round
2005-2006	1D	5	34	14	10	10	40	32	52	last 16
2006-2007	1D	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	4th round	UC	2nd round	ongoing