2009–10 Club Nacional de Football season

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

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

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

Transfers

In

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

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

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

Out

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

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

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

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on May 18, 2010.

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

Note

* = Players who left the club mid-season

Top scorers

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

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

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

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

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

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

Muñoz

Núñez

Lembo

Coates

Goñi

O. Morales

Ferro

González

A. Morales

Varela

Regueiro

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).

Overall

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: May 18
Source: Nacional

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Eduardo 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
Firs Team Collaborator	Ruben Sosa

Last updated: 07 October 2009
Source: Nacional

Other information

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

Last updated: 7 April 2010
Source: Nacional

Team Kit

Supplier: Umbro
Sponsor(s): Ancel
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Friendlies

2009-08-13 15:00 (UTC-3)	Juventud	0 – 7	Nacional	Estadio Profesor Alberto Suppici, Colonia Attendance: 0
		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	Los Céspedes, Montevideo Attendance: 0
	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	Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo Attendance: 3,000
	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	Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo Attendance: 0
	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	Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo Attendance: 0
	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	Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo Attendance: 0
	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	Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo Attendance: 0
	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	Posta del Lago, Punta del Este Attendance: 0
		Report	García 35' Lodeiro 54' Varela 66' Vera 85'	Posta del Lago, Punta del Este Attendance: 0

Copa Amistad

2009-10-08 20:00 (UTC-3)	Ferro Carril	1 – 3	Nacional	Estadio Roberto Dickinson, Salto Attendance: 5,000
	N. Cabrera 86'	Report	Blanco 5', 29' (pen.) Balsas 18'	Estadio Roberto Dickinson, Salto Attendance: 5,000

Copa Bimbo

Semi-finals

2010-01-15 22:00 (UTC-3)	Nacional	0 – 0	Peñarol	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Jorge Larrionda
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

Final

2010-01-18 22:10 (UTC-3)	Danubio	1 – 1	Nacional	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Darío Ubriaco
Perrone 78' Silva 86'	Report	Núñez 77' Blanco 90+1'
	Penalties
Perrone Mena Ifrán Miguez	1 – 3	Varela A. Morales A. González Ferro

Primera División Uruguaya

Apertura's table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Nacional (C) (A)	15	13	0	2	36	11	+25	036¹
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
6	Rampla Juniors	15	7	3	5	19	20	−1	24
7	Danubio	15	7	2	6	26	25	+1	23
8	River Plate	15	6	5	4	24	23	+1	23
9	Racing	15	5	5	5	25	22	+3	20
10	Cerrito	15	4	6	5	20	21	−1	18
11	Cerro Largo	15	4	4	7	15	18	−3	16
12	Tacuarembó	15	5	1	9	17	24	−7	16
13	Central Español	15	2	6	7	13	28	−15	12
14	Cerro	15	2	5	8	18	31	−13	11
15	Atenas	15	3	2	10	9	32	−23	11
16	Fénix	15	1	3	11	10	26	−16	6

Source: Tenfield
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
1. Nacional was deducted three points in the Apertura.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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

Matches

2009-08-22 15:30 (UTC-3)	Cerro Largo	0 – 1	Nacional	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Rafael Orfila
	Rivero 37' Y. Rodríguez 40'	Report	Muñoz 39' Blanco 45' Matías Rodríguez 54' Cabrera 82'

2009-08-29 15:00 (UTC-3)	Nacional	1 – 0	Tacuarembó	Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Carlos Aguirregaray
	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'

2009-09-13 15:30 (UTC-3)	Defensor Sporting	0 – 3	Nacional	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Martín Vázquez
	de Souza 26' Martínez 44' M. Risso 58'	Report	O. Morales 30' Núñez 41' Cabrera 48' 60' A. Morales 58' Regueiro 74'

2009-09-20 16:00 (UTC-3)	Nacional	2 – 1	Liverpool	Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Roberto Silvera
	Aranda 39' Matías Rodríguez 73' Lembo 86'	Report	Castro 37' Medina 57' Alfaro 66' 90+1' Macchi 76' Rodales 83' Alvez 85'

2009-09-26 19:30 (UTC-3)	River Plate	1 – 0	Nacional	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Luis Larrañaga
	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'

2009-10-03 16:30 (UTC-3)	Nacional	3 – 2	Racing	Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Héctor Martínez
	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'

2009-10-17 16:30 (UTC-3)	Montevideo Wanderers	4 – 0	Nacional	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Fredy De Seja
	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'

2009-10-21 21:30 (UTC-3)	Nacional	5 – 0	Atenas	Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Oscar Rojas
	Blanco 8' Lodeiro 19', 77' Matías Rodríguez 43' González 55' Varela 65' Coates 85'	Report	Galán 22' Trinidad 63'

2009-10-28 20:10 (UTC-3)	Nacional	5 – 1	Central Español	Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Fernando Cabrera
	Aranda 56' García 66' (pen.) Lodeiro 71' 71' Blanco 72' Varela 82'	Report	Usucar 18' Espiga 49' 84' Firpo 54' Tejera 65'

2009-11-01 17:00 (UTC-3)	Nacional	2 – 0	Cerro	Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Gustavo Siegler
	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'

2009-11-07 17:00 (UTC-3)	Nacional	3 – 0	Rampla Juniors	Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Daniel Fedorczuk
	O. Morales 23' Ferro 30' Coates 32', 73' Núñez 79'	Report	Bonjour 14' Requelme 27' Broli 74' Novick 75' Delgado 82' Melonio 85'

2009-11-22 17:00 (UTC-3)	Danubio	0 – 2	Nacional	Jardines del Hipódromo, Montevideo Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Roberto Silvera
	R. Rodríguez 22' S. Rodríguez 38' Pumar 44' Silva 60'	Report	González 24' Varela 24' 28' A. Morales 72' Vera 85'

2009-12-06 17:00 (UTC-3)	Nacional	3 – 0	Peñarol	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Darío Ubríaco
	Regueiro 2' 53' Lodeiro 29' García 44' 80' Coates 47'	Report	de los Santos 26' Alcoba 32' Aguirregaray 32' Ramis 79' Olivera 88'

2009-12-10 21:00 (UTC-3)	Fénix	0 – 1	Nacional	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Jorge Larrañaga
	Gerardo Varela 3' Quiroga 60'	Report	González 55' Coates 82'

2009-12-13 17:00 (UTC-3)	Cerrito	2 – 5	Nacional	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Gustavo Siegler
	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'

Clausura's table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Peñarol (C) (A)	15	14	1	0	40	15	+25	43
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
7	Liverpool	15	6	4	5	22	21	+1	22
8	Rampla Juniors	15	6	4	5	18	18	0	22
9	Racing	15	6	1	8	18	29	−11	19
10	Tacuarembó	15	5	3	7	22	28	−6	18
11	Defensor Sporting	15	5	2	8	21	28	−7	17
12	Danubio	15	5	1	9	21	25	−4	16
13	Montevideo Wanderers	15	4	3	8	25	25	0	15
14	Cerrito	15	4	2	9	17	27	−10	14
15	Cerro Largo	15	3	3	9	13	34	−21	12
16	Atenas	15	3	1	11	16	29	−13	10

Source: Tenfield
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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

Matches

2010-01-23 19:00 (UTC-3)	Nacional	3 – 1	Cerro Largo	Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Rafael Orfila
	Regueiro 22' Varela 25' Lembo 45' Ferro 51' Blanco 75'	Report	Olivera 42' Ruíz 45'

2010-01-29 21:00 (UTC-3)	Tacuarembó	1 – 1	Nacional	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Fernando Falce
	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'

2010-02-06 19:00 (UTC-3)	Nacional	0 – 1	Defensor Sporting	Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Héctor Martínez
	Ferro 30' Coates 32' O. Morales 42' Pereyra 53' Balsas 54' Regueiro 58'	Report	de Souza 3' 49' Ariosa 28' Taborda 36' Silva 50'

2010-02-14 19:00 (UTC-3)	Liverpool	0 – 2	Nacional	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Martín Vázquez
	Santucho 18' Díaz 26' Montero 71'	Report	Blanco 6', 84' Ferro 17' Varela 26' Muñoz 60' Lembo 79'

2010-02-19 19:30 (UTC-3)	Nacional	1 – 4	River Plate	Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Fernando Cabrera
	Pereyra 57' Blanco 76'	Report	J. Cordoba 17', 46', 66' Montelongo 40' J. Rodríguez 49'

2010-02-27 19:00 (UTC-3)	Racing	0 – 3	Nacional	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Javier Bentancor
	Tejera 38' Cazulo 78' Keosseian 83'	Report	Núñez 13' Varela 41' 64' Balsas 42' Ferro 59' Goñi 83' García 88'

2010-03-06 19:00 (UTC-3)	Nacional	2 – 1	Montevideo Wanderers	Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Roberto Silvera
	Varela 15' (pen.), 63' 76' Regueiro 40' O. Morles 87'	Report	Quagliotti 36' D. Pérez 42' Corujo 44' R. Pérez 53' Ferreira 61'

2010-03-13 19:00 (UTC-3)	Atenas	0 – 6	Nacional	Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Liber Prudente
	Arriola 5' La Cruz 5' Da Silva 60' Yantorno 89'	Report	Blanco 6' (pen.), 8', 79' (pen.) Núñez 17' Balsas 22', 71' Pereyra 25'

2010-03-21 19:00 (UTC-3)	Central Español	0 – 2	Nacional	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Jorge Larrionda
		Report	Regueiro 19' Blanco 64'

2010-03-27 16:00 (UTC-3)	Cerro	3 – 1	Nacional	Estadio Luis Tróccoli, Montevideo Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Oscar Rojas
	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'

2010-04-03 16:00 (UTC-3)	Rampla Juniors	1 – 0	Nacional	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Heber Rodríguez
	Dzeruvs 28' 62' Lapolla 37' Benia 40' Perujo 69'	Report	Coates 46' González 57' García 76' O. Morales 85'

2010-1-10 16:00 (UTC-3)	Nacional	2 – 1	Danubio	Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Darío Ubriaco
	Calzada 17' Regueiro 26' 43' Godoy 46' González 85'	Report	Pumar 26' 88' Miguez 31' Silva 52' Porras 84'

2010-04-17 16:00 (UTC-3)	Peñarol	0 – 0	Nacional	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Martín Vázquez
	Aguirregaray 10' Arévalo Rios 38' Orteman 74'	Report	Blanco 20' Núñez 23' Lembo 43' Ferro 66' García 90+2'

2010-04-23 19:00 (UTC-3)	Nacional	1 – 1	Fénix	Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Roberto Silvera
	Goñi 9' Pereyra 54' Cabrera 87'	Report	Gerardo Varela 15' Galain 63' (o.g.)

2010-05-02 15:30 (UTC-3)	Nacional	3 – 1	Cerrito	Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Fernando Falce
	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'

Aggregate table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Peñarol (Q) (A)	30	21	6	3	68	34	+34	69	2011 Copa Libertadores Second Stage ²
2	Nacional (Q)	30	21	3	6	63	26	+37	063¹	2011 Copa Libertadores Second Stage ²
3	Liverpool (Q)	30	14	9	7	53	35	+18	51	2011 Copa Libertadores First Stage
4	River Plate (Q)	30	12	10	8	55	42	+13	46	2010 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
5	Defensor Sporting (Q)	30	13	7	10	50	44	+6	46	2010 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
6	Rampla Juniors	30	13	7	10	37	39	−2	46
7	Montevideo Wanderers	30	11	8	11	49	39	+10	41
8	Cerro	30	11	7	12	46	49	−3	40
9	Danubio	30	12	3	15	47	50	−3	39
10	Racing	30	11	6	13	43	51	−8	39
11	Fénix	30	9	8	13	31	37	−6	35
12	Central Español	30	8	10	12	47	48	−1	34
13	Tacuarembó	30	10	4	16	39	52	−13	34
14	Cerrito	30	8	8	14	37	47	−10	32
15	Cerro Largo	30	7	7	16	28	52	−24	28
16	Atenas	30	6	3	21	25	62	−37	21

Source: Tenfield
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
1. Nacional was deducted three points in the Apertura.
2. Nacional and Peñarol qualified as the 2009–10 Primera División Uruguaya finalists.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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

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

Last updated: 2010-05-02.
Source: Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Relegation

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Nacional	59	37	10	12	113	60	+53	0118¹
2	Peñarol	59	36	12	11	119	64	+55	0117³
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	096²
6	Cerro	59	26	14	19	96	74	+22	92
7	Racing	59	24	17	18	89	82	+7	89
8	Danubio	59	26	8	25	94	89	+5	86
9	Montevideo Wanderers	59	21	13	25	91	81	+10	76
10	Fénix	30	9	8	13	31	37	−6	068.83⁴
11	Central Español	59	16	18	25	70	93	−23	66
12	Rampla Juniors	59	16	18	25	70	93	−23	063²
13	Tacuarembó	59	17	12	30	70	97	−27	63
14	Cerrito (R)	30	8	8	14	37	48	−11	062.93⁴	Relegation to the Segunda División Profesional
15	Cerro Largo (R)	59	13	17	29	61	97	−36	56
16	Atenas (R)	30	6	3	21	25	62	−37	042⁴

Updated to games played on May 2, 2010
Source: Tenfield
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head results; 5th draw.
1. Nacional was deducted three points in the Apertura.
2. In the previous season, Rampla Juniors was deducted three points won against River Plate, to whom the points were then awarded to.
3. In the previous season, Peñarol was deducted three ponits in the Apertura.
4. Having only played one season in the Primera División, Atenas', Cerrito's, and Fénix's total points for this year were multiplied by 1.966 for the relegation table.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

The three clubs with lowest points are relegated.

Semi-final

2010-05-12 20:30 (UTC-3)	Peñarol	0 – 2	Nacional	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Jorge Larrionda
	Orteman 17' Ramírez 23' Arévalo Ríos 33' Martinuccio 85'	Report	O. Morales 6' García 13', 59' Regueiro 16' Varela 21'

Final

First leg

2010-05-16 16:00 (UTC-3)	Nacional	0 – 1	Peñarol	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Héctor Martínez
	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'

Second leg

2010-05-16 16:00 (UTC-3)	Peñarol	1 – 1	Nacional	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Darío Ubriaco
	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'

Peñarol won 2–1 on aggregate

Copa Libertadores

Group stage

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

2010-02-11 19:00 (UTC-3)	Nacional	3 – 2	Deportivo Cuenca	Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo Attendance: 24,500 Referee: Enrique Osses
	Regueiro 46', 64' 65' Varela 47' A. Morales 85' (pen.)	Report	Granda 24' J. García 58' M. Hurtado 59' Escalada 67' Méndez 88'

2010-02-24 01:10 (UTC-3)	Morelia	0 – 0	Nacional	Estadio Morelos, Morelos Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Francisco Peñuela
	Borgetti 51' Durán 64' Sabah 85'	Report	Coates 51' Lembo 53' Balsas 63' Regueiro 82'

2010-03-10 20:30 (UTC-3)	Nacional	2 – 2	Banfield	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Hebert Lopes
	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'

2010-03-16 19:30 (UTC-3)	Banfield	0 – 2	Nacional	Estadio Florencio Solá, Banfield Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Wilson Seneme
	Battión 15' López 45+2' Barraza 74' J. Rodríguez 77'	Report	Ferro 6' Coates 34' Godoy 42' Calzada 69'

2010-04-07 20:15 (UTC-3)	Deportivo Cuenca	0 – 0	Nacional	Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar, Cuenca Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Pablo Pozo
	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'

2010-04-21 19:30 (UTC-3)	Nacional	2 – 0	Morelia	Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Paulo César de Oliveira
	Regueiro 3' Ferro 37' Pereyra 78'	Report	Marvin Cabrera 40' Durán 59' Hernández 65' Silva 69'

Round of 16

First leg

2010-04-29 19:00 (UTC-3)	Cruzeiro	3 – 1	Nacional	Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto, Belo Horizonte Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Héctor Baldassi
	Thiago Ribeiro 7', 22', 42'	Repot	González 37' Ferro 40' Regueiro 50' Lembo 76' Godoy 83'

Second leg

2010-05-05 21:50 (UTC-3)	Nacional	0 – 3	Cruzeiro	Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Federico Beligoy
	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'

Cruzeiro won 6–1 on aggregate.

Records

Doubles achieved

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

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

#	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

Goal minutes

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

Team

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

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

External links

Club Nacional de Football official web site

2009–10 Club Nacional de Football season

Contents

Squad

Transfers

In

Out

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Top scorers

Disciplinary record

Captains

Penalties Awarded

International players

Starting 11

Overall

Club

Coaching staff

Other information

Team Kit

Friendlies

Copa Amistad

Copa Bimbo

Semi-finals

Final

Primera División Uruguaya

Apertura's table

Matches

Clausura's table

Matches

Aggregate table

Results by round

Relegation

Semi-final

Final

First leg

Second leg

Copa Libertadores

Group stage

Round of 16

First leg

Second leg

Records

Doubles achieved

Comeback

Biggest winning margin

Team statistics

Goal minutes

Honours

Team

Individuals

See also

External links