2011–12 Club Nacional de Football season

Nacional
2011-12 season
President Ricardo Alarcón
Manager Marcelo Gallardo
Stadium Estadio Gran Parque Central
Primera Division Apertura: 1st
Clausura: N/A
Overall: Semifinals
Copa Libertadores Second Stage
Copa Sudamericana Second Stage
Top goalscorer League: Alexander Medina
(6 goals)
All: Alexander Medina
(6 goals)
Highest home attendance 60,000
vs. Peñarol
(November 20, 2011)
Lowest home attendance 15,000
vs. Rentistas
(October 9, 2011)
Average home attendance 26,500
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

Club Nacional de Football's 2010–11 season is the club's 112th year of existence and the club's 108th in the top-flight.
Nacional this season going to play the 2011–12 Uruguayan Primera División season, the 2011 Copa Sudamericana and the 2012 Copa Libertadores.

Contents

Squad

As of January 3, 2012

No. Name Nationality Position Date of Birth (Age) Signed from Notes
1 Leonardo Burián GK January 21, 1984 (1984-01-21) (age 28) Bella Vista First team goalkeeper
2 Darwin Torres DF February 16, 1991 (1991-02-16) (age 21) The Academy Reserve team player
3 Jadson Viera DF August 4, 1981 (1981-08-04) (age 30) Vasco da Gama AUF player
4 Christian Núñez DF September 24, 1982 (1982-09-24) (age 29) Cerro
5 Santiago Romero MF February 15, 1990 (1990-02-15) (age 22) The Academy Reserve team player
6 Alexis Rolín DF March 2, 1989 (1989-03-02) (age 23) The Academy
7 Renato César FW April 8, 1993 (1993-16-08) (age 18) The Academy Reserve team player
8 Matías Cabrera MF May 16, 1986 (1986-05-16) (age 25) Cerro
9 Alexander Medina FW August 8, 1978 (1978-08-08) (age 33) River Plate Captain
10 Tabaré Viudez FW September 8, 1989 (1989-09-08) (age 22) Necaxa
11 Horacio Peralta MF June 3, 1982 (1982-06-03) (age 29) Central Español
12 Martín Tejera GK February 16, 1991 (1991-02-16) (age 21) The Academy
13 Gabriel Marques DF March 31, 1983 (1983-03-31) (age 28) River Plate Out on 29 December, 2011
14 Diego Placente DF April 24, 1977 (1977-04-24) (age 34) San Lorenzo
15 Gonzalo Bueno FW September 1, 1991 (1991-09-01) (age 20) The Academy Reserve team player
16 Mathías Abero DF April 9, 1990 (1990-04-09) (age 21) Racing
17 Maximiliano Calzada MF April 21, 1990 (1990-04-21) (age 21) The Academy
18 Gonzalo Godoy DF January 17, 1988 (1988-01-17) (age 24) Cerro
19 Matías Sosa MF June 26, 1992 (1992-06-26) (age 19) Sporting de Gijón B
20 Álvaro Recoba MF March 17, 1976 (1976-03-17) (age 36) Danubio Vice-captain
21 Matías Vecino MF August 24, 1991 (1991-08-24) (age 20) Central Español
22 Joaquín Boghossián FW June 19, 1987 (1987-06-19) (age 24) Red Bull Salzburg
23 Facundo Píriz MF March 27, 1990 (1990-03-27) (age 21) The Academy
24 Richard Porta FW January 8, 1985 (1985-01-08) (age 27) River Plate Out on 14 October, 2011
25 Rodrigo Muñoz GK January 22, 1982 (1982-01-22) (age 30) Cerro Out on 29 December, 2011
– Sebastián Coates DF October 7, 1990 (1990-10-07) (age 21) The Academy Out on 26 August, 2011
– Pablo Álvarez DF February 7, 1985 (1985-02-07) (age 27) Panserraikos In on 3 January, 2012
– Fernando Poclaba DF January 23, 1990 (1990-01-23) (age 22) Racing
– Andrés Scotti DF December 14, 1975 (1975-12-14) (age 36) Colo-Colo In on 3 January, 2012
– Anderson Silva MF August 28, 1982 (1982-08-28) (age 29) Barnsley AUF player
– Rafael García MF January 6, 1989 (1989-01-06) (age 23) Rampla Juniors
– Jonathan Charquero FW February 21, 1989 (1989-02-21) (age 23) Montevideo Wanderers Out on 27 December, 2011
– Sergio Cortelezzi FW September 9, 1994 (1994-09-09) (age 17) The Academy Reserve team player
– Carlos De Pena FW March 11, 1992 (1992-03-11) (age 20) The Academy Reserve team player
– Nicolás López FW September 9, 1993 (1993-09-09) (age 18) The Academy On 22 August, 2011 he escaped with his representant
Pablo Bentancur and his family to Italy
– Rodrigo Roque FW May 3, 1991 (1991-05-03) (age 20) The Academy Reserve team player

Winter transfers

Players In
Name Nat Pos Moving from
Álvaro Recoba [1]  URU MF Danubio
Diego Placente [2]  ARG DF San Lorenzo
Raúl Poclaba [3]  ARG MF Racing
Rafael García [4]  URU MF Rampla Juniors
Mathías Abero [5]  URU DF Racing
Matías Sosa [6]  ARG MF Sporting de Gijón B
Alexander Medina [7]  URU FW River Plate
Matías Vecino [8]  URU MF Central Español
Joaquín Boghossián [9]  URU FW Red Bull Salzburg
Players Out
Name Nat Pos Moving to
Marcelo Gallardo [10]  ARG MF Retired
Santiago García [11]  URU FW Atlético Paranaense
Carlão [12]  BRA DF Duque de Caxias
Robert Flores [13]  URU MF Litex Lovech
Alejandro Lembo [14]  URU DF Belgrano
Nicolás Vigneri [15]  URU FW Emelec
Bruno Fornaroli [16]  URU FW Olimpia
Flavio Córdoba [17]  COL DF Millonarios
Mauricio Pereyra [18]  URU MF Lanús
Julián Perujo [19]  URU DF Defensor Sporting
Sebastián Coates [20]  URU DF Liverpool
Richard Porta [21]  AUS FW Al Wasl
Nicolás López [22]  URU FW Roma

Summer transfers

Players In
Name Nat Pos Moving from
Pablo Álvarez [23]  URU DF Panserraikos
Andrés Scotti [23]  URU DF Colo-Colo
Players Out
Name Nat Pos Moving to
Jonathan Charquero [24]  URU FW Alianza Lima
Gabriel Marques [25]  BRA DF Atlético Paranaense
Rodrigo Muñoz [26]  URU GK Libertad

Player statistics

Team stats

Primera División Copa Sudamericana Copa Libertadores
Games played 15 2 0
Games won 9 0 0
Games drawn 5 0 0
Games lost 1 2 0
Goals for 30 0 0
Goals against 11 2 0
Players used 28 14 0
Yellow cards 45 7 0
Red cards 4 0 0

Last updated: 4 December
Source: Competitive matches

Squad stats

Updated on 4 December 2011
Players in italics left the team during the season.

Uruguayan Primera División Copa Sudamericana Copa Libertadores Total
Nation No. Name GS App. Min. GS App. Min. GS App. Min. GS App. Min.
Goalkeepers
1 Leonardo Burián 1 1 97 1 1 97
25 Rodrigo Muñoz 14 14 1313 –11 2 2 144 –3 16 16 1457 –14
Defenders
2 Darwin Torres 7 7 656 7 7 656
3 Jadson Viera 11 11 954 11 11 954
4 Christian Núñez 10 10 938 2 2 144 12 12 1082
6 Alexis Rolín 13 13 1221 2 2 144 15 15 1365
13 Gabriel Marques 4 5 401 4 5 401
14 Diego Placente 9 9 764 2 2 144 11 11 908
16 Mathías Abero 8 10 672 4 2 2 144 10 12 816 4
18 Gonzalo Godoy 3 4 302 2 2 144 5 6 446
— Sebastián Coates 1 1 95 1 1 95
— Fernando Poclaba 1 1 46 1 1 46
Midfielders
5 Santiago Romero 1 24 1 24
8 Matías Cabrera 14 14 1210 2 2 144 16 16 1354
11 Horacio Peralta 2 2 104 2 2 104
17 Maximiliano Calzada 8 9 665 1 23 8 10 688
19 Nello Matías Sosa 7 7 409 7 7 409
20 Álvaro Recoba 13 522 4 1 22 14 598 4
21 Matías Vecino 6 8 387 6 8 387
23 Facundo Píriz 14 14 1137 2 2 111 16 16 1248
— Anderson Silva 3 3 111 3 3 111
Forwards
7 Renato César 1 3 110 1 3 110
9 Alexander Medina 8 12 803 6 2 15 8 14 897 6
10 Tabaré Viudez 11 11 938 4 2 2 143 13 13 1034 4
15 Gonzalo Bueno 2 9 449 4 2 9 449 4
22 Joaquín Boghossián 5 9 513 4 2 2 129 7 11 642 4
24 Richard Porta 4 5 304 3 2 2 119 6 7 443 3
— Jonathan Charquero 1 15 1 15
— Nicolás López 2 68 2 68

Disciplinary records

Players in italics left the team during the season. Last updated on 27 November.

No. Pos Nat Name Uruguayan Primera División Copa Sudamericana Copa Libertadores Total
2 DF Darwin Torres 4 4
3 DF Jadson Viera 3 1 1 3 1 1
4 DF Christian Núñez 1 1
6 DF Alexis Rolín 5 1 6
8 MF Matías Cabrera 4 1 4
9 FW Alexander Medina 3 1 3 1
10 FW Tabaré Viudez 2 2
11 MF Horacio Peralta 1 1
13 DF Gabriel Marques 3 2
14 DF Diego Placente 5 1 6
16 DF Mathías Abero 2 2
18 DF Gonzalo Godoy 1 1 2
19 MF Matías Sosa 1 1
20 MF Álvaro Recoba 1 1
22 FW Joaquín Boghossián 1 1 2
23 MF Facundo Píriz 3 1 1 4 1
24 FW Richard Porta 1 1 2
— DF Fernando Poclaba 1 1
— MF Anderson Silva 1 1
TOTALS 43 2 2 7 50 2 2

Club

Starting XI

No.
 Pos
 Nat
 Name
 GS Notes
25 GK URU Muñoz 15 Burián has one start
4 RB URU Núñez 11
3 CB BRA Jadson Viera 9 Godoy has five starts
6 CB URU Rolín 14 Poclaba has one start
14 LB ARG Placente 11 Torres has six starts
23 DM URU Píriz 15 Anderson Silva has two starts
16 RM URU Abero 9 Calzada has six starts
8 LM URU Cabrera 15 César has one start
10 RW URU Viudez 13 Peralta has two start
9 LW URU Medina 7 Sosa has six starts
Vecino has six starts
22 CF URU Boghossián 7 Bueno has two starts

Current technical staff

Position Staff
Firs team head coach Marcelo Gallardo
Assistant coach Matías Biscay
Hernán Buján
Goalkeeping coach Tabaré Alonso
Physical fitness coach Marcelo Tulbovitz
Director of football Daniel Henriquez

Last updated: 07 July
Source: Nacional Official Website

Competitions

Pre-season

Pan American Games break

Copa Bimbo

Main article: 2012 Copa Bimbo

Copa Comunicaciones Antel

Inter-tournaments Tour

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Belgrano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Instituto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nacional 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Torneo Preparación

Overall

Competition Started round Current
position / round		 Final
position / round		 First match Last match
Uruguayan Primera División Regular season Semifinals 14 August 2011
Copa Libertadores Second Stage Second Stage
Copa Sudamericana Second Stage — Second Stage 13 September 2011 21 September 2011

Last updated: 4 December
Source: Competitions

Uruguayan Primera División

Main article: 2011–12 Uruguayan Primera División season

Torneo Apertura

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Nacional (C) 15 9 5 1 30 11 +19 32 Championship Playoffs
2 Danubio 15 8 5 2 19 8 +11 0311
3 Peñarol 15 9 3 3 30 12 +18 30

Source: AUF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th head-to-head goals scored. This does not apply to defining the champion. If two teams had been tied in point at the end of the tournament, a playoff would have been held at a neutral venue within 72 hours for the championship.
1. Danubio won the points of the match against Racing because it plays with Marcelo Sosa in the team and he was ineligible to play.
(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.

Matches

Torneo Clausura

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
9 Liverpool 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Montevideo Wanderers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Nacional 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Peñarol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Racing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Source: AUF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th head-to-head goals scored. This does not apply to defining the champion. If two teams had been tied in point at the end of the tournament, a playoff would have been held at a neutral venue within 72 hours for the championship.
(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.

Matches

Aggregate table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Nacional 15 9 5 1 30 11 +19 32 2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2 Danubio 15 8 5 2 19 8 +11 0311
3 Peñarol 15 9 3 3 30 12 +18 30 2013 Copa Libertadores First Stage

Source: AUF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th head-to-head goals scored. This does not apply to defining the champion. If two teams had been tied in point at the end of the tournament, a playoff would have been held at a neutral venue within 72 hours for the championship.
1. Danubio won the points of the match against Racing because it plays with Marcelo Sosa in the team and he was ineligible to play.
(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.

Results Summary
Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
15 9 5 1 30 11 +19 32 5 2 0 17 5 +12 4 3 1 13 6 +7

Last updated: 4 December
Source: Competitive Matches

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 A H H H A H A A H A H A H A H H A A A H A H H
Result D D D W D W L W W W D W W W W
Position 6 9 10 7 7 5 8 6 4 4 4 2 2 1 1

Last updated: 27 November.
Source:
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 45 28 11 6 90 42 +48 95
2 Peñarol 45 24 10 11 82 49 +33 82
3 Defensor Sporting 45 24 10 11 73 41 +32 82

Updated to games played on start of season
Source:
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th head-to-head 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.

Copa Sudamericana

Main article: 2011 Copa Sudamericana

Copa Libertadores

Main article: 2012 Copa Libertadores
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Nacional 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alianza Lima 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vasco da Gama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Winner 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Winner 4: Libertad or El Nacional

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See also

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