2008–09 Club Nacional de Football season

Nacional

2008–09 season
Chairman	Ricardo Alarcón
Manager	Gerardo Pelusso (until July 15, 2009) Luis González
Primera Division	Winners (42nd title)
Torneo Apertura	1st (8th title)
Torneo Clausura	6th
Liguilla Pre-Libertadores	6th
Copa Libertadores	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Santiago García (10 goals) All: Santiago García (13 goals)
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Squad

As of August 2, 2009 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 Rodríguez 3 DF Federico Domínguez 4 DF Mauricio Victorino (vice-captain) 5 DF Martín Rodríguez 6 DF Matías Rodríguez 7 DF Diego Rodríguez 8 MF Diego Arismendi 9 FW Alexander Medina 10 MF Ángel Morales 11 FW Sergio Blanco 12 GK Nicola Pérez 13 FW Martín Cauteruccio 14 MF Nicolás Lodeiro 15 DF Adrián Romero 16 FW Marcos Mondaini 17 MF Roberto Brum 18 DF Pablo Caballero 19 DF Sebastián Coates 20 FW Santiago García 21 MF Oscar Javier Morales (captain) 22 MF Álvaro Fernández

No. Position Player 23 FW Jorge Cazulo 24 FW Gustavo Biscayzacú 25 GK Rodrigo Muñoz — GK Oscar Castro — GK Martín Tejera — DF Mathías Abero — DF Maximiliano Acuña — DF Gerardo Acosta — DF Gastón Filgueira — DF Martín Galain — DF Santiago Pereyra — DF Sebastián Sellanes — DF Kendall Waston — MF Maximiliano Calzada — MF Thiago Magnone — MF Luis Oyarbide — MF Mauricio Pereyra — MF Facundo Píriz — MF Santiago Romero — FW Álvaro Apolito — FW Roberto Lujan — FW Bryan Machado

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 3 DF Federico Domínguez (from Apollon Limassol) 5 DF Martín Rodríguez (from Banfield) 6 DF Matías Rodríguez (from LASK Linz) 9 FW Alexander Medina (from Racing Ferrol) 10 MF Ángel Morales (from Olimpo) 16 FW Marcos Mondaini (from Boca Juniors) 22 MF Álvaro Fernández (from Puebla) 23 MF Jorge Cazulo (from Defensor Sporting) 24 FW Gustavo Biscayzacú (from Colo-Colo) 25 GK Rodrigo Muñoz (from Cerro) — DF Gastón Filgueira (from Arsenal) — DF Walter García (from Rubin Kazan) — DF Kendall Waston (from Saprissa)

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 1 GK Alexis Viera (to América de Cali) 2 DF Deivis Barone (to Colón) 3 DF Pablo Melo (to Cerro) 7 FW Diego Perrone (to Danubio) 9 FW Bruno Fornaroli (to Sampdoria) 10 MF Martín Ligüera (to Olimpia) 13 MF Mathías Cardacio (to Milan) 15 MF Nicolás Bertolo (to Banfield) 20 FW Richard Morales (to Grêmio) 24 FW Diego Vera (to Defensor Sporting) — DF Walter García (to New York Red Bulls)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on August 2, 2009.

No.	Nat	Pos	Player	Total		Primera División Uruguaya		Liguilla Pre-Libertadores		Copa Libertadores
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1		GK	Leonardo Burián	19	-28	12+1	-18	5+0	-10	1+0	0
2		DF	Alejandro Rodríguez	6	0	1+0	0	5+0	0	0+0	0
3		DF	Federico Domínguez	18	4	9+0	3	0+0	0	8+1	1
4		DF	Mauricio Victorino	29	5	20+1	4	0+0	0	8+0	1
5		DF	Martín Rodríguez	12	1	4+3	0	4+0	1	1+0	0
6		DF	Matías Rodríguez	37	0	28+0	0	0+1	0	8+0	0
7		DF	Diego Rodríguez	13	0	5+3	0	1+3	0	1+0	0
8		MF	Diego Arismendi	41	1	28+3	0	0+0	0	9+1	1
9		FW	Alexander Medina	32	7	14+10	6	0+0	0	8+0	1
10		MF	Ángel Morales	37	1	8+22	1	0+0	0	2+5	0
11		FW	Sergio Blanco	29	8	12+7	5	4+1	3	0+5	0
13		FW	Martín Cauteruccio	6	0	3+0	0	1+2	0	0+0	0
14		MF	Nicolás Lodeiro	35	8	23+2	4	0+0	0	8+2	4
15		DF	Adrián Romero	34	3	21+3	3	0+0	0	10+0	0
16		FW	Marcos Mondaini	16	3	7+2	1	0+0	0	6+1	2
17		MF	Roberto Brum	30	2	17+9	2	0+0	0	2+2	0
18		DF	Pablo Caballero	18	1	9+3	1	4+0	0	1+1	0
19		DF	Sebastián Coates	20	4	11+0	3	4+0	0	5+0	1
20		FW	Santiago García	42	13	24+6	10	4+0	2	2+6	1
21		MF	Oscar Javier Morales	36	1	24+3	1	0+0	0	9+0	0
22		MF	Álvaro Fernández	26	8	14+2	6	1+0	0	8+1	2
23		MF	Jorge Cazulo	9	2	3+4	1	2+0	1	0+0	0
24		FW	Gustavo Biscayzacú	17	8	6+6	8	2+0	0	3+0	0
25		GK	Rodrigo Muñoz	25	-25	16+0	-18	0+0	0	9+0	-7
—		GK	Alexis Viera*	8	-3	8+0	-3	0+0	0	0+0	0
—		DF	Mathías Abero	2	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
—		DF	Gastón Filgueira	14	1	14+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
—		DF	Martín Galain	7	0	5+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
—		DF	Pablo Melo*	13	0	12+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—		MF	Maximiliano Calzada	6	0	0+1	0	5+0	0	0+0	0
—		MF	Martín Ligüera*	12	0	10+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—		MF	Luis Oyarbide	5	0	1+1	0	0+3	0	0+0	0
—		MF	Mauricio Pereyra	13	0	3+1	0	5+0	0	0+4	0
—		MF	Facundo Píriz	10	0	2+4	0	3+1	0	0+0	0
—		FW	Álvaro Apolito	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—		FW	Bryan Machado	3	0	0+0	0	1+2	0	0+0	0
—		FW	Diego Vera*	9	0	4+5	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Note

• * = Players who left the club mid-season

Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches

Position	Nation	Number	Name	Primera División Uruguaya	Liguilla Pre-Libertadores	Copa Libertadores	Total
1		20	Santiago García	10	2	1	13
2		11	Sergio Blanco	5	3	0	8
=		14	Nicolás Lodeiro	4	0	4	8
=		22	Álvaro Fernández	6	0	2	8
=		24	Gustavo Biscayzacú	8	0	0	8
6		9	Alexander Medina	6	0	1	7
7		4	Mauricio Victorino	4	0	1	5
8		3	Federico Domínguez	3	0	1	4
=		19	Sebastián Coates	3	0	1	4
10		15	Adrián Romero	3	0	0	3
=		16	Marcos Mondaini	1	0	2	3
12		17	Roberto Brum	2	0	0	2
=		23	Jorge Cazulo	1	1	0	2
14		5	Martín Rodríguez	0	1	0	1
=		8	Diego Arismendi	0	0	1	1
=		10	Ángel Morales	1	0	0	1
=		18	Pablo Caballero	1	0	0	1
=		21	Oscar Javier Morales	1	0	0	1
=		—	Gastón Filgueira	1	0	0	1
			Own Goals	1	1	0	2
			Total	61	8	14	83

Disciplinary record

Position	Nation	Number	Name	Primera División Uruguaya		Liguilla Pre-Libertadores		Copa Libertadores		Total
GK		1	Leonardo Burián	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
DF		2	Alejandro Rodríguez	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0
DF		3	Federico Domínguez	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
DF		4	Mauricio Victorino	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
DF		5	Martín Rodríguez	2	1	2	0	0	0	4	1
DF		6	Matías Rodríguez	10	1	0	0	2	0	12	1
DF		7	Diego Rodríguez	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
MF		8	Diego Arismendi	14	1	0	0	3	0	17	1
FW		9	Alexander Medina	6	1	0	0	4	0	10	1
MF		10	Ángel Morales	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
FW		11	Sergio Blanco	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
MF		14	Nicolás Lodeiro	6	1	0	0	1	0	7	1
DF		15	Adrián Romero	4	3	0	0	1	0	5	3
MF		17	Roberto Brum	13	0	0	0	0	1	13	1
DF		18	Pablo Caballero	3	0	2	1	1	0	6	1
DF		19	Sebastián Coates	2	0	2	1	1	0	5	1
FW		20	Santiago García	4	1	1	1	1	1	6	3
MF		21	Oscar Javier Morales	11	1	0	0	5	0	16	1
MF		22	Álvaro Fernández	2	0	0	0	2	0	4	0
MF		23	Jorge Cazulo	2	0	2	0	0	0	4	0
FW		24	Gustavo Biscayzacú	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
GK		25	Rodrigo Muñoz	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
GK		—	Alexis Viera*	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
DF		—	Mathías Abero	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
DF		—	Gastón Filgueira	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
DF		—	Martín Galain	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
DF		—	Pablo Melo*	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
MF		—	Maximiliano Calzada	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
MF		—	Martín Ligüera*	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
MF		—	Mauricio Pereyra	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	0
FW		—	Facundo Píriz	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
FW		—	Diego Vera*	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
			Total	113	10	21	3	21	2	155	15

Note

• * = Players who left the club mid-season

Captains

No.	Pos.	Name	Starts
21	MF	Oscar Javier Morales	33
15	DF	Adrián Romero	7
19	DF	Sebastián Coates	4
4	DF	Mauricio Victorino	3
18	DF	Pablo Caballero	3

Penalties Awarded

Date	Success?	Penalty Taker	Opponent	Competition
2008-11-01	Y	Santiago García	Liverpool	Primera División
2008-12-17	Y	Sergio Blanco	Peñarol	Primera División
2009-02-07	Y	Sergio Blanco	Central Español	Primera División
2009-03-22	Y	Federico Domínguez	Cerro Largo	Primera División
2009-04-12	N	Nicolás Lodeiro	Montevideo Wanderers	Primera División
2009-04-26	N	Federico Domínguez	Liverpool	Primera División
2009-07-08	Y	Santiago García	Defensor Sporting	Primera División

International players

The following is a list of all squad members who have played for their national sides during the 2008–09 season. Players in bold were in the starting XI for their national side.

14 October 2008

Name		Opponents	Mins.	Goals
URU	Diego Arismendi	Bolivia	90	0

20 January 2009

Name		Opponents	Mins.	Goals
URU U-20	Nicola Pérez	Bolivia U-20	90	0
URU U-20	Sebastián Coates	Bolivia U-20	71	0
URU U-20	Nicolás Lodeiro	Bolivia U-20	90	2
URU U-20	Facundo Píriz	Bolivia U-20	66	0
URU U-20	Mauricio Pereyra	Bolivia U-20	24	0

22 January 2009

Name		Opponents	Mins.	Goals
URU U-20	Nicola Pérez	Chile U-20	90	0
URU U-20	Mauricio Pereyra	Chile U-20	90	0
URU U-20	Maximiliano Calzada	Chile U-20	90	0
URU U-20	Santiago García	Chile U-20	90	1
URU U-20	Nicolás Lodeiro	Chile U-20	32	0

24 January 2009

Name		Opponents	Mins.	Goals
URU U-20	Nicola Pérez	Paraguay U-20	90	0
URU U-20	Sebastián Coates	Paraguay U-20	90	0
URU U-20	Nicolás Lodeiro	Paraguay U-20	90	1
URU U-20	Maximiliano Calzada	Paraguay U-20	90	0
URU U-20	Santiago García	Paraguay U-20	75	1
URU U-20	Mauricio Pereyra	Paraguay U-20	15	0

28 January 2009

Name		Opponents	Mins.	Goals
URU U-20	Sebastián Coates	Brazil U-20	90	0
URU U-20	Facundo Píriz	Brazil U-20	90	0
URU U-20	Mauricio Pereyra	Brazil U-20	29	0

31 January 2009

Name		Opponents	Mins.	Goals
URU U-20	Nicola Pérez	Brazil U-20	90	0
URU U-20	Maximiliano Calzada	Brazil U-20	90	0
URU U-20	Santiago García	Brazil U-20	62	0
URU U-20	Mauricio Pereyra	Brazil U-20	28	0
URU U-20	Nicolás Lodeiro	Brazil U-20	28	0

2 February 2009

Name		Opponents	Mins.	Goals
URU U-20	Nicola Pérez	Colombia U-20	20	0
URU U-20	Sebastián Coates	Colombia U-20	90	0
URU U-20	Nicolás Lodeiro	Colombia U-20	90	0
URU U-20	Mauricio Pereyra	Colombia U-20	90	0
URU U-20	Maximiliano Calzada	Colombia U-20	90	0
URU U-20	Santiago García	Colombia U-20	74	0

4 February 2009

Name		Opponents	Mins.	Goals
URU U-20	Sebastián Coates	Argentina U-20	90	0
URU U-20	Nicolás Lodeiro	Argentina U-20	90	0
URU U-20	Maximiliano Calzada	Argentina U-20	68	0
URU U-20	Mauricio Pereyra	Argentina U-20	25	0

6 February 2009

Name		Opponents	Mins.	Goals
URU U-20	Sebastián Coates	Paraguay U-20	90	0
URU U-20	Facundo Píriz	Paraguay U-20	90	0
URU U-20	Mauricio Pereyra	Paraguay U-20	90	0
URU U-20	Santiago García	Paraguay U-20	45	1

8 February 2009

Name		Opponents	Mins.	Goals
URU U-20	Nicolás Lodeiro	Venezuela U-20	90	0
URU U-20	Facundo Píriz	Venezuela U-20	56	0
URU U-20	Maximiliano Calzada	Venezuela U-20	90	0
URU U-20	Santiago García	Venezuela U-20	69	1

2 April 2009

Name		Opponents	Mins.	Goals
URU	Álvaro Fernández	Chile	60	0

6 June 2009

Name		Opponents	Mins.	Goals
URU	Álvaro Fernández	Brazil	25	0

11 June 2009

Name		Opponents	Mins.	Goals
URU	Álvaro Fernández	Venezuela	45	0

Starting 11

No. Pos Nat Name GS Notes 25 GK URU Muñoz 25 Burián has 18 starts 4 CB URU Victorino 28 19 CB URU Coates 20 15 CB URU Romero 31 21 DM URU O. Morales 33 Brum has 19 starts 8 RW URU Arismendi 37 6 LW ARG Matías Rodríguez 36 Domínguez has 17 starts 22 RW URU Fernández 23 Caballero has 14 starts 14 AM URU Lodeiro 31 A. Morales has 10 starts 20 FW URU S. García 30 Mondaini has 13 starts 9 FW URU Medina 22 Blanco has 16 starts Biscayzacú has 11 starts

Muñoz Victorino Coates Romero Arismendi O. Morales Fernández M. Rodríguez Lodeiro S. García Medina

Last updated: 2 Aug 2009
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	50 (35 Primera División Uruguaya, 5 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores, 10 Copa Libertadores)
Games won	25 (20 Primera División Uruguaya, 1 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores, 4 Copa Libertadores)
Games drawn	14 (9 Primera División Uruguaya, 1 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores, 4 Copa Libertadores)
Games lost	11 (6 Primera División Uruguaya, 3 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores, 2 Copa Libertadores)
Goals scored	83
Goals conceded	58
Goal difference	+25
Yellow cards	115
Red cards	15
Worst discipline	Santiago García (6 , 3 )
Best result	3-0 (A) v Nacional - Copa Libertadores 2009.02.13 4-1 (A) v Racing - Primera División Uruguaya 2009.03.14 3-0 (H) v River Plate - Copa Libertadores 2009.03.19 3-0 (N) v Defensor Sporting - Primera División Uruguaya 2009.07.08
Worst result	0-3 (H) v Central Español - Primera División Uruguaya 2009.06.13
Most appearances	Santiago García (42 appearances)
Top scorer	Santiago García (13 goals)

Last updated: August 2
Source: Nacional

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Gerardo Pelusso (until July 15, 2009) Luis González
Assistant Manager	Mauricio Larriera
Second Assistant Manager	Willians Lemus
Goalkeeping Coach	Darwin Dalmás
Team Fitness Coach	Javier Carballo Fernando Cal
Club Doctor	Carlos Suero
Firs Team Collaborator	Ruben Sosa

Last updated: 02 August 2009
Source: Nacional

Other information

Chairman	Ricardo Alarcón
Sports Manager	Daniel Henríquez
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Estadio Gran Parque Central (22,000 / 105x70 meters)

Last updated: 02 August 2009
Source: Nacional

Team Kit

Supplier: Umbro
Sponsor(s): Sinteplast
Macri Sport Center
EGA

Home

Away

Third kit

Friendlies

2008-08-16 15:30 (UTC-3)	Florida	0 – 7	Nacional	Estadio Campeones Olímpicos, Florida Attendance: 4,000
		Report	Blanco  6', 9', 25' Cauteruccio  32' Victorino  57' Lujan  77' D. Rodríguez  83'

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2008-10-10 9:30 (UTC-3)	Nacional	3 – 2	Racing	Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo
	Medina  34' Vera  43' Cauteruccio  69'	Report	Quiñones  48', 85' (pen.)

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2009-01-15 10:00 (UTC-3)	Colonia	3 – 1	Nacional	Estadio Profesor Alberto Supicci, Colonia Attendance: 2,000
	Miñones  15', 72', 84'	Report	Victorino  34'

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2009-01-25 18:00 (UTC-3)	Nacional	1 – 0	Tacuary	Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo Attendance: 19,000
	Cazulo  86'	Report

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2009-03-25 18:00 (UTC-3)	Nacional	4 – 2	Rentistas	Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo
	Oyarbide  18', 52' Cauteruccio  43' Biscayzacú  68'	Report	Sandoval  31' (pen.), 75'

Copa Bimbo

See also: 2009 Copa Bimbo

Semi-finals

See also: 2009 Copa Bimbo#semi-finals

2009-01-17 19:20 (UTC-3)	Nacional	2 – 1	Peñarol	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Darío Ubríaco
	Matías Rodríguez 24' Domínguez  39' Blanco  45+1' (pen.) Medina 55' Romero  68' Filgueira 79'	Report	Bueno  15' Alcoba 34' Mozzo 45' Arias 65' F. Pérez  67' Bueno 81' Pacheco 87'

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Final

See also: 2009 Copa Bimbo#final

2009-01-21 22:45 (UTC-3)	Nacional	1 – 4	Cruzeiro	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Referee: Roberto Silvera
	Medina  28'	Report	Elicarlos  8' Ramires  26' Thiago Ribeiro  36' Wellington Paulista  38' Jancarlos  73'

Primera División Uruguaya

See also: Primera División Uruguaya 2008–09

Apertura's table

See also: Primera División Uruguaya 2008–09#Torneo Apertura

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Danubio	15	10	2	3	27	15	+12	32
2	Nacional (C) (A)	15	10	2	3	23	13	+10	32
3	Defensor Sporting	15	9	3	3	23	12	+11	30
4	Racing	15	7	6	2	24	12	+12	27
5	Liverpool	15	7	6	2	24	14	+10	27
6	Peñarol	15	8	4	3	29	15	+14	0251
7	Cerro	15	6	5	4	20	12	+8	23
8	River Plate	15	5	5	5	17	17	0	20
9	Central Español	15	5	5	5	17	21	−4	20
10	Tacuarembó	15	5	2	8	15	20	−5	17
11	Bella Vista	15	5	2	8	13	22	−9	17
12	Montevideo Wanderers	15	4	2	9	17	18	−1	14
13	Rampla Juniors	15	3	5	7	16	24	−8	14
14	Villa Española	15	3	3	9	11	26	−15	12
15	Cerro Largo	15	1	6	8	13	25	−12	9
16	Juventud	15	2	2	11	9	26	−17	8

Updated to games played on February 7, 2009
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
1. Peñarol was deducted three points.
(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

2008-08-23 15:30 (UTC-3)	Juventud	0 – 1	Nacional	Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo Referee: Héctor Martínez
	Planchón  10', 36' Velázquez 27' Peirano 29' Bueno  80'	Report	Romero  47' Arismendi 49' Matías Rodríguez 75' D. Rodríguez 90'

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2008-09-13 15:30 (UTC-3)	Tacuarembó	0 – 2	Nacional	Estadio Ingeniero Raùl Goyenola, Tacuarembó Referee: Jorge Larrionda
		Report	Brum  44' 83' Filgueira 58' Caballero  90+2'

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2008-09-27 15:30 (UTC-3)	Nacional	2 – 0	Racing	Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo Referee: Roberto Silvera
	S. García  8', 72' Melo 22' Arismendi 33'	Report	Balsas 24' J. Rodríguez 29' Díaz  44', 64' Ostolaza 78'

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2008-09-27 15:30 (UTC-3)	Cerro Largo	2 – 3	Nacional	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Referee: Heber Rodríguez
	D. Silvera  20', 67' Souza 54' De Souza 55' Ruiz  82', 90'	Report	A. Morales 5'  86' Filgueira  10' Lodeiro 25' Romero  28' Vera 84' Brum 90'

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2008-10-05 16:30 (UTC-3)	Nacional	2 – 2	Defensor Sporting	Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo Referee: Martín Vázquez
	Gaglianone  19' (o.g.) Brum 22' Arismendi  45', 69' Vera 63' Melo 76' Medina  85'	Report	de Souza  8', 78' (pen.) 26' Curbelo 36' Díaz 45' Maximiliano Pérez 56' Suárez 63' Risso  66'

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2008-10-18 16:30 (UTC-3)	Montevideo Wanderers	0 – 1	Nacional	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Referee: Jorge Larrionda
	González 40' Quagliotti  54', 90' Laserda  88'	Report	Lodeiro 17' M. Rodríguez 39' Brum  39' Melo 86'

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2008-10-26 16:30 (UTC-3)	Bella Vista	0 – 1	Nacional	Estadio José Nasazzi, Montevideo Referee: Roberto Silvera
	Secco 4' Camacho 13' Rubén Fernández 37' Reyes 42'	Report	Melo 28' Filgueira 52' Arismendi 67' S. García  72' O. Morales 73'

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2008-11-01 17:00 (UTC-3)	Nacional	1 – 2	Liverpool	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Referee: Gustavo Siegler
	Filgueira 17' Lodeiro 41' Melo 76' S. García  76' (pen.)	Report	Aranda 12' Varela 42' Rueli  47' Lalinde  52' Castro 68' Alfaro  70'

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2008-11-08 17:00 (UTC-3)	Nacional	2 – 0	Rampla Juniors	Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo Referee: Darío Ubríaco
	O. Morales  17' Medina  42' 42' Viera 85'	Report	Ferreira 45' Perujo 57' Merlo 75' Rosa 75'

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2008-11-16 17:00 (UTC-3)	Danubio	1 – 0	Nacional	Jardines del Hipódromo, Montevideo Referee: Jorge Larrionda
	Malrrechaufe 20' Ferro 49' J. García  50' Amarilla 89'	Report	Medina 48' S. García 67' Arismendi 70' Romero  90+3'

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2008-12-03 19:10 (UTC-3)	Nacional	2 – 0	Villa Española	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Referee: Martín Vázquez
	Ligüera 19' Blanco  22' Cazulo 45' Melo 52' S. García  54' Arismendi 59' Brum 89'	Report	M. Novick 14' Figueredo 70' Cassaman 86'

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2008-12-06 17:00 (UTC-3)	Nacional	3 – 3	Cerro	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Referee: Roberto Silvera
	Medina  12' 64' Brum 45' Blanco  49' Arismendi 54' Melo 59' Ligüera 62' Victorino  87'	Report	Pablo Caballero  35' Pallante 65' Muñoz  65' (pen.), 70' Molina 76'

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2008-12-14 17:00 (UTC-3)	Peñarol	0 – 1	Nacional	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Jorge Larrionda
	Bueno 4' Mozzo 5' I. Medina 41' Alcoba 70'	Report	Matías Rodríguez 28' Ligüera 55' Melo 64' S. García 67'  72' Blanco  72' (pen.) Arismendi 88'

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2008-12-17 19:30 (UTC-3)	Nacional	0 – 2	River Plate	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Referee: Darío Ubríaco
	Burián 8' Filgueira 40' O. Morales 42' Melo 71' Brum 85'	Report	Giménez  34' 40' J. Rodríguez 49' Ortíz 87' Nicolay  90+2'

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2009-02-07 17:00 (UTC-3)	Central Español	1 – 2	Nacional	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Referee: Juan Cardellino
	Lemos  6', 23' Daluz  52' Andrés Fernández  57', 67' Semperena 65'	Report	Blanco  25' (pen.) Álvaro Fernández  37'

Final

2009-02-15 19:00 (UTC-3)	Nacional	2 – 1	Danubio	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Jorge Larrionda
	Galain 20' Romero  38', 51' Fernández  60' S. García  77' Caballero 81'	Report	R. Rodríguez 2' Ifrán 34' S. Rodríguez  36' Malrrechaufe 65' Ferro 83' Amarilla  89'

Clausura's table

See also: Primera División Uruguaya 2008–09#Torneo Clausura

Villa Española was relegated due to financial issues after the Apertura.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Defensor Sporting (C) (A)	14	11	1	2	29	15	+14	34
2	River Plate	14	9	3	2	32	17	+15	30
3	Cerro	14	9	2	3	30	13	+17	29
4	Liverpool	14	7	4	3	23	17	+6	25
5	Peñarol	14	7	2	5	22	15	+7	23
6	Nacional	14	6	5	3	27	21	+6	23
7	Racing	14	6	5	3	22	17	+5	23
8	Montevideo Wanderers	14	6	3	5	25	24	+1	21
9	Cerro Largo	14	5	4	5	20	20	0	19
10	Danubio	14	4	3	7	20	24	−4	15
11	Central Español	14	3	3	8	16	24	−8	12
12	Tacuarembó	14	2	6	6	16	25	−9	12
13	Bella Vista	14	2	4	8	16	28	−12	10
14	Juventud	14	2	2	10	15	34	−19	8
15	Rampla Juniors	14	0	5	9	15	34	−19	5

Updated to games played on June 18, 2009
Source: RSSSF
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's winner qualifies for the semifinal of the Primera División

Matches

2009-02-22 17:00 (UTC-3)	Nacional	2 – 2	Juventud	Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo Referee: Javier Bentancur
	Álvaro Fernández  22' Medina  87'	Report	Pizzichillo 28' Peirano 43' Britos  48' 53' Antonio Fernández 66'  72' Ramírez 84' González 85'

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2009-03-08 17:00 (UTC-3)	Nacional	1 – 0	Tacuarembó	Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo Referee: Fernando Falce
	Domínguez  21' O. Morales 62' Matías Rodríguez 77'	Report	Pozzi 37' Da Rosa  57', 90' Silva 64'

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2009-03-14 17:00 (UTC-3)	Racing	1 – 4	Nacional	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Referee: Jorge Larrionda
	Ostolaza 27' Blanes  36'	Report	Victorino 55' Fernández  57' Domínguez  60' Medina  90', 90+4' Matías Rodríguez 90+2'

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2009-03-22 16:00 (UTC-3)	Nacional	2 – 2	Cerro Largo	Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo Referee: Robert Tabeira
	Arismendi 80' Domínguez  85' (pen.) Victorino  90+4'	Report	Olivera  12' 89' L. Rodríguez 41' Rivero  56'

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2009-03-22 17:00 (UTC-3)	Defensor Sporting	3 – 2	Nacional	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Referee: Darío Ubríaco
	Gaglianone  23' 81' Marchant 27' Amado 29' de Souza 60'  90' (pen.), 90+2'	Report	Fernández  11' Matías Rodríguez 36' Arismendi 54' O. Morales 80' Lodeiro  83' Victorino 90'

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2009-04-12 17:00 (UTC-3)	Nacional	2 – 2	Montevideo Wanderers	Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo Referee: Roberto Silvera
	Cazulo  46' Mondaini  70' M. Pereyra 71' O. Morales 84' Brum 90'	Report	Peña 23' Corujo 30' Charquero  34', 45' D. Pérez 43' Tellechea 63' Palau 66'

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2009-04-18 17:00 (UTC-3)	Nacional	2 – 0	Bella Vista	Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo Referee: Daniel Fedorczuk
	Matías Rodríguez 30' S. García  32', 89' Brum 68'	Report	Martuciello 57' Alvez 81'

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2009-04-26 17:00 (UTC-3)	Liverpool	1 – 1	Nacional	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Referee: Fredy De Seja
	Rodales 13' Figueroa  33' Correa 61' Vázquez 56' Tejera 66'	Report	Victorino 37' Brum 56' Coates  60'

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2009-05-03 17:00 (UTC-3)	Rampla Juniors	1 – 3	Nacional	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Referee: Juan Cardellino
	Rosa 33' Bonjour 44' Alonso  56' 87'	Report	Arismendi 13' S. García  20' Biscayzacú  67' Lodeiro  77'

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2009-05-09 17:00 (UTC-3)	Nacional	2 – 0	Danubio	Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo Referee: Luis Larrañaga
	Matías Rodríguez 8' Biscayzacú  15', 53' O. Morales 22' Romero 55'	Report	J. García 34' Migues 52' Ferro 62' Delgado  65' R. Rodríguez 75' Amarilla 81'

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2009-05-17 17:00 (UTC-3)	Cerro	2 – 2	Nacional	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Referee: Gustavo Siegler
	Pablo Caballero  33' 33' Melo 52' Cabrera 74' Pallante  78' (pen.)	Report	Biscayzacú  3' Arismendi 28' Brum 45' Victorino  53' Martín Rodríguez  75', 77'

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2009-05-24 16:00 (UTC-3)	Nacional	3 – 2	Peñarol	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Roberto Silvera
	Biscayzacú  15', 41', 74' 81' Victorino 19' Coates 37' O. Morales  61', 81' Matías Rodríguez 89' Muñoz 90+4'	Report	Pacheco  20', 39' (pen.) O. Pérez 22' de los Santos 25' Alcoba 60' Bueno  80', 90+1' Darío Rodríguez 90+2'

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2009-05-31 17:00 (UTC-3)	River Plate	2 – 1	Nacional	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Referee: Darío Ubríaco
	Ezquerra  29' Giménez  62' Córdoba 77' Rizzoto 88'	Report	S. García 38' Brum 50' Martín Rodríguez 65' Blanco  90+2'

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2009-06-13 16:00 (UTC-3)	Nacional	0 – 3	Central Español	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Referee: Marcelo López
	Píriz 36' Abero 43' Cazulo 47' Caballero 69'	Report	Gutiérrez 19' Coelho  35' Firpo 44' S. Pérez 50' Duran  47' Da Luz  79'

Aggregate table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Defensor Sporting (Q) (A)	29	20	4	5	52	27	+25	64	Liguilla Pre-Libertadores
2	Nacional (Q)	29	16	7	6	49	34	+15	55
3	Cerro (Q)	29	15	7	7	50	25	+25	52
4	Liverpool (Q)	29	14	10	5	44	32	+12	52
5	River Plate (Q)	29	14	8	7	49	34	+15	50
6	Racing (Q)	29	13	11	5	46	31	+15	50
7	Peñarol	29	15	6	8	51	29	+22	0481
8	Danubio	29	14	5	10	47	39	+8	47
9	Montevideo Wanderers	29	10	5	14	42	42	0	35
10	Central Español	29	8	8	13	33	45	−12	32
11	Tacuarembó	29	7	8	14	31	45	−14	29
12	Cerro Largo	29	6	10	13	33	45	−12	28
13	Bella Vista	29	7	6	16	31	48	−17	27
14	Rampla Juniors	29	3	10	16	33	60	−27	19
15	Juventud	29	4	4	21	24	60	−36	16
16	Villa Española	15	3	3	9	11	26	−15	0122

Updated to games played on June 18, 2009
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
1. Peñarol was deducted three points in the Apertura.
2. Villa Española was relegated to Segunda División Amateur for financial reason after the Apertura tournament.
(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's winners qualify to Primera División Uruguaya final
• The aggregate's top-six qualify to Liguilla Pre-Libertadores

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
Ground	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	L	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	L
Position	2	5	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2

Last updated: 2009-06-18.
Source: Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Relegation table

Pos	Team	2007-08 Pts.	2008-09 Pts.	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg
1	Defensor Sporting	66	64	130	59	2.203
2	River Plate	61	50	111	59	1.881
3	Nacional	55	55	110	59	1.864
4	Peñarol	54	48	102	59	1.729
5	Racing	0	50	50	29	1.724
6	Liverpool	43	52	95	59	1.610
7	Danubio	46	47	93	59	1.576
8	Cerro	37	52	89	59	1.508
9	Montevideo Wanderers	44	35	79	59	1.339
10	Rampla Juniors	47	19	66	59	1.119
11	Central Español	32	32	64	59	1.085
12	Tacuarembó	34	29	63	59	1.068
13	Cerro Largo	0	28	28	29	0.966
14	Juventud (R)	40	16	56	59	0.949
15	Bella Vista (R)	23	27	50	59	0.847
16	Villa Española (R)	0	12	12	15	0.800

As of June 18, 2009.

• The three clubs with the lowest average of points over the last two seasons are relegated.

Semi-finals

First leg

2009-06-21 17:00 (UTC-3)	Defensor Sporting	1 – 1	Nacional	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Martín Vázquez
	de Souza  24' Risso 27' Díaz 28'	Report	Matías Rodríguez  10', 60' Lodeiro 18'  21' Domínguez 38' O. Morales 45' Medina 53' Arismendi 84'

Second leg

2009-07-05 17:00 (UTC-3)	Nacional	1 – 1	Defensor Sporting	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Darío Ubriaco
	Romero  24' Arismendi 48' O. Morales 65' Lodeiro  70', 75' Medina 85' Victorino 90'	Report	Vera 37'  44' Marchant 41' Navarro 70'

Third leg

2009-07-08 21:10 (UTC-3)	Defensor Sporting	0 – 3	Nacional	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Roberto Silvera
	Díaz 16' Pintos 38' de Souza  61' Vila 85'	Report	Medina 23' S. García  32' (pen.) 63' Caballero 40' Coates  74' Fernández  77'

Nacional won 5–2 on points.

Final

First leg

2009-07-12 17:00 (UTC-3)	Defensor Sporting	1 – 2	Nacional	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Martín Vázquez
	Silva  45' Curbelo 55' Amado 59' Pintos  66' Gaglianone 85'	Report	Fernández 20' Medina  45' Coates 49'  78' Biscayzacú  86' O. Morales 90'

Second leg

2009-07-15 21:10 (UTC-3)	Nacional	2 – 1	Defensor Sporting	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Jorge Larrionda
	Victorino  27' Fernández 32' Lodeiro  86' 86'	Report	Herrera 34' Navarro  59' Amado 64' F. Rodríguez 78'

Nacional won 6–0 on points.

Copa Libertadores

See also: Copa Libertadores 2009

Group stage

See also: 2009 Copa Libertadores Second Stage#Group 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nacional	6	4	2	0	12	3	+9	14
Universidad San Martín	6	2	2	2	7	9	−2	8
River Plate	6	2	1	3	7	9	−2	7
Nacional	6	1	1	4	7	12	−5	4

2009-02-12 19:00 (UTC-3)	Nacional	2 – 1	Universidad San Martín	Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo Attendance: 11,518 Referee: Carlos Chandía
	Domínguez  30' Lodeiro  90+2'	Report	Arzuaga  39' 46' Hinostroza 59' Guizasola 74' Ramos 79'

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2009-02-18 18:30 (UTC-3)	Nacional	0 – 3	Nacional	Estadio General Pablo Rojas, Asunción Attendance: 1,307 Referee: Leonardo Gaciba
	Melgarejo 40'	Report	Fernández  9' 54' Lodeiro  38' Mondaini  64'

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2009-03-19 21:45 (UTC-3)	Nacional	3 – 0	River Plate	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 47,571 Referee: Carlos Chandía
	Medina 31' Álvaro Fernández  40' Arismendi 45' Lodeiro  73' O. Morales 90+1' S. García  90+3' Victorino  90+5'	Report	Ferrari 29' Augusto Fernández 31' Quiroga 53'

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2009-04-07 21:15 (UTC-3)	River Plate	0 – 0	Nacional	Estadio Antonio V. Liberti, Buenos Aires Referee: Salvio Fagundes
	Ahumada 24' Sánchez 34'	Report	O. Morales 38' Medina 50'

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2009-04-21 22:30 (UTC-3)	Universidad San Martín	1 – 1	Nacional	Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, Lima Referee: Carlos Simon
	Ludueña  88'	Report	S. García 28' Mondaini  74' O. Morales 79'

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2009-04-30 21:30 (UTC-3)	Nacional	3 – 1	Nacional	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Referee: René Ortubé
	Arismendi  29' Caballero 59' Coates  80' 88' Lodeiro  90+1'	Report	Núñez  9' Riveros 32' Miranda  38', 62'

Round of 16

See also: 2009 Copa Libertadores knockout stages#Round of 16

First leg

	Nacional	–	San Luis

Second leg

	San Luis	–	Nacional

San Luis withdrew from the tournament over the H1N1 flu outbreak in Mexico

Quarterfinals

See also: 2009 Copa Libertadores knockout stages#Quarterfinals

First leg

2009-05-28 22:00 (UTC-3)	Palmeiras	1 – 1	Nacional	Estádio Palestra Itália, São Paulo Attendance: 24,737 Referee: Carlos Torres
	Armero 18' Diego Souza  55' Obina 61' Pierre 85'	Report	O. Morales 42' S. García  80' Fernández 90+1' Brum  90+4'

Second leg

2009-06-17 19:20 (UTC-3)	Nacional	0 – 0	Palmeiras	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 46,269 Referee: Carlos Vera
	Medina 45' Lodeiro 69' O. Morales 90'	Report	Diego Souza 72'

Nacional 1–1 Palmeiras on aggregate. Nacional won on away goals.

Semi-finals

See also: 2009 Copa Libertadores knockout stages#Semi-finals

First leg

2009-06-28 19:30 (UTC-3)	Estudiantes	1 – 0	Nacional	Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, La Plata Referee: René Ortubé
	Galván  14' Benítez 47'	Report	Romero 39' Arismendi 61' Matías Rodríguez 69'

Second leg

2009-07-01 21:15 (UTC-3)	Nacional	1 – 2	Estudiantes	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 46,983 Referee: Carlos Torres
	Medina 17'  75' Matías Rodríguez 57' Arismendi 88'	Report	E. Pérez 9' Boselli  52', 90+1' 52' Sánchez 64' Braña 71' Andújar 84'

Estudiantes won 3–1 on aggregate.

Liguilla Pre-Libertadores

See also: Primera División Uruguaya 2008–09#Liguilla Pre-Libertadores

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Cerro (Q)	5	4	0	1	12	6	+6	12	2010 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2	Racing (Q)	5	3	1	1	11	7	+4	10	2010 Copa Libertadores First Stage
3	River Plate (Q)	5	2	0	3	7	11	−4	6	2009 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
4	Liverpool (O) (Q)	5	1	2	2	6	7	−1	5
5	Defensor Sporting	5	1	2	2	5	6	−1	5
6	Nacional	5	1	1	3	8	12	−4	4

Updated to games played on August 2, 2009
Source:^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd playoff (if needed).
(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 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores' champion qualify to Copa Libertadores 2010 group stage
• The Liguilla Pre-Libertadores' runners-up qualify to Copa Libertadores 2010 preliminary round
• The Liguilla Pre-Libertadores' third and fourth place qualify to Copa Sudamericana 2009 first stage
• If Nacional finish in the top-four qualify to Copa Sudamericana 2009 first stage

Matches

2009-07-19 15:10 (UTC-3)	Cerro	3 – 1	Nacional	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Referee: Roberto Silvera
	Pallante 29' Dadomo  40' Núñez 57' Boghossian  64' Melo  90+3'	Report	Calzada 16' M. Pereyra 30' Píriz 37' Coates 67' Blanco  85'

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2009-07-23 20:10 (UTC-3)	Racing	3 – 2	Nacional	Estadio Luis Franzini, Montevideo Referee: Fernando Falce
	Blanes 21' Torres  38' P. Hernández  63' Balsas  78'	Report	Blanco 15' Martín Rodríguez  34' Abero 48' Cazulo 61' A. Rodríguez 64' Blanco  75' M. Pereyra 67' Caballero  88'

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2009-07-26 17:10 (UTC-3)	River Plate	4 – 2	Nacional	Estadio Luis Franzini, Montevideo Referee: Oscar Rojas
	Giménez  19' J. Rodríguez 22'  66' Montelongo  40', 90' (pen.) Zambrana 45' Conceicao 85'	Report	Cazulo  5' S. García  12', 20' A. Rodríguez 16' Coates 69' Blanco  62' D. Rodríguez 78' Martín Rodríguez 84'

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2009-07-29 15:10 (UTC-3)	Nacional	0 – 0	Defensor Sporting	Estadio José Nasazzi, Montevideo Referee: Luis Larrañaga
	Calzada 32' Cazulo 32' Caballero 40' Martín Rodríguez 66' A. Rodríguez 83'	Report	Ariosa 10' Curbelo  16', 76' Risso 48' Díaz  80'

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2009-08-02 15:00 (UTC-3)	Liverpool	2 – 3	Nacional	Estadio José Nasazzi, Montevideo Referee: Fernando Falce
	Lalinde  81' Alfaro  89'	Report	Caballero 45' Burián 45+1' Macchi  61' (o.g.) S. García  74', 80'

Records

Doubles achieved

Opponent	Home result	Away result
Tacuarembó	1–0	2–0
Racing	2–0	4–1
Bella Vista	2–0	1–0
Rampla Juniors	2–0	3–1
Peñarol	3–2	1–0
Defensor Sporting	2–1	2–1
Nacional (Paraguay)	3–1	3–0

Comeback

Nacional have conceded the first goal in a match 17 times this season in the Primera División, the Liguille Pre-Libertadores and the Copa Libertadores,  recorded 4 wins, 5 draws and 8 loss.

Opponent	H/A	Result	Scoreline
Danubio	N	2–1	S. Rodríguez 36',  Fernández 60',  S. García 77'
Racing	A	4–1	Blanes 36',  Fernández 57',  Domínguez 60',  Medina 90',  90+4'
Defensor Sporting	A	2–1	Pintos 66',  Coates 68',  Biscayzacú 86'
Nacional (Paraguay)	H	3–1	Núñez 9',  Arismendi 29',  Coates 80',  Lodeiro 90+1'

Biggest winning margin

#	Opponent	H/A	Result	Competition
1	Racing	A	4–1	Primera División
2	Nacional (Paraguay)	A	3–0	Copa Libertadores
2	River Plate (Argentina)	H	3–0	Copa Libertadores
2	Defensor Sporting	N	3–0	Primera División
5	Rampla Juniors	A	3–1	Primera División
5	Nacional (Paraguay)	H	3–1	Primera División
6	Tacuarembó	A	2–0	Primera División
6	Racing	H	2–0	Primera División
6	Rampla Juniors	H	2–0	Primera División
6	Villa Española	H	2–0	Primera División
6	Bella Vista	H	2–0	Primera División
6	Danubio	H	2–0	Primera División

Team statistics

Goal minutes

Updated to games played on 2 August 2009.

1'–15'	16'–30'	31'–HT	46'–60'	61'–75'	76'–FT
9	13	10	10	15	26

Honours

Team

Torneo Apertura

• Winners: 2008

Primera División Uruguaya

• Winners: 2008–09

Individuals

Name	Number	Country	Award
Mauricio Victorino	4	Uruguay	Primera División Uruguaya Fan's Best Player of the year
Nicola Pérez	12	Uruguay	2009 South American Youth Championship third place
Nicolas Lodeiro	14	Uruguay	2009 South American Youth Championship third place
Adrián Romero	15	Uruguay	Primera División Uruguaya Best Defender of the year
Sebastián Coates	19	Uruguay	Primera División Uruguaya Revelation of the year, 2009 South American Youth Championship third place
Santiago García	20	Uruguay	Primera División Uruguaya Best Forward of the year, 2009 South American Youth Championship third place
Oscar Javier Morales	21	Uruguay	Primera División Uruguaya Best Midfielder of the year
Maximiliano Calzada	—	Uruguay	2009 South American Youth Championship third place
Mauricio Pereyra	—	Uruguay	2009 South American Youth Championship third place
Facundo Píriz	—	Uruguay	2009 South American Youth Championship third place
Ricardo Alarcón	—	Uruguay	Primera División Uruguaya Best Chairman of the year
Javier Carballo	—	Uruguay	Primera División Uruguaya Best Team Fitnes Coach of the year

See also

• Club Nacional de Football

External links

• Club Nacional de Football official web site