- Club Nacional (Paraguay)
Football club infobox
current = Torneo Clausura 2008 (Paraguay)#Positions
clubname = Club Nacional
fullname = Club Nacional
nickname = "La Academia", "Tricolor"
founded =June 5 ,1904
ground =Estadio Arsenio Erico
capacity = 5,100 | chairman = flagicon|Paraguay Robert Harrison
manager = flagicon|Switzerland flagicon|Argentina Daniel Raschle
league =Liga Paraguaya
season = Apertura 2008
position = 2nd
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leftarm2=2C4E9C|body2=2C4E9C|rightarm2=2C4E9C|shorts2=FFFFFF|socks2=2C4E9CClub Nacional is a
Paraguay anfootball (soccer) team, based in the neighbourhood of Barrio Obrero inAsunción , founded in 1904.History
The club was founded on June 5, 1904 by a group of
alumni of theColegio Nacional de la Capital , one of the oldest public schools inAsunción . The club was originally named Nacional Football Club, taking the name "Nacional" from the school the founders attended. Its first president was Víctor Paredes Gómez and white was selected as the team color because that was the color of the Nacional de la Capital School uniform. For the emblem of the club, the colors of the Paraguayan flag were chosen.Nacional is one of the traditional teams in the Paraguayan league and they have won a total of six championships so far. Their nickname "La Academia" (the academy) was given to them because of their excellent youth system that produced great players such as
Arsenio Erico , who is considered as the best Paraguayan footballer of all time.Honours
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**Winners (6): 1909, 1911, 1924, 1926, 1942, 1946
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**Winners (3): 1979, 1989, 2003Performance in CONMEBOL competitions
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Copa Libertadores : 3 appearances::Best: First Round in 1983, 1986Former players
Players on the list are sorted by era
*Flagicon|Paraguay
Arsenio Erico ("El Saltarín Rojo")
*Flagicon|ParaguayManuel Fleitas Solich ("El Brujo")
*Flagicon|ParaguayHeriberto Herrera ("El Sargento de Hierro")
*Flagicon|ParaguayCecilio Martínez
*Flagicon|ParaguayFlorencio Amarilla
*Flagicon|Argentina Flagicon|ParaguayRoberto Miguel Acuña ("El Toro")
*Flagicon|ParaguayÉdgar Denis ("La Araña")
*Flagicon|ParaguayÓscar Cardozo ("Tacuara")
*Flagicon|ParaguayCristian Bogado Current squad
"As of
Jul 24 ,2008 "External links
* [http://www.nacionalquerido.com/ Club Nacional de Paraguay Official Site]
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