2009–10 Club Nacional de Football season

Nacional

2009-10 season
Chairman	Ricardo Alarcón
Manager	Eduardo Mario Acevedo
Primera Division	Runners-up
Torneo Apertura	1st (9th title)
Torneo Clausura	4th
Copa Libertadores	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Sergio Blanco (13 goals) All: Sergio Blanco (13 goals)
Highest home attendance	60,000 v Peñarol (6 December 2009)
Lowest home attendance	15,000 v Fénix (24 April 2010)
Average home league attendance	25,298
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Squad

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

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

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

Transfers

In

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

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

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

Out

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

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

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

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on 18 May 2010.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primera División Uruguaya		Copa Libertadores
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	URU	Leonardo Burián	3	-4	3+0	-4	0+0	0
2	DF	URU	Alejandro Lembo	31	2	24+0	2	7+0	0
3	DF	URU	Martín Galain	4	0	3+1	0	0+0	0
4	DF	URU	Christian Núñez	32	0	21+4	0	5+2	0
5	MF	URU	Gianni Guigou	15	1	8+6	1	0+1	0
6	DF	URU	Ernesto Goñi	18	1	13+0	1	5+0	0
7	DF	PAR	Eduardo Aranda	10	1	10+0	1	0+0	0
8	MF	URU	Mathías Cabrera	19	1	10+8	1	1+0	0
9	FW	URU	Sebastián Balsas	20	5	9+8	5	0+3	0
10	MF	ARG	Ángel Morales	33	3	26+1	2	6+0	1
11	FW	URU	Sergio Blanco	30	13	14+11	13	1+4	0
13	MF	URU	Raúl Ferro	32	1	22+3	1	7+0	0
14	FW	URU	Mario Regueiro	30	11	19+3	6	8+0	5
15	MF	URU	Álvaro González	37	3	22+7	3	8+0	0
16	MF	URU	Gustavo Varela	31	10	16+7	9	8+0	1
17	MF	URU	Maximiliano Calzada	20	0	5+8	0	5+2	0
18	DF	URU	Gonzalo Godoy	13	1	8+1	0	1+3	1
19	DF	URU	Sebastián Coates	32	3	24+0	2	8+0	1
20	FW	URU	Santiago García	21	6	12+7	6	1+1	0
21	MF	URU	Oscar Javier Morales	34	1	27+0	1	7+0	0
22	MF	URU	Mauricio Pereyra	26	2	11+8	1	2+5	1
23	MF	URU	Facundo Píriz	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
24	FW	URU	Diego Vera	14	2	3+8	2	0+3	0
25	GK	URU	Rodrigo Muñoz	38	-33	30+0	-23	8+0	-10
—	DF	URU	Gastón Filgueira *	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
—	DF	ARG	Matías Rodríguez *	13	2	13+0	2	0+0	0
—	MF	URU	Nicolás Lodeiro *	9	7	9+0	7	0+0	0
—	MF	URU	Santiago Romero	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
—	FW	PAR	Derlis Florentín *	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
—	FW	URU	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	Nation	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	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.	Goals
URU U-20	Sebastián Coates	England U-20	90	0
URU U-20	Nicolás Lodeiro	England U-20	90	0
URU U-20	Mauricio Pereyra	England U-20	90	0
URU U-20	Santiago García	England U-20	59	0
URU U-20	Maximiliano Calzada	England U-20	4	0

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.	Goals
URU U-20	Sebastián Coates	Brazil U-20	90	0
URU U-20	Nicolás Lodeiro	Brazil U-20	90	0
URU U-20	Mauricio Pereyra	Brazil U-20	61	0
URU U-20	Maximiliano Calzada	Brazil U-20	45	0
URU U-20	Santiago García	Brazil U-20	29	0

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 MS Notes 25 GK Muñoz 38 Burián has three starts 4 RB Núñez 26 Aranda has ten starts 2 CB Lembo 32 Galaín has three starts 19 CB Coates 32 Godoy has ten starts 6 LB Goñi 18 21 DM O. Morales 34 Guigou has eight starts 13 RW Ferro 28 Calzada has ten starts Píriz has one start 16 LW González 29 10 AM A. Morales 32 Cabrera has eleven starts Pereyra has thirteen starts 16 FW Varela 24 García has twelve starts Blanco has fourteen starts 14 FW Regueiro 27 Vera has ten starts Balsas has nine starts 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).

Muñoz Lembo Coates Núñez Goñi O. Morales Ferro González A. Morales Varela Regueiro

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: 18 May
Source: Nacional

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Eduardo Mario 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
First-team collaborator	Ruben Sosa

Last updated: 7 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)

Updated to match played 7 April 2010
Source:  Nacional

Team Kit

Supplier: Umbro
Sponsor(s): Ancel
Macri Sport Center

Home

Away

Third kit

Friendlies

2009-08-13

15:00 (UTC-3)

Juventud	0–7	Nacional
	Report	Medina 4', 37' Blanco 12' (pen.) Guigou 25' Arismendi 41' Abero 63' Núñez 85'

Estadio Profesor Alberto Suppici, Colonia

Attendance: 0

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2009-08-17

15:30 (UTC-3)

Nacional	4–0	Mutual de Colonia
Blanco 5', 13' Balsas 54' Cabrera 86'	Report

Los Céspedes, Montevideo

Attendance: 0

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2009-09-05

11:00 (UTC-3)

Nacional	3–0	Cerro Largo
Regueiro 31' Vera 56' Varela 82'	Report

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Attendance: 3,000

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2009-11-11

10:30 (UTC-3)

Nacional	3–1	Miramar Misiones
García 25' Vera 47', 68'	Report	Larrosa 81'

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Attendance: 0

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2009-11-14

10:00 (UTC-3)

Nacional	4–2	Osvaldo Cannobio's team
Núñez 14' García 27' (pen.) Balsas 67' Vera 78'	Report	Alvez 34', 41'

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Attendance: 0

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2009-11-26

10:00 (UTC-3)

Nacional	7–0	Florida
Blanco 27' Regueiro 41' Muñoz 61' (pen.) Varela 67' Florentín 74' A. Morales 78' Balsas 86'	Report

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Attendance: 0

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2009-11-28

15:00 (UTC-3)

Nacional	3–2	Miramar Misiones
Regueiro 25', 41' García 71'	Report	Larrosa 61', 90+1'

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Attendance: 0

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2010-01-09

18:00 (UTC-3)

Maldonado	0–4	Nacional
	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
N. Cabrera 86'	Report	Blanco 5', 29' (pen.) Balsas 18'

Estadio Roberto Dickinson, Salto

Attendance: 5,000

Copa Bimbo

See also: 2010 Copa Bimbo

Semi-finals

See also: 2010 Copa Bimbo § semi-finals

2010-01-15

22:00 (UTC-3)

Nacional	0–0	Peñarol
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

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Jorge Larrionda

Final

See also: 2010 Copa Bimbo § Final

2010-01-18

22:10 (UTC-3)

Danubio	1–1	Nacional
Perrone 78' Silva  86'	Report	Núñez  77' Blanco 90+1'
Penalties
Perrone Mena Ifrán Miguez	1–3	Varela A. Morales A. González Ferro

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Darío Ubriaco

Primera División Uruguaya

Main article: 2009–10 Uruguayan Primera División season

Apertura's table

Main article: 2009–10 Uruguayan Primera División season § Torneo Apertura

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nacional	15	13	0	2	36	11	+25	36 [a]	Championship Playoffs
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

Updated to match(es) played on December 13, 2009. Source: AUF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head results; 5th draw
Notes:

1. Nacional was docked three points.

• 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
Rivero  37' Y. Rodríguez  40'	Report	Muñoz  39' Blanco 45' Matías Rodríguez  54' Cabrera  82'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Rafael Orfila

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2009-08-29

15:00 (UTC-3)

Nacional	1–0	Tacuarembó
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'

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Carlos Aguirregaray

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2009-09-13

15:30 (UTC-3)

Defensor Sporting	0–3	Nacional
de Souza  26' Martínez  44' M. Risso  58'	Report	O. Morales  30' Núñez  41' Cabrera  48'60' A. Morales 58' Regueiro 74'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Martín Vázquez

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2009-09-20

16:00 (UTC-3)

Nacional	2–1	Liverpool
Aranda  39' Matías Rodríguez 73' Lembo 86'	Report	Castro  37' Medina  57' Alfaro 66' 90+1' Macchi  76' Rodales  83' Alvez  85'

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Attendance: 21,000

Referee: Roberto Silvera

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2009-09-26

19:30 (UTC-3)

River Plate	1–0	Nacional
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'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 27,000

Referee: Luis Larrañaga

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2009-10-03

16:30 (UTC-3)

Nacional	3–2	Racing
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'

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Attendance: 21,000

Referee: Héctor Martínez

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2009-10-17

16:30 (UTC-3)

Montevideo Wanderers	4–0	Nacional
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'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 16,000

Referee: Fredy De Seja

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2009-10-21

21:30 (UTC-3)

Nacional	5–0	Atenas
Blanco 8' Lodeiro 19', 77' Matías Rodríguez 43' González 55' Varela  65' Coates  85'	Report	Galán  22' Trinidad  63'

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Attendance: 16,000

Referee: Oscar Rojas

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2009-10-28

20:10 (UTC-3)

Nacional	5–1	Central Español
Aranda 56' García 66' (pen.) Lodeiro 71' 71' Blanco 72' Varela 82'	Report	Usucar  18' Espiga 49' 84' Firpo  54' Tejera  65'

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Attendance: 19,000

Referee: Fernando Cabrera

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2009-11-01

17:00 (UTC-3)

Nacional	2–0	Cerro
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'

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Attendance: 21,000

Referee: Gustavo Siegler

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2009-11-07

17:00 (UTC-3)

Nacional	3–0	Rampla Juniors
O. Morales 23' Ferro  30' Coates 32', 73' Núñez  79'	Report	Bonjour  14' Requelme  27' Broli  74' Novick  75' Delgado  82' Melonio  85'

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Daniel Fedorczuk

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2009-11-22

17:00 (UTC-3)

Danubio	0–2	Nacional
R. Rodríguez  22' S. Rodríguez  38' Pumar  44' Silva  60'	Report	González  24' Varela  24'28' A. Morales  72' Vera 85'

Jardines del Hipódromo, Montevideo

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Roberto Silvera

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2009-12-06

17:00 (UTC-3)

Nacional	3–0	Peñarol
Regueiro 2' 53' Lodeiro 29' García  44'80' Coates  47'	Report	de los Santos  26' Alcoba  32' Aguirregaray  32' Ramis  79' Olivera  88'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Darío Ubríaco

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2009-12-10

21:00 (UTC-3)

Fénix	0–1	Nacional
Gerardo Varela  3' Quiroga  60'	Report	González 55' Coates  82'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Jorge Larrañaga

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2009-12-13

17:00 (UTC-3)

Cerrito	2–5	Nacional
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'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Gustavo Siegler

Clausura's table

Main article: 2009–10 Uruguayan Primera División season § Torneo Clausura

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2010. Source: AUF (in Spanish)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head results; 5th draw

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

Matches

2010-01-23

19:00 (UTC-3)

Nacional	3–1	Cerro Largo
Regueiro 22' Varela 25' Lembo  45' Ferro  51' Blanco 75'	Report	Olivera 42' Ruíz  45'

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Attendance: 19,000

Referee: Rafael Orfila

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2010-01-29

21:00 (UTC-3)

Tacuarembó	1–1	Nacional
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'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Fernando Falce

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2010-02-06

19:00 (UTC-3)

Nacional	0–1	Defensor Sporting
Ferro  30' Coates  32' O. Morales  42' Pereyra  53' Balsas  54' Regueiro  58'	Report	de Souza 3' 49' Ariosa  28' Taborda  36' Silva  50'

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Attendance: 21,000

Referee: Héctor Martínez

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2010-02-14

19:00 (UTC-3)

Liverpool	0–2	Nacional
Santucho  18' Díaz  26' Montero  71'	Report	Blanco 6', 84' Ferro  17' Varela  26' Muñoz  60' Lembo  79'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Martín Vázquez

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2010-02-19

19:30 (UTC-3)

Nacional	1–4	River Plate
Pereyra  57' Blanco 76'	Report	J. Cordoba 17', 46', 66' Montelongo 40' J. Rodríguez  49'

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Attendance: 22,500

Referee: Fernando Cabrera

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2010-02-27

19:00 (UTC-3)

Racing	0–3	Nacional
Tejera  38' Cazulo  78' Keosseian  83'	Report	Núñez  13' Varela 41' 64' Balsas 42' Ferro  59' Goñi  83' García 88'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Javier Bentancor

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2010-03-06

19:00 (UTC-3)

Nacional	2–1	Montevideo Wanderers
Varela 15' (pen.), 63' 76' Regueiro  40' O. Morles  87'	Report	Quagliotti  36' D. Pérez  42' Corujo  44' R. Pérez 53' Ferreira  61'

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Attendance: 23,000

Referee: Roberto Silvera

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2010-03-13

19:00 (UTC-3)

Atenas	0–6	Nacional
Arriola  5' La Cruz  5' Da Silva  60' Yantorno  89'	Report	Blanco 6' (pen.), 8', 79' (pen.) Núñez  17' Balsas 22', 71' Pereyra 25'

Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Liber Prudente

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2010-03-21

19:00 (UTC-3)

Central Español	0–2	Nacional
	Report	Regueiro 19' Blanco 64'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Jorge Larrionda

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2010-03-27

16:00 (UTC-3)

Cerro	3–1	Nacional
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'

Estadio Luis Tróccoli, Montevideo

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Oscar Rojas

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2010-04-03

16:00 (UTC-3)

Rampla Juniors	1–0	Nacional
Dzeruvs 28' 62' Lapolla  37' Benia  40' Perujo  69'	Report	Coates  46' González  57' García  76' O. Morales  85'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Heber Rodríguez

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2010-01-10

16:00 (UTC-3)

Nacional	2–1	Danubio
Calzada  17' Regueiro  26'43' Godoy  46' González 85'	Report	Pumar  26' 88' Miguez  31' Silva 52' Porras  84'

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Attendance: 24,000

Referee: Darío Ubriaco

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2010-04-17

16:00 (UTC-3)

Peñarol	0–0	Nacional
Aguirregaray  10' Arévalo Rios  38' Orteman  74'	Report	Blanco  20' Núñez  23' Lembo  43' Ferro  66' García  90+2'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Martín Vázquez

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2010-04-23

19:00 (UTC-3)

Nacional	1–1	Fénix
Goñi 9' Pereyra  54' Cabrera  87'	Report	Gerardo Varela  15' Galain 63' (o.g.)

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Roberto Silvera

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2010-05-02

15:30 (UTC-3)

Nacional	3–1	Cerrito
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'

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Fernando Falce

Aggregate table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Peñarol	30	21	6	3	68	34	+34	69	2011 Copa Libertadores Second Stage [a]
2	Nacional	30	21	3	6	63	26	+37	63 [b]
3	Liverpool	30	14	9	7	53	35	+18	51	2011 Copa Libertadores First Stage
4	River Plate	30	12	10	8	55	42	+13	46	2010 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
5	Defensor Sporting	30	13	7	10	49	44	+5	46

Updated to match(es) played on May 2, 2010. Source: AUF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head results; 5th draw
Notes:

1. Peñarol and Nacional are qualified as the season finalists (the Apertura and Clausura winners)
2. Nacional was docked three points.

• 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

Updated to match(es) played on 2010-05-02. Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Relegation

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Nacional	59	37	10	12	113	60	+53	118 [a]
2	Peñarol	59	36	12	11	119	64	+55	120
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	96 [b]

Updated to match(es) played on May 2, 2010. Source: AUF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head results; 5th draw
Notes:

1. Nacional was docked three points.
2. In the previous season, Rampla Juniors was docked three points won against River Plate, to whom the points were then awarded to.

• The three clubs with lowest points are relegated.

Semi-final

See also: Primera División Uruguaya 2009–10 § Championship playoffs

2010-05-12

20:30 (UTC-3)

Peñarol	0–2	Nacional
Orteman  17' Ramírez  23' Arévalo Ríos  33' Martinuccio  85'	Report	O. Morales  6' García 13', 59' Regueiro  16' Varela  21'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Jorge Larrionda

Final

See also: Primera División Uruguaya 2009–10 § Finals

First leg

2010-05-16

16:00 (UTC-3)

Nacional	0–1	Peñarol
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'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Héctor Martínez

Second leg

2010-05-16

16:00 (UTC-3)

Peñarol	1–1	Nacional
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'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Darío Ubriaco

Peñarol won 2–1 on aggregate

Copa Libertadores

See also: 2010 Copa Libertadores

Group stage

See also: 2010 Copa Libertadores Second Stage § Group 6

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

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2010-02-11

19:00 (UTC-3)

Nacional	3–2	Deportivo Cuenca
Regueiro 46', 64' 65' Varela  47' A. Morales 85' (pen.)	Report	Granda 24' J. García  58' M. Hurtado  59' Escalada 67' Méndez  88'

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Attendance: 24,500

Referee: Enrique Osses

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2010-02-24

01:10 (UTC-3)

Morelia	0–0	Nacional
Borgetti  51' Durán  64' Sabah  85'	Report	Coates  51' Lembo  53' Balsas  63' Regueiro  82'

Estadio Morelos, Morelos

Attendance: 41,000

Referee: Francisco Peñuela

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2010-03-10

20:30 (UTC-3)

Nacional	2–2	Banfield
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'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Hebert Lopes

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2010-03-16

19:30 (UTC-3)

Banfield	0–2	Nacional
Battión  15' López  45+2' Barraza  74' J. Rodríguez  77'	Report	Ferro  6' Coates 34' Godoy 42' Calzada  69'

Estadio Florencio Solá, Banfield

Attendance: 33,000

Referee: Wilson Seneme

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2010-04-07

20:15 (UTC-3)

Deportivo Cuenca	0–0	Nacional
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'

Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar, Cuenca

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Pablo Pozo

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2010-04-21

19:30 (UTC-3)

Nacional	2–0	Morelia
Regueiro 3' Ferro  37' Pereyra 78'	Report	Marvin Cabrera  40' Durán  59' Hernández  65' Silva  69'

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Paulo César de Oliveira

Round of 16

See also: 2010 Copa Libertadores knockout stages § Round of 16

First leg

2010-04-29

19:00 (UTC-3)

Cruzeiro	3–1	Nacional
Thiago Ribeiro 7', 22', 42'	Report	González  37' Ferro  40' Regueiro 50' Lembo  76' Godoy  83'

Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto, Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Héctor Baldassi

Second leg

2010-05-05

21:50 (UTC-3)

Nacional	0–3	Cruzeiro
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'

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Federico Beligoy

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

See also

• Club Nacional de Football

External links

• Club Nacional de Football official web site