2016 Atlético Nacional season

Atlético Nacional

2016 season
Chairman	Juan Carlos de La Cuesta
Manager	Reinaldo Rueda
Stadium	Atanasio Girardot
Categoría Primera A	TBD
Copa Colombia	TBD
Superliga Colombiana	Champion
Copa Libertadores	TBD
Copa Sudamericana	TBD
Home colours Away colours
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The 2016 Atlético Nacional season is the 69th season in the club's history. The team competes in the Categoría Primera A, Copa Colombia, Superliga Colombiana, Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana.

Players

First-team squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Cristian Bonilla 2 DF Daniel Bocanegra 3 DF Felipe Aguilar 4 MF Brayan Rovira 5 DF Francisco Nájera 6 DF Daniel Londoño 7 MF Sherman Cárdenas 8 MF Diego Arias 10 MF Macnelly Torres 11 MF Andrés Ibargüen 12 DF Alexis Henríquez 13 MF Alexander Mejía (on loan from Monterrey) 14 MF Víctor Ibarbo (on loan from Cagliari) 15 MF Juan Pablo Nieto 16 FW Jonathan Copete 17 FW Rodin Quiñónes

No. Position Player 18 MF Alejandro Guerra (on loan from Mineros de Guayana) 19 DF Farid Díaz 20 MF Alejandro Bernal 21 DF Juan David Castañeda 22 DF Gilberto García 23 DF Diego Peralta 24 MF Sebastián Pérez Cardona 25 GK Franco Armani 26 DF Davinson Sánchez 27 FW Luis Carlos Ruiz 28 FW Orlando Berrío 29 FW Marlos Moreno 30 FW Arley Rodríguez 31 MF Dayron Mosquera 32 DF Tomás Maya 35 GK Luis Enrique Martínez

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player – GK Camilo Vargas (at Argentinos Juniors) – GK Christian Vargas (at Atlético Huila) – DF Felipe Álvarez (at Alianza Petrolera) – DF Juan Arboleda (at Alianza Petrolera) – DF Deivy Balanta (at Alianza Petrolera) – DF Cristian Cassiani (at Leones) – DF Julián Franco (at Leones) – DF José Luis García (at Real Santander) – DF Esteban Morales (at Bogotá) – DF Miller Mosquera (at La Equidad) – DF Luis Muriel (at Alianza Petrolera) – DF Jeisson Palacios (at Alianza Petrolera) – MF Jonathan Álvarez (at La Equidad)

No. Position Player – MF Daniel Arango (at Bogotá) – MF Níver Arango (at Alianza Petrolera) – MF Víctor Cantillo (at Leones) – MF Rafael Carrascal (at Alianza Petrolera) – MF Yulián Mejía (at Millonarios) – MF Julián Mendoza (at Real Cartagena) – FW Leonardo Acevedo (at Porto) – FW Diego Álvarez (at Envigado) – FW Jefferson Duque (Atlas) – FW Jhoaho Hinestroza (at Cúcuta Deportivo) – FW Ángelo Rodríguez (at Envigado) – FW Pablo Zeballos (at Libertad)

Transfers

Source: Soccerway

In

Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Date
FW	Víctor Ibarbo	25	Roma	Loan	15 January 2016
DF	Felipe Aguilar	22	Alianza Petrolera	Loan return	31 December 2015
GK	Cristian Bonilla	22	La Equidad	Loan return	31 December 2015
FW	Juan David Castañeda	20	Leones	Loan return	31 December 2015
MF	Juan Pablo Nieto	22	Alianza Petrolera	Loan return	31 December 2015
DF	Daniel Londoño	21	Envigado	Transfer	31 December 2015
FW	Arley Rodríguez	22	Alianza Petrolera	Loan return	31 December 2015
FW	Andrés Ibargüen	23	Deportes Tolima	Transfer	31 December 2015
MF	Sherman Cárdenas	26	Atlético Mineiro	Loan return	31 December 2015

Out

Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Date
DF	Marlon Torres	19	Leones	Transfer	29 January 2016
FW	Jefferson Duque	28	Atlas	Loan	28 January 2016
MF	Jairo Palomino	27	Once Caldas	Transfer	21 January 2016
GK	Camilo Vargas	26	Argentinos Juniors	Loan	14 January 2016
FW	Pablo Zeballos	29	Libertad	Loan	7 January 2016
FW	Yimmi Chará	24	Monterrey	Loan return	31 December 2015
MF	Juan David Valencia	29	Santa Fe	Transfer	31 December 2015
FW	Andrés Ramiro Escobar	24	FC Dynamo Kyiv	Loan return	31 December 2015
GK	Christian Vargas	26	Atlético Huila	Transfer	31 December 2015
MF	Yulián Mejía	25	Millonarios	Transfer	31 December 2015
DF	Miller Mosquera	23	La Equidad	Transfer	31 December 2015
DF	Edisson Restrepo	19	Leones	Transfer	31 December 2015
DF	Oscar Murillo	27	Pachuca	Transfer	27 December 2015

Players statistics

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	LA	LG	CA	CG	IA	IG	TA	TG	PM			Updated
1	GK		Bonilla, CristianCristian Bonilla	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	450	0	0	4 May 2016
34	GK		Armani, FrancoFranco Armani	8	0	2	0	8	0	18	0	1,620	2	0	4 May 2016
35	GK		Martínez, LuisLuis Martínez	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	180	0	0	4 May 2016
2	DF		Bocanegra, DanielDaniel Bocanegra	8	1	2	0	7	2	17	3	1,304	4	0	4 May 2016
5	DF		Nájera, FranciscoFrancisco Nájera	11	0	2	0	0	0	13	0	1,126	4	0	4 May 2016
6	DF		Londoño, DanielDaniel Londoño	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	807	5	0	4 May 2016
12	DF		Henríquez, AlexisAlexis Henríquez	6	0	0	0	4	0	10	0	840	1	1	4 May 2016
19	DF		Díaz, FaridFarid Díaz	4	0	2	0	8	0	14	0	1,241	0	0	4 May 2016
20	DF		Bernal, AlejandroAlejandro Bernal	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	204	0	0	4 May 2016
22	DF		García, GilbertoGilberto García	11	0	1	0	1	0	13	0	1,023	4	0	4 May 2016
3	DF		Aguilar, FelipeFelipe Aguilar	3	0	0	0	4	0	7	0	674	0	0	4 May 2016
32	DF		Maya, TomásTomás Maya	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	73	0	0	4 May 2016
23	DF		Peralta, DiegoDiego Peralta	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	232	0	0	4 May 2016
8	MF		Arias, DiegoDiego Arias	9	0	2	0	3	0	14	0	992	4	0	4 May 2016
10	MF		Torres, MacnellyMacnelly Torres	11	4	1	0	5	0	17	4	1,054	4	0	4 May 2016
13	MF		Mejía, AlexanderAlexander Mejía	10	0	1	0	7	0	18	0	1,509	7	0	4 May 2016
18	MF		Guerra, AlejandroAlejandro Guerra	7	5	2	0	7	2	16	7	1,051	4	0	4 May 2016
24	MF		Pérez Cardona, SebastiánSebastián Pérez Cardona	5	0	2	1	7	0	14	1	1,059	3	0	4 May 2016
26	MF		Sánchez, DavinsonDavinson Sánchez	7	0	2	0	8	1	17	1	1,530	3	0	4 May 2016
7	MF		Cárdenas, ShermanSherman Cárdenas	8	1	0	0	2	0	10	1	698	3	0	4 May 2016
31	MF		Mosquera, DayronDayron Mosquera	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	120	0	0	4 May 2016
15	MF		Nieto, Juan PabloJuan Pablo Nieto	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	112	0	0	4 May 2016
4	FW		Rovira, BrayanBrayan Rovira	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	158	1	1	4 May 2016
11	FW		Ibargüen, AndrésAndrés Ibargüen	10	6	1	0	6	0	17	6	1,051	0	0	4 May 2016
14	FW		Ibarbo, VíctorVíctor Ibarbo	5	0	0	0	8	2	13	2	849	3	1	4 May 2016
16	FW		Copete, JonathanJonathan Copete	10	3	2	2	6	3	18	8	1,342	1	0	4 May 2016
17	FW		Quiñónes, RodinRodin Quiñónes	6	1	0	0	1	0	7	1	148	0	0	4 May 2016
27	FW		Ruiz, Luis CarlosLuis Carlos Ruiz	9	3	2	1	6	1	17	5	917	1	0	4 May 2016
28	FW		Berrío, OrlandoOrlando Berrío	13	6	1	0	7	2	21	8	1,272	4	0	4 May 2016
30	FW		Rodríguez, ArleyArley Rodríguez	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	201	0	0	4 May 2016
21	FW		Castañeda, Juan DavidJuan David Castañeda	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	131	0	0	4 May 2016
29	FW		Moreno, MarlosMarlos Moreno	6	0	1	0	7	3	14	3	953	2	0	4 May 2016
	DF		Torres, MarlonMarlon Torres	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	71	0	0	4 May 2016
	FW		Duque, JeffersonJefferson Duque	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	20	0	0	4 May 2016

International cup: Copa Libertadores, Copa Sudamericana
Source: Soccerway

Goalscorers

R	Pos	Player	App	G	Pen	Avg	Updated
1st	FW	Orlando Berrío	21	8	0	0.38	4 May 2016
2nd	FW	Jonathan Copete	18	8	0	0.44	4 May 2016
3rd	MF	Alejandro Guerra	16	7	0	0.44	4 May 2016
4th	FW	Andrés Ibargüen	17	6	0	0.35	4 May 2016
4th	FW	Luis Carlos Ruiz	17	6	1	0.35	4 May 2016
6th	MF	Macnelly Torres	17	5	0	0.29	4 May 2016
7th	FW	Marlos Moreno	14	3	0	0.21	4 May 2016
7th	MF	Daniel Bocanegra	17	3	0	0.18	4 May 2016
9th	FW	Víctor Ibarbo	13	2	1	0.15	4 May 2016
9th	FW	Juan David Castañeda	2	1	0	0.5	4 May 2016
9th	MF	Juan Pablo Nieto	2	1	0	0.5	4 May 2016
9th	FW	Rodin Quiñónes	3	1	0	0.33	4 May 2016
9th	FW	Arley Rodríguez	4	1	0	0.25	4 May 2016
9th	MF	Sherman Cárdenas	10	1	0	0.1	4 May 2016
9th	MF	Sebastián Pérez Cardona	14	1	0	0.07	4 May 2016
9th	DF	Davinson Sánchez	17	1	0	0.06	4 May 2016

Source: Soccerway

Disciplinary record

N	P	Nat.	Name				Notes
13	MF		Alexander Mejía	7	0	0
6	DF		Daniel Londoño	5	0	0
10	MF		Macnelly Torres	4	0	0
28	FW		Orlando Berrío	4	0	0
2	DF		Daniel Bocanegra	4	0	0
22	DF		Gilberto García	4	0	0
18	MF		Alejandro Guerra	4	0	0
5	DF		Francisco Nájera	4	0	0
8	MF		Diego Arias	4	0	0
14	FW		Víctor Ibarbo	3	1	0
7	MF		Sherman Cárdenas	3	0	0
26	MF		Davinson Sánchez	3	0	0
24	MF		Sebastián Pérez Cardona	3	0	0
34	GK		Franco Armani	2	0	0
29	FW		Marlos Moreno	2	0	0
4	MF		Brayan Rovira	1	1	0
12	DF		Alexis Henríquez	1	1	0
16	FW		Jonathan Copete	1	0	0
27	FW		Luis Carlos Ruiz	1	0	0

Last updated: 4 May 2016
Source: Soccerway
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Pre-season and friendlies

Match won

Match drawn

Match lost

América de Cali v Atlético Nacional

13 January 2016 Copa Los Clásicos Miami	América de Cali	0–2	Atlético Nacional	Miami
21:00		Report	Guerra  1' Pérez  9'	Stadium: FIU Stadium Referee: Jorge González (United States)

Atlético Nacional v Independiente Medellín

16 January 2016 Copa Los Clásicos Miami	Atlético Nacional	0–1	Independiente Medellín	Miami
16:00		Report	Hechalar  89'	Stadium: FIU Stadium

Categoría Primera A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Atlético Nacional	15	10	2	3	34	15	+19	32
2	Millonarios	16	9	4	3	24	13	+11	31
3	Independiente Medellín	16	8	6	2	27	14	+13	30

Update as of 1 May 2016.
Note: For a complete table see the main article

Home-away summary

Home

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Atlético Nacional	7	7	0	0	22	5	+17	21

Away

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Atlético Nacional	8	3	2	3	14	8	+6	11

Match results

Match won

Match drawn

Match lost

Atlético Nacional v Alianza Petrolera

31 January 2016 1	Atlético Nacional	3–1	Alianza Petrolera	Medellín
17:00	Berrío  3', 46' Guerra  76'	Report	Romero  36' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Atanasio Girardot Attendance: 30,982 Referee: Carlos Herrera

Jaguares de Córdoba v Atlético Nacional

7 February 2016 2	Jaguares de Córdoba	0–3	Atlético Nacional	Montería
15:15		Report	Torres  20' Copete  37' Berrío  82'	Stadium: Estadio Jaraguay Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Juan Carlos Gamarra

Atlético Nacional v Rionegro Águilas

13 February 2016 3	Atlético Nacional	1–0	Rionegro Águilas	Medellín
20:00	López  30' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Atanasio Girardot Attendance: 29,798 Referee: Gustavo González

Deportes Tolima v Atlético Nacional

16 February 2016 4	Deportes Tolima	2–0	Atlético Nacional	Ibagué
19:45	Uribe  61' Delgado  84'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Luis Sánchez

Once Caldas v Atlético Nacional

27 February 2016 7	Once Caldas	0–3	Atlético Nacional	Manizales
20:00		Report	Cárdenas  29' Guerra  69', 80'	Stadium: Estadio Palogrande Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Gustavo Murillo

Atlético Nacional v Boyacá Chicó

5 March 2016 8	Atlético Nacional	2–0	Boyacá Chicó	Medellín
17:00	L. Ruiz  27' Ibargüen  58'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Atanasio Girardot Attendance: 31,155 Referee: Nicolás Gallo

Independiente Medellín v Atlético Nacional

20 March 2016 10	Independiente Medellín	1–1	Atlético Nacional	Medellín
15:15	Molina  4'	Report	Ibargüen  64'	Stadium: Estadio Atanasio Girardot Attendance: 40,953 Referee: Wilmar Roldán

Atlético Nacional v Deportivo Cali

27 March 2016 6^†	Atlético Nacional	2–1	Deportivo Cali	Medellín
	Torres  7' A. Rodríguez  88'	Report	Casierra  5'	Stadium: Estadio Atanasio Girardot Attendance: 32,339 Referee: Harold Perilla

Millonarios v Atlético Nacional

31 March 2016 9^†	Millonarios	2–1	Atlético Nacional	Bogotá
19:45	Silva  57', 65'	Report	Berrío  90+2'	Stadium: Estadio El Campín Referee: Luis Sánchez

Atlético Nacional v Atlético Bucaramanga

3 April 2016 11	Atlético Nacional	7–0	Atlético Bucaramanga	Medellín
16:00	Ibargüen  13', 28', 43' Guerra  49' Ruiz  70' Bocanegra  75' Quiñónes  86'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Atanasio Girardot Referee: Andrés Rojas

Atlético Nacional v Fortaleza

6 April 2016 5^†	Atlético Nacional	4–1	Fortaleza	Medellín
19:45	Torres  62', 90' Castañeda  72' Ibargüen  78'	Report	Ospina  58'	Stadium: Estadio Atanasio Girardot Referee: Hervin Otero

Junior v Atlético Nacional

9 April 2016 12	Junior	3–3	Atlético Nacional	Barranquilla
16:15	Hernández  52' (pen.) Ovelar  82' Barrera  86'	Report	Guerra  19' Ruiz  55' (pen.) Copete  90+2'	Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez Referee: Juan Pontón

Atlético Nacional v Envigado

16 April 2016 13	Atlético Nacional	3–2	Envigado	Medellín
16:00	Copete  53' Berrío  69', 79'	Report	Diego Gregori  49' Moreno  57'	Stadium: Estadio Atanasio Girardot Referee: Óscar Gómez

Cortuluá v Atlético Nacional

23 April 2016 14	Cortuluá	2–0	Atlético Nacional	Tuluá
	Borja  20', 46'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Doce de Octubre Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Gustavo Murillo

Atlético Huila v Atlético Nacional

1 May 2016 16	Atlético Huila	0–1	Atlético Nacional	Neiva
15:15		Report	Nieto  67'	Stadium: Estadio Guillermo Plazas Alcid Referee: Andrés Rojas

Atlético Nacional v La Equidad

26 April 2016 15^†	Atlético Nacional	–	La Equidad	Medellín
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Atanasio Girardot

Atlético Nacional v Independiente Medellín

7 May 2016 17	Atlético Nacional	–	Independiente Medellín	Medellín
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Atanasio Girardot

Patriotas v Atlético Nacional

10 May 2016 18	Patriotas	–	Atlético Nacional	Tunja
		Report		Stadium: Estadio de La Independencia

Atlético Nacional v Santa Fe

14 May 2016 19	Atlético Nacional	–	Santa Fe	Medellín
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Atanasio Girardot

Deportivo Pasto v Atlético Nacional

21 May 2016 20	Deportivo Pasto	–	Atlético Nacional	Pasto
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Departamental Libertad

†: Matches postponed due to participation in the Copa Libertadores.

Superliga Colombiana

Match won

Match drawn

Match lost

Deportivo Cali v Atlético Nacional

23 January 2016 Away	Deportivo Cali	0–2	Atlético Nacional	Palmira
		Report	Copete  25', 84'	Stadium: Estadio Deportivo Cali Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Juan Carlos Gamarra

Atlético Nacional v Deportivo Cali

27 January 2016 Home	Atlético Nacional	3–0	Deportivo Cali	Medellín
19:00	Torres  4' Pérez  50' Ruiz  88'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Atanasio Girardot Attendance: 42,115 Referee: Nicolás Gallo

Copa Libertadores

Second stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Atlético Nacional	6	5	1	0	12	0	+12	16	Final stages
2	Huracán	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8
3	Peñarol	6	1	2	3	5	11	−6	5
4	Sporting Cristal	6	1	1	4	9	15	−6	4

Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) away goals scored; 5) drawing of lots.

Match won

Match drawn

Match lost

Huracán v Atlético Nacional

23 February 2016 1	Huracán	0–2	Atlético Nacional	Buenos Aires
21:45 UTC−3		Report	Moreno  44' Berrío  81'	Stadium: Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)

Atlético Nacional v Sporting Cristal

1 March 2016 2	Atlético Nacional	3–0	Sporting Cristal	Medellín
19:45 UTC−5	Sánchez  11' Copete  32' Moreno  73'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Atanasio Girardot Referee: Oscar Maldonado (Bolivia)

Atlético Nacional v Peñarol

8 March 2016 3	Atlético Nacional	2–0	Peñarol	Medellín
19:45 UTC−5	Bocanegra  54' Moreno  60'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Atanasio Girardot Referee: Héber Lopes (Brazil)

Peñarol v Atlético Nacional

15 March 2016 4	Peñarol	0–4	Atlético Nacional	Montevideo
21:45 UTC−3		Report	Copete  8' Bocanegra  45' Berrío  81' L. Ruiz  84'	Stadium: Estadio Centenario Referee: Julio Bascuñán (Chile)

Sporting Cristal v Atlético Nacional

12 April 2016 5	Sporting Cristal	0–1	Atlético Nacional	Lima
21:45 UTC−5		Report	Ibarbo  13' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Alberto Gallardo Referee: Juan Soto (Venezuela)

Atlético Nacional v Huracán

19 April 2016 6	Atlético Nacional	0–0	Huracán	Medellín
17:30 UTC−5		Report		Stadium: Estadio Atanasio Girardot Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile

Final stages

Round of 16

Match won

Match drawn

Match lost

Huracán v Atlético Nacional

26 April 2016 First leg	Huracán	0–0	Atlético Nacional	Buenos Aires
19:30 UTC−3		Report		Stadium: Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó Referee: Patricio Polic (Chile)

Atlético Nacional v Huracán

3 May 2016 Second leg	Atlético Nacional	4–2	Huracán	Medellín
19:45 UTC−5	Ibarbo  24' (pen.) Guerra  58', 68' Copete  90+3'	Report	Espinoza  26' Ábila  77'	Stadium: Estadio Atanasio Girardot Referee: José Argote (Venezuela)

Quarterfinals

Match won

Match drawn

Match lost

Winner H v Atlético Nacional

May 2016 First leg	Winner H	–	Atlético Nacional

Atlético Nacional v Winner H

May 2016 Second leg	Atlético Nacional	–	Winner H	Medellín
				Stadium: Estadio Atanasio Girardot

Copa Sudamericana

Atlético Nacional qualified as champion of the 2016 Superliga Colombiana.

Copa Colombia

Atlético Nacional is already qualified for the round of 16 after qualify to the 2016 Copa Libertadores.

External links

• Atlético Nacional - Official Website
• Soccerway - Atlético Nacional