S.D. Atlético Nacional

Atlético Nacional

Full name	Sociedad Deportiva Atlético Nacional
Nickname(s)	Tongos, Uniformados, Equipo Policiaco, El equipo de la Policia [Police Team]
Founded	2001 (1995 originally)
Ground	Estadio Javier Cruz San Miguelito, Panamá
Capacity	2500
Chairman	Eduardo Serracin
Manager	Daniel Valencia
League	Liga Panameña de Fútbol
2015 (C)	1st (champions)
Home colours

Sociedad Deportiva Atlético Nacional is a Panamanian football team who currently play in the Panamanian top tier.

It is based in Ciudad de Panamá and is the team of the National Police of Panamá.

History

Atlético Nacional

In 1995, a team named Atlético Nacional was founded and played a couple of years in the ANAPROF league until they were disbanded in 2001 due to manipulation and alteration of documents.

Club Deportivo Policía Nacional

The club were reformed in 2005 as Club Deportivo Policía Nacional and in 2005 the team managed promotion to the top level after beating Atalanta 1–0.^[1] They were relegated to the Second Division in 2006.

Sociedad Deportiva Atlético Nacional

They were renamed Sociedad Deportiva Atlético Nacional in 2008. In December 2012, Atlético Nacional lost the Apertura final to Millenium UP^[2] but they clinched promotion to the LPF in June 2015 after they won the Panamanian Second Division championship decider against SUNTRACS.^[3] They had already beaten SUNTRACS in November 2014 in the Apertura final.^[4]

Atlético Nacional's old crest

Honours

• Liga Nacional de Ascenso: 2

2005, 2015

Players

Current squad

• As of Apertura 2015

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

No. Position Player GK Francisco Portillo GK Ismael de la Espada DF Alvaro Bonilla DF Nahil Carroll DF David Daniels DF Mario Henríquez DF Yair Jaén DF Jonathan Sánchez DF Francisco Vence DF Rigoberto Villareal DF Christian Villareal MF Gustavo Ávila MF Carlos Dixon MF Rigoberto Esquivel MF Alexis Gondola MF Luis Jiménez MF Luis Lewis

No. Position Player MF Manuel Martínez MF Rubén Martínez MF José Angel Pedroza MF Pablo Pérez MF Óscar Quijada MF Luis Alberto Ramos DF Derwinch Rodríguez FW Andrés Santamaría FW Basilio Warner FW Anthony Basile FW Ronney Charles FW Edilberto Moreno FW Manuel Murillo FW Temistocles Pérez FW Alfredo Phillips FW Alberto Zapata

Notable players

• Georgi Aguilar
• Alberto Blanco (2011–2013)
• Rolando Escobar (2000–2003)
• Juan Palacios

Historical list of coaches

José Alfredo Poyatos (2012–2013) José Chiari (2013–2014)

Eric Ortega (2015 – Jun 2015) Daniel Valencia (June 2015–)

References

1. Panama 2005 – RSSSF
2. Millenium se coronó en la Liga Nacional de Ascenso – La Prensa (Spanish)
3. Vence al Suntracs 3–0 La Policía Nacional sube a la LPF – La Prensa (Spanish)
4. Atlético Nacional es el nuevo campeón de la LNA – Panama Futbol (Spanish)