C.D. Nacional

Nacional

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Full name	Clube Desportivo Nacional
Nickname(s)	Os Alvinegros (The White-and-Black)
Founded	1910
Ground	Estádio da Madeira, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
Capacity	5,132
Chairman	Rui Alves
Manager	Manuel Machado
League	Primeira Liga
2011–12	Primeira Liga, 7th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Clube Desportivo Nacional, commonly known as Nacional and sometimes Nacional da Madeira (Portuguese pronunciation: [nɐsiuˈnaɫ dɐ mɐˈdɐjɾɐ]), is a Portuguese football club based in Funchal, in the island of Madeira. Founded in 1910, it currently plays in the Portuguese first division.

History

Fans of Nacional

Nacional reached the first division for the first time ever in the mid-90s, returning again in 2002–03. The following season was arguably the best ever season, as the side finished fourth in the league, just squeaking past Sporting Clube de Braga. In that season, three of its key players were Paulo Assunção, a defensive midfielder, and goal-machine Adriano, who netted 19 times. Both would later go to F.C. Porto, while the third key player, winger Miguelito, joined Sport Lisboa e Benfica in 2006.

Nacional also had a quarter-final run in the domestic cup, and would lose in the first round of the subsequent 2004–05 UEFA Cup, being defeated twice by Sevilla FC. In 2006–07's edition, more of the same occurred with two early losses to FC Rapid Bucureşti.

In the 2008–09 season, Nacional again edged Braga for the final fourth spot, mainly courtesy of Nenê, who scored 20 goals and won the Golden Boot honor. The side also reached the last-four in the Portuguese Cup, losing on aggregate 5–4 to Paços de Ferreira, with the decider coming at the Estádio da Madeira in the 90th minute.

2009–10 started without Nenê, who was sold to Cagliari Calcio for a club-record fee of €4.5 million. In August 2009, however, the club managed to defeat former UEFA Super Cup winners FC Zenit St. Petersburg in the UEFA Europa League last round prior to the group stages; after a 4–3 home win, youngster Rúben Micael scored another last-minute goal, as the club was trailing 1–0 in Russia. In the next round, Nacional was drawn alongside Athletic Bilbao, FK Austria Wien, and SV Werder Bremen; the Austrians were beaten 5–1 in Madeira, but the Portuguese did not progress to the knockout stages. In August 2011, Nacional lost 3–0 on aggregate in the final round of Europa league qualifying to Birmingham City, a side in the second division of English football.

Current squad

Updated 23 January 2013.

Note: 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	MNE	Vladan Giljen
2	DF	POR	João Aurélio
3	DF	POR	Manuel da Costa (on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow)
4	DF	MOZ	Mexer
5	DF	BRA	Marçal
6	MF	POR	Moreno
8	MF	CRO	Dejan Školnik
9	FW	ANG	Mateus
10	FW	BRA	Diego Barcellos
11	FW	POR	Candeias
12	GK	BRA	Eduardo Gottardi
14	MF	BRA	Claudemir
15	MF	POR	Jota

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	POR	Edgar Costa
19	FW	VEN	Mario Rondón
24	GK	POR	Rui Silva
27	DF	EGY	Ali Ghazal
30	DF	POR	Miguel Rodrigues
31	DF	POR	Nuno Campos
33	DF	POR	Diogo Coelho
42	GK	POR	Ricardo Batista
44	DF	BRA	Revson
50	DF	POR	David Crespo
81	MF	POR	Edgar Abreu
90	FW	POR	Bruno Moreira
99	FW	SEN	Ladji Keita

Out on loan

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	USA	Sérgio Duarte (at Académico Viseu)
—	FW	ANG	Lucas João (at Mirandela)

Board

• Rui Alves – Chairman

Estádio da Madeira

The new stand being built

The Estádio da Madeira, better known as the Choupana, houses Nacional. The current stadium is located around nearby training pitches. The club also built an academy campus in name of its most famous player, Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo. The stadium was renovated in 2007 for a new stand and also increasing the capacity to over 5,000 spectators. The total price of the renovations was €20 million.

In these new facilities, no stands were put behind the goals, with a tall fence used in its place. In mid-2007, the stadium name was changed to Estádio da Madeira, because of the excellent sports facilities.

Rivalry

Nacional has a big rivalry with Madeira-neighbours Club Sport Marítimo. Historically, Marítimo dominated Nacional in the early years, being the first to reach European competition. Nacional, however, have crept up in the UEFA standings, finishing fourth twice and fifth in the 2000s.

The Madeira Derby is often associated with the clubs' followers differing culture and way of life. The fans of Nacional, being of a higher socio-economic status than those of Marítimo, were mainly lobbyists for the commercial expansion of Madeira, but the working class Marítimo followers were keen to preserve Madeira. This only exacerbated the ill-feeling between the clubs.

The rivalry heightened when youngster Ronaldo declined an offer from Marítimo in favour of Nacional, where his godfather was a member of the board. Politics plays a part in both the Madeira and the Azores derbies, because of Madeira's controversial regional governor, Alberto João Jardim, being a self-confessed Marítimo supporter. Jardim does not have a good relationship with Carlos César, the regional governor of the Azores, and an avid C.D. Santa Clara fan.

League and Cup history

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	League Cup	Europe	Notes
1988–89	1D	10	38	12	12	14	43	49	36	Round 6
1989–90	1D	14	34	7	14	13	34	46	28	Round 6
1990–91	1D	20	38	8	11	19	33	60	27	Round 5			Relegated
1991–92	2H	14	34	6	13	15	26	42	25	Round 4
1992–93	2H	13	34	10	10	14	34	32	30	Round 4
1993–94	2H	11	34	10	11	13	32	33	31	Round 3
1994–95	2H	13	34	10	11	13	39	42	32	Round 4
1995–96	2H	16	34	11	6	17	39	43	39	Round 4			Relegated
1996–97	2DS	1	34	24	6	4	80	30	78	Round 4			Promoted
1997–98	2H	18	34	6	9	19	37	58	27	Round 4			Relegated
1998–99	2DS	9	34	15	4	15	42	39	49	Round 4
1999–00	2DS	1	38	25	8	5	66	32	83	Round 2			Promoted
2000–01	2H	7	34	14	9	11	55	52	51	Round 6
2001–02	2H	3	34	18	8	8	62	39	62	Round 3			Promoted
2002–03	1D	11	34	9	13	12	40	46	40	Round 5
2003–04	1D	4	34	17	5	12	56	35	56	Quarterfinal			Best-ever finish; qualified for UEFA Cup
2004–05	1D	12	34	12	5	17	46	48	41	Round 6		Round 1
2005–06	1D	5	34	14	10	10	40	32	52	Round 6			Qualified for UEFA Cup
2006–07	1D	8	30	11	6	13	41	38	39	Round 6		Round 1
2007–08	1D	10	30	9	8	13	23	28	35	Round 5	Round 3
2008–09	1D	4	30	15	7	8	47	32	52	Semi-final	2nd Group stage		Best ever finish; qualified for UEFA Europa League
2009–10	1D	7	30	10	9	11	36	46	39	Round 5	2nd Group stage	Group stage
2010–11	1D	6	30	11	9	10	28	31	42	Round 4	Semi-final		qualified for UEFA Europa League

European record

• Q = Qualifying
• PO = Play-off

UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League

Season	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2004–05	R1		Sevilla	1–2	0–2	1–4
2006–07	R1		Rapid Bucureşti	1–2	0–1	1–3
2009–10	PO		Zenit St. Petersburg	4–3	1–1	5–4
	Group stage		Werder Bremen	2–3	1–4	3–7
			Austria Wien	5–1	1–1	6–2
			Athletic Bilbao	1–1	1–2	2–3
2011–12	Q2		FH Hafnarfjördur	2–0	1–1	3–1
	Q3		Häcken	3–0	1–2	4–2
	PO		Birmingham City	0–0	0–3	0–3

Honours

• Portuguese Second Division: 1
  • 1999–00

• AF Madeira Championship: 8
  • 1934–35, 1936–37, 1938–39, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1943–44, 1968–69, 1974–75

• AF Madeira Cup: 6
  • 1943–44, 1944–45, 1973–74, 1974–75, 2001–02, 2007–08

Notable former players

• Rafik Halliche
• Marco Airosa
• Fernando Ávalos
• Julio Marchant
• Walter Otta
• Adriano
• Adriano Rossato
• Alexandre Goulart
• Alonso
• André Pinto
• Cléber
• Fernando Cardozo
• Geufer
• Juliano Spadacio
• Leandro Bonfim
• Leandro Salino
• Nenê
• Paulo Assunção
• Pedro Oldoni
• Rafael Bracalli
• Serginho
• Serginho Baiano

• Wendel
• Georgi Chilikov
• Douglas Pajetat
• Fernando Aguiar
• Pedro Pacheco
• Darko Bodul
• Duje Čop
• Kristijan Brčić
• Arnaud Margueritte
• Jérôme Sykora
• Adilson
• Kevin Amuneke
• Pascal Kondaponi
• Sylvanus Okpala
• Bruno Amaro
• Bruno Fernandes
• Bruno Patacas
• Carlos Chainho
• Costinha
• Cristiano Ronaldo
• Fábio Coentrão
• Henrique Hilário

• João Coimbra
• João Moreira
• Luís Neto
• Miguelito
• Miguel Fidalgo
• Oceano
• Orlando Sá
• Ricardo Esteves
• Ricardo Fernandes
• Ricardo Pateiro
• Rúben Micael
• Vítor Pontes
• Predrag Jokanović
• Darko Anić
• Jovo Bosančić
• Carlos Pérez
• José Belman
• Ermin Rakovič
• Nejc Pečnik
• Diego Benaglio
• Marcelo Lipatin

Cristiano Ronaldo was one of Nacional's successful youth products, playing for the club from 1995–97.

Former managers

• Jair Picerni (1989–91)
• Eurico Gomes (1991–92)
• José Rachão (1993–95)
• Rodolfo Reis (1995–96)
• Jair Picerni (1996–98)
• José Alberto Torres (1998–99)
• José Peseiro (July 1999–June 02)
• Casemiro Mior (July 2003–Jan 05)
• João Carlos Pereira (Jan 2005–June 05)

• Manuel Machado (July 2005–May 06)
• Carlos Brito (May 2006–April 07)
• Predrag Jokanović (April 2007–May 08)
• Manuel Machado (May 2008–10)
• Predrag Jokanović (Dec 2009–Jan 10) (interim during Machado's illness)
• Predrag Jokanović (May 2010–March 11)
• Ivo Vieira (March 2011–Oct 11)
• Pedro Caixinha (Oct 2011–Oct 12)
• Manuel Machado (Oct 2012–)

Chairmen

• António Figueira (1910–26)
• Ernesto dos Santos (1926–32)
• António Caldeira (1932–36)
• Consuelo Figueira (1936–40)
• Luís Serrão (1940–44)
• Daniel Machado (1944–48)
• José Abreu (1954–58)
• António Manuel Caldeira (1958–64)
• Fernando Rebelo (1964–65)
• Luís Serrão (1965–69)
• António Manuel Caldeira (1969–73)
• Nélio Mendonça (1973–93)
• Fausto Pereira (1993–94)
• Rui Alves (1994–)

Records and statistics

Most appearances

As of 24 May 2012. Competitive, professional matches only, appearances as substitute included in total.

#	Name	Career	Appearances	Goals
1	Bruno Patacas	2002–11	271	5
2	Serginho	1994–04	270	80
3	Ivo Vieira	1994–04	202	3
4	Cléber	2003–10	213	2
5	Fernando Ávalos	2003–08	131	4
6	Felipe Lopes	2007–12	129	6
7	Alonso	2004–09	128	13
8	Rafael Bracalli	2006–11	126	0
9	Mateus	2008–	110	24
10	Adriano	2002–05	100	47

Most goals

As of 24 May 2012. Competitive, professional matches only, appearances as substitute included in total.

#	Name	Career	Goals	Appearances
1	Serginho	1994–04	80	270
2	Adriano	2002–05	47	100
3	Mateus	2008–	24	110
4	Nenê	2008–09	22	33
5	André Pinto	2002–06	21	59
6	Alonso	2004–09	13	128

External links

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