S.D. Atlético Nacional

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

This article is about the Panamanian football club. For other uses, see Nacional (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Atlético Nacional.
Atlético Nacional
Full nameSociedad Deportiva Atlético Nacional
Nickname(s)Tongos, Uniformados, Equipo Policiaco, El equipo de la Policia [Police Team]
Founded2001 (1995 originally)
GroundEstadio Javier Cruz
San Miguelito, Panamá
Capacity2500
ChairmanEduardo Serracin
ManagerDaniel Valencia
LeagueLiga Panameña de Fútbol
2015 (C)1st (champions)

It is based in Panama City, 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
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. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  PAN Francisco Portillo
— GK  PAN Ismael de la Espada
— DF  ARG Alvaro Bonilla
— DF  PAN Nahil Carroll
— DF  PAN David Daniels
— DF  PAN Mario Henríquez
— DF  PAN Yair Jaén
— DF  BOL Jonathan Sánchez
— DF  PAN Francisco Vence
— DF  PAN Rigoberto Villareal
— MF  PAN Alexis Gondola
— MF  PAN Luis Jiménez
— MF  PAN Luis Lewis
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  BOL Manuel Martínez
— MF  BOL Rubén Martínez
— MF  PAN José Angel Pedroza
— MF  PAN Pablo Pérez
— MF  PAN Óscar Quijada
— MF  PAN Luis Alberto Ramos
— DF  PAN Derwinch Rodríguez
— FW  COL Andrés Santamaría
— FW  PAN Basilio Warner
— FW  PAN Anthony Basile
— FW  PAN Ronney Charles
— FW  CHI Edilberto Moreno
— FW  COL Manuel Murillo
— FW  PAN Temistocles Pérez
— FW  ECU Alfredo Phillips
— FW  PAN Alberto Zapata

Notable players

Historical list of coaches

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