2018 Atlético Nacional season

Atlético Nacional

2018 season
Chairman	Andrés Botero Phillipsbourne (until 8 February) Juan David Pérez (since 12 February)
Manager	Jorge Almirón (until 30 August) Hernán Darío Herrera (interim) (since 30 August to 1 November) Paulo Autuori (since 2 November)
Stadium	Atanasio Girardot
Categoría Primera A	Apertura: Runners-up Finalización: 9th
Copa Colombia	Champions
Copa Libertadores	Round of 16
Superliga Colombiana	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Dayro Moreno (19 goals) All: Dayro Moreno (24 goals)
Highest home attendance	42,560 (v. Millonarios)
Lowest home attendance	7,986 (v. Leones)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2018 Atlético Nacional season was the 71st season in the club's history. The team competed in the Categoría Primera A, Copa Colombia, Superliga Colombiana, and Copa Libertadores.

Players

First-team squad

As of 6 November 2018^[1][2]

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  ARG Fernando Monetti 2 DF  COL Daniel Bocanegra 3 DF  COL Felipe Aguilar 4 DF  ARG Diego Braghieri 6 MF  COL Raúl Loaiza 7 MF  COL Gustavo Torres 9 FW  COL Omar Duarte 10 MF  COL Juan Pablo Ramírez 11 FW  COL Carlos Rivas (on loan from New York Red Bulls) 12 DF  COL Alexis Henríquez 13 DF  COL Helibelton Palacios 14 FW  COL Reinaldo Lenis (on loan from Sport Recife)

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF  COL Deiver Machado 16 MF  COL Vladimir Hernández 19 MF  COL Yerson Candelo 20 MF  COL Jeison Lucumí 21 MF  COL Jorman Campuzano (on loan from Deportivo Pereira) 25 GK  COL Christian Vargas 26 DF  COL Carlos Cuesta 27 MF  ARG Gonzalo Castellani 29 MF  COL Aldo Leão Ramírez (on loan from Atlas) 32 DF  COL Christian Mafla

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 — GK  COL Camilo Vargas (at Deportivo Cali) — DF  COL Albin Domínguez (at Real Santander) — FW  COL Nicolás Hernández (at Real Santander) — DF  COL Tomás Maya (at Deportivo Pasto) — DF  COL Esteban Morales (at Bogotá) — DF  COL Jeisson Palacios (at Cortuluá) — DF  COL Franky Uribe (at Real Santander) — MF  COL Sherman Cárdenas (at Atlético Bucaramanga)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  COL Cristian Dájome (at América de Cali) — MF  COL Julián Mendoza (at Real Cartagena) — MF  COL Cristian Moya (at Real Santander) — MF  COL Jean Riveras (at Real Santander) — MF  COL John Henry Sánchez (at Leones) — FW  COL Hadier Borja (at América de Cali) — FW  COL Juan David Castañeda (at Real Santander) — FW  COL Jeferson Rivas (at Tigres)

Transfers

Source: Soccerway

In

Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Date
GK	Cristian Bonilla	25	La Equidad	Loan return	30 June 2018
DF	Omar Duarte	22	Atlético Huila	Transfer	30 June 2018
DF	Tomás Maya	21	Deportivo Pasto	Loan return	30 June 2018
MF	Juan Pablo Ramírez	20	Leones	Loan return	30 June 2018
FW	Carlos Rivas	24	New York Red Bulls	Loan	30 June 2018
DF	Deiver Machado	24	Gent	Transfer	30 June 2018
MF	Yerson Candelo	26	Querétaro	Transfer	19 June 2018
DF	Jeisson Palacios	21	Atlético Bucaramanga	Loan return	19 June 2018
FW	Ezequiel Rescaldani	25	Huesca	Loan return	28 May 2018
FW	Reinaldo Lenis	25	Sport Recife	Loan	5 February 2018
DF	Rafael Delgado	28	Defensa y Justicia	Loan	3 February 2018
DF	Camilo Zúñiga	32	Napoli	Loan	30 January 2018
MF	Gonzalo Castellani	28	Boca Juniors	Transfer	25 January 2018
MF	Sherman Cárdenas	28	LDU Quito	Loan return	24 January 2018
GK	Fernando Monetti	28	Lanús	Transfer	16 January 2018
DF	Diego Braghieri	30	Lanús	Transfer	16 January 2018
DF	Helibelton Palacios	24	Club Brugge	Transfer	31 December 2017
MF	Vladimir Hernández	28	Santos	Transfer	31 December 2017
FW	Cristián Dajome	23	Deportivo Pasto	Loan return	31 December 2017
MF	Jorman Campuzano	21	Deportivo Pereira	Loan	31 December 2017
FW	Juan David Castañeda	22	Fortaleza	Loan return	31 December 2017
DF	Tomás Maya	21	Leones	Loan return	31 December 2017
MF	Juan Pablo Ramírez	20	Deportivo Pasto	Loan return	31 December 2017

Out

Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Date
FW	Dayro Moreno	33	Club Tijuana	Fired	16 October 2018
DF	Rafael Delgado	28	Defensa y Justicia	Loan return	31 July 2018
GK	Cristian Bonilla	25	Al-Fayha	Transfer	30 June 2018
DF	Roderick Miller	26	Free agent	Transfer	30 June 2018
MF	Juan Pablo Nieto	25	Once Caldas	Transfer	30 June 2018
MF	Macnelly Torres	33	Deportivo Cali	Transfer	30 June 2018
DF	Tomás Maya	21	Atlético Huila	Loan	30 June 2018
FW	Andrés Rentería	25	Querétaro	Loan return	24 June 2018
FW	Hadier Borja	21	América de Cali	Loan	19 June 2018
DF	Jeisson Palacios	21	Cortuluá	Loan	19 June 2018
MF	Ronaldo Lucena	21	Deportivo Táchira	Transfer	12 June 2018
DF	Edwin Velasco	26	Once Caldas	Transfer	12 June 2018
MF	Diego Arias	32	Once Caldas	Transfer	12 June 2018
DF	Jackson Montaño	25	Deportes Quindío	Loan return	31 May 2018
FW	Ezequiel Rescaldani	25	Patronato	Transfer	28 May 2018
DF	José Pérez	20	Cúcuta Deportivo	Transfer	21 March 2018
FW	Jeferson Rivas	20	Tigres	Loan	15 March 2018
MF	Jean Rivera	20	Real Santander	Loan	22 February 2018
MF	Edwin Valencia	32	Free agent	Transfer	1 February 2018
MF	Sherman Cárdenas	28	Atlético Bucaramanga	Loan	24 January 2018
DF	Gorka Elustondo	30	Rayo Vallecano	Transfer	16 January 2018
GK	Franco Armani	30	River Plate	Transfer	8 January 2018
FW	Cristián Dajome	23	América de Cali	Loan	2 January 2018
FW	Juan David Castañeda	22	Real Santander	Loan	31 December 2017
DF	Nicolás Hernández	19	Real Santander	Loan	31 December 2017
MF	Cristian Moya	19	Real Santander	Loan	31 December 2017
DF	Albin Domínguez	19	Real Santander	Loan	31 December 2017
DF	Franky Uribe	19	Real Santander	Loan	31 December 2017
DF	Tomás Maya	21	Deportivo Pasto	Loan	31 December 2017
DF	Rodin Quiñónes	22	Independiente Medellín	Transfer	31 December 2017
DF	Ezequiel Palomeque	25	Deportivo Cali	Transfer	31 December 2017
GK	Camilo Vargas	28	Deportivo Cali	Loan	31 December 2017
MF	Jhon Mosquera	27	Deportivo Cali	Transfer	31 December 2017
FW	Luis Carlos Ruiz	30	Junior	Transfer	31 December 2017
MF	Juan Pablo Ramírez	20	Leones	Loan	31 December 2017

Pre-season and friendlies

Atlético Nacional v Atlético Mineiro

14 January Florida Cup	Atlético Nacional	2–0	Atlético Mineiro	Orlando, United States
13:00 EST (UTC−5)	38' Lucumí 71'	Report		Stadium: Spectrum Stadium Referee: Brandon Artis

Canada U23  v Atlético Nacional

17 January Friendly	Canada U23	1–2	Atlético Nacional	Bradenton, United States
	Fraser 45'	Report	Castañeda 88', 89'	Stadium: IMG Academy stadium

Legia Warsaw v Atlético Nacional

20 January Florida Cup	Legia Warsaw	0–2	Atlético Nacional	St. Petersburg, United States
18:00 EST (UTC−5)		Report	Ramírez 36', 42'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Referee: Guido Gonzalez Jr.

Atlético Nacional v Leones

24 January Friendly	Atlético Nacional	2–0	Leones	Medellín, Colombia
10:00	Lucumí 22' Rentería 52'	Report		Stadium: Atanasio Girardot Sports Complex

Atlético Nacional v Leones

24 January Friendly	Atlético Nacional	0–0	Leones	Medellín, Colombia
17:30		Report		Stadium: Atanasio Girardot Sports Complex

Atlético Nacional v Rionegro Águilas

27 January Friendly	Atlético Nacional	1–0	Rionegro Águilas	Medellín, Colombia
	Moreno 66'	Report		Stadium: Atanasio Girardot Sports Complex

Atlético Nacional v Guadalajara

12 July Friendly	Atlético Nacional	2–2 (5–4 p)	Guadalajara	Orlando, United States
19:00	A. Ramírez 37' Moreno 63' (pen.)	Report	Pulido 51' López 85'	Stadium: Spectrum Stadium
	Penalties
	Moreno Torres Candelo J. Ramírez Rivas		E. López Sandoval Godínez M. Pérez E. Hernández

Atlético Nacional v América de Cali

17 July Friendly	Atlético Nacional	0–0	América de Cali	Harrison, United States
19:00 EST (UTC−5)		Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena

Atlético Nacional v América de Cali

20 July Friendly (Independence Cup)	Atlético Nacional	1–1 (4–5 p)	América de Cali	Harrison, United States
19:00 EST (UTC−5)	G. Torres	Report	Dájome 55'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena
	Penalties
	G. Torres Campuzano Henríquez Castellani Monetti		Viveros Quiñones Rivas Franco Angulo

Competitions

Overall

Updated to match played 11 November 2018
Source: Competitions

Categoría Primera A

Torneo Apertura

Note: For a complete table see the main article

Home-away summary

Match results

†: Match postponed due to participation in the Copa Libertadores.
‡: Match postponed due to Deportivo Cali's participation in the Copa Sudamericana.

Knockout phase

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Torneo Finalización

Note: For a complete table see the main article

Match results

Copa Libertadores

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ATN	CCL	BOL	DEL
1	Atlético Nacional	6	3	1	2	9	3	+6	10	Round of 16		—	0–0	4–1	4–0
2	Colo-Colo	6	2	2	2	5	5	0	8			0–1	—	2–0	0–2
3	Bolívar	6	2	2	2	6	9	−3	8	Copa Sudamericana		1–0	1–1	—	2–1
4	Delfín	6	2	1	3	6	9	−3	7			1–0	1–2	1–1	—

Colo-Colo v Atlético Nacional

27 February 2018 (2018-02-27) 1	Colo-Colo	0–1	Atlético Nacional	Santiago, Chile
21:30 UTC−3		Report	Hernández 66'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Attendance: 42,111 Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

Atlético Nacional v Delfín

14 March 2018 (2018-03-14) 2	Atlético Nacional	4–0	Delfín	Medellín, Colombia
19:45 UTC−5	Moreno 31' (pen.) Lenis 46', 56' M. Torres 52'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Atanasio Girardot Attendance: 30,578 Referee: Diego Haro (Peru)

Bolívar v Atlético Nacional

5 April 2018 (2018-04-05) 3	Bolívar	1–0	Atlético Nacional	La Paz, Bolivia
20:30 UTC−4	Riquelme 37'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Hernando Siles Attendance: 24,700 Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

Atlético Nacional v Bolívar

24 April 2018 (2018-04-24) 4	Atlético Nacional	4–1	Bolívar	Medellín, Colombia
19:30 UTC−5	Castellani 12' Hernández 31' Moreno 33', 65'	Report	Riquelme 48'	Stadium: Estadio Atanasio Girardot Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil)

Delfín v Atlético Nacional

15 May 2018 (2018-05-15) 5	Delfín	1–0	Atlético Nacional	Manta, Ecuador
17:15 UTC−5	Chicaiza 19'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Jocay Referee: Víctor Carrillo (Peru)

Atlético Nacional v Colo-Colo

24 May 2018 (2018-05-24) 6	Atlético Nacional	0–0	Colo-Colo	Medellín, Colombia
19:30 UTC−5		Report		Stadium: Estadio Atanasio Girardot Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

Final stages

Round of 16

Atlético Tucumán v Atlético Nacional

9 August 2018 (2018-08-09) First leg	Atlético Tucumán	2–0	Atlético Nacional	Tucumán, Argentina
21:45 UTC−3	Díaz 7' Acosta 70'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Monumental José Fierro Referee: Éber Aquino (Paraguay)

Atlético Nacional v Atlético Tucumán

28 August 2018 (2018-08-28) Second leg	Atlético Nacional	1–0	Atlético Tucumán	Medellín, Colombia
19:45 UTC−5	Duarte 11'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Atanasio Girardot Attendance: 25,363 Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)

Copa Colombia

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Superliga Colombiana

Atlético Nacional v Millonarios

7 February Second leg	Atlético Nacional	1–2	Millonarios	Medellín
19:25	Rentería 21'	Report	Ovelar 34', 54'	Stadium: Estadio Atanasio Girardot Attendance: 42,560 Referee: Gustavo Murillo

Statistics

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	LA	LG	CA	CG	IA	IG	TA	TG	PM			Updated
1	GK		Fernando Monetti	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	360	1	0	21 February 2018
25	GK		Christian Vargas	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	180	2	0	21 February 2018
2	DF		Daniel Bocanegra	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	168	0	0	21 February 2018
3	DF		Felipe Aguilar	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	316	1	0	21 February 2018
4	DF		Diego Braghieri	2	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	296	2	0	21 February 2018
12	DF		Alexis Henríquez	3	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	358	0	0	21 February 2018
13	DF		Helibelton Palacios	3	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	372	0	0	21 February 2018
23	DF		Edwin Velasco	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	64	0	0	21 February 2018
26	DF		Carlos Cuesta	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	270	0	0	21 February 2018
28	DF		Rafael Delgado	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	124	0	0	21 February 2018
32	DF		Christian Mafla	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	192	1	0	21 February 2018
6	MF		Raúl Loaiza	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	185	1	0	21 February 2018
7	MF		Gustavo Torres	2	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	109	0	0	21 February 2018
8	MF		Diego Arias	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	269	0	0	21 February 2018
10	MF		Macnelly Torres	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	216	1	0	21 February 2018
20	MF		Jeison Lucumí	4	0	2	0	0	0	6	0	463	2	0	21 February 2018
21	MF		Jorman Campuzano	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	217	2	1	21 February 2018
27	MF		Gonzalo Castellani	4	0	2	0	0	0	6	0	382	0	0	21 February 2018
29	MF		Aldo Leão Ramírez	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	216	1	0	21 February 2018
11	FW		Andrés Rentería	4	2	2	1	0	0	6	3	472	1	0	21 February 2018
16	FW		Vladimir Hernández	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	264	0	0	21 February 2018
17	FW		Dayro Moreno	4	2	2	0	0	0	6	2	447	0	0	21 February 2018

International cup: Copa Libertadores

Source: Soccerway

Goals

R	Pos	Player	App	G	Pen	Avg	Updated
1st	FW	Dayro Moreno	8	5	2	0.63	30 March 2018
2nd	FW	Andrés Rentería	12	4	0	0.33	30 March 2018
3rd	MF	Reinaldo Lenis	6	3	0	0.5	30 March 2018
4th	MF	Vladimir Hernández	10	3	0	0.3	30 March 2018
5th	FW	Gustavo Torres	8	2	2	0.25	30 March 2018
6th	MF	Aldo Leão Ramírez	9	2	0	0.22	30 March 2018
7th	MF	Macnelly Torres	8	1	0	0.13	30 March 2018

Source: Soccerway

Disciplinary record

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name				Notes
1	GK		Fernando Monetti	1	0	0
25	GK		Christian Vargas	2	0	0
2	DF		Daniel Bocanegra	1	0	0
3	DF		Felipe Aguilar	3	0	0
4	DF		Diego Braghieri	4	0	0
12	DF		Alexis Henríquez	1	0	0
13	DF		Helibelton Palacios	1	0	0
28	DF		Rafael Delgado	1	0	0
32	DF		Christian Mafla	1	0	0
6	MF		Raúl Loaiza	1	0	0
10	MF		Macnelly Torres	1	0	0
16	MF		Vladimir Hernández	1	0	0
21	MF		Jorman Campuzano	4	1	0
21	MF		Gonzalo Castellani	2	0	0
29	MF		Aldo Leão Ramírez	1	0	0
11	FW		Andrés Rentería	2	0	0
20	FW		Jeison Lucumí	3	0	0

Last updated: 30 March
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.

References

External links

• Atlético Nacional - Official Website
• Soccerway - Atlético Nacional