2011–12 Club Nacional de Football season explained

Club:	Nacional
Season:	2011-12
Chairman:	Ricardo Alarcón
Chrtitle:	President
Manager:	Marcelo Gallardo
Mgrtitle:	Manager
Stadium:	Estadio Gran Parque Central
League:	Primera Division
League Result:	Apertura 1st Clausura: 5th Overall: Semifinals
Cup1:	Copa Sudamericana
Cup1 Result:	Second Stage
Cup2:	Torneo Preparación
Cup2 Result:	Round of 16
Cup3:	Torneo de Honor
Cup3 Result:	Quarterfinals
Cup4:	Copa Libertadores
Cup4 Result:	Second Stage
League Topscorer:	Alexander Medina (8 goals)
Season Topscorer:	Alexander Medina (8 goals)
Highest Attendance:	60,000 vs. Peñarol (November 20, 2011)
Lowest Attendance:	15,000 vs. Rentistas (October 9, 2011)
Average Attendance:	27,220
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Prevseason:	2010–11
Nextseason:	2012–13

Club Nacional de Football's 2010–11 season is the club's 112th year of existence and the club's 108th in the top-flight.
Nacional this season going to play the 2011–12 Uruguayan Primera División season, the 2011 Copa Sudamericana and the 2012 Copa Libertadores.

Squad

As of February 7, 2012

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Notes
1	Leonardo Burián		GK	21 January 1984	Bella Vista	First team goalkeeper
2	Darwin Torres		DF	16 February 1991	The Academy	Reserve team player
3	Jadson Viera		DF	4 August 1981	Vasco da Gama	AUF player
4	Christian Núñez		DF	24 September 1982	Cerro
5	Santiago Romero		MF	15 February 1990	The Academy	Reserve team player
6	Alexis Rolín		DF	2 March 1989	The Academy
7	Rafael García		MF	6 January 1989	Rampla Juniors
8	Matías Cabrera		MF	16 May 1986	Cerro
9	Alexander Medina		FW	8 August 1978	River Plate	Captain
10	Tabaré Viudez		FW	8 September 1989	Necaxa
11	Vicente Sánchez		FW	7 December 1979	América	In on 15 January 2012
12	Martín Tejera		GK	16 February 1991	The Academy
13	Pablo Álvarez		DF	7 February 1985	Panserraikos	In on 3 January 2012
14	Diego Placente		DF	24 April 1977	San Lorenzo
15	Gonzalo Bueno		FW	1 September 1991	The Academy
16	Mathías Abero		DF	9 April 1990	Racing
17	Maximiliano Calzada		MF	21 April 1990	The Academy
18	Israel Damonte		MF	6 January 1982	Godoy Cruz	In on 19 January 2012
19	Andrés Scotti		DF	14 December 1975	Colo-Colo	In on 3 January 2012
20	Álvaro Recoba		MF	17 March 1976	Danubio	Vice-captain
21	Matías Vecino		MF	24 August 1991	Central Español
22	Joaquín Boghossian		FW	19 June 1987	Red Bull Salzburg
23	Facundo Píriz		MF	27 March 1990	The Academy
24	Marcos Aguirre		MF	30 March 1984	San Martín (San Juan)	In on 12 January 2012
25	Jorge Bava		GK	22 January 1982	Cerro	In on 13 January 2012
–	Rodrigo Muñoz		GK	22 January 1982	Cerro	Out on 10 January 2012
–	Diego Barboza		DF	9 January 1991	The Academy	Reserve team player
–	Sebastián Coates		DF	7 October 1990	The Academy	Out on 26 August 2011
–	Gabriel Marques		DF	31 March 1983	River Plate	Out on 29 December 2011
–	Gonzalo Godoy		DF	17 January 1988	Cerro	Out on 5 January 2012
–	Sebastián Gorga		DF	6 April 1994	The Academy	Reserve team player
–	Maximiliano Moreira		DF	11 June 1994	The Academy	Reserve team player
–	Nicolás Olivera		DF	17 February 1993	The Academy	Reserve team player
–	Fernando Poclaba		DF	23 January 1990	Racing	Out on 31 December 2012
–	Agustín Tabárez		DF	15 October 1994	The Academy	Reserve team player
–	Anderson Silva		MF	28 August 1982	Barnsley	End of contract on 31 December 2011
–	Ayrton Bone		MF	27 May 1994	The Academy	Reserve team player
–	Carlos De Pena		MF	11 March 1992	The Academy	Reserve team player
–	Hugo Dorrego		MF	9 May 1993	The Academy	Reserve team player
–	Damián Eroza		MF	22 March 1993	The Academy	Reserve team player
–	Horacio Peralta		MF	3 June 1982	Central Español	End of contract on 31 December 2011
–	Gastón Pereiro		MF	11 June 1995	The Academy	Reserve team player
–	Santiago Pereyra		MF	2 June 1992	The Academy	Reserve team player
–	Santiago Saúl		MF	8 January 1993	The Academy	Reserve team player
–	Matías Sosa		MF	26 June 1992	Sporting de Gijón B	End of contract on 31 December 2011
–	Gonzalo Vega		MF	29 June 1992	The Academy	Reserve team player
–	Leandro Barcia		FW	8 October 1993	The Academy	Reserve team player
–	Lucas Cavallini		FW	28 December 1992	The Academy	Reserve team player
–	Renato César		FW	16 August 1993	The Academy
–	Jonathan Charquero		FW	21 February 1989	Montevideo Wanderers	Out on 27 December 2011
–	Sergio Cortelezzi		FW	9 September 1994	The Academy	Reserve team player
–	Richard Porta		FW	8 January 1985	Al Wasl	Out on 14 October 2011 In on 9 January, 2012
–	Nicolás López		FW	9 September 1993	The Academy	On 22 August 2011 he escaped with his representative Pablo Bentancur and his family to Italy
–	Renzo López		FW	16 April 1994	The Academy	Reserve team player
–	Juan Cruz Mascia		FW	3 January 1994	Miramar Misiones	In on 19 January 2012
–	Rodrigo Roque		FW	3 May 1991	The Academy	Reserve team player

Winter transfers

+ Players In	width=30% align="center"	Name	width=15% align="center"		width=5% align="center"		width=50% align="center"	Moving from
Álvaro Recoba^[1]		MF	Danubio
Diego Placente^[2]		DF	San Lorenzo
Raúl Poclaba^[3]		MF	Racing
Rafael García^[4]		MF	Rampla Juniors
Mathías Abero^[5]		DF	Racing
Matías Sosa^[6]		MF	Sporting de Gijón B
Alexander Medina^[7]		FW	River Plate
Matías Vecino^[8]		MF	Central Español
Joaquín Boghossian^[9]		FW	Red Bull Salzburg

+Players Out
width=30% align="center"	Name	width=15% align="center"		width=5% align="center"		width=50% align="center"	Moving to
Marcelo Gallardo^[10]		MF	Retired
Santiago García^[11]		FW	Atlético Paranaense
Carlão^[12]		DF	Duque de Caxias
Robert Flores^[13]		MF	Litex Lovech
Alejandro Lembo^[14]		DF	Belgrano
Nicolás Vigneri^[15]		FW	Emelec
Bruno Fornaroli^[16]		FW	Olimpia
Flavio Córdoba^[17]		DF	Millonarios
Mauricio Pereyra^[18]		MF	Lanús
Julián Perujo^[19]		DF	Defensor Sporting
Sebastián Coates^[20]		DF	Liverpool
Richard Porta^[21]		FW	Al Wasl
Nicolás López^[22]		FW	Roma

Summer transfers

+ Players In	width=30% align="center"	Name	width=15% align="center"		width=5% align="center"		width=50% align="center"	Moving from
Pablo Álvarez^[23]		DF	Panserraikos
Andrés Scotti		DF	Colo-Colo
Richard Porta^[24]		FW	Al Wasl
Marcos Aguirre^[25]		MF	San Martín (San Juan)
Jorge Bava^[26]		GK	Rosario Central
Vicente Sánchez^[27]		FW	América
Juan Cruz Mascia^[28]		FW	Miramar Misiones
Israel Damonte^[29]		MF	Godoy Cruz

+Players Out
width=30% align="center"	Name	width=15% align="center"		width=5% align="center"		width=50% align="center"	Moving to
Jonathan Charquero^[30]		FW	Alianza Lima
Gabriel Marques^[31]		DF	River Plate
Horacio Peralta^[32]		MF	Free agent
Anderson Silva		MF	Free agent
Matías Sosa		MF	River Plate
Fernando Poclaba		MF	Racing
Rodrigo Muñoz^[33]		GK	Libertad
Gonzalo Godoy^[34]		DF	Cerro

Player statistics

Team stats

	Primera División	Copa Sudamericana	Torneo Preparación	Torneo de Honor	Copa Libertadores
Games played	21	2	1	1	4
Games won	12	0	0	0	2
Games drawn	6	0	0	1	0
Games lost	3	2	1	0	2
Goals for	43	0	2	1	4
Goals against	21	2	3	1	4
Players used	34	14	18	16	21
Yellow cards	60	7	3	1	13
Red cards	5	0	0	0	2

Notes and References

1. Web site: Recoba y Cardaccio entrenaron con Nacional . Spanish . Ovación. July 8, 2011. July 8, 2011.
2. Web site: Primera incorporación de la temporada: Diego Placente . Spanish . Nacional official web site . July 14, 2011 . July 15, 2011 .
3. Web site: Boghossian en la mira . Spanish . El Observador . July 17, 2011 . July 17, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110719233949/http://www.elobservador.com.uy/noticia/205622/boghossian-en-la-mira/ . July 19, 2011 . dead .
4. Web site: Es positivo que conozca al plantel . Spanish . Ovación. July 5, 2011. July 20, 2011.
5. Web site: Horacio Peralta sí, "El Tuna" Fornaroli no . Spanish . La República. July 5, 2011. July 28, 2011.
6. Web site: Gallardo evalúa a su compatriota Sosa . Spanish . Ovación. July 14, 2011. July 28, 2011.
7. Web site: Nacional: definen, Farías o Boghossian . Spanish . Tenfield . August 8, 2011 . August 8, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120605073822/http://www.tenfieldigital.com.uy/TenfielDigital/servlet/hntdide?0,0,5%2F,1,73489,1,0,0 . June 5, 2012 . dead .
8. Web site: Matías Vecino jugará en Nacional . Spanish . Ovación. August 12, 2011. August 12, 2011.
9. Web site: A Boghossian lo esperan este fin de semana . Spanish . Ovación. August 12, 2011. August 12, 2011.
10. Web site: El "Muñeco" Gallardo se retiró campeón. Spanish. Infobae. June 12, 2011. June 29, 2011.
11. Web site: Nacional: "Morro" se va. Spanish. Tenfield. June 17, 2011. June 17, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120602035028/http://www.tenfieldigital.com.uy/TenfielDigital/servlet/hntdide?0,0,5%2F,1,72531,1,0,0. June 2, 2012. dead.
12. Web site: Nacional comienza a delinear el plantel . Spanish . Ovación . July 3, 2011 . July 7, 2011.
13. Web site: Uruguayos: Robert Flores en el campeón de Bulgaria . Spanish . Tenfield . July 8, 2011 . July 8, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120605072554/http://www.tenfieldigital.com.uy/TenfielDigital/servlet/hntdide?0,0,5%2F,1,72875,1,1,0 . June 5, 2012 . dead .
14. Web site: Nacional: Lembo a Belgrano de Córdoba . Spanish . Tenfield . July 10, 2011 . July 10, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120605072618/http://www.tenfieldigital.com.uy/TenfielDigital/servlet/hntdide?0,0,5%2F,1,72924,1,1,0 . June 5, 2012 . dead .
15. Web site: Por los clubes: Martín Silva jugará en Olimpia . Spanish . Tenfield . July 12, 2011 . July 12, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120605072813/http://www.tenfieldigital.com.uy/TenfielDigital/servlet/hntdide?0,0,5,1,72955,1,0,0 . June 5, 2012 . dead .
16. Web site: Nacional: Coates con destino inglés en Liverpool . Spanish . Tenfield . July 16, 2011 . July 16, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120605073115/http://www.tenfieldigital.com.uy/TenfielDigital/servlet/hntdide?0,0,5%2F,1,73045,1,1,0 . June 5, 2012 . dead .
17. Web site: River Plate: Prieto con la puerta abierta . Spanish . Tenfield . July 28, 2011 . July 19, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120605073354/http://www.tenfieldigital.com.uy/TenfielDigital/servlet/hntdide?0,0,5,1,73297,1,0,0 . June 5, 2012 . dead .
18. Web site: Nacional: volvió Coates y esperan... . Spanish . Tenfield . August 2, 2011 . August 2, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120605073635/http://www.tenfieldigital.com.uy/TenfielDigital/servlet/hntdide?0,0,5%2F,1,73381,1,0,0 . June 5, 2012 . dead .
19. Web site: Defensor Sp.: Texeira viaja a Holanda el viernes . Spanish . Tenfield . August 10, 2011 . August 10, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120605073854/http://www.tenfieldigital.com.uy/TenfielDigital/servlet/hntdide?0,0,5%2F,1,73524,1,0,0 . June 5, 2012 . dead .
20. Web site: Coates es nuevo jugador del Liverpool . Spanish . Ovación . August 24, 2011 . August 25, 2011.
21. Web site: Nacional: Porta parte hacia Al Wasl . Spanish . Tenfield . October 13, 2011 . October 13, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120608041808/http://www.tenfieldigital.com.uy/TenfielDigital/servlet/hntdide?0,0,5%2F,1,74816,1,0,0 . June 8, 2012 . dead .
22. Web site: López, "muy contento" por llegar a la Roma . Spanish . Ovación . November 8, 2011 . November 8, 2011.
23. Web site: Pablo Álvarez y Andrés Scotti ya son de Nacional. Spanish . Ovación . January 3, 2012 . January 3, 2012.
24. Web site: El "Canguro" confirmó que vuelve. Spanish . Ovación . January 9, 2012 . January 16, 2012.
25. Web site: Gallardo le había echado el ojo y Aguirre llegó a Colonia. Spanish . Ovación . January 12, 2012 . January 16, 2012.
26. Web site: Bava ya está en Colonia . https://archive.today/20130421193102/http://www.elobservador.com.uy/noticia/216782/bava-ya-esta-en-colonia/ . dead . April 21, 2013 . Spanish . El Observador . January 13, 2012 . January 16, 2012 .
27. Web site: Vicente Sánchez, nuevo jugador de Nacional de Uruguay. Spanish . Medio Tiempo . January 14, 2012 . January 16, 2012.
28. Web site: Juan Cruz Mascia será tricolor. Spanish . Ovación . January 19, 2012 . January 19, 2012.
29. Web site: Damonte: "La pasé muy bien en Godoy Cruz". Spanish . Diario Uno . January 19, 2012 . January 19, 2012.
30. Web site: Dicen que Charquero ya es del Alianza . Spanish . Ovación . December 27, 2011 . December 27, 2011.
31. Web site: Nacional: Muñoz con la puerta abierta . Spanish . Tenfield . December 29, 2011 . December 29, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120613055527/http://www.tenfieldigital.com.uy/TenfielDigital/servlet/hntdide?0,0,5%2F,1,76175,1,0,0 . June 13, 2012 . dead .
32. Web site: Mercado de Pases: Nacional, Peñarol, Danubio, Defensor Sp. . Spanish . Tenfield . January 16, 2012 . January 16, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120110014749/http://www.tenfieldigital.com.uy/TenfielDigital/servlet/hntdide?0,0,5,1,76225,1,0,0 . January 10, 2012 . dead .
33. Web site: Muñoz arregló en Libertad . Spanish . Ovación . December 29, 2011 . December 29, 2011.
34. Web site: Cerro arregló con Gonzalo Godoy . https://archive.today/20120912044247/http://www.tenfieldigital.com.uy/TenfielDigital/servlet/hntdide?0,0,5/,1,76250,1,0,0 . dead . September 12, 2012 . Spanish . Tenfield . January 5, 2011 . January 5, 2011 .