Atlético Nacional
Association football club in Colombia
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- Atlético Nacional S.
- The club is one of only three clubs to have played in every first division tournament in the country's history, the other two being Millonarios and Santa Fe.
- The team adopted its current name in 1950.
- According to CONMEBOL, Atlético Nacional is the club with the largest fan following in Colombia, with more than 15 million fans.
- They share the stadium with their local rivals, Independiente Medellín.
Atlético Nacional S. A., best known as Atlético Nacional, is a Colombian professional football club based in Medellín. The club is one of only three clubs to have played in every first division tournament in the country's history, the other two being Millonarios and Santa Fe.
Atlético Nacional was founded in 1947 as Club Atlético Municipal de Medellín by Luis Alberto Villegas López, a former president of the football league of Antioquia. The team adopted its current name in 1950. The current owner, Organización Ardila Lülle, officially acquired the team in 1996. According to CONMEBOL, Atlético Nacional is the club with the largest fan following in Colombia, with more than 15 million fans.
Atlético Nacional plays its home games at the Atanasio Girardot stadium, which has a capacity of 40,043. They share the stadium with their local rivals, Independiente Medellín. The teams face each other in a local derby known as El Clásico Paisa, which is considered one of the most important local derbies in the country. Atlético Nacional also has rivalries with Millonarios and América de Cali, two of the most important rivalries in Colombian football and South America.
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