# 2018 Atlético Nacional season

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
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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

| Match won | Match drawn | Match lost |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Categoría Primera A Torneo Apertura | Matchday 1 | Runners-up | 4 February | 9 June |
| Copa Libertadores | Group stage | Round of 16 | 27 February | 28 August |
| Categoría Primera A Torneo Finalización | Matchday 1 | 9th | 25 July | 11 November |
| Copa Colombia | Round of 16 | Champions | 15 August | 1 November |
| Superliga Colombiana | Finals | Runners-up | 31 January | 7 February |
Updated to match played 11 November 2018 Source: Competitions

### Categoría Primera A
#### Torneo Apertura

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Atlético Nacional | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 10 | +13 | 41 | Advance to the knockout phase |
| 2 | Independiente Medellín | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 23 | +9 | 35 | Advance to the knockout phase |
| 3 | Deportes Tolima | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 14 | +8 | 33 | Advance to the knockout phase |
| 4 | Atlético Huila | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 12 | +8 | 30 | Advance to the knockout phase |
| 5 | Junior | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 16 | +3 | 30 | Advance to the knockout phase |
Note: For a complete table see the main article

##### Home-away summary

Home :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Atlético Nacional | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | +12 | 27 |
Away :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Atlético Nacional | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 14 |

##### Match results

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

###### Knockout phase
##### Finals
#### Torneo Finalización

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 7 | Rionegro Águilas | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 19 | +2 | 32 | Advance to the knockout phase |
| 8 | Santa Fe | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 13 | +14 | 31 | Advance to the knockout phase |
| 9 | Atlético Nacional | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 20 | +7 | 30 | |
| 10 | Deportivo Cali | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 15 | +4 | 29 | |
| 11 | Millonarios | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 25 | |
Note: For a complete table see the main article
Home :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 8 | Atlético Nacional | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 16 |
Away :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | Atlético Nacional | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 14 |

##### Match results

| Match won | Match drawn | Match lost |

### Copa Libertadores
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Round of 16 | 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 | — |
| Match won | Match drawn | Match lost |

#### Final stages
##### Round of 16
### Superliga Colombiana
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| No. | Pos. | 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. | Name | | | |
| 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.