# 2010–11 Club Nacional de Football season

Club Nacional de Football's 2010–11 season is the club's 111th year of existence and the club's 107th in the top-flight.

## Club

Personnel
    Chairman: Ricardo Alarcón
    Sports Manager: Daniel Henríquez
Coaching staff
    Manager: Juan Ramón Carrasco
    Assistant manager: Darwin Rodríguez
    Goalkeeper coach: Omar Garate
    Fitness coach: Mauricio Marchetti
    Doctor: Carlos Suero
    First team collaborate: Ruben Sosa
Kits
    Provider: Umbro
    Sponsors: Antel, Macri Sport Center

## Squad

As of June 3, 2011
| No. | Name | Position | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from | Notes |
| 1 | Leonardo Burián | GK | (1984-01-21) January 21, 1984 (age 41) | Bella Vista | |
| 2 | Alejandro Lembo | DF | (1978-02-15) February 15, 1978 (age 47) | Aris Thessaloniki | Captain |
| 3 | Jadson Viera | DF | (1981-08-04) August 4, 1981 (age 43) | Vasco da Gama | In on 4 February 2011. |
| 4 | Christian Núñez | DF | (1982-09-24) September 24, 1982 (age 42) | Cerro | |
| 5 | Anderson Silva | MF | (1982-08-28) August 28, 1982 (age 42) | Barnsley | In on 29 December 2010 |
| 6 | Nicolás Vigneri | FW | (1983-07-06) July 6, 1983 (age 41) | Fénix | In on 5 February 2011 |
| 7 | Jonathan Charquero | FW | (1989-02-21) February 21, 1989 (age 36) | Montevideo Wanderers | In on 18 December 2010 |
| 8 | Matías Cabrera | MF | (1986-05-16) May 16, 1986 (age 38) | Cerro | |
| 9 | Bruno Fornaroli | FW | (1987-08-07) August 7, 1987 (age 37) | Recreativo de Huelva | In on 26 January 2011. |
| 10 | Marcelo Gallardo | MF | (1976-01-18) January 18, 1976 (age 49) | Rive Plate | |
| 11 | Horacio Peralta | MF | (1982-06-03) June 3, 1982 (age 42) | Central Español | |
| 12 | Martín Tejera | GK | (1991-02-16) February 16, 1991 (age 34) | The Academy | Reserve team player |
| 13 | Gabriel Marques | DF | (1983-03-31) March 31, 1983 (age 41) | River Plate | In on 17 January 2011. |
| 14 | Robert Flores | MF | (1988-11-25) November 25, 1988 (age 36) | Villarreal B | |
| 15 | Tabaré Viudez | FW | (1989-09-08) September 8, 1989 (age 35) | Necaxa | In on 1 December 2010 |
| 16 | Carlão | DF | (1987-07-19) July 19, 1987 (age 37) | Duque de Caxias | In on January 6, 2011 |
| 17 | Maximiliano Calzada | MF | (1990-04-21) April 21, 1990 (age 34) | The Academy | Out of the team by contractual problems on 20 September 2010. He rejoined the team on 9 November 2010. |
| 18 | Gonzalo Godoy | DF | (1988-01-17) January 17, 1988 (age 37) | Cerro | |
| 19 | Sebastián Coates | DF | (1990-10-07) October 7, 1990 (age 34) | The Academy | Vice-captain |
| 20 | Santiago García | FW | September 14, 1990 (aged 30) | The Academy | |
| 21 | Flavio Córdoba | DF | (1984-10-04) October 4, 1984 (age 40) | River Plate | In on 25 January 2011. |
| 22 | Mauricio Pereyra | MF | (1990-03-15) March 15, 1990 (age 34) | The Academy | Out of the team by contractual problems on 20 September 2010. He rejoined the team on 9 November 2010. |
| 23 | Facundo Píriz | MF | (1990-03-27) March 27, 1990 (age 34) | The Academy | |
| 24 | Richard Porta | FW | (1985-01-08) January 8, 1985 (age 40) | River Plate | |
| 25 | Rodrigo Muñoz | GK | (1982-01-22) January 22, 1982 (age 43) | Cerro | First team Goalkeeper |
| – | Ernesto Goñi | DF | (1985-01-13) January 13, 1985 (age 40) | Racing | Contract terminated on 16 December 2010. |
| – | Mariano Pernía | DF | (1977-05-04) May 4, 1977 (age 47) | Atlético Madrid | Contract terminated on 9 December 2010. |
| – | Julián Perujo | DF | (1985-04-18) April 18, 1985 (age 39) | Rampla Juniors | |
| – | Diego Rodríguez | DF | May 28, 1988 (aged 22) | Central Español | Died on September 11, 2010, from injuries following a car accident. |
| – | Alexis Rolín | DF | (1989-03-02) March 2, 1989 (age 35) | The Academy | Reserve team player |
| – | Raúl Ferro | MF | (1983-01-13) January 13, 1983 (age 42) | Danubio | Out on 29 November 2010. |
| – | Mathías Mirabaje | MF | (1989-03-06) March 6, 1989 (age 35) | Racing | Contract terminated on 5 January 2011. |
| – | Marcelo Palau | MF | (1985-08-01) August 1, 1985 (age 39) | Puebla | Contract terminated on 5 November 2010. |
| – | Santiago Romero | MF | (1990-02-15) February 15, 1990 (age 35) | The Academy | Reserve team player |
| – | Gino Aguirre | FW | (1993-03-23) March 23, 1993 (age 31) | The Academy | Reserve team player |
| – | Martín Cauteruccio | FW | (1987-04-14) April 14, 1987 (age 37) | Racing | Out on 26 December 2010 |
| – | Diego Cháves | FW | (1986-02-14) February 14, 1986 (age 39) | Veracruz | Contract terminated on 16 December 2010. |
| – | Sergio Cortalezzi | FW | (1994-09-09) September 9, 1994 (age 30) | The Academy | Reserve team player |
| – | Gonzalo Bueno | FW | (1991-09-01) September 1, 1991 (age 33) | The Academy | Reserve team player |
| – | Renato César | FW | (1993-08-16) August 16, 1993 (age 31) | The Academy | Reserve team player |
| – | Carlos De Pena | FW | (1992-03-11) March 11, 1992 (age 32) | The Academy | Reserve team player |
| – | Nicolás López | FW | (1993-09-09) September 9, 1993 (age 31) | The Academy | Reserve team player |
| – | Rodrigo Roque | FW | (1991-05-03) May 3, 1991 (age 33) | The Academy | Reserve team player |

### Summer transfers
## Competitions
### Primera División
#### Torneo Apertura

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Defensor Sporting | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 13 | +18 | 30 | Championship Playoffs |
| 2 | Nacional | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 18 | +10 | 29 | |
| 3 | Bella Vista | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 18 | +6 | 29 | |
| 4 | El Tanque Sisley | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 28 | |
| 5 | Danubio | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 14 | +10 | 26 | |

##### Matches
#### Torneo Clausura

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Nacional | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 13 | +19 | 34 | Championship Playoffs |
| 2 | Defensor Sporting | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 12 | +7 | 28 | |
| 3 | Peñarol | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 20 | +8 | 27 | |
| 4 | Fénix | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 15 | +8 | 27 | |
| 5 | Racing | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 22 | +4 | 24 | |

##### Matches
#### Aggregate table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Nacional | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 60 | 31 | +29 | 63 | 2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage and 2011 Copa Sudamericana Second Stage |
| 2 | Defensor Sporting | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 50 | 25 | +25 | 58 | 2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage |
| 3 | Peñarol | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 52 | 37 | +15 | 52 | 2012 Copa Libertadores First Stage |
| 4 | Fénix | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 44 | 35 | +9 | 45 | 2011 Copa Sudamericana First Stage |
| 5 | Bella Vista | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 40 | 36 | +4 | 44 | 2011 Copa Sudamericana First Stage |
* ↑ Nacional qualified for the 2011 Copa Sudamericana as the Primera División champion.
* 1 2 As Nacional defeated Defensor Sporting in the initial playoff and became champion, the final was not played, and Defensor Sporting became the runner-up as the 2nd best team in the aggregate table. Both Nacional and Defensor Sporting qualified for the 2012 Copa Libertadores group stage.

#### Relegation

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Nacional | 60 | 40 | 9 | 11 | 123 | 57 | +66 | 126 |
| 2 | Peñarol | 60 | 36 | 13 | 11 | 120 | 71 | +49 | 121 |
| 3 | Defensor Sporting | 60 | 30 | 14 | 16 | 99 | 69 | +30 | 104 |
| 4 | Liverpool | 60 | 24 | 19 | 17 | 93 | 74 | +19 | 91 |
| 5 | Bella Vista | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 41 | 38 | +3 | 88 |
* ↑ Nacional was docked three points in the last season.
* ↑ Having only played one season in the Primera División, Bella Vista's, El Tanque Sisley's, and Miramar Misiones' points are doubled for the relegation table.

#### Championship playoff
### Copa Libertadores

Group 3 :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | América | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 10 |
| 2 | Fluminense | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | Nacional | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | Argentinos Juniors | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 7 |

## Player statistics

| Num | Pos | Player | Primera División | Primera División | Primera División | Primera División | Copa Libertadores | Copa Libertadores | Copa Libertadores | Copa Libertadores |
| Num | Pos | Player | App | | | | App | | | |
| 1 | DF | Leonardo Burián | 8+0 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 4+0 | -3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Alejandro Lembo | 28+1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Jadson Viera | 2+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Christian Núñez | 22+1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Anderson Silva | 1+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | FW | Nicolás Vigneri | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Jonathan Charquero | 2+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | Matías Cabrera | 18+7 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Bruno Fornaroli | 7+1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Marcelo Gallardo | 1+12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | Horacio Peralta | 14+5 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Gabriel Marques | 9+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Robert Flores | 12+3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Tabaré Viudez | 11+1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Carlão | 1+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Maximiliano Calzada | 3+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Gonzalo Godoy | 12+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Sebastián Coates | 28+0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Santiago García | 25+3 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 5+1 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Flavio Córdoba | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Mauricio Pereyra | 22+4 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Facundo Píriz | 19+2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | Richard Porta | 15+4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | Rodrigo Muñoz | 23+0 | -20 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | DF | Ernesto Goñi | 3+0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | DF | Mariano Pernía | 7+0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | DF | Julián Perujo | 3+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | DF | Diego Rodríguez | 3+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | DF | Alexis Rolín | 4+0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | MF | Raúl Ferro | 9+2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | MF | Mathías Mirabaje | 5+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | MF | Marcelo Palau | 7+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | FW | Martín Cauteruccio | 7+6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | FW | Diego Cháves | 4+6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | FW | Gonzalo Bueno | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | FW | Renato César | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | FW | Nicolás López | 2+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | FW | Rodrigo Roque | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated on June 12, 2011. Note: Players in italics left the club mid-season.