2025 Atlético Nacional season

Atlético Nacional
2025 season
OwnerOrganización Ardila Lülle
ChairmanSebastián Arango Botero
ManagerJavier Gandolfi
StadiumEstadio Atanasio Girardot
Categoría Primera A3rd
Superliga ColombianaWinners
Copa LibertadoresGroup stage
Top goalscorerEdwin Cardona
Kevin Viveros
(5)
All statistics correct as of 28 March 2025.

The 2025 season is Atlético Nacional's 78th year in existence and the club's 16th consecutive season in the top flight of Colombian football. In addition to competing in the Categoría Primera A, the club will participate in the Copa Colombia and the Copa Libertadores.

Transfers

First team

As of 2 February 2025[1][2][3]

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  COL David Ospina (captain)
3 DF  COL Juan Felipe Aguirre
5 MF  COL Kilian Toscano
6 DF  COL Andrés Román
7 FW  COL Faber Gil
8 MF  COL Mateus Uribe
9 FW  COL Alfredo Morelos (on loan from Santos)
10 MF  COL Edwin Cardona
11 FW  ECU Billy Arce
13 DF  URU Camilo Cándido (on loan from Cruz Azul)
15 GK  COL Harlen Castillo
16 DF  COL William Tesillo
17 DF  COL Andrés Salazar
18 FW  COL Marino Hinestroza
19 FW  COL Kevin Viveros (on loan from Sarajevo)
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF  COL Joan Castro (on loan from La Equidad)
21 MF  COL Jorman Campuzano (on loan from Boca Juniors)
23 DF  COL Juan José Arias
25 GK  COL Luis Marquinez
26 MF  COL Elkin Rivero
27 FW  COL Dairon Asprilla
28 DF  COL Simón García
29 FW  COL Andrés Sarmiento
30 MF  COL Kevin Parra
31 MF  COL Juan Pablo Torres
32 MF  COL Sebastián Guzmán
33 DF  COL Royer Caicedo
34 GK  COL Mateo Valencia
37 FW  COL Jayder Asprilla
80 MF  COL Juan Manuel Zapata (on loan from Envigado)

In

Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
MF Billy Arce Santos Free 8 January 2025
MF Faber Gil Deportivo Pereira Loan 15 January 2025
MF Mateus Uribe Al Sadd Free 16 January 2025
DF Camilo Cándido Cruz Azul Loan 22 January 2025 [4]
FW Marino Hinestroza Columbus Crew $1,500,000 1 February 2025 [5]

Friendlies

Pre-season

16 January 2025 Friendly Atlético Nacional 2–1 Monagas

Competitions

Overall

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Categoría Primera A 25 January 2025 Matchday 1 19 10 5 4 34 18 +16 052.63
Copa Colombia 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
Superliga Colombiana 29 January 2025 6 February 2025 Final Winners 2 0 2 0 1 1 +0 000.00
Copa Libertadores 2 April 2025 Group stage 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 033.33
Total 24 11 7 6 38 23 +15 045.83

Last updated: 18 May 2025
Source: Competitions

Categoría Primera A

Torneo Apertura

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
3 Junior 20 10 7 3 26 16 +10 37 Advance to the semi-finals
4 Deportes Tolima 20 10 6 4 30 19 +11 36
5 Atlético Nacional 20 10 5 5 37 21 +16 35
6 Santa Fe 20 9 6 5 28 23 +5 33
7 Once Caldas 20 10 3 7 26 22 +4 33
Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Away goals against, 6) Yellow cards, 7) Red cards, 8) Drawing of lots.
Results by round
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Position
Updated to match(es) played on 20 April 2025. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches

The match schedule was released on 7 January 2025.[6][7]

25 January 2025 1 Atlético Nacional 4–0 Once Caldas Medellín
Stadium: Estadio Atanasio Girardot
2 February 2025 2 La Equidad 0–1 Atlético Nacional
9 February 2025 3 Atlético Nacional 3–0 Deportivo Pereira Medellín
20:30 UTC−5 Stadium: Estadio Atanasio Girardot
12 February 2025 4 Independiente Santa Fe 2–2 Atlético Nacional
20:35 UTC−5
23 February 2025 6 Alianza 3–2 Atlético Nacional
16:00 UTC−5
4 March 2025 7 Fortaleza CEIF 1–5 Atlético Nacional
20:30 UTC−5
9 March 2025 8 Atlético Nacional 1–0 América de Cali Medellín
19:45 UTC−5 Stadium: Estadio Atanasio Girardot
15 March 2025 9 Envigado 0–0 Atlético Nacional Envigado
14:00 UTC−5 Stadium: Estadio Polideportivo Sur
19 March 2025 5 Atlético Nacional 4–3 Deportes Tolima Medellín
20:30 UTC−5 Stadium: Estadio Atanasio Girardot
23 March 2025 10 Atlético Nacional 1–1 Independiente Medellín Medellín
17:45 UTC−5 Stadium: Estadio Atanasio Girardot
28 March 2025 11 Atlético Bucaramanga 2–0 Atlético Nacional Bucaramanga
19:30 UTC−5
5 April 2025 12 Atlético Nacional 1–0 Unión Magdalena Medellín
14:00 UTC−5 Stadium: Estadio Atanasio Girardot
13 April 2025 13 Millonarios 0–0 Atlético Nacional Bogotá
18:00 UTC−5 Stadium: Estadio El Campín
16 April 2025 14 Atlético Nacional 4–1 Boyacá Chicó Medellín
18:20 UTC−5
  • Hinestroza 45+3'
  • Sarmiento 47'
  • Arce 63'
  • Morelos 87'
  • Lozano 90+2'
Stadium: Estadio Atanasio Girardot
20 April 2025 15 Deportivo Cali 1–0 Atlético Nacional Palmira
18:20 Stadium: Estadio Deportivo Cali
30 April 2025 16 Atlético Nacional 3–0 Deportivo Pasto
4 May 2025 17 Independiente Medellín 1–1 Atlético Nacional
12 May 2025 18 Atlético Nacional 2–1 Llaneros
18 May 2025 19 Águilas Doradas 2–1 Atlético Nacional

Copa Colombia

Superliga Colombiana

29 January 2025 First leg Atlético Nacional 1–1 Atlético Bucaramanga Medellín
19:30 UTC−5
Stadium: Estadio Atanasio Girardot
Attendance: 42,130
Referee: Diego Ruiz
6 February 2025 Second leg Atlético Bucaramanga 0–0
(1–1 agg.)
(3–4 p)
Atlético Nacional Bucaramanga
19:30 UTC−5
  • Henao  9'
  • Gutierrez  21'
  • Jiménez  64'
  • Mena  68'
  • Sambueza  86'
Stadium: Estadio Américo Montanini
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Carlos Ortega
Penalties

Copa Libertadores

Group stage

The draw took place on 17 March 2025.[8]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Internacional 6 3 2 1 12 8 +4 11 Advance to round of 16
2 Atlético Nacional 6 3 0 3 7 6 +1 9
3 Bahia 6 2 1 3 5 7 −2 7 Transfer to Copa Sudamericana
4 Nacional 6 2 1 3 7 10 −3 7
Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) CONMEBOL ranking.
2 April 2025 1 Atlético Nacional 3–0 Nacional Medellín
21:00 UTC−5
Stadium: Estadio Atanasio Girardot
Attendance: 40,083
Referee: Yael Falcón Pérez (Argentina)
10 April 2025 2 Internacional 3–0 Atlético Nacional Porto Alegre, Brazil
19:00 UTC−3
Stadium: Estádio Beira-Rio
Attendance: 42,804
Referee: Felipe González (Chile)
24 April 2025 3 Bahia 1–0 Atlético Nacional Salvador, Brazil
21:00 UTC−3 Stadium: Arena Fonte Nova
8 May 2025 (2025-05-08) 4 Atlético Nacional 3–1 Internacional Medellín
19:30 UTC−5 Stadium: Estadio Atanasio Girardot
14 May 2025 (2025-05-14) 5 Atlético Nacional 1–0 Bahia Medellín
17:00 UTC−5 Stadium: Estadio Atanasio Girardot
28 May 2025 (2025-05-28) 6 Nacional 1–0 Atlético Nacional Montevideo, Uruguay
19:00 UTC−3
Report Stadium: Estadio Gran Parque Central
Attendance: 22,978[9]
Referee: Maximiliano Ramírez (Argentina)

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held in 2 June, 12:00 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.

12 August 2025 First leg Atlético Nacional v São Paulo Medellín
21:30 UTC−3 Stadium: Estadio Atanasio Girardot
19 August 2025 Second leg São Paulo v Atlético Nacional São Paulo, Brazil
21:30 UTC−3 Stadium: Morumbi

References

  1. ^ "Plantel Profesional Masculino - Atlético Nacional". www.atlnacional.com.co. Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Colombia - Club Atlético Nacional SA - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Archived from the original on 23 January 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  3. ^ Dimayor. "Atlético Nacional". Archived from the original on 31 July 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  4. ^ Nacional presentó al 'Gaucho' Camilo Cándido, su nuevo refuerzo
  5. ^ Oficial: Nacional confirmó a Marino Hinestroza como nuevo jugador para 2025
  6. ^ Sorteo Liga BetPlay - I 2025: Fecha, hora y cómo ver online
  7. ^ Liga BetPlay 2025: así se jugará la fecha 1 tras el sorteo
  8. ^ "Pautas de sorteo de Fase de Grupos para la CONMEBOL Libertadores y CONMEBOL Sudamericana 2025" [Group Stage draw guidelines for the 2025 CONMEBOL Libertadores and CONMEBOL Sudamericana]. CONMEBOL. 7 March 2025. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  9. ^ "Nacional 1-0 Atl. Nacional (28 de mai, 2025) Placar Final" (in Brazilian Portuguese). ESPN. Retrieved 29 May 2025.