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

In

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

Friendlies

Pre-season

16 January 2025 Friendly Atlético Nacional Colombia 2–1 Venezuela 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 29 14 7 8 49 30 +19 048.28
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 6 3 0 3 7 6 +1 050.00
Total 37 17 9 11 57 37 +20 045.95

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 Yellow card 9'
  • Gutierrez Red card 21'
  • Jiménez Yellow card 64'
  • Mena Yellow card 68'
  • Sambueza Yellow card 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 Brazil Internacional 6 3 2 1 12 8 +4 11 Advance to round of 16
2 Colombia Atlético Nacional 6 3 0 3 7 6 +1 9
3 Brazil Bahia 6 2 1 3 5 7 −2 7 Transfer to Copa Sudamericana
4 Uruguay 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 Colombia 3–0 Uruguay Nacional Medellín
21:00 UTC−5
Stadium: Estadio Atanasio Girardot
Attendance: 40,083
Referee: Yael Falcón Pérez (Argentina)
10 April 2025 2 Internacional Brazil 3–0 Colombia 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 Brazil 1–0 Colombia Atlético Nacional Salvador, Brazil
21:00 UTC−3 Stadium: Arena Fonte Nova
8 May 2025 (2025-05-08) 4 Atlético Nacional Colombia 3–1 Brazil Internacional Medellín
19:30 UTC−5 Stadium: Estadio Atanasio Girardot
14 May 2025 (2025-05-14) 5 Atlético Nacional Colombia 1–0 Brazil Bahia Medellín
17:00 UTC−5 Stadium: Estadio Atanasio Girardot
28 May 2025 (2025-05-28) 6 Nacional Uruguay 1–0 Colombia 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 Colombia v Brazil São Paulo Medellín
21:30 UTC−3 Stadium: Estadio Atanasio Girardot
19 August 2025 Second leg São Paulo Brazil v Colombia 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.