2025 Atlético Nacional season

Atlético Nacional
2025 season
Owner	Organización Ardila Lülle
Chairman	Sebastián Arango Botero
Manager	Javier Gandolfi
Stadium	Estadio Atanasio Girardot
Categoría Primera A	3rd
Superliga Colombiana	Winners
Copa Libertadores	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	Edwin Cardona; Kevin Viveros; (5)
Average home league attendance	34,231
	All statistics correct as of 19 August 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. Atlético Nacional drew the highest average home league attendance with 34,231, followed by Independiente Medellín with 29,010 and Millonarios FC with 26,634.

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]
DF	César Haydar	Kawasaki Frontale	Loan	17 July 2025	^[6]
MF	Juan Bauza	FC U Craiova 1948	Loan	27 July 2025	^[7]
FW	Marlos Moreno	CD Tenerife	Free	28 July 2025	^[8]

Friendlies

Pre-season

16 January 2025 Friendly

Atlético Nacional

2–1

Monagas

Competitions

Overall

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	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	19 August 2025	Group stage	Round of 16	8	3	2	3	8	7	+1	037.50
Total					39	17	11	11	58	38	+20	043.59

Last updated: 19 August 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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	D	L	W	D	W	L
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.^[9]^[10]

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	Arce 58' Asprilla 60' Aguirre 67' Cardona 88'		Fabry 4' Ponce 30' Zárate 45+2' Hinestroza 45+1' 45+7' Quintana 50'	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'		Morelos 13' Salazar 29' Hinestroza 45+1' Campuzano 57' Viveros 90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Américo Montanini Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Carlos Ortega
	Penalties
	Henao Mena Sambueza Fabry Castañeda		Cardona Tesillo Zapata Uribe Hinestroza

Copa Libertadores

Group stage

The draw took place on 17 March 2025.^[11]

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	Advance to round of 16
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	Hinestroza 45+2' Viveros 55' Morelos 72'			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	Alan Patrick 50' (pen.), 82' (pen.), 88'		Hinestroza 70'	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	Willian José 71'			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	Oliva 88'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Gran Parque Central Attendance: 22,978^[12] 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	0–0	São Paulo	Medellín
21:30 UTC−3		Report		Stadium: Estadio Atanasio Girardot Attendance: 40,048 Referee: Gustavo Tejera (Uruguay)

19 August 2025 Second leg	São Paulo	1–1 (1–1 agg.) (4–3 p)	Atlético Nacional	São Paulo, Brazil
21:30 UTC−3	André Silva 3'	Report	Morelos 70' (pen.)	Stadium: Morumbi Attendance: 57,559 Referee: Maximiliano Ramírez (Argentina)
	Penalties
	Lucas Moura Marcos Antônio Luciano Enzo Díaz Cédric Soares		Uribe Campuzano Morelos Tesillo Hinestroza

References

^ "Plantel Profesional Masculino - Atlético Nacional". www.atlnacional.com.co. Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
^ "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.
^ Dimayor. "Atlético Nacional". Archived from the original on 31 July 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
^ Nacional presentó al 'Gaucho' Camilo Cándido, su nuevo refuerzo
^ Oficial: Nacional confirmó a Marino Hinestroza como nuevo jugador para 2025
^ César Haydar es nuevo jugador de Atlético Nacional
^ El argentino Juan Bauza llega a Nacional para revolucionar el mediocampo
^ Atlético Nacional confirma el regreso de Marlos Moreno
^ Sorteo Liga BetPlay - I 2025: Fecha, hora y cómo ver online
^ Liga BetPlay 2025: así se jugará la fecha 1 tras el sorteo
^ "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.
^ "Nacional 1-0 Atl. Nacional (28 de mai, 2025) Placar Final" (in Brazilian Portuguese). ESPN. Retrieved 29 May 2025.

[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] César Haydar es nuevo jugador de Atlético Nacional

[7] El argentino Juan Bauza llega a Nacional para revolucionar el mediocampo

[8] Atlético Nacional confirma el regreso de Marlos Moreno

[9] Sorteo Liga BetPlay - I 2025: Fecha, hora y cómo ver online

[10] Liga BetPlay 2025: así se jugará la fecha 1 tras el sorteo

[11] "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.

[12] "Nacional 1-0 Atl. Nacional (28 de mai, 2025) Placar Final" (in Brazilian Portuguese). ESPN. Retrieved 29 May 2025.

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Club Atlético Nacional S. A.
Honours Players Managers Seasons International participations Records and statistics Current season
Team	Footballers Managers Presidents Women
Home stadium	Estadio Atanasio Girardot Estadio San Fernando (former)
League Titles (18)	1954 1973 1976 1981 1991 1994 1999 2005-I 2007-I 2007-II 2011-I 2013-I 2013-II 2014-I 2015-II 2017-I 2022-I 2024-II
Copa Colombia Titles (7)	2012 2013 2016 2018 2021 2023 2024
Superliga Colombiana Titles (4)	2012 2016 2023 2025
Copa Libertadores Titles (2)	1989 2016
Rivalries	Independiente Medellín Millonarios América de Cali
Website: www.atlnacional.com.co/