Full name | Sociedad Deportiva Atlético Nacional |
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Nickname(s) | Tongos, Uniformados, Equipo Policiaco, El equipo de la Policia [Police Team] |
Founded | 2001 (1995 originally) |
Ground |
Estadio Javier Cruz San Miguelito, Panamá |
Capacity | 2500 |
Chairman | Eduardo Serracin |
Manager | Daniel Valencia |
League | Liga Panameña de Fútbol |
2015 (C) | 1st (champions) |
Sociedad Deportiva Atlético Nacional is a Panamanian football team who currently play in the Panamanian top tier.
It is based in Ciudad de Panamá and is the team of the National Police of Panamá.
In 1995, a team named Atlético Nacional was founded and played a couple of years in the ANAPROF league until they were disbanded in 2001 due to manipulation and alteration of documents.
The club were reformed in 2005 as Club Deportivo Policía Nacional and in 2005 the team managed promotion to the top level after beating Atalanta 1–0. They were relegated to the Second Division in 2006.
They were renamed Sociedad Deportiva Atlético Nacional in 2008. In December 2012, Atlético Nacional lost the Apertura final to Millenium UP but they clinched promotion to the LPF in June 2015 after they won the Panamanian Second Division championship decider against SUNTRACS. They had already beaten SUNTRACS in November 2014 in the Apertura final.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.