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Nacional Potosí

Full name	Club Atlético Nacional Potosí
Nickname(s)	La Banda Roja
Founded	April 8, 1942; 82 years ago (April 8, 1942)
Ground	Estadio Victor Agustín Ugarte
Capacity	32,000
Chairman	Wilfredo Condori
Manager	Flabio Torres
League	División Profesional
2023	División Profesional, 5th of 17
Website	https://sites.google.com/view/nacionalpotosi
Home colours Away colours

Club Atlético Nacional Potosí is a Bolivian football team from Potosí. The football team currently plays in the Bolivian Primera División. Founded on 8 April 1942, it plays its home games at Estadio Víctor Agustín Ugarte.

Nacional has a basketball team as well.^[1]

Nacional Potosí is one of Bolivia's oldest football clubs, being founded on 8 April 1942.^[2] The team has mainly played in the second tier of Bolivian football. In 2004 it came under the ownership of Emilio Alave and the team started to mount a serious promotion challenge, coming close in 2007 when they lost to Aurora in the relegation play-off. Nacional bounced back the following year and won the Copa Simon Bolívar, gaining promotion to the first division. In 2009 Nacional made its debut in the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano, but the club couldn't survive its first season and was relegated. In 2010, Wilfredo Condori took over as chairman and the side won both the Copa Simon Bolívar and promotion back to the first division. The club played its first ever Copa Sudamericana in 2014. They lost 1-3 on aggregate to Club Libertad of Paraguay in the first round.^[3] Celebrating its diamond anniversary in 2017, the side was playing in the first division and the Copa Sudamericana for just the second time in their history.

The club debuted in the Copa Libertadores in 2023 and was eliminated in the 1st stage.

The club plays its home games at Estadio Víctor Agustín Ugarte in Potosí. It has a capacity for 32,000 people.

The stadium was originally called Estadio San Clemente, but was renamed Mario Mercado Vaca Guzmán after some modifications on the structure, including new illumination towers, were made. Newer modifications led ultimately to its actual name.^[4]

Located 4,090 metres above sea level, the stadium is one of the highest in the world. It has raised numerous controversies in footballing circles, as its significant altitude affects the absorption of oxygen in the human body, offering considerable advantage to the home team who are more accustomed to such conditions.^{[citation needed][5]}

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  BOL Saidt Mustafá 2 DF  BOL Maximiliano Ortíz 3 DF  BOL Javier Guerra 5 DF  BOL Daniel Mancilla 6 DF  COL Edisson Restrepo 7 FW  COL Carlos Preciado 8 MF  BOL Luis Pavia 9 FW  COL José Erick Correa 11 MF  BOL Jorge Rojas 12 GK  BOL Jorge Mejia 13 DF  BOL Abraham Cabrera 14 DF  BOL Óscar Añez 15 MF  BOL Marcos Andia 16 FW  BOL Andrés Torrico

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  BOL Saulo Guerra 18 MF  BOL Pedro Azogue 19 FW  BOL Victor Abrego 20 DF  BOL Martín Prost 21 DF  BOL Miyhel Ortíz 22 MF  BOL Diego Hoyos 23 DF  BOL Óscar Baldomar 25 GK  BOL Carlos Ardono 29 FW  BOL William Álvarez 32 DF  ARG Heber Leaños 33 DF  BOL Luis Demiquel — FW  BOL Alfredo Garcia

The club has a rivalry with the only other first division club in the Potosí Department, Real Potosí. They share the same stadium, and matches between them usually draw lots of attention.

The first match played between the two clubs was in the 2009 Copa Aerosur on 18 January 2009. Real Potosi won 2-1.^[6] The first league match between the two clubs was on 19 April 2009, which finished in a 1-1 draw.^[7]

Although both clubs were founded in the 20th century, the reason why it took so long for both clubs to meet was because Nacional Potosi had been playing in the lower divisions until 2009. Nacional Potosí have won 18 times, while Real Potosí have only done it 15 times, there were 11 draws.^[8]

• Bolivian Second Division
  • Winners (2): 2008, 2010

• Copa Libertadores: 1 appearance

Best: 2023 (1st stage)

• Copa Sudamericana: 7 appearances

Best: 2017, 2024 (2nd stage/Group stage)

This article needs to be updated. Please help update this section to reflect recent events or newly available information. (October 2020)

• Víctor Hugo Andrada (2007–09)
• Juan Carlos Paz (May 19, 2012 – March 3, 2013)
• Julio César Baldivieso (March 4, 2013 – Nov 28, 2013)

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• Nacional Potosi on Instagram
• Ascenso a Primera División Archived 2009-01-02 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
• Nacional Potosi at Soccerway