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Club Nacional de Football (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkluβ nasjoˈnal de ˈfuðβol], National Football Club) is a Uruguayan professional sports club based La Blanqueada, a neighborhood in the capital city of Montevideo. The club currently competes in the Uruguayan Primera División, the highest tier in Uruguayan football.

Nacional was established on 14 May 1899 following the merger of Uruguay Athletic Club and Montevideo Football Club at the initiative of young students of the time who aimed to create a football club for Uruguayan-born players in response to the dominance of foreign clubs and players, thus making it one of the first clubs in the American continents founded by locals. Although the club's main focus is primarily on association football, the club hosts many other activities, including basketball, futsal, tennis, cycling, volleyball, and chess. In February 2013, Nacional reached 60,000 associates.

Nacional are associated with the white, blue, and red colors, which are inspired by the flag of José Gervasio Artigas. While the club occasionally hosts matches at Estadio Centenario, it plays the majority of its home games at the Estadio Gran Parque Central; the stadium is one of the three venues selected for the inaugural FIFA World Cup in 1930. On 13 July 1930, it hosted one of the opening games between Belgium and the United States, and it was also the site where teams like Argentina and Brazil made their World Cup debut. Gran Parque Central was also the only venue in the 1923 and 1924 editions of the Copa América.

Nacional is considered one of the most prestigious football clubs in the sport. In domestic tournaments, Nacional has won the Primera División title 49 times, most recently in the 2022 season, and historically the Copa de Competencia (8 times) and the Copa de Honor (7 times), among others. At international level, Nacional has won 9 titles recognized by FIFA and CONMEBOL, including three Copa Libertadores (1971, 1980, 1988); Nacional is the 2nd best all-time performing club of the tournament with 618 points. Nacional has also won all three Copa Intercontinental it has competed in (1971, 1980, 1988). In addition, Nacional is the only Uruguayan team to have won the Copa Interamericana (two times) and the Recopa Sudamericana, having won the inaugural edition in 1989. Naiconal have also won a record of four Copa de Honor Cousenier, three Copa Aldao, two Tie Cups, and one Copa Escobar-Gerona, all of them organized jointly by the Argentine and Uruguayan Associations. The club has never been relegated and has many long-standing rivalries, most notably El Clásico Uruguayo with Peñarol. According to CONMEBOL, Nacional was the Uruguayan team with the best international performance in the 2007–2012 period. IFFHS named it as the best Uruguayan team of the 2001–2010 period and the seventh best team in South America.