Nacional
Portugal · founded 1910 · Estádio da Madeira
We list 5 upcoming fixtures, the 5 most recent results, 120 players across 14 seasons and the 60 latest transfers for Nacional, most recently seen in Primeira Liga.
Competition: Primeira Liga
Manager: Alexandre Santos
Home venue: Estádio da Madeira, Funchal
Record last updated .
Nacional in the table · Primeira Liga
Rank 16 · 4 points from 8 played (1W-1D-6L). Goal difference -9 (9 for, 18 against).
Most-played opponents
Clubs Nacional has met most often in finished competitive matches, all competitions since 2010.
- SC Braga — 26 matches · 4W 4D 18L
- Rio Ave — 25 matches · 7W 8D 10L
- Sporting CP — 24 matches · 1W 5D 18L
- FC Porto — 23 matches · 2W 2D 19L
- Vitória SC — 23 matches · 8W 5D 10L
- Benfica — 22 matches · 1W 2D 19L
- Maritimo — 20 matches · 7W 7D 6L
- Moreirense — 18 matches · 3W 3D 12L
Upcoming fixtures
Next scheduled matches for Nacional.
- Nacional vs SC Braga · Primeira Liga · Oct 25, 2026 · SC Braga
- Arouca vs Nacional · Primeira Liga · Nov 1, 2026 · Arouca
- Nacional vs Academico Viseu · Primeira Liga · Nov 7, 2026 · Academico Viseu
- Maritimo vs Nacional · Primeira Liga · Nov 27, 2026 · Maritimo
- Nacional vs Benfica · Primeira Liga · Dec 6, 2026 · Benfica
Recent results
Most recent completed matches.
- Sanjoanense 1-0 Nacional · Taça de Portugal · Oct 17, 2026 · Sanjoanense
- Rio Ave 3-2 Nacional · Primeira Liga · Oct 11, 2026 · Rio Ave
- Nacional 0-4 Famalicao · Primeira Liga · Sep 19, 2026 · Famalicao
- Nacional 1-3 Alverca · Primeira Liga · Sep 12, 2026 · Alverca
- Sporting CP 2-0 Nacional · Primeira Liga · Sep 5, 2026 · Sporting CP
Grounds
Every ground Nacional has hosted a home fixture at in the archive, most-used first. This is a count of fixtures we hold, not a claim about which ground the club is registered at.
- Estádio da Madeira, Funchal — 64 home fixtures here
- Estádio dos Barreiros, Ilha da Madeira — 1 home fixture here
Managers
Every manager we hold a spell for at Nacional, most recent first. Each links to a full career record.
- Alexandre Santos — 1 Sep 2026 to present
- Tiago Margarido — 1 Jul 2023 to 1 Sep 2026
- Fernando Morato — 1 Aug 2022 to 1 Apr 2023
- Carlos Simões — 1 Sep 2020 to 1 Mar 2021
- Costinha — 1 Aug 2017 to 1 Aug 2019
- P. Jokanovic — 1 Jan 2017 to 1 Mar 2017
- Filipe Cândido — 1 Apr 2023 to 1 May 2023
- Rui Borges — 1 Sep 2021 to 1 Jun 2022
- Costinha — 1 Jul 2021 to 1 Sep 2021
- Manuel Machado — 1 Mar 2021 to 1 Jul 2021
- Carlos Simões — 1 Aug 2020 to 1 Dec 2020
- Luís Freire — 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Mar 2020
- Costinha — 1 Jul 2017 to 1 Jun 2019
- João de Deus — 1 Mar 2017 to 1 May 2017
- Manuel Machado — 1 Aug 2016 to 1 Dec 2016
- Manuel Machado — 1 Oct 2012 to 1 Dec 2016
- Pedro Caixinha — 1 Nov 2011 to 1 Oct 2012
- Ivo Vieira — 1 Mar 2011 to 1 Nov 2011
- Manuel Machado — 1 Jan 2010 to 1 May 2010
Players we hold records for
120 players across 14 seasons at Nacional, each filed under the most recent season we hold for that player at this club. Every name links to a full career profile with per-season stats.
2026/2027
- C. Labidi — Midfielder
- Daniel Isai de la Cruz de la Cruz — Defender
- Daniel Júnior — Attacker
- Deivison — Midfielder
- F. Nava — Attacker
- Filipe Soares — Midfielder
- Ivanildo Fernandes — Defender
- José Gomes — Defender
- João Gonçalves — Goalkeeper
- Kevyn — Goalkeeper
- Liziero — Midfielder
- Léo Santos — Defender
- Matchoi Djaló — Forward
- Mateus Iseppe — Midfielder
- Miguel Baeza — Attacker
- Pablo Ruan — Forward
- Renato Bellucci — Goalkeeper
2025/2026
- Alan Núñez — Defender
- André Carreira Sousa — Midfielder
- C. Ramírez — Attacker
- Douglas Nathan — Midfielder
- Francisco Gonçalves — Defender
- Gabriel Veron — Forward
- Joel Silva — Midfielder
- Josué — Midfielder
- Jota — Midfielder
- João Aurélio — Defender
- Kaique — Goalkeeper
- L. Vallier — Defender
- Lucas França — Goalkeeper
- Lucas João — Attacker
- Martim Watts — Midfielder
- Matheus Dias — Midfielder
- Motez Nourani — Attacker
- Paulinho Bóia — Midfielder
- Ulisses — Defender
- Witi — Forward
- Zé Vitor — Defender
2024/2025
- A. Appiah — Defender
- Adrián Butzke — Attacker
- Afonso de Freitas — Defender
- André Sousa — Defender
- Bruno Costa — Midfielder
- Carlos Daniel — Midfielder
- Cesar — Goalkeeper
- D. Sequeira — Defender
- Daniel Penha — Midfielder
- Dudu — Attacker
- Dyego Sousa — Attacker
- El Hadji Djibril Soumaré — Midfielder
- F. Shatri — Defender
- F. Yamada — Forward
- Gabriel Santos — Attacker
- Gustavo Garcia — Defender
- Isaac — Attacker
- J. Tagueu — Forward
- Jordi Pola — Defender
- Lucas Almeida — Defender
- Luís Esteves — Midfielder
- N. Thomas — Forward
- Rui Encarnação — Goalkeeper
- Rúben Macedo — Forward
- Sérgio Marakis — Midfielder
- Tiago Reis — Forward
- V. Danilović — Midfielder
- Vinícius Machado — Goalkeeper
2023/2024
- Bruno Gomes — Forward
- Paulo Vitor — Defender
- Raimar — Defender
2022/2023
2021/2022
- António Filipe — Goalkeeper
- Lee Seung-Jun — Defender
- Marco Matias — Forward
- Vincent Thill — Forward
- Wanderson Souza Carneiro — Defender
2020/2021
- João Vigário — Defender
- K. Gorré — Forward
- Lucas Kal — Midfielder
- Pedrão — Defender
- S. Sy — Goalkeeper
- Éber Bessa — Midfielder
2019/2020
- A. Paločević — Midfielder
- Giorgi Arabidze — Midfielder
- Leonel Mosevich — Defender
- S. Rashidov — Attacker
2018/2019
- A. Ebralidze — Attacker
- Arthur — Defender
- B. Róchez — Attacker
- Felipe Lopes — Defender
- Filipe Ferreira — Defender
- L. Rosić — Defender
- Mauro Cerqueira — Defender
2017/2018
- Christian — Midfielder
- Diego Silva — Defender
- Mateus Silva — Midfielder
- Ricardo Gomes — Forward
2016/2017
- Adriano Facchini — Goalkeeper
- Ali Ghazal — Midfielder
- Filipe Miguel Maganinho dos Santos Gonçalves — Midfielder
- Jhonder Cádiz — Attacker
- João Marna — Attacker
- Nuno Sequeira — Defender
- Rui Silva — Goalkeeper
- Washington Santana — Midfielder
- Zequinha — Forward
- Zizo — Forward
2015/2016
- Alan Henrique — Defender
- B. Fofana — Midfielder
- Luís Miguel Coimbra Aurélio — Midfielder
- Miguel Rodrigues — Defender
- Rodrigo Pinho — Forward
- Salvador Agra — Attacker
- Tiquinho Soares — Forward
2014/2015
2013/2014
- Bruno Moura — Defender
Recent transfers
Confirmed transfers involving Nacional, incoming and outgoing.
- · Matchoi Djaló from Istanbul Basaksehir — Transfer
- · F. Nava from Always Ready — Transfer
- · F. Nava from Always Ready — Transfer
- · Paulinho Bóia to Widzew Łódź — Free transfer
- · Lucas França to Santa Clara — Free transfer
- · Witi to Pyunik Yerevan — Transfer
- · M. Jensen from Odense — Transfer
- · Daniel Isai de la Cruz de la Cruz from LDU de Quito — Loan
- · L. Vallier to Dunkerque — Transfer
- · João Gonçalves from Universitatea Craiova — Free transfer
- · Renato Bellucci from Paris Saint Germain — Loan
- · S. Gavriel from Zulte Waregem — Free transfer
- · Mateus Iseppe from Atletico-MG — Transfer
- · Lucas João to Petro de Luanda — Free transfer
- · Gabriel Veron to FC Porto — Return from loan
- · Jota to Machico — Free transfer
- · Alan Núñez to Cerro Porteno — Return from loan
- · Jota to Unknown — Free transfer
- · Kaique to Palmeiras — Return from loan
- · Lucas França to Unknown — Free transfer
- · Gabriel Veron from FC Porto — Loan
- · Alan Núñez to Cerro Porteno — Return from loan
- · Daniel Júnior from Vitoria — Free transfer
- · Liziero from Sao Paulo — Free transfer
- · Witi from Al Urooba — Transfer
- · Filipe Soares from PAOK — Transfer
- · Dudu to Mazatlán — Free transfer
- · Rui Encarnação to Machico — Free transfer
- · Kaique from Palmeiras — Loan
- · Matheus Dias from Internacional — Transfer
- · Josué from Gremio — Free transfer
- · C. Ramírez from Vitória SC — Transfer
- · Luís Esteves to GIL Vicente — Free transfer
- · L. Vallier from Guingamp — Free transfer
- · El Hadji Djibril Soumaré to SC Braga — Return from loan
- · Matheus Dias to Internacional — Return from loan
- · Isaac to Atletico-MG — Return from loan
- · Lucas Almeida from Machico — Return from loan
- · F. Yamada to Kyoto Sanga
- · Rúben Macedo to Gyeongnam FC — Free transfer
- · F. Shatri from Primorje — Return from loan
- · A. Appiah to Almeria
- · Daniel Penha to Atletico-MG — Return from loan
- · Alan Núñez from Cerro Porteno — Loan
- · Kevyn from Fluminense — Transfer
- · Martim Watts from Estoril — Free transfer
- · J. Tagueu to Hai Phong — Free transfer
- · Deivison from Hope Internacional — Transfer
- · Douglas Nathan from São Caetano — Free transfer
- · Dudu to Mazatlán — Free transfer
- · Luís Esteves to GIL Vicente — Free transfer
- · Daniel Penha to Atletico-MG — Return from loan
- · Matheus Dias to Internacional — Return from loan
- · El Hadji Djibril Soumaré to SC Braga — Return from loan
- · A. Appiah to Almeria — Return from loan
- · Pablo Ruan from Londrina — Transfer
- · Isaac to Atletico-MG — Return from loan
- · Lucas Almeida to Machico — Free transfer
- · Rúben Macedo to Gyeongnam FC — Free transfer
- · Bruno Costa to Gyeongnam FC — Free transfer