For fans who are getting ready to enjoy the first game of the Colombian League final, here are the facts you should know about National Athletic and Sports Tolima, the protagonists of the day. Courtesy Luis Arturo Henao (@Elcoleccioniste).
National Athletic
– It is the first time in short tournaments that he has gone 5 years without winning the League. His worst streak was 4 (2007 -2011).
– Green has already been champion twice, qualifying as third: 2007-1 with Óscar Quintabanni as coach and 2011-1 with Santiago Escobar.
– The third classified reached the final 14 times, won 6 and lost 8 (42.8% success), the second 12 times, 5 yes and 7 no (41.6% success).
– Nacional won 9 short tournaments and was second 4 times (2002 against América, 2004 against DIM and Junior and 2018 against Tolima).
– In 14 short tournament finals, it is the second time that Nacional finishes as a visitor (the other 12 ended at home).
2013-1 Champion against Santa Fe in Bogotá.
2022-1 against Tolima in Ibagué.
– In total of his 16 league wins, he only obtained three at home, as follows:
1973 in Cali
1976 in Manizales
2013 in Bogota (to Santa Fe)
– Four of the last five champion coaches did so with less than six months in office.
2019-1 July Comesaña (Junior)
2019-2 Alexandre Guimaraes (America)
2020-1 John Cross Royal (USA)
2021-2 Rafael Dudamel (Cali)
– Five National coaches were champions with a maximum of 6 months in office.
1973 César López Freights
1976 Osvaldo Juan Zubeldia
1999 Luis Fernando Suarez
2005 and 2011 Santiago Escobar.
2015 Reinaldo Rueda
– The last Colombian goalkeeper to be champion with Nacional was Camilo Vargas in 2015-2 and in Colombia the last winning goalkeeper under 23 years old was Montero in 2018, Mier is 22 years old.
– Jhon Duque would be the ninth Bogotan to be champion with Nacional: Francisco Nájera, Camilo Vargas, Dajome, Rolo Flórez, Ómar Franco, Carlos Ricaurte, Piñeros (1973) and Víctor Cañón (1973).
– Jéfferson Duque would reach his fifth League and would do so with three different coaches: Osorio, Rueda and Herrera. The one who won the most leagues was Franco Armani with 6.
-National could be champion in all the last six decades: 70,80,90, 00, 10, 20.
– Herrera would be the 7 Antioquian technical director to win a short tournament after Víctor Luna, Luis Fernando Montoya, Pedro Sarmiento, Santiago Escobar, Javier Álvarez and Leonel Álvarez.
– There was only one final between the second and third place finishers, in 2002: DIM (3) beat Pasto (2).
Sports Tolima
– Tolima equaled the record of Nacional and Junior as the only ones with 3 consecutive finals in short tournaments.
– Michael Rangel would be champion with 3 different clubs: América, Junior and Tolima.
– The three Leagues that he won were done as a visitor (2003, 2018 and 2021-1), he lost the 2 that he finished at home: 2006 against Cúcuta; 2021-2 with Cali.
– Two of his three leagues were won from the penalty spot: 2003 to Cali and 2018 to Nacional.
– Hernán Torres played 5 League finals, won 2 and lost 3: 2010 Tolima (no), 2012 Millonarios (yes), 2014 DIM (no), 2021 Tolima (yes), 2021-2 Tolima (no).
– Tolima was never a champion ranking second, the three times it won it was like this: In 2003 sixth, in 2018 third, in 2021 fifth.
-Five Tolima players went through Nacional: Jonatan Marulanda, Bryan Rovira, Jeisson Lucumí, Andrés Ibargüén and Michael Rangel.
