| Ecuador Primera Women | 08/17 17:00 | 22 | [11] EL Nacional Women v CD Espuce Women [9] | D | 1-1 | |
| Ecuador Primera Women | 08/13 16:00 | 21 |
[5] Club Nanas Women
v
EL Nacional Women [11] |
L | 4-1 | |
| Ecuador Primera Women | 08/10 17:00 | 20 | EL Nacional Women v Vinotinto Ecuador Women | W | 3-2 | |
| Ecuador Primera Women | 08/06 16:15 | 19 | Barcelona Guayaquil (W) v EL Nacional Women | L | 3-0 | |
| Ecuador Primera Women | 06/22 17:00 | 18 | EL Nacional Women v Deportivo Ibarra Women | D | 0-0 | |
| Ecuador Primera Women | 06/15 18:00 | 17 | [4] Universidad Catolica del Ecuador Women v EL Nacional Women [11] | L | 8-0 | |
| Ecuador Primera Women | 06/11 17:00 | 16 | EL Nacional Women v Macara Women | L | 1-3 | |
| Ecuador Primera Women | 06/07 14:30 | 15 |
[4] LDU Quito Women
v
EL Nacional Women [11] |
L | 2-0 | |
| Ecuador Primera Women | 05/23 16:00 | 14 | Emelec Women v EL Nacional Women | L | 2-0 | |
| Ecuador Primera Women | 05/18 17:00 | 13 |
[11] EL Nacional Women v
Dragonas IDV Women
[1]
|
L | 0-2 | |
| Ecuador Primera Women | 05/10 17:00 | 12 | Leones del Norte Women v EL Nacional Women | W | 0-1 | |
| Ecuador Primera Women | 05/02 21:00 | 11 | [6] CD Espuce Women v EL Nacional Women [11] | L | 4-2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches played | 22 | 11 | 11 |
| Wins | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Draws | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Losses | 16 | 7 | 9 |
| Goals for | 13 | 9 | 4 |
| Goals against | 54 | 20 | 34 |
| Clean sheets | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Failed to score | 13 | 5 | 8 |
Club Deportivo El Nacional (until 2018 Club Especializado de Alto Rendimiento El Nacional) is an Ecuadorian sports club based in Quito, known best for their professional football team. The team currently plays in the Serie A, the first-tier football league in the country after gaining promotion in 2022.
El Nacional has thirteen national championships (one less than Emelec and three less than Barcelona). The club has participated in more Copa Libertadores than any other club in Ecuador with 22 appearances. Their best performance in the continental tournament was as a semi-finalist in 1985.
El Nacional was founded on 1 June 1964, and was administered by the Ecuadorian Military since the foundation until 2013, when the club celebrated its first democratic elections. The club has maintained a tradition of only playing Ecuadorian footballers, which has given them the nickname of Puros Criollos ("Pure Natives"). Rival clubs included crosstown clubs LDU Quito, Deportivo Quito, Universidad Católica and the Guayaquileans Barcelona and Emelec. Their home stadium is Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa.
Other sports the organization participates in are gymnastics, table tennis, Ecuavolley, chess, and shooting.
El Nacional produced some of the greatest players in Ecuador and won two more championships in 1992 and 1996 with the help of Cléber Chalá, Agustín Delgado, and Oswaldo Ibarra. They also disputed the semi-finals of the Copa Conmebol 1992 and the 1994 edition.
The current success of the team has added two more championships in 2005 and 2006, bringing their total to 13 titles. El Nacional has brought up talented players such as Antonio Valencia, Segundo Alejandro Castillo, Christian Benítez and Felix Borja. There have been plans to build a new stadium but no official decision has been taken yet. Former coach Juan Carlos Burbano resigned after an unsuccessful first stage in the league. Julio Asad was appointed head coach on 16 July 2009.In 2024 El Nacional won their biggest achievement in a long time with manager Marcelo Zuleta the team had won the Copa Ecuador.