Club Aviación Nacional
Club Aviación Nacional was a football club, which was formed in 1937, during the Spanish Civil War, and dissolved in 1939, after an agreement with Atlético Madrid, which saw them become Athletic-Aviation Club, and then, in 1940, Club Atlético Aviación. Club Aviación is sometimes mistakenly linked to the origin of Atlético, but instead Aviación was its savior, as the agreement of the two clubs in 1939 saved Atlético from bankruptcy.
| Full name | Club Aviación Nacional de Football | |
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| Short name | Club Aviación | |
| Founded | Mid-1937 | |
| Dissolved | Mid-1939 | |
| Ground | Matacán Air Base Field (1937–38) Zaragoza (1938–39) Madrid (1939) | |
| Chairman | Francisco Vives Camino | |
| Manager | Ricardo Zamora | |
| League | Aragon championship | |
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Aviación was founded by three aviation officers and was initially made up mostly of a group of soldiers with football skills. The team changed of headquarters numerous times in its 2-year-history, passing through places like Salamanca, Zaragoza and Madrid. Despite its short life as an independent club, Aviación Nacional was champion of the Aragon Regional Championship in 1939, which qualified them for the 1939 Copa del Generalísimo, where it was eliminated in the quarterfinals.