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Paraná Clube, commonly referred to as Paraná, is a Brazilian professional club based in Curitiba, Paraná founded on 19 December 1989. It competes in the Campeonato Paranaense Série Prata, the second tier of the Paraná state football league.
Established on 19 December 1989, in the Vila Capanema district, it is one of several Brazilian clubs called Tricolor da Vila ("tricolored of the town") by its fans because it has three team colors. Paraná's three colors are red, white and blue. Apart from football, other sports sponsored at the club are bowling, futsal, martial arts, tennis, volleyball and weight-lifting.<ref>Esportes at Paraná Clube Template:Webarchive</ref>
HistoryEdit
On 19 December 1989, Paraná Clube was founded by the merger of EC Pinheiros (three times winner of the state championship (1967 as Savóia FC Água Verde, 1984, 1987)), and Colorado EC (winner of one state championship (1980)). Rubens Minelli was hired as the club's first manager,<ref name="enciclopedialance">Template:Cite book</ref> and Emerson de Andrade was chosen as the director of football.<ref name="paranahistory">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The club's first match was played on 4 February 1990, when Coritiba beat Paraná 1–0 at the Estádio Couto Pereira.<ref name="enciclopedialance"/><ref name="paranacoritiba1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In 1991, two years after the club's foundation, Paraná won its first state championship. Later, Paraná would win five state championships in a row, from 1993 to 1997.<ref name="campeonatoparanaense">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In 1992, the club won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, gaining the right to compete in the following year's Série A.<ref name="campeonatobrasileiroserieb1992">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> After 8 years, Paraná Clube won another national championship. In 2000, Paraná beat AD São Caetano to win the Yellow Module of the João Havelange Cup. This cup replaced the Campeonato Brasileiro (all levels), which had been suspended for one year.<ref name="copajoaohavelange">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
On 9 April 2006, Paraná Clube won the Paraná State League for the 7th time after beating ADAP of Campo Mourão 3–0 in the Maringá and drawing 1–1 at Pinheirão Stadium. The attendance of the final match was 25,306 supporters.<ref name="campeonatoparanaense2006">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 2006 was one of the club's best ever years, finishing fifth in the 2006 Série A and gaining a berth for the 2007 Libertadores. Highlights of the campaign were victories over Gremio (5-2), Flamengo (4-1), and Ponte Preta (5-2).
Estadio Vila Capanema was renovated in 2006. The capacity rose to 20,083 spectators, and the inaugural match was held on 20 September 2006 when Paraná beat Fortaleza 2–0 in the Campeonato Brasileiro.Template:Citation needed
In 2007, Paraná played its first Copa Libertadores match. In the first stage, Paraná eliminated Cobreloa from Chile, winning the first leg 2–0 in Calama and drawing 1–1 in Curitiba. In the group stage, composed by Parana Clube, Flamengo, Union Maracaibo and Real Potosi, the club finished in second place. Paraná was eliminated in the Round of 16 by Libertad, of Paraguay.<ref name="copalibertadores2007">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In the 2007 Serie A, the club spent most of the season in mid table, but after a heavy 6-0 loss to Sao Paulo the club went into free-fall, losing ten of their last fifteen matches.
After 10 years in the second division, Paraná gained access to the first division of the Brazilian Championship, defeating CRB 1-0 for the 37th round of Serie B 2017.<ref name="Globoesporte.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In the 2018 Serie A, the club had an even worse campaign from 2007, registering only 4 wins all season and finishing in last place with 23 points.
Since then the club has been in a free-fall, suffering a double relegation; in 2020 Parana was relegated after an poor campaign in the Serie B, and the following season the club was relegated from the Serie C. In 2022, the club was relegated from the state league's top division.
StadiumsEdit
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Paraná Clube's official stadium is Estádio Durival Britto e Silva, also known as Vila Capanema. They occasionally used to play at the Pinheirão.<ref name="ultras-tifo.net">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Vila Olímpica also belongs to Paraná Clube but it is only used for training:<ref name="paranastadiums">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- Estádio Durival Britto e Silva (Vila Capanema): capacity 20,000 spectators.<ref name="cbf">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Estádio Erton Coelho de Queiroz (Vila Olímpica): capacity 18,500 spectators.<ref name="vilaolimpicacpaacity">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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SymbolsEdit
CrestEdit
The club's logo has a stylized conifer cone format, in red, with a white contour, which contains an azure jay and a white pine. The club's name is written in blue, as is the word Brasil. The word Clube is written in white.<ref name="enciclopedialance"/>
FlagEdit
Paraná's flag is rectangular, divided in two equal parts vertically. The right side is red and the left side is blue.<ref name="enciclopedialance"/>
MascotEdit
The mascot of Paraná Clube is an azure jay, a common bird in Paraná state. The bird is also the symbol of Paraná state.<ref name="enciclopedialance"/>
AnthemEdit
The Paraná Clube anthem was written by João Arnaldo and Sebastião Lima.<ref name="enciclopedialance"/>
ColorsEdit
Paraná Clube's colors are red, blue and white. The red color was Colorado's main color, the blue color was Pinheiros' main color, and white was a color adopted by both teams.<ref name="enciclopedialance"/>
RivalsEdit
Their biggest rivals are from the same city: Atlético-PR and Coritiba.<ref name="enciclopedialance"/>
HonoursEdit
Official tournamentsEdit
| National | ||
|---|---|---|
| Competitions | Titles | Seasons |
| Campeonato Brasileiro Série B | 1 | 1992 |
| State | ||
| Competitions | Titles | Seasons |
| Campeonato Paranaense | 7 | 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2006 |
| Campeonato Paranaense Série Prata | 2 | 2012, 2024 |
Others tournamentsEdit
National unofficialEdit
- Copa João Havelange – Módulo Amarelo (1): 2000(1)
Inter-stateEdit
- Seletiva Qualificatória Campeonato Brasileiro Série C (1): 1990
- Torneio Verão de Paranaguá (1): 1996
- Copa Vila Velha (1): 2004
- Torneio Quadrangular de Tangará da Serra-MT (1): 2004
Runners-upEdit
- Copa Sul (1): 1999
- Campeonato Paranaense (4): 1999, 2001, 2002, 2007
- Taça dos Campeões (1): 2025
- Notes
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| Season | Competition | Round | Opponents | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 1999 | Copa CONMEBOL | 1R | Template:Flagicon San Lorenzo | 1-0 | 1-2 | 2-2 (3-1p) |
| QF | Template:Flagicon Talleres | 1-0 | 0-1 | 1-1 (1-3p) | ||
| 2004 | Copa Sudamericana | 1R | Template:Flagicon Santos | 2-1 | 0-3 | 2-4 |
| 2006 | Copa Sudamericana | 2R | Template:Flagicon Athletico Paranaense | 1-3 | 0-1 | 1-4 |
| 2007 | Copa Libertadores | |||||
| 1R | Template:Flagicon Cobreloa | 1–1 | 2-0 | 3-1 | ||
| Group 5 | Template:Flagicon Flamengo | 0-1 | 0-1 | 2nd | ||
| Template:Flagicon Real Potosí | 2-0 | 1-3 | ||||
| Template:Flagicon Unión Maracaibo | 2-1 | 4-2 | ||||
| R16 | Template:Flagicon Libertad | 1-2 | 1-1 | 2–3 |
Current squadEdit
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Technical staffEdit
- Manager: Template:Flagicon Allan Aal
- Assistant manager: Template:Flagicon Pedro Gama
- Assistant manager: Template:Flagicon Lúcio Flávio
- Fitness coach: Template:Flagicon Rodrigo Rezende
- Assistant fitness coach: Template:Flagicon Victor Annes
- Goalkeeping coach: Template:Flagicon Tedeschi
ManagersEdit
- Template:Flagicon Sebastião Lazaroni (1989)
- Template:Flagicon Rubens Minelli (1990)
- Template:Flagicon Otacílio Gonçalves (1991–92)
- Template:Flagicon Levir Culpi (1993)
- Template:Flagicon Rubens Minelli (1994–97)
- Template:Flagicon Vanderlei Luxemburgo (1995)
- Template:Flagicon Otacílio Gonçalves (1995–96)
- Template:Flagicon Sebastião Lazaroni (1996)
- Template:Flagicon Antônio Lopes (1996)
- Template:Flagicon Mário Juliato (1996)
- Template:Flagicon Cláudio Duarte (1997–98)
- Template:Flagicon Otacílio Gonçalves (1998–99)
- Template:Flagicon Abel Braga (1999–00)
- Template:Flagicon Geninho (2000)
- Template:Flagicon Caio Júnior (2002)
- Template:Flagicon Otacílio Gonçalves (2002–03)
- Template:Flagicon Cuca (2003)
- Template:Flagicon Adílson Batista (2003)
- Template:Flagicon Gilson Kleina (2004), (2006)
- Template:Flagicon Paulo Campos (2004–05)
- Template:Flagicon Lori Sandri (2005)
- Template:Flagicon Caio Júnior (2006)
- Template:Flagicon Zetti (2006–07)
- Template:Flagicon Pintado (2007)
- Template:Flagicon Gilson Kleina (2007)
- Template:Flagicon Lori Sandri (2007)
- Template:Flagicon Velloso (2009)
- Template:Flagicon Zetti (2009)
- Template:Flagicon Sérgio Soares (2009)
- Template:Flagicon Roberto Cavalo (2009)
- Template:Flagicon Marcelo Oliveira (2010)
- Template:Flagicon Roberto Cavalo (2010–11)
- Template:Flagicon Ricardo Pinto (2011)
- Template:Flagicon Guilherme Macuglia (2011)
- Template:Flagicon Ricardinho (2012)
- Template:Flagicon Toninho Cecílio (2012–13)
- Template:Flagicon Dado Cavalcanti (2013)
- Template:Flagicon Milton Mendes (2014)
- Template:Flagicon Ricardo Drubscky (2014)
- Template:Flagicon Claudinei Oliveira (2014)
- Template:Flagicon Ricardinho (2014)
- Template:Flagicon Nedo Xavier (2015)
- Template:Flagicon Fernando Diniz (2015)
- Template:Flagicon Claudinei Oliveira (2016)
- Template:Flagicon Marcelo Martelotte (2016)
- Template:Flagicon Roberto Fernandes (2016)
- Template:Flagicon Wagner Lopes (2017)
- Template:Flagicon Lisca (2017)
- Template:Flagicon Matheus Costa (2017)
- Template:Flagicon Wagner Lopes (2018)
- Template:Flagicon Rogério Micale (2018)
- Template:Flagicon Claudinei Oliveira (2018)
- Template:Flagicon Dado Cavalcanti (2018–19)
- Template:Flagicon Matheus Costa (2019 – present)
ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
- Official website (archived)
- Torcida Fúria Independente (archived)
- Torcida Virtual Paran@utas
- Torcida da Argentina (archived)