Club Athletico Paranaense
| Paranaense | |||
| Full name | Clube Atlético Paranaense | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Furacão (Hurricane) | ||
| Founded | 1924 | ||
| Ground | Kyocera Arena, Curitiba, Brazil | ||
| Capacity | 32,864 | ||
| Chairman | João Augusto Fleury | ||
| Manager | Evaristo de Macedo | ||
| League | Brazilian Série A | ||
| 2004 | Brazilian Série A, 2nd | ||
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Atlético Paranaense are a Brazilian football team from Curitiba in Paraná, founded on March 26, 1924.
History
Atlético Paranaense born of the fusion of two Curitiba traditional teams, Internacional and América. The fusion was announced on March 21, 1924 and formalized five days later, on March 26, when the club changed its name and its colors, and also the new board of directors assumed the administration of the club. The chosen club's field was Internacional old field, callled Água Verde.
The club's first match was played on April 6, and the first competition match was played on April 20, when Atlético beat archi-rival Coritiba 2-0. The constant participation in several championships, and the presence of a good team culminated in the club's first state championship title, still in 1925, consolidating the club as one of the main clubs of its state. In 1934, Atlético Paranaense acquired the groundplot where Estádio da Baixada is located.
In 1949, the club won its ninth Paranaense State Championship, which made the nickname Furacão (meaning hurricane, in English) being attributed to the club and its great campaign in the competition. Since then, Furacão became the club's nickname.
In 1995 after Coritiba beat Atlético 5-1, a new board of directors took over the command of the club, and started a strategical project called "Atlético Total".
Atlético was the first Paranaense club to participate of Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa, nowadays replaced by Campeonato Brasileiro. In 2001, Atlético Paranaense won its first Campeonato Brasileiro, after defeating São Caetano) and in 2004 was runner-up, with the striker Washington scoring a historical record of 34 goals in a single edition of Campenato Brasileiro.
So far, Atlético participated of three Copa Libertadores de América editions, in 2000, 2002 and 2005. In the 2000 edition the club was eliminated in the second round and in 2005 Atlético was the runner-up of the competition after being defeated by São Paulo.
Honors
National competitions
- 21 Campeonato Paranaense) titles: 1925, 1929, 1930, 1934, 1936, 1940, 1943, 1945, 1949, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005.
- 1 Taça Belo Horizonte de Juniores title: 1996
- 3 National Titles:
International competitions
- Winterthur Tournament (Switzerland) - 1991, 1992
Stadium
Home stadium is the Estádio Joaquim Américo, traditionally known as Arena da Baixada but more recently renamed Kyocera Arena, capacity 32,864.
Team colors
They play in black with red vertical stripes, black shorts and black socks.
Some famous players
- Alfredo Gottardi Júnior
- Assis
- Bellini
- Caju
- Cocito
- Djalma Santos
- Jackson do Nascimento
- Lucas
- Nilson Borges
- Oséas
- Paulo Rink
- Sicupira
- Washington
- Kleberson
- Jadson
- Dagoberto