The 2013 Campeonato Paranaense de Futebol Profissional da 1ª Divisão was the 98th season of Paraná's top professional football league. The competition began on January 20 and ended on May 12.

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won the championship for the 37th time, while

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and

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were relegated.

Format

The tournament consists of a double round-robin format, in which all twelve teams play each other twice, with classification split in two stages. Each round counts as one stage. The better-placed teams of each stage will face themselves in a

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, with the team with the most points in the overall classification playing the second leg home, the winning team will then be declared champion. In case of a tie in number of points and goal balance, the advantage is for the best campaign team.UOL Esporte
"Regulamento do Campeonato Paranaense 2013"
August 03, 2013. (in Portuguese) If the same team is best-placed on both stages, it will automatically be declared champion. The best two-placed teams in the overall classification not advancing to the finals and not from

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will face themselves in a two-legged tie competing for the Torneio do Interior. The team with the most points will play the second leg home. The bottom two teams on overall classification will be relegated.

Participating teams

First round

Results

Second round

Results

Finals

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Torneio do Interior finals

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was declared champion due to better results on the first and second round.

References

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