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América Paraná Sport Club
The América Paraná Sport Club (also ''América-Paraná ...'') was an association football club from Curitiba, the capital of the Brazilian state of Paraná. The club was established before the state championship of Paraná of 1917 through a merger of the América Foot-Ball Club, founded in 1914, and the Paraná Sport Club, founded in 1910 by employees of the ''American South Brazilian Engineering Company'' after their transfer from Ponta Grossa, ca. 100 km northwest of Curitiba, to the capital, to create a credible force against the then prevailing teams of the Coritiba Foot Ball Club and the Internacional Futebol Clube. The new club won the championship of the new joint league of Paraná, the ''Associação Sportiva Paranaense'', of 1917, leaving the title holders Coritiba behind on second place. América-Paraná's Gaeta was top scorer with nine goals. In 1918 the club finished on the fifth place amongst six participants and in February 1919, before start of the new cham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curitiba
Curitiba () is the capital and largest city in the state of Paraná (state), Paraná in Southern Brazil. The city's population was 1,773,718 , making it the List of cities in Brazil by population, eighth most populous city in Brazil and the largest in Brazil's South Region, Brazil, South Region. The Curitiba Metropolitan area comprises 29 Municipalities of Brazil, municipalities with a total population of over 3,559,366, making it the ninth most populous metropolitan area in the country. The city sits on a plateau at Above mean sea level, above sea level. It is located west of the seaport of Paranaguá and is served by the Afonso Pena International Airport, Afonso Pena International and Bacacheri Airport, Bacacheri airports. Curitiba is an important cultural, political, and economic center in Latin America and hosts the Federal University of Paraná, established in 1912. In the 19th century, Curitiba's favorable location between cattle-breeding countryside and marketplaces led ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular field called a Football pitch, pitch. The objective of the game is to Scoring in association football, score more goals than the opposing team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular-framed Goal (sport), goal defended by the opposing team. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45-minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and territories, it is the world's most popular sport. Association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 and maintained by the International Football Association Board, IFAB since 1886. The game is pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paraná State
Paraná, Paranã or Parana may refer to: Geology *Paraná Basin, a sedimentary basin in South America Places In Argentina *Paraná, Entre Ríos, a city * Paraná Department, a part of Entre Ríos Province In Brazil *Paraná (state), a state in the South of Brazil * Paraná, Rio Grande do Norte, a town * Paraná Province, one of the provinces of the Empire of Brazil * Paranã, a city in the state of Tocantins * Ji-Paraná, a city in the state of Rondônia Rivers *Paraná River, a river that flows through Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina ** Paraná Delta, at the mouth of Paraná River * Paranã River, a river in the state of Goiás, Brazil * Paraná Urariá, a river in the state of Amazonas, Brazil Other * ARA ''Paraná'', several ships of the Argentine Navy * Ji-Paraná Futebol Clube, a football team from Ji-Paraná, Rondônia state *Paraná Clube, a football team in the Vila Capanema district of Curitiba, Paraná * Paraná (footballer), Brazilian association footballer *P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campeonato Paranaense
The Campeonato Paranaense is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Paraná. It is run by the Paraná Football Federation (FPF). List of champions Notes * In 1924 Internacional and América merged into the Club Athletico Paranaense. * In 1971 Britânia, Ferroviário and Palestra Itália merged into the Colorado Esporte Clube. * In 1971 Água Verde and Savóia merged into the Esporte Clube Pinheiros. * In 1989 Colorado and Pinheiros merged into the Paraná Clube. * In 2002 Iraty won the official championship; clubs playing in the Copa Sul-Minas Copa Sul-Minas was a Brazilian football competition that ran between 2000 and 2002, with teams from the three Southern states of Brazil, plus the Southeastern state of Minas Gerais. It is a successor competition to the 1999 Tournament called Copa ... did not compete in this but instead played for the 'super championship', which was won by Atlético. Titles by team Teams in bold stil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
América Foot-Ball Club (PR)
The Americas, sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North America and South America.''Webster's New World College Dictionary'', 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. When viewed as a single continent, the Americas or America is the 2nd largest continent by area after Asia, and is the 3rd largest continent by population. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and comprise the New World. Along with their associated islands, the Americas cover 8% of Earth's total surface area and 28.4% of its land area. The topography is dominated by the American Cordillera, a long chain of mountains that runs the length of the west coast. The flatter eastern side of the Americas is dominated by large river basins, such as the Amazon, St. Lawrence River–Great Lakes, Mississippi, and La Plata basins. Since the Americas extend from north to south, the climate and ecology vary widely, from the arctic tundra of No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
