The América Paraná Sport Club (also ''América-Paraná ...'') was an

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 f ...

club from

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 larg ...

, the capital of the Brazilian state of

Paraná 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 ...

. 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 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 i ...

, founded in 1910 by employees of the ''American South Brazilian Engineering Company'' after their transfer from

Ponta Grossa Ponta Grossa () is a municipality in the state of Paraná, southern Brazil. The estimated population is 355,336 according to official data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics and it is the 4th most populous city in Paraná ( ...

, 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 Coritiba Foot Ball Club, commonly known as Coritiba and colloquially referred to as heCoxa, is a List of football clubs in Brazil, Brazilian football club from Curitiba, capital city of the States of Brazil, Brazilian state of Paraná s ...

and the

Internacional Futebol Clube Internacional Foot Ball Club, from 1921 Internacional Sport Club, was a football club from Curitiba, the capital of the Brazilian state of Paraná. Internacional played its home games at the Baixada do Água Verde which had a maximum capacity of ...

. 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 championship, the merger was undone. The América FBC participated in the state championship until 1922 and merged before the 1924 competition with Internacional to form today's

Clube Atlético Paranaense Club Athletico Paranaense (abbreviated CAP, commonly known as Athletico Paranaense and up to 2019 known as Atlético Paranaense) is a Brazilian football team from the city of Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná, founded ...

. The Paraná SC rejoined the state championship in 1920 and ceased operations during the 1926 competition and dissolved itself.

Honours

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 in ...

** Winners (1): 1917

References

* Rodolfo Stella:
América Paraná Sport Club – Curitiba / PR
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and RSSSF Brazil, 2014-04-13. {{DEFAULTSORT:America Parana Defunct football clubs in Paraná (state) Club Athletico Paranaense Sports clubs and teams in Curitiba Association football clubs established in 1917 Association football clubs disestablished in 1919 1917 establishments in Brazil 1919 disestablishments in Brazil