Club Athletico Paranaense (commonly known as Athletico and formerly known as Atlético Paranaense) is a
Brazilian football team from the city of
Curitiba
Curitiba () is the capital and largest city in the state of Paraná in Brazil. The city's population was 1,948,626 , making it the eighth most populous city in Brazil and the largest in Brazil's South Region. The Curitiba Metropolitan area c ...
,
capital city
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of the
Brazilian state of
Paraná, founded on March 26, 1924. The team won the
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (; English: "Brazilian Championship A Series"), commonly referred to as the Brasileirão (; English: "Big Brazilian"), and also known as Brasileirão Assaí due to sponsorship with Assaí Atacadista, is a Br ...
, Brazil's top football division, in
2001
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, the
Copa Sudamericana
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in
2018
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and
2021
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, and the
Copa do Brasil
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in
2019
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.
They are considered the strongest team in Brazil outside of the
Big 12
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, at times even surpassing them.
History
The club was founded in 1924 through the merger of International Football Club and América Futebol Clube, two traditional clubs in Curitiba.
The club's first match, a friendly one, was played on April 6, when Athletico Paranaense beat Universal FC 4–2.
Athletico Paranaense has participated in the
Copa Libertadores
The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as the Copa Libertadores de América ( pt, Copa Libertadores da América), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level of competition in S ...
, in 2000, 2002, 2005, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2020 and 2022. In
2005
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and
2022
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, Athletico Paranaense was the runner-up of the competition being defeated in the finals by
São Paulo
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and
Flamengo
Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (; English: ''Flamengo Rowing Club''), more commonly referred to as simply Flamengo, is a Brazilian sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, in the neighborhood of Gávea, best known for their professional football ...
respectively.
A survey taken in 2005 by ''Paraná Pesquisas'' Institute showed that Athletico Paranaense has the largest number of supporters in Curitiba.
In 2006 and 2018, Club Athletico Paranaense had a good performance in the
Copa Sudamericana
The CONMEBOL Sudamericana, named as ''Copa Sudamericana'' (; pt, Copa Sul-Americana ), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 2002. It is the second-most prestigious club competition in South American fo ...
, reaching the semifinals after defeating high-profile teams like Argentina's
River Plate and Uruguay's
Nacional. They finally won the competition in
2018
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defeating Colombia's
Junior in the final.
In 2007, the team partnered with the American MLS club
FC Dallas
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. In 2010 they also announced a partnership with
Vitesse Arnhem in the Netherlands.
On 15 February 2015, the club signed Indian
winger Romeo Fernandes on loan from
Dempo and through this contract he became the first and only Indian footballer to play in a
South American
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top-tier league.
Zico, then
FC Goa
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coach played a key role behind this contract.
Team colors and uniform
Originally in 1924 Athletico used to play using a horizontally striped in red and black shirt, along with white shorts and red and black socks.

In 1989 Athletico's administrators wanted to differentiate the team's uniform from the other red and black teams in Brazil (mainly speaking of
Flamengo
Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (; English: ''Flamengo Rowing Club''), more commonly referred to as simply Flamengo, is a Brazilian sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, in the neighborhood of Gávea, best known for their professional football ...
, Sport Recife and Vitória), so they changed the home shirt to be vertically striped in red and black (the team kept playing with white socks and white shorts). In 1996 Athletico changed the color of the socks and the shorts from white to black.
In December 2018, Athletico's administrators changed the club's crest to be four alternating red and black diagonal stripes which decreased in size from top to bottom, resembling a hurricane, echoing the club's nickname. The club also changed their name from 'Clube Atlético Paranaense' to its original name in the Portuguese orthography when it was founded, 'Club Athletico Paranaense', which some believe to be a move in order to further differentiate themselves from
Atlético Mineiro, another prominent Brazilian club. The club also changed the kits: the home kit, which had been a red and black vertically striped shirt, black shorts and black socks for twenty-two years became a predominantly red shirt, with a black collar, and the four diagonal stripes from the crest enlarged and going across both the front and back of the lower third of the shirt in black. The shorts and socks remain black. The away strip released with this kit was a white shirt with a black collar. In place of the four diagonal stripes were eight thin diagonal lines in the place of the outline of the larger ones seen on the home shirt; these too were black. The shorts and socks were white.
Stadium

The home stadium is the Estádio Joaquim Américo Guimarães, built in 1914 and renovated several times is traditionally known as Arena da Baixada. Besides hosting important club games, Arena da Baixada also hosted 4 World Cup games in 2014 and other events like the 2017 FIVB Volleyball World League, the UFC 198: Werdum vs. Miocic and many music concerts.
Arena da Baixada is also the only stadium in South America with a retractable roof and was the first to use artificial turf (with FIFA approval).
Partnerships
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Orlando City SC
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(MLS) – The technical partnership connects City with a club with a training facility and one of Brazil's academies.
*
All India Football Federation
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It is affiliated to Ministry ...
(AIFF) – On 13 November 2014, Paranaense signed a partnership with AIFF, the governing body of Indian football, on a contract lasting till the end of 2015. The idea was presented by Technical director
Rob Baan. Its main motive would be to help India for "development of a strong Indian side in the
2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup
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.
Current squad
First team
Under-23 squad
Out on loan
Personnel
Current technical staff
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Last updated: 21 July 2022
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Management
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Last updated: December 28, 2019
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Honours
International
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Copa Libertadores
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::Runner-up (2):
2022
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,
2005 Copa Libertadores, 2005
*
Copa Sudamericana
The CONMEBOL Sudamericana, named as ''Copa Sudamericana'' (; pt, Copa Sul-Americana ), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 2002. It is the second-most prestigious club competition in South American fo ...
::Winner (2):
2018
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,
2021
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*
J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship
::Winner (1):
2019
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National
*
Série A
::Winners:
2001
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*
Copa do Brasil
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::Winners:
2019
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::Runners-up:
2013
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,
2021
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*
Seletiva Libertadores*
::Winners:
1999
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Note: Seletiva para a Libertadores is not considered an official title, as the criterion for participation in it was the elimination of clubs in the Brazilian Championship, that is, it "rewarded failure" of participants in another competition.
*
Série B
::Winners:
1995
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Regional
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Campeonato Paranaense
Campeonato Paranaense, which has been contested since 1915, is the top-flight football league of the state of Paraná, Brazil.
Format
The format has changed in 2014. 12 teams are together in a single group. They play against each other once, ...
::Winners (26): 1925, 1929, 1930, 1934, 1936, 1940, 1943, 1945, 1949, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2009,
2016, 2018,
2019
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,
2020
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Other
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Copa Paraná
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::Winners (2): 1998, 2003
History in competitions
(*): Not participated
South American Record
Head coaches
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Noah Jegat
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(1979), (1983)
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Otacílio Gonçalves
Otacílio Gonçalves da Silva Junior (born 16 June 1940 in Santa Maria) is a former Brazilian football manager who was active as the manager of Paraná Clube. He started his managerial career in Internacional, and later managed many Brazilian clu ...
(1985–86)
*
Nicanor de Carvalho (1986)
*
Nelsinho Baptista (1987–88)
*
Paulo Emilio (1993)
*
Procópio Cardoso (1993)
*
Hélio dos Anjos (1994)
*
Pepe (1995)
*
Émerson Leão (1996)
*
Cabralzinho (1996)
*
Evaristo de Macedo (1996)
*
Jair Pereira (1997)
*
Émerson Leão (1997–98)
*
Abel Braga
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He played as a central defender during a professional career that started with Fluminense in 1968. He earned one cap fo ...
(1998)
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João Carlos (1998)
*
Vadão
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(1999–00)
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Arthur Neto (2000)
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Antônio Lopes (2000)
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Paulo César Carpegiani
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Carpegiani began his professional career at Sport Club Internacional of Porto Alegre, in Rio Grande d ...
(2001)
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Mário Sérgio (2001)
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Geninho (2001–02)
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Valdir Espinosa
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(2002)
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Abel Braga
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(2002)
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Vadão
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(2003)
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Mário Sérgio (2003–04)
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Levir Culpi (2004)
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Casemiro Mior (2005)
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Edinho (2005)
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Antônio Lopes (2005)
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Evaristo de Macedo (2005)
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Lothar Matthäus
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(2006)
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Givanildo Oliveira (2006)
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Vadão
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(2006–07)
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Antônio Lopes (2007)
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Ney Franco
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Born in Vargem Alegre, Minas Gerais, Franco worked in Atlético Mineiro and Cruzeiro's youth categories before being named the ...
(2007–08)
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Roberto Fernandes (2008)
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Tico ''(interim)'' (2008)
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Mário Sérgio (2008)
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Geninho (2008–09)
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Waldemar Lemos
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(2009)
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Antônio Lopes (2009–10)
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Leandro Niehues
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(2010)
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Paulo César Carpegiani
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(2010)
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Sérgio Soares (2010–11)
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Geninho (2011)
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Adilson Batista
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(2011)
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Renato Gaúcho (2011)
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Antônio Lopes (2011)
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Juan Ramón Carrasco
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(2012)
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Ricardo Drubscky ''(interim)'' (2012)
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Jorginho (2012)
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Ricardo Drubscky (2012–13)
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Vagner Mancini (2013)
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Miguel Ángel Portugal (2014)
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Leandro Ávila
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''(interim)'' (2014)
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Doriva
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(2014)
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Leandro Ávila
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''(interim)'' (2014)
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Claudinei Oliveira
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Born in Sa ...
(2014–15)
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Enderson Moreira (2015)
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Milton Mendes (2015)
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Sérgio Vieira ''(interim)'' (2015)
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Cristóvão Borges
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Born in Salvador, Cristóvão played for Flum ...
(2015–16)
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Paulo Autuori (2016–17)
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Eduardo Baptista
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Born in Campinas, São Paulo, Baptista started playing for Juventus as a central defender. Howev ...
(2017)
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Fabiano Soares (2017)
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Fernando Diniz (2018)
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Tiago Nunes
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Born in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Nunes was a youth player at hometown side Riograndense; initial ...
(2018–2019)
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Eduardo Barros ''(interim)'' (2019)
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Dorival Júnior (2020)
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Eduardo Barros ''(interim)'' (2019)
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Paulo Autuori (2020–2021)
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António Oliveira (2021)
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Paulo Autuori ''(interim)'' (2021)
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Alberto Valentim (2021–2022)
References
External links
Official Site
Unofficial Site
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Football clubs in Paraná (state)
Association football clubs established in 1924
Sport in Curitiba
1924 establishments in Brazil
Athletico
Copa do Brasil winning clubs
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A winning clubs