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| Full name | Club Athletico Paranaense | |||
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| Nicknames | Furacão (Hurricane) Rubro-Negro (Red and Black) El Paranaense (The Paranaense) | |||
| Founded | 26 March 1924; 101 years ago (1924-03-26) | |||
| Ground | Arena da Baixada | |||
| Capacity | 42,372 | |||
| President | Mario Celso Petraglia | |||
| Manager | Odair Hellmann | |||
| League | Campeonato Brasileiro Série B Campeonato Paranaense | |||
| 2024 2024 [pt] | Série A, 17th of 20 (relegated) Paranaense, 1st of 12 (champions) | |||
| Website | athletico.com.br | |||
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Club Athletico Paranaense (abbreviatedCAP, commonly known asAthletico Paranaense and up to 2019 known asAtlético Paranaense) is aBrazilian football team from the city ofCuritiba,capital city of theBrazilian state ofParaná, founded on 26 March 1924.
The team's most important titles have been winning the2001 Série A, theCopa Sudamericana in2018 and2021, making it the only team from Paraná to win international titles. It won theCopa do Brasil in2019. In theCopa Libertadores, they have finished runner-up twice, in2005 and2022.
They are considered the strongest team in Brazil outside of theBig 12, at times even surpassing them.[1][2]
Club Athletico Paranaense traces its roots to the 1912 founding of theInternational Football Club and the 1914 founding of theAmérica Futebol Clube, two traditional Curitiba clubs. The clubs merged in 26 March 1924 100 years ago to form CAP.[3] The club's first match, a friendly one, was played on 6 April, when Athletico Paranaense beat Universal FC 4–2.[4] The following year, Athletico Paranaense won its first title, the Campeonato Paranaense. In 1929 it won its second state title, before adding a third and the club's first back to back championship.
In the 1983 Serie A, Athletico had a great season, finishing fourth in the league. However, the club struggled in the 1986 and 1988 seasons, which eventually culminated in the club's relegation to the Série B for the first time in history in 1989. In the1990 season they made the second division finals, losing toSport Recife due to Sport having a better season record, after a draw on aggregate. Despite the loss, they still earned promotion to the1991 Série A, where they struggled but ultimately earned their permanence in the top flight for the following season.
The 1992 season was slightly better, with the club finishing fifteenth in the Serie A. However, thefollowing season was worse, with the club suffering another relegation, their second in four years. In the1994 Série B, the club was eliminated in the third stage and was not promoted. In the1995 Série B, Athletico won their first major title in history, the second division title, and was promoted to the1996 Serie A. Back in the top flight,Furacão had a good campaign, finishing fourth in the regular season and qualifying to the quarter finals.
In 1999, the club inaugurated their new stadium,Arena da Baixada, which was built on the same ground as their old stadium. Also that year, Athletico won a Pre-Libertadores tournament, which was only played in 1999, due to CONMEBOL expanding the tournament from 24 to 32 teams, so Brazil's fifth place had to be defined. Athletico beat powerhouses Internacional, Sao Paulo, and then Cruzeiro in the finals to earn their first Libertadores participation in history.
In the2000 Copa Libertadores, the club began their campaign in excellent form, topping their group undefeated, with their only draw coming against Nacional; they also won their first match on 16 February 2000, a 3–0 victory in Peru againstAlianza Lima. Expectations were high for the knockout rounds, with Athletico being the #2 seed in the competition behind Colombian championsAmérica de Cali; however,Furacão was eliminated by fellow BraziliansAtletico Mineiro in the knockout stage, losing on penalties after a 2–2 draw on aggregate.
In2001, Athletico won their firstSérie A title, beatingSão Caetano 5–2 on aggregate in the finals. As champions, they gained automatic qualification to the2002 Copa Libertadores. Expectations were high for the club as champions, and the team was looking to build off of its Libertadores campaign in 2000 where it reached the knockout stages; however, things were worse in the 2002 edition, and the team finished last in their group with only one win, including a heavy 5–0 defeat to America de Cali.
In 2004, Athletico finished second in theSérie A, battling it out with championsSantos until the last matchday. This position qualified the club for the2005 Copa Libertadores. Their 2005 Libertadores campaign was very different from the first two; the club qualified for the knockout stages as second in its group, behind Colombian championsIndependiente Medellín, who Athletico had lost to 4–0 in Curitiba.[5] In the round of 16, Athletico disposed of Paraguayan clubCerro Porteño on away goals, qualifying to the last eight of the competition for the first time in club history. In the quarter-finals, they were faced with Serie A and 2003 Libertadores championsSantos. Athletico won the first leg at home 3–2, then won 2–0 inSão Paulo to progress to the semi-finals. In the semi-finals they were faced with Mexican clubChivas Guadalajara, who had eliminated powerhouseBoca Juniors 4–0 on aggregate. Chivas was no match for Athletico, with the Brazilian club winning 3–0 at home, then tying 2–2 on Mexican soil to progress to the final with a 5–2 aggregate score. The finals were played against powerhouseSão Paulo, who had numerous international trophies already. The first leg at Arena da Baixada ended in a 1-1 draw. However, the second leg was a completely different story, with Sao Paulo thrashing Athletico 4–0 and denying Athletico their first Copa Libertadores title.[6]
In the 2005 Serie A, Athletico was able to maintain enough squad depth to have a good performance in the league, finishing sixth and qualifying for their firstCopa Sudamericana. Their campaign began with a 4-1 aggregate victory against fellow Paranaense clubParaná. In the following round, they eliminated powerhouseRiver Plate 3-2 on aggregate,[7] then eliminated Uruguayan clubNacional, 6-2 on aggregate, with a 4-1 victory in the second leg, to reach the semi-finals. The semi-finals, played against Mexican clubPachuca, began with a shock 1-0 victory by the Mexican club on Brazilian soil. The second leg began with Athletico up 1-0 at halftime with a goal by Colombian midfielderDavid Ferreira to tie the aggregate score; however, Pachuca scored four goals in the second half to win the game 4-1 and eliminate the Brazilians from their first Copa Sudamericana.
This elimination had a considerable effect on the club's near future; Athletico finished out of the top 10 spots in the league from 2006 to 2009, which included a 6-2 loss on aggregate toVasco da Gama in the first round of the2007 Copa Sudamericana, a first round elimination at the hands ofCorinthians Alagoano in the2008 Copa do Brasil, and elimination from the2008 Copa Sudamericana by Guadalajara. In 2007, the team partnered withMajor League Soccer clubDallas.
In 2010 the club had a good season and finished fifth, but the club suffered relegation in2011 after a seventeenth placed finish in the league. The fifth placed finish in 2010 had qualified the club for the2011 Copa Sudamericana, but they were eliminated in the first round byFlamengo. In 2012 the team gained immediate promotion back to the Serie A. In 2010 the club announced a partnership withVitesse Arnhem in the Netherlands.[citation needed]
For 2013 the team was completely rebuilt and came back into the top flight as a powerful team; the club finished third in the Serie A, qualified for the2014 Copa Libertadores, and finished runner up to Flamengo in the2013 Copa do Brasil.
On 15 February 2015, the club signed IndianwingerRomeo Fernandes on loan fromDempo and through this contract he became the first and only Indian footballer to play in aSouth American top-tier league.[8][9][10]Zico, thenFC Goa coach played a key role behind this contract.
In2018, Athletico Paranaense won their first Copa Sudamericana title, defeating Colombian championsJunior in thefinals after a penalty shootout.
On 22 May 2019, Athletico won the first leg of the2019 Recopa Sudamericana against 2018 Libertadores champion River Plate with the only goal of the match being scored byMarco Ruben.[11] In the second leg atEstadio Monumental, River was leading 1–0 until the 90th minute and it looked like the match was heading for a penalty shootout; however, River scored two goals in injury time to win 3–0 and lift the Recopa title 3–1 on aggregate.[12] In September2019, the club won its first Copa do Brasil title, beatingInternacional twice in the final.
In2021, they won their second Sudamericana title, beating fellow BraziliansRed Bull Bragantino 1–0 inthe final.
In2022, Athletico Paranaense reached theCopa Libertadores final for the second time in club history, where they were defeated by Flamengo.[13]
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A survey taken in 2005 byParaná Pesquisas Institute showed that Athletico Paranaense has the largest number of supporters in Curitiba.[14]
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 (mainlyFlamengo,Sport Recife andVitória), 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.[citation needed]
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[who?] believe to be a move in order to further differentiate themselves fromAtlético 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.[15]
The team's kit sponsor is the international betting brandBetsson starting from the 2022-2023 season.[16] This came after a sponsorship with EstrelaBet was abandoned after only four days.[17]
The home stadium is the Estádio Joaquim Américo Guimarães, built in 1914 and renovated several times is traditionally known asArena da Baixada, or Ligga Arena for sponsorship reasons because of the sponsorship byLigga.[18] 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).[citation needed]
Orlando City SC(MLS) – The technical partnership connects City with a club with a training facility and one of Brazil's academies.[19]
All India Football Federation (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.[20] The idea was presented by Technical directorRob Baan. Its main motive would be to help India for "development of a strong Indian side in the2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[21]
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| Role | Name |
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| Head coach |  Lucho González |
| Assistant manager |  Rodrigo Belião |
| Assistant manager | Juca Antonello |
| Fitness coach | Gustavo Porto |
| Goalkeeping coach | Felipe Faria |
| Position | Staff |
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| President | Mario Celso Petraglia |
| 1st Vice-president | Luiz Alberto Küster |
| 2nd Vice-president | José Lucio Glomb |
| International | ||
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| Competitions | Titles | Seasons |
| Levain Cup-Sudamericana | 1 | 2019 |
| Continental | ||
| Competitions | Titles | Seasons |
| Copa Sudamericana | 2s | 2018,2021 |
| National | ||
| Competitions | Titles | Seasons |
| Campeonato Brasileiro Série A | 1 | 2001 |
| Copa do Brasil | 1 | 2019 |
| Seletiva Libertadores[23] | 1 | 1999 |
| Campeonato Brasileiro Série B | 1 | 1995 |
| State | ||
| Competitions | Titles | Seasons |
| Campeonato Paranaense | 28 | 1925, 1929, 1930, 1934, 1936, 1940, 1943, 1945, 1949, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002 (S), 2005, 2009,2016, 2018,2019,2020,2023, 2024 |
| Taça FPF | 2s | 1998, 2003 |
| Winner | Runners-up | Third place | Relegation |
| Year | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | ||
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| Pos. | * | * | 28th | 9th | 28th | 29th | 44th | 62nd | 11th | ||
| Year | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | |
| Pos. | * | * | 32nd | 4th | 11th | * | 18th | 20th | 19th | 18th | |
| Year | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | |
| Pos. | * | 17th | 15th | 24th | * | * | 8th | 12th | 16th | 9th | |
| Year | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | |
| Pos. | 13th | 1st | 14th | 12th | 2nd | 6th | 13th | 12th | 13th | 14th | |
| Year | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
| Pos. | 5th | 17th | * | 3rd | 8th | 10th | 6th | 11th | 7th | 5th | |
| Year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |||||
| Pos. | 9th | 14th | 6th | 8th | 17th | * | |||||
| Year | 1989 | ||||||||||
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| Pos. | * | ||||||||||
| Year | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | |
| Pos. | * | 1R | QF | * | * | * | * | QF | * | QF | |
| Year | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | |
| Pos. | R16 | QF | * | 2R | * | * | 2R | QF | 1R | R16 | |
| Year | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
| Pos. | R16 | QF | QF | RU | R16 | 2R | R16 | QF | R16 | W | |
| Year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |||||
| Pos. | R16 | RU | QF | QF | QF | QF |
| Year | 2000 | 2002 | 2005 | 2014 | 2017 | 2019 | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 |
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| Pos. | R16 | GS | RU | GS | R16 | R16 | R16 | RU | R16 |
| Year | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2011 | 2015 | 2018 | 2021 | 2024 | ||
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| Pos. | SF | 2R | R16 | 1R | 2R | QF | W | W | QF |
(*): Did not participate
| Competition | Played | Won | Drew | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copa Libertadores | 85 | 40 | 15 | 30 | 118 | 106 | +12 | 047.06 |
| Copa Sudamericana | 61 | 36 | 9 | 16 | 97 | 54 | +43 | 059.02 |
| Recopa Sudamericana | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 025.00 |
| Total | 150 | 77 | 25 | 48 | 218 | 167 | +51 | 051.33 |
Noah Jegat (1979), (1983)Otacílio Gonçalves (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 (1998)João Carlos (1998)Vadão (1999–00)Arthur Neto (2000)Antônio Lopes (2000)Paulo César Carpegiani (2001)Mário Sérgio (2001)Geninho (2001–02)Valdir Espinosa (2002)Abel Braga (2002)Vadão (2003)Mário Sérgio (2003–04)Levir Culpi (2004)Casemiro Mior (2005)Edinho (2005)Antônio Lopes (2005)Evaristo de Macedo (2005)
Lothar Matthäus (2006)Givanildo Oliveira (2006)Vadão (2006–07)Antônio Lopes (2007)Ney Franco (2007–08)Roberto Fernandes (2008)Tico(interim) (2008)Mário Sérgio (2008)Geninho (2008–09)Waldemar Lemos (2009)Antônio Lopes (2009–10)Leandro Niehues (2010)Paulo César Carpegiani (2010)Sérgio Soares (2010–11)Geninho (2011)Adilson Batista (2011)Renato Gaúcho (2011)Antônio Lopes (2011)
Juan Ramón Carrasco (2012)Ricardo Drubscky(interim) (2012)Jorginho (2012)Ricardo Drubscky (2012–13)Vagner Mancini (2013)
Miguel Ángel Portugal (2014)Leandro Ávila(interim) (2014)Doriva (2014)Leandro Ávila(interim) (2014)Claudinei Oliveira (2014–15)Enderson Moreira (2015)Milton Mendes (2015)
Sérgio Vieira(interim) (2015)Cristóvão Borges (2015–16)Paulo Autuori (2016–17)Eduardo Baptista (2017)Fabiano Soares (2017)Fernando Diniz (2018)Tiago Nunes (2018–2019)Eduardo Barros(interim) (2019)Dorival Júnior (2020)Eduardo Barros(interim) (2019)Paulo Autuori (2020–2021)António Oliveira (2021)Paulo Autuori(interim) (2021)Alberto Valentim (2021–2022)Fábio Carille (2022)Luiz Felipe Scolari (2022)Paulo Turra (2023)Wesley Carvalho (2023) Cuca (2024)Juca Antonello(interim) (2024)Martín Varini (2024)Lucho Gonzalez (2024)Mauricio Barbieri (2025)João Correia(interim) (2025)Odair Hellmann (2025 -)Copa Sudamericana winners | |||||||
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