Paraná Clube

History

On 19 December 1989, Paraná Clube was founded by the merger of EC Pinheiros (three times winner of the state championship (1967 as Savóia FC Água Verde, 1984, 1987)), and Colorado EC (winner of one state championship (1980)). Rubens Minelli was hired as the club's first manager, and Emerson de Andrade was chosen as the director of football.

The club's first match was played on 4 February 1990, when Coritiba beat Paraná 1–0 at the Estádio Couto Pereira.

In 1991, two years after the club's foundation, Paraná won its first state championship. Later, Paraná would win five state championships in a row, from 1993 to 1997.

In 1992, the club won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, gaining the right to compete in the following year's Série A. After 8 years, Paraná Clube won another national championship. In 2000, Paraná beat AD São Caetano to win the Yellow Module of the João Havelange Cup. This cup replaced the Campeonato Brasileiro (all levels), which had been suspended for one year.

On 9 April 2006, Paraná Clube won the Paraná State League for the 7th time after beating ADAP of Campo Mourão 3–0 in the Maringá and drawing 1–1 at Pinheirão Stadium. The attendance of the final match was 25,306 supporters. 2006 was one of the club's best ever years, finishing fifth in the 2006 Série A and gaining a berth for the 2007 Libertadores. Highlights of the campaign were victories over Gremio (5-2), Flamengo (4-1), and Ponte Preta (5-2).

Estadio Vila Capanema was renovated in 2006. The capacity rose to 20,083 spectators, and the inaugural match was held on 20 September 2006 when Paraná beat Fortaleza 2–0 in the Campeonato Brasileiro.

In 2007, Paraná played its first Copa Libertadores match. In the first stage, Paraná eliminated Cobreloa from Chile, winning the first leg 2–0 in Calama and drawing 1–1 in Curitiba. In the group stage, composed by Parana Clube, Flamengo, Union Maracaibo and Real Potosi, the club finished in second place. Paraná was eliminated in the Round of 16 by Libertad, of Paraguay. In the 2007 Serie A, the club spent most of the season in mid table, but after a heavy 6-0 loss to Sao Paulo the club went into free-fall, losing ten of their last fifteen matches.

After 10 years in the second division, Paraná gained access to the first division of the Brazilian Championship, defeating CRB 1-0 for the 37th round of Serie B 2017. In the 2018 Serie A, the club had an even worse campaign from 2007, registering only 4 wins all season and finishing in last place with 23 points.

Since then the club has been in a free-fall, suffering a double relegation; in 2020 Parana was relegated after an poor campaign in the Serie B, and the following season the club was relegated from the Serie C. In 2022, the club was relegated from the state league's top division.

Stadiums

Main article: Estádio Vila Capanema, Estádio Vila Olímpica

Paraná Clube's official stadium is Estádio Durival Britto e Silva, also known as Vila Capanema. They occasionally used to play at the Pinheirão. Vila Olímpica also belongs to Paraná Clube but it is only used for training:

• Estádio Durival Britto e Silva (Vila Capanema): capacity 20,000 spectators.
• Estádio Erton Coelho de Queiroz (Vila Olímpica): capacity 18,500 spectators.

Symbols

Crest

The club's logo has a stylized conifer cone format, in red, with a white contour, which contains an azure jay and a white pine. The club's name is written in blue, as is the word Brasil. The word Clube is written in white.

Flag

Paraná's flag is rectangular, divided in two equal parts vertically. The right side is red and the left side is blue.

Mascot

The mascot of Paraná Clube is an azure jay, a common bird in Paraná state. The bird is also the symbol of Paraná state.

Anthem

The Paraná Clube anthem was written by João Arnaldo and Sebastião Lima.

Colors

Paraná Clube's colors are red, blue and white. The red color was Colorado's main color, the blue color was Pinheiros' main color, and white was a color adopted by both teams.

Rivals

Their biggest rivals are from the same city: Atlético-PR and Coritiba.

Honours

Official tournaments

Others tournaments

National unofficial

• Copa João Havelange – Módulo Amarelo (1): 2000(1)

Inter-state

• Seletiva Qualificatória Campeonato Brasileiro Série C (1): 1990
• Torneio Verão de Paranaguá (1): 1996
• Copa Vila Velha (1): 2004
• Torneio Quadrangular de Tangará da Serra-MT (1): 2004

Runners-up

• Copa Sul (1): 1999
• Campeonato Paranaense (4): 1999, 2001, 2002, 2007

;Notes

1In 2000, Paraná Clube won the Yellow Module of the Copa João Havelange, equivalent to what would be Série B in that year. However, this title is not recognized by the CBF.

South American record

Managers

• Brazil Sebastião Lazaroni (1989)
• Brazil Rubens Minelli (1990)
• Brazil Otacílio Gonçalves (1991–92)
• Brazil Levir Culpi (1993)
• Brazil Rubens Minelli (1994–97)
• Brazil Vanderlei Luxemburgo (1995)
• Brazil Otacílio Gonçalves (1995–96)
• Brazil Sebastião Lazaroni (1996)
• Brazil Antônio Lopes (1996)
• Brazil Mário Juliato (1996)
• Brazil Cláudio Duarte (1997–98)
• Brazil Otacílio Gonçalves (1998–99)
• Brazil Abel Braga (1999–00)
• Brazil Geninho (2000)
• Brazil Caio Júnior (2002)
• Brazil Otacílio Gonçalves (2002–03)
• Brazil Cuca (2003)
• Brazil Adílson Batista (2003)
• Brazil Gilson Kleina (2004), (2006)
• Brazil Paulo Campos (2004–05)
• Brazil Lori Sandri (2005)
• Brazil Caio Júnior (2006)
• Brazil Zetti (2006–07)
• Brazil Pintado (2007)
• Brazil Gilson Kleina (2007)
• Brazil Lori Sandri (2007)
• Brazil Saulo de Freitas (2007–08)
• Brazil Paulo Bonamigo (2008)
• Brazil Rogério Perrô (2008)
• Brazil Paulo Comelli (2008–09)
• Brazil Velloso (2009)
• Brazil Zetti (2009)
• Brazil Sérgio Soares (2009)
• Brazil Roberto Cavalo (2009)
• Brazil Marcelo Oliveira (2010)
• Brazil Roberto Cavalo (2010–11)
• Brazil Ricardo Pinto (2011)
• Brazil Guilherme Macuglia (2011)
• Brazil Ricardinho (2012)
• Brazil Toninho Cecílio (2012–13)
• Brazil Dado Cavalcanti (2013)
• Brazil Milton Mendes (2014)
• Brazil Ricardo Drubscky (2014)
• Brazil Claudinei Oliveira (2014)
• Brazil Ricardinho (2014)
• Brazil Nedo Xavier (2015)
• Brazil Fernando Diniz (2015)
• Brazil Claudinei Oliveira (2016)
• Brazil Marcelo Martelotte (2016)
• Brazil Roberto Fernandes (2016)
• Japan Wagner Lopes (2017)
• Brazil Lisca (2017)
• Brazil Matheus Costa (2017)
• Japan Wagner Lopes (2018)
• Brazil Rogério Micale (2018)
• Brazil Claudinei Oliveira (2018)
• Brazil Dado Cavalcanti (2018–19)
• Brazil Allan Aal (2020)
• Brazil Rogério Micale (2020)
• Brazil Gilmar Dal Pozzo (2020–21)
• Brazil Márcio Coelho (2021)
• Brazil Sílvio Criciúma (2019)
• Brazil Jorge Ferreira (2021–22)
• Brazil Rodrigo Cascca (2022)
• Brazil Omar Feitosa (2022)
• Brazil Marcão Skavisnki (2023)
• Brazil Fahel Júnior (2023)
• Brazil Tcheco (2024)
• Brazil Argel Fuchs (2025)

References

References

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