Clube Atlético Paranaense

Atlético Paranaense

Full name	Clube Atlético Paranaense
Nickname(s)	Furacão (Hurricane)
Founded	March 26, 1924
Stadium	Arena da Baixada, Curitiba, Brazil (Capacity: 25,180[1])
President	Marcos Malucelli
Head Coach	Antônio Lopes
League	Brasileirão
2010	5th
Home colors Away colors Third colors

Clube Atlético Paranaense is a Brazilian football team from Curitiba in Paraná, founded on March 26, 1924. The club won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in 2001.

History

Paranaense was born as the result of a merge between two older Curitiba teams, Internacional-PR and América-PR. The merger was announced on March 21, 1924 and formalized five days later, on March 26, when the club changed its name and its colors; the new board of directors also assumed the administration of the club. The chosen club's field was Internacional's old field, called Água Verde.

The club's first match was played on April 6, and the first competitive match was played on April 20, when Paranaense beat arch-rival Coritba 2-0. By participating in several championships with a good team, the club won its first state championship title in 1925, establishing the club as one of the main clubs in its state. In 1934, Paranaense acquired the groundplot where the Arena da Baixada is located.

In 1949, the club won its ninth Paranaense State Championship, which gave them the nickname of Furacão (meaning hurricane, in English) - attributed to the club for its great campaign in the competition. Since then, Furacão has been the club's nickname.

In 1995 after Coritiba beat Paranaense 5-1, a new board of directors took over the control of the club, and started a strategic project called "Atlético Total".

C.A. Paranaense was the first Paranaense club to participate in the Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa, today known as the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. In 2001, Paranaense won its first Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, after defeating São Caetano; and in 2004 was runner-up, with the striker Washington scoring a record 34 goals in a single edition of the Campenato Brasileiro.

So far, Paranaense has participated in three editions of the Copa Libertadores, in 2000, 2002 and 2005. In the 2000 edition the club was eliminated in the second round and in 2005 Paranaense was the runner-up of the competition after being defeated by São Paulo.

A survey taken in 2005 by Paraná Pesquisas Institute showed that Paranaense has the largest amount of supporters in Curitiba.^[2]

In 2006 Clube Atlético Paranaense had a good performance in Copa Sul-americana, reaching the semifinals, after defeating excellent teams like CA River Plate of Argentina and Nacional of Uruguay. In 2007, the team partnered with the American MLS club FC Dallas. In 2010 they also announced a partnership with Vitesse Arnhem in Holland.

Honors

National competitions

• Brazilian League: 1 - 2001

• Brazilian League - Second Division: 1 - 1995

Regional competitions

• Campeonato Paranaense: 22 - 1925, 1929, 1930, 1934, 1936, 1940, 1943, 1945, 1949, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2009
• Parana Cup: 2 - 1998, 2003

International competitions

• Dallas Cup: 2 - 2004, 2005
• Challenger Brazil/USA - CA Paranaense x FC Dallas: 3 - 2006, 2007, 2009
• Shaka Hislop Tribute Cup: 1 - 2007
• Internationalen Schützi-Cup: 1 - 1991

History in competitions

Brazilian League

Year		1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
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
Pos.	5th

Copa Libertadores

Year	2000	2002	2005
Pos.	9th	1st stage	2nd

Copa Sudamericana

Year			2006	2007	2008	2009
Pos.			3rd	19th	12th	1st stage

(*): Not participated

Stadium

Main article: Arena da Baixada

Home stadium is the Estádio Joaquim Américo, built in 1914 and renovated in 1999, traditionally known as Arena da Baixada but more recently renamed Kyocera Arena, capacity 25,272. The contract with Kyocera that gave the Stadium the naming rights expired in 2008 and it was not renewed and no new partnership was announced. The stadium went back to his original name Arena da Baixada.

Paranaense has completed the fourth stand of Arena da Baixada in preparation for the 2014 World Cup. Money from companies came to finish the stadium to 2014 FIFA World Cup.^[3]

Team colors

The team plays in black with red vertical stripes, black shorts and black socks.

Current squad

As of July 10, 2011, according to Furacão.com.^[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 20 FW Santiago García 1 GK Renan Rocha GK Santos GK Márcio DF Gustavo Lazzaretti DF Rafael Santos 3 DF Manoel DF Heracles 6 DF Paulinho 2 DF Wagner Diniz (on loan from São Paulo) DF Bruno Costa DF Fabrício DF Marcelo Oliveira (on loan from Corinthians) DF Bruno Pires MF Fransérgio

No. Position Player MF Wendel (on loan from Palmeiras) 8 MF Cléber Santana (on loan from São Paulo) MF Paulo Roberto MF Renan Foguinho MF Kleberson (on loan from Flamengo) 10 MF Paulo Baier (captain) 7 MF Joffre Guerrón MF Deivid MF Victor Esquerdinha MF Branquinho 11 MF Marcinho 9 FW Federico Nieto FW Adaílton (on loan from Vitória) FW Edigar Junio FW Rodriguinho (on loan from Fluminense) FW Pablo

Players with Dual Nationality

• Gustavo Lazzaretti
• Rafael Santos
• Federico Nieto

Professional players able to play in the youth team

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player DF Heracles DF Bruno Pires MF Victor Esquerdinha

No. Position Player FW Edigar Junio FW Pablo

Youth and reserve players with first team experience

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Rodolfo MF Vitor MF Guilherme Batata

No. Position Player MF Jenison FW Lucas Sotero FW Pedro Oldoni

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Vinícius Barrivieira (loan to Litex Lovech) GK João Carlos (loan to Ipatinga) DF Raul (loan to Joinville) MF Jaílton (on loan to Joinville) MF Mateus (on loan to Salgueiro) MF Iván González (loan to América-RN) MF Alan Bahia (loan to Goiás) MF Gabriel Pimba (loan to Fortaleza) FW Éderson (loan to ABC)

No. Position Player FW Bruno Furlan (loan to Dinamo Minsk) FW Dinei (loan to Palmeiras) FW Patrick (loan to Fortaleza) FW Bruno Mineiro (loan to Sport Recife) FW Ricardinho (loan to Ponte Preta) FW Jonatas (loan to Joinville) FW Marcelo (loan to Vitória) FW Dennis (loan to Tupi)

First-team staff

Position	Name	Nationality
Coach	Antônio Lopes	Brazilian

References

1. ^ http://www.cbf.com.br/cnef/cnef.pdf
2. ^ "Maioria rubro-negra" (in Portuguese). Gazeta do Povo. 2005-10-16. http://portal.rpc.com.br/gazetadopovo/esportes/conteudo.phtml?id=503190. Retrieved 2008-08-08. 
3. ^ "Sem pressa, Atlético-PR negocia patrocínio" (in Portuguese). Máquina do Esporte. 2008-06-05. Archived from the original on 2008-06-08. http://web.archive.org/web/20080608042447/http://maquinadoesporte.uol.com.br/v2/noticias.asp?id=9458. Retrieved 2008-07-02. 
4. ^ Furacão.com

External links

• (Portuguese) (English) (German) Official Site
• (Portuguese) Unofficial Site
• (Portuguese) Torcida Organized OS FANATICOS Official
• (Portuguese) Torcida Organized ULTRAS Official