- Campeonato Paranaense
Campeonato Paranaense, which has been contested since 1915, is the football league of the state of Paraná,
Brazil . The "Série Ouro", literally the Golden Series, are the highest division of the league.Format
In the Série Ouro, the teams are divided into two groups of eight.
In the first stage, a double round-robin is played, in which all teams from one group play home-and-away games against all teams within the group. For the second stage, kncok-out home-and-away
playoff s are played with the top 4 teams of each group (1st place x 4th place, 2nd place x 3rd place). The winner of the second stage is crowned the champion and the teams at the bottom of each group of the first stage are relegated.As in any other Brazilian soccer competitions, the format is not consistent and may change from year to year.
Clubs
Série Ouro
*Associação Desportiva Atlética do Paraná (ADAP)
*Atlético Clube Paranavaí (ACP)
*Cascavel Clube Recreativo
*Cianorte Futebol Clube
*Clube Atlético Paranaense
*Coritiba Football Club
*Francisco Beltrão Futebol Clube
*Iraty Sport Club
*J. Malucelli Futebol Sociedade Anônima
*Londrina Esporte Clube
*Nacional Atlético Clube S/C Ltda
*Paraná Clube (created 1990 through a merger of EC Pinheiro and EC Colorado)
*Rio Branco Sport Club
*Roma Esporte de Apucarana S/A Ltda
*Sociedade União Esportiva Maringá
*Toledo Colônia Work
*União Bandeirante Futebol ClubeList of Champions
Titles by Team
*Coritiba winner 33 times Runner-up 19 times
*Atlético Paranaense winner 21 times Runner-up 14 times
*Ferroviário winner 8 times Runner-up 8 times
*Paraná Clube winner 7 times Runner-up 4 times
*Britânia winner 7 times Runner-up 1 times
*Londrina, Grêmio Maringá, Pinheiros (once as Água Verde) and Palestra Itália 3 times
*Iraty, Cascavel, Colorado, Monte Alegre, Comercial, América, Internacional de Curitiba and Paranavaí 1 timeee also
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Brazilian Football State Championship
*Atletiba
*Campeonato Brasileiro Série A External links
* [http://www.federacaopr.com.br/ FPF Official Website]
* [http://planeta.terra.com.br/esporte/rsssfbrasil/tables/prcamp.htm RSSSF Brasil]
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