Paraná Clube

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Paraná
Paraná Clube logo
Full name Paraná Clube
Nickname(s) Tricolor da Vila Capanema
Founded December 19, 1989
Ground Estádio Vila Capanema, Curitiba, Brazil,
Pinheirão, Curitiba, Brazil and
Estádio Vila Olímpica, Curitiba, Brazil.
Capacity 20,083 (Durival de Brito),
35,000 (Pinheirão) and
18,500 (Vila Olímpica)
Chairman José Carlos de Miranda
Manager Zetti
League Brazilian Série A
2006 Brazilian Série A, 5th
Team colours Team colours Team colours
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Home colours
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Away colours

Paraná Clube is a Brazilian football (soccer) team. It was established on December 19, 1989, in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. Its uniform is composed of a blue/red shirt, white shorts and white socks. It is also called Tricolor by its fans.

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[edit] History

On December 19, 1989, Paraná Clube was founded after Esporte Clube Pinheiros and Colorado Esporte Clube fused. 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 February 4, 1990, when Coritiba beat Paraná 1-0 at 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 Second Division. gaining the right to dispute the following year's first division. After 8 years, Paraná Clube won another national championship. In 2000, Paraná beats Associação Desportiva São Caetano down and celebrated the title of the Yellow Module of João Havelange Cup. This cup substituted the Campeonato Brasileiro (all levels), because it was suspended by Brazilian Justice.

In 2003, Paraná Clube and L.A. Sports, which is a sporting marketing company, started a partnership. The partnership's purpose was to help Paraná Clube keep its youth academy. Another purpose of the partnership was to help Paraná Clube sign new players. In 2005, Paraná Clube created an investment fund to replace L.A. Sports, and, because of this, the partnership was not renewed [1].

On April 9, 2006, Paraná Clube won Paraná State League for the 7th time in its history after beating ADAP of Campo Mourão 3-0 in Maringá and drawing 1-1 at Pinheirão Stadium. The attendance of the final match was 25,306 supporters.

Paraná Clube stadium is Estádio Durival Britto e Silva, aka Vila Capanema which suffered a strong modernization in 2006 where more than 60 skyboxes were edificated as well as new facilities, bathrooms and snack bars. The capacity of the "new" Vila Capanema rose to 20,083 spectators according to a new count. The innaugural match of the "new" Vila Capanema, occurred on Sept. 20th, 2006 when Paraná beat Fortaleza 2-0 for the Campeonato Brasileiro.

In 2007, Paraná played its first Copa Toyota Libertadores de America. In the first stage, Paraná eliminated Cobreloa from Chile winning the first leg by 2-0 in Calama and drawing 1-1 in Curitiba.

[edit] Stadiums

Estádio Vila Capanema
Estádio Vila Capanema
Estádio Vila Capanema
Estádio Vila Capanema

Paraná Clube has two stadiums:

The team also plays at Estádio Pinheirão: capacity 35,000 spectators.

[edit] Titles

[edit] Current Squad

No. Position Player
Flag of Brazil GK Flávio
Flag of Brazil GK Gabriel
Flag of Brazil GK Luiz Carlos
Flag of Brazil GK Marcos Leandro
Flag of Brazil DF Bruno Henrique
Flag of Brazil DF Da Silva
Flag of Brazil DF Daniel Marques
Flag of Brazil DF João Paulo
Flag of Brazil DF João Vitor
Flag of Brazil DF Neguette
Flag of Brazil DF Toninho
Flag of Brazil DF Alex
Flag of Brazil DF André Luiz
Flag of Brazil DF Araújo
Flag of Brazil DF Digão
Flag of Brazil MF Gerson
Flag of Brazil MF Joelson
Flag of Brazil MF Renan
Flag of Brazil FW Henrique
Flag of Brazil FW Jeffe
No. Position Player
Flag of Brazil DF Egídio
Flag of Brazil DF Parral
Flag of Brazil DF Léo Matos
Flag of Brazil DF Mandagua
Flag of Brazil MF Beto
Flag of Brazil MF Chulapa
Flag of Brazil MF Felipe Alves
Flag of Brazil MF Goiano
Flag of Brazil MF Kleber Lapa
Flag of Brazil MF Serginho
Flag of Brazil MF Xaves
Flag of Brazil MF Bruno Iotti
Flag of Brazil MF Dinélson
Flag of Brazil MF Elton
Flag of Brazil MF Everton
Flag of Brazil FW Josiel
Flag of Brazil FW Lima
Flag of Brazil FW Vandinho
Flag of Brazil FW Vinícius Pacheco
Flag of Brazil FW Zumbi

[edit] Technical staff

[edit] Transfers

[edit] In

[edit] Out

[edit] Crest

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

[edit] Flag

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bandeira_prc.gif

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

[edit] The mascot

Gralha Azul: official
Gralha Azul: official

The mascot of Paraná Clube is an azure jay (c), a common bird in Paraná state.

The bird is also the symbol of Paraná State.

[edit] Anthem

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

[edit] Trivia

  • 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.
  • Paraná Clube used to be the team of the poor people of Curitiba since it was founded by workers of the railroad company RFFSA (Rede Ferroviária Federal S.A.). But today this is only history since Paraná has many fans in all social classes.
  • Their biggest rivals are from the same city: Atlético-PR and Coritiba.

[edit] Idols

  • Régis
  • Marcos
  • Flávio
  • Ageu
  • Adoílson
  • Hélcio
  • Lúcio Flávio
  • Ricardinho
  • Saulo
  • Maurílio
  • Renaldo
  • Borges

[edit] Famous Coaches

[edit] Fans

Paraná Clube fans
Paraná Clube fans

Paraná Clube fanbase is distributed mostly in Curitiba and its metropolitan area, as well as Paraná state coast. According to recent polls made by Curitiba's newspaper Gazeta do Povo, Paraná Clube has more than 300,000 fans in the city. The number of fans outside Curitiba is unknown.

Paraná's average attendance is around 12,000 fans per game, which is almost the same number as the general average of the Campeonato Brasileiro in 2006.

The most significant organized supporters' group is Torcida Fúria Independente, also called T.F.I., founded on September 29, 1993. They claim to be the best supporters' group of the Brazilian southern region [2].

Another organized supporters' group are Torcida Esquadrão Tricolor (also Força do Sul), Tricolores do Tarumã, Torcida Desorganizada, and Torcida Virtual Paran@utas, an internet organized supporters' group of Paraná Clube (www.paranautas.com).

[edit] Paraná's top-three attendances in Campeonatos Brasileiros

  1. Paraná - Corinthians 0-0, 41,955, November 2, 1994.
  2. Paraná - Palmeiras 2-4, 36,233, September 24, 1994.
  3. Paraná - São Paulo 2-2, 35,336, October 16, 1994.

[edit] Famous supporters

Some of Paraná Clube's famous fans are Brazilian national football team player Ricardinho, Brazilian world-class runner Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima, ex-Formula One driver Enrique Bernoldi, Brazilian national volleyball team player Giba, TV host Ratinho, congressman Max Rosenmann, Curitiba's vice-mayor Luciano Ducci, former Brazilian Minister of Social Security Reinhold Stephanes and former Minister of Economy Karlos Rischbieter as well of a vast number of former Curitiba mayors.

[edit] References

  1.   Terra Esportes

[edit] External links

[edit] Ultras links



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