Clube Atlético Paranaense
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| Full name | Clube Atlético Paranaense | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Furacão (Hurricane) | ||
| Founded | May 26, 1924 | ||
| Stadium | Estádio Joaquim Américo Guimarães | ||
| Capacity | 43,981 | ||
| President | Mário Celso Petraglia | ||
| Head coach | Miguel Ángel Portugal | ||
| League | Campeonato Brasileiro Série A | ||
| 2013 | Série A, 3rd | ||
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Clube Atlético Paranaense, commonly known as Atlético Paranaense, is a Brazilian football team from Curitiba in Paraná, founded on March 26, 1924. The club won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (Premier League) in 2001.
In a survey released by the IFFHS (International Foundation for History and Statistics Soccer), an organization that publishes a monthly world ranking of clubs recognized by FIFA on November 30, 2010, Atlético Paranaense was listed as the 9th largest soccer club in Brazil in the 21st century and 74th in the world, ahead of clubs like Athletic Bilbao, Arsenal, Juventus and Manchester City.
According to the independent auditors BDO RCS, the brand of the club is the thirteenth most valuable in Brazil, surpassing the 86 million reals.
History
Atlético 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, when Atlético Paranaense beat Universal FC 4-2.[1] Its first competitive match was on the 1924 Campeonato Paranaense, when they were beaten 6-3 by arch-rivals Coritiba. 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, Atlético Paranaense acquired the groundplot where the Arena da Baixada is located.
In 1949, the club won its ninth Paraná 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 Atlético Paranaense 5-1, a new board of directors took over the control of the club, and started a strategic project called "Atlético Total".
Atlético Paranaense was the first Paraná state club to participate in the Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa, today known as the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. In 2001, Atlético 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 Série A.
So far, Atlético 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, Atlético 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 Atlético Paranaense has the largest amount of supporters in Curitiba.[2]
In 2006 Clube Atlético Paranaense had a good performance in the Copa Sudamericana, reaching the semifinals after defeating high-profile teams like Argentina's River Plate and Uruguay's Nacional. In 2007, the team partnered with the American MLS club FC Dallas. In 2010 they also announced a partnership with Vitesse Arnhem in Holland.
Team colors and Uniform
Originally in 1924 Atlético used to play using a horizontally striped in red and black shirt, along with white shorts and red and black socks.
In late 1940's Atlético changed the color of the shorts to black, in that time was that Atlético became known as "Furacão" (Hurricane) because of the great 1949 team, so the fans believed that the black shorts gave luck to them.
In the 1950s (up until the late 1980s) Atlético played using the same traditional shirt, but now with white shorts and white socks.
In 1989 Atlético's administrators wanted to differentiate the team's uniform from the other red and black teams in Brazil (mainly speaking of Flamengo, Sport Recife and Vitória), 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 Atlético changed the color of the socks and the shorts from white to black. Wearing this type of kit was that Atlético won the 2001 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the club's greatest achievement, and had great seasons in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A such as 1996, 2004 and 2010. This type of kit is that Atlético plays in today.
Stadium
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.
Atlético 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]
Current squad
As of July 25, 2013
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Under-23 squad
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Out on loan
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Personnel
Current technical staff
| Role | Name |
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| First Team Coach |  Miguel Ángel Portugal |
| Assistant manager |  Leandro Ávila |
| First team fitness coach | Gonzalo Abando |
| Assistant fitness coach | Marcio Henriques |
| Assistant fitness coach | Jean Carlo Lourenço |
| Goalkeeping coach | Luciano Oliveira |
| Under-23s coach |  Dejan Petković |
- Last updated: February 1, 2014
- Source: Clube Atletico Paranaense
Management
| Position | Staff |
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| President | Mario Celso Petraglia |
| 1st Vice-president | Luiz Sallim Emed |
| 2nd Vice-president | Marcio Lara |
- Last updated: February 1, 2014
- Source: Board of Directors
Honors
Domestic competitions
- Winner (1): 1995
- Runner-up (1): 1990
- Winners (22): 1925, 1929, 1930, 1934, 1936, 1940, 1943, 1945, 1949, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2009
- Winners (2): 1998, 2003
International
- Runner-up (1): 2005
History in competitions
| 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 | |||||||
| Pos. | 5th | 17th | * | 3rd |
| Year | 2000 | 2002 | 2005 |
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| Pos. | 9th | 1st stage | 2nd |
| Year | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | ||
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| Pos. | 3rd | 19th | 12th | 1st stage |
(*): Not participated
International players
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Head coaches
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References
- ↑ http://www.furacao.com/80anos/historia/1924.php (in Portuguese).
- ↑ "Maioria rubro-negra" (in Portuguese). Gazeta do Povo. 2005-10-16. Retrieved 2008-08-08.
- ↑ "Sem pressa, Atlético-PR negocia patrocínio" (in Portuguese). Máquina do Esporte. 2008-06-05. Archived from the original on 2008-06-08. Retrieved 2008-07-02.
External links
- (Portuguese) (English) (German) Official Site
- (Portuguese) Unofficial Site
- (Portuguese) Torcida Organized OS FANATICOS Official
- (Portuguese) Torcida Organized ULTRAS Official
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