Clube Atlético Paranaense

Atlético Paranaense

Full name	Clube Atlético Paranaense
Nickname(s)	Furacão (Hurricane)
Founded	March 26, 1924 (1924-03-26)
Ground	Arena da Baixada
Ground Capacity	42,372
President	Luiz Sallim Emed
Head coach	Fabiano Soares
League	Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Campeonato Paranaense
2016	Série A, 6th Paranaense, 1st
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

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.

According to the independent auditors BDO RCS, the brand of the club is the thirteenth most valuable in Brazil, surpassing 86 million reals.

History

The club was founded in 1924.^[1]

The club's first match was played on April 6, when Atlético Paranaense beat Universal FC 4–2.^[2]

Atlético Paranaense has participated in the Copa Libertadores, in 2000, 2002, 2005, 2014 and 2017. In 2005, Atlético Paranaense was the runner-up of the competition being defeated in the finals by São Paulo.

A survey taken in 2005 by Paraná Pesquisas Institute showed that Atlético Paranaense has the largest amount of supporters in Curitiba.^[3]

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 the Netherlands.

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 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.

Stadium

Arena da Baixada

The home stadium is the Estádio Joaquim Américo, built in 1914 and renovated several times is traditionally known as Arena da Baixada.

Partnerships

• Orlando City SC (MLS) – The technical partnership connects City with a club that boasts a world-class training facility and one of Brazil’s top academies.^[4]

• All India Football Federation (AIFF) – On 13 November 2014, Paranaense signed a partnership with AIFF, the governing body of Indian football, on a contract lasting till the end of 2015.^[5] The idea was presented by Technical director Rob Baan. Its main motive would be to help India for "development of a strong Indian side in the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.^[6]

Current squad

First team

As of 3 June 2017^[7]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Santos 2 DF Jonathan 3 MF Lucho González 4 DF Cleberson 5 MF Deivid 6 MF Eduardo Henrique (on loan from Coimbra-MG) 8 DF Sidcley 9 FW Ribamar 10 MF Felipe Gedoz 11 MF Nikão 12 GK Wéverton (Captain) 13 DF Paulo André 17 FW Guilherme (on loan from Corinthians) 20 MF Matheus Rossetto 21 MF Esteban Pavez 22 FW Eduardo 23 FW Lucas Fernandes (on loan from Fluminense)

No. Position Player 25 DF Wanderson 27 DF Zé Ivaldo 32 FW Giovanny 39 MF Bruno Guimarães (on loan from Audax-SP) 44 DF Thiago Heleno 47 DF Gustavo Cascardo 49 GK Warleson 55 MF Matheus Anjos 70 FW Yago 77 FW Douglas Coutinho 87 MF Fabrício (on loan from Cruzeiro) 91 FW Éderson (on loan from Kashiwa Reysol) 92 FW Pablo 94 GK Lucas Macanhan 97 DF Nicolas 98 DF Renan Lodi GK Léo

Under-23 squad

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

No. Position Player 15 MF Riuler 16 GK Caio 18 FW Marcelo 26 DF Daniel 29 DF Breno 74 DF Jacy

No. Position Player 80 FW Murillo GK Hugo Gumiero MF Alexsander MF Igor FW Bruno Furlan

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player — GK Rodolfo (at Oeste) — DF Eduardo (at Bahia) — DF Léo Pereira (at Orlando City) — DF Marcão (at Rio Ave) — DF Ricardo Silva (at Atletico-GO) — MF Bruno Mota (at Náutico) — MF Íkaro (at Atletico-GO) — MF João Pedro (at Paraná)

No. Position Player — MF Marcos Guilherme (at São Paulo) — MF Rafinha (at Brasil-RS) — MF Renan Paulino (at Náutico) — FW Bruno Rodrigues (at Joinville) — FW Caíque (at Red Bull Brasil) — FW Crysan (at Cercle Brugge) — FW Marcelo Cirino (at Al-Nasr) — FW Juninho (at Brasil-RS)

Personnel

Current technical staff

Role	Name
First Team Coach	Eduardo Baptista
Assistant manager	Bruno Pivetti
Director of football	Paulo Autuori

• Last updated: December 20, 2016
• Source: Clube Atletico Paranaense

Management

• Last updated: December 20, 2016
• Source: Board of Directors

Honors

Domestic competitions

• Série A

Winner (1): 2001

Runner-up (1): 2004

• Série B

Winner (1): 1995

Runner-up (1): 1990

Regionals

• Campeonato Paranaense

Winners (23): 1925, 1929, 1930, 1934, 1936, 1940, 1943, 1945, 1949, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2009, 2016

• Copa Paraná

Winners (2): 1998, 2003

International

• Copa Libertadores

Runner-up (1): 2005

History in competitions

(*): Not participated

Head coaches

References

External links

• (in Portuguese) (in English) (in German) Official Site
• (in Portuguese) Unofficial Site

http://futebol80.com.br/links/times/atleticopr/atleticoprjg.htm (All matches played)