Club Athletico Paranaense


Club Athletico Paranaense, commonly known as Athletico-PR, is a Brazilian football team from Curitiba in Paraná, founded on March 26, 1924. The team won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Brazil's top football division, in 2001, the Copa Sudamericana in 2018 and the Copa do Brasil in 2019.

History

The club was founded in 1924 thourgh the merger of International Football Club and América Futebol Clube, two traditional clubs in Curitiba.
The club's first match, a friendly one, was played on April 6, when Athletico Paranaense beat Universal FC 4–2.
Athletico Paranaense has participated in the Copa Libertadores, in 2000, 2002, 2005, 2014, 2017 and 2019. In 2005, Athletico 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 Athletico Paranaense has the largest number of supporters in Curitiba.
In 2006 and 2018 Club Athletico 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. They finally won the competition in 2018 defeating Colombia's Junior in the final.
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.
On 15 February 2015 the club signed Indian winger Romeo Fernandes on loan from Dempo S.C. and through this contract he became the first and only Indian footballer to play in a South American top tier league.

Team colors and uniform

Originally in 1924 Athletico used to play using a horizontally striped in red and black shirt, along with white shorts and red and black socks.
In 1989 Athletico's administrators wanted to differentiate the team's uniform from the other red and black teams in Brazil, so they changed the home shirt to be vertically striped in red and black. In 1996 Athletico changed the color of the socks and the shorts from white to black.
In December 2018, Athletico's administrators changed the club's crest to be four alternating red and black diagonal stripes which decreased in size from top to bottom, resembling a hurricane, echoing the club's nickname. The Club also changed their name from 'Clube Atlético Paranaense' to its original name in the Portuguese orthography when it was founded, 'Club Athletico Paranaense', which some believe to be a move in order to further differentiate themselves from Atlético Mineiro, another prominent Brazilian club. The club also changed the kits: the home kit, which had been a red and black vertically-striped shirt, black shorts and black socks for twenty-two years became a predominantly red shirt, with a black collar, and the four diagonal stripes from the crest enlarged and going across both the front and back of the lower third of the shirt in black. The shorts and socks remain black. The away strip released with this kit was a white shirt with a black collar. In place of the four diagonal stripes were eight thin diagonal lines in the place of the outline of the larger ones seen on the home shirt; these too were black. The shorts and socks were white.

Stadium

The home stadium is the Estádio Joaquim Américo Guimarães, built in 1914 and renovated several times is traditionally known as Arena da Baixada. Besides hosting important club games, Arena da Baixada also hosted 4 World Cup games in 2014 and other events like the 2017 FIVB Volleyball World League, the UFC 198: Werdum vs. Miocic and many music concerts.
Arena da Baixada is also the only stadium in South America with a retractable roof and was the first to use artificial turf.

Partnerships

First team

Under-23 squad

Out on loan

Personnel

Current technical staff

International

Year197119721973197419751976197719781979-
Pos.**28th9th28th29th44th62nd11th-
Year1980198119821983198419851986198719881989-
Pos.**32nd4th11th*18th20th19th18th-
Year1990199119921993199419951996199719981999-
Pos.*17th15th24th**8th12th16th9th-
Year2000200120022003200420052006200720082009-
Pos.13th1st14th12th2nd6th13th12th13th14th-
Year201020112012201320142015201620172018
Pos.5th17th*3rd8th10th6th11th7th

Year20002002200520142017
Pos.9thGroup stageRunners UpGroup stageRound Of 16

Year20062007200820092018
Pos.3rd19th12th1st stageChampions

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Head coaches