Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Clube Atlético Paranaense


Atlético Paranaense is a Brazilian football team from Curitiba in Paraná, founded on March 26, 1924. The club won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in 2001.
Atlético Paranaense was born as the result of a merge between the two Curitiba traditional teams, Internacional and América. The merge was announced on March 21, 1924 and formalized five days later, on March 26, when the club changed its name and its colors, and also the new board of directors assumed the administration of the club. The chosen club's field was Internacional old field, called Água Verde.
Home stadium is the Joaquim Américo stadium, traditionally known as Arena da Baixada but more recently renamed Kyocera Arena, capacity 25,272.

Titles

Major Titles

International competitions

Winterthur Tournamet (Switzerland): 1991, 1992
Dallas Cup: 2004, 2005

National competitions

21 Campeonato Paranaense titles: 1925, 1929, 1930, 1934, 1936, 1940, 1943, 1945, 1949, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005.
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B: 1995
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2001
Copa Sesquicentenário: 2003

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