Campeonato Paranaense
| Countries | Brazil |
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| Confederation | CBF Federação Paranaense de Futebol |
| Founded | 1915 |
| Number of teams | 12 |
| Domestic cup(s) | Copa do Brasil |
| Current champions | Coritiba (2011) |
| Most championships | Coritiba (35 titles) |
| Website | www.federacaopr.com.br |
 2011 Campeonato Paranaense |
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Campeonato Paranaense, which has been contested since 1915, is the football league of the state of Paraná, Brazil. The "Série Ouro", literally the Golden Series, are the highest division of the league.
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[edit] Format
In the Série Ouro, the teams are divided into two groups of eight.
In the first stage, a double round-robin is played, in which all teams from one group play home-and-away games against all teams within the group. For the second stage, knock-out home-and-away playoffs are played with the top 4 teams of each group (1st place x 4th place, 2nd place x 3rd place). The winner of the second stage is crowned the champion and the teams at the bottom of each group of the first stage are relegated.
As in any other Brazilian football competitions, the format is not consistent and may change from year to year.
[edit] Clubs
Série Ouro
- Associação Desportiva Atlética do Paraná (ADAP)
- Atlético Clube Paranavaí (ACP)
- Clube Atlético Paranaense
- Cascavel Clube Recreativo
- Cianorte Futebol Clube
- Sport Club Corinthians Paranaense
- Coritiba Foot Ball Club
- Francisco Beltrão Futebol Clube
- Foz do Iguaçu Futebol Clube
- Iraty Sport Club
- Londrina Esporte Clube
- Sociedade União Esportiva Maringá
- Nacional Atlético Clube S/C Ltda
- Paraná Clube (created 1989 through a merger of Pinheiros and Colorado)
- Rio Branco Sport Club
- Roma Esporte de Apucarana S/A Ltda
- Toledo Colônia Work
- União Bandeirante Futebol Clube
[edit] List of champions
[edit] Titles by team
| Club | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| Coritiba | 35 | 20 |
| Atlético Paranaense | 22 | 16 |
| Ferroviário | 8 | 8 |
| Paraná | 7 | 4 |
| Britânia | 7 | 4 |
| Grêmio Maringá | 3 | 4 |
| Londrina | 3 | 4 |
| Palestra Itália | 3 | 3 |
| Pinheiros (once named Água Verde) | 3 | 3 |
| Colorado | 1 | 1 |
| Paranavaí | 1 | 1 |
| América | 1 | 0 |
| Cascavel | 1 | 0 |
| Comercial | 1 | 0 |
| Internacional de Curitiba | 1 | 0 |
| Iraty | 1 | 0 |
| Monte Alegre | 1 | 0 |
