Clube Atlético Paranaense

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Atlético Paranaense
Paranaense
Full name Clube Atlético Paranaense
Nickname(s) Furacão (Hurricane)
Founded 1924
Ground Arena da Baixada, Curitiba, Brazil
(Capacity: 28,272)
Chairman Brazil Marcos Augusto Malucelli
Head coach Antônio Lopes
League Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
2008 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, 13th
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

Clube 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.

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[edit] History

Atlético Paranaense was born as the result of a merge between the two Curitiba traditional teams, Internacional-PR and América-PR. 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.

The club's first match was played on April 6, and the first competition match was played on April 20, when Atlético beat archi-rival Coritiba 2-0. The constant participation in several championships, and the presence of a good team culminated in the club's first state championship title, still in 1925, consolidating the club as one of the main clubs of its state. In 1934, Atlético Paranaense acquired the groundplot where Arena da Baixada is located.

In 1949, the club won its ninth Paranaense State Championship, which gave them the nickname of Furacão (meaning hurricane, in English) which was attributed to the club and its great campaign in the competition. Since then, Furacão became the club's nickname.

In 1995 after Coritiba beat Atlético 5-1, a new board of directors took over the control of the club, and started a strategical project called "Atlético Total".

Atlético was the first Paranaense club to participate of Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa, nowadays replaced by 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 historical record of 34 goals in a single edition of Campenato Brasileiro.

So far, Atlético 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 was the runner-up of the competition after being defeated by São Paulo.

A survey made in 2005 by Paraná Pesquisas Institute shown that Atlético Paranaense has the biggest amount of supporters in Curitiba.[1] In 2006 Atlético Paranaense had a good performance in Copa Sul-americana, reaching the semifinals, after defeating excellent teams like Paraná Clube, River Plate and Nacional-URU. In 2007, the team partnered with the USA club FC Dallas.

[edit] Honors

[edit] International Competitions

  • Runner-up (1): 2005

[edit] National competitions

  • Winners (1): 2001
  • Runners-up (1): 2004
  • Winners (1): 1995
  • Winners (22): 1925, 1929, 1930, 1934, 1936, 1940, 1943, 1945, 1949, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2009

[edit] Youth competitions

  • Winners (2): 2004, 2005
  • Winners (2): 1991, 1992

[edit] History in competitions

Brazilian League
Year 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Pos. * * 28º 28º 29º 44º 62º 11º
Year 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Pos. * * 32º 11º * 18º 20º 19º 18º
Year 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Pos. * 17º 15º 24º * * 12º 16º
Year 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Pos. 13º 14º 12º 13º 12º 13º


Copa Libertadores
Year 2000 2002 2005
Pos. 1ª stage
Copa Sul-americana
Year 2006 2007 2008 2009
Pos. 19º 12º


(*): Not participated

[edit] Stadium

Home stadium is the Estádio Joaquim Américo, 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.[2]

[edit] Team colors

The team plays in black with red vertical stripes, black shorts and black socks.

[edit] Current squad

As of July 18, 2009, according to Furacao.com.

No. Position Player
Brazil GK Galatto
Brazil GK Neto
Brazil GK Renan Rocha
Brazil GK Vinicius
Brazil DF Alberto
Brazil DF Alex Sandro
Brazil DF Antonio Carlos
Brazil DF Carlão
Brazil DF Manoel
Brazil DF Márcio Azevedo
Brazil DF Rafael Santos
Brazil DF Raul
Brazil DF Rhodolfo
Brazil DF Nei
Argentina MF Rodrigo Díaz
Brazil MF Chico
Brazil MF Fransérgio
Brazil MF Marcinho
Brazil MF Netinho
No. Position Player
Brazil MF Paulo Baier (captain)
Brazil MF Pimba
Brazil MF Rafael Miranda
Brazil MF Renan
Brazil MF Ticão
Brazil MF Zé Antônio
Colombia MF Valencia
Brazil FW Eduardo
Brazil FW Eduardo Salles
Brazil FW Geílson
Brazil FW Jhonatan
Brazil FW Marcelo
Brazil FW Patrick
Brazil FW Rafael Moura
Brazil FW Wallyson
Brazil FW Wesley

[edit] Transfers 2008

List of Brazilian football transfers 2008

[edit] Squad for Copa Sudamericana 2009

No. Position Player
1 Brazil GK Galatto
2 Brazil DF Nei
3 Brazil DF Chico
4 Brazil DF Rhodolfo
5 Brazil MF Rafael Miranda
6 Brazil DF Márcio Azevedo
7 Colombia MF Edwin Valencia
8 Brazil FW Wesley
9 Brazil FW Alex Mineiro
10 Brazil MF Paulo Baier (captain)
11 Brazil MF Marcinho
12 Brazil GK Neto
13 Brazil DF Manoel
No. Position Player
14 Brazil DF Raul
15 Brazil MF Fransérgio
16 Brazil MF Gabriel Pimba
17 Brazil FW Wallyson
18 Brazil FW Brasão
19 Brazil DF Bruno Costa
20 Brazil MF Deivid
21 Brazil DF Alex Sandro
22 Brazil GK Vinicius
23 Brazil FW Jhonatan
24 Brazil DF Ronaldo
25 Brazil FW Patrick

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Maioria rubro-negra" (in Portuguese). Gazeta do Povo. 2005-10-16. http://portal.rpc.com.br/gazetadopovo/esportes/conteudo.phtml?id=503190. Retrieved 2008-08-08. 
  2. ^ "Sem pressa, Atlético-PR negocia patrocínio" (in Portuguese). Máquina do Esporte. 2008-06-05. http://maquinadoesporte.uol.com.br/v2/noticias.asp?id=9458. Retrieved 2008-07-02. 

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