Clube Atlético Paranaense

Atlético Paranaense
Full name	Clube Atlético Paranaense
Nickname(s)	Furacão (Hurricane)
Founded	1924
Ground	Arena da Baixada, Curitiba, Brazil; (Capacity: 25,272)
Chairman	Marcos Augusto Malucelli
Head coach	Waldemar Lemos
League	Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
2008	Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, 13th

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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.

[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 did a good performance in Copa Sul-americana, reached in final 4, 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

Copa Libertadores:

Runner-up (1): 2005

[edit] National competitions

Brazilian League:

Winners (1): 2001
Runners-up (1): 2004

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B:

Winners (1): 1995

Campeonato Paranaense:

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

Dallas Cup:

Winners (3): 2004, 2005, 2009

Winterthur Tournament:

Winners (2): 1991, 1992

[edit] History in competitions

**Brazilian League**
Year		1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
Pos.		*	*	28º	9º	28º	29º	44º	62º	11º
Year	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Pos.	*	*	32º	4º	11º	*	18º	20º	19º	18º
Year	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Pos.	*	17º	15º	24º	*	*	8º	12º	16º	9º
Year	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Pos.	13º	1º	14º	12º	2º	6º	13º	12º	13º

**Copa Libertadores**
Year	2000	2002	2005
Pos.	16º	1ª stage	2º

**Copa Sul-americana**
Year			2006	2007	2008	2009
Pos.			3º	19º	12º

(*): Not participated

[edit] Stadium

Main article: Arena da Baixada

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 December 14, 2008, according to the club's official site.

Goalkeeper
		Renan
		Vinícius
		Rodrigo Galatto
		João Carlos

Side Backs
		Nei
		Douglas Maia
		Alberto
		Alex Sandro
		Márcio Azevedo

Defenders
		Rhodolfo
		Rafael Santos
		Antonio Carlos
		Alex Fraga
		Danilo

Defensive Midfielders
		Edwin Valencia
		Zé Antônio
		Fernando
		Alan Bahia
		Renan
		Chico

Midfielders
		Rodriguinho
		Netinho
		Pimba
		Julio dos Santos

Forwards
		Anderson Aquino
		Rafael Moura
		Julio César
		Wallyson
		Willian
		Rogerinho
		Wesley

[edit] Technical staff

Ridênio Borges – Fitness Coach
Wanderley Filho – Goalkeeping Coach
André Souto, Nilson Borges, – Assistant Coach
Marcio Henriques, Jean Lourenço, Juvenilson de Souza, Antônio Marcos Ferreira – Fitness Assistants