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	João Augusto Fleury
Manager	Geninho
League	Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
2007	Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, 12th
Home colours Away colours

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.

Contents 1 History 2 Honors 2.1 International Competitions 2.2 National competitions 2.3 Youth competitions 3 Stadium 4 Team colors 5 Current squad 5.1 Technical staff 6 Transfers 2008 7 Famous players 8 Famous Managers 9 References 10 External links

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.

Honors

International Competitions

• Copa Libertadores:

• Runners-up (1): 2005

National competitions

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A:

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

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série B:

• Winners (1): 1995

• Campeonato Paranaense:

• Winners (21): 1925, 1929, 1930, 1934, 1936, 1940, 1943, 1945, 1949, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005

Youth competitions

• Dallas Cup:

• Winners (2): 2004, 2005

• Winterthur Tournament:

• Winners (2): 1991, 1992

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]

Team colors

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

Current squad

As of August 31, 2008, according to the club's official site.
Numbers assigned only in Copa Sudamericana 2008

No. Position Player 1 GK Galatto 2 DF Nei 3 DF Danilo 4 DF Rhodolfo 5 DF Antônio Carlos 6 DF Márcio Azevedo (on loan from Juventude) 7 MF Alan Bahia (captain) 8 MF Edwin Valencia 9 FW Rafael Moura 10 MF David Ferreira 11 FW Júlio César 12 GK Vinícius 13 DF Alex 14 MF Chico 15 MF Julio dos Santos 16 MF Kelly 17 FW Anderson Aquino 18 FW Pedro Oldoni 19 MF Renan 20 MF Douglas Maia 21 MF Fernando 22 GK Renan 23 MF Netinho 24 MF Gabriel 25 MF Rodriguinho -- GK João Carlos -- DF Matheus -- DF Michel

No. Position Player -- DF Leandro Bambu -- DF Douglas Maia -- DF Alex Sandro -- DF Gustavo -- DF João Leonardo -- DF Neylor -- DF Carlos Alberto -- DF Erivélton -- MF Rogerinho -- MF Fahel -- MF Zé Antônio (on loan from Häcken) -- MF Roberto -- MF Jean Carlo -- MF Tiago Henrique -- MF Irênio -- MF Léo Medeiros (on loan from Flamengo) -- MF Wallyson -- FW Abdullah Al Kamali -- FW Renato -- FW Willian -- FW Geílson -- FW Alisson -- FW Tiago -- FW Choco -- FW Eduardo Salles -- FW Joãozinho -- FW Rogerinho

Technical staff

• Geninho – Manager
• Moacir Pereira – Assistant Coach
• Privati – Goalkeeping Coach
• Walter Grassmann – Fitness Coach
• Juvenilson de Souza, Márcio Henriques – Physiotherapists

Transfers 2008

List of Brazilian football transfers 2008

Famous players

Brazil Alfredo Gottardi Júnior Assis Bellini Caju Claudinho Cocito Djalma Santos Gérson Caçapa Jackson do Nascimento Lucas Nilson Borges Oséas Sicupira Washington Kléberson Jadson Fernandinho Dagoberto Etto Fabiano Michel Bastos Claiton Kléber Pereira Alex Mineiro Peru Augusto Lobatón Poland Mariusz Piekarski Krzysztof Nowak

Colombia David Ferreira Sergio Herrera Vladimir Marín Dayro Moreno Julián Viáfara Edwin Valencia Argentina Navarro Montoya Germany Paulo Rink Panama Felipe Baloy Hungary Roland Tüske Uruguay Gustavo Matosas United Arab Emirates Abdullah Al Kamali Paraguay Julio dos Santos

Famous Managers

• Levir Culpi
• Vadão
• Lothar Matthäus
• Geninho
• Casemiro Mior
• Emerson Leão
• Pepe
• Abel Braga
• Antonio Lopes

References

External links

• (Portuguese) (English) (German) Official Site
• (Portuguese) Unoffficial Site
• (Portuguese) Torcida Organized Official

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