Club Athletico Paranaense

The club was founded in 1924 through the merger of International Football Club and América Futebol Clube, two traditional clubs in Curitiba.[3]

The club's first match, a friendly one, was played on 6 April, when Athletico Paranaense beat Universal FC 4–2.[4]

Athletico Paranaense has participated in the Copa Libertadores, in 2000, 2002, 2005, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2020 and 2022. In 2005 and 2022, Athletico Paranaense was the runner-up of the competition being defeated in the finals by São Paulo and Flamengo respectively.[5][6]

A survey taken in 2005 by Paraná Pesquisas Institute showed that Athletico Paranaense has the largest number of supporters in Curitiba.[7]

In 2006 and 2018, Club Athletico Paranaense had a good performance in the Copa Sudamericana, reaching the semifinals after defeating high-profile teams like Argentina's River Plate and Uruguay's Nacional. They finally won the competition in 2018 defeating Colombia's Junior in the final.

In 2007, the team partnered with the American MLS club FC Dallas. In 2010 they also announced a partnership with Vitesse Arnhem in the Netherlands.

On 15 February 2015, the club signed Indian winger Romeo Fernandes on loan from Dempo and through this contract he became the first and only Indian footballer to play in a South American top-tier league.[8][9][10] Zico, then FC Goa coach played a key role behind this contract.

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Originally in 1924 Athletico used to play using a horizontally striped in red and black shirt, along with white shorts and red and black socks.

Former logo of Atlético Paranaense, used until December 2018

In 1989 Athletico's administrators wanted to differentiate the team's uniform from the other red and black teams in Brazil (mainly speaking of Flamengo, Sport Recife and Vitória), so they changed the home shirt to be vertically striped in red and black (the team kept playing with white socks and white shorts). In 1996 Athletico changed the color of the socks and the shorts from white to black.

In December 2018, Athletico's administrators changed the club's crest to be four alternating red and black diagonal stripes which decreased in size from top to bottom, resembling a hurricane, echoing the club's nickname. The club also changed their name from 'Clube Atlético Paranaense' to its original name in the Portuguese orthography when it was founded, 'Club Athletico Paranaense', which some believe to be a move in order to further differentiate themselves from Atlético Mineiro, another prominent Brazilian club. The club also changed the kits: the home kit, which had been a red and black vertically striped shirt, black shorts and black socks for twenty-two years became a predominantly red shirt, with a black collar, and the four diagonal stripes from the crest enlarged and going across both the front and back of the lower third of the shirt in black. The shorts and socks remain black. The away strip released with this kit was a white shirt with a black collar. In place of the four diagonal stripes were eight thin diagonal lines in the place of the outline of the larger ones seen on the home shirt; these too were black. The shorts and socks were white.[11]

The home stadium is the Estádio Joaquim Américo Guimarães, built in 1914 and renovated several times is traditionally known as Arena da Baixada. Besides hosting important club games, Arena da Baixada also hosted 4 World Cup games in 2014 and other events like the 2017 FIVB Volleyball World League, the UFC 198: Werdum vs. Miocic and many music concerts. Arena da Baixada is also the only stadium in South America with a retractable roof and was the first to use artificial turf (with FIFA approval).

• Orlando City SC (MLS) – The technical partnership connects City with a club with a training facility and one of Brazil's academies.[12]
• All India Football Federation (AIFF) – On 13 November 2014, Paranaense signed a partnership with AIFF, the governing body of Indian football, on a contract lasting till the end of 2015.[13] The idea was presented by Technical director Rob Baan. Its main motive would be to help India for "development of a strong Indian side in the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[14]

(*): Did not participate

South American Record

As of match played 09 August 2023

Competition	Played	Won	Drew	Lost	GF	GA	GD	Win%
Copa Libertadores	85	40	15	30	118	106	+12	047.06
Copa Sudamericana	49	28	8	13	71	42	+29	057.14
Recopa Sudamericana	4	1	1	2	3	7	−4	025.00
Total	138	69	24	45	192	154	+38	050.00

Season	Competition	Round	Opponents	Home	Away	Aggregate
2000	Copa Libertadores
		Group 1	Alianza Lima	2–1	3-0	1st
			Emelec	1-0	0-0
			Nacional	2-0	3-1
		R16	Atlético Mineiro	2–1	0-1	2–2 (3-5p)
2002	Copa Libertadores
		Group 4	América de Cali	0-0	0-5	4th
			Olmedo	2-1	0-2
			Bolivar	1-2	5-5
2005	Copa Libertadores
		Group 1	Independiente Medellín	0-4	2-2	2nd
			América de Cali	2-1	1-3
			Libertad	1-0	2-1
		R16	Cerro Porteño	2-1	1-2	2–2 (5-4p)
		QF	Santos	3-2	2-0	5-2
		SF	Chivas Guadalajara	3-0	2-2	5-2
		F	São Paulo	1-1	0-4	1-5
2006	Copa Sudamericana
		2R	Paraná	1-0	3-1	4-1
		R16	River Plate	2-2	1-0	3-2
		QF	Nacional	2-1	4-1	6-2
		SF	Pachuca	0-1	1-4	1-5
2007	Copa Sudamericana	2R	Vasco da Gama	2-4	0-2	2-6
2008	Copa Sudamericana
		1R	São Paulo	0-0	0-0	0-0 (4-3p)
		R16	Chivas Guadalajara	3-4	2-2	5-6
2009	Copa Sudamericana	1R	Botafogo	0-0	2-3	2-3
2011	Copa Sudamericana	2R	Flamengo	0-1	0-1	0-2
2014	Copa Libertadores
		1R	Sporting Cristal	2-1	1-2	3-3 (5-4p)
		Group 1	Vélez Sarsfield	1-3	0-2	3rd
			The Strongest	1-0	1-2
			Universitario	3-0	1-0
2015	Copa Sudamericana
		2R	Joinville	2-0	1-0	3-0
		R16	Brasília	1-0	0-0	1-0
		QF	Sportivo Luqueño	1-0	0-2	1-2
2017	Copa Libertadores
		2R	Millonarios	1-0	0-1	1-1 (4-2p)
		3R	Deportivo Capiatá	3-3	1-0	4-3
		Group 4	San Lorenzo	0-3	1-0	2nd
			Flamengo	2-1	1-2
			Universidad Católica	2-2	3-2
		R16	Santos	2-3	0-1	2-4
2018	Copa Sudamericana
		1R	Newell's Old Boys	3-0	1-2	4-2
		2R	Peñarol	2-0	4-1	6-1
		R16	Caracas	2-1	2-0	4-2
		QF	Bahia	0-1	1-0	1-1 (4-1p)
		SF	Fluminense	2-0	2-0	4-0
		F	Junior Barranquilla	1-1	1-1	2-2 (4-3p)
2019	Recopa Sudamericana	F	River Plate	1-0	0-3	1-3
	2019 Copa Libertadores	Group G	Boca Juniors	3-0	1-2	2nd
			Tolima	1-0	0-1
			Jorge Wilstermann	4-0	2-3
		R16	Boca Juniors	0-1	0-2	0-3
2020	Copa Libertadores
		Group C	Jorge Wilstermann	0-0	3-2	2nd
			Colo-Colo	2-0	0-1
			Peñarol	1-0	2-3
		R16	River Plate	1-1	0-1	1-2
2021	Copa Sudamericana
		Group D	Melgar	1-0	0-1	1st
			Aucas	4-0	1-0
			Metropolitanos	1-0	1-0
		R16	América de Cali	4-1	1-0	5-1
		QF	L.D.U. Quito	4-2	0-1	4-3
		SF	Peñarol	2-0	2-1	4-1
		F	Red Bull Bragantino	—	—	1-0
2022	Recopa Sudamericana	F	Palmeiras	2-2	0-2	2-4
	2022 Copa Libertadores	Group B	Libertad	2-0	0-1	2nd
			Caracas	5-1	0-0
			The Strongest	1-0	0-5
		R16	Libertad	2-1	1-1	3-2
		QF	Estudiantes de La Plata	0-0	1-0	1-0
		SF	Palmeiras	1-0	2-2	3-2
		F	Flamengo	—	—	0-1
2023	Copa Libertadores
		Group G	Libertad	1-0	2-1	1st
			Alianza Lima	3-0	0-0
			Atlético Mineiro	2-1	1-2
		R16	Bolivar	2-0	1-3	3-3 (4-5p)

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• Official website (in Portuguese, English, and German)
• Unofficial website (in Portuguese)
• List of all matches played