The 2013
Campeonato Paranaense de Futebol Profissional da 1ª Divisão was the 98th season of
Paraná's top professional football league. The competition began on January 20 and ended on May 12.
Coritiba won the championship for the 37th time, while
Paranavaí and
Nacional were relegated.
Format
The tournament consists of a double
round-robin format, in which all twelve teams play each other twice, with classification split in two stages. Each round counts as one stage.
The better-placed teams of each stage will face themselves in a
two-legged tie
In sports (especially association football), a two-legged tie is a contest between two teams which comprises two matches or "legs", with each team as the home team in one leg. The winning team is usually determined by aggregate score, the sum ...
, with the team with the most points in the overall classification playing the second leg home, the winning team will then be declared champion. In case of a tie in number of points and goal balance, the advantage is for the best campaign team.
[UOL Esporte]
"Regulamento do Campeonato Paranaense 2013"
August 03, 2013. (in Portuguese) If the same team is best-placed on both stages, it will automatically be declared champion.
The best two-placed teams in the overall classification not advancing to the finals and not from
Curitiba
Curitiba () is the capital and largest city in the state of Paraná (state), Paraná in Southern Brazil. The city's population was 1,773,718 , making it the List of cities in Brazil by population, eighth most populous city in Brazil and the larg ...
will face themselves in a two-legged tie competing for the Torneio do Interior. The team with the most points will play the second leg home. The bottom two teams on overall classification will be relegated.
Participating teams
First round
Results
Second round
Results
Finals
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Torneio do Interior finals
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Londrina
Londrina (, literally "Little London") is a city located in the north of the state of Paraná (state), Paraná, South Region, Brazil, and is 388 km (241 miles) away from the state capital, Curitiba. It is the second largest city in the state and f ...
was declared champion due to better results on the first and second round.
References
{{2013 in Brazilian football
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