Associação Atlética Batel, is a Brazilian

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team based in

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. They competed in the Série C twice.

History

The club was founded on March 17, 1951, in Batel neighborhood,

. They competed in the Série C in

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

and in

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

, being eliminated in the Second Stage in both editions of the competition. Much of the local community is of Ukrainian descent and in 2023 the club adopted the name, colours and crest of the former

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, whose facilities and ground were destroyed during the

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. But the change ended up never being completed.

Honours

Campeonato Paranaense Série Prata The Campeonato Paranaense - Série Prata is the second tier of the professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Paraná. It is run by the Paraná Football Federation (FPF). List of champions Notes * In 1971 Britânia, Ferr ...

** Runners-up (1): 1992 *

Campeonato Paranaense Série Bronze The Campeonato Paranaense - Série Bronze is the third tier of the professional state football league in the Brazilian state State most commonly refers to: * State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society w ...

** Winners (1): 2024

Stadium

Batel play their home games at Estádio Waldomiro Gelinski, nicknamed ''Estádio Lobo Solitário''. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 7,000 people.

References

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