Cascavel Esporte Clube, commonly known as Cascavel, was a Brazilian

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club based in

Cascavel Cascavel is a city in the state of Paraná (state), Paraná in Brazil. It is the fifth most populous city in the state with 364.104 inhabitants, according to IBGE 2024 estimate. The distance to Curitiba, the state capital, is 491 kilometers b ...

, Paraná state that competed in the Série B and in the Série C twice.

History

The club was founded on December 19, 1979. Cascavel won the

Campeonato Paranaense The Campeonato Paranaense is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Paraná. It is run by the Paraná Football Federation (FPF). List of champions Notes * In 1924 Internacional and América merged in ...

in 1980. The club competed in the Série B in

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 6 – A funeral service is held in West Germany for Nazi Grand Admiral ...

and

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C. ...

and was eliminated in the First Stage in both seasons. Cascavel competed in the Série C 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 ...

and

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

and was eliminated in the First Stage in both seasons. The club merged with SOREC and Cascavel S/A on December 17, 2001, to form

Cascavel Clube Recreativo Cascavel Clube Recreativo, more commonly referred to as Cascavel CR, is a Brazilian professional association football club in Cascavel, Paraná which currently plays in Campeonato Paranaense, the top division of the Paraná state football leag ...

Honours

: ** Winners (1): 1980 *

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** Runners-up (1): 1979 * Campeonato Paranaense do Interior ** Winners (3): 1980, 1987, 1988

Stadium

Cascavel Esporte Clube played its home games at Estádio Olímpico Regional Arnaldo Busatto. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 45,000 people.

References

{{Use mdy dates, date=March 2011 Defunct football clubs in Paraná (state) Association football clubs established in 1979 Association football clubs disestablished in 2001 1979 establishments in Brazil 2001 disestablishments in Brazil