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Coritiba Foot Ball Club, commonly known as Coritiba and colloquially referred to as heCoxa, is a Brazilian football club from
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. Founded in 1909 by German immigrants, it is the oldest football club and the club with most titles in the state. Coritiba's home stadium is the
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, built in 1932, with the capacity of 40,000 fans. Its main rivalry is with
Athletico Paranaense Club Athletico Paranaense (abbreviated CAP, commonly known as Athletico Paranaense and up to 2019 known as Atlético Paranaense) is a Brazilian football team from the city of Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná, founded o ...
, with whom it plays the
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derby, one of the great rivalries in Brazilian football, also competing in the derby Paratiba, which is disputed with
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. Coritiba was the first club from Paraná to win the
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, breaking the hegemony of teams from
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that had lasted since the 1960s. It has also won two Brazilian Championship Série B titles, in
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. The club has won the Paraná State Championship 39 times – more than both of its main rivals combined (
Athletico Paranaense Club Athletico Paranaense (abbreviated CAP, commonly known as Athletico Paranaense and up to 2019 known as Atlético Paranaense) is a Brazilian football team from the city of Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná, founded o ...
having 27 titles and Paraná Clube 7). In June 2023, Treecorp Investimentos completed the purchase of 90% of the club's
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Overview

Coritiba is the first club from southern Brazil to have won a national title, the 1973
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. It was both the first club from
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to have won the Série A (the main title in Brazil), and to reach the semi-finals in the second main competition in the country, the
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, and to reach the finals in
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. The only one to have six consecutive ''Paranaense'' titles, between 1971 and 1976, Coritiba is also the club with the most appearances in this championship. With more than 30,000 members, it is currently ranked #1 in the FPF, 14th place on the CBF ranking, 83rd place on the Conmebol ranking and 125th on the international
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ranking. The club has more than 30,000 members. As of 2013, it has partnerships (including loans and exchanges of youth players) with
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of the Netherlands. The club still holds the record for the most consecutive victories, 24 (twenty-four), in official competitions, and the longest streak among Brazilian teams, having played more than 4,800 games in its history. Coritiba is the first football club in the south of Brazil to begin to embrace American football. Coritiba Crocodiles is an American football team formed by the merger of Coritiba (American football) and the Barigui Crocodiles, being three times Brazilian champions, nine state champions and twice in the southern conference.


History


Foundation

In 1909, a group of young men met in the ''Clube Ginástico Teuto-Brasileiro Turnverein'' (German-Brazilian Gymnastics Club Turnverein – "Turnverein" being the German word for gymnastics club), where the German immigrant community of Curitiba gathered to play a variety of sports. In July of that year, a prominent member of the club, Frederico "Fritz" Essenfelder arrived with a leather ball in hand. He explained to his friends that it was a football and he explained the rules of this new game. Fritz and his friends within the club started organizing matches in the field of the Quartel da Força Pública (Public Force Headquarters). Later, an invitation came to play a match against a club of workers, many of them British, from the Ponta Grossa railway. On 12 October 1909, Fritz called a meeting in the old Theatro Hauer (Hauer Theatre) to arrange the first match. A decision was made to form a football club, and he would call it ''Teuto-Brasileiro''. Teuto-Brasileiro would be the first football club in the state of Paraná.


The First Match

On 23 October 1909, in
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, the club had its first official match. The opponents were ''Clube de Foot Ball de Tiro Pontagrossense'', made up of employees from the South American Brazilian Engineering Company. The match was won by Tiro Pontagrossense, with a 1–0 scoreline, the goal being scored by Elias Mota. Coritiba's team for the first match was: Arthur Iwersen, Erothildes Carlberg, Leopoldo Obladen, Arthur Hauer, Alfredo Labsch, Alfredo Hauer, Walter Dietrich, Teodoro Obladen, Carlos Schleker, Roberto Juchks, Fritz Essenfelder, Johann Maschke, Waldemar Hauer, Alvin Hauer and Rudolf Kaastrup.


Club Foundation

After the match in Ponta Grossa, the club's founders and members were excited by the new game, and decided to dedicate their club exclusively to football. There were already more than 50 players, many of them not of German descent, yet the ''Clube Ginástico Teuto-Brasileiro Turnverein'' did not allow non-German members; this led to the formation of a separate club (after many discussions held at Teatro Hauer throughout December 1909). Finally, on 30 January 1910, the independent ''Coritibano Foot Ball Club'' was formed. The name was chosen as this is what the team had played as at their first match in Ponta Grossa. The first club meeting was held 21 April 1910, after they had acquired all of the rules of the sport (from
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). During this meeting, the first Board of Directors was formed, naming João Viana Seiler as president, Arthur Hauer as vice-president, José Júlio Franco and Leopoldo Obladen as first and second secretary respectively, and Walter Dietrich and Alvim Hauer as first and second treasurer respectively. Fritz was named captain of the team. It was also during this meeting that the name of the club was changed, this time to ''Coritiba'', after the old name of the capital of Paraná. This was to avoid confusion with a social club in the city called ''Coritibano''. The foundation of ''Coritiba Foot Ball Club'' effectively launched organized football in the state of Paraná.


1910s and 1920s

The search for a football ground began and the ''Hipódromo do Guabirotuba'' (Guabirotuba Horse Racing Track) was chosen. It was also the home of the ''Jockey Clube do Paraná'' until 1955. Bleachers were needed to accommodate spectators, and after the new stadium was retrofitted for football, it was named ''Prado de Guabirotuba''. The inauguration took place on 12 June 1910, before a match against ''Ponta Grossa Foot Ball Club'' (the new name of Clube de Foot Ball de Tiro Pontagrossense). Coritiba won the match 5–3. It was the first football match in Curitiba and was viewed by 200 spectators. Coritiba went on to play at Prado de Guabirotuba until 1917. In 1915, Coritiba started competing in both the ''Campeonato da Cidade'' (City Championship) and the ''Campeonato Paranaense'' state championship. Coritiba won both the city and the state championships the following year. On 2 July 1916, Coritiba defeated a club by the name of ''Spartano'' in the Campeonato Paranaense state championship by 7 goals to the opponent's nought. That year, star player José Bermudes – better known as Maxambomba – became the first player from a Paraná team to be selected for the Brazil national squad. Coritiba won the ''Torneio Afonso Camargo'' (Afonso Camargo Tournament) and, in 1917, the club started playing at their new stadium ''Parque da Graciosa'' in Juvevê, where they played until 1932. In 1920, Coritiba won the ''Torneio Início'' and, in 1921, they won it again along with the ''Torneio da Cruz Vermelha'' and the ''Torneio de Tiradentes''. On 15 August 1921, the club beat the São Paulo state team, the ''Seleção Paulista'', 1–0. The São Paulo state team formed the backbone of the Brazil national side, so this victory put football in the State of Paraná on the national map. The
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Maxambomba and the
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Gonçalo Pena were both selected for the Brazil national team that played in the
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(now called the
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). In 1924, the great state rivalry between Coritiba and ''Clube Atlético Paranaense'' began. On 8 June of that year, Coritiba beat Atlético 6–3, with four goals by Ninho. On 7 November 1926, Coritiba beat Paraná Sports 13–1, the largest goal difference in the history of the Paraná state championship. Staco scored five goals for Coritiba. In 1927, with Antônio Couto Pereira as president, Coritiba soundly won the ''Campeonato Paranaense'' by winning eight of their nine matches. Staco scored seven goals in a 9–0 victory over Savoia. In the same year, the club won both the ''Campeonato da Cidade'' and the ''Taça Fox''.


1930s and 1940s

In 1930, Coritiba won the ''Torneio Início''. On 23 November, Coritiba beat their arch-rivals Atlético-PR by 7–4, the highest scoring match in the competition. The following year, Coritiba won the ''Campeonato Paranaense'' and the ''Campeonato da Cidade''. In the 1931 edition of the ''Campeonato Paranaense'', history was made during a match against ''Palestra Itália''. Moaçir Gonçalves was a player-manager for Coritiba and he became the first black player for a team from the state capital. There were many black players in the 1930s in Brazil, but Curitiba was a city dominated demographically by German, Polish and Ukrainian immigrants so black players were rare. With his team trailing 3–1, Moaçir Gonçalves substituted himself in and Coritiba won 5–4. Another notable character that season was
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, a young ball boy for Coritiba nicknamed ''Rei dos Vagabundos'' (King of Bums) due to his lazy, laid-back attitude. During training for a Sunday match, the regular goalkeeper was late and the coach, Pizzatto, put the sixteen-year-old Fontana in the net. He astonished everyone with his performance and he was promptly registered as a player by the next match. He debuted against Atlético-PR in Baixada, and Coritiba won 1–0. José Fontana was selected as Man of the Match and went on to be known as 'The King'. He became the first goalkeeper from Paraná state to be selected for the national side. In 1932, Coritiba won both the ''Torneio Inicio'' and the ''Torneio dos Cronista Esportivos''. On 7 August 1932, Coritiba beat Atlético-PR 6–1, away from home and with a reserve team. On 19 November, Coritiba inaugurated its new
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stadium. The inaugural match was against ''América-RJ'', a team from Rio who were the defending champions of the ''Campeonato Carioca'', which is the state championship in Rio de Janeiro. Coritiba won 4–2 and began a long period of success, winning many titles including the city's championship, ''Campeonato da Cidade'' (1933, 1935 and 1939), the ''Campeonato Paranaense'' (1933, 1935 and 1939), the ''Torneio Arthur Friedenreich'' (1934) and ''Torneio Início'' (1939). On 23 January 1941, Coritiba played its first match against a foreign team, drawing with
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of
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at Belfort Duarte. On 1 February 1942, Neno scored seven goals in a 10–2 victory over ''Jacarezinho''. On 18 March, the club played a friendly against ''Avaí'' and won 4–1, the first match played at night under floodlights in the state of Paraná. In 1943, Coritiba won both the ''Torneio Imprensa'' and the ''Torneio Luis Aranha''. 1944 saw Coritiba win the ''Torneio Getúlio Vargas'' and, in the following year, the ''Torneio da Cidade de Curitiba''. During this time Couto Pereira left the presidency of the club after two terms (a total of thirteen years). In 1946 and 1947, won the ''Campeonato da Cidade'' and were twice champions in the ''Campeonato Paranaense''. Also in 1947, Coritiba won all four categories of the ''Campeonato Paranaense'' (aspirant, amateur, juvenile and professional) and was dubbed ''Campeoníssimo'' or 'Super Champion'. On 12 July 1949, Coritiba played its first match against a club from outside of continental America. They beat
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of Austria 4–0 in Vila Capanema. Rapid Vienna was the Austrian national champion at the time.


1950s and 1960s

The 1950s was a successful decade for Coritiba. The club won the ''Torneio Triangular de Curitiba'' in 1950, and the ''Torneio Quadrangular Interestadual'' and ''Torneio Quadrangular de Londrina'' in 1953. They won the ''Campeonato Paranaense'' six times: 1951, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1957 and 1959. In 1960, Coritiba won the ''Campeonato Paranaense'' again. In that year, the club lost the famous ''coin game'' to ''Grêmio'' for the title of ''Taça Brasil''. After three draws between the clubs, the title was decided with the flip of a coin. In 1967, Evangelino da Costa Neves became the new president of Coritiba and he stayed at the helm for more than twenty years. On August 6, Coritiba defeated
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of Spain in Belfort Duarte 3–2, with three goals from Walter. On December 12, Coritiba beat the Hungary national side 1–0 at Belfort Duarte. In 1968, Coritiba ended a draught of eight years without titles when they became champion of the ''Campeonato Paranaense'', also winning the ''Torneio Internacional de Verão''. On June 2, Coritiba played
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of Italy, at Belfort Duarte. On November 13, Coritiba played the Brazil national team, losing 2–1. In 1969, Coritiba embarked on its first international tour, playing friendlies in Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, the Netherlands and Belgium, and participating in the ''III Torneio Cidade de Murcia'' (III Tournament in Murcia), in Spain. The club won the ''Pierre Colon Cup'' in France as well. Coritiba played against the likes of
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of Spain,
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of Germany,
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of Austria,
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1970s

In 1970, in order to rally their fans and boost their finances for an expansion of the Belfort Duarte Stadium, the president Evangelino adopted the strategy used by rivals Atlético-PR, making some major signings. The first wave included players like Rinaldo (Palmeiras), Joel Mendes (Santos) and Hidalgo (XV de Piracicaba). The club embarked on another international tour, this time playing against clubs in France,
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, Algeria, Romania and Portugal, as well as the Algeria national side and
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. Coritiba won the ''Torneio Internacional de Verão'' in 1970 and 1971. In 1971, Coritiba started what is known as ''The Golden Decade'', winning six consecutive state championships (in 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975 and 1976) – a record in Parana state football history. On January 18, 1971, Coritiba played the France national side, who had just beaten Argentina, at Belfort Duarte and won 2–1. In 1972, on a third international tour, the club played friendlies in Algeria and Morocco, and took part in a tournament in Turkey. On this tour, Coritiba played against Fenerbahçe, as well as the national sides of both Turkey and Morocco. Returning undefeated to Coritiba, they received the ''Fita Azul''. In the same year, Coritiba played Benfica from Portugal, and the national sides of both Hungary and Congo at Belfort Duarte. In 1973, Coritiba won the ''Torneio do Povo'', becoming the first team from southern Brazil to win a national title. On June 18, Coritiba beat the Paraguaya national side 1–0 at Belfort Duarte. Coritiba won the ''Quadrangular de Goiás'' in 1975 an
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in 1976 and 1978. In 1977, the name of the Belfort Duarte stadium was changed to ''Major Antônio Couto Pereira'', and, in 1978 and 1979, Coritiba won two ''Campeonatos Paranaense''. The club ended the 1970s with eight state championships and, in 1979, finished third in the national ''Brasileirão''.


1980s

In 1980, Coritiba finished fourth in the ''Brasileirão'', beating both '' Ferroviário'' and '' Desportiva'' with a 7–1 scoreline. After this, however, Coritiba encountered both an administrative and a financial crisis, leaving the team without any important titles until 1985. In 1981, the club won a Quadrangular do Trabalhador, and due to the poor campaigns in Campeonato Paranaense, participated in 1981 and 1983 Taça da Prata, the second division of Brasileirão. In 1983, they beat Torneio Ak-Waba, from the Ivory Coast. In this tournament, Coritiba played Bulgaria national team twice, because the Bulgarians, not disheartened after losing the first match 2–0, challenged Coritiba to a rematch. This ended in a 1–1 draw. In 1984, Coritiba returned to the Brasileirão, finishing in eighth place.


1985 – Brasileirão champion

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saw the most glory for football both in Coritiba and Paraná thus far. The club began the season with Dino Sani as head coach. But after a mediocre start to the season, the club's board decided to appoint
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in search for bigger aspirations. He arrived with a clear tactical philosophy, drastically changing the training sessions to focusing on physical fitness regimens. However, Andrade's drastic change in tactics had a negative effect in the beginning; in his first five games, his team lost four games in a row. But after these first few games, Andrade changed the tactics once more and found something he could exploit; the attacking line, which was composed of
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, Lela, and
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. This physical improvement was essential in the latter stages of the ''Brasileirao,'' as Coritiba took advantage of the low stamina of their rivals low stamina in the final minutes of their matches and as a result scored many late goals. In the semi-finals, Coritiba beat Atletico Mineiro 1–0 over two legs. In the final against Bangu, Coritiba scored first through a free kick by Indio, and ten minutes later Bangu tied the score. The score was 1–1 at the end of 90 minutes, so the match went into extra time, where nobody could find a winner and the match went into penalties. With the penalty shootout underway, and the score at 5–5, Bangu's Ado missed a penalty, which meant if Coritiba scored, they would become champions of Brazil. Gomes stepped up and scored the penalty to make Coritiba league champion for the first time in its history in the iconic Maracana. Due to Bangu being a club based in Rio de Janeiro, fans of Vasco, Flamengo, Fluminense, Botafogo and other Rio-based clubs attended to support Bangu, totalling more than 90,000 fans. Coritiba's title was strange because it was one of the first teams to win the title with a negative goal difference. In the same year as their national title, Coritiba also won the Torneio Maurício Fruet, as well as participating in two friendly games against
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. They drew 0–0 in their first friendly, hosted in Asuncion (Paraguay), but won the second 2–0 in Couto Pereira. In
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, Coritiba made their
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debut, becoming the first team from the state to participate in the competition. In this year, Coritiba won the Campeonato Paranaense. In 1987, Coritiba were invited to join
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and participate in Copa União (União Cup). In 1989, Coritiba won the Campeonato Paranaense. In this year, they played a good campaign in Brasileirão, but refused to agree to a change in the calendar of play which meant the club were to play the day before playing Vasco da Gama – their main opponent in their group. Coritiba therefore did not go to the match against Santos, supposed to be held in Juiz de Fora, and was punished by CBF with an automatic loss of 1–0, the loss of five points and thus fell to Série B. On June 18, Coritiba beat the Japan national team 1–0 in Couto Pereira.


1990s

In the year of 1990, the drama of the previous year was still being felt. The club entered a new crisis, which eventually spanned the first half of the decade. Nevertheless, Coritiba made a good performance in Copa do Brasil of 1991, reaching the semi-finals. After two years in Série B, in 1992, Coritiba moved once again up a division, falling yet again in 1993. In 1995, with a loss to
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, Evangelino Neves was pressed to leave the club. Édison Mauad, Sérgio Prosdócimo and Joel Malucelli assumed presidency and fought to beat public doubts about the club. They were successful, and Coritiba moved back up to Série A. In the state competition, however, Coritiba's winning spell was over. They came close in 1995 in an exciting final against rival Paraná (team), but unfortunately Coritiba eventually lost the match, held in Pinheirão, 1–0. The team came close again in 1996, but did not reach the final. In 1997, Coritiba were the champions of the Festival Brasileiro de Futebol. Although the championship was not as highly regarded as others they had previously won, the club were struggling so the title was very well celebrated by the Coritiba fans. In the next year, January 19, Coritiba won 3–1 in a friendly against the Jamaica national team, who a month later participated in the World Cup. In the 1998 Brasileirão, Coritiba produced a great performance, ending the first phase in third place. In the knockout phase though, they were eliminated by Portugal, ending the competition in sixth place. In 1999, Coritiba returned to the Campeonato Paranaense, winning the state title after a nine-year hiatus.


2000s

In 2001, Coritiba had a good first semester, becoming vice-champion of Copa Sul-Minas (South-Minas Cup), and reaching the semi-finals of the Copa do Brasil. But in the Campeonato Paranaense, the club were eliminated in the semi-finals, yet again for Paraná state. Fernando Miguel scored a goal for Coritiba in the 93rd minute (48th minute of the second half). In 2002, after a bad beginning, Coritiba improved throughout the season. They did, however, lose against Gama. In 2003, as well as being unbeaten champions of Campeonato Paranaense, they were fifth in Brasileirão, and were allowed to play in the Libertadores da América the next year. In 2004, they won the Campeonato Paranaense again and participated in the Sul-Americanas and Libertadores da América cups. In 2005, after a bad campaign in the Campeonato Brasileiro, the team fell to Série B of the competition. In that year, Coritiba had the fourth highest average attendance of the tournament, with 18,688 per match. 2006 brought coach Marcio Araújo to Coritiba, and later Estevam Soares. After eliminations from the
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and
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, Estevam was fired, and was replaced by Paulo Bonamigo. During Campeonato, Coritiba won a number of rounds, but ended the championship in sixth place, so did not move up to Série A. In 2007, Guilherme Macuglia was the new boss. He was in command during the Campeonato Paranaense, Copa do Brasil, and for part of the Campeonato Brasileiro. In July 2007, Renê Simões was hired as the new boss after the sacking of Macuglia. During this period, the players were revealed: people like defender Henrique, the midfielders Marlos and Pedro Ken, and striker Keirrison, as well as players such as Gustavo, Túlio and goalkeeper Edson Baston. On November 3, with four games to spare, Coritiba were back up to Série A of Brasileirão, drawing with Vitória, in Couto Pereira. On November 24, in their last game, with a victory against Santa Cruz in Estádio do Arruda (Arruda Stadium), Coritiba were champions of Serie B in 2007. In 2009, Coritiba fell to Série B after a tie with
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, the result was a
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in the stadium that left 18 injured, damages of R$500 thousand and 6 Coritiba fans in prison.


2010s

In 2010, Coritiba won the Campeonato Paranaense, and the Coritiba fans celebrated the title early against their greatest rival with a 2–0 victory in Couto Pereira. There were goals from Marcos Aurélio and Geraldo. During the Campeonato Brasileiro, Coritiba were not the favorite for the title, because they had lost in Couto Pereira for 10 games. When they returned to Couto Pereira they were first in table. They won again on September 18, with a victory of 2–0 against Portuguesa, with 30,414 fans making a big party. On November 9, 2010, three games early, Coritiba were back to Série A after a 3–2 win against
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in
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. On November 20, with a draw against Icasa in Romeirão, Coritiba were champions of Série B one game early. On April 24, 2011, the club needed only a draw to win the state championship title a game early, and pulled it off: Coritiba were champion of Campeonato Paranaense again, after defeating Atlético Paranaense 3–0, in a game in Arena da Baixada. The two-time state champions were unbeaten, with only two draws. On April 28, with a 1–0 win against Caxias in an official game for the 8th-finals of Copa do Brasil of 2011, the club entered the history of Brazilian soccer after beating the record for consecutive wins, replacing Palmeiras in 1996, who made 21 victories. With a win against Cianorte, ending the Campeonato Paranaense of 2011 unbeaten, and having thrashed Palmeiras 6–0 for the Copa do Brasil, Coritiba made 24 consecutive victories and 29 undefeated games. Coritiba qualified in the
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final, after defeating
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. In the final, against
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, they were defeated 1–0 in the first leg, and won 3–2 in the second leg, but did not win the cup because of the away-goals rule. In 2012, Coritiba won the Campeonato Paranaense and were the three-time champion. They were once again in the final of the Copa do Brasil. But, in the national tournament, they drew 2–1 against Palmeiras. Coritiba almost lost the first match 2–0, in Barueri. The following few years were yoyo years as the club was relegated in 2017 and in 2020 and never finished in the top 10 of the league.


2020s

In May 2023, after transitioning to a
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, the club announced that it had reached an agreement to sell 90% of its stocks to Treecorp, a
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based in Faria Lima Avenue.


Statistics in Campeonato Brasileiro


Club


Name

The current and official name of the city of Curitiba was established in 1919, ten years after the foundation of club, which was actually called Coritiba. In the early years of football in Brazil, many English terms were used, such as "match", "ground" and "players". It is likely that the founders of Coritiba used these terms, and the name "Foot Ball Club" was the most correct name at the time. It has not been changed since then. The name "Curitiba" had gone through many orthographies throughout history, such as Coritiba and Curityba due to cultural diversities throughout the city.


Colors and logo

The club colors are green and white, the colors of the Paraná state flag. Founded on 12 October 1909, Coritiba is the oldest "green and white" team in Brazilian football. The club's logo is a green globe with the initials CFC in white across the centre, along with twelve white stylised pine seeds. The logo's colors, green and white, are the same as
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state flag's. Coritiba's first logo was simple: a white background inside a green circle, with the initials CFC in green.


The team kit

Coritiba's first kit was used from 1909 to 1916, and was composed of green and white vertical stripes. Coritiba's second kit, used from 1916 to 1976 was an all-white one. The current home kit is composed of a white shirt, with two green parallel horizontal stripes and black shorts and white socks. The away kit is composed of a green and white vertical stripes shirt, black shorts and green socks. These kits were adopted in 1976.


Mascot

The club's
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is an old man nicknamed Vovô Coxa (Grandpa Coxa), and represents the club's tradition of being the oldest football club of Curitiba.


Anthem

The official club anthem lyrics were composed by Cláudio Ribeiro, and the music by Homero Rébuli. An unofficial anthem exists, titled Coritiba Eterno Campeão (Coritiba the Eternal Champion), which was composed by Francis Night. A third anthem, with lyrics composed by Vinicius Coelho, with music by Sebastião Lima, is also called Eterno Campeão.


South American Record


Market value

According to the 2014 ranking of BDO RCS Auditores Independentes consulting, Coritiba has the 13th highest market value of Brazilian football, valued at approximately R$118.5 million. Despite this, in June 2023, Coritiba was sold to the company TreeCorp Investimentos for a value of R$1.1 billion.


Honours


Official tournaments

* * shared record


Others tournaments


International

*Torneio Internacional de Verão de Curitiba (3): 1968, 1970, 1971 *Pierre Colon Cup (1): 1969 *Algeria-Morocco Tournament (1): 1972 *Akwaba Cup (1): 1983


National

*
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(1): 1973 *
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(1): 1997


Inter-state

*Taça Dr. Aderbal Ramos da Silva (1): 1942 *Torneio Paraná-Bahia (1): 1953 *Torneio Paraná-São Paulo (1): 1954 *Torneio Quadrangular de Goiânia (1): 1975 *Torneio Quadrangular do Trabalhador (1): 1981 *Torneio Maurício Fruet (1): 1985


State

*Taça Dionísio Filho (1): 2018 * Torneio Início do Paraná (11): 1917, 1920, 1921, 1930, 1932, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1951, 1952, 1957


City

*Liga Curitibana (5): 1931, 1933, 1935, 1939, 1941 *Taça Cidade de Curitiba (3): 1945, 1976, 1978


Runners-up

*
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(2):
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,
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*
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(1):
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*
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(1): 2001 *
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(23): 1918, 1919, 1920, 1936, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1950, 1962, 1970, 1977, 1983, 1984, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2020 *
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(1): 2003


Youth team

*
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(1): 2021 *
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(1): 2010 *
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(1): 2012


Awards

* Fita Azul (1): 1972 Fita Azul do Futebol Brasileiro (Brazilian Football Blue Ribbon) was an award given for the club which succeeds in an excursion out of the country.


Other sports


American football


Honours

*Campeonato Brasileiro (3): 2013, 2014, 2022 *Liga Brasileira - Divisão Azul (2): 2010, 2011 *Superliga Centro-Sul (2): 2014, 2015 *Conferência Sul (5): 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017 *Torneio Touchdown - Divisão Sul (1): 2009 *Copa Sul de Flag Football (1): 2023 *Campeonato Paranaense (10): 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2022, 2023 *Campeonato Brasileiro Under-20 (1): 2022


Basketball


Honours

*Campeonato Paranaense (2): 1944, 1945 *Campeonato Metropolitano (9): 1930, 1931, 1932, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1944, 2019 *Super Torneio 3x3 (1): 2022 *Campeonato Paranaense Under-22 (1): 2022 *Campeonato Paranaense Under-19 (1): 2019


E-sports


Honours

*Dota Pro Circuit - Tour 3: Division II (1): 2021-22 *Apex Legends Split 2 - Challenger Circuit #2 (1): 2023


Seven-a-side football


Honours

*Liga das Américas (2): 2018, 2019 *Taça Governador do Paraná (3): 2018, 2021, 2022 *Taça Federação (1): 2015 *Taça Curitiba (4): 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 *Campeonato Metropolitano (1): 2021 *Taça Trio de Ferro (1): 2019


Stadium

Estádio Couto Pereira is Coritiba's home stadium. *Name: Estádio Major Antônio Couto Pereira *Capacity: 40,502 *Address: Rua Ubaldino do Amaral, 37 *Record attendance: ** (General) – 70,000 (
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, 1980)
** (Game) – The stadium's attendance record in a football match currently stands at 65,943, set on May 15, 1983 when Atlético-PR played against Flamengo (2–0). *Field dimensions: 105,00m x 69,00m *Year opened: 1932 Major Antônio Couto Pereira Stadium was founded in 1932 and currently has a capacity of 40,502 people. It is known as Couto Pereira or Alto da Glória by fans and the press. The land for the stadium was donated by Nicolau Scheffer, or sold for a symbolic price, due to taxes. At the time, it was a remote location, and it was commonly said that it would not be viable due to the distance. In a renovation that took place in 2005, the dimensions of the pitch were enlarged and the protective fences were removed, facilitating the view of the game from all sectors of the stadium. In addition, equipment such as reserve benches and goals were modernized, as well as the entire pitch was replaced and renovations were made to the internal facilities (changing rooms and rooms). Originally called Estádio Belfort Duarte, its name was changed to the current one in 1977 after renovations for expansion, as a tribute to one of the people most responsible for the stadium becoming a reality.


Training Ground Graciosa

In 1988, President Bayard Osna ordered the construction of a training center for Coritiba. A land was acquired on the old Estrada da Graciosa (Graciosa's Road), near the Trevo do Atuba, about nine kilometers from the main headquarters, in Alto da Glória (A neighborhood in Curitiba). But it was not until 1995 that the second step was taken. Joel Malucelli, Sérgio Prosdócimo and Édson Mauad took over Coritiba and started the works. Engineer José Arruda, at the time vice president of the club, was chosen as the person responsible for facing this challenge and he did it with confidence and determination, counting on the support of a competent works committee. Most of the money that made the construction possible came from monthly contributions from the Deliberative Council, presided at the time by Manoel Antonio de Oliveira. The Graciosa's Training Ground was inaugurated on December 20, 1997. After much dedication and work from everyone who helped, the dream became a reality. In 2002, Giovani Gionédis took over the club and began a bold structural planning, which began with the expansion and modernization of the alviverde heritage. Today, the Bayard Osna Training Center has become one of the references of modernity and space for the work of football professionals. The serious work made Coritiba one of the clubs in the country with one of the best structures. It is based on the work of improving the base and each year stars emerge on its pitches, always accompanied by the best professionals, until they reach the professional team and become coxa-brancas idols. The Training Center has five official football fields (70x110m), with different pitches. In addition, three dressing rooms, heated swimming pool, parking lot, press committee. For the medical area there is a modern physiology clinic, a complete gym, as well as physiotherapy, psychology and nutrition clinics.


Supporters

The club's main organized fan group is Império Alviverde, founded in 1977. The group wears green and white colors and is also known as one of the largest organized fan groups in the Southern Region of Brazil, if not the largest. In addition to being one of the most traditional clubs in the state, the Coxa Branca fan base is also one of the most traditional in Paraná. Back in 1939, Pinha (Luis Vila), a former Coxa goalkeeper, created the first organized fan group in the state of Paraná, which featured drumming and chants of encouragement, differentiating itself from its rivals. In 2010, the fans still attended all ten of the team's games in Joinville during the severe punishment imposed on the fan group, bringing a total of 33,156 fans and an average of 3,315 people per game, even playing 130 kilometers away from Curitiba, demonstrating that the strength and passion for the club has no limits. Traditional throughout the South of Brazil, Coxa's fan base is among the largest among southern clubs. A survey conducted by IBOPE in 2010 points to the Paraná club as the third largest fan base in the Southern Region. The Coritiba fan base still has the highest average attendance in the state championship, holding the highest average in 14 of the last 21 years with registered attendances (1994 to 2019); when not the first, almost always the second, similar to what happens in the Brazilian Championship. The Coritiba fan base is also known for hosting the Green Hell at Couto Pereira, which leads the fans to innovate more and more in pyrotechnics, smoke, paper, fireworks, and lighting, whether during the night or during the day. The second largest organized fan group of Coritiba is Dragões Alviverde. Dragões Alviverde was founded in 1996.


Rivalries

Coritiba's biggest rivals are from the same city: Atlético-PR and
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. The games between Coritiba and Atlético-PR are called "
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" whilst the games between Coritiba and Paraná are known as "Para-Tiba".


Atletiba

The Atletiba classic is the name given to the clash between Coritiba and Atlético Paranaense, both clubs from the city of Curitiba, which have been taking place since June 8, 1924, when Verdão thrashed their rivals by a score of 6-3. Over the years, the rivalry has grown, currently considered one of the biggest rivalries in the southern region of the country, as a result of the numerous decisive games that these two rivals have played, making them the clubs with the largest fan bases in the state of Paraná. The biggest thrashing in the clash occurred on November 14, 1959 when Coxa defeated their rivals by 6-0.


Paratiba

The Paratiba is the classic between Coritiba and Paraná. The first classic, won by Coritiba by 1-0, took place on February 4, 1990. The biggest thrashings of the duel happened in 2002, a 6–1 victory for Paraná, and in 2021, a 5–0 victory for Coxa-Branca.


Current squad


First-team squad


Youth team


Out on loan


Personnel


Current technical staff


Club records


Players

The players who played and scored the most goals.


Most appearances


Most goals


Foreigners players


Managers

Managers with the most games in charge of Coritiba.


Most appearances


Foreigners managers


Match Records


Other Records

*First goal scorer: Fritz Essenfelter *Most appearances: 440 appearances by Jairo (1971–77), (1984–87). *Record goal scorer: 202 goals by Duílio Dias (1954–64). *Consecutive victories: Coritiba has the
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worldwide record of consecutive victories (24), achieved between February and May 2011.


Managers (1934 – present)

* Moacyr Gonçalves (?–June 1934) * (June 1934–?) * Hummel Guimarães (1941–August 1942) * Joaquim Loureiro (January 1945–March 1949) * Darío Letona (March 1949–April 1949) * Tonico (interim- February 1952–March 1952) * Eugenio Vani (March 1952–June 1953) * Lula (June 1953–October 1953) * Tonico (October 1953–March 1954) * Nuno Fernandes (March 1954–August 1954) * Arion Cornelsen (August 1954–?? 1954) * Aroldo Veiga (September 1954–October 1954) * Arion Cornelsen (interim- October 1954–?) * Sinforiano García (July 1961–November 1961) * Miguel Checchia (interim- November 1961–?) * Jaguanhara Torres (January 1964–?) * Zinder Lins (October 1964–?) * Francisco Sarno (May 1968–?) * Filpo Núñez (December 1969–August 1970) * (August 1970–March 1971) * Lanzoninho (interim- March 1971–April 1971) * Tim (April 1971–December 1971) * Aymoré Moreira (January 1972–March 1972) * Lanzoninho (March 1972–January 1973) * Tim (January 1973–January 1974) * Lanzoninho (January 1974–March 1974) * (March 1974–April 1974) * Hidalgo (interim- April 1974–July 1974) * Armando Renganeschi (July 1974–March 1975) * (March 1975–?) * Hélio Alves (interim- August 1975) * Paulinho de Almeida (August 1975–October 1975) * Hélio Alves (October 1975–?) * Dino Sani (July 1976–December 1976) * Mário Juliato (January 1980–July 1980) * Daltro Menezes (July 1980–?) * Nicanor de Carvalho (?–October 1986) * Dirceu Kruger (interim- October 1986–?) * Borba Filho (April 1987–July 1987) * Pedro Rocha (August 1987–?) *
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(1988) * Rubens Minelli (?–February 1998) * Nedo Xavier (interim- February 1998) * Júlio Cezar Leal (February 1998–?) *
Valdir Espinosa Valdir Ataualpa Ramirez Espinosa, known as Valdir Espinosa (17 October 1947 – 27 February 2020) was a Brazilian football manager. He died on 27 February 2020, of complications after surgery. Espinosa was born in Porto Alegre. Managerial stati ...
(1998) *
Darío Pereyra Alfonso Darío Pereyra Bueno (born 19 October 1956) is a Uruguayan former football player. Having played as a midfielder for Club Nacional de Football in his home country, he reached stardom playing for São Paulo FC as a centre-back along with ...
(1998) * Mauro Fernandes (?–April 1999) *
Abel Braga Abel Carlos da Silva Braga (born 1 September 1952), known as Abel Braga, is a Brazilian former football coach and player. He played as a central defender during a professional career that started with Fluminense in 1968. He earned one cap f ...
(April 1999–?) * (June 2000–August 2000) * Fito Neves (August 2000–September 2000) * (interim- September 2000) * Ivo Wortmann (September 2000–August 2001) * (interim- August 2001) *
Ricardo Gomes Ricardo Gomes Raymundo (born 13 December 1964) is a Brazilian retired professional footballer and manager. As a player, he played as a central defender, in a 14-year professional career, for Fluminense (six years), Benfica (four) and Par ...
(August 2001–September 2001) * Ivo Wortmann (September 2001–December 2001) *
Joel Santana Joel Natalino Santana (born 25 December 1955) is a Brazilian football coach and former player. He was recently in charge of Vasco da Gama in 2014. Biography Born in Rio de Janeiro, Santana played his entire career as a central defender in his n ...
(December 2001–April 2002) * Edson Gonzaga (interim- April 2002) * Paulo Bonamigo (April 2002–December 2003) *
Antônio Lopes Antônio Lopes dos Santos, usually known as Antônio Lopes (born June 12, 1941) is a Brazilian football head coach and former footballer. Before being a football head coach, he worked as a chief police officer in Rio de Janeiro city. Antôni ...
(December 2003–May 2005) * Cuca (May 2005–October 2005) * Antônio Lopes Júnior (interim) (October 2005) * Cláudio Marques (interim) (October 2005) * Márcio Araújo (October 2005–February 2006) * Estevam Soares (March 2006–May 2006) * Paulo Bonamigo (May 2006–November 2006) *
Gilberto Pereira Gilberto Pereira dos Santos, usually known as Gilberto Pereira (born 9 May 1965 in Mirandópolis), is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played as a defender. Honours Player ; Ituano * Campeonato Paulista Série A2: 1989 ;Nov ...
(December 2006–January 2007) * Guilherme Macuglia (January 2007–June 2007) * Renê Simões (June 2007–November 2007) * Ivo Wortmann (December 2008–April 2009) * Edison Borges (interim - April 2009) *
René Simões René Rodrigues Simões (born 17 December 1952) is a Brazilian former professional football manager. Coaching career Born in Rio de Janeiro, he guided Jamaica national team to the World Cup in France in 1998. This was Jamaica's first, and t ...
(April 2009–August 2009) *
Ney Franco Ney Franco da Silveira Júnior (born 22 July 1966), known as Ney Franco, is a Brazilian football coach. Career Born in Vargem Alegre, Minas Gerais, Franco worked in Atlético Mineiro and Cruzeiro's youth categories before being named the l ...
(August 2009–September 2010) *
Marcelo Oliveira Marcelo de Oliveira Santos (born 4 March 1955) is a Brazilian professional football manager and former player. Playing career Club Born in Pedro Leopoldo, Minas Gerais, he was known as Marcelo during his playing days, and was an Atlético Min ...
(November 2010–September 2012) * Marquinhos Santos (September 2012–September 2013) * Marcelo Serrano (Interim- September 2013) *
Péricles Chamusca Péricles Raimundo Oliveira Chamusca (born 29 September 1965) is a Brazilian football manager who is the current manager of Saudi club Neom. Early and personal life Chamusca and his brother Marcelo Chamusca, who is also a coach, were born in ...
(September 2013–November 2013) * Tcheco (Interim- November 2013–December 2013) * Dado Cavalcanti (December 2013–March 2014) *
Celso Roth Celso Juarez Roth (born 30 November 1957) is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played as a central defender. Coaching career On 4 May 2009, the former Grêmio coach joined Atlético Mineiro until the end of the season, he rep ...
(April 2014–August 2014) * Marquinhos Santos (August 2014–June 2015) *
Ney Franco Ney Franco da Silveira Júnior (born 22 July 1966), known as Ney Franco, is a Brazilian football coach. Career Born in Vargem Alegre, Minas Gerais, Franco worked in Atlético Mineiro and Cruzeiro's youth categories before being named the l ...
(June 2015–November 2015) * Pachequinho (Interim- November 2015/November 2015–December 2015) * Gilson Kleina (December 2015–June 2016) *
Paulo César Carpegiani Paulo César Carpegiani (born 7 February 1949, in Erechim) is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a midfielder. Playing career Carpegiani began his professional career at Sport Club Internacional of Porto Alegre, in Rio Grande do Sul ...
(August 2016–February 2017) * Pachequinho (Interim- March 2017–May 2017/May 2017–July 2017) *
Marcelo Oliveira Marcelo de Oliveira Santos (born 4 March 1955) is a Brazilian professional football manager and former player. Playing career Club Born in Pedro Leopoldo, Minas Gerais, he was known as Marcelo during his playing days, and was an Atlético Min ...
(July 2017–December 2017) * Sandro Forner (December 2017–April 2018) *
Eduardo Baptista Eduardo Alexandre Baptista (born 30 March 1970), is a Brazilian professional football coach, currently in charge of Criciúma. Career Born in Campinas, São Paulo, Baptista started playing for Juventus as a central defender. However, due to his ...
(April 2018–August 2018) * Tcheco (Interim- August 2018–September 2018) *
Argel Fucks Argélico Fuchs (born Argélico Fucks; 4 September 1974) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a central defender, currently head coach of Paraná. His professional career spanned 15 years, during which he was mainly assoc ...
(September 2018–February 2019) * Matheus Costa (interim- February 2019) *
Umberto Louzer Umberto Lourenço Louzer Filho (born 24 February 1980) is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played as a defensive midfielder. He is the current head coach of Novorizontino. Playing career Known as Umberto during his playing day ...
(February 2019–September 2019) * Jorginho (September 2019–December 2019) * Eduardo Barroca (December 2019–August 2020) * Jorginho (August 2020–October 2020) * Pachequinho (interim- October 2020) * Rodrigo Santana (October 2020–December 2020) * Pachequinho (interim- December 2020–January 2021) * Gustavo Morínigo (January 2021–August 2022) * Guto Ferreira (August 2022–December 2022) * António Oliveira (December 2022–April 2023) *
Antônio Carlos Zago Antônio Carlos Zago (born 18 May 1969), sometimes known as just Antônio Carlos or simply Zago, is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player who played as a centre back. Club career Early career Born in Presidente Prudente, Sã ...
(April 2023–June 2023) * Thiago Kosloski (interim- June 2023–July 2023/July 2023–November 2023) * Guilherme Bossle (interim- November 2023) * Guto Ferreira (November 2023–present)


Players


Greats squads of Coritiba

Some magazines polled for the best Coritiba team of all time, composed of the best Coritiba players of all time. Only two players were present in all polls, Fedato and Miltinho. Jairo, Hildago, Nilo, Krügger and Zé Roberto appear in two of three lists: ; ''Grandes Times Brasileiros'' (1971) : Joel – Tonico, Fedato, Pescuma, Carazzai – Miltinho, Hidalgo, Tião Abatiá – Baby, Ivo, Ronald ; ''Lance! – Especial'' (2005) : Jairo – Hermes, Fedato, Oberdan, Nilo – Miltinho, Hidalgo, Alex, Krügger – Zé Roberto, Aladim ; ''Placar – Especial'' (2009) :Jairo – Ninho, Fedato, Pizzatinho, Nilo – Miltinho, Zé Roberto, Krügger – Lela, Duílio, Pachequinho


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See also

* Coritiba Foot Ball Club (youth)


References


External links

*
Blog do Torcedor do Coritiba – Official Supporter's Blog

Coxanautas

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