Coritiba Foot Ball Club

Coritiba Foot Ball Club is a football club which plays Curitiba in Paraná state, Brazil. It was founded in 1909 and currently plays in Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.

Coritiba

Full name	Coritiba Foot Ball Club
Nickname(s)	Coxa
Founded	1909
Ground	Couto Pereira, Curitiba, Brazil (capacity: 40,310)
Chairman	Juarez Moraes e Silva
Manager	Mozart
League	Série B
2024	Série B, 12th
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Coritiba was founded on October 12, 1909.

History

The team had many state, national and international titles. The highest moment in Coritiba history was in 1985, when it was champion of Brasileirão.

Other sports

Although best known for football, Coritiba is first team in South Brazil which supports American Football. Coritiba and Barigui Crocodiles founded Coritiba Crocodiles. Coritiba Crocodiles is a four-time state champion and two-time champion of the south conference.

Stadium

Couto Pereira Stadium is Coritiba's home stadium.

• Name: Estádio Major Antônio Couto Pereira
• Capacity: 37,182 (biggest in Paraná State)
• Address: Rua Ubaldino do Amaral, 37
• Record attendance: (General) – 70,000 (Pope John Paul II, 1980) [11], (Game) – The stadium's attendance record in a football match is 65,943, set on May 15, 1983 when Atlético-PR(Coritiba's main rival) beat Flamengo 2–0.
• Field dimensions: 109 by 72 metres (358 by 236 ft)
• Year opened: 1932

The stadium was founded as Belfort Duarte. Couto Pereira was the president of the club. He was responsible for the stadium being built. When he died in 1977, the stadium name was changed to Couto Pereira.

Rivals

Coritiba's biggest rivals are Atlético Paranaense and Paraná Clube. They are from the same city. The games between Coritiba and Atlético-PR are called "Atlé-Tiba". The games between Coritiba and Paraná is called "Para-Tiba".

Colors

The team colors are green and white. These are the colors of the flag of Paraná state.

Founded on October 12, 1909, Coritiba was the oldest "green and white" team in Brazilian soccer, and one of the oldest of world.

The logo

The club's logo is a green globe with the initials CFC in white on the center, along with twelve white stylized pine seeds.

Coritiba's first logo was very 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.

Anthem

The official club anthem lyrics were written by Cláudio Ribeiro. The music was composed by Homero Rébuli. There is also an unofficial anthem, called "Coritiba Eterno Campeão" ("Coritiba Eternal Champion"), which was composed (both the lyrics and the music) by Francis Night. A third anthem, with lyrics by Vinicius Coelho and music by Sebastião Lima, also calls the team the "eternal champion".

Mascot

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

Club records

• First match: Coritibano-Tiro Pontagrossense 0–1 (October 23, 1909)
• First official match: Coritiba-Ponta Grossa 5–3 (June 12, 1910)
• First goal scorer: Fritz Essenfelter
• Biggest win (National Competitions): Coritiba-Ferroviário 7–1 (Couto Pereira, April 16, 1980), Coritiba-Desportiva-ES 7–1 (Couto Pereira, May 4, 1980) & Coritiba-Palmeiras 6–0 (Couto Pereira, May 5, 2011)
• Heaviest defeat (national competitions): Grêmio-Coritiba 5–0 (Olímpico, February 29, 1984) & Palmeiras-Coritiba 5–0 (Parque Antártica, August 17, 1996)
• Most appearances (any competition): Jairo – 440 (1971–77), (1984–87)
• Record goal scorer: Duílio Dias – 202 (1954–64)

Idols

• 10's: Frederico "Fritz" Essenfelder – Maxambomba
• 20's: Ninho – Pizzatto – Staco
• 30's: Pizzattinho – Emílio – Rei
• 40's: Neno – Merlin – Tonico – Breyer
• 50's: Miltinho – Duílio – Fedato – Lanzoninho
• 60's: Krüger – Nico – Bequinha – Oberdan – Cláudio – Nilo – Dirceu – Paulo Vecchio
• 70's: Jairo – Tião Abatiá – Hidalgo – Aladim – Pedro Rocha – Zé Roberto – Paquito – Hermes – Pescuma – Dreyer – Duílio
• 80's: Rafael – Dida – Tostão – Lela – André – Índio – Toby – Heraldo – Almir – Marildo – Chicão – Ademir Alcântara- Milton- Vavá
• 90's: Alex – Pachequinho – Ronaldo Lobisomem – Reginaldo Nascimento – Cléber – Basílio – Auri – Paulo Sérgio – Brandão – Claudiomiro
• 00's: Keirrison – Tcheco – Rafinha – Adriano – Emerson- Edson Bastos – Leandro Donizete – Rafinha

First-team squad

As of January, 2015.

No. Position Player 3 DF Luccas Claro 4 DF Welinton (on loan from Flamengo) 9 FW Keirrison 12 GK Vaná 13 DF Ivan 14 DF Bonfim 18 FW Douglas 28 MF Zé Rafael 29 FW Rafhael Lucas 30 DF Carlinhos 32 GK William Menezes 36 DF Paulo Otávio 37 MF Dudú 38 GK Samuel 40 DF Norberto

No. Position Player 44 DF Leandro Almeida 85 MF Hélder (on loan from Bahia) 88 MF Rosinei (on loan from Atlético-MG) DF Eberson MF Alan Santos MF João Paulo MF Luis Cáceres MF Pedro Ken MF Rodolfo (on loan from Flamengo) FW Giva FW Mazinho (on loan from Palmeiras) FW Negueba (on loan from Flamengo) FW Paulo Victor FW Wellington Paulista (on loan from Internacional)

First-team staff

Position	Name	Nationality
Coach	Marquinhos Santos	Brazilian

Current technical staff

Name	Position
Marquinhos Santos	Head coach
Tcheco	Assistant Coach
Marcelo Serrano	Assistant Coach
Alexandre Lopes	Fitness Trainer
Glydiston Ananias	Fitness Trainer
Carlos Pracidelli	Goalkeeper Coach

League title

• Série A : 1
  • 1985

Coritiba Foot Ball Club Media

• Coritiba1927.jpg

  First president of the club along with other leaders.

• Major Antônio Couto Pereira Stadium.jpg

  Supporters at Major Antônio Couto Pereira Stadium.

• Fundador do coritiba.jpg

  Frederico "Fritz" Essenfelder (1891-1952), fundador do Coritiba FC

• Coritiba1909.png

  time do Coritiba Foot Ball Club na sua primeira partida oficial em 23 de outubro de 1909

• Theatro Hauer em Curitiba em 1913.JPG

  Antigo Theatro Hauer em 1913

• Coritiba1927.jpg

  João Viana Seiler, first president

• Coritiba 1959.jpg

  Coritiba 1959

• Atletiba 1972 2.jpg

  Atletiba de 1972 no Couto Pereira

Other websites

• Official Site (in English) Archived 2009-10-11 at the Wayback Machine
• Blog do Torcedor do Coritiba – Official Supporter's Blog (in Portuguese and English)
• Coxanautas(in Portuguese)
• Império Alviverde (in Portuguese)