Coritiba Foot Ball Club

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	Gustavo Morínigo
League	Série B
2021	Série B, 3rd

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 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".

Club

Symbols

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

Current squad

First-team squad

As of January, 2015.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


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


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

First-team staff

Position	Name	Nationality
Coach	Marquinhos Santos	Brazilian

Personnel

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

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)