Coritiba Foot Ball Club

Coritiba
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Full nameCoritiba Foot Ball Club
Nickname(s)Coxa (Thigh)
Glorioso (Glorious)
FoundedOctober 12, 1909; 115 years ago (1909-10-12)
GroundCouto Pereira
Capacity40,502
SAF OwnerTreecorp (90%)
Coritiba Foot Ball Club (10%)
PresidentGlenn Stenger
Head coachJorginho
LeagueCampeonato Brasileiro Série B
Campeonato Paranaense
2023
2023
Série A, 19th of 20 (relegated)
Paranaense, 5th of 12
Websitecoritiba.com.br
Current season
First president of the club along with other leaders.
Supporters at Major Antônio Couto Pereira Stadium.

Coritiba Foot Ball Club, commonly known as Coritiba and colloquially referred to as "Coxa", is a Brazilian football club from Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná. Founded in 1909 by German immigrants,[1] it is the oldest football club and the club with most titles in the state.

Coritiba's home stadium is the Estádio Couto Pereira,[2] built in 1932, with the capacity of 40,000 fans. Its main rivalry is with Athletico Paranaense, with whom it plays the Atletiba derby, one of the great rivalries in Brazilian football,[3] also competing in the derby Paratiba, which is disputed with Paraná Clube.

Coritiba was the first club from Paraná to win the Brazilian Championship in 1985, breaking the hegemony of teams from São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul and Minas Gerais that had lasted since the 1960s. It has also won two Brazilian Championship Série B titles, in 2007 and 2010. The club has won the Paraná State Championship 39 times[2] – more than both of its main rivals combined (Athletico Paranaense having 27 titles and Paraná Clube 7).

In June 2023, Treecorp Investimentos completed the purchase of 90% of the club's SAF, in a deal valued at 1.1 billion reais.[4]

  1. ^ "Fundação" [Foundation]. Coritiba.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Coritiba. January 28, 2013. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Coritiba completa 114 anos de história" [Coritiba celebrates 114 years of history]. Cbf.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Assessoria CBF. October 10, 2023. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
  3. ^ "FIFA.com". December 3, 2013. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
  4. ^ "Coritiba concretiza a venda de 90% da SAF à Treecorp por R$ 1,1 bilhão". ge (in Brazilian Portuguese). June 22, 2023. Retrieved September 2, 2023.