Campeonato Paranaense · History

Coritiba are the most successful club in the Campeonato Paranaense with 39 titles, ahead of Athletico Paranaense on 28. Ferroviário have eight, Paraná Clube and Britânia seven each, and Londrina five. The Paraná state football championship has been played since 1915 and is organised by the Federação Paranaense de Futebol. It brings together clubs from the state capital, Curitiba, and from the interior of Paraná in southern Brazil.

The early years in Curitiba

The first edition, in 1915, went to Curitiba side Internacional, with Paraná Sport Club as runners-up. Coritiba won their first title the following year, in 1916, and América took the 1917 championship. Then came the Britânia era: six consecutive titles from 1918 to 1923 and a seventh in 1928. Palestra Itália won in 1924, 1926 and 1932, while Atlético Paranaense lifted their first trophy in 1925. Over the following decades the title moved between Coritiba, Atlético and Ferroviário, who collected eight championships between 1937 and 1966. Every champion up to 1954 came from Curitiba.

The interior breaks through

The first title won outside the capital went to Monte Alegre, from Telêmaco Borba, in 1955. Six years later came four straight editions won by interior clubs: Comercial of Cornélio Procópio in 1961, Londrina in 1962 and Grêmio Maringá in 1963 and 1964. Grêmio Maringá won again in 1977. The 1980 title was shared between Colorado, from Curitiba, and Cascavel. Londrina were champions again in 1981 and 1992, Iraty, from the town of Irati, won in 2002 and Paranavaí in 2007.

Coritiba, Atlético and the Atletiba

The longest run by a single club in the modern era belongs to Coritiba, who won six consecutive titles from 1971 to 1976, matching Britânia's streak from half a century earlier. In 1972, 1973 and 1974 the runners-up were Atlético, their city rivals in the derby known as the Atletiba. Coritiba had already won in 1968 and 1969, and they added the 1978 and 1979 titles. Atlético replied in the 1980s with championships in 1982, 1983, 1985 and 1988, followed by another in 1990. The Atletiba defined the competition again from 2010 to 2013, when Coritiba won four titles in a row, with Atlético finishing second every time. Athletico won three straight from 2018 to 2020 and two more in 2023 and 2024, while Coritiba claimed their 39th title in 2022.

Paraná Clube's five in a row

Before the merger, Pinheiros had won the championship in 1984 and 1987. Paraná Clube was formed on 19 December 1989 when that club merged with Colorado, and success came quickly. The new club won the title in 1991 and then took five consecutive championships from 1993 to 1997, beating Londrina in the 1993 and 1994 deciders and Coritiba in 1995 and 1996. Their seventh title came in 2006, in the final against ADAP of Campo Mourão.

The interior in recent finals

From 2014 onwards, clubs from the interior became regular challengers for the title. Londrina were champions in 2014 and 2021, beating FC Cascavel in the latter final. Cascavel lost the 2023 final as well, to Athletico. Operário Ferroviário, founded in Ponta Grossa in 1912, won their first state title in 2015 after beating Coritiba in the final. Maringá were runners-up in 2022, 2024 and 2025. The 2025 final between Maringá and Operário finished 2-2 in the first leg in Maringá and 1-1 in the second at the Estádio Germano Krüger on 29 March. Operário won the penalty shoot-out 5-4. They reached the final again in 2026, this time against Londrina. Both legs ended goalless, the second at the Estádio do Café on 7 March 2026, and Operário won 4-3 on penalties to retain the trophy, their third state title after those of 2015 and 2025.