# 2023 Campeonato Paranaense

The 2023 Campeonato Paranaense (officially the Campeonato Paranaense 1XBET 2023 for sponsorship reasons) was the 109th edition of the top division of football in the state of Paraná organized by FPF. The competition began on 14 January and ended on 9 April 2023. Coritiba were the defending champions but were eliminated in the quarter-finals.

## Format

In the first stage, each team played the other eleven teams in a single round-robin tournament. The teams were ranked according to points. If tied on points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Wins; 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Head-to-head results (only between two teams); 5. Fewest red cards; 6. Fewest yellow cards; 7. Draw in the headquarters of the FPF.
Top eight teams advanced to the quarter-finals of the final stages. The bottom two teams were relegated to the second division. Top three teams not already qualified for 2024 Série A, Série B or Série C will qualified for 2024 Série D.
Final stage will be played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the best overall performance team hosting the second leg. If tied on aggregate, the penalty shoot-out will be used to determine the winners. Top four teams will qualify for the 2024 Copa do Brasil.

## Participating teams

| Club | Home city | Manager | 2022 result | Titles (last) |
| Aruko | Maringá | Rafael Andrade | 2nd (Seg.) | 0 |
| Athletico Paranaense | Curitiba | Paulo Turra | 4th | 26 (2020) |
| Azuriz | Marmeleiro | Tcheco | 10th | 0 |
| Cianorte | Cianorte | Alexandre Gallo | 8th | 0 |
| Coritiba | Curitiba | António Oliveira | 1st | 39 (2022) |
| FC Cascavel | Cascavel | Luiz Carlos Cruz | 7th | 0 |
| Foz do Iguaçu | Foz do Iguaçu | Negreiros | 1st (Seg.) | 0 |
| Londrina | Londrina | Omar Feitosa | 5th | 5 (2021) |
| Maringá | Maringá | Jorge Castilho | 2nd | 0 |
| Operário Ferroviário | Ponta Grossa | Rafael Guanaes | 3rd | 1 (2015) |
| Rio Branco | Paranaguá | Norberto Lemos | 9th | 0 |
| São Joseense | São José dos Pinhais | Zé Roberto | 6th | 0 |

## First stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Athletico Paranaense | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 6 | +19 | 31 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Operário Ferroviário | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | +10 | 25 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Coritiba | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 22 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Maringá | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 9 | +11 | 21 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 5 | Cianorte | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 16 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 6 | FC Cascavel | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 15 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 7 | Aruko | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 13 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 8 | São Joseense | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 12 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 9 | Azuriz | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 20 | −6 | 11 | |
| 10 | Londrina | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 10 | |
| 11 | Rio Branco (R) | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 22 | −19 | 4 | Relegation to 2024 Campeonato Paranaense - Segunda Divisão |
| 12 | Foz do Iguaçu (R) | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 27 | −20 | 3 | Relegation to 2024 Campeonato Paranaense - Segunda Divisão |

## Final stage
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| FC Cascavel | FC Cascavel | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Coritiba | Coritiba | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Coritiba | Coritiba | 1 | 0 | 1 | FC Cascavel (p) | FC Cascavel (p) | 2 | 0 | 2 (6) | | | | | |
| | | | | | Operário Ferroviário | Operário Ferroviário | 1 | 1 | 2 (5) | | | | | |
| Aruko | Aruko | 1 | 0 | 1 | Operário Ferroviário | Operário Ferroviário | 1 | 1 | 2 (5) | | | | | |
| Operário Ferroviário | Operário Ferroviário | 2 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Operário Ferroviário | Operário Ferroviário | 2 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | FC Cascavel | FC Cascavel | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Athletico Paranaense | Athletico Paranaense | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Cianorte | Cianorte | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | Athletico Paranaense | Athletico Paranaense | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Maringá | Maringá | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Maringá | Maringá | 0 | 2 | 2 | Maringá | Maringá | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| | | | | | Athletico Paranaense | Athletico Paranaense | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | |
| São Joseense | São Joseense | 2 | 0 | 2 | Athletico Paranaense | Athletico Paranaense | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | |
| Athletico Paranaense | Athletico Paranaense | 5 | 4 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| São Joseense | 2–9 | Athletico Paranaense | 2–5 | 0–4 |
| Aruko | 1–5 | Operário Ferroviário | 1–2 | 0–3 |
| FC Cascavel | 3–1 | Coritiba | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Cianorte | 1–2 | Maringá | 1–0 | 0–2 |

#### Group A

Athletico Paranaense qualified for the semi-finals.

#### Group B

Operário Ferroviário qualified for the semi-finals.

#### Group C

FC Cascavel qualified for the semi-finals.

#### Group D

Maringá qualified for the semi-finals.

### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Maringá | 0–3 | Athletico Paranaense | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| FC Cascavel | 2–2 (6–5 p) | Operário Ferroviário | 2–1 | 0–1 |

#### Group E

Athletico Paranaense qualified for the finals.

#### Group F

FC Cascavel qualified for the finals.

### Finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| FC Cascavel | 1–2 | Athletico Paranaense | 1–2 | 0–0 |

#### Group G

| FC Cascavel | Athletico Paranaense |
| GK | 1 | André Luiz |
| DF | 2 | Libano | | 76' |
| DF | 23 | Rafael Milhorim |
| DF | 4 | Willian Gomes (c) |
| DF | 26 | Mateus Rodrigues | | 87' |
| MF | 5 | Jacy | 52' |
| MF | 8 | Gama |
| MF | 20 | Robinho |
| FW | 18 | Wagner Gomes | | 76' |
| FW | 9 | Lucas Coelho | | 59' |
| FW | 31 | Gaspar | | 59' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 40 | Diego Monteiro |
| DF | 3 | Ferreira |
| DF | 6 | César Morais | 71' 90+9' | 87' |
| DF | 21 | Léo |
| MF | 7 | Ferrugem |
| MF | 10 | Adenilson |
| MF | 35 | Pedrinho | | 76' |
| FW | 11 | Lucas Batatinha | | 59' |
| FW | 17 | Dionas Bruno |
| FW | 19 | Renanzinho | | 59' |
| FW | 29 | Rodrigo Alves | | 76' |
| FW | 32 | Cavani |
| Coach: ||
| Luiz Carlos Cruz ||
| GK | 1 | Bento |
| DF | 2 | Khellven |
| DF | 3 | Zé Ivaldo | 87' |
| DF | 44 | Thiago Heleno (c) |
| DF | 48 | Pedrinho |
| MF | 26 | Erick | 52' 81' |
| MF | 5 | Fernandinho | 90+7' |
| MF | 8 | Vitor Bueno | | 77' |
| FW | 10 | David Terans | | 69' |
| FW | 92 | Pablo | | 63' |
| FW | 14 | Agustín Canobbio | | 77' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 23 | Léo Linck |
| DF | 6 | Fernando |
| DF | 22 | Madson |
| DF | 34 | Pedro Henrique |
| DF | 42 | Matheus Felipe |
| MF | 17 | Hugo Moura |
| MF | 18 | Léo Cittadini |
| MF | 80 | Alex Santana | | 77' |
| MF | 88 | Christian | | 77' |
| FW | 28 | Tomás Cuello | | 69' |
| FW | 35 | Rômulo |
| FW | 39 | Vitor Roque | | 63' |
| Coach: ||
| Paulo Turra ||
* Assistant referees:
* João Fábio Machado Brischiliari
* Andrey Luiz de Freitas
* Fourth official:
* André Ricardo Martins
* Fifth official:
* Jefferson Cleiton Piva da Silva
* Video assistant referee:
* Adriano Milczvski
* Assistant video assistant referees:
* Luciano Roggenbaum
| Athletico Paranaense | FC Cascavel |
| GK | 1 | Bento |
| DF | 2 | Khellven |
| DF | 3 | Zé Ivaldo | 55' |
| DF | 44 | Thiago Heleno (c) |
| DF | 48 | Pedrinho |
| MF | 17 | Hugo Moura | | 80' |
| MF | 5 | Fernandinho | 37' |
| MF | 8 | Vitor Bueno | | 51' |
| FW | 10 | David Terans | | 60' |
| FW | 92 | Pablo | | 51' |
| FW | 14 | Agustín Canobbio | | 80' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 23 | Léo Linck |
| DF | 6 | Fernando |
| DF | 22 | Madson |
| DF | 34 | Pedro Henrique |
| DF | 42 | Matheus Felipe |
| MF | 18 | Léo Cittadini |
| MF | 30 | Bryan García | | 80' |
| MF | 80 | Alex Santana | 90' | 60' |
| MF | 88 | Christian | | 80' |
| FW | 28 | Tomás Cuello | | 51' |
| FW | 35 | Rômulo |
| FW | 39 | Vitor Roque | | 51' |
| Coach: ||
| Paulo Turra ||
| GK | 1 | André Luiz |
| DF | 2 | Libano | | 83' |
| DF | 23 | Rafael Milhorim |
| DF | 4 | Willian Gomes (c) |
| DF | 26 | Mateus Rodrigues |
| MF | 5 | Jacy | 90' |
| MF | 8 | Gama |
| MF | 20 | Robinho |
| FW | 18 | Wagner Gomes | | 71' |
| FW | 11 | Lucas Batatinha | | 59' |
| FW | 31 | Gaspar | 12' | 46' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 33 | Sassá |
| GK | 40 | Diego Monteiro |
| DF | 3 | Ferreira |
| MF | 7 | Ferrugem |
| MF | 35 | Pedrinho | | 71' |
| FW | 9 | Lucas Coelho | | 59' |
| FW | 19 | Renanzinho | | 46' |
| FW | 29 | Rodrigo Alves | | 83' |
| FW | 32 | Cavani |
| Coach: ||
| Luiz Carlos Cruz ||
* Assistant referees:
* Bruno Boschilia
* Victor Hugo Imazu dos Santos
* Fourth official:
* Leonardo Ferreira Lima
* Fifth official:
* Rafael Trombeta
* Video assistant referee:
* Rodolpho Toski Marques
* Assistant video assistant referees:
* Jefferson Cleiton Piva da Silva

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Pablo | Athletico Paranaense | 8 |
| 2 | Vinícius Mingotti | Operário Ferroviário | 6 |
| 3 | Luiz Fernando | Cianorte | 5 |
| 3 | Rodrigo Pinho | Coritiba | 5 |
| 5 | Alef Manga | Coritiba | 4 |
| 5 | Anderson Tanque | São Joseense | 4 |