Coritiba Foot Ball Club

Coritiba Foot Ball Club is a football club which plays Curitiba in Parana state, Brazil. It was founded in 1909 and currently plays in Campeonato Brasileiro Serie 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 Brasileirao.
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: Estadio Major Antonio Couto Pereira
Capacity: 37,182 (biggest in Parana 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 Atletico-PR(Coritiba's main rival) beat Flamengo 2-0.
Field dimensions:
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 Atletico Paranaense and Parana Clube. They are from the same city. The games between Coritiba and Atletico-PR are called "Atle-Tiba". The games between Coritiba and Parana is called "Para-Tiba".
Club
Symbols
Colors
The team colors are green and white. These are the colors of the flag of Parana 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 Claudio Ribeiro. The music was composed by Homero Rebuli. There is also an unofficial anthem, called "Coritiba Eterno Campeao" ("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 Sebastiao Lima, also calls the team the "eternal champion".
Mascot
The club's mascot is an old man nicknamed Vovo 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-Ferroviario 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): Gremio-Coritiba 5-0 (Olimpico, February 29, 1984) & Palmeiras-Coritiba 5-0 (Parque Antartica, August 17, 1996)
Most appearances (any competition): Jairo - 440 (1971-77), (1984-87)
Record goal scorer: Duilio Dias - 202 (1954-64)
Idols
10's: Frederico "Fritz" Essenfelder - Maxambomba
20's: Ninho - Pizzatto - Staco
30's: Pizzattinho - Emilio - Rei
40's: Neno - Merlin - Tonico - Breyer
50's: Miltinho - Duilio - Fedato - Lanzoninho
60's: Kruger - Nico - Bequinha - Oberdan - Claudio - Nilo - Dirceu - Paulo Vecchio
70's: Jairo - Tiao Abatia - Hidalgo - Aladim - Pedro Rocha - Ze Roberto - Paquito - Hermes - Pescuma - Dreyer - Duilio
80's: Rafael - Dida - Tostao - Lela - Andre - Indio - Toby - Heraldo - Almir - Marildo - Chicao - Ademir Alcantara- Milton- Vava
90's: Alex - Pachequinho - Ronaldo Lobisomem - Reginaldo Nascimento - Cleber - Basilio - Auri - Paulo Sergio - Brandao - Claudiomiro
00's: Keirrison - Tcheco - Rafinha - Adriano - Emerson- Edson Bastos - Leandro Donizete - Rafinha
Current squad
First-team squad
As of January, 2015.
First-team staff
Personnel
Current technical staff
League title
Serie A : 1
1985
Other websites
Official Site
Blog do Torcedor do Coritiba - Official Supporter's Blog
Coxanautas
Imperio Alviverde
Parana State
1909 establishments in Brazil