Coritiba Foot Ball Club

The team had many state, national and international titles. The highest moment in Coritiba history was in 1985, when it was champion of Brasileirão.

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.

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.

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".

• 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)

• 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

• Série A : 1
  • 1985

• 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)