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Atético paranaense

The Hurricane emerged from the merger of the Internacional Foot-Ball Club, founded by Joaquim Américo Guimarães, after whom Arena da Baixada is named, and the América Foot-Ball Club, founded by a group of members of Internacional. The first official match for the Red-Black team was played with Internacional's shirt because the new team's uniform had not been ready. The game took place on April 6, 1924 and Athletico beat Universal FC 4-2.

Athlético earned the nickname Hurricane in the 1949 State Championship. There were 10 wins in 12 games, including a 3 x 1 and a 5 x 2 in Atletibas (disputes against rival Coritiba). The team scored a total of 49 goals in the league and won the title with two games to spare.

A historic derby against Coritiba in 1933 turned Athlético into the “race club”. Most of the Red-Black players had the flu and the team tried, without success, to transfer the date of the match. Even weakened, the Atleticanos prevailed and beat “Atletiba with the flu” by 2 x 1.

Athlético Paranaense was the first team from Paraná to hire a foreign player: the Paraguayan Ruben Aveiro arrived at the club in 1943

Athlético Paranaense was one of the first Brazilian teams to have an organized crowd: Atlético's "charanga" had 200 fans and followed the team's games in 1946

In 1968, Athletic fans carried a 480-meter flag to a game in Baixada. The novelty started a dispute between supporters from all over Brazil to see who could make the biggest flag.

As its founders were members of the upper class of Curitiba, Athlético was for a long time considered an elite club. The team was called “top hat”, in reference to the hat worn by the wealthiest. In 1973, a campaign emerged to change this image and Hurricane began to proclaim itself “Clube do Povão”.

Until 1988, Athlético had a shield and uniform very similar to that of Flamengo. The board of the time then chose to change the shield, adopting a circular format, and also the design of the shirt, which now has vertical stripes and no longer horizontal ones.

Athlético Paranaense was the first Brazilian club to inaugurate a stadium with an “arena” concept: Arena da Baixada was inaugurated in 1999 replacing Estádio da Baixada.

Athlético Paranaense was the only team from Paraná to play in a continental final. In 2005 the club reached the Libertadores final, where it was defeated by São Paulo after a 1-1 draw in Porto Alegre (the Arena da Baixada did not have the minimum public capacity required for a final) and a 4-0 defeat. in Morumbi.