Colorado Esporte Clube

Colorado Esporte Clube, commonly known as Colorado, was a Brazilian football club from Curitiba.^[1] They won the Campeonato Paranaense once and competed in the Série A five times.

Colorado

Full name	Colorado Esporte Clube
Nickname(s)	Boca Negra
Founded	June 29, 1971
Dissolved	December 19, 1989; 35 years ago (1989-12-19) (merged with Esporte Clube Pinheiros to form Paraná Clube)
Ground	Durival de Brito
Capacity	20,083
Home colors Away colors

History

Colorado Esporte Clube was founded on June 29,^[2] after the merger of Britânia Sport Club, Palestra Itália Futebol Clube and Clube Atlético Ferroviário.^[1] They competed for the first time in the Série A in 1978, when they finished in the 47th place, and were eliminated in the first stage.^[3] Colorado competed again in 1979, 1980, 1981 and in 1983 when they finished in the 31st, 19th, 20th and 15th place, making the last one in 1983 their best-ever position in the nationwide championship.^[4][5][6][7] Colorado won its only title, which is the Campeonato Paranaense,^[8] in 1980, sharing it with Cascavel.^[9]

Colorado merged with Esporte Clube Pinheiros on December 19, 1989 to form Paraná Clube.^[1]

Honours

State

• Campeonato Paranaense
  • Winners (1): 1980
  • Runners-up (5): 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1982

City

• Taça Cidade de Curitiba
  • Winners (2): 1974, 1975 (dedicated posthumously to Clemente Comandulli)^[10]

Handball

• Five times metropolitan champion, and twice state champion in handball.