2020 Campeonato Paranaense

The 2020 Campeonato Paranaense (officially the Campeonato Paranaense de Futebol Profissional da 1ª Divisão - Temporada 2020) was the 106th edition of the top division of football in the state of Paraná organized by FPF. The competition started on 18 January and ended on 5 August.

Campeonato Paranaense

Season	2020
Dates	18 January - 5 August
Champions	Athletico Paranaense (26th title)
Relegated	PSTC União
Copa do Brasil	Athletico Paranaense Cianorte Coritiba FC Cascavel
Série D	Cianorte FC Cascavel Rio Branco
Matches played	80
Goals scored	200 (2.5 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bissoli Lucas Tocantins Nikão Pedrinho (6 goals each)
← 2019 2021 →

On 16 March 2020, FPF suspended the Campeonato Paranaense indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil.^[1] Complying with the guidelines of the Governo do Estado do Paraná, the tournament resumed behind closed doors on 18 July 2020.^[2]

Athletico Paranaense, the defending champions, won their 26th title after defeating Coritiba 3–1 on aggregate.^[3]

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; 5. Fewest red cards; 6. Fewest yellow cards; 7. Draw in the headquarters of the FPF.^[4]

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 2021 Série A, Série B or Série C qualified for 2021 Série D.^[5]

Final stage was 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 would be used to determine the winner.^[5] Top four teams qualified for the 2021 Copa do Brasil.

Participating teams

Club	Home city	2019 result	Titles (last)
Athletico Paranaense	Curitiba	1st	25 (2019)
Cascavel CR	Cascavel	9th	0
Cianorte	Cianorte	10th	0
Coritiba	Curitiba	3rd	38 (2017)
FC Cascavel	Cascavel	7th	0
Londrina	Londrina	4th	4 (2014)
Operário Ferroviário	Ponta Grossa	5th	1 (2015)
Paraná	Curitiba	6th	7 (2006)
PSTC	Cornélio Procópio	1st (Seg.)	0
Rio Branco	Paranaguá	8th	0
Toledo	Toledo	2nd	0
União	Francisco Beltrão	2nd (Seg.)	0

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Coritiba	11	7	3	1	24	10	+14	24	Advance to Quarter-finals
2	FC Cascavel	11	7	2	2	20	12	+8	23
3	Athletico Paranaense	11	7	1	3	22	13	+9	22
4	Operário Ferroviário	11	6	2	3	12	10	+2	20
5	Cianorte	11	5	3	3	15	10	+5	18
6	Londrina	11	4	3	4	14	16	−2	15
7	Rio Branco	11	3	5	3	12	11	+1	14
8	Paraná	11	3	4	4	9	8	+1	13
9	Cascavel CR	11	3	2	6	10	20	−10	11
10	Toledo	11	2	4	5	8	13	−5	10
11	PSTC	11	1	3	7	7	15	−8	6	Relegation to 2021 Campeonato Paranaense - Segunda Divisão
12	União	11	1	2	8	8	23	−15	5

Source: FPF

Final stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Finals
	6	Londrina	1	0	1
	3	Athletico Paranaense	1	5	6
								3	Athletico Paranaense	5	0	5
								2	FC Cascavel	1	0	1
	7	Rio Branco	0	0	0
	2	FC Cascavel	3	5	8
															3	Athletico Paranaense	1	2	3
															1	Coritiba	0	1	1
	5	Cianorte	0	2	2
	4	Operário Ferroviário	1	0	1
								5	Cianorte	2	0	2
								1	Coritiba	3	2	5
	8	Paraná	0	1	1
	1	Coritiba	1	2	3

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Paraná	1–3	Coritiba	0–1	1–2
Rio Branco	0–8	FC Cascavel	0–3	0–5
Londrina	1–6	Athletico Paranaense	1–1	0–5
Cianorte	2–1	Operário Ferroviário	0–1	2–0

Group A

Paraná	0–1	Coritiba
	Report	Robson 50'

19 July 2020

16:00

Estádio Vila Capanema, Curitiba^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Rodolpho Toski Marques

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Coritiba	2–1	Paraná
Patrick Vieira 8' Igor Jesus 71'	Report	Fabrício 27' (pen.)

23 July 2020

21:00

Estádio Couto Pereira, Curitiba

Attendance: 0

Referee: Paulo Roberto Alves Júnior

Coritiba qualified for the semi-finals.

Group B

Rio Branco	0–3	FC Cascavel
	Report	Lucas Tocantins 1', 89' Magno Ribeiro 72' (pen.)

18 July 2020

14:00

Estádio Germano Krüger, Ponta Grossa^{[note 2]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Leonardo Ferreira Lima

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FC Cascavel	5–0	Rio Branco
Adenilson 22' Lucas Tocantins 35' Henrique Santos 43' Oberdan 53' Sananduva 69'	Report

22 July 2020

18:00

Estádio Olímpico Regional Arnaldo Busatto, Cascavel

Attendance: 0

Referee: Robson Babinski

FC Cascavel qualified for the semi-finals.

Group C

Londrina	1–1	Athletico Paranaense
Júnior Pirambu 89'	Report	Léo Cittadini 47'

19 July 2020

18:00

Estádio Municipal Ubirajara Medeiros, Cornélio Procópio^{[note 3]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Paulo Roberto Alves Júnior

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Athletico Paranaense	5–0	Londrina
Nikão 3', 20' Marquinhos Gabriel 6' Bissoli 39', 41'	Report

23 July 2020

17:00

Arena da Baixada, Curitiba

Attendance: 0

Referee: Rodolpho Toski Marques

Athletico Paranaense qualified for the semi-finals.

Group D

Cianorte	0–1	Operário Ferroviário
	Report	Douglas Coutinho 71'

18 July 2020

16:00

Estádio Municipal Olímpico Albino Turbay, Cianorte

Attendance: 0

Referee: Leonardo Sígari Zanon

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Operário Ferroviário	0–2	Cianorte
	Report	Maurício Ribeiro 19' Júnior Prego 73'

22 July 2020

20:00

Estádio Germano Krüger, Ponta Grossa

Attendance: 0

Referee: Lucas Paulo Torezin

Cianorte qualified for the semi-finals.

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Notes

1. Originally scheduled to be played at Estádio Germano Krüger, Ponta Grossa,^[2] FPF moved the match to Estádio Vila Capanema, Curitiba prior authorization from the Prefeitura Municipal de Curitiba.^[6]
2. As a measure to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the Governo do Estado do Paraná banned any professional football match in the coastal cities until 21 July 2020.^[7] Therefore, FPF moved the match from Estádio Nelson Medrado Dias, Paranaguá to Estádio Germano Krüger, Ponta Grossa.^[2]
3. As a measure to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the Prefeitura de Londrina banned indefinitely any professional football match in Londrina.^[8] Therefore, FPF moved the match from Estádio do Café, Londrina to Estádio Municipal Ubirajara Medeiros, Cornélio Procópio.^[2]

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cianorte	2–5	Coritiba	2–3	0–2
Athletico Paranaense	5–1	FC Cascavel	5–1	0–0

Group E

Cianorte	2–3	Coritiba
Pelezinho 48' França 83'	Report	William Matheus 19', 43' Gabriel 22'

26 July 2020

16:00

Estádio Municipal Olímpico Albino Turbay, Cianorte

Attendance: 0

Referee: Leonardo Ferreira Lima

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Coritiba	2–0	Cianorte
Rafinha 56' Maurício Ribeiro 67' (o.g.)	Report

29 July 2020

20:00

Estádio Couto Pereira, Curitiba

Attendance: 0

Referee: Adriano Milczvski

Coritiba qualified for the finals.

Group F

Athletico Paranaense	5–1	FC Cascavel
Lucas Halter 23' Bissoli 34', 70' Nikão 46' Marquinhos Gabriel 59'	Report	Henrique Santos 44'

26 July 2020

18:00

Arena da Baixada, Curitiba

Attendance: 0

Referee: Leonardo Sígari Zanon

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FC Cascavel	0–0	Athletico Paranaense
	Report

29 July 2020

18:00

Estádio Olímpico Regional Arnaldo Busatto, Cascavel

Attendance: 0

Referee: Lucas Paulo Torezin

Athletico Paranaense qualified for the finals.

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Athletico Paranaense	3–1	Coritiba	1–0	2–1

Group G

Athletico Paranaense	1–0	Coritiba
Léo Cittadini 89'	Report

2 August 2020

16:00

Arena da Baixada, Curitiba

Attendance: 0

Referee: Paulo Roberto Alves Júnior

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Coritiba	1–2	Athletico Paranaense
Sabino 45+4' (pen.)	Report	Khellven 90+1' Nikão 90+2'

5 August 2020

20:00

Estádio Couto Pereira, Curitiba

Attendance: 0

Referee: Rodolpho Toski Marques

Overall table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Athletico Paranaense	17	11	3	3	36	16	+20	36	Champions and 2021 Copa do Brasil
2	Coritiba	17	11	3	3	33	16	+17	36	Runners-up and 2021 Copa do Brasil
3	FC Cascavel	15	9	3	3	29	17	+12	30	2021 Copa do Brasil and 2021 Série D
4	Cianorte	15	6	3	6	19	16	+3	21
5	Operário Ferroviário	13	7	2	4	13	12	+1	23
6	Londrina	13	4	4	5	15	22	−7	16
7	Rio Branco	13	3	5	5	12	19	−7	14	2021 Série D
8	Paraná	13	3	4	6	10	11	−1	13
9	Cascavel CR	11	3	2	6	10	20	−10	11
10	Toledo	11	2	4	5	8	13	−5	10
11	PSTC	11	1	3	7	7	15	−8	6	Relegation to 2021 Campeonato Paranaense - Segunda Divisão
12	União	11	1	2	8	8	23	−15	5

Source: FPF

Top goalscorers

No.	Player	Club	Goals
1	Bissoli	Athletico Paranaense	6
	Lucas Tocantins	FC Cascavel
	Nikão	Athletico Paranaense
	Pedrinho	Athletico Paranaense
5	Douglas Coutinho	Operário Ferroviário	5
	Pelezinho	Cianorte
	Rone	Cascavel CR
8	Magno Ribeiro	FC Cascavel	4
	Paulo Sérgio	FC Cascavel
	Rafinha	Coritiba
	Robson	Coritiba