2022 Campeonato Paranaense

The 2022 Campeonato Paranaense (officially the Campeonato Paranaense 1XBET 2022 for sponsorship reasons)^[1] was the 108th edition of the top division of football in the state of Paraná organized by FPF. The competition started on 22 January and ended on 3 April. Londrina were the defending champions but were eliminated in the quarter-finals.

Campeonato Paranaense

Season	2022
Dates	22 January - 3 April
Champions	Coritiba (39th title)
Relegated	Paraná União
Copa do Brasil	Coritiba Londrina Maringá Operário Ferroviário Athletico Paranaense (via 2022 Série A)
Série D	FC Cascavel Maringá São Joseense
Matches played	80
Goals scored	187 (2.34 per match)
Top goalscorer	Igor Paixão Léo Gamalho (7 goals each)
← 2021 2023 →

Rio Branco could not inscribed all their players before their first match against FC Cascavel. Therefore the match, scheduled for 22 January (First stage, 1st round), was not played and FC Cascavel was awarded a 3–0 win by forfeit.^[2]

Coritiba won their 39th title after defeating Maringá 6–3 on aggregate in the finals.^[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 (only between two teams); 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 2023 Série A, Série B or Série C qualified for 2023 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 winners.^[5] Top four teams qualified for the 2023 Copa do Brasil.

Participating teams

Club	Home city	Manager	2020 result	Titles (last)
Athletico Paranaense	Curitiba	Alberto Valentim	4th	26 (2020)
Azuriz	Marmeleiro	Fabiano Daitx	5th	0
Cianorte	Cianorte	João Burse	6th	0
Coritiba	Curitiba	Gustavo Morínigo	9th	38 (2017)
FC Cascavel	Cascavel	Tcheco	2nd	0
Londrina	Londrina	Adilson Batista	1st	5 (2021)
Maringá	Maringá	Jorge Castilho	8th	0
Operário Ferroviário	Ponta Grossa	Claudinei Oliveira	3rd	1 (2015)
Paraná	Curitiba	Douglas Leite (caretaker)	7th	7 (2006)
Rio Branco	Paranaguá	Paulo Massaro	10th	0
São Joseense	São José dos Pinhais	Marcão	1st (Seg.)	0
União	Francisco Beltrão	Rafael Andrade	2nd (Seg.)	0

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Operário Ferroviário	11	6	3	2	19	9	+10	21	Advance to Quarter-finals
2	Coritiba	11	6	3	2	15	8	+7	21
3	Athletico Paranaense	11	5	5	1	18	9	+9	20
4	Maringá	11	6	1	4	12	10	+2	19
5	FC Cascavel	11	5	3	3	14	12	+2	18
6	Londrina	11	5	3	3	13	12	+1	18
7	Cianorte	11	5	2	4	12	10	+2	17
8	São Joseense	11	4	4	3	10	8	+2	16
9	Rio Branco	11	4	0	7	14	19	−5	12
10	Azuriz	11	3	2	6	7	13	−6	11
11	União (R)	11	2	1	8	13	21	−8	7	Relegation to 2023 Campeonato Paranaense - Segunda Divisão
12	Paraná (R)	11	1	1	9	5	21	−16	4

Source: FPF
(R) Relegated

Final stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Finals
	São Joseense		2	0	2
	Operário Ferroviário		1	2	3
								Operário Ferroviário		1	0	1 (3)
								Maringá (p)		1	0	1 (5)
	FC Cascavel		0	0	0
	Maringá		1	5	6
															Maringá		1	2	3
															Coritiba		2	4	6
	Londrina		1	1	2 (2)
	Athletico Paranaense (p)		0	2	2 (4)
								Athletico Paranaense		1	1	2
								Coritiba		2	1	3
	Cianorte		0	0	0
	Coritiba		1	3	4

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
São Joseense	2–3	Operário Ferroviário	2–1	0–2
Cianorte	0–4	Coritiba	0–1	0–3
Londrina	2–2 (2–4 p)	Athletico Paranaense	1–0	1–2
FC Cascavel	0–6	Maringá	0–1	0–5

Group A

São Joseense	2–1	Operário Ferroviário
Alisson Taddei 17' Bruno Oliveira 35'	Report	Lucas Mendes 87'

13 March 2022

15:30

Estádio do Pinhão, São José dos Pinhais

Attendance: 782

Referee: André Ricardo Martins

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Operário Ferroviário	2–0	São Joseense
Leandro Vilela 45+1' Rafael Chorão 74'	Report

19 March 2022

18:30

Estádio Germano Krüger, Ponta Grossa

Attendance: 2,479

Referee: José Mendonça da Silva Júnior

Operário Ferroviário qualified for the semi-finals.

Group B

Cianorte	0–1	Coritiba
	Report	Léo Gamalho 20'

13 March 2022

18:30

Estádio Municipal Olímpico Albino Turbay, Cianorte

Attendance: 753

Referee: Cristian Eduardo Gorski da Luz

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Coritiba	3–0	Cianorte
Egídio 46' Léo Gamalho 60', 77'	Report

19 March 2022

16:00

Estádio Couto Pereira, Curitiba

Attendance: 7,614

Referee: Robson Babinski

Coritiba qualified for the semi-finals.

Group C

Londrina	1–0	Athletico Paranaense
Eltinho 10'	Report

13 March 2022

11:00

Estádio do Café, Londrina

Attendance: 1,542

Referee: Leonardo Ferreira Lima

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Athletico Paranaense	2–1	Londrina
Davi Araújo 33' Terans 83'	Report	Augusto 85'
Penalties
Pablo Bissoli Terans Rômulo	4–2	João Paulo Luan Marchiori Augusto Salatiel

20 March 2022

16:00

Arena da Baixada, Curitiba

Attendance: 13,487

Referee: Rodolpho Toski Marques

Athletico Paranaense qualified for the semi-finals.

Group D

FC Cascavel	0–1	Maringá
	Report	Mirandinha 71'

12 March 2022

18:30

Estádio Olímpico Regional Arnaldo Busatto, Cascavel

Attendance: 4,795

Referee: Luiz Alexandre Fernandes

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Maringá	5–0	FC Cascavel
Felipe Saraiva 14' (pen.), 40' Vilar 42' Mirandinha 60' Ronald 66'	Report

20 March 2022

18:30

Estádio Willie Davids, Maringá

Attendance: 8,904

Referee: Lucas Paulo Torezin

Maringá qualified for the semi-finals.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Operário Ferroviário	1–1 (3–5 p)	Maringá	1–1	0–0
Athletico Paranaense	2–3	Coritiba	1–2	1–1

Group E

Operário Ferroviário	1–1	Maringá
Rodrigo Pimpão 68'	Report	Ronald 61'

24 March 2022

20:00

Estádio Germano Krüger, Ponta Grossa

Attendance: 2,014

Referee: Luiz Alexandre Fernandes

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Maringá	0–0	Operário Ferroviário
	Report
Penalties
Felipe Saraiva Robertinho Anderson Ceará Brito Ronald	5–3	Paulo Sérgio Thomaz Rafael Chorão Fernando Neto

27 March 2022

18:00

Estádio Willie Davids, Maringá

Attendance: 12,540

Referee: José Mendonça da Silva Júnior

Maringá qualified for the finals.

Group F

Athletico Paranaense	1–2	Coritiba
Terans 15'	Report	Alef Manga 10', 43'

23 March 2022

20:00

Arena da Baixada, Curitiba

Attendance: 21,373

Referee: Lucas Paulo Torezin

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Coritiba	1–1	Athletico Paranaense
Alef Manga 35'	Report	Pablo 57' (pen.)

27 March 2022

16:00

Estádio Couto Pereira, Curitiba

Attendance: 20,934

Referee: Lucas Paulo Torezin

Coritiba qualified for the finals.

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Maringá	3–6	Coritiba	1–2	2–4

Group G

Maringá	1–2	Coritiba
Alemão 30'	Report	Léo Gamalho 65' Igor Paixão 70'

30 March 2022

20:00

Estádio Willie Davids, Maringá

Attendance: 11,752

Referee: Leonardo Ferreira Lima

Maringá

Coritiba

GK 1 Dheimison DF 28 Marcos Vinícius DF 14 Ronald  39' DF 4 Vilar DF 16 Raphinha MF 18 Matheus Bianqui MF 15 Parrudo (c)  82' MF 5 João Denoni FW 7 Mirandinha  87' FW 8 Alemão  45+1'  74' FW 11 Felipe Saraiva  87' Substitutes: GK 12 Guilherme Neto DF 2 Matheus Rocha DF 3 Felipe Macedo DF 13 Áquila MF 21 Guilherme Castro  82' MF 32 Bruno Luiz MF 34 Anderson Ceará MF 35 Brito FW 10 Robertinho  74' FW 17 David Ribeiro  87' FW 27 Lucão  87' FW 29 Rian Coach: Jorge Castilho

GK 23 Alex Muralha DF 17 Warley  82' DF 5 Guillermo de los Santos DF 4 Luciano Castán DF 18 Guilherme Biro  33' MF 36 Matheus Sales  69' MF 97 Val  55'  82' MF 20 Robinho (c)  69' FW 98 Igor Paixão FW 11 Alef Manga  87' FW 9 Léo Gamalho Substitutes: GK 21 Rafael William DF 2 Matheus Alexandre  82' DF 6 Egídio  87' DF 14 Thalisson Gabriel DF 44 Márcio Silva MF 7 Andrey  69' MF 19 Thonny Anderson  69' MF 25 Bernardo  82' MF 78 Régis MF 88 Gustavo Bochecha FW 70 Neilton FW 99 Clayton Coach: Gustavo Morínigo

Assistant referees: Wagner Júnior Bonfim Ledo Bruno Fernando Aparecido Rohling Fourth official: Murilo Ugolini Klein Fifth official: Ideidy Henrique Costa

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Coritiba	4–2	Maringá
Alef Manga 46' Igor Paixão 49', 53' Léo Gamalho 85'	Report	Matheus Bianqui 15' Gui Sales 77'

3 April 2022

16:00

Estádio Couto Pereira, Curitiba

Attendance: 27,655

Referee: Lucas Paulo Torezin

Coritiba

Maringá

GK 23 Alex Muralha DF 17 Warley DF 3 Henrique DF 4 Luciano Castán DF 6 Egídio  76' MF 8 Willian Farias (c)  76' MF 7 Andrey MF 19 Thonny Anderson  71' FW 98 Igor Paixão FW 9 Léo Gamalho  86' FW 11 Alef Manga  76' Substitutes: GK 21 Rafael William DF 2 Matheus Alexandre DF 5 Guillermo de los Santos  76' DF 18 Guilherme Biro  76' DF 44 Márcio Silva MF 20 Robinho  71' MF 25 Bernardo MF 36 Matheus Sales MF 78 Régis MF 97 Val  76' FW 70 Neilton FW 99 Clayton  86' Coach: Gustavo Morínigo

GK 1 Dheimison DF 28 Marcos Vinícius  53' DF 14 Ronald  21' DF 4 Vilar DF 16 Raphinha MF 18 Matheus Bianqui MF 15 Parrudo (c)  67' MF 5 João Denoni  86' FW 7 Mirandinha  75' FW 8 Alemão  75' FW 11 Felipe Saraiva  86' Substitutes: GK 12 Guilherme Neto DF 2 Matheus Rocha DF 3 Felipe Macedo MF 21 Guilherme Castro  86' MF 32 Bruno Luiz MF 34 Anderson Ceará MF 35 Brito  86' FW 10 Robertinho  67' FW 17 David Ribeiro  75' FW 19 Gui Sales  75' FW 29 Rian   Coach: Jorge Castilho

Assistant referees: Ivan Carlos Bohn Victor Hugo Imazu dos Santos Fourth official: Robson Babinski Fifth official: Denise Akemi Simões de Oliveira

Overall table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Coritiba	17	11	4	2	28	13	+15	37	Champions and 2023 Copa do Brasil
2	Maringá	17	8	3	6	22	17	+5	27	Runners-up, 2023 Copa do Brasil and 2023 Série D
3	Operário Ferroviário	15	7	5	3	23	12	+11	26	2023 Copa do Brasil
4	Athletico Paranaense[a]	15	6	6	3	22	14	+8	24
5	Londrina	13	6	3	4	15	14	+1	21
6	São Joseense	13	5	4	4	12	11	+1	19	2023 Série D
7	FC Cascavel	13	5	3	5	14	18	−4	18
8	Cianorte	13	5	2	6	12	14	−2	17
9	Rio Branco	11	4	0	7	14	19	−5	12
10	Azuriz	11	3	2	6	7	13	−6	11
11	União	11	2	1	8	13	21	−8	7	Relegation to 2023 Campeonato Paranaense - Segunda Divisão
12	Paraná	11	1	1	9	5	21	−16	4

Source: FPF
Notes:

1. Athletico Paranaense qualified for the Copa do Brasil via 2022 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Igor Paixão	Coritiba	7
	Léo Gamalho	Coritiba
3	Alef Manga	Coritiba	6
	Rômulo	Athletico Paranaense
5	Marcelo	Operário Ferroviário	5
6	Alemão	Maringá	4
	Caprini	Londrina
	Douglas Coutinho	Londrina
	Paulo Sérgio	Operário Ferroviário
	Robinho	FC Cascavel

References

1. "1xBet torna-se parceira oficial de apostas de 9 estaduais e outros 4 torneios do futebol brasileiro" (in Portuguese). GAMES MAGAZINE BRASIL. 27 January 2022.
2. "Rio Branco-PR não comparece ao jogo, e FC Cascavel vence por WO na estreia do Paranaense" (in Portuguese). Globo. 22 January 2022.
3. "Coritiba é o Campeão Paranaense de 2022" (in Portuguese). FPF. 4 April 2022.
4. "REGULAMENTO GERAL DAS COMPETIÇÕES PROFISSIONAIS DE FUTEBOL ORGANIZADAS OU ADMINISTRADAS PELA FEDERAÇÃO PARANAENSE DE FUTEBOL TEMPORADA 2022" (PDF) (in Portuguese). FPF.
5. "CAMPEONATO PARANAENSE DE FUTEBOL PROFISSIONAL DA 1ª DIVISÃO TEMPORADA 2022 - REGULAMENTO ESPECÍFICO DA COMPETIÇÃO - REC" (in Portuguese). FPF.