2023 Campeonato Paranaense

The 2023 Campeonato Paranaense (officially the Campeonato Paranaense 1XBET 2023 for sponsorship reasons)^[1] was the 109th edition of the top division of football in the state of Paraná organized by FPF. The competition began on 14 January and ended on 9 April 2023.^[2] Coritiba were the defending champions but were eliminated in the quarter-finals.

Campeonato Paranaense

Season	2023
Dates	14 January - 9 April
Champions	Athletico Paranaense
Relegated	Foz do Iguaçu Rio Branco
Copa do Brasil	Athletico Paranaense Coritiba FC Cascavel Maringá Operário Ferroviário
Série D	Cianorte FC Cascavel Maringá
Matches played	74
Goals scored	180 (2.43 per match)
Top goalscorer	Pablo (8 goals)
← 2022 2024 → All statistics correct as of 9 April 2023.

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.^[3]

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 2024 Série A, Série B or Série C will qualified for 2024 Série D.^[4]

Final stage will be 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 will be used to determine the winners.^[4] Top four teams will qualify for the 2024 Copa do Brasil.

Participating teams

Club	Home city	Manager	2022 result	Titles (last)
Aruko	Maringá	Rafael Andrade	2nd (Seg.)	0
Athletico Paranaense	Curitiba	Paulo Turra	4th	26 (2020)
Azuriz	Marmeleiro	Tcheco	10th	0
Cianorte	Cianorte	Alexandre Gallo	8th	0
Coritiba	Curitiba	António Oliveira	1st	39 (2022)
FC Cascavel	Cascavel	Luiz Carlos Cruz	7th	0
Foz do Iguaçu	Foz do Iguaçu	Negreiros	1st (Seg.)	0
Londrina	Londrina	Omar Feitosa	5th	5 (2021)
Maringá	Maringá	Jorge Castilho	2nd	0
Operário Ferroviário	Ponta Grossa	Rafael Guanaes	3rd	1 (2015)
Rio Branco	Paranaguá	Norberto Lemos	9th	0
São Joseense	São José dos Pinhais	Zé Roberto	6th	0

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Athletico Paranaense	11	10	1	0	25	6	+19	31	Advance to Quarter-finals
2	Operário Ferroviário	11	8	1	2	20	10	+10	25
3	Coritiba	11	6	4	1	13	7	+6	22
4	Maringá	11	6	3	2	20	9	+11	21
5	Cianorte	11	5	1	5	14	14	0	16
6	FC Cascavel	11	4	3	4	13	12	+1	15
7	Aruko	11	3	4	4	10	10	0	13
8	São Joseense	11	3	3	5	15	15	0	12
9	Azuriz	11	2	5	4	14	20	−6	11
10	Londrina	11	2	4	5	9	11	−2	10
11	Rio Branco (R)	11	1	1	9	3	22	−19	4	Relegation to 2024 Campeonato Paranaense - Segunda Divisão
12	Foz do Iguaçu (R)	11	1	0	10	7	27	−20	3

Source: FPF
(R) Relegated

Final stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Finals
	FC Cascavel		3	0	3
	Coritiba		1	0	1
								FC Cascavel (p)		2	0	2 (6)
								Operário Ferroviário		1	1	2 (5)
	Aruko		1	0	1
	Operário Ferroviário		2	3	5
															FC Cascavel		1	0	1
															Athletico Paranaense		2	0	2
	Cianorte		1	0	1
	Maringá		0	2	2
								Maringá		0	0	0
								Athletico Paranaense		2	1	3
	São Joseense		2	0	2
	Athletico Paranaense		5	4	9

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
São Joseense	2–9	Athletico Paranaense	2–5	0–4
Aruko	1–5	Operário Ferroviário	1–2	0–3
FC Cascavel	3–1	Coritiba	3–1	0–0
Cianorte	1–2	Maringá	1–0	0–2

Group A

São Joseense	2–5	Athletico Paranaense

4 March 2023

16:00

Estádio Municipal Cilmar Pedro Goergen, São José dos Pinhais

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Athletico Paranaense	4–0	São Joseense

Athletico Paranaense qualified for the semi-finals.

Group B

Aruko	1–2	Operário Ferroviário

5 March 2023

17:00

Estádio Willie Davids, Maringá

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Operário Ferroviário	3–0	Aruko

Operário Ferroviário qualified for the semi-finals.

Group C

FC Cascavel	3–1	Coritiba

5 March 2023

16:00

Estádio Olímpico Regional Arnaldo Busatto, Cascavel

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Coritiba	0–0	FC Cascavel

FC Cascavel qualified for the semi-finals.

Group D

Cianorte	1–0	Maringá

5 March 2023

19:00

Estádio Municipal Olímpico Albino Turbay, Cianorte

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Maringá	2–0	Cianorte

Maringá qualified for the semi-finals.

Semi-finals

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

Group E

Maringá	0–2	Athletico Paranaense

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Athletico Paranaense	1–0	Maringá

Athletico Paranaense qualified for the finals.

Group F

FC Cascavel	2–1	Operário Ferroviário

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Operário Ferroviário	1–0	FC Cascavel
Penalties
	5–6

FC Cascavel qualified for the finals.

Finals

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

Group G

FC Cascavel	1–2	Athletico Paranaense
Lucas Batatinha 71'	Report	Erick 73' Vitor Roque 90+11' (pen.)

1 April 2023

18:00

Estádio Olímpico Regional Arnaldo Busatto, Cascavel

Attendance: 24,957

Referee: Rodolpho Toski Marques

FC Cascavel

Athletico Paranaense

GK 1 André Luiz DF 2 Libano  76' DF 23 Rafael Milhorim DF 4 Willian Gomes (c) DF 26 Mateus Rodrigues  87' MF 5 Jacy  52' MF 8 Gama MF 20 Robinho FW 18 Wagner Gomes  76' FW 9 Lucas Coelho  59' FW 31 Gaspar  59' Substitutes: GK 40 Diego Monteiro DF 3 Ferreira DF 6 César Morais  71'  90+9'  87' DF 21 Léo MF 7 Ferrugem MF 10 Adenilson MF 35 Pedrinho  76' FW 11 Lucas Batatinha  59' FW 17 Dionas Bruno FW 19 Renanzinho  59' FW 29 Rodrigo Alves  76' FW 32 Cavani Coach: Luiz Carlos Cruz

GK 1 Bento DF 2 Khellven DF 3 Zé Ivaldo  87' DF 44 Thiago Heleno (c) DF 48 Pedrinho MF 26 Erick  52'  81' MF 5 Fernandinho  90+7' MF 8 Vitor Bueno  77' FW 10 David Terans  69' FW 92 Pablo  63' FW 14 Agustín Canobbio  77' Substitutes: GK 23 Léo Linck DF 6 Fernando DF 22 Madson DF 34 Pedro Henrique DF 42 Matheus Felipe MF 17 Hugo Moura MF 18 Léo Cittadini MF 80 Alex Santana  77' MF 88 Christian  77' FW 28 Tomás Cuello  69' FW 35 Rômulo FW 39 Vitor Roque  63' Coach: Paulo Turra

Assistant referees: João Fábio Machado Brischiliari Andrey Luiz de Freitas Fourth official: André Ricardo Martins Fifth official: Jefferson Cleiton Piva da Silva Video assistant referee: Adriano Milczvski Assistant video assistant referees: Luciano Roggenbaum

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Athletico Paranaense	0–0	FC Cascavel
	Report

9 April 2023

17:00

Arena da Baixada, Curitiba

Attendance: 33,570

Referee: José Mendonça da Silva Júnior

Athletico Paranaense

FC Cascavel

GK 1 Bento DF 2 Khellven DF 3 Zé Ivaldo  55' DF 44 Thiago Heleno (c) DF 48 Pedrinho MF 17 Hugo Moura  80' MF 5 Fernandinho  37' MF 8 Vitor Bueno  51' FW 10 David Terans  60' FW 92 Pablo  51' FW 14 Agustín Canobbio  80' Substitutes: GK 23 Léo Linck DF 6 Fernando DF 22 Madson DF 34 Pedro Henrique DF 42 Matheus Felipe MF 18 Léo Cittadini MF 30 Bryan García  80' MF 80 Alex Santana  90'  60' MF 88 Christian  80' FW 28 Tomás Cuello  51' FW 35 Rômulo FW 39 Vitor Roque  51' Coach: Paulo Turra

GK 1 André Luiz DF 2 Libano  83' DF 23 Rafael Milhorim DF 4 Willian Gomes (c) DF 26 Mateus Rodrigues MF 5 Jacy  90' MF 8 Gama MF 20 Robinho FW 18 Wagner Gomes  71' FW 11 Lucas Batatinha  59' FW 31 Gaspar  12'  46' Substitutes: GK 33 Sassá GK 40 Diego Monteiro DF 3 Ferreira MF 7 Ferrugem MF 35 Pedrinho  71' FW 9 Lucas Coelho  59' FW 19 Renanzinho  46' FW 29 Rodrigo Alves  83' FW 32 Cavani       Coach: Luiz Carlos Cruz

Assistant referees: Bruno Boschilia Victor Hugo Imazu dos Santos Fourth official: Leonardo Ferreira Lima Fifth official: Rafael Trombeta Video assistant referee: Rodolpho Toski Marques Assistant video assistant referees: Jefferson Cleiton Piva da Silva

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Pablo	Athletico Paranaense	8
2	Vinícius Mingotti	Operário Ferroviário	6
3	Luiz Fernando	Cianorte	5
	Rodrigo Pinho	Coritiba
5	Alef Manga	Coritiba	4
	Anderson Tanque	São Joseense

References

1. "Futebol paranaense está no foco das casas de apostas para a temporada 2023" (in Portuguese). Games Magazine Brasil. 17 January 2023.
2. "Disputa do Paranaense 2023 foi definida em arbitral nesta quinta, 20" (in Portuguese). FPF. 20 October 2022.
3. "REGULAMENTO GERAL DAS COMPETIÇÕES PROFISSIONAIS DE FUTEBOL ORGANIZADAS OU ADMINISTRADAS PELA FEDERAÇÃO PARANAENSE DE FUTEBOL TEMPORADA 2023" (PDF) (in Portuguese). FPF. 12 December 2022.
4. "CAMPEONATO PARANAENSE DE FUTEBOL PROFISSIONAL DA 1ª DIVISÃO TEMPORADA 2023 - REGULAMENTO ESPECÍFICO DA COMPETIÇÃO - REC" (PDF) (in Portuguese). FPF. 11 November 2022.