Britânia Sport Club

Britânia
Full name Britânia Sport Club
Founded November 19, 1914
Dissolved 1971
Ground Paula Soares, Curitiba, Brazil
Ground Capacity 4,000

Britânia Sport Club, commonly known as Britânia, were a Brazilian football team from Curitiba, Paraná state. They won the Campeonato Paranaense seven times.

History

Britânia Sport Club were founded on November 19, 1914, when Leão Foot-Ball Club and Tigre Foot-Ball Club merged.[1] They won the Campeonato Paranaense in 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, and in 1928.[1] The club fused with Palestra Itália Futebol Clube and Clube Atlético Ferroviário in 1971, forming Colorado Esporte Clube.[1]

Stadium

Britânia played their home games at Estádio Paula Soares Neto which had a maximum capacity of 4,000 people. The stadium was opened in 1943 with a match against Avaí – which was lost 1–4 – and demolished in 1998 to make way for a shopping center.[2]

Achievements

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro Lance Volume 1. Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A. 2001. p. 139. ISBN 85-88651-01-7.
  2. ↑ Rodrigues, Rodolfo (2006). Escudos dos Times do Mundo Inteiro. São Paulo: Panda Books. p. 99. ISBN 85-7695-011-1.
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