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 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]
