The 2013 Campeonato Paranaense de Futebol Profissional da 1ª Divisão was the 98th season of Paraná's top professional football league. The competition began on January 20 and ended on May 12. Coritiba won the championship for the 37th time, while Paranavaí and Nacional were relegated.
Format The tournament consists of a double round-robin format, in which all twelve teams play each other twice, with classification split in two stages. Each round counts as one stage.
The better-placed teams of each stage will face themselves in a two-legged tie, with the team with the most points in the overall classification playing the second leg home, the winning team will then be declared champion. In case of a tie in number of points and goal balance, the advantage is for the best campaign team.UOL Esporte. "Regulamento do Campeonato Paranaense 2013", August 03, 2013. (in Portuguese) If the same team is best-placed on both stages, it will automatically be declared champion.
The best two-placed teams in the overall classification not advancing to the finals and not from Curitiba will face themselves in a two-legged tie competing for the Torneio do Interior. The team with the most points will play the second leg home. The bottom two teams on overall classification will be relegated.
Participating teams Club Home city 2012 result Arapongas Arapongas Atlético Paranaense Curitiba Cianorte Cianorte Coritiba Curitiba J. Malucelli Curitiba Londrina Londrina Nacional Rolândia Operário Ponta Grossa Paranavaí Paranavaí Paraná Clube Curitiba Rio Branco Paranaguá Toledo Toledo
First round
Results
Second round
Results
Finals
Torneio do Interior finals
Londrina was declared champion due to better results on the first and second round.
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