Stadium
Estádio Couto Pereira is Coritiba's home stadium.
- Name: Estádio Major Antônio Couto Pereira
- Capacity: 37,182 (biggest in Paraná State)
- Address: Rua Ubaldino do Amaral, 37
- Record attendance: (General) - 70,000 (Pope John Paul II, 1980), (Game) - The stadium's attendance record in a football match currently stands at 65,943, set on May 15, 1983 when Atlético-PR(Coritiba's main rival) beat Flamengo 2-0.
- Field dimensions: 109,00m x 72,00m
- Year opened: 1932
The stadium was founded as Belfort Duarte. Couto Pereira was the president of the club and he was responsible for the stadium being built. When he died in 1977, the stadium name was changed to Couto Pereira.
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