Cascavel Esporte Clube
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Cascavel Esporte Clube, commonly known as Cascavel, was a Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

ian football club based in Cascavel
Cascavel
Cascavel is a city and municipality in western Paraná state, Brazil. The population is 296.975 inhabitants.The city is on a plateau 781 meters above sea level...

, Paraná state
Paraná (state)
Paraná is one of the states of Brazil, located in the South of the country, bordered on the north by São Paulo state, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by Santa Catarina state and the Misiones Province of Argentina, and on the west by Mato Grosso do Sul and the republic of Paraguay,...

. They competed in the Série B
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
The Série B is the second division of Brazilian football. It is played by 20 teams. However, the competition format has changed almost every year since it first occurred, in 1971. In some years, it was not played altogether...

 and in the Série C
Campeonato Brasileiro Série C
The Campeonato Brasileiro Série C is the third division of Brazilian football.Unlike the first and second divisions, the Série C is not played in a double round robin system, arguably because many participating teams lack the financial conditions to travel long distances...

 twice.

History

The club was founded on December 19, 1979. Cascavel won the Campeonato Paranaense
Campeonato Paranaense
Campeonato Paranaense, which has been contested since 1915, is the football league of the state of Paraná, Brazil. The "Série Ouro", literally the Golden Series, are the highest division of the league.-Format:...

 in 1980. They competed in the Série B
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
The Série B is the second division of Brazilian football. It is played by 20 teams. However, the competition format has changed almost every year since it first occurred, in 1971. In some years, it was not played altogether...

 in 1981, and in 1982, being eliminated in the First Stage in both seasons. Cascavel competed in the Série C
Campeonato Brasileiro Série C
The Campeonato Brasileiro Série C is the third division of Brazilian football.Unlike the first and second divisions, the Série C is not played in a double round robin system, arguably because many participating teams lack the financial conditions to travel long distances...

 in 1995, and in 1996, being eliminated in the First Stage in both seasons. They merged on December 17, 2001 with SOREC and Cascavel S/A to form Cascavel Clube Recreativo
Cascavel Clube Recreativo
Cascavel Clube Recreativo, commonly known as Cascavel, is a Brazilian football club based in Cascavel, Paraná state.-History:The club was founded on December 17, 2001, after Cascavel Esporte Clube, SOREC and Cascavel S/A merged.-Stadium:...

.

Stadium

Cascavel Esporte Clube played their home games at Estádio Olímpico Regional Arnaldo Busatto
Estádio Olímpico Regional Arnaldo Busatto
Estádio Olímpico Regional Arnaldo Busatto, sometimes nicknamed Ninho das Cobras is a multi-use stadium in Cascavel, Brazil. It is currently used mostly for football matches and hosts the home games of Cascavel Clube Recreativo and Futebol Clube Cascavel, and hosted the home games of Cascavel...

. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 45,000 people.
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