Foz Cataratas Futebol Clube, commonly known as Foz Cataratas, is a Brazilian women's football (soccer)

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 club, based in the city of Foz do Iguaçu

Foz do Iguaçu

Foz do Iguaçu is the 7th largest city in Paraná state, Brazil, with a population of 255,900 inhabitants. It is located approximately 650 km west of Curitiba, Parana's capital city, being the westernmost city in that state...

, 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,...

, Brazil

Brazil

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. They play in the Copa do Brasil

Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino

The Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino is a Brazilian women's football competition organized by the Brazilian Football Confederation with the help of the Brazilian Ministry of Sports. It is designed as an equivalent to the men's Copa do Brasil. The first edition is scheduled to start in the end...

, which is the most important competition of Brazilian women's football, and they won that competition once.

History

The club was founded in March 2010 by the businessman and former football announcer Luciano do Valle, and physical education teacher Aleksandro Foagnoli. Their first game ever was played on March 6 of that year, against Paraguayan team Universidad Autnóma

Universidad Autónoma de Asunción (football)

Universidad Autónoma de Asunción is a Paraguayan women's football club based in Asunción.After winning the 2009 and 2010 Paraguayan championship, the club is represented Paraguay in the Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino, where it reached the final in 2009 and only third place in the group stage...

, in Foz do Iguaçu

Foz do Iguaçu

Foz do Iguaçu is the 7th largest city in Paraná state, Brazil, with a population of 255,900 inhabitants. It is located approximately 650 km west of Curitiba, Parana's capital city, being the westernmost city in that state...

. Foz Cataratas won the Campeonato Paranaense in 2010 and in 2011 and finished in the second position in the 2011 Torneio Internacional Interclubes de Futebol Feminino, when they were defeated by Santos in the final. They won the Copa do Brasil

Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino

The Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino is a Brazilian women's football competition organized by the Brazilian Football Confederation with the help of the Brazilian Ministry of Sports. It is designed as an equivalent to the men's Copa do Brasil. The first edition is scheduled to start in the end...

 in 2011

2011 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino

The 2011 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino was the fourth staging of the competition. The competition started on August 18, 2011, and will conclude on November 26, 2011...

, after they beat Vitória-PE

Associação Acadêmica e Desportiva Vitória das Tabocas

Associação Acadêmica e Desportiva Vitória das Tabocas, commonly known as Vitória das Tabocas, or as Acadêmica Vitória, is a Brazilian men's and women's football club based in Vitória de Santo Antão, Pernambuco state...

 in the final

Achievements

• Copa do Brasil
  Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino
  The Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino is a Brazilian women's football competition organized by the Brazilian Football Confederation with the help of the Brazilian Ministry of Sports. It is designed as an equivalent to the men's Copa do Brasil. The first edition is scheduled to start in the end...
  
  
  • Winners (1): 2011
    2011 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino
    The 2011 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino was the fourth staging of the competition. The competition started on August 18, 2011, and will conclude on November 26, 2011...
    
    

• Campeonato Paranaense:
  • Winners (2): 2010, 2011