In 1915, Coritiba started competing in both the "Campeonato da Cidade" (City Championship) and the "Campeonato Paranaense" state championship. Coritiba won both the city and the state championships the following year. On 2 July 1916, Coritiba defeated a club by the name of "Spartano" in the Campeonato Paranaense state championship by 7 goals to the opponent's nought. That year, star player José Bermudes – better known as Maxambomba – became the first player from a Paraná team to be selected for the Brazilian national squad. Coritiba won the "Torneio Afonso Camargo" (Afonso Camargo Tournament) and, in 1917, the club started playing at their new stadium "Parque da Graciosa" in Juvevê, where they played until 1932.