Paysandu acquired the stadium from Empresa Ferreira & Comandita in July 1918, paying 12
contos de réis for it. On 4 July 1997, one of the quickest goals in a football match was scored at Estádio da Curuzu. In the fourth second of the first half of the match, Vital Filho, of Paysandu, scored a goal against
Santa Rosa . On 22 December 2001, at Estádio da Curuzu, Paysandu beat
Avaí, of
Santa Catarina state, 4-0, and won the
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, thus being promoted to the following year's first division . On 28 April 2002, Paysandu beat
São Raimundo, of
Amazonas state, 3-0 at Estádio da Curuzu, winning the
Copa Norte, thus gaining the right to dispute the
Copa dos Campeões in the same year . ==References==