Esporte Clube Pinheiros (PR)
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| Full name | Esporte Clube Pinheiros |
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| Nickname(s) | Alviceleste |
| Founded | 1914 |
| Dissolved | 19 December 1989 (merged with Colorado Esporte Clube to form Paraná Clube) |
| Ground | Vila Olímpica |
| Capacity | 18,500 |
| League | Campeonato Paranaense |
Esporte Clube Pinheiros, commonly known as Pinheiros, was a Brazilian football club from Curitiba. The club won three times the state championship, the Campeonato Paranaense, and competed twice in the national championship.
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Savóia Futebol Clube were founded in 1914, while Esporte Club Água Verde were founded in 1915. Savóia and Água Verde merged in 1920 to form Savóia-Água Verde. Savóia-Água Verde were renamed to Savóia Futebol Clube in 1921, and then renamed to Esporte Clube Brasil in 1942, and after the World War II, the club were renamed to Esporte Clube Água Verde.
To distinguish itself from its local rivals, the Coritiba, the club changed its colors in 1960 to blue and white. In 1971 followed the renaming of the club to Esporte Clube Pinheiros, after the Pinheiro-do-Paraná, an araucaria, the symbol tree of the state of Paraná.
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