The club is notorious for its epith of the "Worst Team in the World" after a long losing streak in the late 1970s and 1980s.

[4] Íbis, under Onildo Ramos administration, started to accept non-employees of Tecelagem de Seda e Algodão as players.

[5] While the Pernambuco Football Federation was founded on 16 June 1915 as Liga Sportiva Pernambucana, only in 1955 it was renamed to its current name.

[10] After celebrating their 70th birthday on 15 November 2008, the club started a project to become a private company, with the help of Portuguese entrepreneur Filipe Fernandes.

[11] In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Íbis gained worldwide fame for its poor results on the field.