[2] Savóia-Água Verde were renamed to Savóia Futebol Clube in 1921,[2] and then renamed to Esporte Clube Brasil in 1942,[2] and after the World War II, the club were renamed to Esporte Clube Água Verde.

[2] 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.

[1] The club participated in the national Brazilian Championship, the Série A in 1981 and in 1985, finishing statistically as 34th, respectively as 21st of 44 teams.

[3][4] In its last year of existence Pinheiros also qualified for the main competition of the Brazilian cup, the Copa do Brasil, where the team lost in July 1989 in the first round – 32 clubs – with 0–1 and 1–2 to Mixto EC from Cuiabá in Mato Grosso.