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Multi-sport club in São Paulo, Brazil

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For the defunct Curitiba football club, see Esporte 💳 Clube Pinheiros (PR)Football club

The Esporte Clube Pinheiros, founded on 7 September 1899, by German immigrants, under the name Sport Club 💳 Germânia (Sport Club Germany), is a multi-sports and social club located in the Brazilian metropolis São Paulo.

The full name of 💳 the club is Esporte Clube Pinheiros São Paulo (E.C.P.S.P.).

The club's name is commonly abbreviated as E.C.Pinheiros, or E.C.P.

It has around 💳 35,000 members, and its terrain comprises 170,000 m² in the well regarded quarter of Jardim Europa.

The club's assets are valued 💳 to be in excess of R$ 350 million.

Historically, Germânia is the fourth oldest football club of Brazil and was part 💳 of the first inter club match of the country.

Until 1915 the club had won twice the State Championship of São 💳 Paulo.

Already early tennis grew popular among the club members and the club should become one of the co-founders of the 💳 Tennis association of São Paulo.

Football was basically abandoned with the advent of the professionalization of the sport in the 1930s.

During 💳 the course of World War II the club abandoned references to its German origin and in 1941 was renamed to 💳 Pinheiros.

In later years water polo was very popular.

In the 1970s João Carlos de Oliveira from Pinheiros held the world record 💳 in the triple jump.

In more recent times the club has joined the national elite in basketball and volleyball, in the 💳 former even winning international titles.

César Cielo won Olympic gold in swimming.

History [ edit ]

Logo of SC Germânia ca.1909.

Sport Club Germânia 💳 (S.C.

Germânia) was one of the clubs which established football in Brazil, and was one of the clubs which participated in 💳 1899, in the first inter-club match, and in 1902, in the first championship match of the country.

Germânia was twice the 💳 winner of the state championship of São Paulo, the Campeonato Paulista.

The eminent player of the early days of the club 💳 was Hermann Friese, considered the first football player personality of Brazil.

Arthur Friedenreich, the first great star of Brazilian football, and 💳 widely acknowledged as one of the all-time greats of the sport, commenced his career at Germânia in 1909.

The football team 💳 in the early years.

Club's founder, Hans Nobiling (with tie) poses with the players.

After abandoning football in the early 1930s, due 💳 to the professionalization of the game, the club successfully transformed itself to a universal sports club.

Already in 1932, the water 💳 sports department sent its first representative to the Olympic Games.

Many more athletes from the club since represented Brazil in major 💳 international sports events, and swimmers like Gustavo Borges and César Cielo are among the club's Olympic medal winners.

The basketball and 💳 volleyball teams play in the national top divisions, and the swimmers continue their dominance in Brazil.

Beyond this, Pinheiros has departments 💳 for many more modalities, such as judo, gymnastics, and tennis.

Since its merger with the Gesellschaft Germania, a social club of 💳 German immigrants, in the early 1940s, to form the Esporte Clube Pinheiros, named after the river Rio Pinheiros, flowing close 💳 by its seat, the club has also developed as a meeting place and venue for cultural events.

These days, thousands of 💳 visitors pass daily through the club's restaurants, bars, and other facilities.

Top stars of the Brazilian entertainment industry, like Daniela Mercury 💳 and Jorge Ben Jor have performed in the club's auditorium, which at its opening in 1957, was the largest of 💳 its kind in South America.

Also classical music and theatrical plays are regularly on the schedule.

Further facilities of the club include 💳 a kindergarten, library, and the Centro Pró-Memória Hans Nobiling, which comprises a museum displaying trophies and other memorabilia from the 💳 club's rich history, as well as the archives.

Activities [ edit ]

Nocturnal view across the greenery of the club, to apartment 💳 blocks along Rua Angelina Maffei Vita.

Basketball [ edit ]

In the 2005–06 season, EC Pinheiros participated for the first time in 💳 the professional first division of Brazilian basketball, but then failed to qualify for the single league that resulted from the 💳 merging of the conferences.

In the 2008–09 season, Pinheiros joined the new top Brazilian league, called the Novo Basquete Brasil, under 💳 the sponsored name Pinheiros/Sky.

[1] The team plays at the Ginásio Poliesportivo Henrique Villaboim, on the club's grounds in Jardim Europa.

In 💳 2013, the team won its first international title, the most important competition of the Americas, the FIBA Americas League, and 💳 thus qualified to play at the 2013 edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup, where it lost the series against the 💳 EuroLeague champions Olympiacos, of the Greek Basket League.

Handball [ edit ]

EC Pinheiros is a recognized powerhouse in Brazilian handball, winning 💳 the Paulista Championship 30 times including the 2016 edition,[2] the National League 6 times the last time being the 2015 💳 edition[3] and the Pan American Championship twice including the 2017 edition.[4]

The women's team is achieving success recently, winning the 2016 💳 National League.[5]Judo [ edit ]

At the Olympic Games 1984 in Los Angeles Douglas Vieira won silver and thus the first 💳 Olympic medal for the judoka of Pinheiros.

In 2008 Leandro Guilheiro won a bronze medal in judo in the −73 kg 💳 class.

In London 2012 Rafael Silva won the first bronze medal of the +100 kg category in judo – the tenth 💳 Olympic medal in the club's history.

Swimming [ edit ]

The swimming section from Pinheiros is leading in Brazil.

It has won a 💳 record 13 times the two main competitions in Brazil, the Maria Lenk Trophy and the José Finkel Trophy.

Manuel dos Santos 💳 won 100 m freestyle bronze at the Olympics 1960 in Rome.

Freestyle swimmer Gustavo Borges won silver and bronze medals in 💳 the Olympics of 1992, 1996 and 2000.

Cesar Cielo won short distance freestyle gold and bronze in 2008 in Beijing.

View across 💳 the tennis courts.

Tennis [ edit ]

By 1903, SC Germânia already had its first two tennis courts.

In his later years, founding 💳 president Hans Nobiling became an enthusiastic tennis player and the club's interest in tennis grew dramatically.

In 1924, SC Germânia won 💳 the State's top tennis club honor, the "Taça Brasil", or the Brazil Cup.

The club was one of the founders of 💳 the state association "Federação Paulista de Tênis.

" By 1949, the now EC Pinheiros had 14 courts and was the largest 💳 tennis facility in Brazil.

Today, EC Pinheiros has 24 courts, two of which are covered for play during inclement weather.

Several times, 💳 the club has served as the host of matches for the Davis Cup, i.e.– Brazil v.India in 2010.

[6] The club's 💳 facilities also have served as venue for the Banana Bowl, a Grand Slam -event for junior players between 16 and 💳 18 years of age.

In 1956, Ingrid Metzner from EC Pinheiros, then aged 19, was the first female Brazilian participant at 💳 the Wimbledon Championships.[7]

In 2007, the club's tennis association had 3,000 members.

[8]Volleyball [ edit ]

Brazil is a leading country in volleyball, 💳 and the ladies volleyball department is playing in Brazil's first division, the Superliga.

In 2010, the men's team played with their 💳 sponsored name as Pinheiros/Sky, but the men's team is not active currently.

The ladies formed a union with Mackenzie University, and 💳 therefore played as Pinheiros/Mackenzie.[9]

Track and field [ edit ]

Track and field was practically right from the beginning part of SC 💳 Germânia.

Hermann Friese, who was German Champion over 1500 metres in 1902 and joined Germânia in 1903 was in 1907 Brazil's 💳 sole representative at an international tournament in Montevideo, Uruguay where he won two competitions and finished second in a third 💳 one.

In 1924 Germânia was co-founder of the state athletics association Federação Paulista de Atletismo.

By the end of the 1930s the 💳 club had a 70 strong group of athletes and dominated track and field in Brazil.

Apart from many South-American records it 💳 held almost all national records.

At the Games in 1932 in Los Angeles Lúcio de Castro became the first athlete from 💳 EC Pinheiros to participate at Olympic Games.

In the pole vault he cleared 3,90 metres and finished sixth.

João Carlos de Oliveira 💳 won triple jump bronze 1976 in Montreal and 1980 in Moscow.

At the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico he won 💳 the long jump with 8.

19 metres and surpassed the triple jump world record of Viktor Saneyev by 45 centimetres reaching 💳 17.89 metres.

This mark held for almost six years, when the US-American Willie Banks extended it to 17.

97 which should stand 💳 for ten years.

18 metres should not be exceeded before mid 1995.

Lately the club's athletes lined-up as EC Pinheiro/Asics.

Fabiano Peçanha, 2009 💳 South-American champion over 800 metres, and Sabine Heitling, in the same year continental champion over 3000 metres steeplechase, belong to 💳 the most successful athletes of the club in more recent years.

Water polo [ edit ]

Water polo has been played at 💳 EC Pinheiros since 1949.

Soon players from the club were also selected to play in the national team, and represent Brazil 💳 at the Olympic Games and many other international events, such as the 1963 Pan American Games, which was won by 💳 Brazil.

After winning the Brazilian Cup in 2004, Pinheiros also won the first edition of the national league, the Liga Nacional 💳 de Pólo Aquático in 2008.

[10]Honours [ edit ]

Campeonato Paulista (2): 1906, 1916

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