The club was founded on 2 January 1921, by sportsmen from the Italian colony of Belo Horizonte as Societ Sportiva Palestra Itlia. As a result of the Second World War, the Brazilian federal government banned the use of any symbols referring to the Axis powers in 1942.

"It's likely that the banned hackers have created new accounts, and they're being far more brazen about their hacking," commented another player. Others suggested that the anti-cheat measures had inexplicably "vanished," enabling hackers to assert dominance across both Warzone and multiplayer modes.