América Football Club
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| Full name | América Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Diabo (Devil), Mecão and Rubro Carioca |
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| Founded | 1904 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Giulite Coutinho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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| Capacity | 6,100 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Reginaldo Mathias dos Santos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Luiz Alberto | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Brazilian Série C | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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América Football Club, or América as they are usually called, is a traditional Brazilian football team from Rio de Janeiro in Rio de Janeiro, founded on September 18, 1904.
Home stadium is the Giulite Coutinho stadium, capacity 15,600. They play in red shirts, white shorts and red socks.
One controversial aspect about the club is the official mascot: the Diabo (devil), depicted as a red demon complete with horns, pointy beard, curled moustache, a long fat arrow-pointed tail, hooved feet and a black cape. The club's old stadium was nicknamed Caldeirão do Diabo ("Devil's Cauldron"). As of 2006 some of the club's fans, supported by the Evangelical Christian manager, tried to replace the devil with the United States bald eagle, claiming that the devil was unlucky. But, since the devil is traditional, it is not yet certain whether the old mascot will actually be ousted.
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[edit] History
On September 18, 1904, Alberto Koltzbucher, Alfredo Guilherme Koehler, Alfredo Mohrsted, Gustavo Bruno Mohrsted, Henrique Mohrsted, Jayme Faria Machado and Oswaldo Mohrsted founded América Football Club.
In 1905, América, together with Bangu, Botafogo, Petrópolis, Fluminense and Futebol Atlético Clube founded Liga de Football do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro Football League), the first football federation of Rio de Janeiro.
[edit] Titles
- Campeonato Carioca: 1913, 1916, 1922, 1928, 1931, 1935, 1960
- Champion of the Champions: 1982
- Champion Zona Sul of Taça Brasil: 1961
- Taça Ioduran (Rio-São Paulo): 1917
- Torneio Extra : 1938
- Torneio Extra Carlos Martins da Rocha:1952
- Champion of 3º phase of Campeonato Carioca: 1955
- Champion of Torneio Ary Barroso:1965
- Champion of Torneio Jayme de Carvalho : 1976
- Taça Guanabara: 1974
- Taça Rio: 1982
[edit] Idols
- Alex (German player)
- Aymoré Moreira
- Belfort Duarte
- Danilo Alvim
- Djalma Dias
- Ivo
- Luisinho Lemos
- Edu
[edit] Top Goalscores
- Luisinho Lemos : 311 goals .
- Edu : 212 goals .
- Maneco : 187 goals .
- Plácido: 167 goals .
- Carola : 158 goals .
- Chiquinho : 102 goals .
[edit] Best Attendances
- América - Fluminense, 0-2, 141,689 (120.178 people seated), June 9, 1968
- América - Flamengo, 1-4, 139,599, April 4, 1956
- América - Vasco, 1-2, 121,765, January 28, 1951
- América - Flamengo, 1-0, 104,532, April 25, 1976
- América - Flamengo, 5-1, 100,000, April 1, 1956
- América - Fluminense, 2-0, 100,000, March 17, 1956
- América - Fluminense, 2-1 98,099, December 18, 1960
- América - Fluminense, 1-0, 97,681, September 22, 1974
- América - Fluminense, 0-1, 96,035, April 27, 1975
- América - Flamengo, 1-1, 93,393, May 19, 1969
[edit] Trivia
- América is one of the Brazilian teams with more clubs named after it, copying even its symbols. Some of its clones are: América of Natal, América of São José do Rio Preto, América of Três Rios, América of Amazonas, among others are named after América Football Club.
- Famous football anthem composer Lamartine Babo was a supporter of América. [1]
- América's mascot is a devil.
