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Wikipedia - America Football Club (Rio de Janeiro)
America Football Club, usually abbreviated to America-RJ or simply America, is a Brazilian football team based in the city of Rio de Janeiro, in the northern neighborhood of Tijuca. The team compete in Campeonato Carioca, the top tier of the Rio de Janeiro state football league.
Founded on 18 September 1904, the club competed in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A several times, winning the state championship seven times. The club's home stadium is the Estádio Giulite Coutinho, which has a capacity of 16,000. They play in red shirts, white shorts and red socks.
The football anthem composer Lamartine Babo was a supporter of America. America's mascot is a devil. America also sponsors a beach American football team, the America Red Lions.
History
On 18 September 1904, Alberto Koltzbucher, Alfredo Guilherme Koehler, Alfredo Mohrsted, Gustavo Bruno Mohrsted, Henrique Mohrsted, Jayme Faria Machado and Oswaldo Mohrsted founded America Football Club. In 1905, America, together with Bangu, Botafogo, Petrópolis, Fluminense and Futebol Atlético Clube founded Liga de Football do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro Football League), which was the first football federation of Rio de Janeiro. In 1913, the club won the state championship for the first time.
For the 1971 season, the club competed in the national Championship's first edition, finishing in 11th place.
The yellow star just above their emblem represents their win in the Tournament of the Champions (Torneio dos Campeões) in 1982, which was a tournament organized by CBF to serve as a preview to the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A tournament. Flamengo declined the invitation so America, the team with the best record after the selected teams, was invited to fill the spot. America won the tournament by beating Guarani in overtime at Maracanã stadium.
In 2006, America was the runner-up of Taça Guanabara. America played the final against Botafogo.
In 2008, America suffered a major blow by being relegated to the Second Division of the Campeonato Carioca. However, they won the Second Division in 2009, thus being promoted to the first level in 2010. However, the club were relegated again in 2011 and continues playing the Second Division in 2015, returns to the elite of the Campeonato Carioca after five years vying for the Serie B, after beating the Americano.
America ble grunnlagt i 1904 og er en av de eldste fotballklubbene i Brasil. De vant Campeonato Carioca 7 ganger, og er den fjerde mestvinnende klubben i turneringens historie. På nasjonalt nivå har America vunnet Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 2 ganger, og har også deltatt i Copa Libertadores ved 4 anledninger.
Lagets hjemmebane er Estádio Giulite Coutinho, også kjent som "Ilha do Urubu" (øya Urubu), som har en kapasitet på 18 000 tilskuere. Americas tradisjonelle bortedrakt er hvit, mens hjemmedrakten er rød og hvit med striper.
Noen av de mest kjente spillerne som har spilt for America inkluderer Didi, Gérson og Zico. Klubben har også produsert flere kjente trenere, som Telê Santana og Paulo Autuori.
America er kjent for sin lidenskapelige supporterbase og er ansett som en av de største klubbene i Rio de Janeiro. De har en langvarig rivalisering med Flamengo, og de to lagene møtes i det som er kjent som "Clássico dos Milhões" (Millionær-derbyet).