America Football Club (Rio de Janeiro)

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America-RJ
America FC.svg
Full nameAmerica Football Club
Nickname(s)AFC
Mecão
Diabo (Devil)
Rubro Carioca (Rio's Reds)
Sangue (Blood)
Founded18 September 1904;120 years ago (1904-09-18)
Ground Estádio Giulite Coutinho
Capacity13,544
President Romário
Head coach Josué Teixeira
League Campeonato Carioca
2021 Carioca
Website http://www.americario.com.br/
America F.C. team in 1929. America fc 1929.jpg
America F.C. team in 1929.
Estadio Giulite Coutinho Estadio Giulite Coutinho.JPG
Estádio Giulite Coutinho
Former club headquarters Sede do America.JPG
Former club headquarters
Team photo from the 2009 season TIME do America 2009.jpg
Team photo from the 2009 season
Team photo from the 2008 season America Profissional 2008.jpg
Team photo from the 2008 season

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.

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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. [1] America's mascot is a devil. America also sponsors a beach American football team, the America Red Lions. [2]

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. [3] 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. [3] In 1913, the club won the state championship for the first time. [4]

For the 1971 season, the club competed in the national Championship's first edition, finishing in 11th place. [5]

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. [6]

In 2006, America was the runner-up of Taça Guanabara. America played the final against Botafogo. [7]

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. [8] 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. [9]

Honours

National

Inter-state

State

Other state titles

Friendly tournaments

Current squad

According to the CBF register.

America 2020 shirt. Camisa do America 2020.jpg
America 2020 shirt.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
— GK Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Luis Henrique
— GK Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Felipe Eduardo
— DF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Matheus Menezes (on loan from Botafogo )
— DF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Erick (on loan from Botafogo )
— DF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Marcão
— DF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Enric
— DF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Fábio Braz
— DF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Wagner Diniz
— MF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA PH
— MF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Muniz
— MF Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Matías Sosa
— MF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Darlan
No.Pos.NationPlayer
— MF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Victor Pucinelli
— MF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Leandro Aguiar
— MF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Thiago Accioli
— MF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Ramon Fraga
— MF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Richarlyson
— FW Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Russo
— FW Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Renato
— FW Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Marcelinho Quarterole
— FW Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Igor
— FW Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Daniel
— FW Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Romarinho
— FW Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Jean

Top goalscorers

  1. Luisinho Lemos  : 311
  2. Edu  : 212
  3. Maneco : 187
  4. Plácido: 167
  5. Carola : 158
  6. Chiquinho : 102

Highest attendances

  1. America 1–4 Flamengo, 147.661(139,599 people seated), April 4, 1956
  2. America 0–2 Fluminense, 141,689 (120,178 people seated), June 9, 1968
  3. America 1–2 Vasco, 121,765 (104,775 people seated), January 28, 1951
  4. America 1–0 Flamengo, 104,532, April 25, 1976
  5. America 5–1 Flamengo, 102,002 (94,516 people seated), April 1, 1956
  6. America 2–1 Bonsucesso, 101.363, July 25, 1973
  7. America 2–0 Fluminense, 100,635 (92,516 people seated), March 17, 1956
  8. America 2–1 Fluminense, 98,099, December 18, 1960
  9. America 1–0 Fluminense, 97,681, September 22, 1974
  10. America 0–1 Fluminense, 96,035, April 27, 1975
  11. America 4–2 Benfica (POR), 94,642 (87,686 people seated), July 3, 1955
  12. America 1–1 Flamengo, 93,393, May 19, 1969

Mascot

One controversial aspect of 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"). In 2006 some of the club's fans, supported by then-manager Jorginho who is an Evangelical Christian, attempted to replace the diabo with a bald eagle, claiming that the devil was "unlucky". However, as the "diabo" is a traditional part of the club's story and with the original mascot the club conquered its greatest achievements and there was no change in the club's fortunes with the new mascot, the replacement was abandoned and it was considered that Jorginho's opinion was motivated by "religious fanaticism". [10]

Clubs named after America

America is the Brazilian club with the largest number of other clubs named after it. It has homonyms in Natal, São José do Rio Preto, Três Rios, Manaus, Teófilo Otoni and Fortaleza. [11]

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  2. ↑ "Histórico Red Lions" (in Portuguese). América Red Lions. Archived from the original on December 5, 2007. Retrieved July 8, 2008.
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