América Football Club

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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.

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.

Titles

• Campeonato Carioca: 1913, 1916, 1922, 1928, 1931, 1935, 1960
• Champion of the Champions: 1982
• Taça Guanabara: 1974
• Taça Rio: 1982
• Campeonato Carioca Second Division: 1989

Idols

• Alex
• Aymoré Moreira
• Belfort Duarte
• Danilo Alvim
• Djalma Dias
• Edu
• Ivo
• Luisinho Lemos
• Telê

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. [E-Biografias]
• América's mascot is a devil.

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