América Futebol Clube (MG)
Traditional Brazilian football team from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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América Futebol Clube, commonly referred to as simply América Mineiro, is a Brazilian football team from the city of Belo Horizonte, capital city of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Founded in 1912, the club preserves its name and crest since its inception. The original home kit colours are white and green only; the black color was incorporated in the 1970s.[1] The team also played with a red home kit between 1933 and 1942, as a protest to the introduction of professionalism.[2] It hosts its matches at Independência stadium, being the only professional club in Belo Horizonte to have its own stadium.[3] The club has the third largest fan base among the teams from Minas Gerais.[4][5]
Full name | América Futebol Clube | |||
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Nickname(s) | Coelho (Rabbit) | |||
Founded | April 30, 1912; 112 years ago (1912-04-30) | |||
Ground | Arena Independência | |||
Capacity | 23,018 | |||
SAF Owner | América Futebol Clube (MG) (100%) | |||
President | Alencar da Silveira | |||
League | Campeonato Brasileiro Série B Campeonato Mineiro | |||
2023 2023 | Série A, 20th of 20 (relegated) Mineiro, 2nd of 12 | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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América is one of the most traditional and successful teams from Minas Gerais. It has won the state championship 16 times, and finished as runners-up in another 16 occasions. The first 10 victories were in a row, between 1916 and 1925, being the national record of successive accomplishments (together with ABC); the most recent was in 2016. Other major accomplishments were the Brazilian Second Division in 1997 and 2017, South-Minas Cup in 2000, and Brazilian Third Division in 2009.
The club has a long reputation in forming young talents in football.[6] Among others, it has revealed the world-class players Tostão, Éder Aleixo, Yuji Nakazawa, Gilberto Silva, Fred, Danilo and Richarlison. América has won the three most important junior tournaments in Brazil: São Paulo Juniors Cup (1996), Brazilian Championship U-20 (2011) and Belo Horizonte Juniors Cup (2000 and 2014).