America Football Club (Rio de Janeiro)
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| Basic data | ||||
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| Surname | America Football Club | |||
| Seat | Rio de Janeiro , Brazil | |||
| founding | September 18, 1904 | |||
| Colours | Red White | |||
| president | Léo Almada | |||
| Website | americario.com.br | |||
| First soccer team | ||||
| Head coach | Duílio | |||
| Venue | Giulite Coutinho | |||
| Places | 15,600 | |||
| league | State Championship of Rio de Janeiro | |||
| 2017 | 2nd place (Série B1 ) | |||
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The America Football Club is a Brazilian football club from Rio de Janeiro . He plays in the Giulite Coutinho stadium (capacity: 15,600).
successes
- Torneio dos Campeões : 1982
- Taça Ioduran : 1917 (without a fight)
- Rio de Janeiro State Championship : 1913, 1916, 1922, 1928, 1931, 1935 and 1960.
- Taça Guanabara : 1974
- Taça Rio : 1982
Placements in the Brazilian Championship:
| year | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | |
| space | 11. | 15th | 37. | 13. | 8th. | 21st | 18th | 21st | 23. | |
| year | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
| space | 24. | - | 30th | 11. | 12. | 27. | 3. | - | 24. | - |
| year | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
| space | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| year | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| space | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| year | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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| The placement in 1987 relates to participation in the Copa União | ||||||||||
Club history
On September 18, 1904, Alberto Koltzbucher, Alfredo Guilherme Koehler, Alfredo Mohrsted, Gustavo Bruno Mohrsted, Henrique Mohrsted, Jayme Faria Machado and Oswaldo Mohrsted founded the America Football Club.
Well-known players and coaches, record goal scorers
player
- Amaro Barbosa (1957–61), national champion 1960. National player, his sale to Juventus FC financed the "Wolney Braune" stadium
- Belfort Duarte (1906-1915); an outstanding football pioneer in Brazil
- Marcos Carneiro de Mendonça (1911-1914); first national goalkeeper of Brazil, later president of Fluminense FC , Poet
- César , top scorer of the Brazilian championship in 1979 , later champion with SL Benfica , Libertadores winner with Gremio
- Fernando Giudicelli (1924-26); World Cup participant in 1930, later first Brazilian at Sporting Lisbon and Real Madrid, players agent
- Jorginho (1983-1984); World champion 1994, in the Bundesliga with Leverkusen and FC Bayern
- Aymoré Moreira (1930s); 1962 world champion coach with Brazil
- Batatais (1942-1943); National goalkeeper at the 1938 World Cup
- Danilo Alvim (1944-1945); National player
- Eduardo Antunes Coimbra "Edu" (1966-1974); National team; also national coach of Iraq
- Alexander "Alex" Kamianecky (1967–1979), defense star
- Joílson (1999-2002);
- Ze Carlos (1999); National player
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Martín Alarcón (1954–59), later twice champion with CD Los Millonarios
- Canário (1955–59), European Cup winner with Real Madrid
- Gilberto da Silva Melo (1993–1995, 2014), meanwhile Hertha BSC, Tottenham
- Heleno de Freitas , legend of the 1940s, one game (the last) for AFC
- Osni do Amparo , 1950s, goalkeeper
- Mário Zagallo (1949–50), world champion, world champion coach
Record goal scorers
- 311 goals: Luisinho Lemos
- 212 goals: Edu
- 187 goals: Maneco
- 167 goals: Plácido
- 158 goals: Carola
- 102 goals: Chiquinho
Trainer
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Ricardo Diéz (1940) -
Gentil Cardoso (1945, 1965) -
Gyula Mándi (1957-1958) -
Oto Glória (1952–1954, 1970)
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Martim Francisco (1954–1955, 1962)
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Dorival Knipel "Yustrich" (1958)
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Zizinho (1964, 1971)
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Zezé Moreira (1971)
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Elba de Pádua Lima "Tim" (1977)
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Paulo Autuori (1979–1981)
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Evaristo de Macedo (1985)
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Vanderlei Luxemburgo (1987)
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Marcos Paquetá (1987)
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Jorginho (2000)
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Ailton Ferraz (2007)
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Amarildo (2008)
Web links
- Official website of the association
- campeoesdofutebol.com.br: "America RJ - Historia e Titulos"
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O Site Oficial da Torcida Rubra (fansite)
- O Site Oficial da Torcida Rubra: "História" (fansite about the club's history)