America Football Club (RJ)

The America Football Club is a Brazilian football club from Rio de Janeiro. He plays in Giulite Coutinho Stadium (capacity: 15,600 ).

Club history

On September 18, In 1904, Alberto Koltzbucher, Alfredo Guilherme Koehler, Alfredo Mohrsted, Gustavo Bruno Mohrsted, Henrique Mohrsted, Jayme Machado Faria and Oswaldo Mohrsted the America Football Club.

1905 founded America along with Botafogo, Petropolis, Fluminense and Atlético Clube Futebol the first soccer league in Rio de Janeiro, the Liga de Football do Rio de Janeiro.

Achievements

  • Torneio dos Champ: 1982
  • Taça Ioduran: 1917 ( without a fight )
  • State Championship in Rio de Janeiro: in 1913, 1916, 1922, 1928, 1931, 1935 and 1960.
  • Guanabara Cup: 1974

Placements in the Brazilian Championship:

Well-known players and coaches, scorer

Players:

  • Belfort Duarte (1906-1915); an outstanding football pioneer of Brazil
  • Marcos Carneiro de Mendonça (1911-1914); first goalkeeper of Brazil, later president of Fluminense FC
  • Fernando Giudicelli ( 1924-26 ); World Cup participant in 1930, later became the first Brazilian at Sporting Lisbon and Real Madrid
  • Jorginho (1983-1984); World Champion 1994 in the Bundesliga with Leverkusen and FC Bayern
  • Aymoré Moreira ( 1930 ); World Champion trainer in 1962 with Brazil
  • Batatais (1942-1943); National players
  • Danilo Alvim (1944-1945); National players
  • Edu (1966-1974); National player; also national coach of Iraq
  • Válber (2006-2008); National players
  • Alexander "Alex" Kamianecky (1967-1979), star of the defense
  • Joilson (1999-2002);
  • Zé Carlos ( 1999); National players

Scorer:

Coach

  • Paulo Autuori (1979-1981)
  • Jorginho (2000)
  • Ailton Ferraz (2007)
  • Amarildo (2008)
  • Gaúcho (2008)
  • Bebeto (2010)
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