America Football Club

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. 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. In 1913, the club won the state championship for the first time. For the 1971 season, the club competed in the national Championship's first edition, finishing in 11th place. 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. In 2006, America was the runner-up of Taça Guanabara. America played the final against Botafogo. 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. However, the club was relegated again in 2011 and wouldn't return to the top flight until 2015. The team has since been a yo-yo club and,…

Official tournaments

Others tournaments

International

Peruvian Press (1): 1955 Bogotá Quadrangular (1): 1961 Medellin Quadrangular (1): 1961 International Soccer League (1): 1962 Torneio Internacional Negrão de Lima (1): 1967 TAP Cup (1): 1973 Costa Dorada–Terragona Tournament (1): 1983 Haiti Triangular (1): 1998

National

Torneio Quadrangular Presidente Costa e Silva (1): 1968 Torneio Luís Viana Filho (1): 1968

Inter-state

Taça Ioduran (1): 1917 Taça dos Campeões Estaduais Rio–São Paulo (1): 1935

State

Taça Guanabara (1): 1974 Taça Rio (1): 1982 Third Round of the Campeonato Carioca (1): 1955 Torneio Extra (2): 1938, 1952 Torneio Relâmpago (1): 1945 Taça Jayme de Carvalho (1): 1976 Troféu João Ellis Filho (1): 2010 Torneio Início (1): 1949 Taça Santos Dumont (1): 2019 Taça Corcovado (1): 2017 Torneio Extra Capital (1): 2013

Runners-up

Campeonato Carioca (8): 1911, 1914, 1917, 1921, 1929, 1950, 1954, 1955 Copa Rio (1): 2025 Campeonato Carioca Série A2 (3): 1906, 2017, 2019