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Americano Futebol Clube, or Americano as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from

Campos dos Goytacazes Campos dos Goytacazes () is a city located in the northern region of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, with a population of 483,540 inhabitants. It is the largest city in Rio de Janeiro (state) outside of the Greater Rio de Janeiro metropolitan ar ...

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, founded on June 1, 1914. They play in black and white stripes, black shorts and socks.

History

The club was founded on June 1, 1914 by the Uruguayan Bertoni brothers, after watching a game between

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and a Campos combined team, won by 3-1 by the former. The club was originally planned to be named América Football Club, after America of

. In 2002, Americano won both the

Taça Guanabara The Taça Guanabara ( English: Guanabara Cup) is an annual football tournament attached to the Campeonato Carioca, the state football league in the Rio de Janeiro state. It has been organized since 1965 by the Rio de Janeiro State Football Fe ...

and the

Taça Rio Taça Rio ( English: Rio Cup) is an annual football tournament attached to Campeonato Carioca, the state football league in the Rio de Janeiro state. It has been organized since 1982 by the Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation. It has had ...

, but was defeated by

Fluminense Fluminense Football Club () is a Brazilian sports club based in the neighbourhood of Laranjeiras, in Rio de Janeiro, being the oldest football club in the state since its foundation in 1902. It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, th ...

in both legs (2-0 and 3-1) of the

Campeonato Carioca The Campeonato Carioca (Carioca Championship), officially known as Campeonato Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro State Championship), also commonly known as the Cariocão, is the top-flight professional state football league in the Br ...

final. In 2004, Americano reached the final four of the Brazilian Série C, but finished in the third position, after

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and Gama, and was not promoted to the Série B.

Honours

Official tournaments

* * shared record

Others tournaments

National unofficial

* Copa União - Módulo Azul (1): 1987

State

(1): 2002 *

(1): 2002 *Taça Josadibe Jappour (1): 1976 *Troféu Moisés Mathias de Andrade (1): 2009 *Campeonato do Interior Copa Rio stage (3): 1991, 1992, 1993 *Taça Santos Dumont (1): 2018 *Taça Corcovado (1): 2015 *Torneio Interior (1): 2016

City

* Campeonato da Cidade de Campos (27): 1915, 1919, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1930, 1934, 1935, 1939, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1954, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977 *Torneio Inicio do Campeonato Campista (4): 1957, 1961, 1964, 1965 *Torneio Cidade de Campos dos Goytacazes (3): 1968, 1970, 1971 *Taça Jane Figueiredo (1): 1922

Runners-up

(1): 2002 *

Campeonato Fluminense The Campeonato Fluminense was the football league of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during the period when the city of Rio de Janeiro formed the separate state of Guanabara. Until 1960, Rio de Janeiro city was the Brazilian capital and was n ...

(4): 1964 Extra, 1971, 1974, 1978 * Copa Rio (3): 1991, 2008, 2017 *

Campeonato Carioca Série A2 The Campeonato Carioca Série A2 is the second tier of the professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. It is run by the Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation (FERJ). List of champions Following is the li ...

(1): 2018

Stadium

Americano's stadium is Estádio Godofredo Cruz, with a maximum capacity of 25,000 people.

Logo and anthem

The nine red stars on Americano's logo represent the nine consecutive Campeonato da Cidade de Campos titles. The golden star represents the 1987, Brazilian Third Division title. The club's official anthem was composed by Pereira Júnior.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Americano Futebol Clube Association football clubs established in 1914 Football clubs in Rio de Janeiro (state) 1914 establishments in Brazil