America Football Club (Rio de Janeiro)

America-RJ

Full name	America Football Club
Nickname(s)	AFC Mecão Diabo (Devil) Rubro Carioca (Rio's Reds) Sangue (Blood)
Founded	18 September 1904; 120 years ago (1904-09-18)
Ground	Estádio Giulite Coutinho
Capacity	13,544
President	Romário
Head coach	Josué Teixeira
League	Campeonato Carioca
2021	Carioca
Website	http://www.americario.com.br/
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America Football Club, usually abbreviated to America-RJ or simply America, is a Brazilian football team based in the city of Rio de Janeiro, in the northern neighborhood of Tijuca. The team compete in Campeonato Carioca, the top tier of the Rio de Janeiro state football league.

Founded on 18 September 1904, the club competed in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A several times, winning the state championship seven times. The club's home stadium is the Estádio Giulite Coutinho, which has a capacity of 16,000. They play in red shirts, white shorts and red socks.

The football anthem composer Lamartine Babo was a supporter of America.^[1] America's mascot is a devil. America also sponsors a beach American football team, the America Red Lions.^[2]