Sport Club Americano (Porto Alegre)
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| Full name | Sport Club Americano | ||
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| Founded | June 4, 1912 | ||
| Dissolved | 1940s | ||
| Ground | Estádio dos Eucaliptos, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil | ||
| Capacity | 20,000 | ||
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Sport Club Americano, commonly known as Americano, was a Brazilian football club from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul state. They won the Campeonato Gaúcho once.
History
[edit]The club was founded on June 4, 1912,[1] as Sport Club Hispano-Americano, changing the name to Sport Club Americano in the following year. They won the Campeonato Gaúcho in 1928.[2] In the 1940s, the club merged with a team owned by a group of students, and it was renamed to Americano-Universitário, but the merge was a failure, and the club folded.
Honours
[edit]State
[edit]- Campeonato Gaúcho
- Winners (1): 1928
City
[edit]- Campeonato Citadino de Porto Alegre
- Winners (3): 1924, 1928, 1929
Stadium
[edit]Sport Club Americano played their home games at Estádio dos Eucaliptos.[1] The stadium had a maximum capacity of 20,000 people.[1]