Club América: Mexican association football club
Club de Fútbol América S.A.
de C.V., commonly known as Club América or América, is a Mexican professional football club from Mexico City. It competes in the Liga MX. The team's nickname is Las Águilas (The Eagles).
| Full name | Club de Fútbol América S.A. de C.V. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Las Águilas (The Eagles) Los Azulcremas (The Blue-Creams) Los Millonetas (The Million-ateds) | ||
| Founded | 12 October 1916; 97 years ago | ||
| Ground | Estadio Azteca | ||
| Capacity | 105,000 | ||
| Owner | Grupo Televisa | ||
| Chairman | Ricardo Pelaez | ||
| Manager | Antonio Mohamed | ||
| League | Liga MX | ||
| Clausura 2014 | 5th | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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América is the most successful club in Mexico. They won a record twelve national titles. América also have eight FIFA recognized international club trophies. They have won five CONCACAF Champions' Cups, two Copa Interamericana cups, and one CONCACAF Giants Cup.
Honours
Domestic competitions
- Amateur era
- Winners (4): 1924–25, 1925–26, 1926–27, 1927–28
- Winners (1): 1937–38
- Copa Challenger
- Winners (1): 1927
- Professional era
- Winners (11): 1965–66, 1970–71, 1975–76, 1983–84, 1984–85, Prode-1985, 1987–88, 1988–89, Verano 2002, Clausura 2005, Clausura 2013, Apertura 2014
- Winners (5): 1953–54, 1954–55, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1973–74
- Campeón de Campeones
- Winners (5): 1955, 1976, 1988, 1989, 2005
- InterLiga
- Winners (1): 2008
International
- Winners (5): 1977, 1987, 1990, 1992, 2006
- Copa Interamericana
- Winners (2): 1978, 1990
- CONCACAF Giants Cup
- Winners (1): 2001
Friendly
- Liga Excélsior (1): 1920
- Copa Vizcaya (1): 1920
- Copa Baltamar (1): 1922
- Junta Española Covadonga (1): 1927
- Copa Presidente Gustavo Díaz Ordaz (1): 1964–65
- Copa Independencia (2): 1966–67, 1974–75
- Copa Revolución Mexicana (1): 1980–81
- Cuadrangular Ciudad de México (1): 1981
- Trofeo Águila Azteca (1): 1982
- Los Angeles Nations Cup (1): 1983
- Trofeo de la Vendimia (1): 1983–84
- Triangular Ciudad de México (1): 1987
- Copa Cofraternidad (1): 1988
- Copa Pachuca (1): 1997
- Cuadrangular Los Angeles (1): 1999
- Copa de Tejas (1): 2004
- Copa San José (1): 2006
- Copa "El Mexicano" (1): 2008
- Copa Insurgentes (1): 2010
- Copa Reto Águila (1): 2010
- Copa Centenario del C.D. Olimpia (1): 2012
References
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