Sport Club Americano (Porto Alegre) Explained

Sport Club Americano (Porto Alegre) should not be confused with Sport Club Americano.

Clubname:Americano
Fullname:Sport Club Americano
Dissolved:1940s
Ground:Estádio dos Eucaliptos, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil
Capacity:20,000
Chrtitle:President
Mgrtitle:Head coach
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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

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.

Achievements

State

City

Stadium

See main article: Estádio dos Eucaliptos.

Sport Club Americano played their home games at Estádio dos Eucaliptos.[1] The stadium had a maximum capacity of 20,000 people.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Escudos dos Times do Mundo Inteiro. Panda Books. Rodolfo Rodrigues. 2009. 100.
  2. none. Placar Guia 2011. 1350–C. January 2011. 56.