Sport Club Americano (Porto Alegre)

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Americano
Full name Sport Club Americano Brasileiro
Founded June 4, 1912
Dissolved 1940s
Ground Estádio dos Eucaliptos, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil
Ground Capacity 20,000

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 ou não 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

Stadium

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

References

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