 América Futebol Clube (AM)

The América Futebol Clube – also referred to as América (AM) or América de Manaus – is an association football club from Manaus, the capital of the Brazilian state of Amazonas.The club was founded as The América Futebol Clube on August 2, 1939, by the brothers Arthur and Amadeu Teixeira Alves, and named after the Rio de Janeiro club of the same name.