América Futebol Clube (also known as América Mineiro, Coelho or simply América) is a Brazilian football team from the city 🌈 of Belo Horizonte, capital city of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Founded in 1912, the club preserves its name and 🌈 crest since its inception. The original home kit colours are white and green only; the black color was incorporated in the 🌈 1970s. [1] The team also played with a red home kit between 1933 and 1942, as a protest to the introduction 🌈 of professionalism. [2] It hosts its matches at Independência stadium, being the only professional club in Belo Horizonte to have its 🌈 own stadium.
