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Club de Fútbol América S.A. de C.V. |
- Club de Fútbol América S.A. de C.V., commonly known as Club América or simply América, is a professional football club based in Mexico City, Mexico.
- Nicknamed Las Águilas (The Eagles), it competes in Liga MX, the top tier of Mexican football.
- The club was founded in 1916, and since 1959 has been owned by media company Televisa.
- The team plays its home games at the Estadio Azteca, the largest stadium in Latin America, and one of the largest stadiums in the world.
- América is one of the founding members of the Primera División.
- The club has a long-standing rivalry with Guadalajara, as both are the most successful and most popular clubs in the country, and are the only clubs to have never been relegated.
- Matches between them are known as El Súper Clásico, considered to be the biggest rivalry in Mexico, and one of the biggest in the world.
- América also play local derbies against Cruz Azul and Club Universidad Nacional.
- Club América have won more titles than any other team in Mexican football,with a record thirteen league titles, as well as a record six Copa México titles, and six Campeón de Campeones cups.
- In international competitions, América has won ten FIFA recognized club trophies, the most for a club from the CONCACAF region, with a record seven CONCACAF Champions Cup/Champions League titles, two Copa Interamericana cups and one CONCACAF Giants Cup.
- The club also holds numerous distinctions, including topping the all-time league table in victories and points, the most appearances in the playoff stage,most finals appearances (23), and most runner-up finishes (10) along with Cruz Azul.
- América was named by the IFFHS as the best North American club of the first decade (2001–2011) of the 21st century.
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