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.