Sport Club Americano (Porto Alegre)
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| founded = {{Start date and age|1912|06|04|p=y}}
| dissolved = 1940s
| ground = Estádio dos Eucaliptos, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil
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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 once.
History
The club was founded on June 4, 1912,{{cite book|title=Escudos dos Times do Mundo Inteiro|publisher=Panda Books|author=Rodolfo Rodrigues|year=2009|page=100}} as Sport Club Hispano-Americano, changing the name to Sport Club Americano in the following year. They won the Campeonato Gaúcho in 1928.{{Cite journal|title=none|journal=Placar Guia 2011|issue=1350–C|date=January 2011|page=56}} 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.
Honours
=State=
- Campeonato Gaúcho
- Winners (1): 1928
=City=
- Campeonato Citadino de Porto Alegre
- Winners (3): 1924, 1928, 1929
Stadium
{{main|Estádio dos Eucaliptos}}
Sport Club Americano played their home games at Estádio dos Eucaliptos. The stadium had a maximum capacity of 20,000 people.