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.
The club was initiated as The América Futebol Clube on August 2, 1939, by the brothers Arthur and Amadeu Teixeira Alves, and it took its name after a sports organization from Rio de Janeiro with the same title.