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Club América is celebrating—Las Águilas are marking 109 years of history.

In 1916, cousins Rafael Garza Gutiérrez and Germán Núñez Cortina, students at Colegio Mascarones, decided to form a soccer team with the best young players from their school. At a meeting at “Aunt Calita’s” house, Garza Gutiérrez surprised everyone by showing up with an improvised uniform: a cream-colored shirt, shortened navy blue pants, and socks in the same shade. The combination was so well-liked that it was adopted as the official team uniform, and they named the team “Récord” in honor of Rafael.

Meanwhile, at the Marist school La Perpetua, there was a team called “Colón”, whose players couldn’t gather eleven footballers. Their coach, Eugenio Cenoz, suggested merging with “Récord,” a union that combined the talent of one group with the resources of the other. On October 12, 1916, both groups met in the fields of La Condesa to decide on the name of the new team. Pedro “Cheto” Quintanilla suggested “América”, in commemoration of the discovery of the continent, and presented a crest featuring the map of the Americas and the initials “C.A.”

Thus, Club América and its blue-cream colors were born. Its rapid growth attracted many young people and led it to seek a place in the Liga Mexicana de Football Amateur Association, where it was admitted after passing trial matches. It debuted in 1917 against Junior, losing 0-1 but gaining experience. Between 1918 and 1920, the club was called “Unión”, until it resumed the name América in 1920, marking the start of a glorious era for Mexico’s most iconic team.

The present of Club América.

After 109 years, the institution maintains its greatness, being the top winner in practically everything they have competed in: Liga MX, Copa MX, Concachampions, Campeón de Campeones, and the CONCACAF Giant Cup.

With an impressive record of 46 trophies, Las Águilas are by far the most successful club in Liga MX.

Liga MX (Most titles)

América has won 20 Mexican league titles in its history, but only 16 of them are counted as ‘official’.

They are the team with the most league titles; their closest pursuers are Chivas (12), Toluca (10), and Cruz Azul (9).

Amateur Era 1924-1925 – Club América 1-0 Asturias* 1925-1926 – Club América 1-0 Asturias* 1926-1927 – Club América 2-1 Aurrera* 1927-1928 – Club América 3-1 Aurrera*

Long tournaments with playoffs 1965-1966 – Club América 2-0 Veracruz 1970-1971 – Club América 4-0 U. de G. 1983-1984 – Club América 5-3 Chivas 1984-1985 – Club América 4-2 Pumas Prode 1985 – Club América 5-4 Tampico Madero 1987-1988 – Club América 4-2 Pumas 1988-1989 – Club América 5-4 Cruz Azul

Short tournaments

Verano 2002 – Club América 3-2 Necaxa Clausura 2005 – Club América 7-4 Tecos Clausura 2013 – Club América 2-2 Cruz Azul (4-3 on penalties) Apertura 2014 – Club América 3-1 Tigres Apertura 2018 – Club América 2-0 Cruz Azul Apertura 2023 – Club América 4-1 Tigres Clausura 2024 – Club América 2-1 Cruz Azul Apertura 2024 – Club América 3-2 Rayados

Copa México (Most titles)

They have conquered six editions, the first in 1937-38, which is still counted as amateur, and the last in 2019. It’s worth noting that the Copa México stopped being played from 1997 to 2012. Later, it was again discontinued in 2020 and has not returned since.

Copa MX (6 – 1 amateur) 1937-1938 – Club América 3-1 España 1953-1954 – Club América (4) 1-1 (3) Guadalajara 1954-1955 – Club América 1-0 Guadalajara 1963-1964 – Club América (6) 1-1 (5) Monterrey 1964-1965 – Club América 4-0 Morelia 1973-1974 – Club América 2-1 Cruz Azul 2019 – Club América 1-0 Juárez

Campeón de Campeones (Most titles)

Like Copa México, this tournament went several years without being played, first between 1996 and 2002 and later between 2006 and 2014. In those years, América won the league three times, but unfortunately, since there was no Campeón de Campeones, they could not compete for the title.

Campeón de Campeones (7) 1954-1955 – Club América 3-2 Zacatepec 1975-1976 – Club América 2-0 Tigres 1987-1988 – Club América 2-0 Puebla 1988-1989 – Club América 2-1 Toluca 2005 – Club América 2-1 Pumas 2019 – Club América (6) 0-0 (5) Tigres 2024 – América (2) 1-0 (0) Cruz Azul

Supercopa de la Liga MX (1)

2024 – América 2-1 Tigres

The Supercopa de la Liga MX is only played when a team wins back-to-back championships, which automatically gives them the Campeón de Campeones and thus, they play the Supercopa de la Liga MX against the last Campeón de Campeones. Only Cruz Azul and América have won it.

CONCACAF (Most titles)

Las Águilas are the top winner of the CONCACAF Champions Cup, with seven titles, ahead of Cruz Azul’s six.

CONCACAF Champions League (7) 1977-1978 – Club América 1-0 SV Robinhood (Suriname) 1987-1988 – Club América 2-0 Defence Force (Trinidad and Tobago) 1990-1991 – Club América 8-2 FC Pinar del Río (Cuba) 1992-1993 – Club América 1-0 LD Alajuelense (Costa Rica) 2006 – Club América 2-1 Toluca (Mexico) 2014/2015 – Club América 5-3 Montreal Impact (Canada) 2015/2016 – Club América 4-1 Tigres (Mexico)

CONCACAF GIANT Cup (Only winner)

The CONCACAF GIANT Cup was the first and only edition. At first, it was planned to be an annual tournament among invited teams from the main countries of the confederation.

In this edition, América started from the quarterfinals, defeating Municipal from Guatemala, then beat Saprissa from Costa Rica in the semifinals, and in the final defeated D.C. United from the United States 2-0.

Chivas was the other Mexican club that played in this tournament but was eliminated by Comunicaciones from Guatemala.

CONCACAF GIANT Cup (1) 2001 – Club América 2-0 DC United (United States)

Interamerican Cup

The Interamerican Cup pitted the winner of the CONCACAF Champions Cup against the winner of the Copa Libertadores.

The first edition was in 1969 and the last in 1998. Recently, it was revealed that the Interamerican Cup will not return as such. There have been rumors about the return of this championship, but as of today, nothing is official.

América is the top Mexican winner and was just one title short of Independiente (Argentina), the club with the most titles in the tournament.

Interamerican Cup Champion (2) * 1978 – Club América 2-1 Boca Juniors (Argentina) 1991 – Club América 2-1 Olimpia (Paraguay)

1988 – Club América (5) 2-2 (4) Peñarol (Uruguay) *

*In 1998, this trophy was contested between América and Peñarol of Uruguay. The match ended with a victory for Las Águilas by 5-4 on penalties, but unfortunately, it did not receive the approval of the confederations due to differences between them, and in the end, it was called the Copa Fraternidad and did not count as an official title.

Campeones Cup (1)

2024 – Columbus Crew (United States) (4) 1-1 (5) Club América

Las Águilas won their first Campeones Cup trophy by defeating Columbus Crew on penalties.

This trophy is contested between the Campeón de Campeones of Liga MX and the MLS champion, and has been played since 2017.

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