
Club América, known to fans as Las Águilas (The Eagles), competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football, and stands as the most decorated club in the country. The team was founded on 12 October 1916, when college students in Mexico City merged two school squads and chose the name América because the date fell on Día del descubrimiento de América, the holiday marking the arrival of Columbus in the Americas. The yellow shirt and navy blue kit inspired the nickname Azulcremas, and a 1960s stretch of big-money signings added another tag that stuck: Millonetas, the Millionaires. Owned by media company Televisa since 1959, the club plays its home games at Estadio Azteca, an 87,523-seat landmark and the largest stadium in Latin America.
The honors list explains the swagger. América has won a record sixteen Liga MX titles, a record six Copa México cups, and a joint-record seven Campeón de Campeones, and no Mexican club has lifted more silverware overall. The 1980s served as the golden decade, bringing five league titles including three in a row. On the continental stage the club has claimed ten FIFA-recognized international trophies, the most of any team from CONCACAF. América also ranks among the seven Mexican clubs never to suffer relegation, and in 2024 it became the first football club floated on the Mexican Stock Exchange, with a Sportico valuation in 2025 of US$770 million placing it among the most valuable clubs in North America.
Matchday is the main event. Estadio Azteca opened in 1966 and has since hosted the 1968 Summer Olympics along with the 1970 and 1986 FIFA World Cups, so few venues anywhere carry this kind of history. The fixture every fan circles is El Súper Clásico against Guadalajara, widely regarded as the biggest rivalry in Mexico and one of the biggest in the world. América rounds out the Big Four of Mexican football alongside Guadalajara, Cruz Azul, and Pumas UNAM, and the two capital derbies, the Clásico Joven against Cruz Azul and the Clásico Capitalino against Pumas UNAM, keep the home schedule charged. Demand for Club América tickets peaks when those rivals come to town.
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