Not even Rafael Garza Gutiérrez himself, much less the professor and coach Eugenio Cenoz, at the head of a group of students, would have imagined that on October 12, 1916, they would found the club with the most titles in the history of Mexican soccer, whose image is as big as the stories of love and hate that generates America’s shirt.
Indeed, this day 108 years ago began a story of a team that has managed to win more titles than anyone else andin Aztec football with 15 league championships and where its name alone is synonymous with greatness, as well as controversy that divides opinions and criteria at all levels.
Because with the simple fact of mentioning the name of América, it is talking about a team that has known how to grow from its own mistakes to build an image that is difficult to match and that represents the importance of Mexican soccer at all levelsalways surrounded by controversy and brilliant moments.
We could spend hours mentioning all the players who have passed and defended this shirt, but the reality is that no one could deny that players like Luis Alves “Zague”, the famous “Lone Wolf”, Javier “Chalo” Fragoso, Jorge “Coco” Gómez, began to forge in the decade of the 60s what is now the support of the most winning organization in Mexican soccer.
It is true that before the aforementioned decade, there were other important players, but the reality is that the true winning story of the Americanist teambegan from this time and in the seventies it grew with the emergence of players such as Alfredo Tena, Cristóbal Ortega, Hugo Enrique Kiesse, Carlos Reinoso and Enrique Borja, among the most notable.
Its decade of splendor
These antecedents were the preamble of what was to come. in the future with the most winning decade of America in the 80s. A team led by the Chilean Carlos Reinoso and that managed to amalgamate a squad with figures such as Alfredo Tena himself, Cristóbal Ortega, Héctor Miguel Zelada, Eduardo Bacas, Carlos Hermosillo and the son of the “Lone Wolf”, Luis Roberto Alves “Zaguinho” who He wrote his story in golden letters and even surpassed the exploits of his father.
Nor leave aside the Adrián Chávez, Gonzalo Farfán, Antonio Carlos Santos, who under the command of the Brazilian Jorge Vieira, They did their bit to place in the Americanist showcases two more titles in the 80s.
Precisely in these 10 years of American splendor, they won five league titles that added to the 15 that they currently hold and that It makes them the most important team in this area in Aztec football.
It is true that in the 90s America was synonymous with great football, but nevertheless having figures such as Cuauhtémoc Blanco himself, Braulio Luna, Joaquín del Olmo, Luis García, Omam Biyik, Kalusha Bwayla and be directed by the Dutch Leo Beenhakkerthey went blank in winning titles.
Then come names like Cuauhtémoc Blanco, another of the Americanist legends, Guillermo Ochoa, Cris, the Ecuadorian, Christian Chucho, Benítez, the Paraguayan Salvador Cabañas, who brutally saw his great history with the Águilas broken, due to a violent event in which he was involved due to his own fame.
In more recent times we cannot forget Moisés Muñoz, Edson Álvarez, Henry Martín, Raúl Jiménez, who catapulted his image to European football thanks to his work with the American uniform. and that helped add two more titles for the American team.
All this background led to what is today the two-time soccer champion of Mexicowho with the help of Brazilian coach André Jardine knew how to put together a team with elements such as Luis Malagón, Igor Lichnovsky, Jonathan Dos Santos, Diego Valdés, Álvaro Fidalgo and Henry Martín, among many more who managed to touch the sky with their hands crowned in the two most recent tournaments.
Nor could we pass up on this 108th anniversary the names of such important technicians as Fernando Marcos, José Antonio Roca, Raúl Cárdenas, Carlos Reinoso, Jorge Vieira, Manuel Lapuente, Mario Carrillo, Miguel Herrera, and recently the Brazilian, Andre Jardine, who have operated to promote the image of the Coapa painting to other levels.
In this way, the 15 league titles won in this brilliant history are: (1965-66, 1970-71, 1975-76, 1983-84, 1984-85, PRODE 1985, 1987-88, 1988-89, Summer 2002, Clausura 2005, Clausura 2013, Apertura 2014, Apertura 2018, Apertura 2023 and Closing 2024)
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