The regional competitions Copa América and Euro Cup saw 5 nations rising the cup, Colombia ( 2001 ) and Brazil ( 2004, 2007 ) won the Copa América, and France ( 2000 ), Greece ( 2004 ) and Spain ( 2008 ) won the Euro Cup.

At continental level, Brazil has won eight Copa América titles.

They also won another championship, the 2004 Copa América in which Brazil defeated Argentina in a penalty shootout.

Featuring players with tremendous technical prowess like Edmundo, Evair, Zinho, Rivaldo, Alex, and César Sampaio, Palmeiras won other international tournaments – culminating with victory at the Libertadores de América Cup in 1999 ; an accomplishment ranking among the biggest in the club's history.

In 1976, Cruzeiro won its first Copa Libertadores de América, over River Plate of Argentina.

was nicknamed “ Amarillo ”( Yellow ) During the 1956-57 season, when the club won the right to play in the 1st division in which they played in their first tournament for the Copa México against Club América.

* Copa Libertadores de América – Two legs ; 1st leg Grêmio 0-1 Independiente ; 2nd leg Independiente 0-0 Grêmio ; Independiente won 1-0 on aggregate

* Copa Libertadores de América – Two legs ; 1st leg Peñarol 1-1 Grêmio ; 2nd leg Grêmio 2-1 Peñarol ; Grêmio won 3-2 on aggregate

Argentina, in turn, won the Copa América after 32 long years in 1991 in Chile, thanks to a refreshed squad led by the prolific goalscorer Gabriel Batistuta.

The national football team has won 25 major international titles, including two FIFA World Cup, two Olympic gold medals, and fourteen Copa América.

The rivalry with Club América, compared to the others, is quite old and began during the ' 60s, when Universidad won its promotion.

In 1993, Batistuta played in his second Copa América, this time held in Ecuador, which Argentina again won.

After that, Cafu was soon a regular in the starting eleven as Brazil won the Copa América in 1997 and 1999, and reached the 1998 FIFA World Cup final.

In the same year, Romerito played the Copa América which was eventually won by Paraguay.

He won the Copa América three times with Uruguay in 1983, 1987 and 1995, he also played in the 1989 and 1993 editions of the tournament.

In 1986 River won its first Copa Libertadores, defeating América de Cali in the finals ( 2-1 in Cali and 1-0 in Buenos Aires ).

The following year River won its second Copa Libertadores, defeating América de Cali in the finals again ten years after.

After the Copa América and Olympic Games ( where Argentina national team won its first gold medal with Mascherano and Lucho González as part of the team ), River sold most of its figures, so Cavenaghi, Lucho González, Javier Mascherano, Marcelo Salas and Maximiliano López left the club that same year.

They won the 2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D ( national fourth division ) after beating Santa Cruz in both legs of the final, having qualified for the tournament after América de Teófilo Otoni withdrew before the start of the competition.

After the Spanish possession now known as Mexico ( first known as " América Septentrional " or " Northern America ") won its War of Independence from Spain in 1821, Mexico initially retained Spain's missions and settlements along the Pacific coast, and continued Spain's claims to territory as far north as today's border between California and Oregon.

To the surprise of many, América won two games and tied the third.

This so-called Campeonato Sudamericano de Football would be the first edition of what is currently known as Copa América ; Uruguay would triumph in this first edition after tying 0-0 with hosts Argentina in the deciding, last match held in Estadio Racing Club in Avellaneda.

Aftermath of a match in the 2007 Copa América, held for the first time in Venezuela.

The 1987 Copa América was held in Argentina ; this was the first time the nation had hosted an edition in 28 years.

Brazil lifted its first official international title since the 1970 FIFA World Cup after winning the 1989 Copa América held on home soil.

The first rotation has now been completed following the 2007 Copa América which took place in Venezuela.

Gardelito, the mascot for the 1987 competition, was the first Copa América mascot.

The club made its first division appearance on 13 July 1958 against América, losing 4-1.

He also left a number of works that have not been edited: " Historia de la Escritura " ( History of Writing ); " Paleografía universal " ( Universal Paleography ); " Moral de Confucio " ( the Moral of Confucius ); " Historia de las primeras colonias de América " ( History of the first American colonies ); " El hombre vuelto á la religión " ( The man turned to religion ), as well as tracts of a controversial or theological nature.

In 1916, the first edition of the Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol, now known as the Copa América, was disputed in Argentina to commemorate the centenary of the Argentine Declaration of Independence.

On the international level, he first appeared for the Argentine national team, winning the Copa América.

This is also the first FIFA game to feature Latin American club teams aside from those of the Brazilian League ; there are four from Mexico ( América, Toluca, Monterrey and UNAM ; a fifth team, Tigres UANL, is present only in the Game Boy Advance version ) and two from Argentina ( Boca Juniors and River Plate ).

Atlético Nacional was the first Colombian team to win the Copa Libertadores de América, which they did in 1989.

In 1926, América became the first Mexican club to play outside of Mexico.

The 1959-1960 season saw América reach second place for the first time, behind Guadalajara.

The first play-off final was between the leaders of groups 1 and 2, Toluca and América.

After some years of not qualifying to the playoffs, América reached first place in group one in the 1975-1976 season, beating Tecos UAG and Union de Curtidores to reach the final round against Universidad de Guadalajara.

In 1978, América participated in their first Copa Interamericana, playing against Boca Juniors.

América would become the first team from Mexico and from the CONCACAF region to win the competition.

The game happened on November 11, 1942, against América with Cruzeiro winning 1 – 0.

During the match Alfonso Portugal had a memorable game, scoring 5 of the 6 goals for América ; José González scored the other goal to win the championship.

After two draws in both the Azteca Stadium and the Mexico ' 68 Stadium, the last game was played in the Corregidora Stadium in Querétaro, where Daniel Brailovsky secured the championship for América by scoring two goals with the final score of 3-1.

América got the top of his group in Prode-85 and beat Universidad de Guadalajara and Atlante to get to the final round, where confronted Tampico Madero, the game in Tampico was a victory for the Jaibos 4-1, but in Azteca Stadium, América performed a miracle and beat Tampico Madero 4-0 to win the championship.

América at the Club World Cup in a game against Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors.

The opening game was between Club América and Torino F. C.

He played in the 2007 Copa América, where he scored his eighth international goal in the 39th minute of Bolivia's opening game against the host nation of Venezuela.

They lost their first game 0 – 1 to Club América in the semi-final on December 10, however, they defeated Auckland City FC 3 – 0 on December 14 and finished fifth in the tournament.

The final was against América de Cali of Colombia, after a 1 – 0 home win each, the final went to a deciding game in Asunción, Paraguay.

It all came to a climax when the club played top club Club América in the Estadio Azteca where 50, 000 Veracruz supporters poured into a stadium with a capacity of 114, 000 and they set a record for the most supports attending an away game.

The stadium's attendance record was set on June 27, 2012 when Chukchansi Park hosted an exhibition soccer game between Mexican soccer clubs América and Chiapas of the Primera División, in front of a crowd of 16, 125 fans ; breaking the previous record set on June 26, 2008 when the Grizzlies played their parent club, the San Francisco Giants, in an exhibition game in front of 14, 084 fans.

At the final game on June 25, 1945, Puebla faced one of the most important clubs in Mexico América.

the first game played in first division after almost 20 years was against Club América, coach by Francisco González Gatica puebla felt 2-0 in the Estadio Azteca.

The club was runner-up in the Mexican League's Clausura 2005, after losing to Club América in the second game, 6-3.

Tecos got the first win of 3-2 in the Azteca Stadium ; in a dramatic game, América beat Tecos in the Tres de Marzo stadium 2-1, but the goal from Edson Zwarich put the tie in the global score and Tecos was able to pass the finals in the top position.

The stadium ended up hosting the third place game of the Copa América 2004.

The opening game was between Club América and Torino F. C.

At the end of the game, América crossed the stadium applauded by Atlético's fans.

During the 1970s, played for Club América and was a player who quickly won the sympathy of Americanists both for its technical quality as his famous self-sacrifice in every game.

Following this good performance, Gómez was included in the starting lineup for his side's next game against Club América at the Estadio Azteca.