brazilian sports cabaret based in Rio de Janeiro
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Football club

Clube de Regatas do Flamengo ( brazilian portuguese : [ ˈklubi dʒi ʁeˈɡataʒ du flaˈmẽɡu ] ; english : Flamengo Rowing Club ), more normally referred to as plainly Flamengo, is a brazilian sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, in the vicinity of Gávea, best known for their professional football team. The baseball club was first gear established in 1895 specifically as a rowing cabaret and did not play their first official football match until 1912. Flamengo ‘s traditional undifferentiated features red and black striped shirts with white shorts, and crimson and blacken striped socks. Flamengo has typically played their home matches in the Maracanã, the home stadium of Brazil, since its completion in 1950, with some exceptions in recent years. Since 1969, the vulture ( portuguese : urubu ) has been the most recognize mascot of Flamengo. [ 2 ] Flamengo established themselves as one of Brazil ‘s most successful sports clubs in the twentieth hundred during the era of state leagues in Brazil when they captured several Campeonato Carioca ( Rio de Janeiro express league ) titles prior to the constitution of the first brazilian national football championship in 1959. Since then, they have remained successful in brazilian football, having won 8 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, including the 1987 Copa União, 3 Copa do Brasil, and a criminal record 37 Campeonato Carioca. They are one of three clubs to have never been relegated from the brazilian Serie A. In south american and worldwide competitions, the clubhouse ‘s highest achievements are their conquests of the 1981 and 2019 Copa Libertadores, and 1981 Intercontinental Cup against Liverpool, led by the club ‘s most iconic player Zico. Flamengo ‘s fiercest and longest-standing rivalries are with the early “ Big Four “ of Rio de Janeiro : Fluminense, Botafogo and Vasco da Gama. Flamengo is the most popular club in Brazil, with over 40.2 million supporters as of 2020. [ 3 ] It is besides Brazil ‘s richest and most valuable football club with an annual gross of R $ 950.0 million ( € 163.04 million ) [ 4 ] and a valuation of over R $ 2.9 billion ( € 469.21 million ). [ 5 ]

history [edit ]

administration of the club ( 1895–1912 ) [edit ]

Flamengo was founded on November 17, 1895, by a group of rowers gathered at golf club extremity Nestor de Barros ‘s manor on Flamengo Beach in Rio de Janeiro. In the former nineteenth century, row was the elite, amphetamine center class fun in the region and the group hoped to impress the unseasoned women of the city ‘s high society by establishing a rowing club. previously, they could only afford a secondhand boat named Pherusa, which had to be completely rebuilt before it could be used in competition. The team debuted on October 6, 1895, when they sailed off the Caju Point toward Flamengo Beach. however, strong winds turned over the gravy boat and the rowers about drowned. They were rescued by a fishing gravy boat named Leal ( Loyal ). late as the Pherusa was undergoing repairs, it was stolen and never found again. The group saved money to buy a newfangled boat, the Etoile, renamed Scyra .
The recently formed football ( soccer ) team before a catch vs. Paissandu, 1912. On the night of November 17, the group gathered at Nestor de Barros ‘s manor on Flamengo beach and founded the Grupo de Regatas do Flamengo ( english : Flamengo Rowing Group ) and elected its foremost board and president of the united states ( Domingos Marques de Azevedo ). The name was changed a few weeks late to its stream title of Clube de Regatas do Flamengo ( Flamengo Rowing Club ). The founders decided that the anniversary of the club ‘s foundation should be commemorated on November 15 to coincide with republic Proclamation Day, a national holiday. Flamengo ‘s football team was only established after a group of ten dissatisfy players from Fluminense broke away from that club following a quarrel with its board. [ 6 ] The players decided to join Flamengo because Alberto Borgerth, the team ‘s captain, was besides a oarsman for Flamengo. besides, establishing a land sports department at Flamengo was preferable to joining football rivals Botafogo or the all-English club Paissandu. The new members were admitted on November 8, 1911. A gesture against the club taking part in football tournaments was put to a vote but was defeated, and as a result the members officially established the club ‘s new football department on December 24, 1911 .
The Flamengo team of 1914, when the club won its first Carioca championship The new team trained on Russel Beach [ platinum ] and gradually gained the accompaniment of the locals, who closely watched their rehearse matches. The first official match was played on May 3, 1912, and marked, to this day, the largest gross profit of victory in the baseball club ‘s history, as they defeated Mangueira 16–2. Flamengo ‘s foremost ever match against Fluminense, the beginning of the Fla-Flu competition, was played on July 7 of that year and was won by Fluminense by a score of 3–2. That same year, Flamengo finished as runner-up of the Campeonato Carioca, the Rio de Janeiro State Championship. The team ‘s beginning consistent was nicknamed the “ papagaio vintém “, due to its similarity to a particular type of kite. In 1914 the club won the Campeonato Carioca for the first time, dressed in a crimson, black, and white-striped shirt nicknamed the “ cobra coral “ ( coral snake ) was worn until 1916. Flamengo won the Campeonato Carioca again in 1915, 1920, and 1921. In 1925, the team won the Campeonato Carioca and five early tournaments, a record at the time. In 1927 the big Rio newspaper Jornal do Brasil, in partnership with a mineral body of water company, held a mail-in contest to find “ the most beloved baseball club in Brazil. ” Though Flamengo enjoyed their largest addition in fan support after the club professionalized in the 1930s, they still defeated popular rivals Vasco district attorney Gama in the right to vote. [ 7 ] This was the first of many times that Flamengo would be polled as the nation ‘s most popular clubhouse, originating the nickname “ O mais querido do Brasil “ ( “ the most beloved of Brazil ” ). [ 8 ] In 1933 the team went on its beginning go outside Brazil ( to Montevideo and Buenos Aires [ 9 ] ) and on 14 May of the same year played its final examination couple as an amateur team, defeating River Futebol Clube by a seduce of 16–2. [ 10 ] After this, the club ‘s football department became professional .

early professional era ( 1934–1955 ) [edit ]

Local advertiser José Bastos Padilha was elected baseball club president in 1934 and served until 1937. Under his tenure, the club massively improved its popularity in both Rio de Janeiro and the entirety of Brazil. For publicity, he organized a contest for students in schools to create phrases describing Flamengo, from which the idiom uma vez Flamengo, Flamengo até morrer ( “ once you are Flamengo, you are Flamengo ’til you die ” ) was developed and would late be adopted as separate of the clubhouse ‘s hymn. In 1936 Padilha signed excellent players such as Domingos district attorney Guia and Leônidas district attorney Silva ( who would go on to be the leading goalscorer in the 1938 FIFA World Cup as a Flamengo player ). These beloved players endeared Flamengo to the populace and it is believed that by this time Flamengo was the most popular club in the nation. [ 7 ] In 1937 Flamengo hired hungarian coach Izidor “ Dori ” Kürschner, who introduced the WM system to Brazil and other innovations from Europe such as train without the consumption of the testis and playing a more defensive, control dash. Padilha facilitated the construction of Flamengo ‘s new stadium and current train center, the Estádio district attorney Gávea. The stadium was inaugurated on September 4, 1938, when Vasco district attorney Gama defeated Flamengo 2–0 and Kürschner was promptly fired. In 1938, the five-year divide in Rio de Janeiro football over the challenge between professionalism and amateurism was resolved with the amalgamation of the two competing leagues ( Flamengo had been a member of the professional LCF – Liga Carioca de Football ). In 1939, after twelve years without winning any titles, Flamengo conquered the state championship with a team that would become the basis of the three-time state champions in the 1940s. In 1941, the group played its first gear international rival, the Hexagonal Tournament of Argentina. [ 11 ] In 1942, the first organized supporters group in all of Brazil, Charanga Rubro-Negra, was founded in support of Flamengo. [ 12 ] Flamengo ‘s popularity grew incidentally during World War II when Brazil ‘s allies the United States installed two high-octane antennas in Natal and Belém in the north of Brazil to intercept enemy radio signals. [ 8 ] They besides allowed residents in the North and Northeast regions to receive the radio broadcasts of football matches. As Rio de Janeiro was the national capital at the time and Flamengo was highly successful in the war years with Zizinho and Domingos da Guia, countrywide patronize increased. In 1944, Flamengo completed their first tricampeonato Carioca : three consecutive Rio de Janeiro country titles ( winning the 1942, 1943, and 1944 competitions ). [ 13 ] The key actor of this squad was Zizinho, a player developed at Flamengo and considered the first always “ idol ” of the club. Zizinho was transferred to Bangu good before the begin of the 1950 World Cup in Brazil, where he scored doubly and the Seleção finished runner-up. From 1953 to 1955, Flamengo once again won the Rio de Janeiro State League three consecutive times. [ 13 ]

Zico and the world champions ( 1974–1983 ) [edit ]

Flamengo won their 18th Campeonato Carioca express backing in 1978. The keep up five years would come to represent the club ‘s most glorious era. brazilian stars like Júnior, Carpegiani, Adílio, Cláudio Adão and Tita were led by Zico to become state champions three times in a course – the club ‘s third tri-championship. This run of sustain excellent play pushed Flamengo towards its beginning brazilian backing in 1980. As national champions, the club qualified to play in the south american english continental tournament, the 1981 Copa Libertadores, for the first base time. The 1981 season is a benchmark class in Flamengo ‘s history. [ 14 ] They advanced through the semi-final group stage of the Copa Libertadores with four victories in four matches. [ 15 ] In the final examination they encountered Chilean club Cobreloa, besides a debutante clubhouse in the tournament. In the beginning concluding at the Maracanã, Flamengo prevailed ( 2–1 ) with two goals from Zico. In the National Stadium in Santiago the stick to workweek, the brazilian team received a violent reception on the field and fell 1–0 from a loose recoil. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] Equal on goals, a one-third match was played at the neutral venue of the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo. [ 17 ] Zico scored doubly in the first one-half, sealing the game and the championship. Flamengo were crowned champions of South America on November 23 and qualified for the Intercontinental Cup, a single match to be played in Tokyo ‘s Olympic Stadium against european Champions ‘ Cup winner Liverpool FC. On December 13, 1981, Zico, Tita, and Nunes took the sphere for the most significant pit in the club ‘s history. Two goals by Nunes and one by Adílio ( all in the beginning half ) along with a bright midfield performance by Zico earned Flamengo the title of beginning brazilian World Champions since Pelé ‘s Santos, shutting out Liverpool 3–0. [ 18 ] The follow two years were besides marked with success. One more Rio de Janeiro State Championship in 1981 and two brazilian Championships – 1982 and 1983 – closed Flamengo ‘s “ Golden Age. ” [ 19 ]

National success and the revert of Zico ( 1984–1994 ) [edit ]

After two years playing in Italy for Udinese, Zico returned to the Flamengo in 1986 and won his last country backing. only one month after returning, he suffered a dangerous knee injury after a violent tackle from Bangu defender Marcio Nunes, which interrupted his career for several months and affected his imprint in the 1986 FIFA World Cup .
Zico played for Flamengo from 1971 to 1983 and 1985–89, setting several records for the club. In 1987, Zico was a major contributor to Flamengo ‘s victory in the first gear version of the Copa União. That year, the CBF was experiencing serious fiscal and institutional crises and was ineffective to secure sponsorship to organize the national championship as in years anterior. As a leave, the thirteen biggest clubs in Brazil ( which included Flamengo ) reacted and created a new entity named the Club of 13 to organize a championship of their own. The CBF originally supported the decisiveness by the Club of 13, but were pressured by other clubs to create a larger national tournament. As a consequence, CBF placed three extra clubs into the Copa União, regarded the Copa União as the “ green Module, ” and organized a second “ yellow Module ” of 16 other teams. CBF then decided that for the 1987 brazilian Championship, the winners and runner-up of both modules would face each other in a knockout-style cup to determine the national supporter and reservation for the Copa Libertadores, although this decision was made after the begin of the backing, without Club of 13 agreement. With impregnable performances from Zico, Zé Carlos, Renato Gaúcho and Bebeto, Flamengo conquered the Copa União with major victories over Internacional and Atlético Mineiro. however, there was a quarrel over whether Flamengo and Internacional of the green Module would dispute the quadrangular against Sport Recife and Guarani of the Yellow Module. The Club of 13 clubs had agreed to not participate in the concluding set up by the CBF, since it was decided while the matches were already being played, but Eurico Miranda, a representative of Vasco, Flamengo ‘s archi-rival and extremity of the Club of 13, had already signed an agreement with CBF regarding the final, without the board consent. Flamengo still did not participate in the final examination under the understanding that it would entirely determine the entrants of the Copa Libertadores and not the brazilian national champion. [ 20 ] CBF formally recognized Sport as the lone champion in 1987 and they qualified to the Copa Libertadores. In 2011, CBF retroactively declared Flamengo champion of 1987. [ 21 ] however, Sport by and by appealed the decision to a Common Justice Tribunal, which is prohibited by FIFA, and CBF ultimately declared Sport as the sole supporter of that class. [ 22 ] Throughout his career at Flamengo, Zico scored 508 goals and was the top scorekeeper in club history before retiring in 1990. [ 23 ] even without its biggest star, the early years of the post-Zico era were successful for Flamengo. They achieved home victory in the second edition of the Copa do Brasil in 1990, defeating Goiás in the finals. In 1992, Flamengo won their one-fifth Campeonato Brasileiro, defeating Botafogo across two legs in the final ( 3–0, 2–2 ). The team ‘s key player was again Júnior at 38 years old .

Title drought ( 1995–2005 ) [edit ]

After the brazilian League title in 1992, the club entered a major fiscal crisis and domestic and external achievements became less patronize. In 1995, the year of Flamengo ‘s centennial, radio sports broadcaster Kléber Leite became chair of the club and signed striker Romário, the stream FIFA World Player of the year, from Barcelona. [ 24 ] He joined Sávio and late Edmundo to become, as the supporters called, “ the attack of dream ”. [ 25 ] even with Romário and early stars, Flamengo ‘s centennial class did not yield major trophies. Flamengo only won the Taça Guanabara, the first phase of the Rio de Janeiro State League. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] Flamengo besides finished runner-up of 1995 Supercopa Libertadores. however, in 1996, Flamengo went undefeated in the Campeonato Carioca, conquering both the Taça Guanabara and Taça Rio phases. Romário was the exceed scorer of the tournament. Sávio was the exceed scorer and best player in Flamengo ‘s triumphant 1996 Copa de Oro campaign. The Copa de Oro was Flamengo ‘s first international success since 1981, their third base overall external title. [ 28 ] In 1999, Edmundo dos Santos Silva was elected club president, and brought with him a massive compress with sports marketing company ISL. [ 29 ] Despite poor campaigns in the Campeonato Brasileiro, Flamengo won the 1999 Copa Mercosur, the second-tier cup of South America, and continued to be successful at the regional level, winning the ternary in country championships ( 1999-2000-2001 ) for the fourthly time as well the 2001 Copa perform Campeões inter-state title. In 2001 league play, Flamengo avoided delegating to the brazilian Série B by winning against Palmeiras the final examination match of the tournament. [ 30 ] The club suffered a serial of bad campaigns in the national league in the take after years. ISL went bankrupt in 2002 for reasons unrelated to their contract with Flamengo, and the club was left without its affluent partner. In the same year, Edmundo Santos Silva was removed from his function as president in a controversial manner amidst accusation of impropriety. [ 31 ] Lacking the funds to make key signings, Flamengo failed to field competitive teams and narrowly avoid delegating in the 2002, 2004, and 2005 campaigns. 2005 was one of the worst seasons in Flamengo ‘s history. The club alone escaped delegating after the arrival of coach Joel Santana, who directed the team to six wins and three draws in nine matches played under his command. twice in this low period, in 2003 and 2004, the team reached the finals of the Copa do Brasil, ultimately falling to Cruzeiro and Santo André. This Flamengo has besides evaded massive taxes in the Banestado scandal [ platinum ]. [ 32 ] [ 33 ]

conclusion of the drought ( 2006–2018 ) [edit ]

Adriano celebrating a goal for Flamengo. In 2009 he finished as joint top-scorer in Série A with 19 goals. In 2006, Flamengo reached the final of the Copa do Brazil for a one-fifth time, so far managed to conquer the style against rivals Vasco district attorney Gama. From 2007 to 2009 Flamengo completed their one-fifth tricampeonato in the Carioca department of state league, and became exclusive owners of the record for most Carioca titles with 31 ( Fluminense had 30 at the time ). On March 9, 2007, Flamengo received a commemorative date on the Rio de Janeiro ( state of matter ) official calendar. Governor Sérgio Cabral Filho declared November 17 ( the day the cabaret was founded ) “ Flamengo Day ”. In the 2007 Brazilian Série A, Flamengo won many games at base, escaped the relegation zone and climbed to 2nd plaza before being defeated by Náutico 1–0 in the final polish and ultimately ending the season 3rd. This marked a dramatic improvement in league consequence from previous seasons. Flamengo finished 5th the comply year, and in 2009 after finishing the first half of the brazilian Série A in 10th place, Flamengo won the claim. With this victory Flamengo became five-time Brazilian League champions 17 years after their last title in 1992. [ 34 ] The 2009 championship team finished the season with 67 points, the lowest victorious point entire in Brazil since the current league format was established in 2003. Flamengo were champions despite spending only two rounds at the top of the league : the final examination two. The style was won after a dramatic 2–1 come-from-behind victory against Grêmio in the final round .
Ronaldinho celebrates scoring for Flamengo in February 2011. International success continued to elude Flamengo through the twenty-first hundred. After finishing runner-up in the 2001 Copa Mercosur to San Lorenzo on penalties, the club survived as far the quarter-finals only one time in their follow twelve competitions ( both Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana ). In 2008 in Flamengo ‘s first base official tournament tie against a club from Mexico, they defeated Club América 4–2 in the Estadio Azteca before losing controversially 3–0 at home and being eliminated in the Copa Libertadores round of 16. Flamengo experienced a poor footrace in Série A from 2010 to 2015, finishing better than 10th only once. Following the achiever of 2009, the baseball club gambled on winning respective titles and signed striker Vágner Love to form a pair with Adriano. The ambition of repeating as state champions four times in a course was foiled by Botafogo in 2010. After narrowly qualifying out of the group stage in the Copa Libertadores, coach Andrade was still fired. In their inaugural quarter-final appearance since 1993, Flamengo were eliminated by Universidad de Chile. concisely after, Vágner Love and Adriano left the team. A series of coaching changes during the troublesome domestic league saw Flamengo outlive relegation and title the final position to the Copa Sudamericana under coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo. The blockbuster sign of 2011 was 30-year-old ace Ronaldinho from A.C. Milan. He was joined by Argentine Darío Bottinelli and Fluminense idol Thiago Neves. Flamengo won the Campeonato Carioca outright in an undefeated crusade, but captured no other trophies that temper : eliminations in the Copa do Brasil by Ceará and the Sudamericana by Universidad de Chile, and a fourth-place finish in the league left fans feeling that a hard roll had been squandered. The temper saw the retirement of serbian baseball club idol Dejan Petković angstrom well. In 2012 Ronaldinho sued Flamengo claiming miss of payment for four months and canceled his contract with the club, [ 35 ] Thiago Neves returned to Fluminense after a drawn-out negotiation with contract-holders Al-Hilal, and defender Alex Silva was loaned to Cruzeiro after threatening Flamengo with a lawsuit. Vágner Love and Ibson returned for a 2012 crusade that yielded no trophies and a group-stage exit from the Libertadores. At the end of 2012, Flamengo elected Eduardo Bandeira de Mello as club president for three years. The goal of his condition was to improve the club ‘s finances, after an independent audit assessed Flamengo ‘s debt at R $ 750 million. [ 36 ] After a distinctive series of managerial changes, Jayme de Almeida was appointed as interim director during which he fought off delegating and won the 2013 Copa do Brasil final against Atlético Paranaense. It was Flamengo ‘s third Copa style, after 1990 and 2006. Flamengo ‘s Copa do Brasil title-defense fell short-circuit to Atlético Mineiro in the semi-final. however, by 2014, Flamengo was the only club that successfully reduced their debt over the year ( down to R $ 600 million ) and recorded the highest annual profit. [ 37 ] In 2015 after an inconsistent beginning to the Carioca and national league seasons, multiple managers were dismissed and Flamengo failed to qualify for the Libertadores. however, Flamengo had signed Paolo Guerrero and Ederson and were the most valuable golf club in Brazil with debt now reduced to R $ 495 million. [ 38 ] As a leave, president of the united states Bandeira was re-elected. The club signed fan-favorite Diego [ 39 ] in the mid-season and mounted a strong campaign, but could not catch Palmeiras in 2016. 2017 was characterized as the year Flamengo played two major finals at the goal of the season but failed to win either. After going undefeated in the 2017 Campeonato Carioca, they were eliminated in the Libertadores group stage, failing to win a one meet away from dwelling but qualifying for the Copa Sudamericana in third set. In the Copa do Brasil, the club reached the final where they lost in a penalty gunfight to Cruzeiro. Less than three months belated, they reached an unprecedented Copa Sudamericana concluding. They lost away to Independiente and drew at base 1–1, losing the title. After the couple, a group of Flamengo supporters rioted outside the hotel where Independiente were staying. CONMEBOL punished the golf club with two closed-door home matches in the follow Copa Libertadores. [ 40 ] Nine years after their end Campeonato Brasileiro victory, Flamengo made a style ply but fell good inadequate. In 2018 they spent the most rounds as league drawing card ( thirteen ) and broke their points phonograph record from 2016 ( 72 ), but finished runner-up behind Palmeiras. That season, the clubhouse recorded their two highest outgoing transfer fees in history : 18-year-old winger Vinícius Júnior [ 41 ] moved to Real Madrid in July for €46 million, and 20-year-old midfielder Lucas Paquetá [ 42 ] [ 43 ] transferred to Milan for a reported €35 million at the goal of the class. Both were products of Flamengo ‘s young person academy .

New glory ( 2019–present ) [edit ]

On the good morning of February 8, 2019, a fire erupted at Flamengo ‘s Ninho do Urubu train center living quarters. [ 44 ] [ 45 ] [ 46 ] The fire resulted in the deaths of ten-spot academy players between the ages of 14 and 17 education with the club. Three others were injured. The campaign of the burn was a malfunction air-cool unit that caught arouse in the room of one of the victims close to 5:00 am. President Rodolfo Landim described it as “ the worst tragedy the club has always experienced in its 123 years. ” [ 47 ] The governor of the state of Rio de Janeiro declared a three-day period of mourning following the calamity. [ 48 ] Since then, Flamengo fans sing in memory of those kids, normally referred to as the “ Garotos do Ninho ”. It happens every 10th minute of Flamengo home games, since 10 kids unfortunately died in the calamity. The 2019 season marked the most successful one in the club ‘s footballing history. At the end of 2018, Rodolfo Landim was elected club president for a three-year term. Flamengo paid the most expensive incoming transfer fee for a player in brazilian football history, signing Giorgian De Arrascaeta [ 49 ] from Cruzeiro for R $ 63 million ( €14.5 million ). In January the clubhouse signed forward Bruno Henrique from Santos and secured the loanword of striker Gabriel “ Gabigol ” Barbosa from Inter Milan. [ 50 ] [ 51 ] After advancing out of the Copa Libertadores group stage, coach Abel Braga resigned and Flamengo hired Portuguese director Jorge Jesus. [ 52 ] [ 53 ] Europe-based players Rafinha, Filipe Luís, Pablo Marí and Gerson were added to play aboard Flamengo ‘s other record signings. [ 54 ] [ 55 ] After qualifying to their first Copa Libertadores semi-final since 1984, Flamengo defeated Grêmio 5–0 in their dwelling leg at the Maracanã to advance their first Libertadores concluding since 1981. For the first time in Copa Libertadores history, the final was played as a single match in a impersonal venue. On November 23, 2019, at the Estadio Monumental in Lima, Peru against defending champions River Plate, Flamengo trailed 0–1 in the final examination minutes before Gabriel scored doubly to secure the 2–1 victory. [ 56 ] Less than 24 hours by and by, Flamengo became champions of the Campeonato Brasileiro for the first time since 2009 with four matches in hand after a loss by Palmeiras to Grêmio in the 34th cycle. Flamengo became lone the second brazilian club to win their submit backing ( 2019 Campeonato Carioca ), Campeonato Brasileiro, and Copa Libertadores in the like season, after Pelé ‘s 1962 Santos team. Flamengo ‘s 2019 crusade under Jorge Jesus ‘ leadership broke a number of records in the Campeonato Brasileiro ‘s 20-team double round-robin earned run average ( 2006–present ) : most points ( 90 ), most wins ( 28 ), most goals scored ( 86 ), best goal differential ( +49 ), longest undefeated streak ( 24 matches ), most points clear of runner-up ( 16 ) and most goals by a individual player ( 25 from Gabriel Barbosa ). [ 57 ] Flamengo participated in the FIFA Club World Cup for the first base time in the club ‘s history in 2019 in Qatar. The club defeated Al Hilal SFC 3–1 in the semi-final, but lost 0–1 to Liverpool in the final. [ 58 ]

Crest and uniforms [edit ]

cap [edit ]

Flamengo ‘s cap has changed slightly throughout the cabaret ‘s history. Most of the changes has been changes to the lock letters monogram, with the latest redesign being unveiled in 2018. [ 59 ] The clubhouse uses three crests in different situations : the fully peak is used as the club ‘s official logo, the rowing crest is used for all rowing related uniforms and equipment, and the white “ CRF ” monogram is typically the merely component of the crest wear on the primary football uniform. Beginning in 1980, Flamengo wore three white stars aligned vertically along the side of their monogram crest to indicate their three country league tri-championships ( 1942–43–44, 1953–54–55, and 1978–79–79 Special ). [ 60 ] When Nike became Flamengo ‘s kit out supplier in 2000, their first kit featured the full moon shield peak with three stars above it for the foremost time. After the fourthly state league tri-championship ( 1999-2000-2001 ) and to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the 1981 Copa Libertadores and Intercontinental Cup championships, a fourth flannel star and a gold star topology were introduced above the crest. Since 2005 the club uses entirely the gold star topology above the “ CRF ” monogram peak on their shirts .

Club ‘s crest
1980–2018
Club ‘s crest
2018–present
Rowing crest
( 1985–2018 )
Rowing crest
( 2018–present )

Uniforms [edit ]

At the 1895 meeting which established the Flamengo row club, the cabaret ‘s official colors were decided as blue and gold to symbolized the flip of Rio de Janeiro and the riches of Brazil. [ 61 ] The team adopted a undifferentiated of midst blue and aureate horizontal stripes. however Flamengo failed to win a single regatta in their first year and gained the nickname of “ bronze baseball club. ” The team colors were perceived as bad luck, and the color framework was expensive to import from England. One year after the club ‘s establishment, the official colors were replaced with the stream red and black. In 1912, at the request of the Flamengo row team ( who opposed the use of their like uniform by the newly established football team ), the football players dressed in shirts divided into crimson and black quarters which became known as the papagaio de vintém consistent, named after a finical style of kite. however the shirt became synonymous with bad fortune and was replaced in 1913 by a shirt with bolshevik and black horizontal stripes and thinner white bands. This undifferentiated was nicknamed the cobra coral due to its similarity to the form of a coral snake. This was the uniform wear when Flamengo won their first Campeonato Carioca claim in 1914. The white bands were removed from the shirt in 1916 as the traffic pattern was identical similar to the flag of Germany at the time, who Brazil was allied against in World War I. The rowing team permitted the football team to use their same undifferentiated, and Flamengo ‘s traditional football uniform of a crimson and black striped shirt, white shorts and red-black socks was born. [ 62 ] In 1938, Flamengo coach Dori Kruschner suggested the creation of a secondary white consistent to “ improve the visibility in night matches. ” The new uniform was approved by the club, and Flamengo became a pioneer of secondary uniforms in Brazil. The white shirt had two red and black stripes across the chest until 1979 when it was changed to a plain white chest with stripes on the sleeves. This was the shirt worn by the team that won the 1981 Intercontinental Cup. [ 62 ] Beginning in the 1990s the club began to experiment with their second and third base alternate uniforms, sometimes wearing all black or all bolshevik shirts. [ 63 ] In 1995 for the club ‘s centennial, a “ papagaio de vintém ” shirt was worn in friendlies. [ 62 ] In 2010 uniform supplier Olympikus introduced a blue sky and gold alternate uniform which paid court to Flamengo ‘s original colors and regatta uniform, however it was not well received by fans who likened it to the uniform wear by the fictional satirical team “ Tabajara ” on the popular drollery program Casseta & Planeta Urgente. [ 61 ] [ 64 ] In the first one-half of the 2009 season, the team wore a uniform without sponsorship for the first time in 25 years. [ 62 ] Flamengo have continued to traditionally wear crimson and black striped shirts with whiten shorts as their elementary uniform .


Traditional primary uniform

Traditional secondary uniform
2015 “papagaio de vintém” kit

2010 blue and gold alternative kit

The follow is a tilt of Flamengo ‘s sponsors and uniform suppliers. [ 65 ] [ 66 ] [ 67 ]

uniform deals [edit ]

Uniform supplier Period Contract
announcement
Contract
duration
Value Notes
Nike 2000–2008 July 6, 2000 July 6, 2000 – June 30, 2009 (9 years) Undisclosed [86][87]
Olympikus 2009–2013 May 27, 2008 July 1, 2009 – March 30, 2013 (5 years) Total R$170 million [88][89]
Adidas 2013–present December 20, 2012 May 1, 2013 – April 30, 2023 (10 years) Total US$175.24 million [90][91]

Stadiums [edit ]

Rua Paysandu [edit ]

Flamengo ‘s first official home grind was the Estádio da Rua Paysandu ( “ Paysandu Street Stadium ” ). The flat coat once belonged to Paissandu Atlético Clube before they ceased playing football in 1914. The owners of the land rented the field to Flamengo where they played their home matches from 1915 to 1932. [ 92 ] Between 1912 and 1915 ( and subsequently between 1932 and 1938 ), the cabaret played all their matches on the grounds of Botafogo or Fluminense. The first Flamengo peer at Rua Paysandu was played on October 31, 1915, in the Campeonato Carioca against Bangu. Crowds of 15,000 watch Flamengo face Fluminese at the park in 1918 and 1919 .

Estádio district attorney Gávea [edit ]

Estádio district attorney Gávea Flamengo ‘s home stadium is nominally the Estádio da Gávea ( officially named the Estádio José Bastos Padilha at Flamengo ‘s Gávea Headquarters ), which was inaugurated on September 4, 1938, and has a capacitance of 4,000 people. The stadium is named after José Bastos Padilha, Flamengo ‘s president at the fourth dimension of the stadium ‘s structure, from 1933 to 1937. even though Flamengo no long play their matches at Gávea, the site serves as the club ‘s administrative headquarters. Since the 1990s, the stadium has been used about entirely for the cabaret ‘s youth and women ‘s teams ‘ matches, and as the discipline prime for the aged team. Most matches are played at the importantly larger Maracanã Stadium, considered by supporters as the real Flamengo family ground. [ 93 ] Gávea Stadium is not actually located in the region of Gávea but preferably in Leblon. During the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the Dutch National Team used the Estádio district attorney Gávea and all of its facilities as their discipline footing in homework for the contest. [ 94 ]

Maracanã [edit ]

Inside view of Maracanã Since its construction for the 1950 World Cup, the Maracanã has chiefly served as the home background for the four biggest Rio de Janeiro clubs. The stadium was formally completed in 1965, 17 years after construction began. In 1963, more than 194,000 people attended a peer between Flamengo and Fluminense at the Maracanã. The capacity of the stadium allowed Flamengo to have the largest corroborate of any clubs in Brazil for much of the twentieth century. [ 95 ] [ 96 ] In 1989 Zico scored his final goal in the historic stadium, setting the current unbroken criminal record for goals in the Maracanã at 333. An upper stand in the stadium collapsed on July 19, 1992, in the moment match of the finals of 1992 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A between Botafogo and Flamengo, leading to the death of three spectators and injuring 50 others. [ 97 ] Following the calamity, the stadium ‘s capacity was greatly reduced as it was converted to an all-seater stadium in the late 1990s. Following its fiftieth anniversary in 2000, the stadium undergo renovations which would increase its fully capacity to around 103,000. After years of plan and nine months of blockage between 2005 and 2006 ( during which Flamengo played their base matches at Volta Redonda ‘s Estádio Raulino de Oliveira and Portuguesa ‘s Estádio Luso Brasileiro ), the stadium was reopened in January 2007 with an all-seated capacity of 87,000. For the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics and Paralympics, a major reconstruction project was initiated in 2010. The master seat bowl, with a two-tier configuration, was demolished, giving room to a new one-tier induct bowl. [ 98 ] The stadium is officially under the management of brazilian conglomerate Odebrecht as of 2013. [ 99 ] This has resulted in unfavorable rental agreements for Flamengo who do not officially administer the stadium and much owe lease fees for matches in excess of their ticket gross, even for matches with high attendance. [ 100 ] The most late lease agreement was signed in 2018 and is valid through 2020. In April 2019, Flamengo and Fluminense came to an agreement with the country and the operators of the Maracanã to serve as joint-managers of the venue for the comply six months, a deal which allowed the clubs to pay a fixed monthly fee and receive a higher share of matchday gross than was granted under the previous cover. [ 101 ]

Ilha do Urubu [edit ]

Ilha do Urubu In 2017, Flamengo played their home matches at the Estádio Luso Brasileiro of Portuguesa while disputing their stadium situation with the Rio de Janeiro state government and Complexo Maracanã Entretenimento S.A. ( composed of Odebrecht, IMX, AEG ), the operator of the Maracanã Stadium. [ 102 ] A three-year agreement was signed with Portuguesa over management of Estádio Luso Brasileiro, named Ilha do Urubu ( “ Vulture ‘s Island ” ) by Flamengo supporters in a poll. [ 103 ] The park was renovated to fit 20,500 spectators. Flamengo started playing at the stadium in March 2017, [ 104 ] but after several delays and administrative issues and a newly contract with the Maracanã, Flamengo broke their rent with the Ilha do Urubu in July 2018. [ 105 ]

Rivalries [edit ]

competition with Vasco district attorney Gama [edit ]

The Clássico dos Milhões ( english : “ Derby of Millions ” ) is the traditional brazilian bowler hat between Flamengo and Vasco da Gama, both from Rio de Janeiro. It is considered one of the biggest rivalries in brazilian football and in football worldwide. The bowler hat ‘s name originated in the 1920s and refers to the two largest fanbases in the department of state of Rio de Janeiro. [ 106 ] Both clubs were established in the deep nineteenth century as regatta row clubs. The first base football match between the club was played in 1923 when Vasco entered the top division of the Campeonato Carioca. From the 1972 to 2001, the match-up was elevated as the most important of Flamengo ‘s rivalries ( surpassing Fluminense ) and became one of the biggest rivalries in all of Brazil. In this span, Flamengo and Vasco played in or won the final examination of each of the phases of the country championship closely every year, frequently facing one another. This besides coincided with the beginnings of the national Campeonato Brasileiro and the growth in popularity of both clubs nationally. The most iconic matches between Flamengo and Vasco featured the idols of both clubs challenging each other : Zico of Flamengo ( 1971–83 ; 85–89 ) and Roberto Dinamite of Vasco district attorney Gama ( 1971–79 ; 80–93 ) .

competition with Fluminense [edit ]

The competition between these two clubs began in October 1911 when a group of dissatisfy players from Fluminense left their club and joined Flamengo, establishing the football department at their new club. The inaugural Fla–Flu ever was played the play along year on July 7. Fluminense won the match 3–2, with 800 people in attendance. [ 107 ] Flamengo and Fluminense are the two most successful team in the Campeonato Carioca : as of 2019 Flamengo have 37 state league titles and Fluminense have 31. In 1963, the Maracanã held 194,603 spectators to watch the Fla-Flu meet .

competition with Botafogo [edit ]

The first gear confrontation between Rio de Janeiro rivals Flamengo and Botafogo occurred in 1913. The meet became known as the Clássico da Rivaldade ( english : “ Rivalry Classic ” ) in the 1960s. Flamengo ‘s mascot of the vulture originated during the June 1, 1969 equal against Botafogo when Flamengo supporters released a vulture onto the field in reaction to the racist cheers of urubu ( vulture ) from Botafogo and other teams ‘ supporters. [ 108 ] Flamengo ‘s top scorer in the bowler hat is Zico and Botafogo ‘s exceed scorer is Heleno de Freitas .

competition with Atlético Mineiro [edit ]

Flamengo has an inter-state competition with Atlético Mineiro of Minas Gerais, developed in the 1980s from numerous controversial encounters between the two clubs in that ten ‘s Campeonato Brasileiro and Copa Libertadores editions. It maintained its high intensity through the pursue years, and is considered one of the biggest interstate rivalries in brazilian football. [ 109 ] [ 110 ] [ 111 ]

Scarlet-Black nation [edit ]

Flamengo supporters at Maracanã stadium. Since the early on 1990s, surveys have shown that Flamengo is systematically the most subscribe cabaret in Brazil with an estimated more than 40 million fans. In a 2019 survey, 20 percentage of adult football fans in Brazil consider themselves supporters of Flamengo, with high levels of support in all states of the country, including the North and Northeast regions, in addition to Rio de Janeiro. Flamengo supporters are known as Nação Rubro-Negra ( en : Scarlet-Black Nation ). The first organize supporters group in all of Brazil, Charanga Rubro-Negra ( Scarlet-Black Charanga Band ), was founded in digest of Flamengo in 1942. [ 12 ] Since then, a bombastic number of extra organized supporters groups have formed around Flamengo, notably Torcida Jovem-Fla ( Young-Fla ), Urubuzada ( Vultures ), Flamanguaça ( FlaBooze ), and Raça Rubro-Negra ( Scarlet-Black Race ). In 2007 Flamengo supporters were declared as part of the cultural inheritance of the city of Rio de Janeiro, along with bossa nova and Bola Preta, the oldest carnival block in Rio. [ 112 ] In the 1983 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A concluding, Flamengo played against Santos in the Maracanã in front of an official push of 155,523 with some estimates of over 160,000 people in attendance. The largest attendance for a football match in the earth ‘s history was the bowler hat between Flamengo and Fluminense in 1963, with 194,603 spectators. Flamengo matches in the Maracanã have broken the 150,000 attendance mark thirteen times. In July 2020, their YouTube duct FLATV passed Liverpool FC as the club with the third base most subscriptions for a soccer channel only behind Barcelona and Real Madrid. [ citation needed ] Flamengo ‘s channel reached over 5 million subscriptions. [ citation needed ]

Players [edit ]

For a number of all early and current Clube de Regatas do Flamengo players with a Wikipedia article, see class : Clube de Regatas do Flamengo players

First team police squad [edit ]

As of 10 September 2021[113]

note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

Reserve team [edit ]

note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

Out on lend [edit ]

note : Flags indicate home team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

retired numbers [edit ]

( * ) In hurt of having its number “ 12 ” retired, Flamengo has to re-issue it for CONMEBOL competitions such as Copa Libertadores, where rosters must be numbered from 1 to 50 consecutively. [ 114 ]

staff [edit ]

stream staff [edit ]

As of 22 December 2021.[115]

The trophies won by Flamengo, exhibited at the baseball club .

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Records [edit ]

CONMEBOL club coefficient ranking [edit ]

As of 17 December 2021[119]

average attendance [edit ]

Below is Flamengo ‘s average dwelling equal average attendance in Campeonato Brasileiro league matches since the current league format was adopted in 2003 .

domestic results [edit ]

Below are Flamengo ‘s results in domestic competitions since the previous nationally organized competitions ( 1959 ), before the first official brazilian national championship tournament in 1971 .

International results [edit ]

Below are Flamengo ‘s results in official international competitions since the clubhouse ‘s first qualification to the Copa Libertadores in 1981. Group stage match results are listed with the home peer first .

As of 27 November 2021

( H ) – Home ; ( A ) – away ; ( N ) – neutral

Current control panel of directors [edit ]

As of March 14, 2019[120]
Office Name
President BrazilRodolfo Landim
Vice-president Brazil
Vice-president of administration Brazil
Vice-president of communications and marketing Brazil
Vice-president of Olympic sports Brazil
Vice-president of finance Brazil
Vice-president of Fla-Gávea Brazil
Vice-president of football Brazil
Vice-president of the presidential cabinet Brazil
Vice-president of heritage Brazil
Vice-president of historic heritage Brazil
Vice-president of planning Brazil
Vice-president of external relations Brazil
Vice-president of rowing Brazil
Vice-president of the general secretary Brazil
Vice-president of information technology Brazil

list of Flamengo presidents [edit ]

Below is the presidential history of Clube de Regatas do Flamengo. [ 121 ] The club had dozens of presidents, with variable permanence time. From 1895 to 1932, the terms lasted one year, from 1933 to 1956 two years, from 1957 to 1968 three years, from 1969 to 2000 was again two years and starting from 2001 again three years .

other sports [edit ]

man ‘s basketball [edit ]

Flamengo basketball won the Rio de Janeiro City Championship in 1919 and have since grown to be one of the most successful and supported basketball teams in the state. The club have won six brazilian Championships, a record 44 Rio de Janeiro State Championships, the 1953 South american Championship of Champions Clubs, and the 2009 South american League. [ 122 ] In 2014, Flamengo won the League of the Americas without a single loss, defeating Pinheiros in the concluding. [ 123 ] This qualified Flamengo to their first Intercontinental Cup against EuroLeague champions Maccabi Tel Aviv. Flamengo won and became the second brazilian basketball team in history to be worldly concern champions. [ 124 ] Flamengo, Real Madrid and Barcelona are the alone club to have won the Intercontinental Cups in both football and basketball. [ 125 ] Flamengo hosted and participated in the 2019 FIBA Intercontinental Cup, falling to BCL champions AEK Athens in the final .

Honours [edit ]

  • Copa Super 8: 2
  • Campeonato Brasileiro de Basquete: 1
  • Basketball Champions League Americas: 1
  • FIBA Americas League: 1
  • FIBA Intercontinental Cup: 1

between 1995 and 2001, the Flamengo women ‘s football team competed in the Campeonato Carioca. In 2002 the women ‘s Carioca tournament was not organized, and the club ceased operation of the team. Flamengo attempted to re-established their women ‘s professional football department in 2011 through a partnership with the city of Guarujá where the team trained and hoped to sign Marta, but the team never materialized. [ 126 ] [ 127 ] In 2015 president Eduardo Bandeira de Mello succeeded in establishing the football team through a partnership with the brazilian Navy. In their first season, the team won the women ‘s Campeonato Carioca state championship and have won it every season from 2015 to 2019. In 2016 Flamengo won the Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino for the first gear time against Rio Preto, become the entirely club outside the state of São Paulo to win the tournament since its creation in 2013. [ 128 ] Flamengo besides competed in the 2016 and 2017 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino before the cancellation of the competition in favor of the Campeonato Brasileiro .

Honors [edit ]

  • Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino: 1
2016
  • Campeonato Carioca de Futebol Feminino: 5
2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

Women ‘s basketball [edit ]

The Flamengo women ‘s basketball team won back-to-back brazilian championships in 1954 and 1955. Ten years late with some of the same players, the plan won back-to-back brazilian titles again in 1964 and 1965. Flamengo players Norminha, Angelina, Marlene and Delei were champions of the 1967 Pan american Games in Winnipeg with the Brazil women ‘s national basketball team. In 1966 Flamengo won the Inter-club Basketball World Championship. The team was led by Angelina, considered one of the best players of her prison term. [ 129 ]

Rowing [edit ]

One of the firsts rowing teams of the club, in 1896. The “ Flamengo Regatta Group ”, late renamed the “ Flamengo Regatta Club ”, was established in 1895 as Flamengo ‘s first gear ever organized acrobatic department, forming the basis of the clubhouse ‘s history and identity to this day. The first regatta victory came in 1898 in the Nautical Championship of Brazil, and the first base title was won in 1900, the Regatta of the IV Centenary of the Discovery of Brazil, for which the club was awarded the Jug Tropon trophy. In 1905 the club won a classic event, the south american Cup. By 1908, Flamengo had already won 43 gold, 126 argent and 141 bronze medals. The success of the row club made the team celebrated even before the establish of the football department in 1911. great rowers such as Everardo Paes de Lima, Arnaldo Voigt, Alfredo Correia ( “ Boca Larga ” ), Ângelo Gammaro ( “ Angelú ” ) and Antônio Rebello Junior ( “ Engole Garfo ” ) came through Flamengo, the latter three being considered brazilian sports heroes for completing the Rio-Santos ford in 1932. From 1931 to 1937 Flamengo were seven-time champions of Rio de Janeiro, and were four-time reprise state of matter champions from 1940 to 1943. In 1963 the “ Buck earned run average ” began, which revolutionized Flamengo rowing. The passenger car brought in athletes from other states and renovated the club ‘s facilities to better accommodate the boats. Buck was coach of the brazilian National Team, directing the team in several external competitions. In the early 1980s, Flamengo won the state championship and won again in 1992. The cabaret has won the men ‘s Brazil Trophy 10 times, and the female once, in addition to 45 Carioca state titles .

Water polo [edit ]

Water polo is the second oldest mutant practiced by the club, after rowing. The team played their beginning bet on on May 27, 1913, in Rio de Janeiro, and defeated Clube Internacional de Regatas, 3–2. Flamengo only opened its body of water sports adeptness in 1965. Prior to that, athletes play and trained in the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon or in the sea. Flamengo ‘s first gear polo championship in Rio de Janeiro came in 1985 and was the begin of a discharge of nine consecutive championships through 1993. In 1985 the club won the south american Club Championship and the Brazil Trophy ( besides won four consecutive times ). A female water polo team was established in 1987, winning the Brazil Trophy in 1987 and 1991 and the express championship in 1995 .
The cabaret launched their american football team in 2013, forming a partnership with the Rio de Janeiro Emperors. The Emperors were established in 2008 and had previously partnered with Fluminense from 2010 to 2013. The team formally goes by the name of the Flamengo Emperors and compete in the BFA ( Brasil Futebol Americano ). [ 130 ]

tennis [edit ]

Flamengo began playing tennis championships in 1916 and became three-time Rio champions soon after ( 1916–18 ), even with their athletes training at other clubs. Until 1932 the club practiced tennis on their football field at the Rua Paysandu. In 1963 the cabaret inaugurated their own facilities and courts. The biggest idol of Flamengo ‘s tennis department is Thomas Koch .
In 2017 the club announced they would be entering the increasingly popular e-sports leagues the be year, beginning with a League of Legends department and finally establishing a PES team. Because the competitive League of Legends center of Brazil is at the Riot Games studio in São Paulo, Flamengo established a permanent “ bet on position ” for the team in the city. [ 131 ] Flamengo announced that they would not be partnering with an existing team but preferably would have their own team. In October 2017 they announced the purchase of Merciless Gaming, a team in the 2nd division of the brazilian League of Legends championship. [ 132 ]

extra sports departments [edit ]

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