Clube de Regatas do Flamengo
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| Full name | Clube de Regatas do Flamengo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Mengo, Mengão, Mais querido, Urubu (vulture) and Rubro-Negro (The Scarlet-Black) |
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| Founded | November 15, 1895 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Gávea, Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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| Capacity | 8,000 (Gávea) 95,000 (Maracanã) |
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| Chairman | Márcio Braga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Joel Santana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Brazilian Série A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Brazilian Série A, 11th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Clube de Regatas do Flamengo is a Brazilian multisport club from Rio de Janeiro.
Despite not being the club's official name, Flamengo has become the term used by most to refer not just to the football team, but also the entire sporting association. Other nicknames used by fans include Fla, Mengo, and Mengão, as well descriptions of the club's official colors, rubro-negro, which translates to "the scarlet-blacks" or "the scarlet and black."
The club's mascot is the vulture (Urubu, in Portuguese). Consequently, fans occasionally use Urubu as one of the team's nicknames, whereas rival supporters sometimes use the name in pejorative chants.
Flamengo's football team -- the most popular in Brazil with 36million estimated supporters -- placed 9th in FIFA Clubs of the 20th Century.
The club has been sponsored by Petrobras since 1984, the longest single sponsorship in any country.
History
Flamengo was founded on November 15, 1895 as a rowing club by José Agostinho Pereira da Cunha, Mário Spindola, Nestor de Barros, Augusto Lopes, José Félix da Cunha Meneses and Felisberto Laport.
The group used to gather at Café Lamas, in the Largo do Machado neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, and decided to form a rowing team. Rowing was the elite sport in Rio de Janeiro in the late 19th century and the youngsters hoped having their own club would make them popular with the young ladies of the city's high society.
They could only afford a used 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, from the Maria Angu beach, heading off to Flamengo beach. However, strong winds turned over the boat and the rowers nearly drowned. They were rescued by a fishing boat named Leal ("Loyal"). Afterwards, as the Pherusa was undergoing repairs, the boat was stolen and never again found. The group then had to save up money to buy a new boat, the "Etoile", renamed "Scyra."
On the night of November 17th, the group, gathered at Nestor de Barros's manor on Flamengo beach, founded the Flamengo Rowing Group ("Grupo de Regatas do Flamengo", in Portuguese) and elected its first board. The name was changed a few weeks later to "Clube de Regatas do Flamengo" ("Flamengo Rowing Club"). The founders also decided that the anniversary of the club foundation should be celebrated on November 15th, so as to coincide with the Day of the Republic, a national holiday.
Flamengo only embraced football when a group of dissatisfied players from Fluminense Football Club broke away from the club following a dispute with the board. The players (Alberto Borghert, Othon de Figueiredo Baena, Píndaro de Carvalho Rodrigues, Emmanuel Augusto Nery, Ernesto Amarante, Armando de Almeida, Orlando Sampaio Matos, Gustavo Adolpho de Carvalho, Lawrence Andrews and Arnaldo Machado Guimarães) decided to join Flamengo because Borgeth, who was the team's captain, was also a rower for Flamengo. Admittance of the new members was approved on November 8, 1911. A motion against the club taking part in football tournaments was defeated, and the members assembly officially created the football team on December 24, 1911.
The new team used to train on Russel beach, and gradually gained the support of the locals, who closely watched their practice games. The first official match was played on May 3, 1912 and is, to this day, the most spectacular victory of the club, as the team defeated Mangueira 16 to 2. The first Fla-Flu (which would eventually become one of the most famous football derbies in the world) was also played in that year, on July 7, and was won by Fluminense, by 3 x 2.
On March 9, 2007, Flamengo earned a commemorative date in Rio de Janeiro state's official calendar. On that day, State Governor Sergio Cabral Filho signed Law 4998, declaring November 17th (the day the club was founded) "the Flamengo day".
Football
Flamengo are one of the four clubs to have never been relegated or removed from the Brazilian First Division, the others being Cruzeiro, Internacional and Vasco da Gama.
Their biggest rivals are the other three top clubs from Rio de Janeiro: Fluminense, Botafogo and Vasco da Gama. Nowadays, Vasco da Gama are considered Flamengo's top rivals, but intensity of football rivalry has changed in Rio over generations: during the 1960s and most of the 1970s, for instance, Flamengo supporters considered Botafogo to be the club's top rival.
Titles
International
- Intercontinental Cup: 1981
- Copa Libertadores de América: 1981
- Mercosur Cup: 1999
- South American Golden Cup: 1997 (undefeated)
- Conmebol Gold Cup: 1996
Friendly tournaments
- Napoli Tournament (Italy) : 1981
- Ramón de Carranza Cup (Spain): 1979, 1980
- Palma de Mallorca Tournament (Spain): 1978
- Naranja Trophy (Spain) : 1964, 1986
- Prince of Astúrias & Algarve Trophy (Spain):1980
- Colombino Trophy (Spain) : 1988
- Rio de Janeiro International Summer Tournament :1970, 1972
- Juan Perón Trophy (Argentina): 1953
- Summer Tournament (Argentina, Uruguay) : 1961
- Punta del Este Tournament (Uruguay) : 1981
- Lima Tournament (Peru) : 1952
- Kirim Cup (Japan): 1988
- Hamburg Tournament (Germany): 1989
- Sharp Cup (Japan): 1990
- SEE Tournament (Japan ): 1994
- Marlboro Cup (USA): 1990
- Tel Aviv Tournament (Israel) : 1958
- Mohammed V Trophy (Morocco) : 1968
- Pepsi Cup (Malaysia) : 1990
- Kuala Lumpur Tournament (Malaysia): 1994
National
- Brazilian National Championship: 1980, 1982, 1983, 1987 (1), 1992
- Brazil Cup: 1990 (undefeated), 2006
- Brazilian Champions' Cup: 2001
- Rio-São Paulo Tournament: 1961
- Brazilian World Champions Cup: 1997 (undefeated)
- Tournament of the People: 1972
- Brasília Tournament :1997
- Elmo Serejo Tournament (Federal District Trophy) : 1976
State
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- 1914, 1915 (undefeated), 1920 (undefeated), 1921, 1925, 1927, 1939, 1942, 1943, 1944,
- 1953, 1954, 1955, 1963, 1965, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1979 (undefeated), 1979 (special) (2),
- 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996 (undefeated), 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007
- Taça Guanabara (1st round of State Championship): 17
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- 1970, 1972, 1973 (undefeated), 1978, 1979, 1980 (undefeated), 1981, 1982, 1984,
- 1988, 1989 (undefeated), 1995, 1996 (undefeated), 1999 (undefeated), 2001, 2004,
- 2007
- Taça Rio (2nd round of State Championship): 6
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- 1983, 1985, 1986, 1991, 1996 (undefeated), 2000
- Torneio Início of the Carioca Championship: 1920, 1922, 1946, 1951, 1952, 1959
- Rio Cup: 1991
Youth
- Taça São Paulo de Juniores: 1990
- Taça Belo Horizonte de Juniores: 1986, 2003, 2007
- Copa Macaé de Juvenis: 1999, 2006
Current squad
As of September 15 2007
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The Golden Age
In 1978 a scarlet-black Golden Age was beginning as Flamengo won Rio State Championship. The five following years would be years of glory. Stars as Junior, Carpegiani, Adílio, Cláudio Adão and Tita were led by Zico to become State Champions for three times in a row. The excitement and pride of the achievement pushed Flamengo towards its first Brazilian Championship in 1980. Then, as national champions, the club was qualified to play the South American continental tournament - the Libertadores Cup.
1981 is a landmark year in Flamengo's history. After beating Chilean Cobreloa in three matches, the club became South American Champions. The next goal was clear: the World Club Championship, a single match to be played in Tokyo's Olympic Stadium, Japan, against European Champions' Cup winner Liverpool FC.
Raul, Leandro, Marinho, Mozer, Júnior, Andrade, Adílio, Zico, Tita, Nunes and Lico were the line-up in charge of playing Flamengo's most important match ever on December 13, 1981. Two goals by Nunes, one goal by Adílio, and a brilliant performance by Zico were more than enough to make Flamengo the first Brazilian World Champions club since Pelé's Santos FC.
The next two years would also be great. Another Rio's State Championship in 1981 and two Brazilian Championships - 1982 and 1983 - closed the Golden Age in a fantastic way.
Noted players
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- See also Category: Flamengo players
Brazilian champions 1992
- Gilmar
- Charles
- Gélson Baresi
- Wilson Gottardo
- Fabinho
- Uidemar
- Júnior
- Zinho
- Júlio César
- Gaúcho
- Piá
- Mauro
- Djalminha
Records
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| 1. Junior | 857 |
| 2. Zico | 731 |
| 3. Adílio | 611 |
| 4. Jordan | 589 |
| 5. Andrade | 556 |
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| Source: Flamengo Official Website |
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| 1. Zico | 508 |
| 2. Dida | 244 |
| 3. Henrique | 214 |
| 4. Romário | 204 |
| 5. Pirilo | 201 |
| *As of December 31, 2005 | |
| Source: Flamengo Official Website |
Brazilian League record
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Brazil Cup record
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Noted Coaches
Modesto
Bria
Carlinhos- Paulo César Carpegiani
- Cláudio Coutinho
- Flávio
Costa
- Ney
Franco
Dori Kürschner- Vanderlei Luxemburgo
- Jair
Pereira
- Joel
Santana
- Telê
Santana
- Fleitas Solich
- Zagallo
Stadium
Flamengo's home stadium is nominally the José Bastos Padilha Stadium (also known as Gávea Stadium), which was inaugurated on