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| Full name | Clube de Regatas do Flamengo | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Rubro-Negro (Scarlet-Black) Mengão (Big Mengo) Malvadão (The Evil One) Urubu (Vulture) | |||
| Founded | 17 November 1895 (Rowing Club) 24 December 1911 (Football Department) | |||
| Stadium | Maracanã | |||
| Capacity | 73,139[1] | |||
| Coordinates | 22°54′44″S 43°13′49″W / 22.91222°S 43.23028°W | |||
| President | Rodolfo Landim | |||
| Head coach | Filipe Luís | |||
| League | Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Campeonato Carioca | |||
| 2023 2024 | Série A, 4th of 20 Carioca, 1st of 12 | |||
| Website | flamengo.com.br | |||
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Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈklubi dʒi ʁeˈɡataz du flaˈmẽɡu]; lit. 'Flamengo Rowing Club'), more commonly referred to as simply Flamengo, is a Brazilian multi sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, in the neighborhood of Gávea, best known for their professional football team. They are one of two clubs to have never been relegated from the top division, along with São Paulo. Flamengo is the most popular team in Brazil with more than 46.9 million fans, equivalent to 21.9% of the population that supports a team in Brazil.[2]
The club was first established in 1895 specifically as a rowing club in the Flamengo neighborhood and did not play their first official football match until 1912. Flamengo's traditional uniform features red and black striped shirts with white shorts, and red and black striped socks. Flamengo has typically played their home matches in the Maracanã (which is also Brazil's national stadium) since its completion in 1950, with some exceptions in recent years. Since 1969, the vulture (Portuguese: urubu) has been the mascot of Flamengo.
Flamengo established themselves as one of Brazil's most successful sports clubs in the 20th century during the era of state leagues in Brazil when they won several Campeonato Carioca (Rio de Janeiro state league) titles prior to the establishment of the first Brazilian national football championship in 1959. Since then, they have remained successful in Brazilian football, having won 7 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, 5 Copa do Brasil, and a record 38 Campeonato Carioca. In South American and worldwide competitions, the club's highest achievements are their conquests of the 1981, 2019 and 2022 Copa Libertadores, and 1981 Intercontinental Cup against Liverpool, led by the club's most iconic player, Zico.
The name "Flamengo", first referring to the Flamengo neighborhood and later to the club's name, is a reference to the Dutch navigator Olivier Van Noort, who tried to invade the city of Rio de Janeiro in the 16th century from Flamengo Beach.[3] "Flamengo" is a direct portuguese translation from the word "Flemish".
Flamengo's fiercest and longest-standing rivalries are with the other "Big Four" of Rio de Janeiro: Fluminense, Botafogo and Vasco da Gama; as well as interstate rivalries with Atlético Mineiro and Palmeiras.[4][5][6]
It's Brazil's richest and most valuable football club with an annual revenue of R$1,2 billion (€ 218 million)[7] and a valuation of over R$3.8 billion (€691 million).[8] Flamengo became the non-European football club with the most followers on social media with 49 million followers across all platforms as of 18 June 2023.[9]
Flamengo have also been well represented in the Brazil national football team; At the 1938 FIFA World Cup, forward Leônidas, a Flamengo player at the time, was the Golden Boot winner with 7 goals and won the Golden Ball, thus becoming the first Brazilian player ever to win those two awards. Twelve years later at the 1950 World Cup, Zizinho, who was a midfielder for Flamengo, also won the Golden Ball after he was voted best player; 4 out of the 10 top scorers for the Brazil National Team have all been Flamengo players at one point in their careers, seven players have won the World Cup whilst playing for Flamengo, and Flamengo player Màrio Zagallo scored Brazil's third goal in the 1958 World Cup final.
Flamengo's youth academy is one of the most prolific in Brazil and in the world, and have developed a number of Brazilian internationals such as Zico, Zizinho, Vinícius Júnior, Lucas Paquetá, Júlio César, Adriano, Mário Zagallo, Júnior and Leonardo.
Flamengo's training center, officially known as "Ninho do Urubu" (which translates to "Vulture's Nest" in English), is located in Vargem Grande, Rio de Janeiro. It serves as the primary training facility for the Flamengo football club, housing their professional teams as well as youth academy.[10]
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- ^ "Qual é a maior torcida do Brasil em 2024". Agenda Bafafá. 7 March 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ "Origins of the name "Flamengo"".
- ^ Simões, Alexandre (12 April 2023). "Vasco tem perdido espaço como maior rival de flamenguistas, mostra pesquisa". CNN Brasil. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ "Colunistas opinam: Palmeiras já superou Vasco como maior rival do Flamengo?". www.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 20 April 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ "Flamengo x Palmeiras é a maior rivalidade interestadual? Colunistas debatem". UOL (in Brazilian Portuguese). 8 November 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ "Flamengo arrecada R$ 1,2 bi como europeu, mas só atinge elite com Liga". www.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2 March 2023.
- ^ "Estudo aponta os clubes mais valiosos do Brasil; veja o ranking". exame.com. 30 January 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
- ^ "Flamengo is the non-European club with the most followers on social media". 17 June 2023.
- ^ "Fire at Flamengo's centre kills 10 youth players". ESPN.com. 8 February 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2024.