Flamengo Basketball

Flamengo Basketball
Flamengo Basketball logo
NicknameFla
Big 'Mengo
Scarlet-Black
Vulture
The Evil One
LeaguesNBB
BCLA
Founded15 November 1895; 129 years ago (1895-11-15)
(parent athletic club)
1919; 105 years ago (1919)
(basketball club)
HistoryC.R. Flamengo Basquete
(1919–present)
ArenaMaracanãzinho
Capacity15,000
LocationRio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Team colorsRed, black, white
     
Main sponsorBanco BRB
PresidentRodolfo Landim
Team managerDiego Jeleilate
Head coachGustavo de Conti
Championships2 FIBA Intercontinental Cup
2 Champions League Americas/Americas League
1 FIBA South American League (LSB)
1 South American Club Championship
7 NBB Championships
1 CBB Championship
See Honors
Retired numbers1 (14)
Websiteflamengo.com.br

The Flamengo Basketball team is a professional Brazilian basketball team based in Rio de Janeiro. It is a part of the Clube de Regatas do Flamengo multi-sports club family. The club's full name is Basquetebol do Clube de Regatas do Flamengo. The club's commonly used short names are C.R.F. Basquete, C.R. Flamengo Basquete, Flamengo Basquete, and FlaBasquete.

Flamengo is one of the most traditional and successful basketball teams in Brazil, having won the top-tier level Brazilian National League title eight times, once during the Brazilian Basketball Championship era, and seven times during the NBB era (the current Brazilian League format). The team also won the South American second-tier level FIBA South American League (LSB) in 2009 (I), the Americas top-tier level FIBA Americas League in 2014 and Basketball Champions League Americas in 2021, and the FIBA Intercontinental Cup twice in 2014[1] and 2022.

Brazil's senior national team's all time legend, Oscar Schmidt, played with Flamengo between 1999 and 2003, and is one of the most important players in the club's history.

  1. ^ "Flamengo down Maccabi to lift Intercontinental Cup". fiba.com. 28 September 2014. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2014.