Clube de Regatas do Flamengo
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| Full name | Clube de Regatas do Flamengo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | Mengo Mengão O Mais Querido (The most loved)' Urubu (Vulture) Rubro-Negro (The Scarlet-Black) |
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| Founded | November 15, 1895 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Maracanã (public stadium) Gávea (own stadium) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Capacity: 95,000 (Maracanã) 8,000 (Gávea)) |
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| Chairman |  Márcio Braga |
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| Head coach | Cuca |
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| League | Campeonato Brasileiro Série A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, 5th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Clube de Regatas do Flamengo is a Brazilian multisport club located in 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" (which means Big Mengo), as well descriptions of the club's official colors, rubro-negro, which translates to "the scarlet-blacks" or "the scarlet and black."
Flamengo's football/soccer team --the most popular club in Brazil with an estimated 35 million supporters -- placed 9th in FIFA Clubs of the 20th Century.
The club has been sponsored by Petrobras since 1984, the longest single sponsorship in Brazilian football.[1]
The Vulture is the mascot of the club.
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[edit] 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 Flamengo (neighborhood next to Largo do Machado, Laranjeiras and Botafogo neighborhoods) 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 3-2.
[edit] The Golden Age
In 1978 a scarlet-black Golden Age was beginning when Flamengo won the Rio de Janeiro State Championship. The five following years would be years of glory. Stars as Júnior, 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, beating Liverpool 3-0, with all goals on the first half.
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.
[edit] 2007 season
On March 9, 2007, Flamengo earned a commemorative date in Rio de Janeiro state's official calendar. On that day, State Governor Sérgio Cabral Filho signed Law 4998, declaring November 17th (the day the club was founded) "the Flamengo day".
In the 2007 Brazilian Football Championship, Flamengo surprised all the other teams at the half of the season winning many games at home, leaving the relegation zone and reaching the second place and then being defeated the last match in Recife (Pernambuco) by Náutico(Brazilian team from Pernambuco), by 1-0. After this match, Flamengo finished the Championship at the third place, leaving from the second worst to the third best.
[edit] 2008 season
Video of Flamengo's opening game at Estádio do Maracanã *[1]
Flamengo started the year by winning the Rio de Janeiro State Championship over arch rival Botafogo. However a couple of days later, in the late rounds of Libertadores Cup, the team was eliminated at home by Club América from Mexico. In this very day, Joel Santana, a well appreciated coach by Flamengo fans, coached his last match before taking South Africa National Football Team. Experts say that the team was eliminated because the finals against Botafogo took a heavy toll on the players stamina and endurance for the matchup against América. The 0-3 score was the biggest headline in the soccer world in the following day as Flamengo had won easily 4-2 in Azteca Stadium. The elimination at Maracanã was labeled by the world press as a second "Maracanazo".
[edit] Football
Flamengo is one of the three clubs to have never been relegated or removed from the Brazilian First Division, the others being Cruzeiro and Internacional.
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, although the most historical rivalry is with Fluminense, dating from the beginning of football in the club, at 1912.
[edit] Titles
[edit] International
- Intercontinental Cup: 1981
- Copa Libertadores: 1981
- Conmebol Gold Cup: 1996
- Copa Mercosur: 1999
[edit] 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
- Kirin 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
[edit] National
- Brazilian 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
[edit] 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, 2008
- Taça Guanabara (1st round of State Championship): 18
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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, 2008
- Taça Rio (2nd round of State Championship): 7
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- 1978, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1991, 1996 (undefeated), 2000
- Torneio Início of the Carioca Championship: 1920, 1922, 1946, 1951, 1952, 1959
- Rio´s Cup: 1991
[edit] Youth
- Taça São Paulo de Juniores: 1990
- Taça Belo Horizonte de Juniores: 1986, 2003, 2007
- Copa Macaé de Juvenis: 1999, 2006
[edit] First-team squad
As of January 9, 2009, according to combined sources on the official website.
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[edit] Squad Changes (2009)
In:
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Total spending: ▼ $????
Out:
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Total income: ▲ $????
Out on loan:
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For recent transfers, see List of Brazilian football transfers 2008.
For previous seasons transfers, see Flamengo squad changes in 2008.
[edit] First-team staff
Head coach - Cuca
Assistant coach - Andrade
Assistant coach - Júlio César Camargo
Fittness coach - Riva Carli
Goalkeeping coach - Roberto Barbosa dos Santos
Head doctor - José Luís Runco
Doctor - Walter Martins
Doctor - Marcelo Soares
Doctor - Marcio Tannure
Doctor - Serafim Borges
Psychologist - Paulo Ribeiro
[edit] Former noted players
For details on former players, see List of Clube de Regatas do Flamengo players and Category:Clube de Regatas do Flamengo players.
- See also Category: Flamengo players
[edit] Former noted coaches
For details on former coaches, see List of Clube de Regatas do Flamengo coaches