Clube de Regatas do Flamengo
Founded as a rowing club in 1895, now Brazil's most popular and richest football club.
Clube de Regatas do Flamengo is a multi-sports club based in the Gávea neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro. It was founded in 1895 as a rowing club, named after the Flamengo neighbourhood, and played its first official football match in 1912. It is the most popular club in Brazil, with more than 46.9 million fans, and one of two clubs never relegated from the top division, with São Paulo.
Quick Facts
- Club
- Flamengo
- Founded
- 17 November 1895 (rowing club); 24 December 1911 (football department)
- Stadium
- Maracanã
- Capacity
- 78,838
- Chairman
- Luiz Eduardo Baptista
- Manager
- Leonardo Jardim
- League
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A; Campeonato Carioca
- Season
- 2025; 2025
Lore & Background
The team wears red and black striped shirts with white shorts and has played at the Maracanã since 1950. Its training centre, the Ninho do Urubu, is in Vargem Grande, and its youth academy has produced internationals including Zico, Zizinho, Vinícius Júnior, Lucas Paquetá, Júlio César, Adriano, Mário Zagallo, Júnior and Leonardo.
Flamengo is Brazil's richest club, with annual revenue of R$1.2 billion, and the most successful Brazilian team of the 21st century so far. Leônidas da Silva won the 1938 World Cup Golden Boot and Golden Ball as a Flamengo player, and Zizinho won the Golden Ball in 1950.
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