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Flamengo Football Club




Flamengo football club is a Brazilian multisport college based in Rio de Janeiro founded to rowing contests in November 17, 1895. Created in the neighborhood of the same name, moved to the neighborhood Gavea in the first half of the twentieth century.

His performance in football began in 1912. His greatest glories in this sport are the Intercontinental Cup (Intercontinental Cup) and the Copa Libertadores 1981, the team that had names like Paulo Cesar Carpeggiani (technical), Junior, Adilio, Tita and led by Zico, regarded as the greatest idol in the history of club. Flamengo is the current holder of the Brazilian Championship of 2009.

Holds the record for longest winning the Campeonato Carioca with 31 titles, and won the third championship in five opportunities state (1942-44, 1953-55, 1978, 1979 and especially 1979, 1999-2001 and 2007-09). On July 26, 2009, became the first club to reach the mark of a thousand games in the First Division of the Brazilian Championship. Along with Botafogo Futebol e Regatas, holds the longest streak of unbeaten Brazilian football with 52 games in 1979. Even Botafogo, Fluminense Football Club beyond and Vasco da Gama are the great sporting rivals Flamengo throughout history.

It is the club with the largest numbers of fans in Brazil and the world, as some polls indicate. It is estimated to have a crowd between 33 and 40 million fans in Brazil alone. Furthermore it is the only club in Rio's world champion, is the second team that won more times the Brazilian Championship with five titles recognized by the CBF and is the most successful team of the Carioca championship with 31 titles.

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