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Fluminense Football Club ( brazilian portuguese : [ flumiˈnẽsi futʃiˈbɔw ˈklubi ] ), known plainly as Fluminense, is a brazilian sports club best known for its professional football team that competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the first tier of brazilian football and the Campeonato Carioca, the express league of Rio de Janeiro. The club is based in the vicinity of Laranjeiras, in the city of Rio de Janeiro.

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The baseball club was founded on 21 July 1902 and Oscar Cox was its first elected president of the united states [ citation needed ]. Fluminense have since been crowned home champions four times, most recently in the 2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the team have besides won the 2007 Copa do Brasil, the 1999 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C and the 1952 edition of Copa Rio ( or Copa Rio Internacional ). Its best external performances are a second gear place at the 2008 Copa Libertadores and a moment seat at the 2009 Copa Sudamericana. In 1949, Fluminense became the first football club to receive the Olympic Cup, awarded annually by the International Olympic Committee to an mental hospital or association with a record of merit and integrity in actively developing the Olympic Movement. Fluminense is a demonym for people autochthonal to the state of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil. Although football was its original attempt, the club is today an umbrella organization for respective teams in more than 16 unlike mutant activities. [ citation needed ] Fluminense ‘s traditional home plate kit consists of garnet, white and park upright striped shirts, white shorts and white socks, an outfit which has been in use since 1920. [ citation needed ] Umbro is the current kit manufacturer. The cabaret holds several long-standing rivalries with other clubs, most notably with Flamengo ( Clássico Fla-Flu ), a well as with Botafogo ( Clássico Vovô ) and Vasco district attorney Gama ( Clássico dos Gigantes ). The baseball club was the birthplace of the Brazil national football team, where the canarinhos have played their foremost ever equal, scored their foremost ever finish and lifted their first gear ever trophy. [ citation needed ] It has contributed the fifth-most players to the home team among all brazilian clubs. [ 2 ]

history [edit ]

Fluminense Football Club was founded on 21 July 1902 in the vicinity of Laranjeiras in the city of Rio de Janeiro by a group of unseasoned football enthusiasts led by Oscar Cox, a brazilian of english origin who had come into reach with the sport whilst studying in Europe. [ 3 ]
The first official match was played against now defunct Rio Football Club, and Fluminense won 8–0. [ 4 ] The club ‘s first gear championship came in 1906, when Fluminense won the Campeonato Carioca. [ 4 ] In 1911, disagreement between Fluminense players led to the formation of Flamengo ‘s football team. [ 4 ] The alleged Fla-Flu bowler hat is considered one of the biggest in the history of brazilian football. [ 5 ] Three years late, in Fluminense ‘s stadium, the Brazil national football team debuted, against touring english club Exeter City. [ 4 ] It was besides there that they won their debut championship, in 1919. [ 6 ] By 1922, Fluminense had 4,000 members, a stadium for 25,000 people, and facilities that impressed clubs in Europe. [ 7 ]
The team that won its beginning Campeonato Carioca, in 1906 The follow years saw an expansion of the club ‘s hegemony in Rio. Fluminense would remain unexcelled in terms of country championships until 2009. [ 8 ] International acclaim came in 1949 with the award of the Olympic Cup, and was farther fostered in 1952 with Fluminense ‘s worldwide respect, the Copa Rio. The baseball club established itself regionally with victory in two Torneio Rio-São Paulo cups in 1957 and 1960. [ 4 ] National honors followed in 1970, 1984, 2010 and 2012 with Taça de Prata and Série A cup, respectively, [ 4 ] besides taking the Cup in Brazil in 2007 and the Brasileirão Série C in 1999. From the 1950s, with the creation of the Rio-São Paulo Tournament, the antecedent of what finally would become the national backing, Fluminense established itself regionally by winning the tournament title in the years of 1957 and 1960 .
Fluminense FC – team in 1960. From the 1960s, the first home championships began to be played in Brazil. Fluminense ‘s beginning national championship came in 1970 ; at that time, Brazil had the best players in world football, and all of them played in brazilian clubs. Although its squad was not counted among the chief contenders of the season in Brazil, Fluminense won the brazilian championship and surpassed the great strengths of the time in Santos, Palmeiras and Cruzeiro .
stained looking glass windows in Fluminense ‘s headquarter In the 1970s, Fluminense signed several celebrated players like Roberto Rivellino. This time, called “ Maquina Tricolor ”, they won the submit championship in the years of 1975 and 1976. In the national backing, Fluminense lost in the semifinal matches to Internacional in 1975 and Corinthians in 1976. Fluminense again became brazilian champions in 1984. This time, they won the State Championship in the years of 1983, 1984, and 1985 with players like Romerito, Ricardo Gomes, Deley, and the “ Casal Vinte ” : Assis and Washington. At the end of the 1980s, Copa do Brasil was created, inspired by the Cup tournaments played in european countries. Fluminense reached the concluding of the Copa do Brasil for the first clock time in 1992, but lost to Internacional de Porto Alegre. A black campaign led to the club ‘s relegation from Brasileirão Série A in 1996. A set of off-field political manoeuvres, however, not performed by Fluminense, allowed Fluminense to remain in Brazil ‘s top domestic league, [ 9 ] lone to be relegated the following year. [ 10 ] wholly out of control the baseball club was relegated from Série B to Série C in 1998. [ 11 ] In 1999, Fluminense won the Série C championship and were to be promoted to Série B when they were invited to take part in Copa João Havelange, [ 12 ] a championship that replaced the traditional Série A in 2000. In 2001, it was decided that all clubs which took separate in Copa João Havelange ‘s alleged Blue Group should be kept in Série A. [ 13 ] In 2002, 2005 and 2012, Fluminense won the Campeonato Carioca again. In 2005 Fluminense reached the final of the Copa do Brasil again, but lost to Paulista Futebol Clube. In 2007, Fluminense won the Copa do Brasil, after beating Figueirense in the final, and was admitted to the Copa Libertadores again after 23 years. [ 4 ] [ 14 ] The club ‘s campaign saw them reach the final and included remarkable matches against Arsenal de Sarandí, São Paulo and Boca Juniors. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] [ 17 ] Fluminense lost the final to LDU Quito in a penalty gunfight. [ 18 ] After signing 27 players and going through 5 different managers in 2009, Fluminense found themselves struggling to avoid another delegating from Série A. [ 19 ] With less than one-third of the backing left, the mathematical probability of the club ‘s delegating was 98 %. [ 20 ] At this point, coach Cuca decided to dispense with some of the more experience players and gave Fluminense ‘s youngsters a probability. [ 21 ] That, along with Fred ‘s recovery from a dangerous wound and significant patronize from the fans, allowed not only a arresting escape from relegation, but besides placed Fluminense in the final of the Copa Sudamericana. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] For the second year in a row, the club contested a continental cup. In a repeat of the former year ‘s Copa Libertadores, Fluminense lost the final to LDU Quito. [ 24 ]
In 2010, Fluminense won the brazilian championship for the third base time in their history, marking their third base home championship after 1970 and 1984. It was besides the one-fourth claim for coach Muricy Ramalho in a ten : Ramalho had won the entitle three times in a course with São Paulo from 2006 to 2008. Darío Conca was named the brazilian Championship ‘s Player of the Season, while Fred and Washington were critical players in Fluminense ‘s winning campaign. On 23 May 2012, Fluminense lost the semifinal qualification equal to Boca Juniors from Argentina, for the continental club football cup, Copa Libertadores. [ 25 ] Later that year, on 11 November, they won their fourth brazilian championship after defeating the near-relegated Palmeiras 3–2. [ 26 ] Fluminense won the Série A for the fourth time on 11 November 2012. [ 27 ] In December 2013, a pull with Bahia in the last round of the 2013 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A had Fluminense mathematically relegated to Série B. however, guerrilla lineups by Portuguesa and Fluminense ‘s main rivals Flamengo in their matches against Grêmio and Cruzeiro respectively caused both teams to lose 4 points after a trial in STJD ( Brazil ‘s governing football jury ). That allowed Fluminense to stay in Série A, with Portuguesa being relegated rather and Flamengo ending the championship as the last non-relegated baseball club .

performance [edit ]

Rio-São Paulo Tournament in the Fluminense Trophy Room Ball used in the first always meet of the Brazi national team at Fluminense Fluminense shirt ( 2017-19 ) Fluminense have taken depart in 47 of the 49 official Serie A championships organized in Brazil since 1971. [ 28 ]

Year	Position	Participants	Year	Position	Participants
1971	16	20	1981	11	44
1972	14	26	1982	5	44
1973	23	40	1983	18	44
1974	24	40	1984	1	41
1975	3	42	1985	22	44
1976	4	54	1986	6	48
1977	26	62	1987	7	16
1978	22	74	1988	3	24
1979	52	94	1989	15	22
1980	11	44	1990	15	20

Year	Position	Participants	Year	Position	Participants
1991	4	20	2001	3	28
1992	14	20	2002	4	26
1993	28	32	2003	19	24
1994	15	24	2004	9	24
1995	4	24	2005	5	22
1996	23	24	2006	15	20
1997	25	26	2007	4	20
1998	19 (Série B)	24	2008	14	20
1999	1 (Série C)	36	2009	16	20
2000	3	25	2010	1	20

Year	Position	Participants	Year	Position	Participants
2011	3	20	2018	12	20
2012	1	20	2019	14	20
2013	15	20	2020	5	20
2014	6	20	2021	7	20
2015	13	20
2016	13	20
2017	14	20

Records [edit ]

Fluminense fans display a aglow mosaic in Maracanã Fans of Fluminense at the Maracanã

[29] Highest attendances – Maracanã [edit ]

1. Fluminense 0-0 Flamengo, 1963 194,603 ¹
2. Fluminense 3–2 Flamengo, 1969 171,599
3. Fluminense 1–0 Botafogo, 1971 160,000
4. Fluminense 0–0 Flamengo, 1976 155,116
5. Fluminense 1–0 Flamengo, 1984 153,520
6. Fluminense 1–1 Corinthians, 1976 146,043

¹ : 177,656 paying, a record for persons award at Maracanã stadium .

Highest average attendance at populace contest for Fluminense [edit ]

Largest average attendance in the Copa Libertadores (RJ): 52,801 (49,011 paying, 2008)
Largest average attendance in the Copa Sudamericana (RJ): 29,357 (27,318 paying, 2009)
Largest average attendance in international tournaments (RJ): 48,797 (37,541 paying, Copa Rio, 1952)
Largest average attendance in national championships (RJ): 43,541 paying (1976)
Largest average attendance in the Tournament Roberto Gomes Pedrosa (RJ): 40,408 paying (1970)
Largest average attendance in the Brazil Cup (RJ): 27,123 paying (2007)
Largest average attendance in the Rio-São Paulo Tournament (RJ): 33,018 paying (1960)
Largest average attendance in the state championship: 47,814 paying (1969, all stages)
Largest average attendance in the state championship in the Maracana Stadium: 93,560 paying (1969, 10 matches)

support [edit ]

Fluminense supporters in 2017 The supporters of Fluminense Football Club are normally related to the upper classes of Rio de Janeiro. [ 30 ] however, the popularity of the club reaches beyond the city limits. Recent polls have estimated the number of supporters to be between 1.3 % and 3.7 % of the brazilian population. [ 31 ] Considering a population of 185 million people, [ 32 ] that would account for numbers between 2.73 and 6.84 million. The best attendance ever observed in a match of Fluminense was registered on 15 December 1963 in a beat up against Flamengo. On that day, an impressive total of 194,000 people showed up at Maracanã stadium. [ 33 ] This occasion remains as the stadium ‘s record for a match between clubs. [ 34 ] celebrated supporters of Fluminense include composers Cartola and Chico Buarque, [ 35 ] [ 36 ] FIFA president of respect João Havelange, [ 5 ] musician Ivan Lins, [ 37 ] poet and actor Mário Lago, [ 38 ] diarist and songwriter Nelson Motta, [ 39 ] dramatist, journalist and writer Nelson Rodrigues, [ 39 ] 1970 FIFA World Cup winner Gérson, Paris Saint-Germain central defender Thiago Silva, Left-back caption Marcelo, former Minister of Culture Gilberto Gil, Silvio Santos, the owner of SBT, the second largest brazilian television network, [ 40 ] and the Academy Award campaigner Fernanda Montenegro. [ 41 ]

Honours [edit ]

Some of the trophies won by Fluminense, exhibited at the golf club : ( left ) : Campeonato Brasileiro Série A and Copa Brasil ; ( right ) Copa Rio 1952 1999 Brasileirão Série C . 2016 Primeira Liga

National [edit ]

regional [edit ]

intercontinental [edit ]

Copa Rio Internacional: 1952

express [edit ]

Fluminense chief derbies [edit ]

Fla-Flu, also called Derby of Crowds (‘Clássico das Multidões’),[42] played with Flamengo;
Giants’ Derby (‘Clássico dos Gigantes’); played with Vasco da Gama;
Grandpa Derby (‘Clássico Vovô’), played with Botafogo. The name comes from being the two oldest practicing football clubs among the great clubs of Rio de Janeiro, and this is also the oldest classic in Brazil, because its first game was on October 22, 1905, friendly that the Fluminense won by 6–0.

According to the fluzao.info site, the average paying populace at the chief classics of Fluminense played in the Estádio do Maracanã is 60,107 against Flamengo, 43,735 against Vasco, 34,359 against Botafogo, 25,127 against America and 22,527 against Bangu ( 1950-2010 ). These statistics could be about 20 % higher, given the issues of the distribution of gratuities at Maracanã. [ 43 ] Corinthians vs Fluminense, interstate derby The bowler hat against Corinthians is possibly the most example among the versatile confrontations with big brazilian clubs played by Fluminense, given the fact that these clubs frequently intersect at decisive moments in their seasons. [ 44 ]

Statistics [edit ]

Fluminense idols honored by the golf club ( 1902-2002 )

Players with most appearances [edit ]

acme goalscorers [edit ]

Waldo in Maracanã .

Coaches with most games [edit ]

Coaches featured in the Club Trophy Room

Companies that Fluminense Football Club presently has sponsorship deals with include :

Players [edit ]

stream team [edit ]

As of 7 October 2021[46]

note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

Reserve team [edit ]