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Fluminense FC

Fluminense Football Club (Brazilian Portuguese: [flumiˈnẽsi futʃiˈbɔw ˈklubi]), known as Fluminense or more commonly as Flu, is a Brazilian sports club best known for its professional football team that competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A, the first tier of Brazilian football, and the Carioca Championship, the state league of Rio de Janeiro. The club is based in the neighbourhood of Laranjeiras since its foundation in 1902. Fluminense is the oldest football club in Rio de Janeiro.

Fluminense
Full nameFluminense Football Club
Nickname(s)Tricolor
Flu
Fluzão (Big Flu)
Nense
Pó de Arroz (Rice Powder)
Time de Guerreiros (Team of Warriors)
Founded21 July 1902; 121 years ago (1902-07-21)
StadiumMaracanã
Capacity78,838[1]
PresidentMário Bittencourt
Head coachFernando Diniz
LeagueCampeonato Brasileiro Série A
2023
2023
Série A, 7th of 20
Carioca, 1st of 12 (champions)
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Fluminense have been crowned national champions four times, most recently in the 2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A; the team have also won the 2007 Copa do Brasil and the 1952 Copa Rio. In 1949, Fluminense became the only football club in the world to receive the Olympic Cup, awarded annually by the International Olympic Committee to an institution or association with a record of merit and integrity in actively developing the Olympic Movement. Its best international performances are finishing champions of the 2023 Copa Libertadores, and reaching the 2008 Copa Libertadores finals.[2]

Fluminense is the gentilic given to people born in the state of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil.

Fluminense's traditional home kit consists of an iconic combination of three colors: burgundy, white, and green, disposed in vertical stripes, since its adoption in 1904. White shorts and white socks, an outfit which has been in use since 1920, complement the home kit for O Tricolor.

The club holds several long-standing rivalries with other clubs, most notably with Flamengo (Clássico Fla-Flu), Botafogo (Clássico Vovô) and Vasco da Gama (Clássico dos Gigantes). The Clássico Fla-Flu in particular is widely considered one of the greatest football derbies in Brazil and South America, having eventually set the world record for the highest attendance in a match between football clubs (over 200.000 spectators in the stadium of Maracanã).

The club is the birthplace of the Brazil national football team, which played its first game amidst the club’s 12th anniversary celebrations. In Fluminense's ground, the Estádio de Laranjeiras, the “Canarinhos” held their first ever match, scored their first ever goal and lifted their first ever trophy. To this today, the club has contributed the fifth-most players to the national team among all Brazilian clubs.[3]

History edit

 
Oscar Cox, founder of Fluminense

Rio's football pioneering edit

Fluminense Football Club was founded on 21 July 1902, in the neighbourhood of Laranjeiras, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, by a group of young football enthusiasts led by Oscar Cox, an English citizen born in Brazil, who had come into contact with the sport whilst studying in Europe, and Cox was subsequently elected as the first president.[4] Therefore, it was the first football club to be founded in the city, whose most popular sport at the time was rowing.[5]

 
Preguinho, a notable Fluminense player

The first official match was played against now defunct Rio Football Club, and Fluminense won 8–0.[2] The club's first title came in 1906, when Fluminense won the state championship (Campeonato Carioca).[2]

In 1911, disagreement between Fluminense players led to the formation of Flamengo's football team.[2] The so-called Fla-Flu derby is considered one of the biggest in the history of Brazilian football.[6] Three years later, in Fluminense's stadium, the Brazil national football team debuted, against touring English club Exeter City.[2] It was also there that they won their debut title, in 1919.[7]

By 1922, Fluminense had 4,000 members, a stadium for 25,000 people, and facilities that impressed clubs in Europe.[8]

Construction of Maracanã edit

 
Goalkeeper Carlos Castilho, in 1956

The 1950 World Cup strengthened football in the country, and as a result, the country's biggest teams, which basically only competed in state tournaments, began to measure their strength in tournaments and matches against teams from other states. To hold the competition, the Maracanã was built, the largest stadium in the world at that time, and which became the main stadium for Fluminense's games.[9]

In the context of the World Cup held in the country in 1950, CBD, accompanied by FIFA and IFAB, decided to hold a competition that pitted the champion clubs from the main FIFA-affiliated countries against each other, thus creating the International Champions Club Tournament, better known as Copa Rio. The competition brought together the Champion clubs from countries in South America (Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay) and Europe (Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland and Yugoslavia), its first edition was in 1951, being won by Palmeiras.[10]

In 1951, Fluminense won the Carioca championship, which meant that the team qualified for the 1952 Copa Rio. The team had great players who represented the Brazilian team, such as Carlos Castilho, Píndaro, Pinheiro, Didi, Orlando Pingo de Ouro and Telê Santana.

In the first phase of the competition, the teams were divided into two groups, the first played their matches at Maracanã, and the second played their matches at Pacaembu, Fluminense was in the first group and faced Grasshopper (Switzerland), Sporting Lisboa (Portugal) and Peñarol (Uruguay), and qualified in first place. In the semi final they beat Austria Wien (Austria), and in the final they defeated Corinthians.

From the 1950s, with the creation of the Rio-São Paulo Tournament, the forerunner of what eventually would become the national championship, Fluminense established itself regionally by winning the tournament title in 1957 and 1960.[2]

National Achievements edit

 
Fluminense team of 1960

From the 1960s onwards, the first national championships were played in Brazil, so that the country could send representatives to the Copa Libertadores. Fluminense's first national title came in 1970; At that time, Brazil had the best players in world football, and they all played for Brazilian clubs. Its squad was among the main candidates of the season in Brazil, Fluminense won the Brazilian Championship overcoming other major opponents of the season in Santos, Palmeiras and Cruzeiro.

In the 1970s, Fluminense signed several famous players such as Carlos Alberto Torres, Dirceu, Gil, Narciso Doval, Pintinho and Roberto Rivellino. This team, called "Tricolor Machine", won the state championship in 1975 and 1976. In the national championship, Fluminense lost in the semifinals to Internacional in 1975 and Corinthians in 1976.

Fluminense became Brazilian champions again in 1984, playing in the final against Rio rivals Vasco da Gama. During the decade, they also won three state championships in a row, in 1983, 1984 and 1985, defeating their main rival Flamengo, in the final of the first two. These titles were won by great players such as Branco, Delei, Edinho, Ricardo Gomes, Romerito 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 final of the Copa do Brasil for the first time in 1992, but lost to Internacional in a penalty shootout, in a controversial match in Porto Alegre.

A disastrous campaign led to Fluminense's relegation from Brasileirão Série A in 1996. However, a set of off-field political manoeuvres not performed by the club allowed them to remain in Brazil's top domestic league,[11] only to be relegated the next year.[12] Completely out of control, the club was relegated from Série B to Série C in 1998.[13] 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,[14] a championship that replaced the traditional Série A in 2000. In 2001, it was decided that all clubs which took part in Copa João Havelange's so-called Blue Group should be kept in Série A.[15]

2000s: Copa do Brasil title, first Libertadores final edit

 
President Lula with Fluminense players, champions of the 2007 Brazil Cup.

Fluminense had good campaigns in the 2000, 2001, and 2002 Serie A, finishing in the top four each of these times. Fluminense's first title of the 21st century was the 2002 Campeonato Carioca. In 2005, Fluminense won the Campeonato Caroica and the Taca Rio, and finished fifth in the Brasileirao. Later that year, they reached the final of the Copa do Brasil again, but lost to Serie B club Paulista 2–0, marking one of the few times that a Serie B club won the Copa do Brasil.

In 2007, Fluminense won the Copa do Brasil beating Figueirense in the final, and was admitted to the Copa Libertadores again after 23 years.[2][16][17] In the 2007 Serie A, the club finished fourth, and Thiago Neves won the Golden Ball for the league's best player.[17]

The club's 2008 Copa Libertadores campaign saw them reach the finals and included a remarkable 6–0 victory against Arsenal de Sarandí in the group stage,[18] winning both games against Colombian club Atlético Nacional in R16, a comeback against São Paulo in the QF,[19] and disposing of defending champions Boca Juniors in the SF with a 3–1 victory.[20] Fluminense eventually finished runner-up, losing the finals to LDU Quito on penalties after a 5–5 draw on aggregate, despite a hat-trick from Thiago Neves in the second leg.[21] Fluminense had already faced LDU in the group stage, winning 1-0 and drawing 0-0. The club finished fourteenth in the Serie A that season, and only finished one point away from relegation, but curiously still qualifying for the following years Copa Sudamericana.

 
Washington Cerqueira before the 2008 Copa Libertadores final

After signing 27 players and going through 5 different managers in 2009, Fluminense found themselves struggling to avoid another relegation from Série A.[22] With less than one-third of the championship left, the mathematical probability of the club's relegation was 98%.[23] At this point, manager Cuca decided to dispense with some of the more experienced players and gave Fluminense's youngsters a chance.[24][17] That, along with Fred's recovery from a serious injury and substantial support from the fans, allowed not only a sensational escape from relegation with five matches remaining, but also placed Fluminense in the Copa Sudamericana finals, having eliminated rivals Flamengo.[25][26] For the second year in a row, the club contested a continental cup. In a repeat of the previous year's Copa Libertadores, Fluminense lost the finals to LDU Quito.[27]

2010s: Two-time Brazilian championship edit

For 2010, manager Muricy Ramalho replaced Cuca. His first task was in the 2010 Copa do Brasil quarter-finals against Gremio, where Flumiense were eliminated 5–3 on aggregate. However, this elimination was not considered a "failure", in part because with this elimination the club was not participating in any other competitions and could fully focus on the Brasileirao.[17] Eventually, the elimination helped the club, and that year, with Ramalho's effective defensive block conceding the least amount of goals in the league, Fluminense won the Brazilian championship for the third time in their history after 26 years, securing it with a 1–0 victory at home to already relegated Guarani.[17] It was also the fourth title for coach Ramalho in a decade: Ramalho had won the title three times in a row with São Paulo from 2006 to 2008. Darío Conca was named the Brazilian Championship's Player of the Season, playing all 38 league matches,[17] while Fred, Washington, and Deco were decisive players in Fluminense's title-winning campaign.

For the 2011 season, the new manager was Abel Braga, who led the team to a third-placed finish in the Serie A and qualification for the following year's Copa Libertadores, despite being eliminated in the round of 16 of the aforementioned competition by Club Libertad. The club decided to keep coach Abel Braga for 2012, and made big investments for the squad, bringing back Thiago Neves and signing youngster Wellington Nem.[17] On 13 May 2012, Fluminense won the Campeonato Carioca, beating Rio rivals Botafogo 5–1 on aggregate for their first title of the 2012 season. In the Copa Libertadores, Fluminense was eliminated in the quarter-finals by powerhouse Boca Juniors, losing 2–1 on aggregate.[28] Later that year, on 11 November, they won their fourth Brazilian championship after defeating near-relegated Palmeiras 3–2, with three matchdays left.[29][30] Striker Fred was also the competition's top scorer, with 20 goals, and received the CBF Best Player award.[31] Goalkeeper Diego Cavalieri had a phenomenal season and won the Bola de Prata as the league's best goalkeeper, and Abel Braga was chosen as best coach.[32]

In 2013, the team was eliminated in the Copa Libertadores quarter finals again, this time to Olimpia. In the Serie A, the team began poorly, losing six of their first nine matches, which caused the sacking of coach Abel Braga.[33] Seven undefeated matches in September steered the club away from relegation, but an eight-match winless run put the club back into the relegation fight, mainly due to the absences of stars Deco, Fred, Thiago Neves, Carlinhos and Wellington Nem, and in December 2013, a 2–1 victory away to Bahia in the last round of the 2013 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A had Fluminense mathematically relegated to Série B. However, rule-breaking lineups by Portuguesa and Fluminense's main rivals Flamengo in their matches against Grêmio and Cruzeiro respectively caused Portuguesa and Flamengo to lose 4 points after a trial in STJD (Brazil's governing football jury). The points lost by Flamengo and Portuguesa allowed Fluminense to stay in Série A, with Portuguesa being relegated and Flamengo ending the championship as the lowest-ranked non-relegated club.

In 2014, Fluminense brought back club idol Conca among other signings such as Walter and Cícero. Coupled with Fred's and Carlinhos’ recoveries from injury, Fluminense spent the majority of the 2014 Série A in the top five and fighting for one of the berths at the 2015 Copa Libertadores, ultimately failing to reach its goal after an unstable final stretch and finishing 6th. In December, Fluminense ended its partnership with its main sponsor, Unimed. For fifteen years, the health insurance company was the main investor in signing players, especially after the team won the 2007 Copa do Brasil, bringing to the club athletes such as Darío Conca, Deco, Diego Cavalieri, Fred, Rafael Sóbis, Thiago Neves and Washington. From 2015 onwards, Fluminense underwent a remodeling, with the departure of some of its main players. The club's youth categories became fundamental for its maintenance in the first division in the following years, and the sale of young players became the club's main source of income.[34]

In 2019, the club hired Fernando Diniz, a young coach with innovative ideas within Brazilian football, but political conflicts within the club and a technically limited team caused the coach to be fired, with the team in the relegation zone, the team managed to escape relegation and reorganize. The following year the team brings back Fred, one of the greatest idols in the club's history, and in the 2020 season the team manages to qualify for the Copa Libertadores, with coach Odair Hellmann, but he leaves the team to coach Al Wasl, from the UAE.

2020s: Copa Libertadores title edit

The team returns to compete in the Copa Libertadores after eight years out of the competition, and with consistent campaigns in the Brazilian championship it manages to secure places in the competitions in consecutive editions of the Libertadores. However, after Odair's departure, the club has difficulty maintaining a coach, with Marcão, Roger Machado and Abel Braga taking over the position. In 2022, after winning the Campeonato Carioca against rivals Flu, their first trophy in a decade, with Argentine striker Germán Cano being the star of the team, and being eliminated from the Libertadores, Abel Braga retires from his coaching career, and Fluminense decides to give Fernando Diniz another chance.

In 2022, Fluminense achieves its best place in the Brazilian Championship in the last ten years, a third place, with an offensive team that is noted for its fluidity and ball possession, and the team qualifies for the group stage of the 2023 Copa Libertadores. In the beginning of the season, the football played by the team is considered by many to be the best in South America, and the team reaches the Campeonato Carioca finals against Flamengo; in the first match the red-black team wins 2–0, but in the second game Fluminense achieved a 4–1 victory, winning the Campeonato Carioca for a second year in a row against its main rival, and Diniz clinching his first trophy with the club.[35] In the 2023 Libertadores, Fluminense falls into group D, along with River Plate (Argentina), The Strongest (Bolivia) and Sporting Cristal (Peru), despite being considered one of the most difficult groups in the edition, Fluminense ranks first, inflicting the biggest defeat in River Plate's history in the competition, 5–1 at Maracanã. In the final stage of the dispute, the opponents were Argentinos Juniors, Olimpia (Paraguay) and Internacional, the team defeated all opponents without suffering any defeat.

Flu's home stadium, Maracanã, was previously chosen to be the stage for the final; on the other side the opponent would be Boca Juniors, who sought to become champions of the competition for the seventh time, and with this become the greatest champion of the competition, tied to Independiente. In the final, striker Germán Cano opened the scoring for Fluminense, but Peruvian right-back Luis Advíncula tied the match for Boca; the match then went into extra time, when youngster John Kennedy, coming from the youth team, came off the bench and scored the team's second goal. The match ended 2–1 for Fluminense, who lifted the Copa Libertadores trophy for the first time.

Season statistics edit

 
Fluminense home shirt (2022)
 
Fluminense reserve shirt (2022)
 
Fluminense alternative shirt (2022)

Fluminense have taken part in 57 of the 68 official Serie A championships organized in Brazil since 1959.[36]

Taça Brasil edit

Year Position Participants Year Position Participants
1959 - 16 1964 - 22
1960 17 1965 - 22
1961 - 18 1966 22
1962 - 18 1967 - 21
1963 - 20 1968 - 23

Roberto Gomes Pedrosa Tournament edit

Year Position Participants
1967 13º 15
1968 12º 17
1969 17
1970 17

Brazilian Championship edit

Year Position Participants Year Position Participants
1971 16º 20 1981 11º 44
1972 14º 26 1982 44
1973 23º 40 1983 18º 44
1974 24º 40 1984 41
1975 42 1985 22º 44
1976 54 1986 48
1977 26º 62 1987 16
1978 22º 74 1988 24
1979 52º 94 1989 15º 22
1980 11º 44 1990 15º 20
Year Position Participants Year Position Participants
1991 20 2001 28
1992 14º 20 2002 26
1993 28º 32 2003 19º 24
1994 15º 24 2004 24
1995 24 2005 22
1996 23º 24 2006 15º 20
1997 25º  26 2007 20
1998 19º  (Série B) 24 2008 14º 20
1999   (Série C) 36 2009 16º 20
2000 25 2010 20
Year Position Participants Year Position Participants
2011 20 2018 12º 20
2012 20 2019 14º 20
2013 15º 20 2020 20
2014 20 2021 20
2015 13º 20 2022 20
2016 13º 20 2023 20
2017 14º 20

Records edit

 
Fluminense fans display a luminous mosaic in Maracanã.
 
Fluminense supporters at the Maracanã

Highest attendances – Maracanã edit

According to the RSSSF, these were the highest attendances in Fluminense matches:[37]

  • 1. Fluminense 0-0 Flamengo (1963): 194,603[a]
  • 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

Highest average attendance at public competition for Fluminense edit

  • Largest average attendance in the Copa Libertadores (RJ): 59,759 (54,912 paying, 2023)
  • 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

 
Map of the largest concentrations of Fluminense supporters.

The supporters of Fluminense Football Club are usually related to the upper classes of Rio de Janeiro.[38] 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, and between the 11th and 15th most popular club in the nation, falling behind Rio rivals Vasco, but slightly above Botafogo.[39] Considering a population of 203 million people,[40] that would account for numbers between 2.6 and 7.5 million. According to the club's official website, Flu has over 5 million supporters worldwide.[41]

The best attendance ever observed in a Fluminense match was registered on 15 December 1963 in a derby against Flamengo. On that day, an impressive number of 194,603 people showed up at Maracanã stadium.[42] This occasion remains as the stadium's record for a match between clubs.[43]

Notable supporters of Fluminense include composers Cartola and Chico Buarque,[44][45] musicians Elis Regina, Ivan Lins, Pixinguinha, Renato Russo and Tom Jobim,[46] actors Breno Mello, Chico Díaz, Dalton Vigh, Hugo Carvana, and Thiago Fragoso, and actresses Deborah Secco, Fernanda Torres, Leticia Spiller and Sheron Menezzes, poet Mário Lago,[47] journalist and songwriter Nelson Motta,[48] dramatist, journalist and writer Nelson Rodrigues,[48] modernist architect Oscar Niemeyer, FIFA president of honor João Havelange,[6] 1970 FIFA World Cup winners Gérson and Carlos Alberto Torres, Chelsea central defender Thiago Silva, Left-back legend Marcelo, racing driver Cacá Bueno, sailors Maertine Grael and Torben Grael, former Minister of Culture Gilberto Gil, inventor and aeronaut Santos Dumont, Silvio Santos, the owner of SBT, the second largest Brazilian television network,[49] and the Academy Award nominee Fernanda Montenegro.[50]

Honours edit

 
The cup won by Fluminense (team displayed below) exhibited at the club's hall of trophies.
 
Information on the Rio–São Paulo Tournament at the Fluminense Trophy Room
Continental
Competitions Titles Seasons
Copa Libertadores 1 2023
International
Competitions Titles Seasons
Copa Rio International 1 1952
National
Competitions Titles Seasons
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A[51] 4 1970, 1984, 2010, 2012
Copa do Brasil 1 2007
Campeonato Brasileiro Série C 1 1999
Inter-state
Competitions Titles Seasons
Torneio Rio – São Paulo[52] 2 1957, 1960
Taça Ioduran 1 1919
Primeira Liga 1 2016
State
Competitions Titles Seasons
Campeonato Carioca 33 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1924, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1946, 1951, 1959, 1964, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1995, 2002, 2005, 2012, 2022, 2023

Others edit

  • Olympic Cup (1): 1949
  • Carioca Champion of the 20th Century: 1906–2000
  • Copa Rio (1): 1998
  • Taça Guanabara (12): 1966, 1969, 1971, 1975, 1983, 1985, 1991, 1993, 2012, 2017, 2022, 2023
  • Taça Rio (4): 1990, 2005, 2018, 2020
  • Torneio Municipal (2): 1938, 1948
  • Torneio Extra (1): 1941
  • Torneio Aberto (1): 1935
  • Torneio Início (9): 1916, 1924, 1925, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1954, 1956, 1965
  • Other Campeonato Carioca rounds (6): 1970, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1980, 2012
  • Capital Championship (1): 1994
  • Taça Eficiência (14): 1935, 1941, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1957, 1959, 1963, 1964, 1969, 1970, 1976, 1984
  • Taça Disciplina (7): 1946, 1948, 1956, 1958, 1963, 1972, 1977

Chronology of main titles edit

 
The team that won its first Campeonato Carioca, in 1906
 
Ball used in the first-ever match of the Brazil national team at Fluminense
 
Trophy room at the Fluminense HQ
Competition Season N.º
Carioca Championship 1906
Carioca Championship 1907
Carioca Championship 1908
Carioca Championship 1909
Carioca Championship 1911
Carioca Championship 1917
Carioca Championship 1918
Carioca Championship 1919
Taça Ioduran 1919
Carioca Championship 1924 10º
Carioca Championship 1936 11º
Carioca Championship 1937 12º
Carioca Championship 1938 13º
Carioca Championship 1940 14º
Carioca Championship 1941 15º
Carioca Championship 1946 16º
Carioca Championship 1951 17º
Rio Cup (International) 1952 18º
Rio–São Paulo Tournament 1957 19º
Carioca Championship 1959 20º
Rio–São Paulo Tournament 1960 21º
Carioca Championship 1964 22º
Carioca Championship 1969 23º
Brazilian Championship 1970 24º
Carioca Championship 1971 25º
Carioca Championship 1973 26º
Carioca Championship 1975 27º
Carioca Championship 1976 28º
Carioca Championship 1980 29º
Carioca Championship 1983 30º
Brazilian Championship 1984 31º
Carioca Championship 1984 32º
Carioca Championship 1985 33º
Carioca Championship 1995 34º
Carioca Championship 2002 35º
Carioca Championship 2005 36º
Brazil Cup 2007 37º
Brazilian Championship 2010 38º
Carioca Championship 2012 39º
Brazilian Championship 2012 40º
First League (Brazil) 2016 41º
Carioca Championship 2022 42º
Carioca Championship 2023 43º
Copa Libertadores 2023 44º

Source:[53]

Rivalries edit

 
Leandro Guerreiro from Botafogo disputing for the ball with Washington from Fluminense.

According to the fluzao.info site, the average paying public at the principal classicos of Fluminense played in the Estádio do Maracanã is 60,107 against Flamengo, 43,735 against Vasco da Gama, 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.[54]

Grandpa Derby edit

Grandpa Derby or Grandfather 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 Fluminense won by 6–0. Along with six other clubs, they were responsible for creating the Carioca Football Championship in 1906.

Fla-Flu edit

Fla-Flu Derby, also called Derby of Crowds (Clássico das Multidões), played with Flamengo. It is considered by football experts and much of the sports media as one of the greatest classics in the world. According to writer Nelson Rodrigues, the classic was generated by resentment. On the tricolor side, the fact that their starting players deserted and went to form Flamengo's football department, and on the red-black side, the fact that Fluminense still won the first match, circumstances that would have been fundamental in generating the derby mystique;[55][56]

Giants' Derby edit

Giants' Derby (Clássico dos Gigantes), played with Vasco da Gama. The derby gets its name because of the "giant" matches that have been played between the two, these being the final for the 1984 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, which was won by Flumiense, and the 1985 Copa Libertadores, which had two draws, in addition to several decisions Carioca Championship: 1949, 1956, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1993, 1994 and 2003.

Corinthians vs. Fluminense, interstate derby edit

The derby against Corinthians is perhaps the most representative among the various confrontations with big Brazilian clubs played by Fluminense, given the fact that these clubs often intersect at decisive moments in their seasons.[57]

Statistics edit

 
Fluminense idols honored by the club (1902-2002)

This is a list of statistics and records of Fluminense.[58]

Players with most appearances edit

Name Matches
1st   Castilho 699
2nd   Pinheiro 603
3rd   Telê Santana 556
4th   Altair 549
5th   Escurinho 490
6th   Rubens Galaxe 462
7th   Denílson 433
8th   Gum 414
9th   Assis 424
10th   Waldo 403

Top goalscorers edit

 
Waldo, for Fluminense, against goalkeeper Barbosa, from Vasco da Gama, at the Maracanã Stadium.
Name Goals Years
1st   Waldo 319 1954–61
2nd   Fred 199 2009-16 / 2020-22
3rd   Orlando Pingo de Ouro 184 1945-55
4th   Hércules 165 1935–42
5th   Telê Santana 164 1950–61
6th   Henry Welfare 163 1913–23
7th   Russo 149 1933–44
8th   Preguinho 128 1925–39
9th   Washington César 124 1983–89
10th   Magno Alves 121 1998–2002 / 2015-2016

Coaches with most games edit

 
Coaches featured at the Club Trophy Room
Name Matches
1st   Zezé Moreira 467
2nd   Abel Braga 354
3rd   Ondino Viera 300
4th   Renato Gaúcho 202
5th   Tim 166
6th   Fernando Diniz 160
7th   Nelsinho Rosa 156
8th   Carlos Alberto Parreira 146
9th   Sylvio Pirillo 138
10th   Luís Vinhaes 137

Correct as of October 4, 2023

Sponsors edit

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

Sports Equipment edit

Years Kit manufacturer
1976–1980   Adidas

  Rainha

1981–1985   Le Coq Sportif
1985–1994   Penalty
1994–1996   Reebok
1996–2015   Adidas
2016–2017   Dryworld
2017–2019   Under Armour
2020–   Umbro

Main Sponsor edit

Years Sponsor(s)
1984   Mondaine

  Banco Nacional

  Kodak

1985   SulAmérica Seguros
1986   Heart Line
1987   1001 Turismo
1987–1994   Coca-Cola
1995   Ame o Rio
1995–1996   Hyundai

  SporTV

1997   SporTV
1997–1998   SporTV

  Oceânica Seguros

  MTV Brasil

1999   Sonrisal

  MTV Brasil

1999–2014   Unimed
2015–2017   Viton 44
2017   Universal Orlando Resort
2018   Valle Express
2021–   Betano

Stadiums edit

Laranjeiras Stadium edit

 
Laranjeiras Stadium, in 1919.

The Manoel Schwartz Stadium is better known as the Laranjeiras Stadium, or also the Álvaro Chaves Street Stadium, due to the name of the street where its main entrance is located. It was the place where the Rio team played its games for decades, however, for security reasons, due to the high demand for attendance at its games, it no longer does so, currently playing at Maracanã.[59]

Flu's first match at the Laranjeiras Stadium was the 4–1 victory over Vila Isabel, in the 1919 Carioca Championship, with the Tricolor goals having been scored by Harry Welfare (3) and Machado. Opened in 1919 with a capacity for 18,000 people and having had its capacity expanded to 25,000 people since 1922, in some games this stadium had estimated audiences greater than its capacity.[60]

The record for paying audiences was in the Fluminense 3-1 Flamengo match, on June 14, 1925, when 25,718 spectators paid for tickets, although today the audience for Fluminense's match against Sporting, held on July 15, is unknown. 1928, in the Vulcain Cup dispute, with the stadium full and over 2,000 chairs being placed on the athletics track to accommodate the public present.

 
Stained glass windows in Fluminense's headquarters

Currently, Fluminense does not play its games at its stadium, at the club's option, as it would no longer have the security conditions and capacity to host large events, and is currently only used for training, small commemorative events, social and educational projects, games of the women's football team and the youth teams.[61] The last time an official match for Fluminense's main team took place at Laranjeiras Stadium was in 2003, where Flu drew 3–3 with Americano, in the Carioca Championship.[62]

The renovation of the stadium has been a long-standing demand of the club, however a series of problems make this difficult, such as technical issues linked to the historical preservation of the building, the small area for the construction of a modern stadium and the opposition of the surrounding residents. The current project, at a more advanced stage, foresees a revitalization of Laranjeiras, with the stadium remaining with a small audience capacity, being able to host lower demand games, such as the first phases of the state championship and women's football.[63]

Maracanã Stadium edit

Since its construction for the 1950 World Cup, the Maracanã has primarily served as the home ground for the four biggest Rio de Janeiro clubs.[64] The stadium was officially completed in 1965, 17 years after construction began. In 1963, more than 194,000 people attended a match between Flamengo and Fluminense at the Maracanã, Rio Championship final.[65]

At the stadium, Fluminense won some of the most important titles, such as the 1952 Copa Rio, for many the most important in its history, it won its first Brazilian Championship in 1970, the Tricolor Machine was twice champion of Carioca (1975–76), led by Roberto Rivellino, it was Brazilian champion over its rival Vasco da Gama, in 1984, was three-time Rio champion against Flamengo (1983–85), he was Carioca champion in 1995 with Renato Gaúcho's belly goal, against Romário's Flamengo (at the time named FIFA World Player of the Year). In this century he won the 2007 Brazil's Cup and the 2023 Copa Libertadores.[66]

Following its 50th anniversary and aiming to hold the 2000 FIFA Club World Cup in Brazil, the stadium underwent renovations which would increase its full capacity to around 103,000. After years of planning and nine months of closure between 2005 and 2006, the stadium was reopened in January 2007 with an all-seated capacity of 87,000. For the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Olympics and Paralympics, a major expedition project was started in 2010. The original stand, with a two-level configuration, was demolished, making way for a new single-level stand, and the stadium had its capacity reduced to 78,838 seats.[64]

From 2013 onwards, the stadium was managed by the Brazilian conglomerate Odebrecht. Corruption scandals, the high rents charged by the company and the abandonment of the stadium, meant that Flamengo and Fluminense came together to manage it.[67] Although clubs have kept the stadium in good condition since 2016 and covered its maintenance costs, it was only in 2019 that the government canceled contracts with Odebrecht. Flamengo and Fluminense then created a joint company, "Fla-Flu S.A." opened especially to manage Maracanã and its entire sports complex.[64]

 
Fluminense supporters, at the Maracanã Stadium, during the match between Fluminense and Argentinos Juniors, in the round of 16 of the 2023 Copa Libertadores.

Players edit

Current squad edit

As of 4 January 2024[68]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   BRA Fábio
2 DF   BRA Samuel Xavier
4 DF   BRA Marlon (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk)
5 MF   BRA Alexsander
7 MF   BRA André
8 MF   BRA Matheus Martinelli
9 FW   BRA John Kennedy
10 MF   BRA Ganso
11 FW   BRA Keno
12 DF   BRA Marcelo
14 FW   ARG Germán Cano
15 FW   COL Yony González
16 DF   BRA Diogo Barbosa
17 MF   URU Leonardo Fernández (on loan from Toluca)
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 FW   COL Jhon Arias
22 GK   BRA Pedro Rangel
23 DF   BRA Guga
26 DF   BRA Manoel
29 MF   BRA Thiago Santos
30 MF   BRA Felipe Melo
44 DF   BRA David Braz
45 MF   BRA Lima
55 MF   BRA Danielzinho
98 GK   BRA Vitor Eudes
99 FW   BRA Lelê (on loan from Itaboraí Profute)
25 DF   BRA Antônio Carlos
88 MF   BRA Renato Augusto

Reserve team edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
13 DF   BRA Felipe Andrade
16 DF   BRA Marcos Pedro
28 MF   BRA Arthur
31 DF   BRA Calegari
32 FW   BRA Isaac
34 MF   BRA João Lourenço
35 FW   BRA João Neto
36 DF   BRA Júlio Fidelis
38 FW   BRA Agner
39 FW   BRA Kauã Elias
40 FW   BRA Matheus Reis
41 DF   BRA Kayke Almeida
46 DF   BRA Lucas Justen
47 DF   BRA Rafael Monteiro
No. Pos. Nation Player
50 GK   BRA Gustavo Ramalho
53 DF   BRA Esquerdinha
DF   BRA Cipriano
DF   BRA Davi
DF   BRA Jhonny
DF   BRA Luan Freitas
MF   BRA Caio Vinícius
MF   BRA Edinho
MF   BRA Freitas
MF   BRA Gustavo Apis
MF   BRA Wallace
FW   BRA Alexandre Jesus
FW   BRA Samuel Granada

Other players under contract edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   BRA Vitor Mendes (on loan from Atlético Mineiro)

Out on loan edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   BRA Cris Silva (on loan at Chapecoense until 30 November 2023)
DF   BRA David Duarte (on loan at Bahia until 31 December 2023)
DF   BRA Jefté (on loan at APOEL until 31 May 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   URU Michel Araújo (on loan at São Paulo until 31 December 2024)
FW   BRA Abner (on loan at Volta Redonda until 30 November 2023)
FW   BRA Gabryel Martins (on loan at Ferroviário until 8 April 2024)

Staff edit

Current staff edit

As of 13 January 2024
Position Name Nationality
Head coach Fernando Diniz   Brazilian
Assistant coaches Wagner Bertelli   Brazilian
Eduardo Barros   Brazilian
Marcão   Brazilian
Cadu Antunes   Brazilian
Technical assistant Marco Salgado   Brazilian
Fitness coaches Marcos Seixas   Brazilian
Flávio Vignoli   Brazilian
Igor Cotrim   Brazilian
Goalkeeper coach coordinator Flavio Tenius   Brazilian
Goalkeeper coaches André Carvalho   Brazilian
Josmiro de Góes   Brazilian

Head coaches edit

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ 177,656 paying, a record for persons present at Maracanã stadium.

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External links edit

  • Official website   (in Portuguese)
  • Flickr: Fluminense Oficial's Photostream – Downloadable Fluminense Photos (in English)
  • Fluminense Football Club News at Sambafoot.com (in English)
  • Fluminense F.C. Page at Goal.com (in English)
  • Statistics on major competitions (in Portuguese)
  • Statistics on all matches between 1902 and 2006 (in Portuguese)
  • NETFLU – Hourly News about Fluminense Football Club (in Portuguese)
  • (in English)
  • Fluminense Football Club Page at ESPN Global[permanent dead link] (in English)
  • (in English)

fluminense, other, uses, fluminense, disambiguation, fluminense, football, club, brazilian, portuguese, flumiˈnẽsi, futʃiˈbɔw, ˈklubi, known, fluminense, more, commonly, brazilian, sports, club, best, known, professional, football, team, that, competes, campeo. For other uses see Fluminense disambiguation Fluminense Football Club Brazilian Portuguese flumiˈnẽsi futʃiˈbɔw ˈklubi known as Fluminense or more commonly as Flu is a Brazilian sports club best known for its professional football team that competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A the first tier of Brazilian football and the Carioca Championship the state league of Rio de Janeiro The club is based in the neighbourhood of Laranjeiras since its foundation in 1902 Fluminense is the oldest football club in Rio de Janeiro FluminenseFull nameFluminense Football ClubNickname s TricolorFluFluzao Big Flu NensePo de Arroz Rice Powder Time de Guerreiros Team of Warriors Founded21 July 1902 121 years ago 1902 07 21 StadiumMaracanaCapacity78 838 1 PresidentMario BittencourtHead coachFernando DinizLeagueCampeonato Brasileiro Serie A20232023Serie A 7th of 20 Carioca 1st of 12 champions WebsiteClub websiteHome colorsAway colorsThird colorsCurrent seasonFluminense have been crowned national champions four times most recently in the 2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A the team have also won the 2007 Copa do Brasil and the 1952 Copa Rio In 1949 Fluminense became the only football club in the world to receive the Olympic Cup awarded annually by the International Olympic Committee to an institution or association with a record of merit and integrity in actively developing the Olympic Movement Its best international performances are finishing champions of the 2023 Copa Libertadores and reaching the 2008 Copa Libertadores finals 2 Fluminense is the gentilic given to people born in the state of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil Fluminense s traditional home kit consists of an iconic combination of three colors burgundy white and green disposed in vertical stripes since its adoption in 1904 White shorts and white socks an outfit which has been in use since 1920 complement the home kit for O Tricolor The club holds several long standing rivalries with other clubs most notably with Flamengo Classico Fla Flu Botafogo Classico Vovo and Vasco da Gama Classico dos Gigantes The Classico Fla Flu in particular is widely considered one of the greatest football derbies in Brazil and South America having eventually set the world record for the highest attendance in a match between football clubs over 200 000 spectators in the stadium of Maracana The club is the birthplace of the Brazil national football team which played its first game amidst the club s 12th anniversary celebrations In Fluminense s ground the Estadio de Laranjeiras the Canarinhos held their first ever match scored their first ever goal and lifted their first ever trophy To this today the club has contributed the fifth most players to the national team among all Brazilian clubs 3 Contents 1 History 1 1 Rio s football pioneering 1 2 Construction of Maracana 1 3 National Achievements 1 4 2000s Copa do Brasil title first Libertadores final 1 5 2010s Two time Brazilian championship 1 6 2020s Copa Libertadores title 2 Season statistics 2 1 Taca Brasil 2 2 Roberto Gomes Pedrosa Tournament 2 3 Brazilian Championship 3 Records 3 1 Highest attendances Maracana 3 2 Highest average attendance at public competition for Fluminense 4 Support 5 Honours 5 1 Others 6 Chronology of main titles 7 Rivalries 7 1 Grandpa Derby 7 2 Fla Flu 7 3 Giants Derby 7 4 Corinthians vs Fluminense interstate derby 8 Statistics 8 1 Players with most appearances 8 2 Top goalscorers 8 3 Coaches with most games 9 Sponsors 9 1 Sports Equipment 9 2 Main Sponsor 10 Stadiums 10 1 Laranjeiras Stadium 10 2 Maracana Stadium 11 Players 11 1 Current squad 11 2 Reserve team 11 3 Other players under contract 11 4 Out on loan 12 Staff 12 1 Current staff 13 Head coaches 14 See also 15 Notes 16 References 17 External linksHistory edit nbsp Oscar Cox founder of FluminenseRio s football pioneering edit Fluminense Football Club was founded on 21 July 1902 in the neighbourhood of Laranjeiras in the city of Rio de Janeiro by a group of young football enthusiasts led by Oscar Cox an English citizen born in Brazil who had come into contact with the sport whilst studying in Europe and Cox was subsequently elected as the first president 4 Therefore it was the first football club to be founded in the city whose most popular sport at the time was rowing 5 nbsp Preguinho a notable Fluminense playerThe first official match was played against now defunct Rio Football Club and Fluminense won 8 0 2 The club s first title came in 1906 when Fluminense won the state championship Campeonato Carioca 2 In 1911 disagreement between Fluminense players led to the formation of Flamengo s football team 2 The so called Fla Flu derby is considered one of the biggest in the history of Brazilian football 6 Three years later in Fluminense s stadium the Brazil national football team debuted against touring English club Exeter City 2 It was also there that they won their debut title in 1919 7 By 1922 Fluminense had 4 000 members a stadium for 25 000 people and facilities that impressed clubs in Europe 8 Construction of Maracana edit nbsp Goalkeeper Carlos Castilho in 1956The 1950 World Cup strengthened football in the country and as a result the country s biggest teams which basically only competed in state tournaments began to measure their strength in tournaments and matches against teams from other states To hold the competition the Maracana was built the largest stadium in the world at that time and which became the main stadium for Fluminense s games 9 In the context of the World Cup held in the country in 1950 CBD accompanied by FIFA and IFAB decided to hold a competition that pitted the champion clubs from the main FIFA affiliated countries against each other thus creating the International Champions Club Tournament better known as Copa Rio The competition brought together the Champion clubs from countries in South America Brazil Paraguay and Uruguay and Europe Austria France Germany Italy Portugal Switzerland and Yugoslavia its first edition was in 1951 being won by Palmeiras 10 In 1951 Fluminense won the Carioca championship which meant that the team qualified for the 1952 Copa Rio The team had great players who represented the Brazilian team such as Carlos Castilho Pindaro Pinheiro Didi Orlando Pingo de Ouro and Tele Santana In the first phase of the competition the teams were divided into two groups the first played their matches at Maracana and the second played their matches at Pacaembu Fluminense was in the first group and faced Grasshopper Switzerland Sporting Lisboa Portugal and Penarol Uruguay and qualified in first place In the semi final they beat Austria Wien Austria and in the final they defeated Corinthians From the 1950s with the creation of the Rio Sao Paulo Tournament the forerunner of what eventually would become the national championship Fluminense established itself regionally by winning the tournament title in 1957 and 1960 2 National Achievements edit nbsp Fluminense team of 1960From the 1960s onwards the first national championships were played in Brazil so that the country could send representatives to the Copa Libertadores Fluminense s first national title came in 1970 At that time Brazil had the best players in world football and they all played for Brazilian clubs Its squad was among the main candidates of the season in Brazil Fluminense won the Brazilian Championship overcoming other major opponents of the season in Santos Palmeiras and Cruzeiro In the 1970s Fluminense signed several famous players such as Carlos Alberto Torres Dirceu Gil Narciso Doval Pintinho and Roberto Rivellino This team called Tricolor Machine won the state championship in 1975 and 1976 In the national championship Fluminense lost in the semifinals to Internacional in 1975 and Corinthians in 1976 Fluminense became Brazilian champions again in 1984 playing in the final against Rio rivals Vasco da Gama During the decade they also won three state championships in a row in 1983 1984 and 1985 defeating their main rival Flamengo in the final of the first two These titles were won by great players such as Branco Delei Edinho Ricardo Gomes Romerito 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 final of the Copa do Brasil for the first time in 1992 but lost to Internacional in a penalty shootout in a controversial match in Porto Alegre A disastrous campaign led to Fluminense s relegation from Brasileirao Serie A in 1996 However a set of off field political manoeuvres not performed by the club allowed them to remain in Brazil s top domestic league 11 only to be relegated the next year 12 Completely out of control the club was relegated from Serie B to Serie C in 1998 13 In 1999 Fluminense won the Serie C championship and were to be promoted to Serie B when they were invited to take part in Copa Joao Havelange 14 a championship that replaced the traditional Serie A in 2000 In 2001 it was decided that all clubs which took part in Copa Joao Havelange s so called Blue Group should be kept in Serie A 15 2000s Copa do Brasil title first Libertadores final edit nbsp President Lula with Fluminense players champions of the 2007 Brazil Cup Fluminense had good campaigns in the 2000 2001 and 2002 Serie A finishing in the top four each of these times Fluminense s first title of the 21st century was the 2002 Campeonato Carioca In 2005 Fluminense won the Campeonato Caroica and the Taca Rio and finished fifth in the Brasileirao Later that year they reached the final of the Copa do Brasil again but lost to Serie B club Paulista 2 0 marking one of the few times that a Serie B club won the Copa do Brasil In 2007 Fluminense won the Copa do Brasil beating Figueirense in the final and was admitted to the Copa Libertadores again after 23 years 2 16 17 In the 2007 Serie A the club finished fourth and Thiago Neves won the Golden Ball for the league s best player 17 The club s 2008 Copa Libertadores campaign saw them reach the finals and included a remarkable 6 0 victory against Arsenal de Sarandi in the group stage 18 winning both games against Colombian club Atletico Nacional in R16 a comeback against Sao Paulo in the QF 19 and disposing of defending champions Boca Juniors in the SF with a 3 1 victory 20 Fluminense eventually finished runner up losing the finals to LDU Quito on penalties after a 5 5 draw on aggregate despite a hat trick from Thiago Neves in the second leg 21 Fluminense had already faced LDU in the group stage winning 1 0 and drawing 0 0 The club finished fourteenth in the Serie A that season and only finished one point away from relegation but curiously still qualifying for the following years Copa Sudamericana nbsp Washington Cerqueira before the 2008 Copa Libertadores finalAfter signing 27 players and going through 5 different managers in 2009 Fluminense found themselves struggling to avoid another relegation from Serie A 22 With less than one third of the championship left the mathematical probability of the club s relegation was 98 23 At this point manager Cuca decided to dispense with some of the more experienced players and gave Fluminense s youngsters a chance 24 17 That along with Fred s recovery from a serious injury and substantial support from the fans allowed not only a sensational escape from relegation with five matches remaining but also placed Fluminense in the Copa Sudamericana finals having eliminated rivals Flamengo 25 26 For the second year in a row the club contested a continental cup In a repeat of the previous year s Copa Libertadores Fluminense lost the finals to LDU Quito 27 2010s Two time Brazilian championship edit For 2010 manager Muricy Ramalho replaced Cuca His first task was in the 2010 Copa do Brasil quarter finals against Gremio where Flumiense were eliminated 5 3 on aggregate However this elimination was not considered a failure in part because with this elimination the club was not participating in any other competitions and could fully focus on the Brasileirao 17 Eventually the elimination helped the club and that year with Ramalho s effective defensive block conceding the least amount of goals in the league Fluminense won the Brazilian championship for the third time in their history after 26 years securing it with a 1 0 victory at home to already relegated Guarani 17 It was also the fourth title for coach Ramalho in a decade Ramalho had won the title three times in a row with Sao Paulo from 2006 to 2008 Dario Conca was named the Brazilian Championship s Player of the Season playing all 38 league matches 17 while Fred Washington and Deco were decisive players in Fluminense s title winning campaign For the 2011 season the new manager was Abel Braga who led the team to a third placed finish in the Serie A and qualification for the following year s Copa Libertadores despite being eliminated in the round of 16 of the aforementioned competition by Club Libertad The club decided to keep coach Abel Braga for 2012 and made big investments for the squad bringing back Thiago Neves and signing youngster Wellington Nem 17 On 13 May 2012 Fluminense won the Campeonato Carioca beating Rio rivals Botafogo 5 1 on aggregate for their first title of the 2012 season In the Copa Libertadores Fluminense was eliminated in the quarter finals by powerhouse Boca Juniors losing 2 1 on aggregate 28 Later that year on 11 November they won their fourth Brazilian championship after defeating near relegated Palmeiras 3 2 with three matchdays left 29 30 Striker Fred was also the competition s top scorer with 20 goals and received the CBF Best Player award 31 Goalkeeper Diego Cavalieri had a phenomenal season and won the Bola de Prata as the league s best goalkeeper and Abel Braga was chosen as best coach 32 In 2013 the team was eliminated in the Copa Libertadores quarter finals again this time to Olimpia In the Serie A the team began poorly losing six of their first nine matches which caused the sacking of coach Abel Braga 33 Seven undefeated matches in September steered the club away from relegation but an eight match winless run put the club back into the relegation fight mainly due to the absences of stars Deco Fred Thiago Neves Carlinhos and Wellington Nem and in December 2013 a 2 1 victory away to Bahia in the last round of the 2013 Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A had Fluminense mathematically relegated to Serie B However rule breaking lineups by Portuguesa and Fluminense s main rivals Flamengo in their matches against Gremio and Cruzeiro respectively caused Portuguesa and Flamengo to lose 4 points after a trial in STJD Brazil s governing football jury The points lost by Flamengo and Portuguesa allowed Fluminense to stay in Serie A with Portuguesa being relegated and Flamengo ending the championship as the lowest ranked non relegated club In 2014 Fluminense brought back club idol Conca among other signings such as Walter and Cicero Coupled with Fred s and Carlinhos recoveries from injury Fluminense spent the majority of the 2014 Serie A in the top five and fighting for one of the berths at the 2015 Copa Libertadores ultimately failing to reach its goal after an unstable final stretch and finishing 6th In December Fluminense ended its partnership with its main sponsor Unimed For fifteen years the health insurance company was the main investor in signing players especially after the team won the 2007 Copa do Brasil bringing to the club athletes such as Dario Conca Deco Diego Cavalieri Fred Rafael Sobis Thiago Neves and Washington From 2015 onwards Fluminense underwent a remodeling with the departure of some of its main players The club s youth categories became fundamental for its maintenance in the first division in the following years and the sale of young players became the club s main source of income 34 In 2019 the club hired Fernando Diniz a young coach with innovative ideas within Brazilian football but political conflicts within the club and a technically limited team caused the coach to be fired with the team in the relegation zone the team managed to escape relegation and reorganize The following year the team brings back Fred one of the greatest idols in the club s history and in the 2020 season the team manages to qualify for the Copa Libertadores with coach Odair Hellmann but he leaves the team to coach Al Wasl from the UAE 2020s Copa Libertadores title edit The team returns to compete in the Copa Libertadores after eight years out of the competition and with consistent campaigns in the Brazilian championship it manages to secure places in the competitions in consecutive editions of the Libertadores However after Odair s departure the club has difficulty maintaining a coach with Marcao Roger Machado and Abel Braga taking over the position In 2022 after winning the Campeonato Carioca against rivals Flu their first trophy in a decade with Argentine striker German Cano being the star of the team and being eliminated from the Libertadores Abel Braga retires from his coaching career and Fluminense decides to give Fernando Diniz another chance In 2022 Fluminense achieves its best place in the Brazilian Championship in the last ten years a third place with an offensive team that is noted for its fluidity and ball possession and the team qualifies for the group stage of the 2023 Copa Libertadores In the beginning of the season the football played by the team is considered by many to be the best in South America and the team reaches the Campeonato Carioca finals against Flamengo in the first match the red black team wins 2 0 but in the second game Fluminense achieved a 4 1 victory winning the Campeonato Carioca for a second year in a row against its main rival and Diniz clinching his first trophy with the club 35 In the 2023 Libertadores Fluminense falls into group D along with River Plate Argentina The Strongest Bolivia and Sporting Cristal Peru despite being considered one of the most difficult groups in the edition Fluminense ranks first inflicting the biggest defeat in River Plate s history in the competition 5 1 at Maracana In the final stage of the dispute the opponents were Argentinos Juniors Olimpia Paraguay and Internacional the team defeated all opponents without suffering any defeat Flu s home stadium Maracana was previously chosen to be the stage for the final on the other side the opponent would be Boca Juniors who sought to become champions of the competition for the seventh time and with this become the greatest champion of the competition tied to Independiente In the final striker German Cano opened the scoring for Fluminense but Peruvian right back Luis Advincula tied the match for Boca the match then went into extra time when youngster John Kennedy coming from the youth team came off the bench and scored the team s second goal The match ended 2 1 for Fluminense who lifted the Copa Libertadores trophy for the first time Season statistics edit nbsp Fluminense home shirt 2022 nbsp Fluminense reserve shirt 2022 nbsp Fluminense alternative shirt 2022 Fluminense have taken part in 57 of the 68 official Serie A championships organized in Brazil since 1959 36 Taca Brasil edit Year Position Participants Year Position Participants1959 16 1964 221960 3º 17 1965 221961 18 1966 4º 221962 18 1967 211963 20 1968 23Roberto Gomes Pedrosa Tournament edit Year Position Participants1967 13º 151968 12º 171969 9º 171970 1º 17Brazilian Championship edit Year Position Participants Year Position Participants1971 16º 20 1981 11º 441972 14º 26 1982 5º 441973 23º 40 1983 18º 441974 24º 40 1984 1º 411975 3º 42 1985 22º 441976 4º 54 1986 6º 481977 26º 62 1987 7º 161978 22º 74 1988 3º 241979 52º 94 1989 15º 221980 11º 44 1990 15º 20Year Position Participants Year Position Participants1991 4º 20 2001 3º 281992 14º 20 2002 4º 261993 28º 32 2003 19º 241994 15º 24 2004 9º 241995 4º 24 2005 5º 221996 23º 24 2006 15º 201997 25º nbsp 26 2007 4º 201998 19º nbsp Serie B 24 2008 14º 201999 1º nbsp Serie C 36 2009 16º 202000 3º 25 2010 1º 20Year Position Participants Year Position Participants2011 3º 20 2018 12º 202012 1º 20 2019 14º 202013 15º 20 2020 5º 202014 6º 20 2021 7º 202015 13º 20 2022 3º 202016 13º 20 2023 7º 202017 14º 20Records edit nbsp Fluminense fans display a luminous mosaic in Maracana nbsp Fluminense supporters at the MaracanaHighest attendances Maracana edit According to the RSSSF these were the highest attendances in Fluminense matches 37 1 Fluminense 0 0 Flamengo 1963 194 603 a 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 043Highest average attendance at public competition for Fluminense edit Largest average attendance in the Copa Libertadores RJ 59 759 54 912 paying 2023 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 Sao 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 nbsp Map of the largest concentrations of Fluminense supporters The supporters of Fluminense Football Club are usually related to the upper classes of Rio de Janeiro 38 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 and between the 11th and 15th most popular club in the nation falling behind Rio rivals Vasco but slightly above Botafogo 39 Considering a population of 203 million people 40 that would account for numbers between 2 6 and 7 5 million According to the club s official website Flu has over 5 million supporters worldwide 41 The best attendance ever observed in a Fluminense match was registered on 15 December 1963 in a derby against Flamengo On that day an impressive number of 194 603 people showed up at Maracana stadium 42 This occasion remains as the stadium s record for a match between clubs 43 Notable supporters of Fluminense include composers Cartola and Chico Buarque 44 45 musicians Elis Regina Ivan Lins Pixinguinha Renato Russo and Tom Jobim 46 actors Breno Mello Chico Diaz Dalton Vigh Hugo Carvana and Thiago Fragoso and actresses Deborah Secco Fernanda Torres Leticia Spiller and Sheron Menezzes poet Mario Lago 47 journalist and songwriter Nelson Motta 48 dramatist journalist and writer Nelson Rodrigues 48 modernist architect Oscar Niemeyer FIFA president of honor Joao Havelange 6 1970 FIFA World Cup winners Gerson and Carlos Alberto Torres Chelsea central defender Thiago Silva Left back legend Marcelo racing driver Caca Bueno sailors Maertine Grael and Torben Grael former Minister of Culture Gilberto Gil inventor and aeronaut Santos Dumont Silvio Santos the owner of SBT the second largest Brazilian television network 49 and the Academy Award nominee Fernanda Montenegro 50 Honours edit nbsp The cup won by Fluminense team displayed below exhibited at the club s hall of trophies nbsp Information on the Rio Sao Paulo Tournament at the Fluminense Trophy RoomContinentalCompetitions Titles SeasonsCopa Libertadores 1 2023InternationalCompetitions Titles SeasonsCopa Rio International 1 1952NationalCompetitions Titles SeasonsCampeonato Brasileiro Serie A 51 4 1970 1984 2010 2012Copa do Brasil 1 2007Campeonato Brasileiro Serie C 1 1999Inter stateCompetitions Titles SeasonsTorneio Rio Sao Paulo 52 2 1957 1960Taca Ioduran 1 1919Primeira Liga 1 2016StateCompetitions Titles SeasonsCampeonato Carioca 33 1906 1907 1908 1909 1911 1917 1918 1919 1924 1936 1937 1938 1940 1941 1946 1951 1959 1964 1969 1971 1973 1975 1976 1980 1983 1984 1985 1995 2002 2005 2012 2022 2023Others edit Olympic Cup 1 1949 Carioca Champion of the 20th Century 1906 2000 Copa Rio 1 1998 Taca Guanabara 12 1966 1969 1971 1975 1983 1985 1991 1993 2012 2017 2022 2023 Taca Rio 4 1990 2005 2018 2020 Torneio Municipal 2 1938 1948 Torneio Extra 1 1941 Torneio Aberto 1 1935 Torneio Inicio 9 1916 1924 1925 1940 1941 1943 1954 1956 1965 Other Campeonato Carioca rounds 6 1970 1972 1973 1976 1980 2012 Capital Championship 1 1994 Taca Eficiencia 14 1935 1941 1948 1951 1952 1953 1957 1959 1963 1964 1969 1970 1976 1984 Taca Disciplina 7 1946 1948 1956 1958 1963 1972 1977Chronology of main titles edit nbsp The team that won its first Campeonato Carioca in 1906 nbsp Ball used in the first ever match of the Brazil national team at Fluminense nbsp Trophy room at the Fluminense HQCompetition Season N ºCarioca Championship 1906 1ºCarioca Championship 1907 2ºCarioca Championship 1908 3ºCarioca Championship 1909 4ºCarioca Championship 1911 5ºCarioca Championship 1917 6ºCarioca Championship 1918 7ºCarioca Championship 1919 8ºTaca Ioduran 1919 9ºCarioca Championship 1924 10ºCarioca Championship 1936 11ºCarioca Championship 1937 12ºCarioca Championship 1938 13ºCarioca Championship 1940 14ºCarioca Championship 1941 15ºCarioca Championship 1946 16ºCarioca Championship 1951 17ºRio Cup International 1952 18ºRio Sao Paulo Tournament 1957 19ºCarioca Championship 1959 20ºRio Sao Paulo Tournament 1960 21ºCarioca Championship 1964 22ºCarioca Championship 1969 23ºBrazilian Championship 1970 24ºCarioca Championship 1971 25ºCarioca Championship 1973 26ºCarioca Championship 1975 27ºCarioca Championship 1976 28ºCarioca Championship 1980 29ºCarioca Championship 1983 30ºBrazilian Championship 1984 31ºCarioca Championship 1984 32ºCarioca Championship 1985 33ºCarioca Championship 1995 34ºCarioca Championship 2002 35ºCarioca Championship 2005 36ºBrazil Cup 2007 37ºBrazilian Championship 2010 38ºCarioca Championship 2012 39ºBrazilian Championship 2012 40ºFirst League Brazil 2016 41ºCarioca Championship 2022 42ºCarioca Championship 2023 43ºCopa Libertadores 2023 44ºSource 53 Rivalries edit nbsp Leandro Guerreiro from Botafogo disputing for the ball with Washington from Fluminense According to the fluzao info site the average paying public at the principal classicos of Fluminense played in the Estadio do Maracana is 60 107 against Flamengo 43 735 against Vasco da Gama 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 Maracana 54 Grandpa Derby edit Grandpa Derby or Grandfather Derby Classico Vovo 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 Fluminense won by 6 0 Along with six other clubs they were responsible for creating the Carioca Football Championship in 1906 Fla Flu edit Fla Flu Derby also called Derby of Crowds Classico das Multidoes played with Flamengo It is considered by football experts and much of the sports media as one of the greatest classics in the world According to writer Nelson Rodrigues the classic was generated by resentment On the tricolor side the fact that their starting players deserted and went to form Flamengo s football department and on the red black side the fact that Fluminense still won the first match circumstances that would have been fundamental in generating the derby mystique 55 56 Giants Derby edit Giants Derby Classico dos Gigantes played with Vasco da Gama The derby gets its name because of the giant matches that have been played between the two these being the final for the 1984 Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A which was won by Flumiense and the 1985 Copa Libertadores which had two draws in addition to several decisions Carioca Championship 1949 1956 1970 1972 1975 1976 1980 1984 1993 1994 and 2003 Corinthians vs Fluminense interstate derby edit The derby against Corinthians is perhaps the most representative among the various confrontations with big Brazilian clubs played by Fluminense given the fact that these clubs often intersect at decisive moments in their seasons 57 Statistics edit nbsp Fluminense idols honored by the club 1902 2002 This is a list of statistics and records of Fluminense 58 Players with most appearances edit Name Matches1st nbsp Castilho 6992nd nbsp Pinheiro 6033rd nbsp Tele Santana 5564th nbsp Altair 5495th nbsp Escurinho 4906th nbsp Rubens Galaxe 4627th nbsp Denilson 4338th nbsp Gum 4149th nbsp Assis 42410th nbsp Waldo 403 Top goalscorers edit nbsp Waldo for Fluminense against goalkeeper Barbosa from Vasco da Gama at the Maracana Stadium Name Goals Years1st nbsp Waldo 319 1954 612nd nbsp Fred 199 2009 16 2020 223rd nbsp Orlando Pingo de Ouro 184 1945 554th nbsp Hercules 165 1935 425th nbsp Tele Santana 164 1950 616th nbsp Henry Welfare 163 1913 237th nbsp Russo 149 1933 448th nbsp Preguinho 128 1925 399th nbsp Washington Cesar 124 1983 8910th nbsp Magno Alves 121 1998 2002 2015 2016 Coaches with most games edit nbsp Coaches featured at the Club Trophy RoomName Matches1st nbsp Zeze Moreira 4672nd nbsp Abel Braga 3543rd nbsp Ondino Viera 3004th nbsp Renato Gaucho 2025th nbsp Tim 1666th nbsp Fernando Diniz 1607th nbsp Nelsinho Rosa 1568th nbsp Carlos Alberto Parreira 1469th nbsp Sylvio Pirillo 13810th nbsp Luis Vinhaes 137 Correct as of October 4 2023Sponsors editCompanies that Fluminense Football Club currently has sponsorship deals with include Sports Equipment edit Years Kit manufacturer1976 1980 nbsp Adidas nbsp Rainha1981 1985 nbsp Le Coq Sportif1985 1994 nbsp Penalty1994 1996 nbsp Reebok1996 2015 nbsp Adidas2016 2017 nbsp Dryworld2017 2019 nbsp Under Armour2020 nbsp UmbroMain Sponsor edit Years Sponsor s 1984 nbsp Mondaine nbsp Banco Nacional nbsp Kodak1985 nbsp SulAmerica Seguros1986 nbsp Heart Line1987 nbsp 1001 Turismo1987 1994 nbsp Coca Cola1995 nbsp Ame o Rio1995 1996 nbsp Hyundai nbsp SporTV1997 nbsp SporTV1997 1998 nbsp SporTV nbsp Oceanica Seguros nbsp MTV Brasil1999 nbsp Sonrisal nbsp MTV Brasil1999 2014 nbsp Unimed2015 2017 nbsp Viton 442017 nbsp Universal Orlando Resort2018 nbsp Valle Express2021 nbsp BetanoStadiums editLaranjeiras Stadium edit nbsp Laranjeiras Stadium in 1919 The Manoel Schwartz Stadium is better known as the Laranjeiras Stadium or also the Alvaro Chaves Street Stadium due to the name of the street where its main entrance is located It was the place where the Rio team played its games for decades however for security reasons due to the high demand for attendance at its games it no longer does so currently playing at Maracana 59 Flu s first match at the Laranjeiras Stadium was the 4 1 victory over Vila Isabel in the 1919 Carioca Championship with the Tricolor goals having been scored by Harry Welfare 3 and Machado Opened in 1919 with a capacity for 18 000 people and having had its capacity expanded to 25 000 people since 1922 in some games this stadium had estimated audiences greater than its capacity 60 The record for paying audiences was in the Fluminense 3 1 Flamengo match on June 14 1925 when 25 718 spectators paid for tickets although today the audience for Fluminense s match against Sporting held on July 15 is unknown 1928 in the Vulcain Cup dispute with the stadium full and over 2 000 chairs being placed on the athletics track to accommodate the public present nbsp Stained glass windows in Fluminense s headquartersCurrently Fluminense does not play its games at its stadium at the club s option as it would no longer have the security conditions and capacity to host large events and is currently only used for training small commemorative events social and educational projects games of the women s football team and the youth teams 61 The last time an official match for Fluminense s main team took place at Laranjeiras Stadium was in 2003 where Flu drew 3 3 with Americano in the Carioca Championship 62 The renovation of the stadium has been a long standing demand of the club however a series of problems make this difficult such as technical issues linked to the historical preservation of the building the small area for the construction of a modern stadium and the opposition of the surrounding residents The current project at a more advanced stage foresees a revitalization of Laranjeiras with the stadium remaining with a small audience capacity being able to host lower demand games such as the first phases of the state championship and women s football 63 Maracana Stadium edit Since its construction for the 1950 World Cup the Maracana has primarily served as the home ground for the four biggest Rio de Janeiro clubs 64 The stadium was officially completed in 1965 17 years after construction began In 1963 more than 194 000 people attended a match between Flamengo and Fluminense at the Maracana Rio Championship final 65 At the stadium Fluminense won some of the most important titles such as the 1952 Copa Rio for many the most important in its history it won its first Brazilian Championship in 1970 the Tricolor Machine was twice champion of Carioca 1975 76 led by Roberto Rivellino it was Brazilian champion over its rival Vasco da Gama in 1984 was three time Rio champion against Flamengo 1983 85 he was Carioca champion in 1995 with Renato Gaucho s belly goal against Romario s Flamengo at the time named FIFA World Player of the Year In this century he won the 2007 Brazil s Cup and the 2023 Copa Libertadores 66 Following its 50th anniversary and aiming to hold the 2000 FIFA Club World Cup in Brazil the stadium underwent renovations which would increase its full capacity to around 103 000 After years of planning and nine months of closure between 2005 and 2006 the stadium was reopened in January 2007 with an all seated capacity of 87 000 For the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Olympics and Paralympics a major expedition project was started in 2010 The original stand with a two level configuration was demolished making way for a new single level stand and the stadium had its capacity reduced to 78 838 seats 64 From 2013 onwards the stadium was managed by the Brazilian conglomerate Odebrecht Corruption scandals the high rents charged by the company and the abandonment of the stadium meant that Flamengo and Fluminense came together to manage it 67 Although clubs have kept the stadium in good condition since 2016 and covered its maintenance costs it was only in 2019 that the government canceled contracts with Odebrecht Flamengo and Fluminense then created a joint company Fla Flu S A opened especially to manage Maracana and its entire sports complex 64 nbsp Fluminense supporters at the Maracana Stadium during the match between Fluminense and Argentinos Juniors in the round of 16 of the 2023 Copa Libertadores Players editSee also List of Fluminense Football Club players Current squad edit As of 4 January 2024 68 Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player1 GK nbsp BRA Fabio2 DF nbsp BRA Samuel Xavier4 DF nbsp BRA Marlon on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk 5 MF nbsp BRA Alexsander7 MF nbsp BRA Andre8 MF nbsp BRA Matheus Martinelli9 FW nbsp BRA John Kennedy10 MF nbsp BRA Ganso11 FW nbsp BRA Keno12 DF nbsp BRA Marcelo14 FW nbsp ARG German Cano15 FW nbsp COL Yony Gonzalez16 DF nbsp BRA Diogo Barbosa17 MF nbsp URU Leonardo Fernandez on loan from Toluca No Pos Nation Player21 FW nbsp COL Jhon Arias22 GK nbsp BRA Pedro Rangel23 DF nbsp BRA Guga26 DF nbsp BRA Manoel29 MF nbsp BRA Thiago Santos30 MF nbsp BRA Felipe Melo44 DF nbsp BRA David Braz45 MF nbsp BRA Lima55 MF nbsp BRA Danielzinho98 GK nbsp BRA Vitor Eudes99 FW nbsp BRA Lele on loan from Itaborai Profute 25 DF nbsp BRA Antonio Carlos88 MF nbsp BRA Renato AugustoReserve team edit Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player13 DF nbsp BRA Felipe Andrade16 DF nbsp BRA Marcos Pedro28 MF nbsp BRA Arthur31 DF nbsp BRA Calegari32 FW nbsp BRA Isaac34 MF nbsp BRA Joao Lourenco35 FW nbsp BRA Joao Neto36 DF nbsp BRA Julio Fidelis38 FW nbsp BRA Agner39 FW nbsp BRA Kaua Elias40 FW nbsp BRA Matheus Reis41 DF nbsp BRA Kayke Almeida46 DF nbsp BRA Lucas Justen47 DF nbsp BRA Rafael Monteiro No Pos Nation Player50 GK nbsp BRA Gustavo Ramalho53 DF nbsp BRA Esquerdinha DF nbsp BRA Cipriano DF nbsp BRA Davi DF nbsp BRA Jhonny DF nbsp BRA Luan Freitas MF nbsp BRA Caio Vinicius MF nbsp BRA Edinho MF nbsp BRA Freitas MF nbsp BRA Gustavo Apis MF nbsp BRA Wallace FW nbsp BRA Alexandre Jesus FW nbsp BRA Samuel GranadaOther players under contract edit Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player DF nbsp BRA Vitor Mendes on loan from Atletico Mineiro Out on loan edit Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player DF nbsp BRA Cris Silva on loan at Chapecoense until 30 November 2023 DF nbsp BRA David Duarte on loan at Bahia until 31 December 2023 DF nbsp BRA Jefte on loan at APOEL until 31 May 2024 No Pos Nation Player MF nbsp URU Michel Araujo on loan at Sao Paulo until 31 December 2024 FW nbsp BRA Abner on loan at Volta Redonda until 30 November 2023 FW nbsp BRA Gabryel Martins on loan at Ferroviario until 8 April 2024 Staff editCurrent staff edit As of 13 January 2024Position Name NationalityHead coach Fernando Diniz nbsp BrazilianAssistant coaches Wagner Bertelli nbsp BrazilianEduardo Barros nbsp BrazilianMarcao nbsp BrazilianCadu Antunes nbsp BrazilianTechnical assistant Marco Salgado nbsp BrazilianFitness coaches Marcos Seixas nbsp BrazilianFlavio Vignoli nbsp BrazilianIgor Cotrim nbsp BrazilianGoalkeeper coach coordinator Flavio Tenius nbsp BrazilianGoalkeeper coaches Andre Carvalho nbsp BrazilianJosmiro de Goes nbsp BrazilianHead coaches editGround Committee 1902 10 nbsp Charlie Williams 1911 12 Ground Committee 1913 16 nbsp Quincey Taylor 1917 18 nbsp Ramon Platero 1919 nbsp Pode Pedersen 1920 23 nbsp Charlie Williams 1924 26 nbsp Eugenio Medgyessy 1927 28 nbsp Luiz Vinhaes 1929 33 nbsp Quincey Taylor 1934 36 nbsp Hector Cabelli 1936 nbsp Carlos Carlomagno 1936 38 nbsp Carlos Nascimento 1938 nbsp Ondino Viera 1938 43 nbsp Athuel Velazquez 1943 1944 nbsp Humberto Cabelli 1944 1945 nbsp Gentil Cardoso 1945 47 nbsp Ondino Viera 1948 50 nbsp Otto Vieira 1950 51 nbsp Zeze Moreira 1951 54 nbsp Sylvio Pirillo 1956 58 nbsp Zeze Moreira 1958 62 nbsp Fleitas Solich 1963 64 nbsp Tim 1964 67 nbsp Tele Santana 1967 68 nbsp Evaristo de Macedo 1968 nbsp Tele Santana 1969 70 nbsp Paulo Amaral 1970 nbsp Mario Zagallo 1971 72 nbsp Zeze Moreira 1973 nbsp Duque 1973 74 nbsp Carlos Alberto Parreira 1974 nbsp Paulo Emilio 1975 nbsp Didi 1975 76 nbsp Mario Travaglini 1976 77 nbsp Pinheiro 1977 nbsp Paulo Emilio 1978 nbsp Nelsinho Rosa 1979 81 nbsp Dino Sani 1981 82 nbsp Lula 1982 nbsp Claudio Garcia 1983 nbsp Jose Luiz Carbone 1983 84 nbsp Carlos Alberto Parreira 1984 85 nbsp Jose Omar Pastoriza 1985 nbsp Nelsinho Rosa 1985 86 nbsp Antonio Lopes 1986 87 nbsp Jose Luiz Carbone 1987 nbsp Ismael Kurtz 1988 nbsp Sergio Cosme 1988 89 nbsp Procopio Cardoso 1989 nbsp Paulo Emilio 1990 nbsp Gilson Nunes 1990 91 nbsp Edinho 1991 nbsp Arthur Bernardes 1992 nbsp Nelsinho Rosa 1993 nbsp Delei 1994 nbsp Pinheiro 1994 nbsp Joel Santana 1995 nbsp Jair Pereira 1996 nbsp Renato Portaluppi 1996 nbsp Julio Cesar Leal 1997 nbsp Valdir Espinosa 1997 nbsp Hugo de Leon 1997 nbsp Jose Luiz Carbone 1997 nbsp Arturzinho 1997 nbsp Edinho 1998 nbsp Delei 1998 nbsp Sergio Cosme 1998 nbsp Carlos Alberto Parreira 1999 00 nbsp Valdir Espinosa 2000 01 nbsp Oswaldo de Oliveira 2001 02 nbsp Renato Portaluppi 2 September 2002 11 July 2003 nbsp Joel Santana 18 July 2003 1 October 2003 nbsp Renato Portaluppi 1 October 2003 28 December 2003 nbsp Ricardo Gomes 4 March 2004 15 August 2004 nbsp Alexandre Gama 16 August 2004 31 December 2004 nbsp Abel Braga 1 January 2005 10 December 2005 nbsp Ivo Wortmann 11 December 2005 19 February 2006 nbsp Paulo Campos 22 February 2006 12 March 2006 nbsp Oswaldo de Oliveira 2006 nbsp Antonio Lopes 23 August 2006 29 September 2006 nbsp PC Gusmao 29 September 2006 11 February 2007 nbsp Renato Portaluppi 24 April 2007 10 August 2008 nbsp Cuca 11 August 2008 2 October 2008 nbsp Rene Simoes 2 October 2008 6 March 2009 nbsp Carlos Alberto Parreira 7 March 2009 13 July 2009 nbsp Vinicius Eutropio 14 July 2009 19 July 2009 nbsp Renato Portaluppi 20 July 2009 1 September 2009 nbsp Cuca 1 September 2009 19 April 2010 nbsp Muricy Ramalho 25 April 2010 13 March 2011 nbsp Enderson Moreira int 21 March 2011 31 May 2011 nbsp Abel Braga 8 June 2011 29 July 2013 nbsp Vanderlei Luxemburgo 30 July 2013 12 November 2013 nbsp Dorival Junior 12 November 2013 26 December 2013 nbsp Renato Portaluppi 28 December 2013 2 April 2014 nbsp Cristovao Borges 2 April 2014 23 March 2015 nbsp Ricardo Drubscky 23 March 17 May 2015 nbsp Enderson Moreira 18 May 2015 16 September 2015 nbsp Eduardo Baptista 17 September 2015 25 February 2016 nbsp Levir Culpi 4 March 2016 6 November 2016 nbsp Marcao 6 November 2016 1 December 2016 nbsp Abel Braga 1 December 2016 June 2018 nbsp Marcelo Oliveira June 2018 29 November 2018 nbsp Fabio Moreno last game in Brazilian Championship nbsp Fernando Diniz 2018 2019 nbsp Marcao one game nbsp Oswaldo de Oliveira 2019 nbsp Marcao 2019 nbsp Odair Hellmann 2020 nbsp Marcao 2020 2021 nbsp Roger Machado 2021 nbsp Marcao 2021 nbsp Abel Braga 2022 30 April 2022 nbsp Fernando Diniz 1 May 2022 present See also edit2008 Fluminense Football Club seasonNotes edit 177 656 paying a record for persons present at Maracana stadium References edit Estadio Maracana Rio de Janeiro Estadio Maracana Retrieved 4 April 2023 a b c d e f g Fluminense Forever Flu Federation Internationale de Football Association FIFA Archived from the original on 11 June 2009 Retrieved 7 June 2009 Numero de jogadores cedidos por cada clube brasileiro na historia da Selecao Brasileira Number of players loaned by each Brazilian Club in the history of the Brazilian national team RSSSF Brasil 15 September 2018 Oscar Cox in Portuguese Fluminense Football Club Archived from the original on 19 December 2009 Retrieved 10 January 2010 How football conquered Brazil BBC 18 May 2009 Retrieved 11 June 2009 a b Passion carnival and crazy goals Federation Internationale de Football Association FIFA 13 July 2001 Archived from the original on 26 February 2008 Retrieved 10 June 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