Flamengo is a Brazilian football team from Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, founded on November 15, 1895 (although the football department started on December 24, 1911).

Home stadium is nominally the Gávea, capacity 8,000, but most games are played in the Maracanã (capacity 120,000). They play in horizontal red and black stripes, white shorts with red piping and striped red and black socks.

Honours

  • Brazilian Champions 1980, 1982, 83, 87, 92.
  • Twenty-seven state championships.
  • Libertadores Cup 1981.
  • World Club Champions 1981.

Some Famous Players
  • Bebeto
  • Domingos da Guia
  • Junior
  • Leônidas
  • Romário
  • Zizinho
  • Zico