Fluminense FC

Fluminense

Full name	Fluminense Football Club
Nickname(s)	Flu Fluzão Guerreiros (Warriors)
Founded	July 21, 1902
Stadium	Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro
Capacity	78,838
President	Peter Siemsen
Current coach	Levir Culpi
League	Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Campeonato Carioca Primeira Liga do Brasil Copa Sul-Americana
2015 2015 2016	Brasileirão, 13th Cariocão, 4th Primeira Liga, 1st
Website	Club home page
Home colors Away colors Third colors

Fluminense Football Club (Brazilian Portuguese: [flumiˈnẽsi ˈfu̇t-ˌbȯl ˈkləb]), known simply as Fluminense, is a Brazilian sports club best known for its football team that plays in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A^{[nb 1]}, the top tier of Brazilian football and the Campeonato Carioca,^{[nb 2]} the state league of Rio de Janeiro. The club is based in the Laranjeiras neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro. Fluminense play their home games at the Maracanã Stadium, which currently holds up to 78,838 spectators.

The club was founded on July 21, 1902 by the sons of Carioca aristocrats, being led by Oscar Cox, a Brazilian sportsman, in the bairro of Flamengo, a direct contrast between the aristocratic founders and the modest ground it was founded on. Cox was elected as the club's first president. Fluminense has been state champions on 31 occasions, second only to Flamengo with 33. The team has been national champions four times, most recently in 2012, and won the Copa do Brasil in 2007.

Fluminense is a demonym for people who reside in the State of Rio de Janeiro. Although football is the club's original endeavor, the club is today an umbrella organization for several teams in more than 16 different sport activities. Fluminense's home kit is maroon-and-green vertical striped shirts, with white shorts, accompanied by white socks; this combination has been used since 1920. Adidas are the kit manufacturers. Fluminense holds many long-standing rivalries, most notably against Flamengo (Fla-Flu), as well as with Botafogo and Vasco da Gama. It has contributed the fifth-most players to Brazil's national football team.

History

Oscar Cox, founder of Fluminense.

The team that won its first Campeonato Carioca, in 1906.

Laranjeiras Stadium, the Brazilian national team's first ground.

The Fluminense team in 1908, posing with the trophies won.

Fluminense Football Club was founded on July 21, 1902 in Rio de Janeiro by Oscar Cox, a Brazilian of English heritage.^[1] in the then aristocratic neighborhood of Laranjeiras.^[2] Fluminense was formed by sons of the elite who had come into contact with football while studying in Europe.^[3]

The first official match was played against now defunct Rio FC, and ended 8–0 to Fluminense.^[1] The club's first title came in 1906, when Fluminense won the Campeonato Carioca.^[1]

In 1911, disagreement between Fluminense players led to the formation of Flamengo's football team.^[1] The so-called Fla-Flu derby is considered one of the biggest in the history of Brazilian football.^[4] Three years later, in Fluminense's stadium, the Brazilian national football team debuted, against touring English club Exeter City.^[1] It was also there that they won their first title, in the 1919.^[5]

Preguinho, a Fluminense notable player.

By 1924, Fluminense had 4,000 members, a stadium for 25,000 people, and facilities that impressed clubs in Europe.,^[6]

In an unfortunate event in 1914, Carlos Alberto, a mulatto playing for Fluminense, decided to cover himself in face powder to disguise the color of his skin. This ultimately led to one of the club's nicknames, pó de arroz, which is the Portuguese for 'white powder'.^[7][8] Although, like almost all football teams in Brazil at the time, racism was common among Fluminense supporters, Fluminense has a long history of black players even before the football became a professional sport.^{[9] [10] [11]}

The following years saw an expansion of the club's hegemony in Rio. Fluminense would remain unsurpassed in terms of state championships until 2009.^[12] International acclaim came in 1949 with the awarding of the Olympic Cup, and was further fostered in 1952 with Fluminense's first intercontinental honor, the Copa Rio.^[1][13] The club established itself regionally with victory in two Torneio Rio-São Paulo cups in 1957 and 1960.^[1] National honors followed in 1970, 1984, 2010 and 2012 with Taça de Prata and Série A cups, respectively.,^[1] also taking the Cup in Brazil in 2007.

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 the years of 1957 and 1960.

From the 1960s, the first national championships began to be played in Brazil. Fluminense's first national title came in 1970, in that time, Brazil had the best players in world football, and all of them played in Brazilians clubs. Although not counted in its squad with the main players of the season in Brazil, Fluminense won the Brazilian champion surpassing the great strengths of the time in Santos, Palmeiras and Cruzeiro.

In the 1970s, Fluminense signed up several famous players like Roberto Rivellino. This time, called as "maquina tricolor", it won the state championship in the years of 1975 and 1976. In the national championship, Fluminense lost in the semifinal matches to Internacional in 1975 and Corinthians in 1976.

Fluminense again became the Brazilian champion 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 Cups tournament played in European countries. Fluminense reached the final of the Copa do Brasil for the first time in 1992, losing the final match to Internacional de Porto Alegre.

Stained glass windows in Fluminense's headquarters

A disastrous campaign led to the club's relegation from Série A in 1996. A set of off-field political maneuvers (cheats), however, not performed by Fluminense, allowed Fluminense to remain in Brazil's top domestic league,^[14] only to be relegated the next year.^[15] Completely out of control, the club was relegated from Série B to Série C in 1998.^[16] In 1999, Fluminense won the Série C championship and was to be promoted to Série B when it was invited to take part in Copa João Havelange,^[17] 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,^[18]

In 2002, 2005 and 2012, Fluminense won again the Campeonato Carioca. In 2005 Fluminense reached the final of the Copa do Brasil again, having lost the final match to Paulista Futebol Clube.

In 2007, Fluminense won the Copa do Brasil, after beating Figueirense in the final match, and was admitted in the Copa Libertadores again after 23 years.^[1][19] The club's campaign led it into the finals and included remarkable matches against Arsenal de Sarandí, São Paulo and Boca Juniors.^[20][21][22] Fluminense lost the cup to LDU Quito in a penalty shootout.^[23]

After signing up 27 players and going through 5 different managers in 2009, Fluminense found itself struggling to avoid another relegation from Série A.^[24] With less than one-third of the championship left, the mathematical probability of the club's relegation was of 98%.^[25] At this point, manager Cuca decided to sack some of the more experienced players and gave Fluminense's youngsters a chance.^[26] That, along with Fred's recovery from a serious injury and substantial support from the fans, allowed not only a sensational escape from relegation, but also placed Fluminense in the final of the Copa Sudamericana.^[27][28] 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 cup to LDU Quito.^[29]

The Flu players before playing the 2008 Copa Libertadores final match.

In 2010, Fluminense won the Brazilian championship for the third time in its history, marking their third national championship after 1970 and 1984). It was also the fourth title for coach Muricy 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 Season, while Fred and Washington were decisive players in Fluminense's winning campaign.

On May 23, 2012, Fluminense lost the semifinal qualification match to Boca Juniors from Argentina, for the continental club football cup, Copa Libertadores.^[30] Later that year, on November 11, they won their fourth Brazilian championship after defeating the near-relegated Palmeiras 3–2.^[31] Fluminense won the Série A for the fourth time on November 11, 2012.^[32]

In December 2013, a tie with Bahia in the last round of the 2013 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A had Fluminense mathematically relegated to the Série B. However, an irregular lineup by Portuguesa in the match against Grêmio in the previous round, which included midfielder Héverton, suspended for the affair, caused the Sâo Paulo side 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 instead. The move was widely criticized by fans and reporters alike, mainly because it marked the second time in 15 years that Fluminense was relegated but did not play the following year's Série B due to a legal decision.

Performance

Fluminense has taken part in 36 of the 38 official Serie A championships organized in Brazil since 1971.^[33]

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	Série B		2008	14	20
1999	Série C		2009	16	20
2000	3	25	2010	1	20

Year	Position	Participants	Year	Position	Participants
2011	3	20
2012	1	20
2013	15	20
2014	6	20
2015	13	20

Sponsors

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

• Adidas – kit supplier from 1996 until 2015.
• Dryworld – kit supplier since 2016.

Records

Fans of Fluminense at the Maracanã

Fluminense luminous mosaic arises, by fans in Maracanã.

Highest attendances – Maracanã^[34]

• 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: paying 177,656, a record of persons present at Maracanã stadium.

Highest means of public competition for Fluminense

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

Support

The supporters of Fluminense Football Club are usually related to the upper classes of Rio de Janeiro.^[35] 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.^[36] Considering a population of 185 million people,^[37] 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 December 15, 1963 in a rally against Flamengo. On that day, an impressive amount of 194,000 people showed up at the Maracanã stadium.^[38] This occasion remains as the stadium's record for a match between clubs.^[39]

Notable supporters of Fluminense include composers Cartola and Chico Buarque,^[40][41] FIFA president of honor João Havelange,^[4] musician Ivan Lins,^[42] poet and actor Mário Lago,^[43] journalist and songwriter Nelson Motta^[44] and dramatist, journalist and writer Nelson Rodrigues.,^[44] 1970 FIFA World Cup winner Gérson, Paris Saint-Germain's top defense player Thiago Silva, former Minister of Culture and international artist Gilberto Gil,^[45] Silvio Santos, the owner of SBT, the second largest Brazilian television network,^[46] and the Academy Award nomenee Fernanda Montenegro.^[47]

Titles

Some of the trophies won by Fluminense, exhibited at the club: (left): Campeonato Brasileiro Série A and Copa Rio amongst others; (right) The Copa do Brasil won in 2007.

Intercontinental

• Copa Rio Internacional: (1) 1952

National

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: (4) 1970, 1984, 2010, 2012
• Campeonato Brasileiro Série C: (1) 1999
• Copa do Brasil: (1) 2007

Regional

• Torneio Rio-São Paulo: (2) 1957, 1960
• Taça Brasil South Zone: (1) 1960
• Taça Ioduran – Rio-São Paulo: (1) 1919
• Primeira Liga do Brasil: (1) 2016

Local

• Campeonato Carioca: (31) 1906, 1907¹, 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

Fluminense main derbies

• Fla-Flu, also called Derby of Crowds ('Clássico das Multidões'),^[48] played with Flamengo;
• Giants' Derby ('Clássico dos Gigantes'); played with Vasco da Gama;
• Grandpa Derby ('Clássico Vovô'), played with Botafogo (name due to the fact that both are the oldest football teams in Rio de Janeiro);

According to the fluzao.info site, the average public paying the principal classics of Fluminense played in the Estádio do Maracanã is 60,107 against Flamengo, Vasco against the 43,735 of 34,359 against Botafogo of 25,127 against America and of 22,527 against Bangu, medium plus the public that these gifts could be about 20% higher, given the issues of the distribution of gratuities in the Maracanã .^[49]

Corinthians vs Fluminense, the great Fluminense interstate derby

Considering the interstate clashes, 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 stories, either by the end Rio Cup, the direct contest in several Tournaments Rio-São Paulo since 1940, or by the qualifying rounds of the Championship or Cup of Brazil,^[50][51] in the great struggle of the 2010 Série A when the two clubs contending for the title from the early stages of the championship with Corinthians been beaten for the Championship by Fluminense in the final round, as was the case in 2011, when Corinthians were crowned champions and the Tricolor, considered the best team during second round of the league, were placed third after the final match day.

Players

Current squad

As of 30 December 2015^[52]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Marcos Felipe 2 DF Jonathan 3 DF Gum 4 DF Marlon Santos 5 MF Pierre 6 DF Giovanni 7 MF Cícero (Vice-captain) 8 MF Edson 9 FW Fred (Captain) 11 MF Gerson (on loan from Roma) 12 GK Diego Cavalieri 15 MF Higor Leite 17 FW Osvaldo 19 FW Richarlison 20 FW Magno Alves 21 MF Daniel

No. Position Player 22 GK Júlio César 23 DF Felipe Amorim 25 DF Wellington Silva 27 MF Douglas 29 MF Marlon Freitas 30 MF Eduardo 31 DF Renato Chaves 32 FW Pedro 33 DF Henrique 34 GK Matheus 35 FW Marcos Júnior 40 MF Gustavo Scarpa 44 DF Nogueira — DF Ayrton — DF Igor Julião — FW Samuel

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player — DF Ailton (on loan at Neftchi Baku) — DF Artur (on loan at América-MG) — DF Elivelton (on loan at Fortaleza) — DF Jhonatan (on loan at FC ŠTK 1914 Šamorín) — DF Léo (on loan at Londrina Esporte Clube) — DF Reginaldo (on loan at Vila Nova) — DF Renato (on loan at Avaí) — DF Victor Oliveira (on loan at Joinville) — DF Wellington Carvalho (on loan at Tombense) — MF Alexandre (on loan at FC ŠTK 1914 Šamorín) — MF Bonilha (on loan at Lahti) — MF Bryan Olivera (on loan at Ottawa Fury) — MF Kassiano (on loan at FC ŠTK 1914 Šamorín) — MF Levi (on loan at FC ŠTK 1914 Šamorín) — MF Lucas (on loan at FC ŠTK 1914 Šamorín)

No. Position Player — MF Luiz Fernando (on loan at Vila Nova) — MF Michel (on loan at Avaí) — MF Pablo Dyego (on loan at Ottawa Fury) — MF Rafinha (on loan at Avaí) — MF Robert (on loan at Barcelona B) — MF Willian (on loan at Goiás) — FW Matheus Carvalho (on loan at Strikers) — FW Denílson (on loan at Granada B) — FW Euller (on loan at Lahti) — FW José Lucas (on loan at FC ŠTK 1914 Šamorín) — FW Lucas Fernandes (on loan at Avaí) — FW Leonel (on loan at FC ŠTK 1914 Šamorín) — FW Matheus Alves (on loan at Gangwon) — FW Michael (on loan at Estoril Praia)

Reserve team

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

No. Position Player — GK Alexandre — GK Jennerson — GK Lucas Barros — DF Breno Caetano — DF Breno Santos — DF Derlan — DF Mirko Di Pierro — DF Frazan — DF Ighor — DF Kadu — DF Matheus Mascarenhas — DF Tiago Alemão — MF Andrey — MF Berguinho — MF Guilherme

No. Position Player — MF João Vitor — MF Mateus — MF Óscar Correia — MF Paulinho — MF Pedrinho — MF Roberto — MF Wendel — FW Danilo Mariotto — FW Marquinhos Calazans — FW Matheus Alessandro — FW Matheus Pato — FW Patrick — FW Peu — FW Thiago

First-team staff

As of June 2014.

Position	Name	Nationality
Head coach	Levir Culpi	Brazilian
Assistant coach	Marcão	Brazilian
Fitness coaches	Flávio Vignoli	Brazilian
	Jefferson Souza	Brazilian

Head coaches

Charlie Williams (1911–12) Ramón Platero (1919) Charlie Williams (1924–26) Luiz Vinhaes (1929–33) Ondino Viera (1938–43) Gentil Cardoso (1945–47) Ondino Viera (1948–49) Zezé Moreira (1951–54) Sylvio Pirillo (1956–58) Zezé Moreira (1958–62) Tim (1964–67) Telê Santana (1969–70) Paulo Amaral (1970) Mário Zagallo (1971–72) Zezé Moreira (1973) Didi (1975) Carlos Alberto Parreira (1975–78) Mário Travaglini (1976–77) Paulo Emilio (1978) Nelsinho Rosa (1979–81)

Carbone (1983–84) Carlos Alberto Parreira (1984–85) José Omar Pastoriza (1985) Nelsinho Rosa (1985–86) Carbone (1987) Paulo Emilio (1990) Nelsinho Rosa (1993) Renato Gaúcho (1996) Hugo de León (1997) Carbone (1997–98) Carlos Alberto Parreira (1999–00) Oswaldo de Oliveira (2001–02) Renato Gaúcho (Sept 2, 2002 – July 11, 2003) Joel Santana (July 18, 2003 – Oct 1, 2003) Renato Gaúcho (Oct 1, 2003 – Dec 28, 2003) Ricardo Gomes (March 4, 2004 – Aug 15, 2004) Abel Braga (Jan 1, 2005 – Dec 10, 2005) Ivo Wortmann (Dec 11, 2005 – Feb 19, 2006) Paulo Campos (Feb 22, 2006 – March 12, 2006) Oswaldo de Oliveira (2006)

Antônio Lopes (Aug 23, 2006 – Sept 29, 2006) PC Gusmão (Sept 29, 2006 – Feb 11, 2007) Renato Gaúcho (April 24, 2007 – Aug 10, 2008) Cuca (Aug 11, 2008 – Oct 2, 2008) Renê Simões (Oct 2, 2008 – March 6, 2009) CA Parreira (March 7, 2009 – July 13, 2009) Vinícius Eutrópio (July 14, 2009 – July 19, 2009) Renato Gaúcho (July 20, 2009 – Sept 1, 2009) Cuca (Sept 1, 2009 – April 19, 2010) Muricy Ramalho (April 25, 2010 – March 13, 2011) E. Moreira (int.) (March 21, 2011 – May 31, 2011) Abel Braga (June 8, 2011 – July 29, 2013) V. Luxemburgo (July 30, 2013 – Nov 12, 2013) Dorival Júnior (Nov 12, 2013 – Dec 26, 2013) Renato Gaúcho (Dec 28, 2013 – April 2, 2014) Cristóvão Borges (April 2, 2014 – March 23, 2015) Ricardo Drubscky (March 23 – May 17, 2015) Enderson Moreira (May 18, 2015 – Sept 16, 2015) Eduardo Baptista (Sept 17, 2015 – present)

Statistics

Players with most appearances

Name		Matches
1º	Castilho	699
2º	Pinheiro	603
3º	Telê Santana	556
4º	Altair	549
5º	Escurinho	490
6º	Rubens Galaxe	462
7º	Denílson	433
8º	Assis (Defender)	424
9º	Waldo	403
10º	Marcão (Midfielder)	397

Top goalscorers

Name		Goals	Years
1º	Waldo	319	1954–61
2º	Orlando Pingo de Ouro	188	1945–55
3º	Fred	169	2009–
4º	Hércules	165	1935–42
5º	Telê Santana	164	1950–61
6º	Welfare	163	1913–23
7º	Russo	149	1933–44
8º	Preguinho	128	1925–39
9º	Washington	124	1983–89
10º	Magno Alves	120	1998–2002 / 2015-

Coaches with most appearances

Name		Matches
1º	Zezé Moreira	467
2º	Ondino Viera	300
3º	Abel Braga	202
4º	Renato Gaúcho	178
5º	Tim	166
6º	Nelsinho Rosa	156
7º	Carlos Alberto Parreira	146
8º	Sylvio Pirillo	138
9º	Luís Vinhaes	137
10º	Paulo Emílio	126

Notes

1. Also known by its nickname Brasileirão.
2. Also known by its nickname Cariocão.

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External links

• Official website (English)
• Flickr: Fluminense Oficial's Photostream – Downloadable Fluminense Photos (English)
• Fluminense Football Club News at Sambafoot.com (English)
• Fluminense F.C. Page at Goal.com (English)
• Fluminense F.C. Fan Page at Soccerway (English)
• Statistics on major competitions (Portuguese)
• Statistics on all matches between 1902 and 2006 (Portuguese)
• NETFLU – Hourly News about Fluminense Football Club (Portuguese)
• Statistics on the 2009 Série A championship (Portuguese)
• Fluminense F.C. daily news in Portuguese (Portuguese)
• Official Fluminense Football Club page at FIFA (English)
• Fluminense Football Club Page at ESPN Global (English)
• Fluminense F.C. at The World Game: News, Results & Tables (English)