Fluminense FC

The Fluminense Football Club, usually only briefly referenced as Fluminense, known in German-speaking countries as Fluminense Rio de Janeiro, is the oldest football club in the city of Rio de Janeiro. It was founded on July 21, 1902 by the Anglo - Brazilian Oscar Cox.

To date, Fluminense is one of the most important football clubs in the country and won four national championships since then. The club opened since then numerous other sports and in 1949 for his services to the sport by the International Olympic Committee with the Coupe Olympique, the Olympic Cup, excellent.

Fluminense is also the name for the inhabitants of the State of Rio de Janeiro.

The biggest rivals of the club are the three other major clubs from Rio de Janeiro: Flamengo, Botafogo and Vasco da Gama.

Fluminense is the team from Rio, with the 31 most commonly winner of the championship of the State of Rio de Janeiro ( Campeonato Carioca ) was obtained after Flamengo times.

In their stadium ( Laranjeiras ), the Brazilian national team won their first major victory. Of the 18 games she was holding winning 15 times and played in a draw. In Laranjeiras learned the national team to be great and to be seen large. There also the organization base of Brazilian football was born. The first teams Fluminense used white and gray jerseys. 1903 Fluminense moved to its present traditional colors dark red, white and green, which now were also the official colors of the club.

  • 4.1 Additions
  • 4.2 Disposals
  • 5.1 Record Player
  • 5.2 Other well-known players
  • 5.3 Known coach
  • 6.1 Achievements 6.1.1 Men
  • 6.1.2 Women

Formation

Oscar Cox was the first who brought football to Rio. He previously played football during his studies in Switzerland and when he came back to Rio, he found some men who wanted to play with him this new, unknown sport again. After a few games in Rio and São Paulo, they decided to found itself a new club. Fluminense was founded on July 21, 1902 by Oscar Cox was the first football club in Rio de Janeiro.

The first game took place on October 19, 1902 held at the Paysandu Cricket Club against the Rio Football Club, where Fluminense won 8-0. In the first four Campeonato Carioca (Rio de Janeiro league) 1906-1909 Fluminense were each cup winners.

1911 Fluminense was champion again. This year, however, there was a major crisis within the club. After they could not agree on a new coach, leaving nine players the team. These nine major players decided to switch to Flamengo, that was just a rowing club at the time. With the creation of Flamengo's football department this year they founded perhaps the most important Brazilian football rivalry, namely the so-called Fla-Flu. The first Fla-Flu was held on July 7, 1912. Although aufliefen for Flamengo nine out of eleven players who have been with Fluminense 1911 Master ( for Fluminense only Oswaldo Gomes and James Calvert ), won Fluminense 3-2.

Fans

The fans tricolores, a reference to the three team colors call themselves red, white and green. One of the most famous songs is team A bencao, João de Deus ( Bless us, St. John of God), a song that was composed in honor of the Pope on his first visit to Brazil.

Attendance Records

The size of the Maracanã stadium enabled some outstanding viewing figures:

Title

  • World Cup: 1952 Copa Rio
  • Copa Libertadores: Finalist 2008
  • Copa Sudamericana: Finalist 2009
  • Master of Brazil: 1970, 1984, 2010, 2012
  • Cup of Brazil: 2007
  • Torneio Rio - São Paulo: 1957, 1960
  • Taça Ioduran: 1919 ( without a fight )
  • State Championship in Rio de Janeiro: ( 31x ) 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 Torneio Extra: 1941 Torneio Aberto: 1935 Torneio Municipal: 1938, 1948

Squad of the Season 2012/13

Additions

Player personalities

Most games

  • 319 Goals: Waldo
  • 188 Goals: Orlando Pingo de Ouro
  • 165 Goals: Telê Santana
  • 164 Goals: Hércules de Miranda
  • 163 Goals: Henry Welfare
  • 696 games: Carlos José Castilho
  • 604 games: João Carlos Batista Pinheiro
  • 556 Games: Telê Santana
  • 549 games: Altair Gomes de Figueiredo
  • 490 Games: Escurinho

Other well-known players

  • Jorginho
  • Telê Santana
  • Francisco Marinho
  • Gérson
  • Roberto Rivelino
  • Paulo César Caju
  • Carlos Alberto Torres
  • Carlos Alberto Gomes
  • Renato Gaúcho
  • Romerito
  • Marcelo da Silva Júnior
  • Thiago Neves
  • Waldo
  • Romário
  • Washington
  • Frederico Chaves Guedes "Fred"
  • Deco

See also: rsssfbrasil.com: National Players of Fluminense

Known coach

Basketball

Among other things, maintains Fluminense also a successful Basket Balla division which won numerous titles.

Achievements

  • State Championship in Rio de Janeiro (16 x): 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1931, 1961, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1988

Women

  • Brazilian Cup: 1998
  • State Championship in Rio de Janeiro: in 1953, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 2005
  • State Championship in Rio de Janeiro ( Unofficially ): 1941, 1942
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