Fluminense FC

{{Short description|Brazilian soccer club}}

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Flu
Fluzão (Big Flu)
Nense
Pó de Arroz (Rice Powder)
Time de Guerreiros (Team of Warriors)

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| manager = Renato Gaúcho

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Fluminense Football Club ({{IPA|pt-BR|flumiˈnẽsi futʃiˈbɔw ˈklubi|lang}}) is a Brazilian sports club based in the neighbourhood of Laranjeiras, in Rio de Janeiro, being the oldest football club in the state since its foundation in 1902. It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the first tier of Brazilian football, and the Campeonato Carioca, the state league of Rio de Janeiro. The word "fluminense" is the gentilic given to people born in the state of Rio de Janeiro.

Fluminense have won numerous titles throughout its history, including the Copa Libertadores in 2023 and the Recopa Sudamericana in 2024. The club has also claimed four Brazilian championships (1970, 1984, 2010, and 2012), the Copa do Brasil in 2007, and 33 Rio de Janeiro state titles. Other notable achievements include winning the 1952 Copa Rio — regarded by the club as a world title — and being the first football club to receive the Olympic Cup from the International Olympic Committee, in 1949, for its pioneering role in sports. In 2023, Fluminense also reached the FIFA Club World Cup final, finishing as runners-up to Manchester City.

Fluminense’s first home kit originally featured a shirt split in half vertically, with one side in white and the other in grey. However, due to the difficulty of sourcing these colours — particularly during a trip to England in 1904, where club members sought new kits — the club opted to change its colours. A vote was held, and Fluminense adopted its now-iconic home kit: a vertically striped shirt in burgundy, white, and green, with thinner white pinstripes flanked by broader burgundy and green stripes, typically paired with white shorts and white socks.

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 Fla–Flu in particular is widely considered one of the greatest football derbies in Brazil and South America, having eventually set the still-standing world record for the highest attendance in a match between football clubs (over 200,000 spectators in the stadium of Maracanã).https://ge.globo.com/futebol/100-anos-de-fla-flu/noticia/2012/07/um-milagre-um-recorde-um-estadio-que-nao-cai-o-fla-flu-de-1963.html

Fluminense is recognized as the birthplace of the Brazil national football team, which played its first-ever match at the club’s Estádio de Laranjeiras in 1914, during Fluminense’s 12th anniversary celebrations. It was there that Brazil scored its first goal and won its first trophy. To this day, Fluminense ranks among the top contributors to the national team, having provided the fifth most players in Brazil’s history.{{Cite web |date=15 September 2018 |title=Número de jogadores cedidos por cada clube brasileiro na história da Seleção Brasileira |trans-title=Number of players loaned by each Brazilian Club in the history of the Brazilian national team |url=https://www.rsssfbrasil.com/sel/jogclub.htm |access-date= |website=RSSSF Brasil}}

History

File:Oscar Cox.jpg, founder of Fluminense]]

= Rio's football pioneering =

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.fluminense.com.br/memoria_historiaoscar.asp |language=Portuguese |publisher=Fluminense Football Club |title=Oscar Cox |accessdate=2010-01-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091219042942/http://www.fluminense.com.br/memoria_historiaoscar.asp |archivedate=December 19, 2009 }} Therefore, it was the first football club to be founded in the city, whose most popular sport at the time was rowing.{{cite web |date=18 May 2009 |title=How football conquered Brazil |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/timvickery/2009/05/how_football_conquered_brazil.html |access-date=11 June 2009 |website=BBC}}

File:Preguinho.jpg, a notable Fluminense player]]

The first official match was played against now defunct Rio Football Club, and Fluminense won 8–0.{{cite web|title=Fluminense – Forever Flu|url=https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/club=241/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611235329/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/club=241/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 June 2009|access-date=7 June 2009|publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)}} The club's first title came in 1906, when Fluminense won the state championship (Campeonato Carioca).

In 1911, disagreement between Fluminense players led to the formation of Flamengo's football team. The so-called Fla-Flu derby is considered one of the biggest in the history of Brazilian football.{{cite web |date=13 July 2001 |title=Passion, carnival and crazy goals |url=https://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/news/newsid=78517.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226184537/http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/news/newsid=78517.html |archive-date=26 February 2008 |access-date=10 June 2009 |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)}} Three years later, in Fluminense's stadium, the Brazil national football team debuted, against touring English club Exeter City. It was also there that they won their debut title, in 1919.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/19safull.html|title=Southamerican Championship 1919|website=RSSSF|access-date=11 June 2009}}

By 1922, Fluminense had 4,000 members, a stadium for 25,000 people, and facilities that impressed clubs in Europe.{{cite book|last=Mason|first=Tony|title=Passion of the people? Football in South America|page=54|isbn=978-0-86091-403-7|publisher=Verso|year=1995|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iIN81fOaLdkC|access-date=10 June 2009}}

= Construction of Maracanã =

File:Castilho, 1956.tif, 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.{{Cite web |title=1950 FIFA World Cup Brazil |url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/worldcup/origin1904-p.cxm.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/worldcup/1950brazil |access-date=2023-12-03 |website=www.fifa.com |language=en}}

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.{{CN|date=April 2025}}

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.

= National achievements =

File:Fluminense FC 1960.jpgFrom 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 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.

= Double relegation and return to the top flight =

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,{{cite web|url=http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/2584/29/|work=When Saturday Comes (WSC)|title=Santos and sinners|date=February 2003|access-date=12 June 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111104095738/http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/2584/29/|archive-date=4 November 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} only to be relegated the next year.{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tablesae/br1997.htm|publisher=Rec. Sport. Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF)|access-date=4 December 2009|title= Brazil 1997 Championship}} Completely out of control, the club was relegated from Série B to Série C in 1998.{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tablesae/br1998l2.htm|title=Brazil 1998 Championship - Second Level (Série B)|publisher=Rec. Sport. Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF)|access-date=4 December 2009}} 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,{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tablesae/br1999l3.htm|title=Brazil 1999 Third Level (Série C)|publisher=Rec. Sport. Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF)|access-date=4 December 2009}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tablesae/br2001.htm|publisher=Rec. Sport. Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF)|access-date=4 December 2009|title=Brazil 2001 Championship}}

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

File:Fluminense Horcades Lula.jpg 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.{{cite web|url=http://esporte.uol.com.br/futebol/ultimas/2007/06/06/ult59u122616.jhtm|language=pt|work=UOL Esporte|title=Fluminense volta à Libertadores após 23 anos|date=6 June 2007|access-date=12 June 2009}}{{Cite web |date=2022-01-14 |title=Esquadrão Imortal – Fluminense 2007-2012 |url=https://imortaisdofutebol.com/esquadrao-imortal-fluminense-2007-2012/ |access-date=2023-12-05 |website=Imortais do Futebol |language=pt-BR}} In the 2007 Serie A, the club finished fourth, and Thiago Neves won the Golden Ball for the league's best player.

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,{{cite web|url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/ESP/Noticia/Futebol/Fluminense/0,,MUL338513-4284,00.html|language=pt|title=Flu massacra Arsenal em noite de gala|work=globoesporte.com|date=5 March 2008|access-date=12 June 2009}} winning both games against Colombian club Atlético Nacional in R16, a comeback against São Paulo in the QF,{{cite web|url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/Esportes/Noticias/Futebol/Libertadores/0,,MUL489835-9851,00-FLU+LEVA+A+MELHOR+NO+MARACA+E+ESTA+NA+SEMIFINAL+DA+TACA+LIBERTADORES.html|language=pt|title=Flu leva a melhor no Maraca e está na semifinal da Taça Libertadores|work=globoesporte.com|date=21 May 2008|access-date=12 June 2009}} and disposing of defending champions Boca Juniors in the SF with a 3–1 victory.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/jun/06/1|title=Flu flay Boca as Brazilians fly into final|date=6 June 2008|access-date=12 June 2009|work=The Guardian | location=London | first=Conrad | last=Leach}} 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/jul/04/brazil|title=Fluminense in mourning after Maracana party turns to tears|date=4 July 2008|access-date=12 June 2009|work=The Guardian | location=London | first=Fernando | last=Duarte}} 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.

File:Washington Libertadores.jpg before the 2008 Copa Libertadores final|left]]

After signing 27 players and going through 5 different managers in 2009, Fluminense found themselves struggling to avoid another relegation from Série A.{{cite web|url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/Esportes/Noticias/Times/Fluminense/0,,MUL1329995-9866,00-BALCAO+DE+NEGOCIOS+E+ALTA+ROTATIVIDADE+AJUDAM+A+EXPLICAR+DESESPERO+DO+FLU.html|title=Balcão de negócios e alta rotatividade ajudam a explicar desespero do Flu|language=pt|work=globoesporte.com|date=5 October 2009|access-date=14 December 2009}} With less than one-third of the championship left, the mathematical probability of the club's relegation was 98%.{{cite web|url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/Esportes/Noticias/Futebol/Brasileirao/Serie_A/0,,MUL1335158-9827,00.html|language=pt|work=globoesporte.com|title=Degola mais próxima: Fluminense tem 98% de chances de rebaixamento|date=9 October 2009|access-date=14 December 2009}} At this point, manager Cuca decided to dispense with some of the more experienced players and gave Fluminense's youngsters a chance.{{cite web|url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/Esportes/Noticias/Times/Fluminense/0,,MUL1366199-9866,00-POR+XEQUEMATE+CONTRA+QUEDA+CUCA+CELEBRA+TROCA+DE+PECAS+NO+TRICOLOR.html|language=pt|title=Por xeque-mate contra queda, Cuca celebra troca de peças no Tricolor|work=globoesporte.com|date=4 November 2009|access-date=14 December 2009}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=1148877.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091218113015/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=1148877.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 December 2009|title=Fred saves the day for Flu|access-date=15 December 2009|publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)}}{{cite web|url=http://oglobo.globo.com/blogs/bolademeia/posts/2009/12/10/a-media-de-publico-final-do-campeonato-brasileiro-2009-248850.asp|work=O Globo|language=pt|location=Rio de Janeiro|date=8 December 2009|access-date=14 December 2009|title=A média de público final do Campeonato Brasileiro 2009}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/Esportes/Noticias/Times/Fluminense/0,,MUL1401289-9866,00-FLUMINENSE+LUTA+ATE+O+FIM+MAS+TITULO+FICA+NOVAMENTE+COM+A+LDU+VERDADEIRO+AL.html|language=pt|work=globoesporte.com|date=3 December 2009|access-date=14 December 2009|title=Fluminense luta até o fim, mas título fica novamente com a LDU, verdadeiro algoz}}

= 2010s: Two Brazilian championships =

For 2010, Muricy Ramalho replaced Cuca. His first task was in the 2010 Copa do Brasil quarter-finals against Grêmio, 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. 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. 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, while Fred, Washington, and Deco were decisive players in Fluminense's title-winning campaign.

For the 2011 season, Fluminense appointed 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 Abel Braga for 2012 and made big investments for the squad, bringing back Thiago Neves and signing youngster Wellington Nem. 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.{{cite web|url=http://bagarai.com.br/fluminense-esta-eliminado-da-libertadores.html|language=pt|work=Bagarai.com|access-date=23 May 2012|title=Fluminense está eliminado da Libertadores|archive-date=21 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021052357/http://bagarai.com.br/fluminense-esta-eliminado-da-libertadores.html|url-status=dead}} Later that year, on 11 November, they won their fourth Brazilian championship after defeating near-relegated Palmeiras 3–2, with three matchdays left.{{cite news|first=Danilo |last=Lavieri |title=Fluminense vence com gols de Fred, vira tetra brasileiro e deixa Palmeiras a um jogo da queda|url=http://esporte.uol.com.br/futebol/campeonatos/brasileiro/serie-a/pos-jogo/2012/11/11/palmeiras-x-fluminense.htm|access-date=11 November 2012|newspaper=UOL Esportes|date=11 November 2012|author2=Rodrigues, Renan|location=Presidente Prudente|language=pt}}{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2557/news/2012/11/12/3521177/fluminense-crowned-brasileiro-serie-a-champions|title=Fluminense crowned champions|date=12 November 2012|work=Goal.com|access-date=18 December 2012 }} Striker Fred was also the competition's top scorer, with 20 goals, and received the CBF Best Player award.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2012-11-26 |title=Campeão e quase artilheiro, Fred faz balanço geral de 2012: 'Inesquecível' |url=https://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/times/fluminense/noticia/2012/11/fred-faz-balanco-do-ano-de-2012-inesquecivel.html |access-date=2023-12-04 |website=globoesporte.com}} 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.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2012-11-23 |title=Fred eleito melhor jogador do campeonato brasileiro |url=https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/futebol-internacional/fred-eleito-melhor-jogador-do-campeonato-brasileiro_d606046 |access-date=2023-12-05 |website=rtp.pt |language=pt}}

== 2013: Close call ==

In 2013, Fluminense was eliminated in the Copa Libertadores quarter-finals again, this time to Olimpia. In the Série A, things took a turn for the worse when they lost six of their first nine matches, leading to the sacking of Abel Braga.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2013-07-29 |title=Flu demite Abel mesmo sem opção de consenso para assumir o time |url=https://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/times/fluminense/noticia/2013/07/sem-dinheiro-e-opcoes-de-consenso-flu-vive-impasse-para-adeus-de-abel.html |access-date=2023-12-05 |website=globoesporte.com}} Seven undefeated matches in September steered the club away from relegation, but an eight-match winless run put the club back into the fight for relegation, 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 Série A had Fluminense mathematically relegated to Série B. However, Portuguesa and Fluminense's main rivals Flamengo fielded ineligible players in their matches against Grêmio and Cruzeiro respectively, thus losing 4 points after a verdict by 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.

== Since 2014: Rebuild ==

In 2014, Fluminense brought back Darío Conca, as well 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.{{Cite web |title=Mais de R$ 1 bilhão em 12 anos: Xerém é o que faz o Fluminense sobreviver competitivo {{!}} Blogs |url=http://espn.com.br/blogs/paulocobos/808525_mais-de-r-1-bilhao-em-12-anos-xerem-e-o-que-faz-o-fluminense-sobreviver-competitivo |access-date=2023-12-03 |website=ESPN |language=pt}}

In 2019, Fluminense hired Fernando Diniz, a young coach with innovative ideas within Brazilian football, but political conflicts within the club forced him out. The following year, the club brought back Fred, one of the greatest idols in the club's history, and in the 2020 season qualified for the Copa Libertadores under Odair Hellmann's tutelage.

= 2020s: Copa Libertadores title and FIFA Club World Cup finalist =

{{football squad on pitch|align=right|GK_nat=BRA|GK=Fábio|RB_nat=BRA|RB=S. Xavier|RCB_nat=BRA|RCB=Nino|LCB_nat=BRA|LCB=Felipe Melo|LB_nat=BRA|LB=Marcelo|LCM_nat=BRA|LCM=Martinelli|RCM_nat=BRA|RCM=André|AM_nat=BRA|AM=Ganso|RW_nat=COL|RW=Arias|CF_nat=ARG|CF=Cano|LW_nat=BRA|LW=Keno|caption=2023 Copa Libertadores final starting lineup}}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.{{Cite news |date=3 November 2023 |title=Is Fluminense the team of the future? |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/03/world/americas/copa-libertadores-fluminense-boca-juniors.html |access-date=4 December 2023}}

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.

The 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. The Copa Libertadores win sent Fluminense to play in the FIFA Club World Cup semi final, where they beat African champions Al Ahly from Egypt 2-0, but lost 4-0 in the final against Manchester City.

Season statistics

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Fluminense have taken part in 57 of the 68 official Serie A championships organized in Brazil since 1959.{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/miscellaneous/fluretr.htm|language=pt|title=RECORDS OF FLUMINENSE IN MAJOR COMPETITIONS|access-date=11 June 2009|publisher=Rec. Sport. Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF)}}

= Taça Brasil =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
style="background:#000;"

!Year!!Position!!Participants!!Year!!Position!!Participants

1959|
|161964|
|22
1960171965|
|22
1961|
|18196622
1962

| -

|18

|1967

| -

|21

1963|
|201968|
|23

= Roberto Gomes Pedrosa Tournament =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
style="background:#000;"

!Year!!Position!!Participants

196713º15
196812º17
196917
1970style="text-align:right;background-color:#FE2" |1º17

= Brazilian Championship =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
style="background:#000;"

!Year!!Position!!Participants!!Year!!Position!!Participants

197116º20198111º44
197214º26198244
197323º40198318º44
197424º401984style="text-align:right;background-color:#FE2"|1º41
197542198522º44
197654198648
197726º62198716
197822º74198824
197952º94198915º22
198011º44199015º20

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
style="background:#000;"

!Year!!Position!!Participants!!Year!!Position!!Participants

199120200128
199214º20200226
199328º32200319º24
199415º24200424
199524200522
199623º24200615º20
199725º{{decrease}}26200720
199819º{{decrease}} (Série B)24200814º20
19991º{{increase}} (Série C)36200916º20
2000252010style="text-align:right;background-color:#FE2"|1º20

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
style="background:#000;"

!Year!!Position!!Participants!!Year!!Position!!Participants

201120201812º20
2012style="text-align:right;background-color:#FE2"|1º20201914º20
201315º20202020
201420202120
201513º20202220
201613º20202320
201714º20202413º20

Records

=Highest attendances – Maracanã=

According to the RSSSF, these were the highest attendances in Fluminense matches:{{ cite web | url=http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/miscellaneous/attfluminense.htm | title=Best attendances in matches of Fluminense | first=Alexandre Magno Barreto | last=Berwanger | website=RSSSF | date=28 July 2016 | access-date=23 April 2023 }}

  • 1. Fluminense 0-0 Flamengo (1963): 194,603{{efn|177,656 paying, a record for persons present at Maracanã stadium.}}
  • 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=

  • 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 Maracanã Stadium: 93,560 paying (1969, 10 matches)

Supporters

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The supporters of Fluminense Football Club are usually related to the upper classes of Rio de Janeiro.{{cite web|url=http://oglobo.globo.com/esportes/mat/2009/06/05/perfil-dos-torcedores-do-rio-756224667.asp|title=Perfil dos torcedores do Rio|access-date=7 June 2009|work=Jornal O Globo|language=pt}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/miscellaneous/torcidas.htm|title=Brazilian Clubs with Most Fans|publisher=RSSSF Brazil|access-date=10 July 2009}} Considering a population of 203 million people,{{Cite web |date=2023-06-28 |title=De 2010 a 2022, população brasileira cresce 6,5% e chega a 203,1 milhões {{!}} Agência de Notícias |url=https://agenciadenoticias.ibge.gov.br/agencia-noticias/2012-agencia-de-noticias/noticias/37237-de-2010-a-2022-populacao-brasileira-cresce-6-5-e-chega-a-203-1-milhoes |access-date=2023-12-03 |website=Agência de Notícias - IBGE |language=pt-BR}} 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.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=English - Fluminense Football Club |url=http://www.fluminense.com.br/sobre/english |access-date=2023-12-05 |website=Fluminense Football Club |language=pt-BR}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/miscellaneous/attfluminense.htm|title=Best attendances in matches of Fluminense|publisher=Rec. Sport. Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF)|access-date=12 June 2009}} This occasion remains as the stadium's record for a match between clubs.{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/miscellaneous/attendances.htm|language=pt|title=Best Attendances in Brazil|publisher=Rec. Sport. Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF)|access-date=12 June 2009}}

Notable supporters of Fluminense include composers Cartola and Chico Buarque,{{cite web|url=http://www.estadao.com.br/arquivo/arteelazer/2000/not20001227p4402.htm|language=pt|title=Brasil está em débito com Cartola|date=27 December 2000|access-date=12 June 2009|work=O Estado de S. Paulo}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2004/jul/18/fiction.features3|title=The lionised king of Rio|work=The Guardian|date=18 July 2004|access-date=10 June 2009 | location=London | first=Jemima | last=Hunt}} musicians Elis Regina, Ivan Lins, Pixinguinha, Renato Russo and Tom Jobim,{{cite web|url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/Esportes/Noticias/Times/Fluminense/0,,MUL613943-9866,00-TRICOLOR+SKYLAB+SE+DESESPERA+COM+SHOW+NA+MESMA+HORA+DA+FINAL+EM+QUITO.html|language=pt|title=Tricolor Skylab se desespera com show na mesma hora da final em Quito|work=globoesporte.com|access-date=12 June 2009|date=25 June 2008}} 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,{{cite web|url=http://www.terra.com.br/exclusivo/noticias/2002/05/31/011.htm|language=pt|title=MST e Fluminense presentes na última homenagem a Mário Lago|work=Jornal do Brasil Online|date=31 May 2002|access-date=12 June 2009}} journalist and songwriter Nelson Motta, dramatist, journalist and writer Nelson Rodrigues,{{cite book|last1=Motta|first1=Nelson|last2=Gueiros|first2=Pedro|author-link1=Nelson Motta|title=Fluminense: a breve e gloriosa história de uma máquina de jogar bola|pages=1–9|isbn=978-85-00-01574-8|location=Rio de Janeiro|publisher=Geração Editorial|year=2004|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TuWDzbcxc_wC|language=pt|access-date=10 June 2009}} modernist architect Oscar Niemeyer, FIFA president of honor João Havelange, 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,{{cite web|url=http://www.terra.com.br/esportes/2001/12/17/039.htm|language=pt|title=Fluminense homenageia grandes torcedores|date=17 December 2001|access-date=2 January 2012|work=Terra}} and the Academy Award nominee Fernanda Montenegro.{{cite web|url=http://extra.globo.com/esporte/fluminense/fluminense-fernanda-montenegro-leva-os-netos-ao-engenhao-360672.html|language=pt|title=Fernanda Montenegro leva os netos ao Engenhão|date=11 December 2010|access-date=2 January 2012|work=Extra}}{{Clear}}

Honours

=Official tournaments=

class="wikitable sortable”
colspan="3”|Intercontinental
style="width:260px"|Competitions

! style="width:80px"|Titles

! style="width:380px"|Seasons

scope="col" |Copa Rio (international tournament)

| bgcolor="gold" style="text-align:center"| 1{{smallsup|s}}

|1952

colspan="3"|Continental
style="width:260px"|Competitions

! style="width:80px"|Titles

! style="width:380px"|Seasons

scope=row |Copa Libertadores

! align="center"| 1

|2023

scope=row |Recopa Sudamericana

! align="center"| 1

|2024

colspan="3"|National
style="width:260px"|Competitions

! style="width:80px"|Titles

! style="width:380px"|Seasons

scope=row |Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

! align="center"| 4

|1970, 1984, 2010, 2012

scope=row |Copa do Brasil

! align="center"| 1

|2007

scope=row |Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

! align="center"| 1

|1999

colspan="3"|Inter-state
style="width:260px"|Competitions

! style="width:80px"|Titles

! style="width:380px"|Seasons

scope=row |Torneio Rio–São Paulo

! align="center"| 2

|1957, 1960

scope=row |Primeira Liga

| bgcolor="gold" style="text-align:center"| 1{{smallsup|s}}

|2016

colspan="3"|State
style="width:260px"|Competitions

! style="width:80px"|Titles

! style="width:380px"|Seasons

scope=row |Campeonato Carioca

! align="center"| 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

scope=row|Copa Rio

! align="center"| 1

|align="left"|1998

  • {{legend|gold|record}}
  • {{smallsup|s}} shared record

=Officially Unrecognized Tournaments=

(1) In 1940 the competition was interrupted with Fluminense and Flamengo in the lead, without the CBD making the title official, however, the clubs and newspapers at the time considered the result definitive and declared the Fluminense and Flamengo as the legitimate champions of the competition.{{cite web |url=https://rsssfbrasil.com/tablesr/rjsp1940.htm |title=Torneio Rio-São Paulo 1940

|website=rsssfbrasil.com|date=August 26, 2008 |access-date=June 5, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://ge.globo.com/futebol/100-anos-de-fla-flu/noticia/2012/07/torneio-rio-sao-paulo-de-1940-taca-dividida-de-fla-e-flu-e-esquecida.html |title=1940 Rio-São Paulo Tournament: The divided trophy of Fla and Flu is forgotten|website=GloboEsporte.com|date=July 5, 2012 |access-date=June 5, 2024}} The club currently considers itself champion of the competition and includes this title among its achievements.{{cite web |url=https://www.fluminense.com.br/sobre/principais-titulos|title=Principais Títulos |website=www.fluminense.com.br|date= |access-date=June 5, 2024}}
(2)In 1927, having won the title on the field, Fluminense asked for its annulment for having failed to comply with the regulations, by including two substitutes in its ranks, in a letter sent to AMEA, which resulted in the subsequent annulment of the title.

=Others tournaments=

==International==

==National and Inter-state==

==State==

=Runners-up=

=Youth team=

=Awards=

Chronology of main titles

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File:Bola_utilizada_na_primeira_partida_da_Seleção_Brasileira.jpg

File:Sala de troféus FFC em 19 03 2019.jpg

File:Painel do Torneio Rio-São Paulo.jpg

class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
Competition

!Season

!N.º

Carioca Championship1906style="text-align: center;"|1º
Carioca Championship1907style="text-align: center;"|2º
Carioca Championship1908style="text-align: center;"|3º
Carioca Championship1909style="text-align: center;"|4º
Carioca Championship1911style="text-align: center;"|5º
Carioca Championship1917style="text-align: center;"|6º
Carioca Championship1918style="text-align: center;"|7º
Carioca Championship1919style="text-align: center;"|8º
Carioca Championship1924style="text-align: center;" |9º
Carioca Championship1936style="text-align: center;" |10º
Carioca Championship1937style="text-align: center;" |11º
Carioca Championship1938style="text-align: center;" |12º
Rio–São Paulo Tournament1940style="text-align: center;" |13º
Carioca Championship1940style="text-align: center;" |14º
Carioca Championship1941style="text-align: center;" |15º
Carioca Championship1946style="text-align: center;" |16º
Carioca Championship1951style="text-align: center;" |17º
Rio Cup (International)1952style="text-align: center;" |18º
Rio–São Paulo Tournament1957style="text-align: center;" |19º
Carioca Championship1959style="text-align: center;" |20º
Rio–São Paulo Tournament1960style="text-align: center;" |21º
Carioca Championship1964style="text-align: center;" |22º
Carioca Championship1969style="text-align: center;" |23º
Brazilian Championship1970style="text-align: center;" |24º
Carioca Championship1971style="text-align: center;" |25º
Carioca Championship1973style="text-align: center;" |26º
Carioca Championship1975style="text-align: center;" |27º
Carioca Championship1976style="text-align: center;" |28º
Carioca Championship1980style="text-align: center;" |29º
Carioca Championship1983style="text-align: center;" |30º
Brazilian Championship1984style="text-align: center;" |31º
Carioca Championship1984style="text-align: center;" |32º
Carioca Championship1985style="text-align: center;" |33º
Carioca Championship1995style="text-align: center;" |34º
Carioca Championship2002style="text-align: center;" |35º
Carioca Championship2005style="text-align: center;" |36º
Brazil Cup2007style="text-align: center;" |37º
Brazilian Championship2010style="text-align: center;" |38º
Carioca Championship2012style="text-align: center;" |39º
Brazilian Championship2012style="text-align: center;" |40º
First League (Brazil)2016style="text-align: center;" |41º
Carioca Championship2022style="text-align: center;" |42º
Carioca Championship2023style="text-align: center;" |43º
Copa Libertadores2023style="text-align: center;" |44º
Recopa Sudamericana2024style="text-align: center;" |45º

Source:{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Principais Títulos |url=http://www.fluminense.com.br/sobre/principais-titulos |access-date=2023-12-05 |website=Fluminense Football Club |language=pt-BR}}

Rivalries

File:Clássico Vovô (5091646151).jpg 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.{{cite web |title=Estatísticas Fluminense |url=http://www.fluzao.info/ |access-date=21 July 2015 |website=Fluzao.info}}

= Grandpa Derby =

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 derby in Brazil, because its first game was on 22 October 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 =

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 derby was engendered 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 have been fundamental in generating the derby's mystique.Livro "Fla-Flu... E as Multidões Despertaram", de Nélson Rodrigues e Mário Filho (Edição Europa, 1987).{{Cite web |last=Soldo |first=Ivan |title=Top 20 Greatest Football Derbies In The World |url=https://futebolonline.io/noticias-futebol-online/ |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=Bleacher Report |language=en}}

= Giants' Derby =

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 Fluminense, 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.

= Silvio Santos Derby =

Silvio Santos Derby (Clássico Silvio Santos), played with Corinthians. It is perhaps the most representative among the various interstate confrontations with big Brazilian clubs played by Fluminense, given the fact that these clubs often intersect at decisive moments in their seasons.{{cite web |author= |date=10 July 2012 |title=Corinthians é visto como o maior rival no futebol nacional, diz pesquisa (apontando as principais rivalidades para cada clube, não a importância dos clássicos). |url=https://futebolonline.io/noticias-futebol-online/ |access-date=15 June 2017 |publisher=GloboEsporte.com}} The Derby dates back to 1933, in a friendly match that marked both Fluminense's first match as a professional team and Corinthians' first inter-state match as a professional.

The fixture's name was given on 17 August 2024, after the Brazilian television host of the same name, died on the same day. Santos was a supporter of both clubs.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lance.com.br/fora-de-campo/silvio-santos-vira-apelido-de-classico-do-brasileirao-entenda.html.amp|title=Silvio Santos vira apelido de clássico do Brasileirão; entenda|date=2024-08-17|access-date=2024-08-19|website=www.lance.com.br|language=pt-br}}

= Rivalry with LDU =

Since L.D.U. Quito defeated Fluminense in the 2008 Copa Libertadores final and the Copa Sudamericana final of the following year, a strong international rivalry has developed between the two teams.{{Cite news |date=February 29, 2024 |title=Liga de Quito vs. Fluminense, un clásico sudamericano |url=https://www.primicias.ec/noticias/jugada/recopa-liga-quito-fluminense-clasico/ |access-date=April 7, 2025 |work=Primicias |language=Spanish |agency=Primicias}} This rivalry reached new heights when the two teams met on a third international final for the 2024 Recopa Sudamericana, which was won by Fluminense. This has been the only case of two CONMEBOL teams facing each other on each of the three continental tournaments.

Statistics

File: Idolos do Fluminense.jpgThis is a list of statistics and records of Fluminense.{{Cite web |date=22 October 2016 |title=Em meio à críticas e quase barração, Gum chega a 350 jogos pelo Tricolor |url=https://www.lance.com.br/fluminense/meio-criticas-quase-barracao-gum-chega-350-jogos-pelo-tricolor.html |access-date=2023-12-04 |website=Lance! |language=pt-br}}

=Players with most appearances=

class="toccolors" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="left" style="margin:0.5em;"

!colspan="2" align=center style="background-color: #006633;"| Name

!align=center style="background-color: #006633;"| Matches

1st{{flagicon|Brazil}} Castilhoalign="center"|699
2nd{{flagicon|Brazil}} Pinheiroalign="center"|603
3rd{{flagicon|Brazil}} Telê Santanaalign="center"|556
4th{{flagicon|Brazil}} Altairalign="center"|549
5th{{flagicon|Brazil}} Escurinhoalign="center"|490
6th{{flagicon|Brazil}} Rubens Galaxealign="center"|462
7th{{flagicon|Brazil}} Denílsonalign="center"|433
8th

|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Gum

!414

9th{{flagicon|Brazil}} Assisalign="center" |424
10th{{flagicon|Brazil}} Waldoalign="center" |403

{{Clear}}

=Top goalscorers=

File:Valdo, sem data.tif, for Fluminense, against goalkeeper Barbosa, from Vasco da Gama, at the Maracanã Stadium.|318x318px]]

class="toccolors" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="left" style="margin:0.5em;"

!colspan="2" align=center style="background-color: #006633;"| Name

!align=center style="background-color: #006633;"| Goals

!align=center style="background-color: #006633;"| Years

1st{{flagicon|Brazil}} Waldoalign="center"|319align="center"|1954–61
2nd{{flagicon|Brazil}} Fredalign="center" |199align="center"|2009-16 / 2020-22
3rd{{flagicon|Brazil}} Orlando Pingo de Ouroalign="center" |184align="center"|1945-55
4th{{flagicon|Brazil}} Hérculesalign="center"|165align="center"|1935–42
5th{{flagicon|Brazil}} Telê Santanaalign="center"|164align="center"|1950–61
6th{{flagicon|England}} Henry Welfarealign="center"|163align="center"|1913–23
7th{{flagicon|Argentina}} Russoalign="center" |149align="center"|1933–44
8th{{flagicon|Brazil}} Preguinhoalign="center"|128align="center"|1925–39
9th{{flagicon|Brazil}} Washington Césaralign="center"|124align="center"|1983–89
10th{{flagicon|Brazil}} Magno Alvesalign="center"|121align="center"|1998–2002 / 2015-2016

{{Clear}}

=Coaches with most games=

File:Treinadores do Fluminense.jpg

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!colspan="2" align=center style="background-color: #831d1c;"| Name

!align=center style="background-color: #831d1c;"| Matches

1st{{flagicon|Brazil}} Zezé Moreiraalign="center"|467
2nd

|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Abel Braga

align="center" |354
3rd{{flagicon|Uruguay}} Ondino Vieraalign="center" |300
4th{{flagicon|Brazil}} Renato Gaúchoalign="center"|202
5th{{flagicon|Brazil}} Fernando Dinizalign="center" |183
6th{{flagicon|Brazil}} Timalign="center"|166
7th{{flagicon|Brazil}} Nelsinho Rosaalign="center" |156
8th{{flagicon|Brazil}} Carlos Alberto Parreiraalign="center" |146
9th{{flagicon|Brazil}} Sylvio Pirilloalign="center"|138
10th{{flagicon|Brazil}} Luís Vinhaesalign="center"|137

{{Clear}}

Correct as of October 4, 2023

Sponsors

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

=Sports Equipment=

class="wikitable"

|+

!Years

!Kit manufacturer

1976–1980

|{{Flagicon|DEU}} Adidas

{{flagicon|Brazil}} Rainha

1981–1985

|{{Flagicon|FRA}} Le Coq Sportif

1985–1994

|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Penalty

1994–1996

|{{Flagicon|UK}} Reebok

1996–2015

|{{Flagicon|DEU}} Adidas

2016–2017

|{{Flagicon|CAN}} Dryworld

2017–2019

|{{Flagicon|USA}} Under Armour

2020–

|{{Flagicon|UK}} Umbro

=Main Sponsor=

class="wikitable"

|+

!Years

!Sponsor(s)

1984

|{{Flagicon|SUI}} Mondaine

{{flagicon|Brazil}} Banco Nacional

{{Flagicon|USA}} Kodak

1985

|{{flagicon|Brazil}} SulAmérica Seguros

1986

|{{Flagicon|USA}} Heart Line

1987

|{{flagicon|Brazil}} 1001 Turismo

1987–1994

|{{Flagicon|USA}} Coca-Cola

1995

|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Ame o Rio

1995–1996

|{{flagicon|KOR}} Hyundai

{{flagicon|Brazil}} SporTV

1997

|{{flagicon|Brazil}} SporTV

1997–1998

|{{flagicon|Brazil}} SporTV

{{flagicon|POR}} Oceânica Seguros

{{flagicon|Brazil}} MTV Brasil

1999

|{{flagicon|UK}} Sonrisal

{{flagicon|Brazil}} MTV Brasil

1999–2014

|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Unimed{{cite news | author = | title = Depois de 15 anos, parceria entre Fluminense e Unimed chega ao fim | url = http://www.espn.com.br/noticia/466998_depois-de-15-anos-parceria-entre-fluminense-e-unimed-chega-ao-fim | work = ESPN | date = 10 December 2024 | access-date = 8 May 2024 |language=Portuguese

}}

2015–2017

|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Viton 44

2017

|{{Flagicon|USA}} Universal Orlando Resort{{cite news | author = | title = Universal Orlando Resort é o novo patrocinador do Fluminense | url = https://www.fluminense.com.br/noticia/universal-orlando-resort-e-o-novo-patrocinador-do-fluminense | work = Fluminense | date = 25 October 2017 | access-date = 8 May 2024 | language=Portuguese

}}

2018

|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Valle Express{{cite news | author = | title = Fluminense anuncia Valle Express como patrocinadora Master | url = https://www.fluminense.com.br/noticia/fluminense-anuncia-valle-express-como-patrocinadora-master | work = Fluminense | date = 19 January 2018 | access-date = 8 May 2024 | language=Portuguese

}}

2021–2024

|{{Flagicon|GRE}} Betano{{cite news | author = | title = Betano é a nova patrocinadora master do Fluminense | url = https://www.fluminense.com.br/noticia/betano-e-a-nova-patrocinadora-master-do-fluminense | work = Fluminense | date = 1 June 2021 | access-date = 8 May 2024 | language=Portuguese

}}

2024–

|{{Flagicon|ROM}} Superbet{{cite news | author = | title = Fluminense anuncia Superbet como nova patrocinadora master | url = https://oglobo.globo.com/esportes/noticia/2024/04/08/fluminense-anuncia-supebet-como-nova-patrocinadora-master.ghtml | work = O Globo | date = 8 April 2024 | access-date = 8 May 2024 | language=Portuguese

}}

Stadiums

= Laranjeiras Stadium =

File:Das laranjeiras stadium.jpgThe 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.{{Cite web |date=2007-12-10 |title=History |url=http://www.flumania.com.br/histori4.htm |access-date=2023-11-30 |archive-date=10 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071210153924/http://www.flumania.com.br/histori4.htm |url-status=dead }}

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.{{Cite web |title=Decisões de Títulos No Estádio de Laranjeiras. |url=https://www.rsssfbrasil.com/miscellaneous/mattitlar.htm |access-date=2023-11-30 |website=www.rsssfbrasil.com}}

The record for paying audiences was in the Fluminense 3-1 Flamengo match, on 14 June 1925, when 25,718 spectators paid for tickets, although today the audience for Fluminense's match against Sporting, held on 15 July, 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.

File:Fluminense Headquarters.jpg

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.{{Cite news |title=Exeter City draw with Fluminense U23s |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/28398951 |access-date=2023-11-30}} 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.{{Cite web |date=2020-04-12 |title=Flu nas Laranjeiras? Saiba quando foi a última vez que o Tricolor atuou no estádio |url=https://www.netflu.com.br/flu-nas-laranjeiras-saiba-quando-foi-a-ultima-vez-que-o-tricolor-atuou-no-estadio/ |access-date=2023-12-03 |website=Fluminense: Últimas notícias, vídeos, onde assistir e próximos jogos |language=pt-BR}}

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.{{Cite web |title=Mário explica plano de reforma de Laranjeiras e diz que Fluminense não fará 'loucuras' |url=https://www.lance.com.br/fluminense/mario-explica-plano-reforma-laranjeiras-diz-que-nao-fara-loucuras.html |access-date=2023-12-03 |website=www.lance.com.br |date=31 January 2021 |language=pt-br}}

= Maracanã Stadium =

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.{{Cite web |last=Schreef |first=Wojciech |date=2017-11-10 |title=Maracana - Rio de Janeiro - The Stadium Guide |url=https://www.stadiumguide.com/maracana/ |access-date=2023-11-30 |language=nl}} 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.{{Cite web |title=Maiores Públicos do Fla-Flu. |url=https://www.rsssfbrasil.com/miscellaneous/attflaflu.htm |access-date=2023-11-30 |website=www.rsssfbrasil.com}}

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.{{Cite web |last=Reidy |first=Paul |date=2023-11-02 |title=Copa Libertadores: which teams have won the most times? Complete list of winners |url=https://en.as.com/soccer/copa-libertadores-which-teams-have-won-the-most-times-complete-list-of-winners-n/ |access-date=2023-11-30 |website=Diario AS |language=en-us}}

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.

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.{{Cite web |first1=Flora |last1=Charner |first2=Shasta |last2=Darlington |date=2017-02-01 |title=Why the legendary Maracana now looks like a ghost stadium |url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/02/01/football/maracana-stadium-rio-2016-olympics/index.html |access-date=2023-11-30 |website=CNN |language=en}} 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.{{wide image|Panorama torcida Fluminense - 08.08.2023.jpg|1000px|Fluminense supporters, at the Maracanã Stadium, during the match between Fluminense and Argentinos Juniors, in the round of 16 of the 2023 Copa Libertadores.|align-cap=center}}

Players

{{see also|List of Fluminense Football Club players}}

=Current squad=

{{updated|7 April 2025}}{{cite web|title=Elenco|url=http://www.fluminense.com.br/o-time/futebol/profissional|website=Fluminense's official professional roster|access-date=2 February 2018}}

{{Fs start}}

{{Fs player|no=1|nat=Brazil|pos=GK|name=Fábio}}

{{Fs player|no=2|nat=Brazil|pos=DF|name=Samuel Xavier}}

{{Fs player|no=3|nat=Brazil|pos=DF|name=Thiago Silva|other=captain}}

{{Fs player|no=4|nat=Brazil|pos=DF|name=Ignácio}}

{{Fs player|no=5|nat=Uruguay|pos=MF|name=Facundo Bernal}}

{{Fs player|no=6|nat=Brazil|pos=DF|name=Renê}}

{{Fs player|no=7|nat=Brazil|pos=MF|name=Renato Augusto}}

{{Fs player|no=8|nat=Brazil|pos=MF|name=Matheus Martinelli}}

{{Fs player|no=9|nat=Brazil|pos=FW|name=Everaldo}}

{{Fs player|no=10|nat=Brazil|pos=MF|name=Ganso}}

{{Fs player|no=11|nat=Brazil|pos=FW|name=Keno}}

{{Fs player|no=12|nat=Colombia|pos=DF|name=Gabriel Fuentes}}

{{Fs player|no=13|nat=Brazil|pos=DF|name=Felipe Andrade}}

{{Fs player|no=14|nat=Argentina|pos=FW|name=Germán Cano}}

{{Fs player|no=16|nat=Brazil|pos=MF|name=Nonato|other={{small|on loan from Santos}}}}

{{Fs player|no=17|nat=Uruguay|pos=FW|name=Agustín Canobbio}}

{{Fs player|no=18|nat=Paraguay|pos=MF|name=Rubén Lezcano}}

{{Fs player|no=20|nat=Brazil|pos=MF|name=Victor Hugo|other={{small|on loan from Cascavel}}}}

{{Fs mid}}

{{Fs player|no=21|nat=Colombia|pos=MF|name=Jhon Arias}}

{{Fs player|no=22|nat=Argentina|pos=DF|name=Juan Freytes}}

{{Fs player|no=23|nat=Brazil|pos=DF|name=Guga}}

{{Fs player|no=25|nat=Uruguay|pos=FW|name=Joaquín Lavega}}

{{Fs player|no=26|nat=Brazil|pos=DF|name=Manoel}}

{{Fs player|no=27|nat=Brazil|pos=GK|name=Marcelo Pitaluga}}

{{Fs player|no=28|nat=Brazil|pos=FW|name=Riquelme}}

{{Fs player|no=29|nat=Brazil|pos=DF|name=Thiago Santos}}

{{Fs player|no=35|nat=Brazil|pos=MF|name=Hércules}}

{{Fs player|no=37|nat=Brazil|pos=MF|name=Isaque}}

{{Fs player|no=45|nat=Brazil|pos=MF|name=Lima}}

{{Fs player|no=50|nat=Brazil|pos=GK|name=Gustavo Ramalho}}

{{Fs player|no=55|nat=Brazil|pos=MF|name=Wallace Davi}}

{{Fs player|no=77|nat=Brazil|pos=FW|name=Paulo Baya|other={{small|on loan from Primavera}}}}

{{Fs player|no=90|nat=Colombia|pos=FW|name=Kevin Serna}}

{{Fs player|no=94|nat=Brazil|pos=MF|name=Otávio}}

{{Fs player|no=98|nat=Brazil|pos=GK|name=Vitor Eudes}}

{{Fs end}}

=Reserve team=

{{Fs start}}

{{Fs player|no=15|nat=Mexico|pos=FW|name=Matheus Reis}}

{{Fs player|no=30|nat=Brazil|pos=MF|name=Davi Melo}}

{{Fs player|no=33|nat=Brazil|pos=DF|name=Gustavo Cintra}}

{{Fs player|no=38|nat=Brazil|pos=MF|name=Freitas}}

{{Fs player|no=40|nat=Brazil|pos=DF|name=Davi}}

{{Fs player|no=41|nat=Brazil|pos=FW|name=Lucas Felipe}}

{{Fs player|no=42|nat=Brazil|pos=MF|name=Thiago Henrique}}

{{Fs player|no=46|nat=Brazil|pos=DF|name=Kaio Borges}}

{{Fs mid}}

{{Fs player|no=48|nat=Brazil|pos=FW|name=Marlon}}

{{Fs player|no=51|nat=Brazil|pos=DF|name=Rodrigo Gomes}}

{{Fs player|no=54|nat=Brazil|pos=FW|name=Oliver}}

{{Fs player|no=56|nat=Brazil|pos=MF|name=Marcão}}

{{Fs player|no=58|nat=Brazil|pos=MF|name=Isac}}

{{Fs player|no=70|nat=Brazil|pos=FW|name=Luan Brito}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=Brazil|pos=MF|name=Gustavo Apis}}

{{Fs end}}

=Out on loan=

{{Fs start}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=Brazil|pos=GK|name=Pedro Rangel|other=on loan at Coritiba until 31 December 2025}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=Brazil|pos=DF|name=Antônio Carlos|other=on loan at Sport Recife until 31 December 2025}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=Brazil|pos=DF|name=Calegari|other=on loan at Famalicão until 30 June 2025}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=Brazil|pos=DF|name=Luan Freitas|other=on loan at Paysandu until 30 November 2025}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=Brazil|pos=DF|name=Lucas Justen|other=on loan at Guarani until 30 November 2025}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=Brazil|pos=DF|name=Rafael Monteiro|other=on loan at Amazonas until 30 November 2025}}

{{fs mid}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=Uruguay|pos=MF|name=David Terans|other=on loan at Peñarol until 31 December 2025}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=Brazil|pos=FW|name=Agner|other=on loan at Palmeiras until 31 December 2026}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=Brazil|pos=FW|name=João Neto|other=on loan at Portimonense until 30 June 2026}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=Brazil|pos=FW|name=John Kennedy|other=on loan at Pachuca until 31 December 2025}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=Brazil|pos=FW|name=Lelê|other=on loan at Ceará until 31 December 2025}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=Brazil|pos=FW|name=Samuel Granada|other=on loan at AVS until 30 June 2025}}

{{Fs end}}

Staff

=Current staff=

{{updated|{{date}}}}

class="wikitable"
Position

! Name

! Nationality

Head coach

| Mano Menezes

| {{flag|Brazil|name=Brazilian}}

rowspan=4| Assistant coaches

| Wagner Bertelli

| {{flag|Brazil|name=Brazilian}}

Eduardo Barros

| {{flag|Brazil|name=Brazilian}}

Marcão

| {{flag|Brazil|name=Brazilian}}

Cadu Antunes

| {{flag|Brazil|name=Brazilian}}

Technical assistant

| Marco Salgado

| {{flag|Brazil|name=Brazilian}}

rowspan=3|Fitness coaches

| Marcos Seixas

| {{flag|Brazil|name=Brazilian}}

Flávio Vignoli

| {{flag|Brazil|name=Brazilian}}

Igor Cotrim

| {{flag|Brazil|name=Brazilian}}

Goalkeeper coach coordinator

| Flavio Tenius

| {{flag|Brazil|name=Brazilian}}

rowspan=2|Goalkeeper coaches

| André Carvalho

| {{flag|Brazil|name=Brazilian}}

Josmiro de Góes

| {{flag|Brazil|name=Brazilian}}

Head coaches

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See also

Notes

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References

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