Clube de Regatas do Flamengo

Establishment of the club (1895–1912)

Flamengo was founded on 17 November 1895, by a group of rowers gathered at club member Nestor de Barros's manor on Flamengo Beach in Rio de Janeiro. In the late 19th century, rowing was the most played sport in the city. Previously, they could only afford a used boat named Pherusa, which had to be completely rebuilt before it could be used in competition. The team debuted on 6 October 1895, when they sailed off the Caju Point toward Flamengo Beach. However, strong winds turned over the boat and the rowers nearly drowned. They were rescued by a fishing boat named Leal (Loyal). Later as the Pherusa was undergoing repairs, it was stolen and never found again. The group saved money to buy a new boat, the Etoile, renamed Scyra. On the night of 17 November, the group gathered at Nestor de Barros's manor on Flamengo beach and founded the Grupo de Regatas do Flamengo (English: Flamengo Rowing Group) and elected its first board and president (Domingos Marques de Azevedo). The name was changed a few weeks later to its current title of Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (Flamengo Rowing Club). The founders decided that the anniversary of the club's foundation should be commemorated on 15 November to coincide with Republic Proclamation Day, a national holiday. Flamengo's football team was only established after a group of ten dissatisfied players from Fluminense broke away from that club following a board dispute. The players decided to join…

Official tournaments

s shared record (1) This championship was organized by the "Club of Thirteen," independently of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), which organized a tournament for 16 of the clubs that were left out (including Guarani de Campinas, runner-up in 1986), called the Yellow Module, and which insisted on semifinals between the top two finishers of the Copa União (Flamengo and Internacional-RS) and those of the Yellow Module (Sport Recife and Guarani). Flamengo and Internacional did not participate, and the CBF registered Sport Recife and Guarani for the Copa Libertadores. From 2019 onwards, the CBF began to include the tournament among the Brazilian titles on its official website, but with different names: "Brasileiro" and "Copa União." (2) In 1940 the competition was interrupted with Flamengo and Fluminense 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 Flamengo and Fluminense as the legitimate champions of the competition. The club currently considers itself champion of the competition and includes this title among its achievements.

Other tournaments

International

Lima International Tournament (1): 1952 Juan Domingo Peron Tournament (1): 1953 Torneio Internacional do Rio de Janeiro (4): 1954, 1955, 1970, 1972 Israel International Tournament (1): 1958 Torneo Hexagonal de Lima (1): 1959 South American Octagonal…