Fluminense F.C.

Pioneering football in Rio

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 of Brazilian aristocracy and football enthusiasts led by Oscar Cox, an English citizen born in Brazil, who had come into contact with the sport whilst studying in Lausanne, where he got acquainted with the practice of football. Cox was subsequently elected as the first president. Therefore, it was the first football club to be founded in the city, whose most popular sport at the time was rowing. The first official match was played against now defunct Rio Football Club, and Fluminense won 8–0. 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 is considered one of the biggest derbies in the history of Brazilian football. 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. By 1922, Fluminense had 4,000 members, a stadium for 25,000 people, and facilities that impressed clubs in Europe.

Construction of the Maracanã

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…

Official tournaments

s shared record (1) FIFA recognized the Copa Rio as an Inter-Confederations Cup during the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup. (2) 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. The club currently considers itself champion of the competition and includes this title among its achievements. (3) 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

Torneio Internacional do Rio de Janeiro (1): 1973 Copa Ciudad Viña del Mar (1): 1976 Tournoi de Paris (2): 1976, 1987 Teresa Herrera Trophy (1): 1977 Seoul Tournament (1): 1984 Kirin Cup (1): 1987 Kiev Tournament (1): 1989

National and Inter-state

Torneio José de Paula Júnior (1): 1952 Copa das Municipalidades do Paraná (1): 1953 Torneio Quadrangular Pará-Guanabara (1): 1966 Torneio Quadrangular de Cachoeiro de Itapemirim (1): 1969 Torneio José Macedo Aguiar (1): 1971 Copa Governador Faria Lima (1): 1977 Copa Vale do Paraíba (1): 1977 Torneio de Maceió (1): 1994 Troféu Osmar Santos (1): 2010 Troféu João…