Clássico dos Milhões (meaning "Derby of Millions") is the name of the classic Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

ian derby

Local derby

In many countries the term local derby, or simply just derby means a sporting fixture between two, generally local, rivals, particularly in association football...

 between Flamengo

Clube de Regatas do Flamengo

Clube de Regatas do Flamengo , also known as Flamengo and familiarly as Mengão, is a Brazilian sports club based in the Flamengo bairro, Zona Sul, Rio de Janeiro, best known for its professional football team...

 and Vasco da Gama, both from Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...

 city, considered the greatest classic Brazilian football and one of the biggest in football worldwide, both rivalry, as in popularity and history. It is named since its beginnings in the 1920s after the two largest fanbases from Rio state and more recently as it imposed itself since the 1970s as arguably the top nationwide Brazilian derby.

Poll estimations

Opinion poll

An opinion poll, sometimes simply referred to as a poll is a survey of public opinion from a particular sample. Opinion polls are usually designed to represent the opinions of a population by conducting a series of questions and then extrapolating generalities in ratio or within confidence...

, though variable, attribute Flamengo and Vasco with a combined share of about 30% of the overall population, i.e. totalling 59 million supporters nationwide (typically 34 million to Flamengo and 25 million to Vasco). At local Rio state level, polls suggest that both clubs account for more than two quarters of the declared supporter base (typically 40% of the overall Rio State population for Flamengo, 30% for Vasco, 10% for Fluminense

Fluminense Football Club

Fluminense Football Club is a sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Founded in the beginning of the 20th century as a single-sport institution, Fluminense is today an umbrella organization for several teams in more than 16 different sport activities. The most popular endeavor of Fluminense,...

 and 10% for Botafogo

Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas

Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas , also known as Botafogo and familiarly as Estrela Solitária, is a Brazilian sports club based in Botafogo, neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, best known for its football team. They play in the Campeonato Carioca, Rio de Janeiro's state league, and the Campeonato...

).

Its intense rivalry, though more stressed in football since 1923 when Vasco rose to first division, started already in the first decades in rowing regatte

Regatta

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, as both clubs were founded in late 19th century (Vasco 1898 and Flamengo 1895) as rowing clubs. Today, as multi-sports clubs in the Iberic tradition of Barcelona FC, Real Madrid

Real Madrid

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, Benfica and Sporting Lisbon, both teams also compete often at national level in other sports such as basketball

Basketball

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, swimming

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, futsal

Futsal

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 and judo

Judo

is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...

.

Early days

Since its first year, it capitalized on the already-existing rivalry in rowing. But it took a whole new scale as football opened to the masses.

Flamengo has had in 83 years a slight overall edge in teams of direct matches but also titles and direct decisions. In state league, since 1923 when both teams staged, it has won 23 titles (plus one Special as Rio State and Rio City merged in 1979) against 22 to Vasco.

1958 and the "Super-super-championship"

At a time when both clubs were already known for their mass appeal but the rivalry still missed some anthologic matches, this championship was considered unique as twice Botafogo, Flamengo and Vasco had to play a tie-break triangular. The final match finally was disputed by Vasco and Flamengo, the latter playing for a draw which was eventually obtained, in front of a record crowd. This championship would though sign a drought period of 12 years for Vasco, which helped to promote other derbies like Flamengo x Botafogo and as ever Flamengo x Fluminense as challengers throughout the 1960s.

The 1972-2001 period

This period can be singled out as the one that established the derby's reputation as the top one in Rio and eventually in Brazil, definitely surpassing its Fla-Flu

Fla-Flu

Fla-Flu is a football matchup between cross-town rivals Flamengo and Fluminense. Matches take place in the 95,000-seat Maracanã Stadium, located near downtown Rio, in the city's Maracanã district...

 rival both on the field and off it. In the span of 30 years, at least one of the teams managed to reach every final phase of the Rio state league. It also corresponds barely to the creation of the Brazilian national championship (1971), which displayed the popularity of both teams across the country, particularly in northern/northeastern states (but also southern states such as Santa Catarina

Santa Catarina (state)

Santa Catarina is a state in southern Brazil with one of the highest standards of living in Latin America. Its capital is Florianópolis, which mostly lies on the Santa Catarina Island. Neighbouring states are Rio Grande do Sul to the south and Paraná to the north. It is bounded on the east by...

), where often they constitute the main fanbase in front of local teams.

Rio state level

Given the once-traditional structure of Rio state league divided in "turno" and "returno" (home and away season) occasionally complemented by a shorter third "turno" with the top overall teams, Vasco and Flamengo have clinched 50 out of the 68 turnos (25 each). In 4 occasions an extra play-off between both teams was needed to decide the turno. In 9 occasions the derby was the last-round decisive game for both teams.

The first "turno" of Rio state league is given an extra importance as dubbed the "Taça Guanabara

Taça Guanabara

Taça Guanabara, or Guanabara Trophy, is a football tournament organized yearly since 1965 by the Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation. In its first four editions , Taça Guanabara was a tournament of its own right, completely unrelated to the Rio de Janeiro league, and the winners would be...

", incorporating a previously traditional competition only from the inner city clubs. Flamengo clinched it 13 times and Vasco 9 in this period.

They also participated together in a final phase (be it direct decision, triangular, quadrangular or semi-final) in 17 occasions out of 24 (in 6 occasions no final phase was needed as one team would win all turnos - this occurred 3 times for Vasco in 1977, 1992 and 1998 and also to Flamengo in 1978, 1979 and 1996).

Flamengo at the end clinched 11 titles in that period against 8 from Vasco. This in particular stems from a three-in-a-row win (see below) in the last years (1999–2001). Fluminense also clinched 8 titles, proving despite it much lower presence a greater efficiency (out of only 11 turno wins).

Turno	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01
1º	M	M	A	N	V	V	M	M	N	M	M	N	M	N	V	V	M	M	V	N	V	N	V	M	M	F	V	M	V	M
2º	N	N	V	F	F	V	M	M	V	V	A	M	V	M	M	B	V	F	N	M	V	V
M	F	V	V	M	V
3º	V	V/N	M	V	N/A
M
M
M	V
V
Champion	M	N	M	N	N	V	M	|M	N	M	V	N	N	N	M	V	V	F	F	M	V	V	V	N	M	F	V	M	M	M

• A: América
• B: Bangu
• F: Botafogo
• M: Flamengo
• N: Fluminense
• V: Vasco

National level

Though less frequent given the overall balance of national clubs and its scattered group structure, both teams met decisively 3 times in final phase, but never the finals: in 1983 in quarterfinal playoffs (Flamengo had the edge), and 1992 and 1998 in semi-final phase (Flamengo had the edge on the first but the derby was no ultimate decider as played two rounds before round-robin end, while Vasco had the edge in the latter in a famous 4-1 decider). Most notably, in each occasion the winner of the derby eventually clinched the title. Both teams in the 1971-2000 period ranked in the top 6 of the tournament (Vasco #1 and Flamengo #6) and feature each among the few clubs (alongside Palmeiras and Corinthians) to have clinched more than 4 Brazilian titles since its inception in 1971 (Flamengo had won 5 titles by then -- it now boasts 6 -- against Vasco da Gama's 4).

In Brazilian Cup, though less prestigious, both teams were scheduled to meet in finals on July, 2006. It was Flamengo's 5th final and Vasco's first. Flamengo eventually clinched its second Cup title ever. The competition though did not count with the participation of the top 5 Brazilian championship teams as they participated the Libertadores Cup, but in relative terms it was for the derby's history one of the most important ever.

Zico vs Roberto "Dinamite"

During the period above, the rivalry was personified in both players, still today considered the two most important players of each club ever. They played for about the same time lapse: though Roberto (or simply, Dinamite, after its powerful shot, a nickname given to him at the time he scored his first goal as a professional in 1972) started playing earlier, both reached early stardom around 1974 (when Vasco reached its first national title) and continued until the late 1980s. Both players cristallized the style of play, Zico

Zico

Arthur Antunes Coimbra , better known as Zico , is a Brazilian coach and former footballer. He is the current head coach of the Iraq national football team. Often called the "White Pelé", he is commonly considered one of the most skilled finishers and one of the best passers ever and possibly the...

 embodying the more technical, refined Flamengo of the 1980s and Roberto the attacking, never-say-die style of Vasco at the time. It can be said that the first tests between both started in the play-offs of 1976 Taça Guanabara, where Zico missed a penalty kick to award Vasco the title. The same occurred a year later, to give Vasco the overall title. Later on, Flamengo had a clear edge as it swept all turnos of 78 and 79 (including the 79 Special championship). In the early 1980s, Vasco saw Flamengo raise to its three national titles then but still consistently gave a run for the money of their arch-rivals (as in the 1980 finals). After a long runner-up series to either the Flamengo and Fluminense from 1978 through 1981, they eventually defeated the brilliant world-champ Flamengo side in 1982 to recoup the Carioca title. Both players always displayed enormous respect for their opponents and somehow were constantly admired by the other side, most supporters secretly hoping that one day each one could turn sides and play for their club. Vasco supporters still pride the day Zico wore their jersey in a friendly for Dinamite's retirement.

Tita and Bebeto

After the Zico & Roberto phase, both teams experienced a transition period, though still maintaining a high standard. In that period some important players change sides, raising some passionate discussions. First Tita had been discovered by Flamengo but later on joined Vasco, only to score the winning goal in the 1987 Carioca final in Vasco's 1-0 victory. Also Bebeto

Bebeto

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 followed the same path and offered Vasco brilliant participation in the 1989 Brazilian league, before going north and eventually clinching the 1994 World Cup with Romário

Romário

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.

1988

In this year, the two teams decided the title in direct play-offs for the third time in a row. Flamengo had clinched the 1986 title and Vasco the 1987 one, so 1988 would decide the best-of-three. Vasco confirmed its status as favorite and won the last game 1-0 while playing for a draw. The winning goal though only came with 1 minute left to play and was scored by an unknown player who came on as a substitute a few minutes before, nicknamed Cocada

Cocada (footballer)

Luiz Edmundo Lucas Corrêa, usually known as Cocada is a Brazilian former football defender. He is the brother of another footballer, Müller.-Nickname:...

 (after a popular coconut sweet), only to be sent off for provocative celebration. On the day after, Vasco supporters would tease their rivals by offering them cocadas.

Romário

Romário alone eschewed this rivalry, displaying ambiguous positions regarding his support. More recently he declared supporting neither club, buth rather América, a small and formerly prestigious club of Rio. Tough Romário was discovered by Vasco and started as a professional in 1986, clinching the 1987 title before going north, he later decided to join Flamengo in 1995 when returning to Brazil, much to Vasco supporters' outrage. Despite this betrayal, he still managed to be hired by Vasco in the late 1990s. He was somewhat forgiven as he would still clinch its fourth Brazilian title in 2000 and Mercosul cup in 2001. This contrasts with the almost blank record playing with Flamengo except for the Carioca title of 1996. He also twice succeeded as top striker of the Brazilian championship, the last as recently as 2005 , at age 40. He expressed the desire of retiring by playing half time with the jerseys of each team.

2001

Flamengo and Vasco had displayed very balanced statistics in the latter decades, with a very slight advantage though to Flamengo specially in direct decisive confrontations. This had from time to time allowed Flamengo supporters to call their arch-rivals as "freguês" (i.e. customer) and tease them as consistent "vice" (runner-ups), especially during the time of the great Flamengo side of the early 1980s. But Vasco eventually reverted this as in the late 1980s and early 1990s, when it clinched its first tri-campeonato (three championships in a row, a rare feat). By the time of the late 1990s, Vasco could even claim to be the major Carioca winner since 1923, ahead of Flamengo and Fluminense. This "freguês" (similar to Boca vs River) teasing returned in early 2001 as Flamengo clinched another "tri-campeonato", with all three titles being won directly over Vasco, and largely contributing to the recent imbalance in statistics. Ironically, these wins of Flamengo at state league level were obtained at arguably the best period ever of Vasco's history, during which it clinched two Brazilian titles and two South American titles. In each final from 1998 through 2001, Flamengo was rated as the underdog. The title of the "tri" came in a specially dramatic way, as Vasco played the last game with a one-goal cushion advantage and saw Flamengo score 3 x 1 with few minutes to play. It was for Flamengo fans a compensation for the series of humiliating defeats (among which two 5 x 1) imposed by the brilliant Vasco side of the time.

Present day

Since 2001 when Flamengo clinched the tri and Vasco the Mercosud Cup, both teams have been plagued by financial problems and have simultaneously reached an unprecedented decadence, struggling to avoid the same spots of relegation to Brazilian second division. Vasco (2003) and Flamengo (2004 - over Vasco, again) still won since one state league title each. In their seemingly-atavistic manner of crossing in each other's way, both teams recently managed to reach the finals of Brazilian Cup scheduled for July 2006.

2006

In a painful re-run of the early 1980s for Vasco supporters, Flamengo managed in July 2006 to win its fifth decision in a row in recent years. Though the previous ones could maybe have been minimized as local State leagues as Vasco then fought for Brazilian and South American titles, this time it was the first ever decision between both teams at national level. By the same way Flamengo clinched its second Brazilian Cup title against nil to Vasco.

Overall Statistics

Championship	Played	Flamengo	Ties	Vasco
Local League	178	81	55	69
National league	38	13	11	14
Friendly Matches	39	14	5	20
Local Cups	56	24	16	16
Total	336	130	87	119

First Match: Vasco 3x1 Flamengo, Rua Paysandú, on April 29, 1923 for Guanabara State league.


Last matches

• Vasco 0x2 Flamengo, Maracanã
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  , on July 21, 2005, for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
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• Flamengo 1x0 Vasco, Maracanã
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  , on July 28, 2006, for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
  Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
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• Vasco 2x0 Flamengo, Maracanã
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  , on March 22, 2009, for Campeonato Carioca
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Most Goals against matches:

For Vasco:

• Vasco 7x0 Flamengo, on April 26, 1931, for Campeonato Carioca
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For Flamengo:

• Flamengo 6x2 Vasco, on October 3, 1943, Campeonato Carioca
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Important Championships

International Competitions	CR Flamengo	CR Vasco da Gama
FIFA Club World Cup FIFA Club World Cup The FIFA Club World Cup is a football competition between the champion clubs from all six continental confederations.The first FIFA Club World Championship took place in Brazil in January 2000...	0	0
Intercontinental Cup Intercontinental Cup (football) The European/South American Cup, commonly referred to as the World Club Championship, Intercontinental Cup or Toyota Cup, was a football competition endorsed by UEFA and CONMEBOL, contested between the winners of the European Cup and the South American Copa Libertadores...	1	0
Old Intercontinental Cups (like Paris International Tournament Tournament of Paris The Tournoi de Paris is an annual two-day pre-season football tournament hosted by Ligue 1 side Paris Saint-Germain and held at the Parc des Princes, the club's home ground. From 1957 to 1976 it was held late in the season and since 1977 it is played before the start of the season...  and Small Club World Cup Pequeña Copa del Mundo de Clubes Pequeña Copa del Mundo was an association football tournament held in Venezuela between 1952 and 1957, with a single revival in 1963 and in 1965. It was usually played by eight participants, half from Europe and half from South America. On the European side, the Latin Cup may have initially been... )	0	1
South American Championship of Champions	0	1
Copa Libertadores	1	1
Copa Sudamericana Copa Sudamericana The Copa Bridgestone Sudamericana de Clubes , known simply as the Copa Sudamericana , is an annual international club football competition organized by the CONMEBOL since 2002. It is the second most prestigious club competition in South American football. CONCACAF clubs were invited between 2004... /Copa Conmebol/Copa Mercosur Copa Mercosur The Copa Mercosur was a football competition played from 1998 to 2001 by the traditional top clubs from Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Chile. The competition was created by CONMEBOL to generate TV money to the participating teams, but it went beyond and ended up as a natural replacement...	1	1
Copa de Oro	1	0
Recopa Sudamericana Recopa Sudamericana The Recopa Sudamericana is an annual football match-up between the reigning champions of the previous year's Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana, South America's premier club competitions....	0	0
National Competitions	CR Flamengo	CR Vasco da Gama
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Campeonato Brasileiro Série A The Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes da Série A , popularly known as the Brasileirão , is a professional football league at the top of the Brazilian football league system held annually since 1959. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates a system of promotion and relegation with the Série B...	6	4
Copa do Brasil Copa do Brasil The Copa Kia do Brasil, commonly known as Copa do Brasil , is a knockout competition played by 64 association football teams, representing all 26 Brazilian states plus the Federal District...	2	1
Copa dos Campeões Copa dos Campeões Copa dos Campeões was a Brazilian football competition contested by the best teams from each one of the regional cups.The Copa dos Campeões winner was automatically qualified to following year's Copa Libertadores....	1	0
Rio-São Paulo Tournament	1	3
State Competitions	CR Flamengo	CR Vasco da Gama
Campeonato Carioca Campeonato Carioca The Campeonato Carioca, also known as Campeonato Estadual do Rio de Janeiro, is the football league of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and is one of the most prestigious national football tournaments...	32	22
Total	46	34

List of decisive games

Arguably the first decision ever between both teams ever started in 1944, more than twenty years after their accession to first division, when Flamengo played Vasco in last round to clinch its first ever three-in-a-row title. Between then and 1972, only one decisive game was played in 1958 in the uniquely-named super-super-championship as twice Vasco, Flamengo and Botafogo had to play a tie-break triangular.

• 1944 - Last round decisive (Flamengo 1-0)
• 1958 - Last round decisive (Flamengo 3-1)
• 1958 - Final tie-break triangular (super) - 1st-round (Vasco 2-0)
• 1958 - Final tie-break triangular (super-super) - last-round decisive (Vasco 1-1)
• 1972 - Final triangular - 1st round (Flamengo 1-0)
• 1973 - Taça Guanabara (1st turno) - last-round decisive - (Flamengo 1-0)
• 1973 - Semi-final play-off - decisive (Flamengo 0-0)
• 1974 - Final triangular - last-round decisive (Flamengo 0-0)
• 1975 - 3rd turno extra tie-break play-off (Vasco 1-0)
• 1976 - Taça Guanabara extra tie-break play-off (Vasco 1-1, 5-4 on p.s.)
• 1977 - 2nd turno extra tie-break play-off (Vasco 0-0, 5-4 on p.s.)
• 1978 - 2nd turno - last round decisive (Flamengo 1-0)
• 1979 - Final octogonal - decisive (Flamengo 3-2)
• 1981 - Final play-offs (3 matches: Flamengo 0-2, 0-1 and 2-1)
• 1982 - Taça Guanabara extra tie-break play-off (Flamengo 1-0)
• 1982 - Final triangular - last-round decisive (Vasco 1-0)
• 1983 - Campeonato Brasileiro - quarter-finals (Flamengo 2-1, 1-1)
• 1984 - Final triangular - 2nd round (Flamengo 1-0)
• 1986 - Taça Guanabara - last-round decisive (Vasco 2-0)
• 1986 - Final play-offs (3 matches: Flamengo 0-0, 0-0, 2-0)
• 1987 - Final triangular - last-round decisive (Vasco 1-0)
• 1988 - 3rd turno quadrangular - last-round decisive (Vasco 3-1)
• 1988 - Final play-offs (2 matches: Vasco 2-1, 1-0)
• 1989 - Taça Guanabara - last-round decisive to Flamengo only (Flamengo 3-1)
• 1989 - Taça Rio (2nd turno) - last-round decisive to Flamengo only (Vasco 2-1)
• 1992 - Taça Guanabara - last-round decisive (Vasco 1-1)
• 1992 - Campeonato Brasileiro - semi-final quadrangular (Flamengo 1-1, 2-0)
• 1994 - Final quadrangular - (2 matches : Vasco 1-2, 1-1)
• 1996 - Taça Guanabara - last-round decisive (Flamengo 2-0)
• 1996 - Taça Rio - last-round decisive (Flamengo 0-0)
• 1997 - Taça Rio - decisive to Vasco only (Vasco 1-0 by WO)
• 1997 - Campeonato Brasileiro - semi-final quadrangular (Vasco 1-1, 4-1)
• 1998 - Taça Guanabara - last-round decisive (Vasco 2-0 by WO)
• 1999 - Taça Guanabara - last-round decisive (Flamengo 2-0)
• 1999 - Taça Rio - last-round decisive (Vasco 2-0)
• 1999 - Final play-offs (2 matches: Flamengo 1-1, 1-0)
• 2000 - Final play-offs (2 matches: Flamengo 3-0, 2-1)
• 2001 - Taça Guanabara - semi-final play-off (Flamengo 1-0)
• 2001 - Final play-offs (2 matches: Flamengo 1-2, 3-1)
• 2003 - Taça Guanabara - last-round decisive (Vasco 1-1)
• 2004 - Taça Guanabara - semifinals (Flamengo 2-0)
• 2004 - Taça Rio - last-round decisive to Vasco only (Vasco 2-1)
• 2004 - Final play-offs (2 matches: Flamengo 2-1, 3-1)
• 2006 - Copa do Brasil - final play-offs (Flamengo 2-0 1-0)
• 2007 - Taça Guanabara Semi-Final (Flamengo 3-1 penalty kicks after 1-1 in the normal time)

Other notable matches

• 1975 - 3rd turno - Vasco 3 x 2 Flamengo - This game arguably triggered Vasco's most enduring reputation, dubbed "o time da virada" (i.e, the turnaround team), after its never-say-die attitude which led to many remounting scores (others may say never-win-easy instead). After this win (after trailing 0x2, a remounting that never occurred again between the two clubs), Vasco would win a series of derbies by remounting to clinch the turno, and the press labeled "Vascão vira-vira" (meaning roughly Big Vasco bottom-up). Since then, its supporters incorporated this feature in their songs ("the team of tournaround and love"). An epic 4x3 away win over Palmeiras in Mercosud Cup finals in 2001 after trailing 0x3, among others less notable in-between, recently sustained this reputation.
• 2000 - Taça Guanabara - Vasco 5 x 1 Flamengo - Dubbed since by Vasco supporters "o chocolate da Páscoa" (i.e., Easter chocolate, after the Rio's football slang "chocolate" for a big win and as the game was played on Easter). Vasco confirmed the clinching of the turn title.

Books

• Flamengo x Vasco - o clássico, ASSAF/MARTINS 1999, Editora Relume Dumará - ISBN 85-7316-184-1

Videos

• Duels de légende /vol.2 Flamengo - Vasco da Gama, Rod Hay 2005, WARNER VISION FRANCE