Fluminense Football Club is a
sports clubA sports club, athletics club or sports association is an eclectic institution oriented to multiple sports, which fields many teams and in several sports, working under the same umbrella organization. In a larger sense, it may also refer to any sports institution, even those that have only one...
based in
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,
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. Founded in the beginning of the
20th centuryThe 20th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1901 and ended on December 31, 2000, according to the Gregorian calendar.The British Empire, the Russian Empire, the German Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire dissolved in the first half of the century, with all but the...
as a single-sport institution,
Fluminense is today an
umbrella organizationAn umbrella organization is an association of institutions, who work together formally to coordinate activities or pool resources. In business, political, or other environments, one group, the umbrella organization, provides resources and often an identity to the smaller organizations...
for several teams in more than 16 different sport activities. The most popular endeavour of
Fluminense, however, continues to be football. This article concerns itself with
Fluminense solely as a professional football club.
History
Fluminense Football Club was founded on July 21, 1902 in
Rio de JaneiroRio de Janeiro 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. The city was the capital of Brazil for nearly two centuries, from 1763 to 1822 during the Portuguese colonial era, and...
by
Oscar CoxOscar Alfredo Cox . Oscar Cox introduced football to Rio.His parents were British diplomat George Emmanuel Cox , and Minervina Dutra Cox...
, a
BrazilianBrazilians are all people born in Brazil. A Brazilian can be also a person born abroad to a Brazilian parent or a foreigner living in Brazil who applied for the Brazilian citizenship...
of
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heritage. Settled in the then aristocratic neighbourhood of
LaranjeirasLaranjeiras is an upper-middle-class neighborhood located in the Zona Sul area of Rio de Janeiro. Primarily residential, It is one of the city's oldest neighborhoods, having been founded in the 17th century, with the construction of country houses in the valley located around the Carioca River,...
, Fluminense was formed by sons of the elite who had come into contact with football while studying in
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. The first official match was played against now defunct Rio FC, and ended 8-0 for Fluminense. The first achievement came in 1906, when Fluminense won its first
Campeonato CariocaThe 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...
.
In 1911, disagreement between Fluminense players led to the formation of
FlamengoClube de Regatas do Flamengo is a Brazilian multisport club located in Rio de Janeiro.Despite not being the club's official name, Flamengo has become the term used by most to refer not just to the football team, but also the entire sporting association...
's football team, which remains the club's main rival. The so-called
Fla-FluFla-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...
derbyIn many countries the term local derby, or simply just derby means a sporting fixture between two rivals, particularly in association football...
is considered the biggest in the history of Brazilian football. Five years later, in Fluminense's stadium, the Brazilian national football team debuted. It was also there that they conquered their first title, in
1919The third edition of the South American Championship of Nations was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from May 11 to May 29, 1919.The participating countries were Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay as defending champion....
. One year later, Afrânio Costa, a Fluminense
shootingThe shooting sports include those competitive sports involving tests of proficiency using various types of guns such as firearms and airguns . Hunting is also a shooting sport, and indeed shooting live pigeons was an Olympic event...
athlete, won the first medal for Brazil in the history of the
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.
By 1924, Fluminense had 4,000 members, a stadium for 25,000 people and facilities that impressed clubs in Europe. Nonetheless, Fluminense's long association with the rich tainted its history with racism. In an unfortunate event in 1914, a
mulattoMulatto denotes a person with one white parent and one black parent or a person who has both black ancestry and white ancestry. The term may be perceived as pejorative in some cultures and situations. Its current usage varies greatly.-Etymology:...
man playing for Fluminense decided to cover himself in
cosmetic powderFace powder is a cosmetic powder applied to the face to set a foundation after application. It can also be reapplied throughout the day to minimize shininess caused by oily skin. There is translucent sheer powder, and there is pigmented powder. Certain types of pigmented facial powders are meant...
to disguise the colour of his skin. This ultimately led to one of the club's nicknames,
pó de arroz, which is the Portuguese for white powder. After 1925, Fluminense began pressuring for the
professionalizationProfessionalization is the social process by which any trade or occupation transforms itself into a true "profession of the highest integrity and competence." This process tends to involve establishing acceptable qualifications, a professional body or association to oversee the conduct of members...
of football, so far restricted to club affiliates. But it wasn't before 1950 that the club started to accept black players in its squad.
The following years saw an expansion of the club's hegemony in Rio. Fluminense would remain unsurpassed in terms of state championships until 2009. International acclaim came in 1949 with the award of the
Olympic CupThe Olympic Cup is an award given annually by the International Olympic Committee.It was instituted by Pierre de Coubertin in 1906 and is awarded to an institution or association with a record of merit and integrity in actively developing the Olympic Movement.Its recipients have included amateur...
and was further fostered in 1952 with Fluminense's first
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honour, the Copa Rio. The club established itself regionally with the achievement of two
Torneio Rio-São PauloTorneio Rio-São Paulo was a traditional Brazilian football competition contested between São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro teams until from 1935 until 2002....
cups in 1957 and 1960. National honours followed in 1970 and 1984, with
Taça de PrataThe Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa, also known as Taça de Prata, or nicknamed Robertão, was a Brazilian national football competition contested between 1967 and 1970, before the creation of Campeonato Brasileiro in 1971...
and
Série ASerie A, called for sponsorship reasons as Serie A TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top echelon of the Italian football league system operating for eighty years from 1929. It is organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new league like the English Premier...
cups, respectively.
A disastrous campaign led to the club's relegation from
Série ASerie A, called for sponsorship reasons as Serie A TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top echelon of the Italian football league system operating for eighty years from 1929. It is organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new league like the English Premier...
in
1996The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 1996 was played between August 8 and December 15, 1996. It had 24 teams and divided into two stages. In the first one, every team played against each other once. After 23 rounds, top eight clubs qualified to next stage, and the bottom two were supposed to be...
. A set of off-field political maneuvers, however, allowed Fluminense to remain in Brazil's main domestic league, only to be relegated again in the next year. Completely out of control, the club was relegated from
Série BSerie B is the name of the second highest football league in Italy. It consists of 22 teams. The championship is often called the cadetti, which means 'juniors' or 'cadets', or campionato cadetto. It is organized by Lega Calcio, as the major tounament....
to
Série CLega Italiana Calcio Professionistico is the name of the professional football league governing the third and fourth highest divisions in Italy: the Prima Divisione and the Seconda Divisione . It also includes the sole professional club of San Marino...
in 1998. In 1999, Fluminense won the Série C championship and was to be promoted to Série B when it was invited to take part in
Copa João Havelange-Overview:It was performed in 116 teams, and Vasco da Gama won the championship.-Bracket:-Round of Sixteen:|}-Quarterfinals:|}-Semifinals:|}-Final:|}-Final Standings:...
, 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 GroupCopa João Havelange Group Blue was one of the three groups of 2000 season's first stage of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A football league, named Copa João Havelange. It consists of 25 teams, 12 teams qualified to the final stages....
should be kept in Série A, and so Fluminense Football Club found its way back to the top, where it has been ever since.
In 2007, Fluminense won the
Copa do BrasilThe Copa do Brasil is a knockout competition played by 64 football teams, representing all 26 Brazilian states plus the Federal District. From 2001 onwards, due to the busy schedule in the first semester in Brazil, teams playing in the Copa Libertadores have not been allowed to participate in the...
and was admitted in the Copa Libertadores again after 23 years. The club's campaign led it into the finals and included remarkable matches against
Arsenal de SarandíArsenal Fútbol Club, usually called Arsenal de Sarandí or simply Arsenal, is a football club from the Sarandí neighbourhood in the city of Avellaneda, Argentina, which was founded in 1957 by the Grondona brothers. Arsenal currently plays in the top tier of Argentine football, the Primera División...
,
São PauloSão Paulo Futebol Clube, usually called São Paulo FC or just São Paulo, is a traditional Brazilian football team from São Paulo, founded on January 25, 1930, and re-founded on December 16, 1935. Their home stadium is Cícero Pompeu de Toledo, better known as Morumbi. They play in a white shirt with...
and
Boca JuniorsClub Atlético Boca Juniors, known simply as Boca Juniors or Boca, is a popular Argentine sports club, best known for its football team. Its home base is the neighborhood of La Boca, in Buenos Aires, and their home field is Estadio Alberto J. Armando, better known as La Bombonera...
. Fluminense lost the cup to LDU Quito in a dispute of penalty shootouts.
National
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The Campeonato Brasileiro da Série A is the highest division of Brazilian football. It is composed of 20 teams; currently, the bottom four teams in Série A are relegated and the top four teams in Série B are promoted...
(1):
- 1984
The 1984 season of the Campeonato Brasileiro began on January 29, 1984, and reached its end on May 28, 1984. The competition was won by Fluminense.-Format:...
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série C
The Campeonato Brasileiro Série C is the third division of Brazilian football. Any professional team can apply, but only 64 teams take part in the tournament. The teams that were relegated from Série B in the previous year are joined by teams qualified for each federation state...
(1):
- Copa do Brasil
The Copa do Brasil is a knockout competition played by 64 football teams, representing all 26 Brazilian states plus the Federal District. From 2001 onwards, due to the busy schedule in the first semester in Brazil, teams playing in the Copa Libertadores have not been allowed to participate in the...
(1):
- Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa
The Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa, also known as Taça de Prata, or nicknamed Robertão, was a Brazilian national football competition contested between 1967 and 1970, before the creation of Campeonato Brasileiro in 1971...
(1):
State
- 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...
(30):
- 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
Others
In 1949, Fluminense Football Club was awarded the
Olympic CupThe Olympic Cup is an award given annually by the International Olympic Committee.It was instituted by Pierre de Coubertin in 1906 and is awarded to an institution or association with a record of merit and integrity in actively developing the Olympic Movement.Its recipients have included amateur...
by the
International Olympic CommitteeThe International Olympic Committee is an organization based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas on 23 June 1894. Its membership consists of the 205 National Olympic Committees....
. The official 2009 kit features the Olympic Cup as a 60th year celebration.
Partners
Companies and institutions that Fluminense Football Club currently has partnership deals with include:
América Football ClubAmérica Football Club, or América as it is usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Rio de Janeiro in Rio de Janeiro state, founded on September 18, 1904. The club competed in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A several times and won the state championship seven times.The club's home stadium...
Ituano Futebol ClubeItuano Futebol Clube, also known as Ituano Sociedade Civil de Futebol Ltda, or Ituano as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Itu in São Paulo, founded on May 24, 1947.-History:...
Traffic GroupTraffic Group is a sports event management company founded in Brazil, headquartered in São Paulo.-History:Traffic Group holds the television rights to a number of association football matches in the Americas including Copa América, Copa Libertadores, Copa Sudamericana, South American Under-17...
Current Squad
As of September 24, 2009.
Football Officials
As of September 2009, Fluminense Football Club was undergoing serious political turmoil, with no clearly defined chain of command.
Notable Former Players
The most notable players for Fluminense Football Club so far have been:
AssisBenedito de Assis da Silva, Assis , was a Brazilian footballer who achieved notoriety playing for Fluminense...
BrancoBranco, real name Cláudio Ibrahim Vaz Leal, is former Brazilian footballer who played as a left back...
Carlos Alberto TorresCarlos Alberto Torres is a former Brazilian footballer, one of the most highly regarded defenders of all time. He captained Brazil to victory in the 1970 World Cup and is a member of the World Team of the 20th Century, as well as the U.S...
CastilhoCarlos José Castilho was a Brazilian football goalkeeper. He played for Fluminense from 1947 to 1964 and for Brazil. He played in four World Cups: 1950, 1954, 1958 and 1962, and was the starting goalkeeper in 1954. He was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.He was noted as a goalkeeper for making...
DidiWaldyr Pereira , nicknamed Didi, was a Brazilian football midfield player who played in three World Cups: 1954, 1958, and 1962, winning the latter two. He is considered to be one of the greatest midfielders ever...
EdinhoEdinho, real name Edino Nazareth Filho, was a football player from Brazil. He played central defender with Fluminense Football Club, Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense and with the Brazilian national team...
Gérson
Marcos Carneiro de MendonçaMarcos Carneiro de Mendonça , was a Brazilian footballer who achieved notoriety playing for Fluminense and the Brazilian national football team...
PinheiroJoão Carlos Batista Pinheiro, Pinheiro , was a Brazilian footballer who achieved notoriety playing for Fluminense and the Brazilian national football team...
Preguinho Renato Gaúcho Rivelino
RomeritoJulio César Romero "Romerito" was a Paraguayan football midfielder considered among the best players in Paraguayan football history...
RomeuRomeu Pellicciari, also known as Romeu was a Brazilian footballer in striker role....
Telê
TimElba de Pádua Lima, best known by the nickname Tim was a Brazilian football player and coach.Tim was born in Rifaina, São Paulo...
Valdo Welfare
Performance
Fluminense Football Club took part in 36 of the 38 official
Serie AThe Campeonato Brasileiro da Série A is the highest division of Brazilian football. It is composed of 20 teams; currently, the bottom four teams in Série A are relegated and the top four teams in Série B are promoted...
championships organized in Brazil since 1971. Since the number of participating teams has changed considerably over time, any accurate performance measurement must take this variable into account. In the two tables below, the
performance field for a given position
p in a
universeIn mathematics, and particularly in set theory and the foundations of mathematics, a universe is a class that contains all the entities one wishes to consider in a given situation...
of
n teams was calculated using the formula:
This allows for an
asymptoticIn geometry, an asymptote of a curve is a way of describing its behavior far away from the origin by comparing it to another curve. Specifically, the second curve is an asymptote of the first if distance between the two approaches 0 as the points being considered tend to infinity. Informally, this...
limit of 100%, since
p will never be zero.
| Year | Position | Participants | Performance | Year | Position | Participants | Performance |
|---|
| 1971 |
16 |
20 |
20% |
1981 -Overview:It was performed in 44 teams, and Grêmio won the championship.-Final Standings:...
|
11 |
44 |
75% |
| 1972 -Overview:It was performed in 26 teams, and Palmeiras won the championship.-Final Standings:...
|
14 |
26 |
46% |
1982 -Overview:It was performed in 44 teams, and Flamengo won the championship.-Final Standings:...
|
5 |
44 |
89% |
| 1973 Statistics of Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in season 1973-Overview:It was performed in 40 teams, and Palmeiras won the championship.-Final Standings:...
|
23 |
40 |
42% |
1983 -Overview:It was performed in 44 teams, and Flamengo won the championship.-Final Standings:...
|
18 |
44 |
59% |
| 1974 -Overview:It was performed in 40 teams, and Vasco da Gama won the championship.-Final Standings:...
|
24 |
40 |
40% |
1984 The 1984 season of the Campeonato Brasileiro began on January 29, 1984, and reached its end on May 28, 1984. The competition was won by Fluminense.-Format:...
|
1 |
41 |
98% |
| 1975 -Overview:It was performed in 42 teams, and Internacional won the championship.-Final Standings:...
|
3 |
42 |
93% |
1985 -Overview:It was performed in 44 teams, and Coritiba won the championship.-Final Standings:...
|
22 |
44 |
50% |
| 1976 -Overview:It was performed in 54 teams, and Internacional won the championship.-Final Standings:...
|
4 |
54 |
93% |
1986 -Overview:It was performed in 80 teams, and São Paulo won the championship.-Final Standings:...
|
6 |
48 |
87% |
| 1977 -Overview:It was performed in 62 teams, and São Paulo won the championship.-Final Standings:...
|
26 |
62 |
58% |
1987 The Copa União was a one-off competition in Brazilian football, held in 1987 in the absence of the conventional Campeonato Brasileiro Série A .-Background:...
|
7 |
16 |
56% |
| 1978 -Overview:It was performed in 74 teams, and Guarani won the championship.-Final Standings:...
|
22 |
74 |
70% |
1988 The 1988 season of the Campeonato Brasileiro began on September 2, 1988, and reached its end on February 19, 1989. The competition was won by Esporte Clube Bahia. Internacional's Nílson, with 15 goals, was the competition's top goal scorer.-Overview:...
|
3 |
24 |
87% |
| 1979 -Overview:It was performed in 94 teams, and Internacional won the championship undefeated.-Final Standings:...
|
52 |
94 |
45% |
1989 The 1989 season of the Campeonato Brasileiro began on September 6, 1989, and reached its end on December 16, 1989. The competition was won by CR Vasco da Gama.-Format:...
|
15 |
22 |
32% |
| 1980 -Overview:44 teams participated in the Série A, Flamengo won the championship.-Final Standings:...
|
11 |
44 |
75% |
1990 -Overview:It was performed in 20 teams, and Corinthians won the championship.-Final Standings:...
|
15 |
20 |
25% |
| Year | Position | Participants | Performance | Year | Position | Participants | Performance |
|---|
| 1991 The 1991 season of the Campeonato Brasileiro began on February 2, 1991, and reached its end on June 9, 1991. The competition was won by São Paulo. Santos Futebol Clube's Paulinho McLaren, with 15 goals, was the competition's top goal scorer.-Overview:...
|
4 |
20 |
80% |
2001 The 31st season of the Campeonato Brasileiro began on August 1, 2001, and reached its end on December 23, 2001. The competition was won by Clube Atlético Paranaense.-Format:The 28 teams played against each other once...
|
3 |
28 |
89% |
| 1992 The 1992 season of the Campeonato Brasileiro began on January 26, 1992, and reached its end on July 19, 1992. The competition was won by Clube de Regatas do Flamengo.-Format:First Stage: 20 clubs playing against each other once...
|
14 |
20 |
30% |
2002 The 32nd season of the Campeonato Brasileiro began on August 10, 2002, and reached its end on December 15, 2002. The competition was won by Santos Futebol Clube.-Format:The 26 teams played against each other once...
|
7 |
26 |
73% |
| 1993 -Overview:It was performed in 32 teams, and Palmeiras won the championship.-Final Standings:...
|
28 |
32 |
12% |
2003 The 33rd season of the Campeonato Brasileiro began on March 29, 2003, and reached its end on December 14, 2003. The competition was won by Cruzeiro Esporte Clube.-Format:...
|
19 |
24 |
21% |
| 1994 -Overview:It was performed in 24 teams, and Palmeiras won the championship.-Final Standings:...
|
15 |
24 |
37% |
2004 The Campeonato Brasileiro of 2004 was won by Santos, coached by Vanderlei Luxemburgo.Runners-up were Atlético Paranaense, which led the competition for 11 weeks and lost the title in the penultimate round...
|
9 |
24 |
62% |
| 1995 -Overview:It was performed in 24 teams, and Botafogo won the championship.-Final Standings:...
|
4 |
24 |
83% |
2005 Corinthians won the 35th edition of the Brazilian national championship, claiming their fourth national title. The season officially kicked off on April 23, 2005 and concluded on December 4.-Champion and contenders:...
|
5 |
22 |
77% |
1996The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 1996 was played between August 8 and December 15, 1996. It had 24 teams and divided into two stages. In the first one, every team played against each other once. After 23 rounds, top eight clubs qualified to next stage, and the bottom two were supposed to be...
|
23 |
24 |
4% |
2006 The 36th season of the Campeonato Brasileiro began on April 15, 2006, and reached its end on December 3, 2006.-Format:The format was similar to the 2005 edition, though fielding two fewer teams. 20 teams competed, each team playing the other in a home-and-away format...
|
15 |
20 |
25% |
| 1997 -Overview:It was performed in 26 teams, and Vasco da Gama won the championship.-Final Standings:...
|
25 |
26 |
4% |
2007 The 37th season of the Campeonato Brasileiro began on May 12th 2007, and ended on December 2nd 2007.-Format:The format was identical to the 2006 edition. 20 teams competed, each team playing the other 19 twice in a double round-robin format...
|
4 |
20 |
80% |
| 2000 -Overview:It was performed in 116 teams, and Vasco da Gama won the championship.-Bracket:-Round of Sixteen:|}-Quarterfinals:|}-Semifinals:|}-Final:|}-Final Standings:...
|
3 |
25 |
88% |
2008The 38th season of the Campeonato Brasileiro began on May 8th and ended on December 7th. For the first time, one club has won the championship three times in a row...
|
14 |
20 |
30% |
Fluminense Football Club has an
averageIn mathematics, an average, central tendency of a data set is a measure of the "middle" or "expected" value of the data set. There are many different descriptive statistics that can be chosen as a measurement of the central tendency of the data items. These include arithmetic mean, the median and...
performance of 56% in Série A, with a
standard deviationIn probability theory and statistics, the standard deviation of a statistical population, a data set, or a probability distribution is the square root of its variance. Standard deviation is a widely used measure of the variability or dispersion, being algebraically more tractable though...
of 28%.
Sponsors
Companies that Fluminense Football Club currently has sponsorship deals with include:
AdidasAdidas AG is a German-based sports apparel manufacturer and part of the Adidas Group, which consists of Reebok sportswear company, TaylorMade-adidas golf company, and Rockport. Besides sports footwear, the company also produces other products such as bags, shirts, watches, eyewear and other sports...
- Official Partner.
UnimedUnião and Médicos is a Brazilian medical work cooperative and health plan operator. It is considered the largest of its kind in the world, with more than 85,000 affiliated physicians, 386 branches and more than 10 million beneficiaries...
- Main Partner since 1999.
Support
The supporters of Fluminense Football Club are usually related to the upper classes of
Rio de JaneiroRio de Janeiro 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. The city was the capital of Brazil for nearly two centuries, from 1763 to 1822 during the Portuguese colonial era, and...
. However, the popularity of the club reaches beyond the city limits. Recent polls have estimated the number of supporters to be between 1,4% and 3,7% of the
Brazilian populationBrazils population is very diverse, comprising many races and ethnic groups. In general, Brazilians trace their origins from four sources of migration: Amerindians, Europeans, Africans and Asians....
. Considering a universe of 185 million people, that would account for numbers between 2.6 and 6.8 million.
The best attendance ever observed in a match of Fluminense was registered on December 15, 1963 in a rally against Flamengo. On that day, an impressive amount of 194,000 people showed up at the
MaracanãThe Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, commonly called Estádio do Maracanã , is an open-air stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Owned by the Rio de Janeiro State Government, it is named after the Maracanã neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro. It was opened in 1950 to host the FIFA World Cup...
stadium. This occasion remains as the stadium's record for a match between clubs.
Notable supporters of Fluminense include composers
CartolaAngenor de Oliveira, known as Cartola , was a Brazilian singer, composer and poet considered to be a figure in the development of samba....
and
Chico BuarqueFrancisco Buarque de Hollanda , popularly known as Chico Buarque, is a singer, guitarist, composer, dramatist, writer and poet...
,
FIFAThe International Federation of Association Football, commonly known by its French acronym, FIFA , is the international governing body of association football. Its headquarters are in Zürich, Switzerland, and its current president is Sepp Blatter...
president of honour
João HavelangeJean-Marie Faustin Goedefroid de Havelange , usually known as João Havelange, was the president of FIFA from 1974 to 1998. He succeeded Sir Stanley Rous and was succeeded by Joseph Blatter. Since 1963, João Havelange has been a member of the International Olympic Committee and is currently the...
, musician
Ivan LinsIvan Guimarães Lins is a Brazilian musician. He has been an active performer and songwriter of Brazilian popular music and jazz for over 30 years. His first hit, Madalena, was recorded by Elis Regina in 1970. Beyond his own performance of his compositions, Simone is his most notable and respected...
, poet and actor Mario Lago, journalist and songwriter
Nelson MottaNelson Cândido Motta Filho is a Brazilian journalist, songwriter, writer, and record producer.He was part of the bossa nova movement, collaborating with Edu Lobo, Dori Caymmi, Lulu Santos, Rita Lee, Djavan and others, and producer for several MPB artists, such as Elis Regina, Gal Costa, Daniela...
and dramatist, journalist and writer
Nelson RodriguesNelson Falcão Rodrigues was a Brazilian dramatist, journalist and writer. In 1943, he helped usher in a new era in Brazilian theater with his play Vestido de Noiva , considered revolutionary for the complex exploration of its characters' psychology and its use of colloquial dialog...
.
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