Clube de Regatas do Flamengo

Clube de Regatas do Flamengo is a Brazilian multimodality sportive association from Rio de Janeiro.

Trivia

Their home stadium is nominally the José Bastos Padilha Stadium (a.k.a. Gávea Stadium), which was inaugurated on September 4, 1938 and has a capacity of 8,000 fans. Most games, however, are played in the Maracanã (capacity 80,000). They play in horizontal red and black stripes, white shorts with red piping and striped red and black socks.

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A.k.a. - Gávea Stadium - September 4 - 1938 - Maracanã

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Over time, the club has come to be known by a number of nicknames, usually used solely by fans to refer to it. Flamengo, although not the official name of the club, is not regarded as a nickname and is widely used to refer not only to the football team, but also to the club in general. "Affective" nicknames used by fans include: "Fla" and "Mengo", the two being breakdowns of the club's name; in addition, other nicknames were created by applying the augmentative to the two previously mentioned nicknames, such as "Flazão" and "Mengão", the latter being by far the most used. Finally, the club can also be referred to by its official colors, as the club is also known as "The Rubro-negro", which could be translated as "The Scarlet-black", in reference to red and black, the official colors. The club's mascot is the vulture (Urubu, in Portuguese). Consequently, fans also consider Urubu as one of the team's nicknames, whereas rival supporters have on occasion used the name in pejorative chants.

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Vulture - Portuguese

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Their biggest rivals are from the same city: Fluminense, Botafogo and Vasco da Gama.

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Fluminense - Botafogo - Vasco da Gama

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