Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama

Vasco da Gama (after the famous Portuguese explorer of the same name) is a Brazilian football team from Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, founded on August 21, 1898 (although the football dept started on November 5, 1915). It was founded by Portuguese immigrants, and it's still the team traditionally supported by the Portuguese community of Rio de Janeiro.

Honours

• Brazilian Champions 1974, 1989, 1997, 2000
• South American Club Championship 1948 1948
• Libertadores Cup 1998
• Mercosur Cup 2000
• Twenty-two State Championships 1923/24, 1929, 1934, 1936, 1945, 1947, 1949/50, 1952, 1956, 1958, 1970, 1977, 1982, 1987/88, 1992/93/94, 1998, 2003
• Rio-São Paulo Tournament 1958, 1966, 1999
• Copa Rio 1992, 1993
• Belém City Tournament 1964
• The Fiftieth Anniversary Tournament of the Federation of Pernambuco 1965
• Erasmo Martins Pedro Tournament 1973
• Printing Press Tournament of Santa Catarina 1977
• José Fernandes Tournament 1980
• João Havelange Tournament 1981, 1993
• João Castelo Tournament 1982
• Juiz de Fora Tournament 1986, 1987
• Summer Tournament (Adolpho Bloch Cup) 1990
• Belo Horizonte Youth Cup 1991, 1992
• Brazilian Women's Football Championship 1994, 1995, 1998
• International Tournaments Dr. Luiz Aranha Tournament (RJ/1940);International Quadrangular of Rio (Rio de Janeiro/1953); Rivadavia Corrêa Meyer Tournament (Rio de Janeiro/1953); Iternational Tournament of Chile (Chile/1953); IV Centenary Tournament (Rio de Janeiro/1965); Lima's Tournament (Peru/1957); Tournament of Paris (France/1957); Tereza Herrera Trophy (Spain/1957); Santiago's Tournament (Chile/1957/1963); Mexican Pentagonal Tournament (Mexico/1963); Elche City Tournament (Spain/1979); Seville City Tournament (Spain/1979); Colombino Trophy (Spain/1980); Fest D'Eix Tournament (France/1980); Funchal Island Tournament (Portugal/1981); Summer Tournament (Uruguay/1982); Golden Cup (Los Angeles, USA/1987); Tap Cup (Newark, USA/1987); Ramón de Carranza Trophy (Spain/1987/88/89); Lorena's Tournament (France/1989); Friendship Tournament (Africa/1991); City of Barcelona Trophy (Spain/1993); City of Zaragoza Trophy (Spain/1993); Palma de Mallorca Tournament (Spain/1995); Bortolotti Trophy(Italy/1997).