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After so many years without be champion of a important competition, Vasco da Gama won the [[2011 Copa do Brasil|Copa do Brasil]] against [[Coritiba Foot Ball Club|Coritiba]] after [[2011 Copa do Brasil Finals|a epic finals]], ranked 2nd on [[2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|2011 Brazilian Série A]] with a excellent campaign and was a semifinalist of the [[2011 Copa Sudamericana|Copa Sudamericana]], a competition that eliminated [[Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras|Palmeiras]], [[Club Aurora|Aurora]] and [[Universitario de Deportes|Universitario]] (the two latter in historic victories) before being eliminated from the [[Club Universidad de Chile|Universidad de Chile]] in a confrontation that brought together, for many, the two best teams in South America at the time. This year was called of ''"Redemption Year of Vasco da Gama"'', because the team became again an elite team of [[Football in Brazil|Brazilian football]].
After so many years without be champion of a important competition, Vasco da Gama won the [[2011 Copa do Brasil|Copa do Brasil]] against [[Coritiba Foot Ball Club|Coritiba]] after [[2011 Copa do Brasil Finals|a epic finals]], ranked 2nd on [[2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|2011 Brazilian Série A]] with a excellent campaign and was a semifinalist of the [[2011 Copa Sudamericana|Copa Sudamericana]], a competition that eliminated [[Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras|Palmeiras]], [[Club Aurora|Aurora]] and [[Universitario de Deportes|Universitario]] (the two latter in historic victories) before being eliminated from the [[Club Universidad de Chile|Universidad de Chile]] in a confrontation that brought together, for many, the two best teams in South America at the time. This year was called of ''"Redemption Year of Vasco da Gama"'', because the team became again an elite team of [[Football in Brazil|Brazilian football]].

====2012: First Semester====

Having won the [[2011 Copa do Brasil|Copa do Brasil]], Vasco da gama qualified for the [[2012 Copa Libertadores|Copa Libertadores]] and was placed in group 5 among [[Libertad|Club Libertad]] from Paraguay, [[Alianza Lima|Alianza Lima]] from Peru and
[[Nacional|Club Nacional de Football]] from Uruguay. They qualified as runner up in their group because Libertad had one more goal made in the group phase. Meanwhile in the 2012 [[Rio de Janeiro State Championship|Campeonato Carioca]] Vasco played a perfect record in the Taca Guanabara, eliminating Flamengo in the semi-final, but suffering a tragic defeat against Fluminense in the final. In the second part of the championship, they came out as second in the group to eliminate Flamengo for the second time in the same tournament <ref>{{cite web|last=Azzoni|first=Tales|title=Vasco beats Flamengo 3-2 to reach Rio Cup final|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765570703/Vasco-beats-Flamengo-3-2-to-reach-Rio-Cup-final.html|publisher=Deseret News}}</ref> - Flamengo's third elimination in a matter of weeks having been eliminated from the 2012 Libertadores April 12 2012 <ref>{{cite web|title=Flamengo eliminated from Copa Libertadores|url=http://www.globaltimes.cn/NEWS/tabid/99/ID/704769/Flamengo-eliminated-from-Copa-Libertadores.aspx|publisher=Global Times}}</ref> . They will play Botafogo in the final.


==Other sports==
==Other sports==

Revision as of 13:17, 25 April 2012

Vasco da Gama
File:ClubDeRegatasVascoDaGama.svg
Full nameClub de Regatas Vasco da Gama
Nickname(s)Gigante da Colina (Giant of the Hill)
FoundedAugust 21, 1898
GroundSão Januário
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Capacity24,584
PresidentRoberto Dinamite
Head coachCristóvão Borges
LeagueCampeonato Brasileiro Série A
20112nd
Current season

Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈvasku dɐ ˈɡɐmɐ], Vasco da Gama Rowing Club), usually known as Vasco da Gama, is a famous and traditional Brazilian multisports club from Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, founded on August 21, 1898 (although the football department started on November 5, 1915[1]). It was founded by Portuguese immigrants, and it is still traditionally supported by the Portuguese community of Rio de Janeiro and one of the most popular in Brazil, with more than 20.5 million supporters.[2]

Its statute defines the club as a "sportive, recreative, educational, assistant and philanthropic non-profit organization of public utility".[3]

Their home stadium is São Januário, capacity of 25,000,[4] the third biggest in Rio de Janeiro (after Maracanã and Engenhão), but some matches (especially the city derbies) are played at the Maracanã (capacity about 80,000). They play in black shirts with a white diagonal sash that contains a Cross pattée (famously, though mistakenly, identified as a Maltese cross), black shorts and black socks.

History

Foundation

In the late 19th century rowing was the most important sport in Rio de Janeiro. At this time, four young men – Henrique Ferreira Monteiro, Luís Antônio Rodrigues, José Alexandre d'Avelar Rodrigues and Manuel Teixeira de Souza Júnior – who did not want to travel to Niterói to row with the boats of Gragoatá Club decided to found a rowing club.

On August 21, 1898 in a room of the Sons of Talma Dramatic Society, with 62 members (mostly Portuguese immigrants), the Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama (Vasco da Gama Rowing Club) was born.

Inspired by the celebrations of the 4th centenary of the first sail from Europe to India, the founders chose the name of the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama to baptise the new club.

Football was included only with the fusion with Lusitania Clube, other mostly Portuguese immigrants club.[5] Beginning in the smaller leagues, Vasco became champion of the league B in 1922 and ascend to league A. In its first championship in League A – in 1923, Vasco became champion with a team formed by whites, blacks and "mulattos" players of different social classes.

Fight and victory against racism

Because of that, in 1924 Vasco da Gama was pressured by the Metropolitan League to ban some players that were not considered adequate to play in the aristocratic League, notably because they were black, mulato and/or poor. After the negative response of Vasco, the big teams, Fluminense, Flamengo and Botafogo, among others, created the Metropolitan Athletic Association and prohibited Vasco to participate unless it complied with the racist demand.

The former President of Vasco, José Augusto Prestes answered with a letter that became known as the Historic Answer (resposta histórica),[6] which revolutionized the practice of sports in Brazil. After a few years, the racism barriers fell. Vasco da Gama had defeated the racist people from Fluminense, Flamengo and Botafogo.

However, the first club to accept a black player was not Vasco, but Bangu in 1905, with Francisco Carregal. This was documented by Mário Filho and researcher Carlos Molinari, including photographs and other evidence, but Vasco was really the first Club to fight for the inclusion of black players and poor in Brazilian football, and perhaps to the entire world.

The Victory Express and the South American Club championship

Between 1947 and 1952, the club was nicknamed Expresso da Vitória (Victory Express), as Vasco won several competitions in that period, such as the Rio de Janeiro championship in 1945, 1947, 1949, 1950, and 1952, and the South American Club Championship in 1948. Players such as Ademir, Moacyr Barbosa, Bellini and Ipojucan defended Vasco's colors during that period.

1998 Copa Libertadores

After winning the Campeonato Brasileiro in 1997, beating Palmeiras in the final, Vasco started its Projeto Tóquio, and invested US$ 10 million to win the 1998 Copa Libertadores. Vasco successfully won the Copa Libertadores, beating Barcelona of Ecuador in the final.

The club would go on to play the Intercontinental Cup and Interamerican Cup losing both matches.

2008 Campeonato Brasileiro

The team finished the championship in a disastrous 18th place and was relegated to the second division of the championship for the first time since its foundation, 110 years before. Up until the relegation, it was one of the only six clubs to have never been removed from the first division, along with Internacional, Cruzeiro, Flamengo, Santos and São Paulo,[7] though the last two (even they never played any of the lower divisions), didn't participate in the 1979 Brazilian Championship's 1st division,[7] in order to avoid conflicts with Paulista Championship schedule.

2009 Campeonato Brasileiro

After almost one year out of the first division, Vasco played the second division and on November 7, was promoted to the first division after a victory against Juventude in Maracanã stadium by the score of 2–1.

2011: the Redemption Year

Main article: 2011 CR Vasco da Gama season

After so many years without be champion of a important competition, Vasco da Gama won the Copa do Brasil against Coritiba after a epic finals, ranked 2nd on 2011 Brazilian Série A with a excellent campaign and was a semifinalist of the Copa Sudamericana, a competition that eliminated Palmeiras, Aurora and Universitario (the two latter in historic victories) before being eliminated from the Universidad de Chile in a confrontation that brought together, for many, the two best teams in South America at the time. This year was called of "Redemption Year of Vasco da Gama", because the team became again an elite team of Brazilian football.

2012: First Semester

Having won the Copa do Brasil, Vasco da gama qualified for the Copa Libertadores and was placed in group 5 among Club Libertad from Paraguay, Alianza Lima from Peru and Club Nacional de Football from Uruguay. They qualified as runner up in their group because Libertad had one more goal made in the group phase. Meanwhile in the 2012 Campeonato Carioca Vasco played a perfect record in the Taca Guanabara, eliminating Flamengo in the semi-final, but suffering a tragic defeat against Fluminense in the final. In the second part of the championship, they came out as second in the group to eliminate Flamengo for the second time in the same tournament [8] - Flamengo's third elimination in a matter of weeks having been eliminated from the 2012 Libertadores April 12 2012 [9] . They will play Botafogo in the final.

Other sports

Although best known as a football, rowing and swimming club, Vasco da Gama is actually a comprehensive sports club. Its basketball section (twice Brazilian champion and twice South-American champion) produced current NBA player Nenê. The club is also the first Brazilian club to play against a NBA team. In 1999, the club played the McDonald's Championship final against San Antonio Spurs. Its rowing team is one of the best of Brazil. Its swimmers regularly represent Brazil in international competitions. And Vasco da Gama is present in many other sports.

Players

Current squad

As of April 20, 2012, according to combined sources on the official website.[10]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Brazil BRA Fernando Prass (3rd captain)
2 DF Brazil BRA Thiago Feltri
3 DF Brazil BRA Fabrício
4 DF Brazil BRA Rodolfo
5 MF Brazil BRA Eduardo Costa
6 MF Brazil BRA Felipe (vice-captain)
7 FW Brazil BRA Éder Luís
8 MF Brazil BRA Juninho (captain)
9 FW Brazil BRA Alecsandro
10 MF Brazil BRA Diego Souza
11 FW Ecuador ECU Carlos Tenorio
12 GK Brazil BRA Alessandro
15 FW Brazil BRA Jonathan
16 DF Brazil BRA Douglas
19 MF Brazil BRA Nilton
21 MF Brazil BRA Fellipe Bastos
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 FW Brazil BRA Kim
23 DF Brazil BRA Fagner
25 GK Brazil BRA Diogo Silva
26 DF Brazil BRA Dedé (4th captain)
27 MF Brazil BRA Diego Rosa
28 DF Brazil BRA Jomar
33 DF Brazil BRA Renato Silva
35 MF Brazil BRA Allan
36 DF Brazil BRA Dieyson
37 MF Brazil BRA Rômulo
38 MF Argentina ARG Matías Abelairas
43 DF Brazil BRA Max
44 FW Brazil BRA Wiliam Barbio
45 MF Argentina ARG Leandro Chaparro
84 MF Brazil BRA Carlos Alberto
-- FW Brazil BRA Pipico

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Manager Brazil Cristóvão Borges
Director of Football Brazil Daniel Freitas
Goalkeeping Coach Brazil Carlos Germano
Fitness Coach Brazil Rodrigo Poletto
Youth Team Manager Brazil José Galdino

Last updated: February 15, 2012
Source: [citation needed]

Honors

International

Champion: 1953[11]

Worldwide

Runners-up (1): 1998

World

Runners-up (1):: 2000

South American

  • 1948 First Copa Libertadores

Domestic

Runners-up (3):1979, 1984, 2011
Runners-up (1):2006
Runners-up (1): 1965
  • 1958, 1966*, 1999 (* shared)
Runners-up (5): 1950, 1952, 1953, 1959, 2000
  • 1923, 1924, 1929, 1934, 1936, 1945, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1956, 1958, 1970, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2003
1965, 1976, 1977, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003
1984, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004
Champions (1): 1992, 1993
  • Taça Raul Guimarães
Champions (1): 1996
  • Taça José de Albuquerque
Champions (1): 1972
  • Troféu Pedro Novaes
Champions (1): 1973
  • Taça Oscar Wright da Silva
Champions (1): 1973
  • Taça Danilo Leal Carneiro
Champions (1): 1976
  • Taça Manoel do Nascimento Vargas Netto
Champions (1): 1979
  • Taça Gustavo de Carvalho
Champions (1): 1980
  • Taça Ney Cidade Palmeiro
Champions (1): 1981
  • Taça Brigadeiro Jerônimo Bastos
Champions (1): 1998
  • Torneios Início do Rio de Janeiro
Champions (1): 1926, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1948, 1958
  • Torneios Municipais do Rio de Janeiro
Champions (1): 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947
  • Torneios Relâmpagos do Rio de Janeiro
Champions (1): 1944, 1946
  • Torneio Erasmo Martins Pedro
Champions (1): 1973

International Tournaments

Champions (1):1957
Champions (1):1979
Champions (3):1987, 1988, 1989
Champions (1):1993

 BRA 01 Torneio Luís Aranha: 1940

 BRA 01 Quadrangular Internacional do Rio de Janeiro: 1953

 BRA 01 Torneio Internacional IV Centenário da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro: 1965

 CHI 01 Torneio Internacional do Chile: 1953

 CHI 02 Torneio de Santiago: 1957, 1963

 FRA 01 Torneio da Lorena: 1989

 PER 01 Torneio Quadrangular de Lima: 1957

 ESP 01 Torneio Cidade de Sevilha: 1979

 ESP 01 Troféu Festa D'Elx: 1979

 ESP 01 Troféu Colombino: 1980

 ESP 01 Troféu Cidade de Zaragoza: 1993

 ESP 01 Troféu Cidade de Palma: 1995

 MEX 01 Torneio Pentagonal do México: 1963C

 POR 01 Torneio Ilha de Funchal: 1981

 URU 01 Torneio de Verão: 1982

 USA 01 Copa de Ouro: 1987

 USA 01 Copa TAP: 1987

 GAB Torneio da Amizade: 1991

 ITA 01 Troféu Bortolotti: 1997

Statistics

Explanation:

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

Top scorers

Player
Goals
1. Roberto Dinamite (1970–79), (1980–89), (1990), (1992–93) 702
2. Romário (1985–88), (1999–02), (2005–06), (2007–08) 324
3. Ademir (1942–45), (1948–56) 301
4. Pinga (1953–61) 250
5. Russinho (1924–34) 225
6. Sabará (1952–64) 165
7. Vavá (1951–64) 150
8. Lelé (1943–48) 147
9. Maneca (1947–55) 137
10. Edmundo (1991–92), (1996–97), (1999–00), (2003–04), (2008) 136
11. Valdir (1992–94), (2001–03) 135

Most goals in a season

  1. Romário – 70 goals in 2000
  2. Roberto Dinamite – 61 goals in 1981.

Stadium

Main article: Estádio São Januário
CR Vasco da Gama at Estádio São Januário September 2008.
CR Vasco da Gama at Estádio São Januário, September 2008.

Vasco da Gama's stadium is Estádio São Januário, inaugurated in 1927, with a maximum capacity of 35.000 people. The National Championship games have a maximum capacity of 15.150 people, for security reasons.[4]

Rivals

Vasco's biggest rivals are from the same city: Fluminense, Botafogo and Flamengo, with the latter being its biggest rival. The games between Vasco and Flamengo ("Millions Derby") are the most watched in Brazil. The matches are usually played in the Maracanã, and reunite two of the biggest crowds of Rio de Janeiro.[13]

Kit evolution

Vasco da Gama's kit evolution.

Vasco da Gama is one of the oldest Brazilian clubs and has had several different kits in its history. Vasco da Gama's first kit, used in rowing, was created in 1898, and was completely black, with a left diagonal sash.

Vasco da Gama's first football kit, created in 1916, was completely black, and was easily identified because of the presence of a white tie and a belt.

In 1929, the club's kit was changed. The tie and the belt were removed. However, the kit remained all-black.

In the 1930s, the home kit's color was changed again. The kit became black with a white right diagonal sash.

In 1945, the kit's color was changed to white, and a black diagonal sash was introduced. The sash was introduced because the club's manager at the time, the Uruguayan Ondino Viera liked the sash used in his previous club's kit, River Plate, of Argentina, and adopted this pattern in Vasco da Gama's away kit. So, both kits had a right diagonal sash.[14]

In 1988, the sash located on the back of the shirt was removed.

In 1998, the kit design was changed again. This kit became very similar to the 1945 one. However, a thin red line was placed around the sash.

Vasco has currently three kits. The home shirt's main color is black, with a white sash. The short and the socks are black. The away kit is similar to the home kit, but the main color is white, the sash is black, and the shorts and socks are white. In 2009–2010 the third kit was all white, with a red "cross of the Kinights Templar". In 2010, the away kit changes to black in honor to the 1923's team, which gave up playing for having black players, which were not allowed to play with white players at that time. This was one of the most important steps in the club's history, the fight against racism and discrimination. The nowadays third kit brings the symbol of an open hand with "Respect & Equality" in the left chest, and "Democracy and Equality" in the shirt collar.[15]

Since July 2009, after breaking the partnership with Champs,[16] the official jerseys are produced by Penalty.[17]

Logo and flag

The eight stars on the badge and flag signify: 1- South American Club Championship: 1948; 2- Libertadores Cup: 1998; 3- Mercosur Cup: 2000; 4- Brazilian National Championship: 1974; 5- 1989; 6- 1997; 7- 2000; 8- The Unbeaten Championship of Earth-and-sea of 1945.

Anthems

Vasco's official anthem was composed in 1918, by Joaquim Barros Ferreira da Silva, it was the club's first anthem.[18] There is another official anthem, created in the 1930s, called Meu Pavilhão (meaning My Pavilion), which lyrics were composed by João de Freitas and music by Hernani Correia. This anthem replaced the previous one. The club's most popular anthem, however, is an unofficial anthem composed by Lamartine Babo in 1942.

Supporters

Vasco da Gama is the second most supported football club in Rio de Janeiro, and varies between the third third and fifth most supported in Brazil (20.500.000). The club's support is very diverse stretching across social class lines, however the core of most the Vasco da Gama support lies within the working class of the Northern Zone of Rio de Janeiro and Rio outskirt cities like Niterói. Vasco da Gama have significant support in other regions in Brazil notably the Northeastern and North regions as well as stongholds in southern Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo and in Santa Catarina (in South Region). Vasco also have a huge support in Distrito Federal.

Vasco da Gama have many celebrity supporters, including Fátima Bernardes (journalist – TV Globo), Rodrigo Santoro (actor), Eri Johnson (actor), Marcos Palmeira (actor), Juliana Paes (actress), Sérgio Loroza (actor), Paulinho da Viola (singer), Roberto Carlos (singer), Erasmo Carlos (singer), Martinho da Vila (singer), Fernanda Abreu (singer), Viviane Araújo (model), Renata Santos (model), Sergio Cabral Filho (Rio de Janeiro governor), Eduardo Paes (Rio de Janeiro mayor), Nelson Piquet (Formula 1 former champion), amongst others.

Vasco da Gama's torcidas organizadas have a strong friendship with torcidas organizadas of Atlético Mineiro, Palmeiras, Grêmio and Bahia. This alliance, having the 25 year friendship of torcidas Força Jovem Vasco, Mancha Verde do Palmeiras and Galoucura do Atlético Mineiro, utilize the code name D.P.A. – Dedos Para o Alto.

  • Torcida Força Jovem Vasco
  • Torcida Organizada do Vasco
  • Kamikazes Vascaínos
  • Pequenos Vascaínos
  • Renovascão Vasco Campeão
  • ResenVasco
  • VasBoaVista
  • Guerreiros do Almirante
  • União Vascaína
  • Ira Jovem Vasco
  • Torcida Expresso da Vitória

Clubs named after Vasco

Due to Vasco's tradition, several clubs are named after it, including Associação Desportiva Vasco da Gama, of Acre state, founded in 1952, Vasco Esporte Clube, of Sergipe state, founded in 1931, Esporte Clube Vasco da Gama, of Americana, São Paulo state, founded in 1958, Vasco Sports Club, which is an Indian football club founded in 1951 and CR Vasco da Gama Football Club, which is a South African football club founded in 1980. Tomazinho Futebol Clube, from São João de Meriti, Rio de Janeiro state, founded in 1930, has a logo strongly inspired by Vasco's logo, and share the same colors.

References

  • Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro, Volume 1 – Lance, Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A, 2001.
  1. ^ "Vasco da Gama's official site – The History of CR Vasco da Gama". Retrieved March 26, 2008. [dead link‍]
  2. ^ "Flamengo e Corinthians lideram levantamento de torcidas no país – UOL Esporte". Retrieved March 27, 2008.
  3. ^ UNZELTE, Celso – O Livro de Ouro do Futebol; page 689 (Editora Ediouro, 2002) – ISBN 85-00-01036-3
  4. ^ a b http://www.cbf.com.br/cnef/cnef.pdf
  5. ^ História 1898–1923 NetVasco.com
  6. ^ http://www.crvascodagama.com/index.php?display=HISTORIA-1-EN
  7. ^ a b "Campeonato Brasileiro". 2000–2008. Retrieved November 13, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date format (link) Template:Pt Cite error: The named reference "buzzle" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  8. ^ Azzoni, Tales. "Vasco beats Flamengo 3-2 to reach Rio Cup final". Deseret News.
  9. ^ "Flamengo eliminated from Copa Libertadores". Global Times.
  10. ^ Vasco da Gama official website Template:En icon Template:Pt icon Template:It icon Template:Sp icon Template:Fr icon
  11. ^ "Fluminense Football Club - Conquistas" (in Portuguese). Fluminense Football Club. Retrieved December 4, 2009. [dead link‍]
  12. ^ "Intercontinental Club Cup". RSSSF. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
  13. ^ "Vasco e Flamengo iniciam a decisão no Rio". Gazeta Esportiva. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  14. ^ Template:Pt icon "Símbolos". Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama official website. Archived from the original on April 19, 2008. Retrieved May 19, 2008.
  15. ^ http://www.crvascodagama.com/
  16. ^ Template:Pt icon"Vasco rescinde contrato com a Champs". GloboEsporte.com. Retrieved December 9, 2009.
  17. ^ Template:Pt icon "Clube acerta com a Penalty e vai receber R$ 64 milhões em cinco anos". GloboEsporte.com. Retrieved December 9, 2009.
  18. ^ http://www.crvascodagama.com/?display=CLUBE-3#ancora6
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