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Fluminense FC
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<p>Fluminense Football Club (Brazilian Portuguese: [flumiˈnẽsi futʃiˈbɔw ˈklubi]) is a Brazilian sports club based in the neighbourhood of <a href="/facts/Laranjeiras/NLUsyLTM">Laranjeiras</a>, in <a href="/facts/Rio_de_Janeiro/AVPTJJ2C">Rio de Janeiro</a>, being the oldest <a href="/facts/Association_football/yttjeD0D">football</a> club in the state since its foundation in 1902. It competes in the <a href="/facts/Campeonato_Brasileiro_S%25C3%25A9rie_A/wEa6gVhz">Campeonato Brasileiro Série A</a>, the first tier of <a href="/facts/Brazilian_football_league_system/Hr2kKsLq">Brazilian football</a>, and the <a href="/facts/Campeonato_Carioca/aRLoXISL">Campeonato Carioca</a>, the <a href="/facts/State_football_leagues_in_Brazil/herA0dAk">state league</a> of <a href="/facts/Rio_de_Janeiro_(state)/ceMYlrXA">Rio de Janeiro</a>. The word "<i><a href="/facts/Fluminense_(gentilic)/ceMYlrXA">fluminense</a></i>" is the <a href="/facts/Gentilic/60W4pxKk">gentilic</a> given to people born in the state of <a href="/facts/Rio_de_Janeiro_(state)/ceMYlrXA">Rio de Janeiro</a>. </p><p>Fluminense have won numerous titles throughout its history, including the <a href="/facts/Copa_Libertadores/43ujeoaj">Copa Libertadores</a> in <a href="/facts/2023_Copa_Libertadores/TY5Upl9X">2023</a> and the <a href="/facts/Recopa_Sudamericana/vwCCoEek">Recopa Sudamericana</a> in <a href="/facts/2024_Recopa_Sudamericana/odf0HqEs">2024</a>. The club has also claimed four <a href="/facts/Campeonato_Brasileiro_S%25C3%25A9rie_A/wEa6gVhz">Brazilian championships</a> (<a href="/facts/1970_Campeonato_Brasileiro_S%25C3%25A9rie_A/npotR1Vd">1970</a>, <a href="/facts/1984_Campeonato_Brasileiro_S%25C3%25A9rie_A/W7dEVAla">1984</a>, <a href="/facts/2010_Campeonato_Brasileiro_S%25C3%25A9rie_A/KJHeWQ0l">2010</a>, and <a href="/facts/2012_Campeonato_Brasileiro_S%25C3%25A9rie_A/FYUeEI3x">2012</a>), the <a href="/facts/Copa_do_Brasil/3HRvvcHt">Copa do Brasil</a> in <a href="/facts/2007_Copa_do_Brasil/FIwrGTcD">2007</a>, and 33 <a href="/facts/Campeonato_Carioca/aRLoXISL">Rio de Janeiro state</a> titles. Other notable achievements include winning the <a href="/facts/1952_Copa_Rio/hdl93JaY">1952 Copa Rio</a> — regarded by the club as a world title — and being the first football club to receive the <a href="/facts/Olympic_Cup/9nDQWcTP">Olympic Cup</a> from the <a href="/facts/International_Olympic_Committee/yX4MhHXk">International Olympic Committee</a>, in 1949, for its pioneering role in sports. In 2023, Fluminense also reached the <a href="/facts/2023_FIFA_Club_World_Cup/cGpVeRpu">FIFA Club World Cup final</a>, finishing as runners-up to Manchester City. </p><p>Fluminense’s first <a href="/facts/Kit_(association_football)/G8nlzT5r">home kit</a> originally featured a shirt split in half vertically, with one side in white and the other in grey. However, due to the difficulty of sourcing these colours — particularly during a trip to England in 1904, where club members sought new kits — the club opted to change its colours. A vote was held, and Fluminense adopted its now-iconic home kit: a vertically striped shirt in burgundy, white, and green, with thinner white pinstripes flanked by broader burgundy and green stripes, typically paired with white shorts and white socks. </p><p>The club holds several long-standing rivalries with other clubs, most notably with <a href="/facts/Clube_de_Regatas_do_Flamengo/zgEN86td">Flamengo</a> (<i><a href="/facts/Fla%25E2%2580%2593Flu/LzK99Qgn">Clássico Fla-Flu</a></i>), <a href="/facts/Botafogo_de_Futebol_e_Regatas/vgkPv6R5">Botafogo</a> (<i><a href="/facts/Cl%25C3%25A1ssico_Vov%25C3%25B4/zsjU1Mp1">Clássico Vovô</a></i>) and <a href="/facts/CR_Vasco_da_Gama/P9jJQxdm">Vasco da Gama</a> (<i>Clássico dos Gigantes</i>). The <a href="/facts/Fla%25E2%2580%2593Flu/LzK99Qgn">Fla–Flu</a> in particular is widely considered one of the greatest football derbies in Brazil and South America, having eventually set the still-standing world record for the highest attendance in a match between football clubs (nearly 200,000 spectators in the stadium of Maracanã). </p><p>Fluminense is recognized as the birthplace of the <a href="/facts/Brazil_national_football_team/2wJk8lUD">Brazil national football team</a>, which played its first-ever match at the club’s <a href="/facts/Est%25C3%25A1dio_de_Laranjeiras/hdklxuAY">Estádio de Laranjeiras</a> in <a href="/facts/Brazil_v_Exeter_City_F.C._(1914)/NlkBYA8E">1914</a>, during Fluminense’s 12th anniversary celebrations. It was there that <a href="/facts/Brazil_national_football_team/2wJk8lUD">Brazil</a> scored its <a href="/facts/Brazil_v_Exeter_City_F.C._(1914)/NlkBYA8E">first goal</a> and won its <a href="/facts/1919_South_American_Championship/AnUkLVQm">first trophy</a>. To this day, Fluminense ranks among the top contributors to the national team, having provided the fifth most players in Brazil’s history. </p>