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CR Vasco da Gama

This article is about the Brazilian sports club. For the Portuguese admiral, see Vasco da Gama. For other uses, see Vasco da Gama (disambiguation).

Soccer club

Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama (Portuguese pronunciation:[ˈklubidʒiʁeˈɡatɐzˈvaskudɐˈɡɐ̃mɐ]; English: Vasco da Gama Club of Rowing), commonly referred to as Vasco da Gama or simply Vasco, is a sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Although originally a rowing club and then a multi-sport club, Vasco is mostly known for its men's football team, which currently competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top tier of the Brazilian football league system, and in the Campeonato Carioca, the state of Rio de Janeiro's premier state league.[5]

Named after Vasco da Gama years after his European–Asian sea route in , the club was founded in as a rowing club by Brazilian workers, Portuguese Brazilians and newly arrived Portuguese immigrants.[6][7] Vasco created its football department in , with professionalism officially adopted in – pioneer in Brazil.[8][9] In addition to its main departments of football and rowing, Vasco has other sports departments since the s.

Its youth academy, which has brought up international footballers such as Romário, Philippe Coutinho, Hilderaldo Bellini, Roberto Dinamite and Edmundo, is well known for its socio-educational methodology.[10]

At the national level, Vasco da Gama has won four Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, three Torneio Rio–São Paulo and one Copa do Brasil.

In international club football, the club has won one Copa Libertadores, one South American Championship of Champions, and one Copa Mercosur. At the state level, the club has also won 24 Campeonato Carioca. The golden generation of Vasco da Gama, dubbed Expresso da Vitória (Victory Express), won five state titles in the eight-year span between and , and led Vasco to become the first continental club champion ever with the South American Championship of Champions title.

This team, which included Moacir Barbosa, Ademir de Menezes, Friaça, Danilo Alvim, Augusto da Costa, and Chico, among others, is considered one of the greatest teams of its generation and of all time.

With fans worldwide, Vasco da Gama is one of the most widely supported clubs in Brazil, the Rio de Janeiro state and the Americas.

  • Vasco plays its home matches in São Januário stadium since its inauguration in Occasionally, the club has also played their home matches in Maracanã stadium since its inauguration in Vasco holds long-standings rivalries with Flamengo, Fluminense and Botafogo. Originally from rowing in the s and extending to football in the s as O Clássico dos Milhões (the Derby of Millions), the Vasco–Flamengo rivalry is considered of the main rivalries of Brazilian sports and one of the most prominent football rivalries in the world.

    History

    Main article: History of CR Vasco da Gama

    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.[citation needed]

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

    Inspired by the celebrations of the 4th centenary of the first sail from Europe to India, the founders named the club in honor of Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama.[9] The club's colors were chosen as black and white; black was chosen as a representation of the unknown seas Vasco da Gama sailed through, and white represented his victorious route.

    The first kit used these colors in a half and half combination, with the Order of Christ Cross in the center symbolizing the Christian faith just like in the sails of Gama's São Gabriel carrack. The emblem was created shortly after too; it was round with a sailboat bearing the Cross pattée.

    On 26 November , Vasco and Lusitania Sport Clube, another sports club founded by the local Portuguese community in Brazil and named after Lusitania which is often used as an alternative name for Portugal itself, merged, resulting in the creation of Vasco's footballing department.

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    Beginning in the lower leagues, the club's first match was played on 3 May ; a 10–1 loss to Paladino FC.

    s: Overcoming social & class inequality

    During the s, football in Brazil was a sport for the elites, and Vasco da Gama's racially diverse squad did not appease them. Some players were required to take a literacy exam before putting on their boots.

    Vasco won its first top-division title with the Campeonato Carioca, becoming champion with a team including whites, blacks and "mulatto" players of different social classes.

    In , Vasco da Gama was pressured by the Metropolitan League to ban some players who were not considered adequate to play in the aristocratic league, notably because they were black or mulato and/or poor.

    After Vasco refused to comply with such a ban, the other big teams, including Fluminense, Flamengo and Botafogo created the Metropolitan Athletic Association and prohibited Vasco from participating unless it complied with their racist demands.[citation needed]

    As a result, the former President of Vasco, José Augusto Prestes, responded with a letter that became known as the Historic Response (Resposta Histórica),[11][12] which revolutionized the practice of sports in Brazil.

    After a few years, the racism barriers fell, and Vasco became known as "Clube de todas as raças" (Club of all races).[13] The club had led the move toward a more inclusive football culture, forward-thinking not employed by leaders from other Rio-based clubs like Fluminense, Flamengo and Botafogo.[citation needed]

    Even though the club was not the first to field black players, it was the first one to win a league with them, which led to an outcry to ban "blue-collar workers" from playing in the league—a move that in practice meant barring blacks from playing.[citation needed]

    In , Vasco was readmitted into the "elite" league, with its black and mulatto players.

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    By , when football became professional in Brazil, most of the big clubs had black players.[citation needed]

    On 21 April , Vasco's Stadium was inaugurated with a match against Santos. Santos won the match 5–3.[14] On 26 April , Vasco had a historic 7–0 victory over rivals Flamengo; this is the largest victory margin between the two clubs.

    Expresso da Vitória

    Main article: Expresso da Vitória

    Between and , 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 , , , , and , and the South American Club Championship, the world's first ever continental club tournament, in In , Vasco da Gama won its first intercontinental trophy, the Torneio Intercontinental Octogonal Rivadavia Correa Meyer.

    Players such as Ademir de Menezes, Moacyr Barbosa, Bellini and Ipojucan starred in Vasco's colors during that period.[15] Also that year the club won the Santiago International Tournament&#;[es], defeating Colombian champions Millonarios and Chilean club Colo-Colo.

    – Super-Superchampions Generation

    In , the Vascaínos became Campeonato Carioca champions and Little World Cup runner-up, losing the title to Di Stefano's Real Madrid, which Vasco would beat in a friendly shortly after the tournament, becoming the first non-European club to defeat a European Champion.[16] In , this generation toured Europe and won 10 consecutive matches, including yet another victory against European champion Real Madrid (4–3) on 14 June, which sealed the Tournoi de Paris title - this match was the first ever, at a competitive level, between two continental champions.

    It also was the only international tournament Real didn't win between and Vasco would also beat Athletic Bilbao (Spanish League and Cup champions in the previous year) by winning the Teresa Herrera Trophy with a 4–2 scoreline, and Barcelona (Spanish Cup champion a week earlier) inside Les Corts, with a historic scoreline of 2–7, the second worst defeat ever suffered at home by the Catalan team, and largest in international matches.[17]Benfica (Portuguese champion and Latin Cup runner-up) was also a victim of Vasco on this tour, losing to the Brazilian club with another impressive result, 5–2, in Lisbon on 30 June [18]

    In early , just before the World Cup, Vasco won the Rio-São Paulo Tournament, the most important championship in Brazil at the time, which included legendary teams such as Pele's Santos, Garrincha's Botafogo, Zagallo's Flamengo, and Tele Santana's Fluminense.

    After this memorable title, three Vasco players had important parts in the campaign for Brazil's first World Cup title: Vavá (who scored five goals in the World Cup, including two in the final) and defenders Orlando and Bellini (Bellini was still the Brazilian captain). After the World Cup, the team then won one of the greatest Carioca Championships of all time.

    In an epic competition against Zagallo's Flamengo and Garrincha's Botafogo, which ended in a three-way tie on 32 points and required two extra tiebreaker tournaments to decide the champion, Vasco became the Campeonato Carioca "super-superchampion".[19]

    In , the team went on to beat great European teams like Italian champion Milan and Atletico de Madrid (European Cup semi-finalist that year).

    Vasco was also Rio-São Tournament runner-up that year, only behind Pele's Santos. Still in , five Vasco players were called up for the Copa America: Paulinho, Orlando, Bellini, Coronel (defenders) and Almir (striker), with the four aforementioned Vasco players almost always being included in the starting eleven. Vasco, together with Botafogo, was the club that gave the most players to the Brazil national team in that period.

    Many think this Vasco was one of the best clubs of the world at the time, and maybe the best in –[20]

    s: Mediocre campaigns

    The s were a difficult period for the club, having only average performances with the exception of and ; in the Campeonato Brasileiro (known as Taça Brasil at the time), Vasco reached the final, losing to Pele's Santos 1–6 on aggregate.

    In the Torneio Rio-São Paulo, the club ended the tournament in a four way tie.

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    Since there was no tiebreaking criteria, a quadrangular involving Botafogo, Corinthians, Santos and Vasco should have been played, but due to the preparation of the Brazil national team for the FIFA World Cup, the CBD decided to proclaim all four clubs as champions.

    s: First League Title

    In , under star players Roberto Dinamite and Edgardo Andrada, Vasco won the Campeonato Carioca for the first time in 12 years.

    In , they won their first league title, with Roberto Dinamite as the top scorer. In addition, they became the first team from Rio to win the league. Cruzeiro and Vasco had ended the season with the same number of points, meaning that a second match had to be played; Vasco later beat Cruzeiro 2–1 and won the title.[21]

    – Second Golden era

    After winning the Campeonato Brasileiro in , beating Palmeiras in the final, Vasco started its Projeto Tóquio, and invested US$10 million to win the Copa Libertadores.

    Vasco da Gama won the Copa Libertadores in its Centenary Year, beating Barcelona of Ecuador in the finals 4–1 on aggregate, and 50 years after winning its first South American trophy (South American Championship of Champions).

    By winning the Copa Libertadores title, Vasco da Gama earned a berth in the Intercontinental Cup, where they faced the –98 UEFA Champions League winners Real Madrid and lost 2–1.

    As a result of their Copa Libertadores title two years prior, Vasco earned a berth for the inaugural FIFA Club World Championship held in Brazil. They beat Manchester United of England, Necaxa of Mexico, and South Melbourne of Australia in the group stage to reach the final. It finished 0–0 after extra time in an all-Brazilian clash with Corinthians, but Vasco lost 3–4 in the penalty shootout.

    Vasco's Copa Mercosur campaign that year began with a 4–3 loss to Peñarol, but Vasco eventually qualified to the knockout round with ten points.[22] In the quarter finals, Vasco eliminated Rosario Central on penalties after the Argentine side scored a late equalizer to send the game to a penalty shootout.

    In the semi-finals, Vasco eliminated River Plate 5–1 on aggregate, with a famous 4–1 victory at Estadio Monumental in the first leg. Vasco qualified to the finals against Palmeiras, and typically the finals are played over two legs, but a third match would be needed if a different team won each leg. This ended up being the case; Vasco had won the first leg 2–0, but Palmeiras won the second leg 1–0 six days later.

    On 20 December , in a match which is still considered as one of the best in Brazilian football history,[23][24][25] Vasco found itself trailing 3–0 at half-time, and Palmeiras had scored 2 goals in less than a minute; Vasco managed to score 3 goals to level the match at 3–3 with five minutes remaining, while playing with 10 men after Júnior Baiano got a red card in the 77th minute.

    In the 93rd minute, Romário scored a decisive goal and Vasco won the match 4–3.[26]

    Vasco also won the Copa João Havelange in Seen as a controversial competition organized by Clube dos 13 rather than CBF, Vasco played São Caetano in the finals. The club drew the first game 1–1 at Estádio Palestra Itália, and the second game was called off by Rio de Janeiro State Governor Anthony Garotinho in the first half because a fence collapsed at São Januário, which resulted in many injuries.[27][28][29] Despite the disaster, Vasco won the rescheduled second leg 3–1 at the Maracana to lift the trophy for its fourth national league title.

    – Decline

    In the Copa Libertadores, Vasco became the first team to win all six group games, which included big victories (0–3 and 4–1), against Colombian champions América de Cali. In the round of 16, the club eliminated Deportes Concepción, but then suffered a 4–0 aggregate loss against eventual champions Boca Juniors, which was considered a disappointing elimination despite the high hopes that were set after their perfect group stage run.[30]

    Shortly after the season, the club experienced a sharp decline, finishing 15th in and narrowly avoiding relegation in and , although in they qualified for the Copa Sudamericana with a 12th-placed finish.

    Vasco's season was decent, finishing sixth in the league and gaining qualification for the following years Sudamericana, as well as reaching the Copa do Brasil final for the first time, losing to Flamengo.

    Relegation

    Main article: CR Vasco da Gama season

    The team finished the Série A in a disastrous 18th place and was relegated to the second division for the first time since its foundation after a 0–2 home loss against Vitória.[31] Until then, it had been one of only six clubs to have never been relegated from the first division, along with Cruzeiro, Flamengo, Santos and São Paulo.

    (The last two did not participate in the Brazilian Championship, in order to avoid conflicts with Paulista Championship schedule.)

    Despite suffering relegation, Vasco had a respectable run in the Copa do Brasil, making it al the way to the semi-finals where they were eliminated by eventual champion Sport Recife on penalties.[32]

    Vasco immediately secured their return to Serie A, sealing promotion to the Série A on 7 November with a 2–1 victory over Juventude in front of a Serie B-record 81, fans at Maracanã, and finishing as Serie B champions as well.[33]

    –present: Inconsistency

    In the league season, their first season back in the top flight since relegation, Vasco finished in 11th place, and qualified for the Copa Sudamericana.

    In the Copa do Brasil, the team reached the quarterfinals, being eliminated by Vitoria on away goals.

    – Copa do Brasil title and Return to Copa Libertadores

    Vasco had a poor start to the season, losing four consecutive games in the Guanabara Cup, which led to the sacking of Paulo Gusmāo and the appointment of Ricardo Gomes.

    With the arrival of Gomes, combined with the arrivals of Alecsandro, Bernardo, and Diego Souza, the club fared better in the Rio Cup, losing only once on their way to the final, where they lost on penalties to Flamengo. In the Copa do Brasil, Vasco were unbeaten on their way to the finals, where they beat Coritiba on away goals and lifted the trophy for the first time in the club's history[34]; just three days after the first leg, Coritiba beat Vasco 5–1 in the league.[35] Despite the heavy defeat, Vasco enjoyed an excellent league campaign, finishing only 2 points behind Corinthians.

    A win on the last matchday would've given them the title, as Corinthians drew their match, but Flamengo held Vasco to a draw. The club also ended the year as semifinalists in the Copa Sudamericana, a competition that saw the club defeat Palmeiras on away goals, and achieve comeback victories against Aurora and Universitario, before being eliminated by eventual champion Universidad de Chile.[36] The season was dubbed as Vasco's "Redemption Year", with many lauding Vasco as one of Brazilian football's elite teams once again.[37][38][39]

    Vasco's played their first final of the season in the Guanabara Cup, losing 1–3 to Fluminense after eliminating Flamengo in the semifinals.

    Two months later, they were playing a final again, this time losing to Botafogo in the Rio Cup, eliminating Flamengo in the semifinals again.

    Vasco qualified for the Copa Libertadores as Brazilian Cup champion, marking a return to the top South American competition after 12 years. In the group stage, Vasco finished second tied with Libertad on points and only losing once.

    Vasco beat Lanús on penalties in the round of 16,[40] to set a quarterfinal matchup with Corinthians, who eliminated Vasco 1–0 with an 88th-minute goal by Paulinho.[41][42] In the Brazilian Championship, the team set the record for 54 consecutive rounds in the top 4 (continuing from the and seasons), although they ultimately finished in fifth and missed out on qualifying for the Libertadores the following year due to poor form, losing six of their last ten games.

    Second relegation

    Main article: CR Vasco da Gama season

    After a good season in , Vasco started their poorly and were hampered by financial issues. In the Taca Rio, the club had a terrible campaign and finished seventh of eight in the table. By the end of the year, the club had been relegated for the second time in 5 years and just the second time in their history, which was secured with a 5–1 defeat to Atletico Paranaense on the final matchday.[43] In the Copa do Brasil the team entered in the round of 16, beating Nacional and then being eliminated by Goiás on away goals, despite winning the second leg 3–2.

    – Double relegation, back-to-back Carioca titles

    After one season in the Série B during , Vasco gained promotion and in May won the Campeonato Carioca after a year hiatus. However, they were relegated again in the edition, placing eighteenth. In , Vasco became back-to-back Carioca champions and had a match unbeaten streak, their longest in official games.[44] Once again, they were promoted after one season in Série B.

    However, in the season, they were relegated for the fourth time and then failed to gain promotion during the season, placing tenth.[45]

    Takeover by Partners and return to Série A

    On 22 February it was announced that Partners, a Miami-based private investment firm founded by Steven W. Pasko and Josh Wander, bought a controlling stake in Vasco da Gama.

    According to the terms of the deal, Partners acquired a 70% stake in the club which was valued at approximately $ million.[46]

    On 6 November , Vasco sealed their return to Série A after a two-year absence, finishing fourth in the league table. Their promotion was secured after a difficult 1–0 victory against Ituano, through a penalty scored by Nenê.[47][48]

    The club finished 15th in the Série A and improved this with a 10th-placed finish in the Série A.

    Identity

    Logo

    Vasco's first shield was created in The current shield with the diagonal sash was not adopted until the s. The current shield bears a black background, with a white diagonal sash going left to right, that has a sailboat in the center, and letters CR and VG being directly left and below the sailboat respectively.[49]

    In , an outline was added to the logo.

    The logo has gone through various changes throughout the years, but still resembles the main layout used in The current logo, adopted in , curved the sails of the sailboat and the flag on top, emphasized the waves, added a front spine to the sailboat, and removed the rectangles that had been present in the logo.[49]

    Given the Royal Patronage, the shied logo can be topped by the Portuguese royal heraldic crown.

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  • 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 , and was primarily black, with a left white diagonal sash.

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

    In , the tie and the belt were removed. However, the kit remained all-black. In the s, the home kit's color was changed again; it became black with a white right diagonal sash.[49]

    In , 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, UruguayanOndino Viera liked the sash used in his previous club's kit, River Plate of Argentina, and adopted this pattern in Vasco's away kit.

    So, both kits had a right-to-left diagonal sash.[49]

    In the s the Order of Christ Cross was replaced with the cross pattée, which is still used today.

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

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    At the beginning of the 90s, stars representing the club's titles began to be used above the logo, and numbers were black and white instead of red. In , the sash located on the back was returned. This kit became very similar to the one, with the exception of the addition of a thin red line that outlines the sash.[49]

    Vasco currently has 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 –10 the third kit was all white, with a red "cross of the Knights Templar". In , the away kit changed to black in honor of 's team, which gave up playing for having black players, as they were not allowed to play with white players at that time.

    From July , after breaking the partnership with Champs,[50] to , the official jerseys were produced by Penalty.[51] Since , the kits are made by Kappa (brand).[52]

    Anthems

    Vasco's official anthem was composed in , by Joaquim Barros Ferreira da Silva, and it was the club's first anthem.[53] There is another official anthem, created in the s, called "Meu Pavilhão" (meaning My Pavilion), whose 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

    Royal Patronage

    Since , Vasco has been able to use the word Royal before its name, "Real Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama", through the Royal Decree of the Head of the Portuguese Royal House, Duarte Pio, Duke of Bragança, which renewed and conferred the Royal Patronage on Vasco da Gama.

    Vasco da gama fc famous players: Mauricio Lemos. Consultado el 17 de julio de Inter-state [ edit ]. King Manuel wrote two letters in which he described da Gama's first voyage, in July and August , soon after the return of the ships.

    The royal title would be granted to the club in , in its first decade of existence, on the occasion of the visit of the King Carlos I to Brazil, who had already decided to renew and confer the title of "Royal Society", which Vasco had already enjoyed during the period when Luís I was King of Portugal, but was prevented from doing so by the regicide of February 1, [54][55][56][57]

    Stadium

    Main articles: São Januário and Maracanã Stadium

    Vasco da Gama's stadium is São Januário, inaugurated in , with a maximum capacity of 35, people.

    For national matches, however, the stadium could only fit at most 21, people for security reasons.[2] Occasionally, Vasco uses the 78,seater Maracanã for derbies or international matches.

    Supporters

    According to census and polls, Vasco da Gama is the second most supported club in Rio de Janeiro state, and varies between the third and fifth most supported club in Brazil, with an estimate of more than 15 million supporters in the country.[58][59][60] Vasco fans are very diverse stretching across social class lines, however the core of most Vasco 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 strongholds in southern Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo and in Santa Catarina. Vasco also have a huge support in Distrito Federal; a study conducted by TV Globo concluded that Vasco were the second-most supported team in the city, behind Flamengo.[61] As of 29 June , the club has 60, sócios in its membership program, having its peak in December with more than , memberships.[62] In April , CNN carried out a survey that revealed that Vasco is the team with the most fans considered "fanatics" in the Southeast Region clubs and among the G (Big Twelve), in addition to being the third in the country.[63][64]

    Main torcidas organizadas
    • Força Jovem do Vasco[65]
    • Guerreiros do Almirante
    • Ira Jovem
    • Torcida Organizada do Vasco
    • Rasta do Vasco
    • Força Independente
    • Mancha Negra
    • Vasconha
    • União Vascaína
    • Super Jovem
    • Loucos pelo Vasco
    Notable or public supporters
    • Agepê (–): singer.
    • Aldir Blanc (–): writer.
    • Antônio Pitanga (–): actor.
    • Aracy de Almeida (–): singer.
    • Bia Feres (–): swimmer.
    • Branca Feres (–): swimmer.
    • Sérgio Cabral Filho (–): journalist, politician, Governor of Rio de Janeiro state from to [66]
    • Camila Morgado (–): actress.
    • Camila Pitanga (–): actress.[67]
    • Carlos Drummond de Andrade (–): poet.
    • Casimiro (–): streamer.
    • Chacrinha (–): communicator.
    • Chico Anysio (–): comedian.
    • Philippe Coutinho (–): footballer, former Vasco da Gama player (–).
    • Cabo Daciolo (–): firefighter, politician, Federal Deputy of Brazil for Rio de Janeiro from to
    • Edmundo (–): former footballer, former Vasco da Gama player (; –; –; ; ).
    • Eduardo Paes (–): bachelor, politician, Mayor of Rio de Janeiro city since and from to [68]
    • Erasmo Carlos (–): singer.
    • Fátima Bernardes (–): journalist.[67]
    • Fernanda Abreu (–): singer.[67]
    • Ferreira Gullar (–): poet.
    • Gonzaguinha (–): singer.
    • Iza (–): singer.[67]
    • Jamelão (–): singer.
    • João Gilberto (–): singer.
    • José Paulo Lanyi (–): journalist, writer, and filmmaker.
    • Juliana Paes (–): actress.[67]
    • Kevin O Chris (–): singer.
    • Lexa (–): singer.
    • Lindbergh Farias (–): politician, Federal Deputy of Brazil for Rio de Janeiro since
    • Luiz Melodia (–): singer.
    • Marcelo Camelo (–): singer.
    • Marcos Palmeira (–): actor.
    • Mart'nália (–): singer.
    • Martinho da Vila (–): singer.
    • Miguel Falabella (–): actor.
    • Murilo Rosa (–): actor.[67]
    • Nelson Cavaquinho (–): singer.
    • Nelson Sargento (–): singer.
    • Paulinho da Viola (–): singer.
    • Paulo Coelho (–): writer.[67]
    • Pelé (–): former footballer, three-time World Cup champion.[69]
    • Nelson Piquet (–): former racing driver, three-time Formula One world champion.
    • Fábio Porchat (–): comedian.[67]
    • Rachel de Queiroz (–): author.
    • Renato Aragão (–): comedian.
    • Roberto Carlos (–): singer.
    • Rodrigo Hilbert (–): actor.[67]
    • Rodrigo Santoro (–): actor.
    • Rubem Fonseca (–): writer.
    • Sônia Braga (–): actress.
    • Taís Araújo (–): actress.
    • Tay Melo (–): professional wrestler.
    • Teresa Cristina (–): singer.[67]
    • João Ubaldo Ribeiro (–): writer.
    • Viviane Araújo (–): actress.
    • Whindersson Nunes (–): comedian.[67]

    Honours

    Vasco's first trophy was the Campeonato Carioca, during the club's debut season in the state's first division, won by a squad in which the majority of players were black and which greatly influenced the fight against racism in Brazilian football.

    For a large portion of fans, the club's most important honour is not a trophy, but rather the Resposta Histórica, a letter sent in refusing the discriminatory order of the Rio de Janeiro league, which wanted to ban Vasco from its competitions if it did not disaffiliate twelve of its players (all black).[70][71]

    Vasco is the first Brazilian team (club or national team) to win an international tournament and the first club in the world to win a continental-level tournament, the South American Championship of Champions.

    The club was also the first to win an intercontinental tournament contested by two continental champion clubs, the Tournoi de Paris, against Real Madrid in the final.

    In terms of the number of trophies won, Vasco's most successful decade was the s, when the club won two Campeonato Brasileiro titles, four Campeonato Carioca, one Torneio Rio–São Paulo, one Copa Libertadores and one Copa Mercosul.[72]

    Official tournaments

    Intercontinental
    Competitions Titles Seasons
    Tournoi de Paris1[73]
    Torneio Octogonal Rivadavia Correa Meyer1
    Continental
    Competitions Titles Seasons
    South American Championship of Champions1[74]
    Copa Libertadores1
    Copa Mercosul1s
    National
    Competitions Titles Seasons
    Campeonato Brasileiro Série A4, , ,
    Copa do Brasil1
    Campeonato Brasileiro Série B1
    Inter-state
    Competitions Titles Seasons
    Torneio Rio–São Paulo3, ,
    Torneio João Havelange1[75][76]
    State
    Competitions Titles Seasons
    Campeonato Carioca24, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
    Copa Rio2,
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    Others tournaments

    International

    Inter-state

    • Taça dos Campeões Estaduais Rio–São Paulo:
    • Torneio Cinquentenário da Federação Pernambucana (1):
    • Torneio Imprensa de Santa Catarina (1):
    • Torneio José Fernandes (1):
    • Torneio João Castelo (1):
    • Taça Cidade de Juiz de Fora (2): ,
    • Copa da Hora (1):

    State

    • Taça Guanabara (13): , , , , , , , , , , , ,
    • Taça Rio (11): , , , , , , , , , ,
    • Other Campeonato Carioca rounds (9): , , , , , , , ,
    • Torneio Municipal (4): , , ,
    • Torneio Relâmpago (2): ,
    • Torneio Extra (2): ,
    • Torneio Início (10): , , , , , , ,

    Runners-up

    • FIFA Club World Cup (1):
    • Intercontinental Cup (1):
    • Copa Interamericana (1):
    • Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (4): , , ,
    • Copa do Brasil (1):
    • Supercopa do Brasil (1):
    • Torneio Rio–São Paulo (7): , , , , , ,
    • Campeonato Carioca (26): , , , , , , , , , , , , I, , , , , , , , , , , , ,

    Statistics

    Key:

    Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
    Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
    Promoted
    Relegated