Fluminense Football Club, known as Fluminense or more commonly as Flu, is a Brazilian sports club best known for its professional football team that competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the first tier of Brazilian football, and the Carioca Championship, the state league of Rio de Janeiro. The club is based in the neighbourhood of Laranjeiras since its foundation in 1902. Fluminense is the oldest football club in Rio de Janeiro.
Oscar Cox, founder of Fluminense
Preguinho, a notable Fluminense player
Fluminense team of 1960
President Lula with Fluminense players, champions of the 2007 Brazil Cup.
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, commonly referred to as the Brasileirão, and also known as Brasileirão Betano due to sponsorship with Betano, is a Brazilian professional league for men's football clubs. At the top of the Brazilian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B. In 2021, the competition was chosen by the IFFHS as the strongest national league in South America as well as the strongest in the world.
São Paulo Athletic Club and CA Paulistano in the final of the first São Paulo State Championship in 1902
The 1970 Taça de Prata awarded to Fluminense
Garrincha playing for Botafogo in the 1960s
Group photo of the 1978 Guarani squad, from the city of Campinas, winners of the 1978 Campeonato Nacional de Clubes. Together with Santos, they are the only teams not belonging to a state capital to become national champions.
