RIO Capital of Football

Flamengo is the champion of this year Brasilian Football, the last match of the season has been dramatically important to define who is going to be the king of football among 4 teams( Flamengo,Sao Paulo, Palmeiras and Cruzeiro ).

Flamengo got the title winning 2 x 1 the home game against Gremio (Porto Alegre) with Maracana Stadium completely packed of supporters. After 17 years "Mengo" got its 6th title.
At the same time 2 others traditional teams of RIO were struggling to survive in the First Division, Botafogo beat Palmeiras at home and guarantee his place in the top of brazilian football.


Fluminense F.C. got a terrible match in Curitiba, where both teams were depending on a good result to survive, the 1 x 1 has been enough for the heroes of "tricolor" who made the greatest stripes of 11 positive results(7 victories and 4 drows) for a team that had 98% of been declassed in the middle of the season . According to the players and the specialists of football a fundamental role has been played by Fluminense supporters that has always believed and carried the team. Rio de Janeiro is the capital of Football and sunday 6th of december will be remembered for long time.