As part of the preparation for the 2025 season, São Cristóvão, a traditional club from Rio de Janeiro, announced a somewhat unusual friendly match for next Monday (18), against Russia’s under-23 team. The game will take place at the Ronaldo Nazário Stadium, in Rio de Janeiro.
See the publication of São Cristóvão
👀 No, you didn’t read it wrong…
This Monday (18), at 10am, at the Ronaldo Nazário Stadium, São Cristóvão will face the Russian Under-23 team in a friendly preparatory match for the 2025 season.
Entry will be free for Tóvão fans! Put on your mantle and come cheer on São Cri-Cri.
In 2025, São Cristóvão will compete in Series B1 of the Campeonato Carioca, equivalent to the third state division.
Traditional club
Founded on October 12, 1898, São Cristóvão is one of eight clubs that have already become champions of the Campeonato Carioca, in the 1926 and 1937 seasons.
In 1926, the club recorded 14 wins, two draws and just two defeats in eighteen games, beating opponents such as Flamengo (5-0 and 5-1), Fluminense (4-2) and Botafogo (6-3) during the campaign.
*In collaboration with the Itatiaia Esporte portal
