Guaranteed in the final of the Carioca Championship after the defeat of Madureira in the semi-final, Flamengo will make its seventh State Championship decision against Fluminense in just ten years.
Even though they were missing, Filipe Luís’ team scored 6-0 in the return game, at Maracanã, after opening 3-0 in the first leg. , with more balanced scores: 0 x 1 in the first leg, at the Nilton Santos Stadium, and 1 x 1 in the return, at Maracanã.
The rivalry between the clubs is fierce in all aspects and has specific nuances when it comes to the state championship. The red-black has 39 titles and is the biggest winner in the history of Carioca. Right behind comes Fluminense with 33 wins. Vasco, third in this ranking, is far from the leaders, with “only” 24 achievements. Botafogo has 21.
Flamengo x Fluminense in Carioca finals in the last 10 years
Fla and Flu went a long time without a clash in the Carioca finals. Since 2016, when meetings have become more frequent again, there have been seven meetings in ten finals. The number of titles is unbalanced: on the Rubro-Negro side, titles in 2017, 2020 and 2021. Flu took the cup to Laranjeiras in 2022 and 2023.
In the same period, Flamengo also faced Nova Iguaçu (2024), when they were also champions. In 2016 and 2018, the only years in which neither club was in the decision, Botafogo and Vasco decided the tournament. See the clashes*:
- 2017 – Fluminense 1 x 3 Flemish
- 2020 – Fluminense 1 x 3 Flemish
- 2021 – Fluminense 2 x 4 Flemish
- 2022 – Flamengo 1 x 3 Fluminense
- 2023 – Flamengo 3 x 4 Fluminense
Who is the greatest champion in Rio de Janeiro?
The Carioca Championship is one of the most disputed in the country. There are four giants in contention, with teams that tend to surprise. Check the list of
- 2025 – Flamengo
- 2024 – Flamengo
- 2023 – Fluminense
- 2022 – Fluminense
- 2021 – Flamengo
- 2020 – Flamengo
- 2019 – Flamengo
- 2018- Botafogo
- 2017 – Flamengo
- 2016 – Vasco
- 2015 – Vasco
- 2014 – Flamengo
- 2013 – Botafogo
- 2012 – Fluminense
- 2011 – Botafogo
- 2010 – Botafogo
- 2009- Flamengo
- 2008 – Flamengo
- 2007 – Flamengo
- 2006 – Botafogo
- 2005 – Fluminense
- 2004 – Flamengo
- 2003 – Vasco
- 2002 – Fluminense
- 2001 – Flamengo
- 2000 – Flamengo
- 1999 – Flamengo
- 1998 – Vasco
- 1997 – Botafogo
- 1996 – Flamengo
- 1995 – Fluminense
- 1994 – Vasco
- 1993 – Vasco
- 1992 – Vasco
- 1991 – Flamengo
- 1990 – Botafogo
- 1989 – Botafogo
- 1988 – Vasco
- 1987 – Vasco
- 1986 – Flamengo
- 1985 – Fluminense
- 1984 – Fluminense
- 1983 – Fluminense
- 1982 – Vasco
- 1981 – Flamengo
- 1980 – Fluminense
- 1979 – Flamengo I
- 1979 – Flamengo II
- 1978 – Flamengo
- 1977 – Vasco
- 1976 – Fluminense
- 1975 – Fluminense
- 1974 – Flamengo
- 1973 – Fluminense
- 1972 – Flamengo
- 1971 – Fluminense
- 1970 – Vasco
- 1969 – Fluminense
- 1968 – Botafogo
- 1967 – Botafogo
- 1966 – Bangu
- 1965 – Flamengo
- 1964 – Fluminense
- 1963 – Flamengo
- 1962 – Botafogo
- 1961- Botafogo
- 1960 – America
- 1959 – Fluminense
- 1958 – Vasco
- 1957 – Botafogo
- 1956 – Vasco
- 1955 – Flamengo
- 1954 – Flamengo
- 1953 – Flamengo
- 1952 – Vasco
- 1951 – Fluminense
- 1950 – Vasco
- 1949 – Vasco
- 1948 – Botafogo
- 1947 – Vasco
- 1946 – Fluminense
- [1945-Vasco
- 1944 – Flamengo
- 1943 – Flamengo
- 1942 – Flamengo
- 1941 – Fluminense
- 1940 – Fluminense
- 1939 – Flamengo
- 1938 – Fluminense
- 1937 – Fluminense
- 1936 – Fluminense I
- 1936 – Vasco II
- 1935 – Botafogo I
- 1935 – America II
- 1934 – Botafogo
- 1933 – Botafogo
- 1932 – Botafogo
- 1931 – America
- 1930 – Botafogo
- 1929 – Vasco
- 1928 – America
- 1927 – Flamengo
- 1926 – Saint Kitts
- 1925 – Flamengo
- 1924 – Fluminense I
- 1924 – Vasco II
- 1923 – Vasco
- 1922 – America
- 1921 – Flamengo
- 1920 – Flamengo
- 1919 – Fluminense
- 1918 – Fluminense
- 1917 – Fluminense
- 1916 – America
- 1915 – Flamengo
- 1914 – Flamengo
- 1913 – America
- 1912 – Paissandu
- 1911 – Fluminense
- 1910 – Botafogo
- 1909 – Fluminense
- 1908 – Fluminense
- 1907 – Fluminense I
- 1907 – Botafogo II
- 1906 – Fluminense
* aggregated scores
