1981 season | |||
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President | Antônio Augusto D. de Abranches | ||
Head coach | Modesto Bria (until 5 April) Dino Sani (8 April - 19 July) Paulo César Carpegiani (from 24 July) | ||
Stadium | Estádio do Maracanã | ||
Brazilian Série A | Quarter-finals | ||
Campeonato Carioca | Champions | ||
Copa Libertadores | Champions | ||
Intercontinental Cup | Champions | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Nunes (16) All: Nunes (45) | ||
The 1981 football season is Clube de Regatas do Flamengo's 86th year of existence, their 70th football season, and their 69th season in the top division of the Campeonato Carioca, the Rio de Janeiro state football league. In addition, it is their 11th in the top division of the Brazilian national football league, having never been relegated from either. Internationally, Flamengo participated in the 1981 Copa Libertadores, qualifying through winning the 1980 Brazilian Série A Championship.
The 1981 season is regarded as the most successful and iconic season in Flamengo's history, in which they captured their first ever Copa Libertadores championship and defeated European Cup champions Liverpool by a score of 3 – 0 in the Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo, Japan. The team accomplished the feat of winning three trophies (the Copa Libertadores final, the Campeonato Carioca final, and the Intercontinental Cup) in a span of 21 days. This made Zico's Flamengo only the second Brazilian club to win a Mundial (world championship), after Pelé's Santos.
Flamengo played one pre-season match against São Paulo before the start of the national league season.
The 1981 Copa Punta del Este was a friendly invitational tournament contested by Flamengo, Grêmio, Peñarol of Uruguay, and the Seleção of Maldonado, the state capital near Punta del Este, Uruguay. It was played in a single-elimination format with semi-finals and a final. Both Brazilian clubs eliminated the Uruguayan squads in the semi-finals in February 1981. [1] [2]
Following that, heavy rain in Uruguay and diminished interest from the organizers in a final without Peñarol delayed the final between Grêmio and Flamengo for nearly three months. It was ultimately played outside of Uruguay, at the Estádio Olímpico, in Porto Alegre. Scheduled to be played at 21:00, The match was further delayed an hour and a half due to a power outage. At nearly 1:00 the following morning the match was decided by coin toss: president Dunshee de Abranches selected 'heads' and the tournament was awarded to Flamengo. [3] [4]
26 February 1981Semi-final | Peñarol ![]() | 0 – 3 | ![]() | Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado |
Anselmo ![]() Lico ![]() Peu ![]() |
21 May 1981Final | Grêmio ![]() | 1 – 1 (7 – 7 p) | ![]() | Estádio Olímpico Monumental, Porto Alegre |
de León ![]() | Nunes ![]() | |||
Note: After the 7 – 7 draw in the penalty shootout, the match was decided in favor of Flamengo based on a coin toss by the referee. |
The 1981 João Havelange Tournament was a three-team interstate friendly competition hosted by Democrata of Minas Gerais and named in honor of João Havelange, the Brazilian president of FIFA. Flamengo's state rivals Vasco da Gama won the tournament after defeating Democrata (3 - 2) and Flamengo (1 – 0). [5] [6]
At this time, Zico and Júnior of Flamengo were at Wembley Stadium representing the Seleção against England, with Zico scoring the lone goal in a 1 – 0 win.
10 May 1981Friendly | Democrata | 2 – 2 (4 – 3 p) | Flamengo | José Mammoud Abbas, Governador Valadares |
17 May 1981Friendly | Vasco da Gama | 1 – 0 | Flamengo | José Mammoud Abbas, Governador Valadares |
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In the middle of their Carioca campaign, Zico and Flamengo traveled to Italy for a pair of friendlies in the Naples International Tournament. Flamengo, Avellino, and Northern Irish club Linfield were hosted by Napoli at the Stadio San Paolo. In front of a crowd of 80,000 Zico impressed against Ruud Krol and third-place Serie A team Napoli, scoring a hat trick. It would be the first time many Italians saw the Brazilian, before the 1982 World Cup in Spain and his eventual move to Udinense in 1983. [7] [8]
During the Campeonato Carioca, and with one eye looking ahead to the Copa Libertadores semi-final stage in October, Flamengo scheduled a match with Argentine giants Boca Juniors and their rising superstar Diego Maradona. Both teams rested their starters in preceding matches before this friendly at the Maracanã in front of 65,000 and broadcast on live television. [9] The "Taça da Raça" match served as a farewell to Flamengo midfielder Paulo César Carpegiani, who had already retired from play and was serving as Flamengo's manager (eventually leading the club to a first Libertadores title and world championship in a matter of months). [10]
The two icons, Zico (28 years old) and Maradona (20), had not yet met on the field and fans were clamoring to watch the two face each other. [11] Zico scored both goals of the match, and Maradona had a scoring chance at the end of the first half. The two would meet again representing their nations in the 1982 World Cup, with Zico scoring and Maradona being sent off.
15 September 1981Friendly | Flamengo ![]() | 2 – 0 | ![]() | Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro |
Zico ![]() | Attendance: 64,330 |
Flamengo qualified for the 1981 Brazilian Championship (officially the Taça de Ouro or "Gold Cup") through finishing 3rd in the 1980 Campeonato Carioca. Grêmio were ultimately champions of the league with Flamengo finishing 6th overall out of 44 total participating teams.
Group D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ![]() | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 4 | +15 | 15 |
2 | ![]() | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 13 |
3 | ![]() | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 12 |
4 | ![]() | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 11 |
5 | ![]() | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 11 |
6 | ![]() | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 8 |
7 | ![]() | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 7 |
8 | ![]() | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 6 |
9 | ![]() | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 5 |
10 | ![]() | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 19 | −15 | 2 |
18 January 1981Matchday 1 | Flamengo | 0 – 0 | Santos | Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro |
21 January 1981Matchday 2 | Nacional-AM | 0 – 1 | Flamengo | Estádio Vivaldo Lima, Manaus |
Nunes ![]() |
25 January 1981Matchday 3 | Paysandu | 3 – 0 | Flamengo | Mangueirão, Belém |
Evandro ![]() Da Silva ![]() |
28 January 1981Matchday 4 | Flamengo | 2 – 0 | Sampaio Corrêa | Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro |
Luiz Fumanchu ![]() |
7 February 1981Matchday 7 | Cruzeiro | 0 – 0 | Flamengo | Mineirão, Belo Horizonte |
15 February 1981Matchday 8 | CRB | 2 – 3 | Flamengo | Rei Pelé, Maceió |
Joãozinho Paulista ![]() Carlos Alberto ![]() | Nunes ![]() Peu ![]() |
21 February 1981Matchday 9 | Flamengo | 2 – 2 | Santa Cruz | Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro |
Nunes ![]() | Joãozinho ![]() Adílio ![]() |
Group L
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 8 |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 7 |
3 | ![]() | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 5 |
4 | ![]() | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 4 |
8 March 1981Matchday 1 | Flamengo | 2 – 1 | Atlético Mineiro | Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro |
Nunes ![]() Adílio ![]() | Éder Aleixo ![]() |
11 March 1981Matchday 2 | Uberaba | 1 – 1 | Flamengo | Estádio João Guido, Uberaba |
Serginho ![]() | Nunes ![]() |
15 March 1981Matchday 3 | Colorado | 4 – 0 | Flamengo | Estádio Couto Pereira, Curitiba |
Jorge Nobre ![]() Ditão ![]() |
25 March 1981Matchday 4 | Atlético Mineiro | 0 – 0 | Flamengo | Mineirão, Belo Horizonte |
1 April 1981Matchday 5 | Flamengo | 4 – 2 | Uberaba | Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro |
Tita ![]() Nunes ![]() Marinho ![]() | Paulo Luciano ![]() Serginho ![]() |
5 April 1981Matchday 6 | Flamengo | 2 – 1 | Colorado | Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro |
Zico ![]() | Aladim ![]() |
8 April 1981First leg | Bahia | 0 – 0 | Flamengo | Estádio Fonte Nova, Salvador |
16 April 1981First leg | Flamengo | 0 – 0 | Botafogo | Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro |
The important Rio de Janeiro state league schedule coincided with Flamengo's Copa Libertadores matches of the same year. Paulo César Carpegiani was a player and occasional starter for Flamengo in the first round of the Carioca, also serving as Dino Sani's assistant and eventually taking over as manager for the Carioca second round. [14]
After finishing top in the first round Taça Guanabara and qualifying for the final, Flamengo turned their focus to the Libertadores group stage during the second round, which Vasco da Gama went on to win. [14] In the third round, Flamengo's 6 – 0 thrashing of rival Botafogo was historic, and avenged their match in 1972 with the reverse scoreline. Flamengo captured the third round with their most wins, and the most goals scored and best goal differential of the competition.
Flamengo entered the final against Vasco with two rounds won (compared to Vasco's one round) and the most overall points across the three rounds. At a single match final in the Maracanã, a draw would be sufficient for Flamengo to become state champions. If Flamengo lost, a rematch would be a played and a draw would again give the title to Flamengo. A loss would force a third and final match. [15]
Days before the final, tragedy struck Flamengo as former manager Cláudio Coutinho died while scuba diving the Ilhas Cagarras archipelago near Rio de Janeiro. Vasco were victorious in the match, 2 – 0, both goals scored by Roberto Dinamite. In the second match, Flamengo supporters cite rainy weather as the reason for their team's poor performance, losing again to Vasco by a final-minute goal from Dinamite.
On December 6, Flamengo won the decisive match with first half goals from Adílio and Nunes. Ticão scored for Vasco late in the second half, and as the team attempted to mount a comeback and force extra time, a Flamengo-supporter bricklayer invaded the pitch and started a confrontation with a Vasco player. [14] Play was stopped for eight minutes as Nunes separated the bricklayer. Flamengo held on to win and earn their 21st Rio de Janeiro state championship.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Flamengo | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 8 | +18 | 17 | Qualified to Final phase |
2 | América | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 16 | |
3 | Botafogo | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 15 | |
4 | Vasco da Gama | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 10 | +9 | 14 | |
5 | Bangu | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 12 | |
6 | Campo Grande | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 | −1 | 11 | |
7 | Americano | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 10 | |
8 | Fluminense | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 18 | −6 | 9 | |
9 | Volta Redonda | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | −5 | 8 | |
10 | Serrano | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 7 | |
11 | Olaria | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 7 | |
12 | Madureira | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 22 | −12 | 6 |
23 May 1981Matchday 1 | Serrano | 0 – 2 | Flamengo | Estádio Atílio Marotti, Petrópolis |
Zico ![]() Júnior ![]() | Attendance: 8,704 Referee: Wilson Carlos dos Santos |
28 May 1981Matchday 2 | Flamengo | 4 – 2 | Madureira | Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro |
Baroninho ![]() Nunes ![]() | Antônio Carlos ![]() Wilson ![]() | Attendance: 3,489 Referee: Luis Carlos Felix |
31 May 1981Matchday 3 | Flamengo | 1 – 1 | Bangu | Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro |
Nunes ![]() | Rubens Feijão ![]() | Attendance: 15,768 Referee: Aluisio Felisberto |
3 June 1981Matchday 4 | Flamengo | 7 – 0 | Americano | Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro |
Nunes ![]() Chiquinho ![]() Baroninho ![]() Peu ![]() Andrade ![]() | Attendance: 7,574 Referee: Mario Rui de Sousa |
7 June 1981Matchday 5 | Flamengo | 1 – 0 | Vasco da Gama | Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro |
Zico ![]() | Attendance: 46,552 Referee: Valquir Pimentel |
18 June 1981Matchday 6 | Flamengo | 0 – 0 | America | Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro |
Attendance: 35,089 Referee: Luis Carlos Felix |
21 June 1981Matchday 7 | Campo Grande | 2 – 5 | Flamengo | Estádio Ítalo del Cima, Rio de Janeiro |
Luisinho ![]() Pingo ![]() | Zico ![]() Nunes ![]() Rondinelli ![]() | Attendance: 10,339 Referee: Wilson Carlos dos Santos |
24 June 1981Matchday 8 | Flamengo | 2 – 1 | Volta Redonda | Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro |
Nunes ![]() Zico ![]() | Betinho ![]() | Attendance: 11,819 Referee: Luis Carlos Felix |
28 June 1981Matchday 9 | Fluminense | 2 – 1 | Flamengo | Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro |
Zeze ![]() | Zico ![]() | Attendance: 46,030 Referee: Valquir Pimentel |
7 July 1981Matchday 10 | Olaria | 0 – 3 | Flamengo | Estádio da Rua Bariri, Rio de Janeiro |
Pino ![]() | Zico ![]() Ronaldo ![]() | Attendance: 10,314 Referee: Aluisio Felisberto da Silva |
12 July 1981Matchday 11 | Flamengo | 0 – 0 | Botafogo | Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro |
Gaúcho Lima ![]() | Attendance: 45,909 Referee: Luis Carlos Felix |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Vasco da Gama | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 8 | +18 | 20 | Qualified to Final phase |
2 | Flamengo | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 6 | +15 | 17 | |
3 | Botafogo | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 17 | |
4 | Bangu | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 14 | |
5 | Fluminense | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | +3 | 13 | |
6 | América | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 13 | |
7 | Campo Grande | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 12 | |
8 | Volta Redonda | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 19 | −7 | 7 | |
9 | Serrano | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 6 | |
10 | Olaria | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 18 | −12 | 5 | |
11 | Americano | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 18 | −9 | 4 | |
12 | Madureira | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 22 | −18 | 4 |
19 July 1981Matchday 1 | Flamengo | 2 – 0 | Serrano | Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro |
Zico ![]() Renato ![]() | Attendance: 12,680 Referee: Élson Pessoa |
2 August 1981Matchday 2 | Volta Redonda | 1 – 1 | Flamengo | Raulino de Oliveira, Volta Redonda |
Eli Mendes ![]() | Zico ![]() | Attendance: 15,235 Referee: Luis Carlos Felix |
23 August 1981Matchday 3 | America | 1 – 3 | Flamengo | Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro |
Luisinho ![]() | Zico ![]() Júnior ![]() Tita ![]() | Attendance: 26,579 Referee: Wilson Carlos dos Santos |
30 August 1981Matchday 4 | Bangu | 0 – 4 | Flamengo | Estádio Moça Bonita, Rio de Janeiro |
Baroninho ![]() Zico ![]() Nunes ![]() Tita ![]() | Attendance: 10,330 Referee: Valquir Pimentel |
2 September 1981Matchday 5 | Flamengo | 3 – 0 | Campo Grande | Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro |
Zico ![]() Tita ![]() | Attendance: 10,912 Referee: Aluisio Felisberto |
7 September 1981Matchday 6 | Fluminense | 1 – 1 | Flamengo | Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro |
Cláudio Adão ![]() | Nunes ![]() | Attendance: 76,024 Referee: Valquir Pimentel |
10 September 1981Matchday 7 | Madureira | 0 – 1 | Flamengo | Estádio Caio Martins, Niterói |
Nunes ![]() | Attendance: 10,458 Referee: Giese do Couto |
13 September 1981Matchday 8 | Americano | 0 – 1 | Flamengo | Estádio Godofredo Cruz, Campos |
Adílio ![]() | Attendance: 12,640 Referee: Valquir Pimentel |
17 September 1981Matchday 9 | Flamengo | 3 – 0 | Olaria | Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro |
Mozer ![]() Adílio ![]() Nunes ![]() | Attendance: 4,954 Referee: José Carlos Moura |
20 September 1981Matchday 10 | Vasco da Gama | 1 – 1 | Flamengo | Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro |
Wilsinho ![]() | Zico ![]() | Attendance: 84,122 Referee: Wilson Carlos dos Santos |
26 September 1981Matchday 11 | Botafogo | 2 – 1 | Flamengo | Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro |
Marcelo ![]() Ademir Lobo ![]() | Nunes ![]() | Attendance: 25,390 Referee: Luis Carlos Felix |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Flamengo | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 5 | +29 | 18 [a] | Qualified to Final phase |
2 | Vasco da Gama | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 10 | +10 | 15 [a] | |
3 | Fluminense | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 15 | +8 | 14 | |
4 | Botafogo | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 13 | +4 | 14 | |
5 | Bangu | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 12 | |
6 | Americano | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 19 | −8 | 11 | |
7 | Madureira | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 11 | |
8 | Volta Redonda | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | −4 | 10 | |
9 | Campo Grande | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 9 | |
10 | Serrano | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 7 | |
11 | América | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | −10 | 7 | |
12 | Olaria | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 18 | −13 | 2 |
7 October 1981Matchday 1 | Flamengo | 4 – 0 | Olaria | Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro |
Zico ![]() Adílio ![]() Júnior ![]() Baroninho ![]() | Attendance: 6,022 Referee: Cláudio Garcia |
10 October 1981Matchday 2 | Madureira | 0 – 3 | Flamengo | Estádio Caio Martins, Niterói |
Zico ![]() Mozer ![]() | Attendance: 8,147 Referee: Valquir Pimentel |
18 October 1981Matchday 3 | Flamengo | 0 – 0 | Bangu | Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro |
Attendance: 25,620 Referee: Pedro Paulo Bregalda |
25 October 1981Matchday 4 | Campo Grande | 1 – 2 | Flamengo | Estádio Ítalo del Cima, Rio de Janeiro |
Marinho ![]() | Tita ![]() Lico ![]() | Attendance: 6,588 Referee: José Muniz Brandao |
2 November 1981Matchday 5 | Flamengo | 4 – 0 | America | Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro |
Zico ![]() Zé Paulo ![]() | Attendance: 29,530 Referee: Angelo Antônio Ferrari |
5 November 1981Matchday 6 | Serrano | 1 – 1 | Flamengo | Estádio Atílio Marotti, Petrópolis |
Gilberto ![]() | Zico ![]() | Attendance: 9,545 Referee: Alvimar Gaspar dos Reis |
8 November 1981Matchday 7 | Flamengo | 6 – 0 | Botafogo | Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro |
Nunes ![]() Zico ![]() Lico ![]() Adílio ![]() Andrade ![]() | Attendance: 69,051 Referee: Ildson Alcantara Amorim |
10 November 1981Matchday 8 | Flamengo | 6 – 1 | Americano | Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro |
Lico ![]() Adílio ![]() Nunes ![]() Tita ![]() | Té ![]() | Attendance: 8,093 Referee: Osmar Camilo da Silva |
15 November 1981Matchday 9 | Flamengo | 3 – 1 | Fluminense | Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro |
Nunes ![]() Lico ![]() Tita ![]() | Edinho ![]() | Attendance: 109,514 Referee: Alvimar Gaspar dos Reis |
25 November 1981Matchday 10 | Volta Redonda | 1 – 5 | Flamengo | Raulino de Oliveira, Volta Redonda |
Beto Rocha ![]() | Lico ![]() Nunes ![]() Adílio ![]() Zico ![]() | Attendance: 17,818 Referee: Edson Alcantara Amorim |
29 November 1981Final | Flamengo | 0 – 2 | Vasco da Gama | Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro |
Nunes ![]() | Roberto Dinamite ![]() Marquinho ![]() | Attendance: 80,908 Referee: Alvimar Gaspar dos Reis |
2 December 1981Replay | Vasco da Gama | 1 – 0 | Flamengo | Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro |
Roberto Dinamite ![]() João Luis ![]() | Attendance: 45,704 Referee: Edson Alcantara do Amorim |
6 December 1981Replay | Flamengo | 2 – 1 | Vasco da Gama | Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro |
Adílio ![]() Nunes ![]() | Ticão ![]() | Attendance: 161,989 Referee: Alvimar Gaspar dos Reis |
The 1981 edition of the Copa Libertadores was Flamengo's debut season in the tournament. [16] Flamengo qualified as champion of 1980 Campeonato Brasileiro (Atlético Mineiro qualified as runners-up). Flamengo would go on to win the tournament, undefeated until the final against Chilean newcomers Cobreloa.
In the first group stage, the Brazilian entrants were paired with both Paraguayan clubs: Cerro Porteño and Olimpia. Flamengo had to travel away to Asunción for their last two matchdays and needed at least 3 points to catch Atlético Mineiro (only the top team in the group would advance). Former player and assistant Paulo César Carpegiani assumed the role of manager from Dino Sani after their second draw against Atlético on the 4th matchday. Flamengo were equal on points with the club from Belo Horizonte and forced a play-off at the neutral Estádio Serra Dourada in Goiânia. However the match was suspended after 37 minutes as Atlético were reduced to only six eligible players (Osmar, Chicao, Palinha, Reinaldo and Eder were sent off). Per regulation, victory was awarded to Flamengo.
Flamengo advanced through the semi-final group with a dominant performance: four victories in four matches. [17] In the final, they encountered another Libertadores debutante in Cobreloa, a club that had only been founded four years prior. In the first final at the Maracanã, Flamengo prevailed (2 – 1) with two goals from Zico. In the National Stadium in Santiago the following week (not in Cobreloa's home town of Calama), the Brazilians were pressured on the field and, according to Zico, injured by Cobreloa players hiding rocks in their hands, and disadvantaged by the Uruguayan referee Ramón Barreto. [18] [19] Victor Merello scored the only goal of the match on a free kick.
Equal on goals, a third match was played at the neutral venue of the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo. If the third match ended in a draw, extra time would be played. If still tied, the trophy would be awarded to Cobreloa based on away goals. [19] Zico scored twice in the first half, sealing the game and the championship. With the match won, Anselmo of Flamengo entered on in the final minutes for the sole purpose of hurting Cobreloa captain Mario Soto in revenge. [18] Both were sent off. Flamengo were crowned Champions of America, and returned to Brazil to dispute the Rio de Janeiro state league final, with a match against Liverpool in Tokyo confirmed for December.
Group 3
3 July 1981Matchday 1 | Atletico Mineiro ![]() | 2 – 2 | ![]() | Mineirão, Belo Horizonte |
Éder ![]() | Nunes ![]() Marinho ![]() | Attendance: 63,153 Referee: José Roberto Wright (Brazil) |
14 July 1981Matchday 2 | Flamengo ![]() | 5 – 2 | ![]() | Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro |
Zico ![]() Baroninho ![]() Nunes ![]() | Jimenes ![]() Julio Dos Santos ![]() | Attendance: 25,967 Referee: Carlos Montalvan (Brazil) |
24 July 1981Matchday 3 | Flamengo ![]() | 1 – 1 | ![]() | Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro |
Adilio ![]() | Solalinde ![]() | Attendance: 38,718 Referee: Abel Gnecco |
7 August 1981Matchday 4 | Flamengo ![]() | 2 – 2 | ![]() | Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro |
Nunes ![]() Tita ![]() | Palhinha ![]() Reinaldo ![]() | Attendance: 62,763 Referee: Carlos Rosa Martins |
11 August 1981Matchday 5 | Cerro Porteño ![]() | 2 – 4 | ![]() | Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción |
Acost ![]() Jimenes ![]() | Baroninho ![]() Zico ![]() | Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Roque Cerullo |
14 August 1981Matchday 6 | Olimpia ![]() | 0 – 0 | ![]() | Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción |
Attendance: 25,000 Referee: José Martizez Bazan |
22 August 1981Play-off | Flamengo ![]() | 0 – 0 | ![]() | Serra Dourada, Goiânia |
Referee: José Roberto Wright | ||||
Note: Match awarded to Flamengo at 37 minutes after Atlético only had 6 players available (five were sent off). Score of the match was 0–0 at the time of stoppage. |
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 8 | Qualified to the Final | — | 3–0 | 4–1 | |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | ||
3 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — |
2 October 1981Matchday 1 | Deportivo Cali ![]() | 0 – 1 | ![]() | Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali |
Nunes ![]() | Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Mário Lira |
13 October 1981Matchday 2 | Jorge Wilstermann ![]() | 1 – 2 | ![]() | Estadio Félix Capriles, Cochabamba |
Melgar ![]() | Baroninho ![]() Adilio ![]() | Referee: Enrique Labo |
23 October 1981Matchday 3 | Flamengo ![]() | 3 – 0 | ![]() | Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro |
Zico ![]() Chiquinho ![]() | Attendance: 28,847 Referee: Juan Cardelino |
30 October 1981Matchday 4 | Flamengo ![]() | 4 – 1 | ![]() | Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro |
Nunes ![]() Adilio ![]() Anselmo ![]() Chiquinho ![]() | Tarborga ![]() | Attendance: 7,520 Referee: Jorge Orellana |
13 November 1981First leg | Flamengo ![]() | 2 – 1 | ![]() | Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro |
Zico ![]() | Report | Merello ![]() | Attendance: 93,985 Referee: Esposito (Argentina) |
20 November 1981Second leg | Cobreloa ![]() | 1 – 0 | ![]() | Estadio Nacional, Santiago |
Merello ![]() | Report | Attendance: 61,721 Referee: Ramón Barreto (Uruguay) |
23 November 1981Tie-break | Flamengo ![]() | 2 – 0 | ![]() | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo |
Zico ![]() Andrade ![]() Anselmo ![]() | Report | Armando Alarcón ![]() Eduardo Jiménez ![]() Mario Soto ![]() | Attendance: 30,200 Referee: Roque Cerullo (Uruguay) |
A week after conquering the Campeonato Carioca against Vasco, Flamengo flew to Tokyo to contest the Intercontinental Cup (also branded as the Toyota Cup ) against European Cup champions Liverpool. A number of the key players on both squads had shared the field with each other earlier in the year, in an international friendly at Wembley in May, including Zico and Júnior of Flamengo and Terry McDermott and Phil Neal of Liverpool. [20]
The 1981 edition was the second such championship to be played as a single neutral-venue match in Tokyo's National Stadium. Flamengo won 3 – 0 off two goals from Nunes and one from Adílio, officially being declared world champions by FIFA. [21] [22] This marks Flamengo's first and only world championship (as of 2018).
Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
Campeonato Carioca | 23 May 1981 | 6 December 1981 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 35 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 83 | 22 | +61 | 65.71 |
Copa Libertadores | 3 July 1981 | 23 November 1981 | Group stage | Winners | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 13 | +15 | 57.14 |
Campeonato Brasileiro | 18 January 1981 | 11 April 1981 | Matchday 1 | Quarter-finals | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 19 | +11 | 47.37 |
Intercontinental Cup | 13 December 1981 | Final | Winners | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 100.00 | |
Total | 69 | 41 | 20 | 8 | 144 | 54 | +90 | 59.42 |
Source: Competitions
Rank | Pos. | No. | Player | Carioca | Brasileiro | Libertadores | Intercontinental | Total |
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1 | FW | 9 | ![]() | 21 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 45 |
2 | MF | 10 | ![]() | 25 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 39 |
3 | MF | 8 | ![]() | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 14 |
4 | FW | 7 | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
5 | FW | 16 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
6 | FW | 11 | ![]() | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
FW | 15 | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
8 | FW | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
DF | 5 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
10 | MF | 6 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
FW | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
DF | 4 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
DF | 14 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
14 | FW | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
DF | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
FW | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
MF | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Own Goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
Total | 83 | 30 | 28 | 3 | 144 |
Name | Award |
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![]() | World Footballer of the Year (ABC) [23] |
![]() | Copa Libertadores Best Striker |
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