Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, more commonly referred to as simply Flamengo, is a Brazilian sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, in the neighborhood of Gávea, best known for their professional football team that plays in Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, as well as Campeonato Carioca.
Fluminense Football Club, known as Fluminense, 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 Campeonato Carioca, 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.
The Campeonato Carioca, officially known as Campeonato Estadual do Rio de Janeiro, also commonly known as the Cariocão, is the state football league of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is under the authority of the FERJ or FFERJ. It is an annual tournament, started in 1906.
America Football Club, usually abbreviated to America-RJ or simply America, is a Brazilian football team based in the city of Rio de Janeiro, in the northern neighborhood of Tijuca. The team compete in Campeonato Carioca, the top tier of the Rio de Janeiro state football league.
Bangu Atlético Clube, commonly known as Bangu, is a Brazilian professional association football club based in Rio de Janeiro, in the western neighbourhood of Bangu. The team plays in Série D, the fourth tier of the Brazilian football league system, as well as in the Campeonato Carioca, the top tier of the Rio de Janeiro state football league.
Renato Portaluppi, known as Renato Gaúcho, is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player who is currently in charge of Grêmio.
Paulo Cézar Lima, commonly known as Caju, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. During his career, he played for various clubs in Brazil, most notably Botafogo, and for Marseille in France. At international level, he was capped 57 times by the Brazil national team in the 1960s and 1970s, scoring 10 goals.
Felipe Jorge Loureiro, known as Felipe, is a Brazilian football coach and former footballer. He is the current head coach of Bangu.
Abel Carlos da Silva Braga, known as Abel Braga, is a Brazilian former football coach and player.
Marco Antônio Feliciano,, known as just Marco Antônio, is a former Brazilian footballer. He played left-back with Fluminense Football Club and the Brazil national team. He won the Football World Cup 1970, is a five-time winner of Campeonato Carioca and received the “Brazilian Silver Ball” in 1975 and 1976.
Alfredo Moreira Júnior, usually known as Zezé Moreira, was a Brazilian football player and manager who coached Brazil at the 1954 FIFA World Cup. He has the most coaching appearances in Fluminense's history, with 467 managed matches for the Tricolor. His brothers also had a singular taste for football: Aymoré Moreira, winner of the 1962 FIFA World Cup and Ayrton Moreira, both of them successful coaches in the Brazilian football. In 1976, as Cruzeiro's manager, he won the Copa Libertadores.
Oswaldo de Oliveira Filho, known as Oswaldo de Oliveira, is a Brazilian football manager.
Marco Aurélio de Oliveira, commonly known as Marcão, is a Brazilian football manager and former player who played as a defensive midfielder. He is the current assistant manager of Fluminense.
Alejandro Víctor Mancuso is an Argentine former footballer who played as a midfielder.
Mário Sérgio Pontes de Paiva, known as Mário Sérgio, was a Brazilian football player and manager. He later became a commentator for Fox Sports Brazil, which he joined at the channel's inception in 2012. He died in the LaMia Airlines Flight 2933 accident in the Colombian village of Cerro Gordo, La Unión, Antioquia, while travelling with the Chapecoense football squad for the Copa Sudamericana finals on 28 November 2016.
Moisés Matias de Andrade, usually known simply as Moisés, was a professional footballer who played for several Campeonato Brasileiro Série A clubs.
Moacir Fernandes, commonly known by the nickname Cafuringa, was a Brazilian professional football right winger, who played for several Campeonato Brasileiro Série A clubs.
The Taça da Prefeitura do Distrito Federal, commonly also Torneio Municipal do Rio de Janeiro, was a tournament for clubs of the then capital of Brazil Rio de Janeiro which was held for the first time in 1938 and which took place annually from 1943 to 1948. The last edition was in 1951. In 1996 the competition was revived for one more time as Taça Cidade Maravilhosa, the "Cup of the Marvellous City", after the byname of Rio de Janeiro. The importance of the tournament is subordinate and it always remained in the shadow of the state championship known as Campeonato Carioca.
Waldyr Pereira, also known as Didi, was a Brazilian footballer who played as a midfielder or as a forward. He played in three FIFA World Cups, winning the latter two.
Aílton dos Santos Ferraz, sometimes known as just Aílton, is a retired association footballer who played as an attacking midfielder for several Série A clubs.
