At the end of the first round of the Brasileirão, Flamengo has many reasons to celebrate and be proud. This year, the team is having its second-best campaign so far in the competition in the points-based era. With 34 points, two behind the leader in fourth place, the 2016 Mengão is only surpassed by the 2011 Mengão, when it had 36 points and was in second place. In 2009, when it won its sixth championship, Flamengo had 27 points and was in tenth place after 19 rounds, ten points behind leaders Palmeiras.
The team led by coach Zé Ricardo has not lost in six rounds in this Brasileirão: in these last games, Rubro-Negro added 14 points, beating Atlético-MG (2x0), América-MG (2x1), Coritiba (2x0) and Atlético-PR (1x0) and drawing with Botafogo (3x3) and Santos (0x0).
Flamengo is getting stronger and stronger and owes a lot to its fan members. Join the Nação Rubro-Negra Program and feel the pride of making a difference!
Unpalatable visitor
The match against Sport, this Saturday (13), at 16 pm, will be Flamengo's tenth away game in this Brasileirão. Away from home, the team has 14 points - four wins, two draws and three losses - boasting a 51,9% success rate.
Midfielder, striker and waiter
One of the key players in Zé Ricardo's squad is Willian Arão. The versatile, goal-scoring midfielder and waiter has started 18 of Flamengo's 19 Brasileirão matches so far—the one time he wasn't in the starting 11, he came on as a substitute, the only player to play in all 19 rounds. Arão is the team's second-highest tackler, averaging 1,9 per game, and the second-highest shot taker, with 29 shots in 19 matches. The midfielder also found the net twice in the first half of the season.
Clean game
Flamengo is the second team with the fewest fouls in the Brasileirão, without having had any defender suspended for a card.
Taboos exist to be broken
Flamengo in 2016 can attest to that. In this Brasileirão, the team broke three taboos. The victory over Ponte Preta in the fourth round, right in Zé Ricardo's debut as manager, was the first in eleven years. Flamengo hadn't won at Moisés Lucarelli Stadium since 1999. Against Cruzeiro in the eighth round, the victory ended a 15-year streak without a win at Mineirão Stadium. In the tenth round, the "Mais Querido" defeated Santa Cruz at Arruda Stadium after 30 years.
The team led by coach Zé Ricardo has not lost in six rounds in this Brasileirão: in these last games, Rubro-Negro added 14 points, beating Atlético-MG (2x0), América-MG (2x1), Coritiba (2x0) and Atlético-PR (1x0) and drawing with Botafogo (3x3) and Santos (0x0).
Flamengo is getting stronger and stronger and owes a lot to its fan members. Join the Nação Rubro-Negra Program and feel the pride of making a difference!
Unpalatable visitor
The match against Sport, this Saturday (13), at 16 pm, will be Flamengo's tenth away game in this Brasileirão. Away from home, the team has 14 points - four wins, two draws and three losses - boasting a 51,9% success rate.
Midfielder, striker and waiter
One of the key players in Zé Ricardo's squad is Willian Arão. The versatile, goal-scoring midfielder and waiter has started 18 of Flamengo's 19 Brasileirão matches so far—the one time he wasn't in the starting 11, he came on as a substitute, the only player to play in all 19 rounds. Arão is the team's second-highest tackler, averaging 1,9 per game, and the second-highest shot taker, with 29 shots in 19 matches. The midfielder also found the net twice in the first half of the season.
Clean game
Flamengo is the second team with the fewest fouls in the Brasileirão, without having had any defender suspended for a card.
Taboos exist to be broken
Flamengo in 2016 can attest to that. In this Brasileirão, the team broke three taboos. The victory over Ponte Preta in the fourth round, right in Zé Ricardo's debut as manager, was the first in eleven years. Flamengo hadn't won at Moisés Lucarelli Stadium since 1999. Against Cruzeiro in the eighth round, the victory ended a 15-year streak without a win at Mineirão Stadium. In the tenth round, the "Mais Querido" defeated Santa Cruz at Arruda Stadium after 30 years.