Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama
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| Full name | Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama |
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| Nickname(s) | Gigante da Colina (Giant of the Hill) Almirante (Admiral) Cruzmaltino (Maltese Cross) Trem Bala da Colina (Bullet Train of the Hill) |
| Founded | August 21, 1898 (Rowing Club) November 5, 1915 (Football Club) |
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Estádio Vasco da Gama (São Januário) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Capacity | 21,880 |
| President | Eurico Miranda |
| Football Manager | Anderson Barros |
| Head Coach | Milton Mendes |
| League | Campeonato Brasileiro Série A |
| 2016 | Série B, 3rd (promoted) |
| Website | Club home page |
Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈvaʃku dɐ ˈɡɐ̃mɐ], Vasco da Gama Rowing Club), usually known as Vasco da Gama, is a famous traditional Brazilian multisports club from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was founded on August 21, 1898 (although the professional football department started on November 5, 1915), by Portuguese immigrants, and it is still traditionally supported by the Portuguese community of Rio de Janeiro. It is one of the most popular clubs in Brazil, with more than 20 million supporters.
Its statute defines the club as a "sportive, recreative, educational, assistant and philanthropic non-profit organization of public utility".
Their home stadium is São Januário, with a capacity of 21,880, the third biggest in Rio de Janeiro (after Maracanã and Engenhão), but some matches (especially the city derbies) are played at the Maracanã (capacity of about 80,000). They play in black shirts with a white diagonal sash that contains a Cross pattée (famously, though mistakenly, identified as a Maltese cross), black shorts and black socks.
The club is named after the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama.
In the late 19th century rowing was the most important sport in Rio de Janeiro. At this time, four young men – Henrique Ferreira Monteiro, Luís Antônio Rodrigues, José Alexandre d'Avelar Rodrigues and Manuel Teixeira de Souza Júnior – who did not want to travel to Niterói to row with the boats of Gragoatá Club decided to found a rowing club.
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