The 2017 season is the 122nd year in the club's history, the 106th season in 's football existence, and their 47th in the Brazilian Série A, having never been relegated from the top division.
After finishing 2016 Brazilian Série A in 3rd place Flamengo earned a spot to play CONMEBOL Libertadores Bridgestone 2017, returning to the South America top club competition since last played in 2014. The club will also play 2017 Rio de Janeiro State League, 2017 Primeira Liga and 2017 Copa do Brasil.
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Club
First-team staff
As of 12 August 2017.Comissão Futebol Profissional (in Portuguese) Position Name Head coach Reinaldo Rueda General Manager Rodrigo Caetano Executive Director Carlos MozerAssistant coaches Jayme de Almeida Bernardo RedínGoalkeeping coaches Victor Hugo José JoberFitness coaches Marcelo Martorelli Daniel Gonçalves Roberto Oliveira Junior Carlos Eduardo Velasco Medical Staff Manager Marcio TannureDoctors João Marcelo Gustavo Caldeira Luiz Claudio Baldi Serafim BorgesPhysiologist Felipe OlivePhysiotherapists Mario Peixoto Walteriano da Silva Fred Manhães Under-20 Head CoachVacant
Other information
First-team squad
Players with Dual Nationality Diego Ederson Federico Mancuello Rhodolfo
Reserves
Transfers
In
DatePos.NameFromFee17 July 2017GK Diego Alves ValenciaUS$0,35m / €0,3m11 June 2017DF Rhodolfo BeşiktaşUS$1,2m / €1,1m5 June 2017MF Éverton Ribeiro Al-AhliUS$6,7m / €6,0m6 February 2017DF Renê SportUS$1,1m / €1,0m27 January 2017FW Orlando Berrío Atlético NacionalUS$3,5m / €3,3m13 January 2017MF Rômulo Spartak MoscowFree transfer14 December 2016DF Miguel Trauco UniversitarioFree transferTotal US$12,85m / €11,7m
Out
DatePos.NameToFee8 July 2017GK Paulo Victor GrêmioReleased5 July 2017MF Adryan SionReleased21 June 2017DF Alejandro Donatti Club TijuanaUS$1,65m / €1,5m26 January 2017DF Jorge MonacoUS$9,6m / €9m11 January 2017MF Lucas MugniFree agentReleased1 January 2017FW EmersonFree agentEnd of contract1 January 2017MF Alan Patrick Shakhtar DonetskLoan return1 January 2017DF ChiquinhoFree agentEnd of contract1 January 2017FW Fernandinho GrêmioLoan return23 December 2016FW Igor SartoriFree agentReleased23 December 2016MF RecifeFree agentReleased23 December 2016MF RodolfoFree agentReleased23 December 2016MF Thomás Santa CruzReleasedTotal US$11,25m / €10,5m
Loan in
Date fromDate toPos.NameFrom21 June 201731 December 2018FW Geuvânio Tianjin Quanjian F.C.2 January 201731 December 2017MF Darío Conca Shanghai SIPG
Loan out
Date fromDate toPos.NameTo6 September 201731 December 2017MF Ronaldo Atlético Goianiense4 September 201731 December 2017MF Thiago Santos Mumbai City FC10 August 201731 May 2018MF Héctor Canteros Chapecoense23 August 201731 December 2017DF Rafael Dumas Paysandu16 August 201731 December 2017FW Paulinho Guarani3 August 201731 May 2018FW Marcelo Cirino Al Nasr13 July 201731 December 2017DF Thiago Ennes Cuiabá13 June 201731 December 2017DF Cafu Ceará24 May 201731 December 2017MF Matheus Trindade Osasco Audax9 May 201731 December 2017DF Léo Coritiba27 April 201731 December 2017MF Jajá Vila Nova24 April 20172 August 2017FW Marcelo Cirino Internacional18 April 201722 August 2017DF Rafael Dumas Luverdense17 February 201731 December 2017FW Marcelo CirinoDespite the previous agreement Internacional forfeited the offer on 6 March 2017. Internacional16 February 201731 December 2017MF Jajá Tombense31 January 201731 May 2017DF Thiago Ennes União da Madeira26 January 20172 June 2017GK Paulo Victor Gaziantepspor18 January 201731 December 2017FW Paulinho Vitória17 January 201731 December 2017DF Léo Atlético Paranaense16 January 201726 April 2017MF Luiz Antônio Chapecoense14 January 201717 April 2017DF Rafael Dumas Global F.C.11 January 201730 April 2017FW Nixon Red Bull Brasil4 January 201731 December 2017FW Daniel dos Anjos Atlético Goianiense1 January 201731 December 2017MF Gabriel Ramos Cuiabá1 January 201731 December 2017MF Jonas Coritiba29 December 201630 April 2017GK César Ferroviária22 December 201630 March 2017MF Matheus Trindade Ceará22 December 201631 December 2017FW Douglas Baggio Ceará
Statistics
Appearances and goals Last updated on 13 December 2017. Players in italic have left the club during the season. Player Série A Libertadores Sudamericana Copa do Brasil Primeira Liga Rio State League Totals 1GK Diego Alves19190000550000000000242402DF Rodinei19132212320750220841412754DF Juan13130100992660220421353235DF Willian Arão302616611010365011014144676296DF Renê17130320220330220761342817FW Marcelo Cirino0001000000000003004007MF Everton Ribeiro292640001082000111000403578MF Márcio Araújo272606503104304301090554809FW Paolo Guerrero1918666222055211011111044432010MF Ederson53000000021000000074011MF Federico Mancuello832320310100110141233019513DF Miguel Trauco23221662770440110121215352415DF Réver25255660772770110131305959717MF Gabriel63064110031043110403015218FW Leandro Damião75320011121011010442312819MF Darío Conca20000000000010000030020FW Vinícius Jr.2543000701400110000375421DF Pará29271550990760110131306461122MF Éverton272644407616612211010356541023FW Geuvânio16800001110001100001810125DF Alejandro Donatti00011000000022055088026MF Gustavo Cuéllar252202009917612206305142227MF Rômulo8304311002002209902617128FW Orlando Berrío198231043166121112514624629FW Lincoln30000010000000000040030GK Thiago111100001104300003301918033DF Rafael Vaz20201550211530220131304744235MF Diego27241033288166111088453501836MF Cafu00000000000020032052037MF Adryan00000000000021022043038GK Alex Muralha770660210550440141403837039MF Lucas Paquetá171010009423212106223718640MF Thiago Santos00000000000000000000041MF Ronaldo00000000011010031052042MF Matheus Sávio751300000211100531189343DF Léo Duarte21000000000021021063044DF Rhodolfo191800004300000000002321045GK Gabriel Batista00000000000000000000047FW Felipe Vizeu18820008652102208323820949GK César11000033000000000044058DF Kléber00000000000011000011059DF Matheus Thuler000000000000100000100
Top scorers Includes all competitive matches RankNationNumberNameSérie ALibertadoresSudamericanaCopa do BrasilPrimeira LigaRio State LeagueTotal 1 9 Paolo Guerrero 6 2 0 2 0 10 20 2 35 Diego 10 2 1 1 0 4 18 3 22 Éverton 4 0 1 1 1 3 10 4 5 Willian Arão 1 1 3 0 0 4 9 47 Felipe Vizeu 2 0 5 0 0 2 9 6 18 Leandro Damião 3 0 1 0 0 4 8 7 7 Everton Ribeiro 4 0 2 0 1 0 7 15 Réver 5 0 2 0 0 0 7 9 28 Orlando Berrío 2 0 1 1 1 1 6 39 Lucas Paquetá 1 0 2 1 0 2 5 11 2 Rodinei 2 2 0 0 0 1 5 12 13 Miguel Trauco 1 2 0 0 0 1 4 11 Federico Mancuello 1 0 0 0 0 3 4 20 Vinícius Jr. 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 15 42 Matheus Sávio 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 4 Juan 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 17 17 Gabriel 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 26 Gustavo Cuéllar 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 33 Rafael Vaz 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 20 21 Pará 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 27 Rômulo 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 Renê 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 23 Geuvânio 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Own Goal 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Total 49 11 24 8 4 33 135
Clean sheets Includes all competitive matches RankNationNumberNameSérie ALibertadoresSudamericanaCopa do BrasilPrimeira LigaRio State LeagueTotal 1 38 Alex Muralha 3 1 1 3 3 7 18 2 1 Diego Alves 7 0 2 0 0 0 9 3 30 Thiago 4 0 0 2 0 1 7 4 49 César 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 45 Gabriel Batista 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 14 1 4 5 3 8 35
Disciplinary record PositionNationNumberNameSérie ALibertadoresSudamericanaCopa do BrasilPrimeira LigaRio State LeagueTotal GK1Diego Alves100000100000000000200DF2Rodinei410100000000000000510DF4Juan500000100000000000600MF5Willian Arão200000100000000200500DF6Renê300000000000000000300FW7Marcelo Cirino000000000000000000000MF7Everton Ribeiro200000300000000000500MF8Márcio Araújo400100000200000200900FW9Paolo Guerrero4001001004000003001300MF10Ederson000000000000000000000MF11Federico Mancuello200200000000000300700DF13Miguel Trauco5101001000000004001110DF15Réver300100100000000000500FW17Gabriel200000000000000200400FW18Leandro Damião000000000000000100100MF19Darío Conca100000000000000000100FW20Vinícius Jr.300000100000000000400DF21Pará2003002002000005101410MF22Éverton6000002001000006101510FW23Geuvânio200000000000000000200DF25Alejandro Donatti000100000000000100200MF26Gustavo Cuéllar400000100000000000500MF27Rômulo100000000000000000100FW28Orlando Berrío400001000100000000501FW29Lincoln100000000000000000100GK30Thiago000000000000000000000DF33Rafael Vaz100100000000000100300MF35Diego6001003001001001001300MF36Cafu000000000000000000000MF37Adryan000000000000000000000GK38Alex Muralha000100000101000000201MF39Lucas Paquetá300000200000000100600MF40Thiago Santos000000000000000000000MF41Ronaldo000000000000000100100MF42Matheus Sávio000000000000000000000FW43Léo Duarte000000000000000000000DF44Rhodolfo300000100000000000400GK45Gabriel Batista000000000000000000000FW47Felipe Vizeu100000100000000000200GK49César000000000000000000000DF58Kléber000000000000000000000DF59Matheus Thuler000000000000000000000 Total7720140122001201200332016042
Overview
Pre-season and friendlies On 30 August 2016 Flamengo announced that would take part of 2017 Florida Cup, although on 12 December 2017 the club forfeit from the pre-season competition due to the reschedule of its pre-season training, instead the club would have all the preparation to the 2017 season in its recently opened training ground, Ninho do Urubu. The change was caused by the LaMia Flight 2933 accident with Chapecoense that forced change of dates in the end of 2016 Brazilian season.
On 11 January 2017 it was announced that the first pre-season match would be against Vila Nova, at Estádio Olímpico de Goiânia. On the next day it was confirmed that the match would be held at Estádio Serra Dourada.
Match(es)
Competitions
Rio State League (Campeonato Carioca)
Taça Guanabara
Matches
Semifinal (Taça Guanabara)
Final (Taça Guanabara)
Taça Rio
Matches
Semifinal (Taça Rio)
Final stage
Semifinal
Final
Average attendances Includes all matches in the 2017 Campeonato Carioca. StadiumMatchesAverageHighest attendanceLowest attendanceArena das Dunas 1 9,211 9,211 9,211Estádio Raulino de Oliveira 4 4,994 9,829 1,830Estádio Nacional 1 23,828 23,828 23,828Total 6 8,836 53,014
Primeira Liga
On 30 December 2016 Primeira Liga announced the 2017 season schedule with Flamengo playing its first match against Grêmio.
Group stage
Matches
Quarterfinals
Average attendances Includes all matches in the 2017 Primeira Liga. StadiumMatchesAverageHighest attendanceLowest attendanceEstádio Nacional 1 20,222 20,222 20,222Estádio Bezerrão 1 8,147 8,147 8,147Estádio Kléber Andrade 1 9,834 9,834 9,834Total 3 12,734 38,203
Copa do Brasil
As Flamengo played in the 2017 CONMEBOL Libertadores, the club only entered the competition in the round of 16.
Round of 16
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
Average attendances Includes all home matches in the 2017 Copa do Brasil. StadiumMatchesAverageHighest attendanceLowest attendanceEstádio do Maracanã 3 43,155 66,165 33,161Ilha do Urubu 1 15,564 15,564 15,564Total 4 42,010 168,038
Série A
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Average attendances Includes all home matches in the 2017 Série A. StadiumMatchesAverageHighest attendanceLowest attendanceIlha do Urubu 15 12,707 18,204 7,111Estádio Raulino de Oliveira 1 10,577 10,577 10,577Estádio do Maracanã 3 37,883 50,220 24,800Total 19 16,569 314,812
Matches Goals and red cards are shown.
Copa Libertadores
The draw of the tournament was held on 21 December 2016, 20:00 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.
According to CONMEBOL historic rankings Flamengo was set on the pot number 3 and draw to the group 4 with San Lorenzo from Argentina (pot 1), Universidad Católica from Chile (pot 2) and fellow Brazilian club Atlético Paranaense, coming from the qualifying stages.