Fluminense FC

Full name	Fluminense Football Club	Fluminense Football Club (Brazilian Portuguese: [flumiˈnẽsi futʃiˈbɔw ˈklubi]), known simply 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, in the city of Rio de Janeiro. The club was founded on 21 July 1902 and Oscar Cox was its first elected president.[citation needed] Fluminense have since been crowned national champions four times, most recently in the 2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the team have also won the 2007 Copa do Brasil, the 1999 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C and the 1952 Intercontinental Cup. Its best international performances are finishing runner-up in the 2008 Copa Libertadores and 2009 Copa Sudamericana. In 1949, Fluminense became the first football club to receive the Olympic Cup, awarded annually by the International Olympic Committee to an institution or association with a record of merit and integrity in actively developing the Olympic Movement. Fluminense is a demonym for people indigenous to the state of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil. Although football was its original endeavour, the club is today an umbrella organisation for several teams in more than 16 different sport activities.[citation needed] Fluminense's traditional home kit consists of garnet, white and green vertical striped shirts, white shorts and white socks, an outfit which has been in use since 1920.[citation needed] Umbro is the current kit manufacturer.
Nickname(s)	Tricolor
	Flu
	Fluzão (Big Flu)
	Nense
	Pó de Arroz (Rice Powder)
	Time de Guerreiros (Team of Warriors)
Founded	21 July 1902; 119 years ago
Stadium	Maracanã
Capacity	78,639[1]
President	Mário Bittencourt
Head coach	Fernando Diniz
League	Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
	Campeonato Carioca
	Copa do Brasil
	Copa Libertadores
	Copa Sudamericana
2021	Série A, 7th of 20
2021	Carioca, 2nd of 16