The 2016 season is the 121st year in the club's history, the 105th season in Clube de Regatas do Flamengo's football existence, and their 46th in the Brazilian Série A, having never been relegated from the top division.
This season Flamengo returned to the continental scenario after two years (last time playing in the 2014 Copa Libertadores) participating in the 2016 Copa Sudamericana, the last time Flamengo played in this competition was in 2011. The club also competed in the first edition of the Primeira Liga losing in the semi-finals to Atlético Paranaense. At Copa do Brasil the early elimination to Fortaleza in the second round gave the club a spot to play the Copa Sudamericana reaching the round of 16 being eliminated by Chilean club Palestino.
Kits For the first time in the club's history the football team have four different uniform kits for the season. The traditional striped home kit and white away kit, and two alternate kits.
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Club
First-team staff As of 18 July 2016.Comissão Futebol Profissional (in Portuguese) Position Name Head coach Zé Ricardo General Manager Rodrigo Caetano Executive Director Carlos Mozer Assistant coach Jayme de Almeida Goalkeeping coach Victor HugoFitness coaches Marcelo Martorelli Carlito Macedo Medical Staff Manager Marcio TannureDoctors Marcelo Soares Guilherme Runco Luiz Claudio Baldi Serafim BorgesPhysiotherapists Mario Peixoto Walteriano da Silva
Other information
First-team squad
Players with Dual Nationality Emerson Federico Mancuello
Paulo Victor Lucas Mugni
Transfers
In
DatePos.NameFromFee19 July 2016MF Diego FenerbahçeFree14 July 2016DF Alejandro Donatti Rosario Central€1,8m8 June 2016DF Rafael Vaz Vasco da GamaFree20 January 2016MF Gustavo Cuéllar Deportivo CaliR$8m6 January 2016DF Chiquinho SantosFree4 January 2016MF Federico Mancuello IndependienteR$12m22 December 2015GK Alex Muralha FigueirenseR$4m14 December 2015MF Willian Arão BotafogoFree10 December 2015DF Rodinei Ponte PretaUndisclosed8 December 2015DF Juan InternacionalFree
Out
DatePos.NameToFee30 June 2016DF Anderson PicoReleasedFree30 June 2016DF WelintonReleasedFree30 May 2016DF Arthur HenriqueReleasedFree24 May 2016DF Wallace GrêmioR$3.2m8 March 2016FW Kayke Yokohama F. MarinosR$6m8 January 2016DF Samir UdineseR$8m
Loan in
Date fromDate toPos.NameFrom12 July 201631 March 2017FW Leandro Damião Santos9 June 201631 March 2017DF Réver Internacional30 April 201630 June 2017DF Igor Joinville7 April 201631 December 2016FW Fernandinho Grêmio31 December 201513 July 2016DF Arthur Henrique América (RN)
Loan out
Date fromDate toPos.NameTo29 August 201631 July 2017GK Daniel Maccabi Tel Aviv27 August 201631 December 2016DF Rafael Dumas FC Goa30 July 201631 July 2017MF Héctor Canteros Vélez Sarsfield19 July 201631 December 2016FW Nixon América (MG)12 July 201631 December 2016MF Luiz Antônio Bahia23 June 201630 June 2017MF Jonas Dinamo Zagreb9 June 201631 December 2017MF Muralha Pohang Steelers30 March 201631 December 2016MF Jajá Avaí23 February 201631 December 2016MF Douglas Baggio Luverdense11 February 201631 December 2016GK César Ponte Preta11 January 201631 December 2016MF Thomás Joinville1 January 201612 July 2016MF Luiz Antônio Sport Recife1 January 201631 December 2016FW Paulinho Santos1 January 201631 December 2016DF Léo Atlético Paranaense
Statistics
Appearances and goals Last updated on 12 December 2016. Players in italic have left the club during the season.
Top scorers Includes all competitive matches RankNationNumberNameSérie ASudamericanaCopa do BrasilPrimeira LigaRio State LeagueTotal1 9 Paolo Guerrero 9 0 1 3 5 182 7 Marcelo Cirino 2 1 2 0 7 123 19 Alan Patrick 4 2 1 0 1 8 47 Felipe Vizeu 5 0 0 0 35 5 Willian Arão 4 0 0 0 3 76 35 Diego 6 0 0 0 0 67 23 Federico Mancuello 3 0 1 0 1 5 22 Éverton 3 1 0 1 0 11 Emerson 0 1 0 0 4 10 31 Fernandinho 3 1 0 0 0 4 17 Gabriel 3 0 0 0 1 6 Jorge 2 1 0 0 113 18 Leandro Damião 2 0 0 0 0 2 15 Réver 2 0 0 0 015 14 Wallace 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 Rodinei 0 0 0 0 1 40 Thiago Santos 0 0 0 0 1 10 Ederson 1 0 0 0 0Own Goal 3 0 0 0 0 3Total 52 7 5 4 29 97
Disciplinary record PositionNationNumberNameSérie ASudamericanaCopa do BrasilPrimeira LigaRio State LeagueTotal DF2Rodinei100100000100300600DF3César Martins101000000000100201DF4Juan200100100000300700MF5Willian Arão500100000000000600DF6Jorge500000100000200700FW7Marcelo Cirino200000000000000200MF8Márcio Araújo210000000000100310FW9Paolo Guerrero7000001000005001300MF10Ederson200000100000000300FW11Emerson300000000000000300DF14Wallace000000000100410510DF15Réver300000000000000300FW17Gabriel000100000000000100FW18Leandro Damião300100000000000400FW19Alan Patrick200000000000001201MF20Héctor Canteros000000000000000000DF21Pará300000000000000300MF22Éverton601000100000100801MF23Federico Mancuello310000000000200510DF25Alejandro Donatti000000000000000000MF26Gustavo Cuéllar000100200000301601FW29Nixon000000000000000000DF30Chiquinho100100000000000200MF31Fernandinho210000000000000210DF33Rafael Vaz400100000000000500DF34Rafael Dumas000000000000000000MF35Diego300000000000000300MF37Adryan000000000000000000GK38Alex Muralha300000000000000300MF39Lucas Paquetá000000000000100100MF40Thiago Santos000000000000000000MF41Ronaldo000100000000000100FW43Léo Duarte200000000000000200GK44Thiago000000000000000000GK45Daniel000000000000000000DF46Thiago Ennes000000000000000000FW47Felipe Vizeu000000000000000000GK48Paulo Victor000000000000000000 Total6432800700200261210744
Overview
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions
Rio State League (Campeonato Carioca)
Group stage
Matches
For their last match in the group stage, each team played a team from the other group.
Taça Guanabara
Matches
Final stage
Semifinal
Copa do Brasil
First stage
Second stage
Average attendances Includes all home matches in the 2016 Copa do Brasil. StadiumMatchesAverageHighest attendanceLowest attendanceEstádio Raulino de Oliveira 2 5,123 5,193 5,053Total 2 5,123 5,193 5,053
Série A
The fixtures for the 2016 season were announced on 25 April 2016. Flamengo began their league campaign with a 1–0 win at home against Sport Recife on 14 May 2016, with Éverton scoring the only goal of the match. This was also the only match in the league with coach Muricy Ramalho commanding the team, later in the same week the veteran head coach had heart problems–he was quickly hospitalized and resigned from the job weeks later. After few matches as interim, Zé Ricardo took charge as the new head coach.
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Average attendances Includes all home matches in the 2016 Série A. StadiumMatchesAverageHighest attendanceLowest attendanceEstádio Raulino de Oliveira 3 6,084 9,382 2,705Estádio Nacional 4 31,960 54,665 22,552Arena das Dunas 1 25,946 25,946 25,946Estádio Kléber Andrade 4 17,719 21,000 15,680Estádio do Pacaembu 2 26,515 29,605 23,427Estádio do Maracanã 4 48,386 65,743 37,615Total attendance 19 25,462 483,781
Matches Goals and red cards are shown.
Primeira Liga
The 2016 Primeira Liga is the first edition of this competition. Featuring 12 of 14 founding members, Minas Gerais and Santa Catarina leagues provided three entrants, while Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul and Paraná provide two each.
Group stage
Matches
Semifinal
Average attendances Includes all matches in the 2016 Primeira Liga. StadiumMatchesAttendanceEstádio Kléber Andrade 1 17,167Estádio Nacional 1 7,219Estádio Mário Helênio 1 12,917Total 3 37,067
Copa Sudamericana
As 12th place in the 2015 Série A, and being one of the best teams eliminated before 2016 Copa do Brasil round of 16, Flamengo will enter the Copa Sudamericana in the second stage. The draw has been made on 12 July 2016 with the first stage taking place on 9 August 2016.
Second stage
Round of 16
Honors
Individuals NameNumberCountryAward Rodinei 2 2016 Campeonato Carioca Best eleven Willian Arão 5 2016 Campeonato Carioca Best eleven 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Bola de Prata Jorge 6 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Best eleven Paolo Guerrero 9 2016 Primeira Liga Top scorer Réver 15 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Bola de Prata Diego 35 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Best eleven
Club ranking Flamengo position on the Club World Ranking during the 2016 season, according to clubworldranking.com.www.clubworldranking.com/ Month Position Movement January 99 – February 104 5 March 103 1 April 104 1 May 90 14 June 78 12 July 79 1 August 79 – September 59 20 October 47 12 November 42 5 December 40 2
References
External links Clube de Regatas do Flamengo Flamengo official website (in Portuguese)