Flamengo Quiz Questions and Answers

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Round 1

  1. In which Brazilian city is Flamengo based?
  2. Which stadium does Flamengo use as its home ground for its biggest matches?
  3. Which two colours make up Flamengo's traditional home shirt?
  4. Flamengo lost the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup final 1-0 after extra time to which European champion?
  5. Which Argentine club did Flamengo beat 2-1 in the 2019 Copa Libertadores final?
  6. Which club did Flamengo sell midfielder Lucas Paquetá to in a deal announced in 2018?
  7. Which Portuguese coach led Flamengo to the Copa Libertadores and league title double in 2019?
  8. Who scored both Flamengo goals in the last two minutes of the 2019 Copa Libertadores final?
  9. Flamengo won their first Copa Libertadores in 1981, beating which Chilean club in the finals?
  10. From which Brazilian club did Flamengo sign winger Bruno Henrique in January 2019?
Answers — round 1
  1. Rio de Janeiro — The club takes its name from a beachside neighbourhood in the city's Zona Sul.
  2. Maracanã — Listed at a capacity of 78,838, it staged the 2014 World Cup final and is shared with a city rival.
  3. Red and black — The hooped design has been worn since the club's earliest football teams, and the same pairing is echoed by Atlético Mineiro.
  4. Liverpool — Brazilian forward Roberto Firmino scored the 99th-minute winner in Qatar.
  5. River Plate — Marcelo Gallardo's side, the holders, led from the 14th minute until the closing stages.
  6. AC Milan — He completed the move to Serie A in January 2019 and later played in Ligue 1 and the Premier League.
  7. Jorge Jesus — He took charge in June 2019 and won five trophies at the club before returning to Benfica in 2020.
  8. Gabriel Barbosa — The striker struck in the 89th minute and again in stoppage time, and finished as the tournament's leading scorer with nine goals.
  9. Cobreloa — The tie needed a third match in Montevideo, where Zico scored twice to settle it 4-2 on aggregate.
  10. Santos — He arrived from the São Paulo coast for a reported R$23 million and was a continental champion within eleven months.

Round 2

  1. Flamengo broke their club transfer record in 2019 to sign Uruguayan playmaker Giorgian de Arrascaeta from which Brazilian club?
  2. Flamengo won the second leg of their 2019 Copa Libertadores semi-final 5-0. Which club did they thrash?
  3. How many points did Flamengo amass in winning the 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro?
  4. Who took charge of Flamengo in November 2020, guiding them through the title run-in after Domènec Torrent was sacked?
  5. Which coach led Flamengo to the 2022 Copa Libertadores title?
  6. Flamengo won the 2022 Copa do Brasil on penalties against which club?
  7. Which striker was named Bola de Ouro as Flamengo won the 2009 Campeonato Brasileiro?
  8. Which goalkeeper, holder of La Liga's record for penalties saved, joined Flamengo from Valencia in 2017?
  9. Which left-back joined Flamengo from Atlético Madrid in 2019 and later returned to the club as head coach?
  10. Which Italian club did Zico join in 1983 after his first spell at Flamengo?
Answers — round 2
  1. Cruzeiro — He had won two Copa do Brasil titles with the Belo Horizonte side before the R$55m move to Rio.
  2. Grêmio — It finished 6-1 on aggregate and sent Flamengo to their first Libertadores final since 1981.
  3. 90 — It remains the highest total ever recorded in the 20-team, 38-match version of the championship.
  4. Rogério Ceni — The former São Paulo goalkeeper inherited a side lying third and finished a single point clear of Internacional.
  5. Dorival Júnior — Appointed mid-season, he won two major trophies in the same campaign, beating Luiz Felipe Scolari's side in the continental final.
  6. Corinthians — The tie finished 1-1 on aggregate and the shootout went all the way to 6-5.
  7. Adriano — Nicknamed 'The Emperor' during his years in Italy, he scored 19 league goals in a celebrated homecoming season.
  8. Diego Alves — He had stopped 23 spot-kicks during a decade in Spain, and went on to win two league titles and two Libertadores in Brazil.
  9. Filipe Luís — He left Spain as a free agent aged 33, won two Libertadores as a player, and took the top job in September 2024.
  10. Udinese — He spent two seasons in Friuli before returning to Brazil in 1985.

Round 3

  1. Zico came out of retirement in 1991 to play in which country, where he became a founding figure of its new professional league?
  2. Flamengo won the 1992 Campeonato Brasileiro by beating which Rio rival over two legs?
  3. Flamengo was originally founded not as a football club but for which sport?
  4. Flamengo's training complex in western Rio is popularly known by which name?
  5. Who scored twice for Flamengo in the 1981 Intercontinental Cup final in Tokyo?
  6. The 2019 Copa Libertadores final was moved away from Santiago because of civil unrest in Chile. In which city was it played instead?
  7. Flamengo trailed at half-time in the 2019 Copa Libertadores final. Which Colombian striker had put their opponents ahead in the 14th minute?
  8. Which club did Flamengo beat 3-1 in the semi-final of the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup?
  9. Which player holds Flamengo's all-time appearance record, with 857 matches?
  10. Zico won the South American Footballer of the Year award three times — in 1977, 1981 and which other year?
Answers — round 3
  1. Japan — He signed for a company side that was reborn as Kashima Antlers, and supporters there still call him 'the god of football'.
  2. Botafogo — Flamengo took the first leg 3-0 and drew the second 2-2 for a 5-2 aggregate win.
  3. Rowing — Football was only added years after the club's foundation, and the full club name still records the original discipline.
  4. Ninho do Urubu — Officially the Centro de Treinamento George Helal, its popular name nods to the black bird that serves as the club's mascot.
  5. Nunes — He struck in the 12th and 41st minutes, released by Zico on both occasions, as Flamengo led 3-0 at half-time.
  6. Lima — It was the first Libertadores final staged as a single match at a neutral venue chosen in advance, watched by 78,573.
  7. Rafael Santos Borré — He later moved to Eintracht Frankfurt and won the 2022 Europa League with them.
  8. Al-Hilal — The reigning Asian champions were beaten in Qatar, with Arrascaeta and Bruno Henrique both on target.
  9. Júnior — A left-back turned midfielder, he played across two long spells at the club either side of a move to Italy.
  10. 1982 — The third came in the year he captained Brazil's celebrated World Cup side in Spain.

Round 4

  1. Flamengo won the 2006 Copa do Brasil, beating which Rio rival 3-0 on aggregate in the final?
  2. Flamengo won the 1999 Copa Mercosur, beating which club in a two-legged final that produced 13 goals?
  3. Flamengo own a small 4,000-capacity stadium officially named Estádio José Bastos Padilha. By what name is it universally known?
  4. Who finished as top scorer of the 2022 Copa Libertadores, with 12 goals?
  5. Which striker, the reigning FIFA World Player of the Year, joined Flamengo from Barcelona in January 1995?
  6. Flamengo won their first Recopa Sudamericana in 2020, beating which Ecuadorian club over two legs?
Answers — round 4
  1. Vasco da Gama — Flamengo won the first leg 2-0 and the second 1-0 to lift the cup for a second time.
  2. Palmeiras — Flamengo edged the first leg 4-3 and drew the second 3-3 for a 7-6 aggregate victory.
  3. Estádio da Gávea — It sits beside the club's historic headquarters in Rio's Zona Sul and is almost never used for first-team matches.
  4. Pedro — The Flamengo striker had arrived from Fiorentina in 2020 and was decisive throughout the knockout rounds.
  5. Romário — He had been named player of the tournament at the 1994 World Cup a few months before the move back to Brazil.
  6. Independiente del Valle — After a 2-2 draw in Quito, Flamengo won the return 3-0 for a 5-2 aggregate, Gerson scoring twice.

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