The 2011 season was

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's 113th year in existence, the club's 96th season in existence of football, and the club's 40th season playing in the Brasileirão Série A, the top flight of

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, having been out only in

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, after a relegation from top division in

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, backing in

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. Vasco da Gama finished Brasileirão Série A as runners-up, 2 points behind winners

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, in a title decided in last round, when Corinthians draw 0–0 against

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and Vasco da Gama draw 1–1 against

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. Vasco da Gama in Copa Sudamericana goes at semifinals, after a 1–3 aggregate loss against eventual winners

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. Vasco da Gama won their first Copa do Brasil title, after an epic finals against

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, winning in

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after a 3–3 aggregate draw. Vasco da Gama finished Rio de Janeiro State Championship in 6th place, after a fall in group stage of Taça Guanabara and a runners-up against Flamengo in Taça Rio in a 1–3 penalty loss after a 0–0 draw.

Club

Coaching staff

:''Updated 2 November 2011''.

Other personnel

Players

First-team squad

Youth players able to play on first team

Out of loan

Squad information

from Vasco da Gama (U–20)

able to play in first team

Out of loan

Transfers

In

= Loan in

= On trial (in)

Out

= Loan out

= On trial (out)

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

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Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches

Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches

Overall

{, class="wikitable" , - , Games played , , 74 (17 Rio State League, 11

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, 38 Série A) , - , Games won , , 35 (8 Rio State League, 5

, 3

, 19 Série A) , - , Games drawn , , 22 (4 Rio State League, 5

, 1

, 12 Série A) , - , Games lost , , 16 (5 Rio State League, 1

, 4

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/ 1-5 (A) v

– Série A – 2011 , - , Most appearances , ,

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(74 appearances) , - , Top scorer , ,

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(18 goals) , -

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

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Rio de Janeiro State Championship

Guanabara Cup

= Matches

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Rio Cup

= Matches

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Knockout stage matches

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Copa do Brasil

Matches

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Brasileirão Série A

Standings

Results summary

Pld=Matches played; W=Matches won; D=Matches drawn; L=Matches lost;

Results by round

Matches

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Copa Sudamericana

Squad

As of 23 November 2011, according to combined sources on the official website.
In

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competitions players must be assigned numbers between 1 and 25. ¹ – Nílton replaced Felipe, Patric replaced Kim and Douglas replaced Anderson Martins after the Second Phase.
² – Leandro Chaparro replaced Rômulo and Kim replaced Victor Ramos after the Round of 16.
³ – Rômulo replaced Éder Luís, Felipe replaced Nílton and Nílton replaced

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after the Quarterfinals.

Matches

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Starting XI

Honors

Individuals

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, 1 , , 2011 Prêmio Craque do Brasileirão , Best Goalkeeper , , - , Fagner , 23 , , 2011 Prêmio Craque do Brasileirão , best Right (wing) back , , - , Dedé , 26 , ,

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, best Right Centre back , , - , , , , 2011 Prêmio Craque do Brasileirão , fans Favorite Player , , - , , , , 2011 Prêmio Craque do Brasileirão , best Right Centre back , , - , Anderson Martins , 25 , ,

, best Left Centre back , , - , Rômulo , 37 , ,

, best Defensive midfielder , , - , , , , 2011 Prêmio Craque do Brasileirão , best Defensive midfielder , , - , Felipe , 6 , ,

, best Center and Attacking midfielder , , - , Diego Souza , 10 , , 2011 Prêmio Craque do Brasileirão , best Side and Attacking midfielder , , - ,

, 31 , ,

, best Side and Attacking midfielder
Revelation of the year , , - , Éder Luís , 7 , ,

, best Second striker and Winger , , - ,

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, , ,

, best Head coach , , - ,

and

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and in the

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, - , Diego Souza , 10 , , Named for Brazil national team in the second leg of the 2011 Superclásico de las Américas , - ,

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, 9 , ,

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Top Goal Scorer

IFFHS ranking

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position on the Club World Ranking during the 2011 season, according to

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.IFFHS
{, class="wikitable" , - ! Month ! Position ! Points , - , January , 205 , 88,0 , - , February , 196 , 88,0 , - , March , 192 , 88,0 , - , April , 189 , 88,0 , - , May , 113 , 112,0 , - , June , 76 , 132,0 , - , July , 73 , 138,0 , - , August , 62 , 150,0 , - , September , 54 , 152,0 , - , October , 38 , 164,0 , - , November , 23 , 186,0 , - , December , 27 , 184,0

References

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