The 2017 season is the 122nd year in the club's history, the 106th season in Clube de Regatas do Flamengo's football existence, and their 47th in the

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, 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

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top club competition since last played in 2014. The club will also play 2017 Rio de Janeiro State League,

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and 2017 Copa do Brasil.

Kits

Supplier:

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/ Sponsor: Caixa / Back of the shirt: MRV / Lower back: YES! Idiomas / Shoulder: Universidade Brasil / Sleeves:

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/ Numbers: TIM / Socks: Kodilar

Club

First-team staff

:''As of 12 August 2017''.

Other information

First-team squad

' Players with Dual Nationality *

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* Ederson *

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* Rhodolfo

Reserves

Transfers

In

Out

Loan in

Loan out

Statistics

Appearances and goals

:''Last updated on 13 December 2017.'' * Players in italic have left the club during the season.

Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches

Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches

Disciplinary record

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,

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. The change was caused by the

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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

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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

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Primeira Liga

On 30 December 2016

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announced the

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season schedule with Flamengo playing its first match against Grêmio.

Group stage

Matches

Quarterfinals

Average attendances

Includes all matches in the

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.

Série A

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Average attendances

Includes all home matches in the 2017 Série A.

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

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Convention Centre in

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. According to

historic rankings Flamengo was set on the pot number 3 and draw to the group 4 with

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from

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(pot 1), Universidad Católica from

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(pot 2) and fellow Brazilian club

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, coming from the qualifying stages. Although assembling a strong team aiming a strong result at

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, Flamengo had a disappointing campaign in the group stage. The club won all three matches at home with the highest attendance average of the competition, but lost all three away matches, including the last match in

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against

suffering a goal in the injury time. Flamengo finished the group stage in third and earned a spot in the

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second stage.

Group stage

Matches

Average attendances

Includes all home matches in the 2017 Copa Libertadores.

Copa Sudamericana

Second stage

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Average attendances

Includes all home matches in the

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Honors

Individuals

Club Ranking

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position on the Club World Ranking during the 2017 season, according to clubworldranking.com.clubworldranking.com

References

External links

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Flamengo official website
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