Topic - Flamengo

Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (from Dutch vlamingen: Flemish people, English: Flamengo Regatta Club), commonly referred to as Flamengo, is a Brazilian football club based in Rio de Janeiro. They play in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Brazil's national league, and is one of the only five clubs to have never been relegated to the second division, along with Santos, São Paulo, Internacional and Cruzeiro. - Source: Wikipedia

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Players of Flamengo stand on the field prior to a Rio de Janeiro soccer league match against Bangu at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazi, Thursday, June 18, 2020. Rio de Janeiro's soccer league resumed after a three-month hiatus because of the coronavirus pandemic. The match is being played without spectators to curb the spread of COVID-19. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

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A mural features the faces of the young soccer players who died one year ago in a fire at the Flamengo club training center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Feb. 7, 2020. The fire killed 10 academy players and injured three others, all aged between 14 and 16 years-old at the time. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

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Flamengo soccer club president Rodolfo Landim, right, attends a mass in honor of the 10 teenage soccer players who were killed by a fire at the Flamengo training center last Friday, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Feb. 15, 2019. The victims were between 14 and 16 years old. Police are still investigating what caused the fire. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

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A man wearing a Flamengo soccer kit, prays during a memorial Mass for the victims of a fire at a Brazilian soccer academy, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Feb. 8, 2019. A fire early Friday swept through the sleeping quarters of an academy for Brazil's popular professional soccer club Flamengo, killing 10 people and injuring three, most likely teenage players, authorities said. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

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FILE - This April 11, 2013 file photo shows an aerial view of the Botafogo soccer club's stadium commonly known as Engenhao, though it was called the Olympic Stadium for the 2016 Rio Games, used for track and field events, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Rio de Janeiro's soccer club Botafogo has confirmed the death of a fan who was shot outside the club's stadium on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017, as rival fans clashed before the match between Botafogo and Rio de Janeiro rival Flamengo. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

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Vasco's Pablo Guinazu, right, fights for the ball with Flamengo's Wallace during the Rio de Janeiro state championship final soccer match at Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, April 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

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