Rio's football pioneering
Fluminense Football Club was founded on 21 July 1902, in the neighbourhood of Laranjeiras, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, by a group of young … See more

The supporters of Fluminense Football Club are usually related to the upper classes of Rio de Janeiro. However, the popularity of the club reaches beyond the city limits. Recent … See more

In 1940 the competition was interrupted with Fluminense and Flamengo in the lead, without the CBD making the title official, however, the clubs and newspapers at the … See more

Laranjeiras Stadium
The Manoel Schwartz Stadium is better known as the Laranjeiras Stadium, or also the Álvaro Chaves Street Stadium, due to the name of the street where its main entrance is located. It was the place where the Rio team … See more

Highest attendances – Maracanã
According to the RSSSF, these were the highest attendances in Fluminense matches:
• 1. … See more

According to the fluzao.info site, the average paying public at the principal classicos of Fluminense played in the Estádio do Maracanã is … See more

• Ground Committeé (1902–10)
• Charlie Williams (1911–12)
• Ground Committeé (1913–16)
• Quincey … See more