2017 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season


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 Brazilian Série A, 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 South America top club competition since last played in 2014. The club will also play 2017 Rio de Janeiro State League, 2017 Primeira Liga and 2017 Copa do Brasil.

Club

First-team staff

PositionName
Head Coach Reinaldo Rueda
General Manager Rodrigo Caetano
Executive Director Carlos Mozer
Assistant Coaches Jayme de Almeida
Assistant Coaches Bernardo Redín
Goalkeeping Coaches Victor Hugo
Goalkeeping Coaches José Jober
Fitness Coaches Marcelo Martorelli
Fitness Coaches Daniel Gonçalves
Fitness Coaches Roberto Oliveira Junior
Fitness Coaches Carlos Eduardo Velasco
Medical Staff Manager Marcio Tannure
Doctors João Marcelo
Doctors Gustavo Caldeira
Doctors Luiz Claudio Baldi
Doctors Serafim Borges
Physiologist Felipe Olive
Physiotherapists Mario Peixoto
Physiotherapists Walteriano da Silva
Physiotherapists Fred Manhães
Under-20 Head CoachVacant

Other information

Uniform kits

First-team squad

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Transfers

In

Out

Loan in

Date fromDate toPos.NameFrom
21 June 201731 December 2018FW Geuvânio Tianjin Quanjian F.C.
2 January 201731 December 2017MF Darío Conca Shanghai SIPG

Loan out

Date fromDate toPos.NameTo
6 September 201731 December 2017MF Ronaldo Atlético Goianiense
4 September 201731 December 2017MF Thiago Santos Mumbai City FC
10 August 201731 May 2018MF Héctor Canteros Chapecoense
23 August 201731 December 2017DF Rafael Dumas Paysandu
16 August 201731 December 2017FW Paulinho Guarani
3 August 201731 May 2018FW Marcelo Cirino Al Nasr
13 July 201731 December 2017DF Thiago Ennes Cuiabá
13 June 201731 December 2017DF Cafu Ceará
24 May 201731 December 2017MF Matheus Trindade Osasco Audax
9 May 201731 December 2017DF Léo Coritiba
27 April 201731 December 2017MF Jajá Vila Nova
24 April 20172 August 2017FW Marcelo Cirino Internacional
18 April 201722 August 2017DF Rafael Dumas Luverdense
17 February 201731 December 2017FW Marcelo Cirino Internacional
16 February 201731 December 2017MF Jajá Tombense
31 January 201731 May 2017DF Thiago Ennes União da Madeira
26 January 20172 June 2017GK Paulo Victor Gaziantepspor
18 January 201731 December 2017FW Paulinho Vitória
17 January 201731 December 2017DF Léo Atlético Paranaense
16 January 201726 April 2017MF Luiz Antônio Chapecoense
14 January 201717 April 2017DF Rafael Dumas Global F.C.
11 January 201730 April 2017FW Nixon Red Bull Brasil
4 January 201731 December 2017FW Daniel dos Anjos Atlético Goianiense
1 January 201731 December 2017MF Gabriel Ramos Cuiabá
1 January 201731 December 2017MF Jonas Coritiba
29 December 201630 April 2017GK César Ferroviária
22 December 201630 March 2017MF Matheus Trindade Ceará
22 December 201631 December 2017FW Douglas Baggio Ceará

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Includes all competitive matches

Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches

Disciplinary record

Overall

Competitions in bold are still ongoing.
Games played83
Games won41
Games drawn25
Games lost17
Goals scored135
Goals conceded73
Goal difference+62
Yellow cards160
Red cards6
Worst disciplineÉverton
Best result5–0 vs Palestino
Worst result0–2 vs Sport
2–4 vs Santos
0–2 vs Vitória
0–2 vs Atlético Mineiro
0–2 vs Botafogo
0–2 vs São Paulo
0–2 vs Grêmio
0–2 vs Palmeiras
Top scorerPaolo Guerrero
Most appearancesWillian Arão

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 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, Ninho do Urubu. The change was caused by the LaMia Flight 2933 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 Estádio Serra Dourada.

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

Matches

Average attendances

Includes all matches in the 2017 Campeonato Carioca.

Primeira Liga

On 30 December 2016 Primeira Liga announced the 2017 season schedule with Flamengo playing its first match against Grêmio.

Group Stage

Matches

Average attendances

Includes all matches in the 2017 Primeira Liga.

Copa do Brasil

As Flamengo played in the 2017 CONMEBOL Libertadores, the club only entered the competition in the round of 16.

Matches

Flamengo won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals.
Tied 4–4 on aggregate, Flamengo won on away goals and advanced to the semifinals.
Flamengo won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the finals.
Cruzeiro won 5–3 on penalty kicks and won Copa do Brasil.

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, at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.
According to CONMEBOL historic rankings Flamengo was set on the pot number 3 and draw to the group 4 with San Lorenzo from Argentina, Universidad Católica from Chile and fellow Brazilian club Atlético Paranaense, coming from the qualifying stages.
Although assembling a strong team aiming a strong result at Copa Libertadores, 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 Buenos Aires against San Lorenzo suffering a goal in the injury time. Flamengo finished the group stage in third and earned a spot in the Copa Sudamericana second stage.

Group Stage

Matches

Average attendances

Includes all home matches in the 2017 Copa Libertadores.

Copa Sudamericana

Flamengo won 10–2 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16.
Flamengo won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals.
Flamengo won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the semifinals.
Flamengo won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the finals.
Independiente won 3–2 on aggregate and won the 2017 Copa Sudamericana.

Average attendances

Includes all home matches in the 2017 Copa Sudamericana.

Honors

Individuals

Club Ranking

position on the Club World Ranking during the 2017 season, according to clubworldranking.com.
MonthPositionMovement
January40–
February36 4
March33 3
April28 5
May18 10
June18–
July24 6
August18 6
September22 4
October17 5
November9 8
December9–