141-532: Copa Rio may refer to: Copa Rio (international tournament) , an international football tournament held in Brazil in the 1950s Copa Rio (state cup) , a football tournament in which Rio de Janeiro's state teams take part Taça Rio , a Rio de Janeiro football tournament, the second stage of the state's championship Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
282-481: A "free-for-all" of requests, mainly on competitions held in the 1950s, before the onset of the Intercontinental Cup in 1960 as a UEFA / CONMEBOL -endorsed "best club of the world" contest. These are often cited in Brazil as explanations for Palmeiras's failure to achieve recognition for Copa Rio 1951 in the same full-fledged manner in which FIFA recognised the Intercontinental Cup as a Club World Cup. In 1953,
423-448: A 2–1 victory over Juventude in front of a Serie B-record 81,000 fans at Maracanã , and finishing as Serie B champions as well. In the 2010 league season, their first season back in the top flight since relegation, Vasco finished in 11th place, and qualified for the 2011 Copa Sudamericana . In the 2010 Copa do Brasil , the team reached the quarterfinals, being eliminated by Vitoria on away goals. Vasco beat Coritiba on away goals in
564-465: A 34-match unbeaten streak, their longest in official games. Once again, they were promoted after one season in Série B. However, in the 2020 season , they were relegated for the fourth time and then failed to gain promotion during the 2021 season , placing tenth. On 22 February 2022 it was announced that 777 Partners , a Miami-based private investment firm founded by Steven W. Pasko and Josh Wander, bought
705-461: A 4-3 loss to Peñarol , but Vasco eventually qualified to the knockout round with ten points. In the quarter finals, Vasco eliminated Rosario Central on penalties after the Argentine side scored a late equalizer to send the game to a penalty shootout. In the semi-finals, Vasco eliminated River Plate 5-1 on aggregate, with a famous 4-1 victory at Estadio Monumental in the first leg. Vasco qualified to
846-514: A black diagonal sash was introduced. The sash was introduced because the club's manager at the time, Uruguayan Ondino Viera liked the sash used in his previous club's kit, River Plate of Argentina , and adopted this pattern in Vasco's away kit. So, both kits had a right-to-left diagonal sash. In the 1970s the Order of Christ Cross was replaced with the cross pattée, which is still used today. In 1988,
987-511: A brawl in a 1946 match between the two national teams, resulting in the absence of Argentina from the 1950 World Cup and hence from Copa Rio 1951). Some other countries were briefly considered by the Brazilian FA as possibilities for Copa Rio ( as Sweden , 3rd place in the 1950 FIFA World Cup whose champion Malmö FF was not invited as the club had not pleased the Brazilian football audience in
1128-423: A controlling stake in Vasco da Gama. According to the terms of the deal, 777 Partners acquired a 70% stake in the club which was valued at approximately $ 330 million. On 6 November 2022, Vasco sealed their return to Série A, after a two-year absence. Vasco's first shield was created in 1898. The current shield with the diagonal sash was not adopted until the 1920s. The current shield bears a black background, with
1269-565: A former visit to the country ), but the final plan of the Brazilian FA for the organisation of Copa Rio ended up consisting of an 8-team cup with the reigning champions (1950 South American season and 1950/1951 European season) of Rio de Janeiro , São Paulo , Portugal , Spain , England , Scotland , Italy and Uruguay . However, no British or Spanish clubs accepted to participate in Copa Rio: Tottenham , Newcastle United , Hibernian , Barcelona and Atlético Madrid were all invited to
1410-453: A good season in 2012, Vasco started their 2013 poorly and were hampered by financial issues. In the Taca Rio , the club had a terrible campaign and finished seventh of eight in the table. By the end of the year, the club had been relegated for the second time in 5 years and just the second time in their history, which was secured with a 5–1 defeat to Atletico Paranaense on the final matchday. In
1551-412: A left white diagonal sash. Vasco's first football kit, created in 1916, was completely black, and was easily identified because of the presence of a white tie and a belt. In 1929, the tie and the belt were removed. However, the kit remained all-black. In the 1930s, the home kit's color was changed again; it became black with a white right diagonal sash. In 1945, the kit's color was changed to white, and
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#17328518134091692-423: A letter from FIFA, signed by then Secretary-General Urs Linsi, recognizing Palmeiras as club world champions of 1951. However, this decision was later withdrawn by FIFA president Sepp Blatter , who declared that the matter was still being evaluated. On 26 April, FIFA announced that the proceedings to make this decision had not been completed yet, and that the issue had been dealt with only at administrative level, by
1833-487: A minute; Vasco managed to score 3 goals to level the match at 3–3 with five minutes remaining, while playing with 10 men after Júnior Baiano got a red card in the 77th minute. In the 93rd minute, Romário scored a decisive goal and Vasco won the match 4–3. Vasco also won the Copa João Havelange in 2000. Seen as a controversial competition organized by Clube dos 13 rather than CBF , Vasco played São Caetano in
1974-468: A number of them declining to participate. As the final list of the 1951 participants turned out to be not of the same quality of the original plan, this fact was also criticized by the Italian press; as an example, Vittorio Pozzo wrote an article criticising Copa Rio for not featuring representatives of Argentina, Scotland and England (the Brazilian newspaper Jornal dos Sports criticised him back, stating that
2115-466: A result of their Copa Libertadores title two years prior, Vasco earned a berth for the inaugural 2000 FIFA Club World Championship held in Brazil. They beat Manchester United of England, Necaxa of Mexico, and South Melbourne of Australia in the group stage to reach the final. It finished 0–0 after extra time in an all-Brazilian clash with Corinthians , but Vasco lost 3–4 in the penalty shootout. Vasco's Copa Mercosur campaign that year began with
2256-580: A result, the former President of Vasco, José Augusto Prestes, responded with a letter that became known as the Historic Response ( Resposta Histórica ), which revolutionized the practice of sports in Brazil. After a few years, the racism barriers fell, and Vasco became known as "Clube de todas as raças" (Club of all races). The club had led the move toward a more inclusive football culture, forward-thinking not employed by leaders from other Rio-based clubs like Fluminense, Flamengo and Botafogo. Even though
2397-625: A sign of the competition's prestige in that country, the only South American one that had been champion of the FIFA World Cup by 1951. Moreover, the Uruguayan League was interrupted in 1951 in order to allow for its reigning champion Club Nacional de Football to participate in Copa Rio, and in the same year the Uruguayan FA proposed to the Brazilian FA that Uruguay should host the 2nd edition of
2538-620: A week earlier) inside Les Corts , with a historic scoreline of 2–7, the second worst defeat ever suffered at home by the Catalan team, and largest in international matches. Benfica (Portuguese champion and Latin Cup runner-up) was also a victim of Vasco on this tour, losing to the Brazilian club with another impressive result, 5–2, in Lisbon on 30 June 1957. In early 1958, just before the World Cup , Vasco won
2679-416: A white diagonal sash going left to right, that has a sailboat in the center, and letters CR and VG being directly left and below the sailboat respectively. In 1980, an outline was added to the logo. The logo has gone through various changes throughout the years, but still resembles the main layout used in 1920. The current logo, adopted in 2021, curved the sails of the sailboat and the flag on top, emphasized
2820-694: Is a sports club based in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil . Although originally a rowing club and then a multi-sport club, Vasco is mostly known for its men's football team, which currently competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A , the top tier of the Brazilian football league system , and in the Campeonato Carioca , the state of Rio de Janeiro 's premier state league . Named after Vasco da Gama 400 years after his European–Asian sea route in 1498 ,
2961-541: Is black with a white sash. The short and the socks are black. The away kit is similar to the home kit, but the main color is white, the sash is black, and the shorts and socks are white. In 2009–10 the third kit was all white, with a red " cross of the Knights Templar ". In 2010, the away kit changed to black in honor of 1923's team, which gave up playing for having black players, as they were not allowed to play with white players at that time. From July 2009, after breaking
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#17328518134093102-560: Is one of the most widely supported clubs in Brazil, the Rio de Janeiro state and the Americas . Vasco plays its home matches in São Januário stadium since its inauguration in 1927. Occasionally, the club has also played their home matches in Maracanã stadium since its inauguration in 1950. Vasco holds long-standings rivalries with Flamengo , Fluminense and Botafogo . Originally from rowing in
3243-527: Is well known for its socio-educational methodology. At the national level, Vasco da Gama has won four Campeonato Brasileiro Série A , three Torneio Rio–São Paulo and one Copa do Brasil . In international club football, the club has won one Copa Libertadores , one South American Championship of Champions , and one Copa Mercosur . At the state level, the club has also won 24 Campeonato Carioca . The golden generation of Vasco da Gama, dubbed Expresso da Vitória (Victory Express), won five state titles in
3384-468: The 1957 Tournoi de Paris title - this match was the first ever, at a competitive level, between two continental champions. It also was the only international tournament Real didn't win between 1955 and 1960. Vasco would also beat Athletic Bilbao (Spanish League and Cup champions in the previous year) by winning the Teresa Herrera Trophy with a 4–2 scoreline, and Barcelona (Spanish Cup champion
3525-467: The 1979 Brazilian Championship , in order to avoid conflicts with Paulista Championship schedule.) Despite suffering relegation, Vasco had a respectable run in the Copa do Brasil , making it al the way to the semi-finals where they were eliminated by eventual champion Sport Recife on penalties. Vasco immediately secured their return to Serie A, sealing promotion to the 2010 Série A on 7 November 2009 with
3666-525: The 1998 Copa Libertadores . Vasco da Gama won the Copa Libertadores in its Centenary Year, beating Barcelona of Ecuador in the finals 4–1 on aggregate, and 50 years after winning its first South American trophy ( South American Championship of Champions ). By winning the Copa Libertadores title, Vasco da Gama earned a berth in the 1998 Intercontinental Cup , where they faced the 1997–98 UEFA Champions League winners Real Madrid and lost 2–1. As
3807-526: The 2011 Copa do Brasil finals , and lifted the trophy for the first time in the club's history. In the Série A , Vasco enjoyed an excellent campaign, finishing only 2 points behind Corinthians. A win on the last matchday would've given them the title, as Corinthians drew their match, but Flamengo held Vasco to a draw. The club also ended the year as semifinalists in the Copa Sudamericana , a competition that saw
3948-440: The 6 foreign participants; for among the 4 European countries originally envisaged to be represented in Copa Rio due to their footballing force (Italy, Spain, England, Scotland), none was represented in the 1952 Copa Rio. Probably as a consequence of these facts, only 3 Brazilian newspapers (amongst 15 researched) referred to the 1952 edition as being the "World Champions Cup" (compared to all of 15 Brazilian newspapers researched on
4089-782: The Brazilian Sports Confederation organised the Torneio Octogonal Rivadavia Correa Meyer as a successor of Copa Rio. The tournament also featured teams from Europe and South America and had a similar format than its predecessor, being also held in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo from 7 June to 4 July. This competition was held only once, and won by Vasco da Gama . Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈklubi dʒi ʁeˈɡatɐz ˈvasku dɐ ˈɡɐ̃mɐ] ; English: Vasco da Gama Club of Rowing), commonly referred to as Vasco da Gama or simply Vasco ,
4230-494: The Copa do Brasil the team entered in the round of 16, beating Nacional and then being eliminated by Goiás on away goals, despite winning the second leg 3–2. After one season in the Série B during 2014 , Vasco gained promotion and in May 2015 won the Campeonato Carioca after a 12-year hiatus. However, they were relegated again in the 2015 edition , placing eighteenth. In 2016 , Vasco became back-to-back Carioca champions and had
4371-473: The Cross pattée . On 26 November 1915, Vasco and Lusitania Sport Clube, another sports club founded by the local Portuguese community in Brazil and named after Lusitania which is often used as an alternative name for Portugal itself, merged, resulting in the creation of Vasco's footballing department. Beginning in the lower leagues, the club's first match was played on 3 May 1916; a 10–1 loss to Paladino FC. During
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4512-579: The FIFA Ranking , nor any "qualification tournament" for clubs to qualify to intercontinental club competitions ( from 1960 on, the UEFA Champions and Libertadores cups would serve as "qualification tournaments" for the Intercontinental Cup ), so in 1951 the organisers of Copa Rio (the Brazilian FA, Ottorino Barassi, Stanley Rous, Mário Filho) had to rely on their view of football history (mainly
4653-560: The FIFA World Cup by 1951, the 1951 tournament was hailed enthusiastically: the Italian press regarded the competition as an "impressive project" that "was greeted so enthusiastically by FIFA officials Stanley Rous and Jules Rimet to the extent of almost giving it an official FIFA stamp;" Describing Juventus's acceptance to participate in the 1951 tournament, the Italian press stated that "an Italian club could not be missing in such an important and worldwide-reaching event". Giampiero Boniperti , Juventus 's main star at Copa Rio 1951 (thus,
4794-403: The FIFA World Cup history) in order to elect which were the strongest national football leagues of the world, whose champion clubs would be invited to Copa Rio. According to Brazilian newspapers O Estado de São Paulo and Jornal do Brasil , and Spanish newspaper El Mundo Deportivo , the original 8-club plan of the Brazilian FA (organiser of Copa Rio) was to organise the competition with
4935-699: The Indian Football Association requested the participation of a representative club and were also denied. Therefore, the final list of participants of the 1951 Copa Rio ended up being: Vasco da Gama (1950 Rio de Janeiro state champions), Palmeiras (1950 São Paulo state champions), Sporting CP (1950/51 Portuguese champions), Austria Wien (1949/50 Austrian champions), Nacional (1950 Uruguayan champions), Red Star (1951 Yugoslav champion), Juventus (1949/50 Italian champions) and OGC Nice (1950/51 French champions). The Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Portugal, Uruguay, Yugoslavia and France representatives were
5076-520: The Intercontinental Cup , and has officially recognised (with official FIFA Council approval) all its champions (from 1960 to 2004) as club world champions. Both Intercontinental Cup and FIFA Club World Cup winners are listed as club world champions in the FIFA Club World Cup Statistical Kit , FIFA's official document on its club world competition, with the aforementioned recognition being expressly mentioned in all annual editions of
5217-621: The Iron Curtain countries ( Soviet Union , Hungary , Poland , Czechoslovakia , Bulgaria and Romania ) were then excluded from international football due to the post-War, early Cold War tensions. Though Argentina was already a very relevant country in football, the Brazilian FA did not invite Argentinian teams to participate in Copa Rio, as the Argentines chose not to participate in the 1950 FIFA World Cup held in Brazil (Brazil's and Argentina's Football Associations had severed relations after
5358-599: The Latin Cup , created by Ottorino Barassi and Jules Rimet and organised jointly by the national associations of the four participating countries. As there was proximity of dates between Copa Rio and the Latin Cup (and the European clubs were obliged to grant vacation to their footballers after the end of the European season), 2 clubs in 1951 (AC Milan and Atlético Madrid) and 3 in 1952 (Barcelona, Juventus and Nice) declined participation in Copa Rio supposedly in order to prioritise
5499-579: The Latin Cup . This can be compared to the fact that, later on, European clubs would entitle to the UEFA Champions League much more importance than entitled to the Intercontinental Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup . Differently from the others, in 1951 French champions Nice prioritised Copa Rio and relinquished their berth in the Latin Cup to French runners-up Lille, and Sporting CP played both
5640-613: The Rio de Janeiro championship in 1945, 1947, 1949, 1950, and 1952, and the South American Club Championship , the world's first ever continental club tournament, in 1948. In 1953, Vasco da Gama won its first intercontinental trophy, the Torneio Intercontinental Octogonal Rivadavia Correa Meyer . Players such as Ademir de Menezes , Moacyr Barbosa , Bellini and Ipojucan starred in Vasco's colors during that period. In 1956,
5781-595: The Rio-São Paulo Tournament , the most important championship in Brazil at the time, which included legendary teams such as Pele's Santos, Garrincha's Botafogo, Zagallo's Flamengo, and Tele Santana's Fluminense. After this memorable title, three Vasco players had important parts in the campaign for Brazil's first World Cup title: Vavá (who scored five goals in the World Cup, including two in the final ) and defenders Orlando and Bellini (the best defending pair of
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5922-788: The Saar Protectorate due to political reasons). In 1952, Dinamo Zagreb (then Yugoslavia, presently Croatia ) requested participation and were denied. Therefore, the final list of participants of the 1952 Copa Rio ended up being: Fluminense (1951 Rio de Janeiro state champions), Corinthians (1951 São Paulo state champions), Austria Wien (1951/52 Austrian runners-up), Grasshopper-Club (1951/52 Swiss champions), Libertad (1952 Paraguayan runners-up), Peñarol (1951 Uruguayan champions), Sporting CP (1951/52 Portuguese champions) and 1. FC Saarbrücken (1951/52 Southwest German champions and West German runners-up ). The Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Portugal, Uruguay and Switzerland representatives were
6063-645: The Torneio Rio-São Paulo , entering the berth left open by the withdrawal of Nacional ), Vasco da Gama (best placed among Rio de Janeiro teams in the Torneio Rio-São Paulo ), Corinthians (best placed among São Paulo teams in the Torneio Rio-São Paulo ), São Paulo (second-best placed among São Paulo teams in the Torneio Rio-São Paulo ), Olimpia (runners-up of the Paraguayan Championship in 1953), Hibernian (Scottish Champions) and Sporting CP (reigning Portuguese Champions).The 1953 competition
6204-551: The Torneio Rio-São Paulo . Thus the competition ended up including five Brazilian sides and three foreign sides. The 1953 competition also saw some clubs being invited and declining to participate. Rot-Weiss Essen (West Germany) and Partizan (from Belgrade, Serbia, then Yugoslavia) were invited and accepted to participate but were then uninvited by the Brazilian Sports Confederation. In the case of Rot-Weiss Essen, their invitation followed their German Cup win, and
6345-481: The finals . The club drew the first game 1–1 at Estádio Palestra Itália , and the second game was called off by Rio de Janeiro State Governor Anthony Garotinho in the first half because a fence collapsed at São Januário Stadium, which resulted in the injuries of many fans. Despite the disaster, Vasco won the rescheduled second leg 3–1 at the Maracana to lift the trophy. In the 2001 Copa Libertadores , Vasco became
6486-474: The " first worldwide club competition " (as written in the document). Also in 2014, FIFA president Joseph Blatter stated to the Brazilian press that Palmeiras's 1951 conquest has effectively been recognised by FIFA and thus Palmeiras should be regarded as club world champions. A week after Blatter's statement, FIFA stated to the Brazilian press that the FIFA Executive Committee "agreed to recognise
6627-470: The "champions cup" model of competitions such as the Latin Cup and the South American Championship of Champions , the same model that would be used in 1955 for the creation of the UEFA Champions League . At first, a 16-club cup was envisaged, following the FIFA World Cup intended number of participants; however, this proposal was soon shortened to an 8-club cup. In 1951, there did not exist
6768-459: The 15 Brazilian newspapers that have been researched on the issue) hailed the competition as the "World Champions Cup". In 1951 Vasco da Gama cancelled a trip to Europe in order to play in the Copa Rio, and in 1953 Vasco da Gama declined the invitation to play the 1953 " Pequeña Copa del Mundo " in order to play the 1953 Copa Rio-successor-tournament. The reigning Uruguayan champion participated in both editions of Copa Rio, what can be interpreted as
6909-650: The 1900s and extending to football in the 1920s as O Clássico dos Milhões (the Derby of Millions), the Vasco–Flamengo rivalry is considered of the main rivalries of Brazilian sports and one of the most prominent football rivalries in the world. In the late 19th century, rowing was the most important sport in Rio de Janeiro . At this time, four young men – Henrique Ferreira Monteiro, Luís Antônio Rodrigues, José Alexandre d'Avelar Rodrigues and Manuel Teixeira de Souza Júnior – who did not want to travel to Niterói to row with
7050-412: The 1920s, football in Brazil was a sport for the elites, and Vasco da Gama's racially diverse squad did not appease them. Some players were required to take a literacy exam before putting on their boots. Vasco won its first top-division title with the 1923 Campeonato Carioca , becoming champion with a team including whites, blacks and "mulatto" players of different social classes. In 1924, Vasco da Gama
7191-495: The 1934 and 1938 World Cups won by Italy under Pozzo's guidance did not feature Uruguay, Scotland and England either). Italian newspaper Corriere dello Sport stated in 1951 that, after the declination of Spanish, English and Scottish clubs to participate in Copa Rio, the competition "was reduced to an ad inviti cup". ("a cup by invitation", apparently meaning a cup without well-defined qualification criteria). Therefore, in June 1951,
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#17328518134097332-450: The 1950 World Cup). However, the Austrian representative, Austria Wien , were previous national champions (1949-1950 season), while another club, Rapid Wien , were the reigning (1950-1951 season) Austrian champions; Rapid Wien were not invited to Copa Rio by the Brazilian FA as the club had not pleased the Brazilian audience in a previous tour to the country. As for the Italian representative,
7473-620: The 1951 Copa Rio and declined to participate (as for the Madrid team, they declined participation in Copa Rio supposedly due to its proximity of dates with the Latin Cup ). Thus, the Brazilian FA invited/accepted teams from other countries to participate in Copa Rio: Nice , from France, Austria Wien , from Austria (at the time, the most successful federation at the Mitropa Cup ), and Red Star , from Yugoslavia (the next highest-ranked nation at
7614-405: The 1951 cup as the first club cup at world level". On 22 July 2016, FIFA celebrated the 65-year anniversary of the 1951 Copa Rio won by Palmeiras. On instagram , FIFA posted: "Green is the color of envy. 'The Big Green' were the envy of the wide world # On this day 65 years ago. A Liminha-inspired Palmeiras edged a Juventus team including Giampiero Boniperti & a Danish triumvirate to become
7755-540: The 1951 edition): these were Mário Filho 's Jornal dos Sports , Última Hora (also connected to Mário Filho , as his brother headed the sports section) and Diário - Minas Gerais ( soon after the 1952 cup, Mário Filho wrote an article being sorry that the Brazilian audience regarded the 1952 Copa Rio as being of a lower technical level compared to the 1951 one, and being sorry that, while in 1951 Palmeiras hailed themselves as club world champions after winning Copa Rio, Fluminense did not regard their 1952 conquest in
7896-463: The 1952 Small Club World Cup . In 1952 the Argentinian FA refused to allow its national champion Racing Club to participate in Copa Rio, while FC Nürnberg (West Germany) were prevented from participating in 1952 due to a West Germany 1950-1952 federal law prohibiting national clubs from participating in tournaments abroad ( FC Saarbrücken took its berth, since that law did not apply to clubs from
8037-451: The 1953 competition as the same tournament of 1951–52, while other sources ( RSSSF and 1953 editions of the Jornal do Brasil ) treated it as a successor tournament. Therefore, the final list of participants of the 1953 tournament ended up being: Botafogo (second-best placed among Rio de Janeiro teams in the Torneio Rio-São Paulo ), Fluminense (third-best placed among Rio de Janeiro teams in
8178-449: The 1954 one featured Peñarol (its eventual champions), Nacional , Fluminense , America , Rapid Wien , Alianza Lima , Norrköping and Sportivo Luqueño . In 1955, the Brazilian FA organised another international club competition, named in homage to Charles William Miller , with 4 Brazilian clubs ( Corinthians , Flamengo , Palmeiras, America ), and only 2 foreign clubs, SL Benfica (Portugal) and Peñarol (Uruguay). The competition
8319-405: The 2001 season, the club experienced a sharp decline, finishing 15th in 2002 and narrowly avoiding relegation in 2003 and 2004 , although in 2005 they qualified for the 2006 Copa Sudamericana with a 12th-placed finish. Vasco's 2006 season was decent, finishing sixth in the league and gaining qualification for the following years Sudamericana, as well as reaching the Copa do Brasil final for
8460-441: The 4 European countries originally envisaged to be represented in Copa Rio due to their footballing force (Italy, Spain, England, Scotland), only one (Italy) was represented in the 1951 Copa Rio, and their representative club (Juventus) were not the reigning national champions (AC Milan were the reigning Italian champions). On the verge of the 1951 Copa Rio, Brazilian newspaper O Estado de São Paulo published an article stating that
8601-422: The Brazilian FA (nowadays named CBF- Confederação Brasileira de Futebol ). Since 2007, the issue has turned into a matter of controversy: on the one hand, Copa Rio was unquestionably created in order to determine the "club world champions" and Palmeiras was celebrated in this manner in Brazil in 1951 (as proved by the 1951 Brazilian newspapers); on the other hand, the competition fell short of the aim of representing
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#17328518134098742-404: The Brazilian FA announced that the following editions of the competition (after the 1951 one) were to be hailed only as Taça Rio , or Copa Rio (Portuguese for Rio Cup ), without the label "World Champions Cup" any more. Besides, as for the 1952 Copa Rio, O Estado de São Paulo published an article on the brink of the competition, stating that Uruguayan Peñarol was the only really valuable of
8883-538: The Brazilian FA failed to attract the most important European clubs to compete in Brazil: "as long as we (meaning: Brazilians, the Brazilian FA) insist upon creating an international cup by scheduling its beginning for the dates that best fit us; as long as we establish by ourselves the technical-financial conditions of this cup; and just after all of that is decided, go looking for European clubs that accept to participate in
9024-429: The Brazilian FA invited the reigning (1950-1951) Italian champions AC Milan , who declined to participate (supposedly due to the proximity of dates between Copa Rio and the Latin Cup ), whereupon the organisers invited the previous (1949-1950) Italian champions Juventus , who participated in Copa Rio. Also in 1951, for the first edition of the tournament, Mexican club Atlas requested participation and were denied, while
9165-654: The Brazilian FA to create an intercontinental club cup occurred in 1955, with the Charles Miller Trophy won by Corinthians ,the same year the European Cup emerged and became the main international priority of the European football clubs. In 1960, the International Soccer League rose in the USA as another attempt at creating a "Club World Cup" along the lines of Copa Rio, but, as a "world-champions honour", it
9306-450: The Brazilian FA to try to bring European clubs to compete in Brazil). And such a cup would have the blessing and all guarantees from FIFA, what would ensure its follow-through, perfect under the managerial point of view ." Ottorino Barassi 's 1955 words resonate for example the Latin Cup , organised jointly by the national FAs of all the 4 participating countries. The 1951 edition of Copa Rio
9447-572: The Brazilian clubs are concerned (since 1955, FIFA Statutes do not regard international club competitions endorsed uniquely by national football associations as being official). The name Copa Rio, Portuguese for Rio Cup , was a homage to Rio de Janeiro City. The 1951 edition of the competition was also hailed as "Club World Cup" or "World Champions Cup" by the Brazilian FA and press. Though some previous club competitions ( Football World Championship , Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy , Coupe des Nations ) may have been hailed as "the club world contest", Copa Rio
9588-511: The British clubs, both English and Scottish clubs were invited to Copa Rio, having declined participation, and their indifference to play Copa Rio can be paralleled to their indifference to play the Intercontinental Cup in the 1970s or to play the FIFA World Cup in the 1930s. As for the Latin European countries (Italy, France, Portugal and Spain), their clubs and national FAs entitled priority to
9729-491: The General-Secretariat, though, given the importance of the matter, it should be submitted to the FIFA Executive Committee. In December 2007, FIFA declared that the first Club World Cup was played in Brazil in 2000 , thus not recognizing Copa Rio as an official FIFA event. The clarification that Copa Rio was not an official FIFA event happened as the presence of Ottorino Barassi in the 1951 Copa Rio Organising Committee
9870-490: The Latin Cup and the Copa Rio every year (1951 and 1952, and also Copa Rio's 1953 successor tournament). It must be pointed out that, as a competition organised by the Brazilian FA, participation in Copa Rio was non-compulsory for non-Brazilian clubs; the case being different from the IC from the 1980s onwards and the FCWC , in which participation of the UEFA Champions League club champion
10011-551: The Uruguayan Football Association prohibited Nacional from participating due to the close scheduling of the Uruguayan domestic league, and the club was replaced by Brazilian side Fluminense , as there was not enough time to search for a foreign substitute; after the said Uruguayan withdrawal, both Fluminense and Flamengo demanded the berth, and the Brazilian FA gave it to Fluminense, due to Fluminense's position in
10152-485: The Vascaínos became Rio de Janeiro champions and Little World Cup runner-up, losing the title to Di Stefano's Real Madrid, which Vasco would beat in a friendly shortly after the tournament, becoming the first non-European club to defeat a European Champion. In 1957, this generation toured Europe and won 10 consecutive matches, including yet another victory against European champion Real Madrid (4–3) on 14 June, which sealed
10293-403: The aforementioned document since 2017. Copa Rio has never been mentioned in this document since its supposed FIFA-recognition in 2014, prompting controversy in Brazil on the extent to which FIFA recognised, or did not recognise, Copa Rio. On the verge of Palmeiras's first match at the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup , FIFA published, on its web-site, a text on Palmeiras's history. On the 1951 Copa Rio,
10434-400: The best in 1957–58. In the 1965 Campeonato Brasileiro , Vasco da Gama reached the league's final and were very close to winning its first league title, but lost to Pele's Santos 1–6 on aggregate. In 1970, under star players Roberto Dinamite and Edgardo Andrada , Vasco won the regional title for the first time in 12 years. In 1974, they won their first league title, with Roberto Dinamite as
10575-450: The best of European and South American football, as can be seen through the list of clubs that were invited and declined to participate. In 2006, Palmeiras prepared a document for FIFA, detailedly describing the 1951 Copa Rio, in order to request official confirmation of their conquest as the first ever club football world championship. The document sustained that the participation of FIFA officials Stanley Rous and Ottorino Barassi in
10716-512: The boats of Gragoatá Club, decided to found a rowing club. On 21 August 1898, in a room of the Sons of Talma Dramatic Society , 62 members (mostly Portuguese immigrants) formed Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama (Vasco da Gama Rowing Club). Inspired by the celebrations of the 4th centenary of the first sail from Europe to India, the founders named the club in honor of Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama . The club's colors were chosen as black and white; black
10857-474: The club defeat Palmeiras , Aurora and Universitario in historic fashion before being eliminated by eventual champion Universidad de Chile on away goals. The season was dubbed as "Vasco's Redemption Year" , with many lauding Vasco as one of Brazilian football 's elite teams once again. Vasco's played their first final of 2012 in the Taca Guanabara , losing 1–3 to Fluminense after eliminating Flamengo in
10998-534: The club was founded in 1898 as a rowing club by Brazilian workers, Portuguese Brazilians and newly arrived Portuguese immigrants . Vasco created its football department in 1915, with professionalism officially adopted in 1933 – pioneer in Brazil. In addition to its main departments of football and rowing, Vasco has other sports departments since the 1910s. Its youth academy , which has brought up international footballers such as Romário , Philippe Coutinho , Hilderaldo Bellini , Roberto Dinamite and Edmundo ,
11139-462: The club was not the first to field black players, it was the first one to win a league with them, which led to an outcry to ban "blue-collar workers" from playing in the league—a move that in practice meant barring blacks from playing. In 1925, Vasco was readmitted into the "elite" league, with its black and mulatto players. By 1933, when football became professional in Brazil, most of the big clubs had black players. On 21 April 1927, Vasco's Stadium
11280-649: The club world champions (e.g.: the UEFA Europa League is a European-wide club cup but does not indicate the European Champions ). In April 2019, FIFA president Gianni Infantino, interviewed by the Brazilian media, reiterated the perspective that only the winners of the Intercontinental Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup are officially recognised as club world champions: " We have (the FIFA) already decided to give
11421-529: The competition as a "club world cup" is heatedly debated in Brazil, as both the 1951 winning club Palmeiras and the 1952 winning club Fluminense regard themselves as the first ever club football world champions. A number of requests for official FIFA recognition, or acknowledgment (thenceforth the expressions "recognition"/"recognise" will be used in this text), of Copa Rio as an officially recognized "club world champions-crowning" tournament have been made to FIFA , primarily by 1951 Copa Rio winners Palmeiras and
11562-400: The competition received criticism in the Brazilian press, as the quality of participants ended up being far below the original plan, as many European clubs were invited and declined participation. Among the European countries originally envisaged to be represented in Copa Rio, Portugal was chosen in order to please the huge Portuguese-Brazilian community, not due to football-based criteria. Among
11703-464: The competition, framing the tournament model and helping convince European clubs to participate: Ottorino Barassi and Stanley Rous (the latter having participated only for the 1951 tournament, while the former participated for both 1951-1952 tournaments and also for the 1953 successor tournament, having Barassi come personally to Rio de Janeiro often in 1951 for that reason). FIFA president Jules Rimet made statements praising and bidding good luck to
11844-481: The countries which were to be included; and then establish the dates and all the conditions of participation in the cup. Therefore, all the interested parts (all the interested national football associations) would be aware, in advance, that their champion clubs (their champion club or whatever club should be elected) should go to Brazil in appropriate moment, without the need of desperate démarches that always have little chance of success (meaning: desperate démarches of
11985-433: The cup; as long as it so happens, we will have great difficulties. The right way, in case the Brazilian FA wants to keep regularly organising international cups in Brazil, is the following: establish in advance the countries whose champions or top clubs should be included in the cup; establish the right time basis of the cup (establish if the cup should be held every 2 years, or every 4 years); gather together representatives of
12126-417: The eight year span between 1945–1952, and led Vasco to become the first continental club champion ever with the 1948 South American Championship of Champions title. This team, which included Moacir Barbosa , Ademir de Menezes , Friaça , Danilo Alvim , Augusto da Costa , and Chico , among others, is considered one of the greatest teams of its generation and of all time. With fans worldwide, Vasco da Gama
12267-469: The finals against Palmeiras , and typically the finals are played over two legs, but a third match would be needed if a different team won each leg. This ended up being the case; Vasco had won the first leg 2–0, but Palmeiras won the second leg 1–0 six days later. On 20 December 2000, in a match which is still considered as one of the best in Brazilian football history, Vasco found itself trailing 3–0 at half-time, and Palmeiras had scored 2 goals in less than
12408-894: The first British club to play in the World Club Championship tournament in 1953 ". The other European participant was Sporting CP , a club that, as in 1951 and 1952, in 1953 played both the Latin Cup and the Brazilian FA's international club competition. Also in 1953, the Uruguayan FA launched their own worldwide club cup, based on Copa Rio, and named Copa Montevideo , having been played in Uruguay in 1953 and 1954, won respectively by Nacional and Peñarol , with each edition featuring 6 South American clubs and only 2 European ones. The 1953 edition featured Nacional (its eventual champions), Peñarol , Botafogo , First Vienna , Fluminense , Colo Colo , Dinamo Zagreb and Presidente Hayes , and
12549-419: The first team to win all six group games, which included big victories (0–3 and 4–1), against Colombian champions América de Cali . In the round of 16, the club eliminated Deportes Concepción , but then suffered a 4–0 aggregate loss against eventual champions Boca Juniors , which was considered a disappointing elimination despite the high hopes that were set after their perfect group stage run. Shortly after
12690-423: The first time, losing to Flamengo. The team finished the 2008 Série A in a disastrous 18th place and was relegated to the second division for the first time since its foundation after a 0–2 home loss against Vitória . Until then, it had been one of only six clubs to have never been relegated from the first division, along with Cruzeiro , Flamengo , Santos and São Paulo . (The last two did not participate in
12831-430: The following editions of the cup should be called neither a "World" nor a "Champion Clubs" cup, for it merited neither labels. The same newspaper also sustained that competitions such as Copa Rio should ideally be organised by FIFA, in dates set and announced by FIFA in due advance, as there was the perception that the dates set by the Brazilian FA for Copa Rio did not fit the interest of the European clubs, thus resulting in
12972-538: The following statement, whereby FIFA mentioned both Copa Rio and the Intercontinental Cup as examples (by using the expression such as ) of competitions whose existence FIFA hailed as positive: " At its meeting in Sao Paulo on 7 June 2014 the FIFA Executive Committee agreed to the request presented by CBF to acknowledge the 1951 tournament between European and South American clubs as the first worldwide club competition, and Palmeiras as its winner. FIFA acknowledges and values
13113-560: The former in order to participate in the latter. The 1951-1952 Copa Rio was succeeded by another intercontinental club cup organised by the Brazilian FA, the 1953 Torneio Octogonal Rivadavia Correa Meyer , which was then often referred to also as Copa Rio by the European press, which was won by Vasco da Gama from Brazil. In 1953, the Uruguayan FA launched their own intercontinental club cup, based on Copa Rio, and named Copa Montevideo , having been played in Uruguay in 1953 and 1954, won respectively by Nacional and Peñarol . The last attempt of
13254-415: The four aforementioned Vasco players almost always being included in the starting eleven. Despite the good campaign, Argentina would keep the title, after ending the tournament with an extra victory. Vasco, together with Botafogo, was the club that gave the most players to the Brazil national team in that period. Many football lovers think this Vasco was one of the best clubs of the world at the time, and maybe
13395-426: The framework of the competition, having been present in Brazil several times in 1951, for example for the cup final match. Barassi was involved in the recruiting of European clubs also in 1952, and also in its 1953 successor-tournament, though only through telephone contact, with no evidence that he came to Brazil personally in 1952 and 1953, as he did several times for the 1951 edition. In May 2007, Palmeiras received
13536-443: The idea forward in 1950, during the 1950 FIFA World Cup , framing the idea as a possibly promising "club version" of the FIFA World Cup , having the idea been praised by Jules Rimet , Ottorino Barassi and Stanley Rous , who were in Brazil for the 1950 FIFA World Cup . The Brazilian FA endorsed Mário Filho 's idea, and organised the competition with a view to creating a Club World Cup. Two top-ranking FIFA officials helped organise
13677-424: The initiative of the Brazilian FA. The Brazilian FA and press, at the time of the 1951 tournament, dubbed it a "Club World Cup" or "World Champions Cup", a label that would later be applied to the Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004) and the FIFA Club World Cup . The idea was to gather together the reigning champions of the world's top football national leagues, in order to determine the world club champion, following
13818-466: The initiatives to establish worldwide club competitions throughout history. This is the case of tournaments involving European and South American clubs, such as the pioneering Copa Rio, played in 1951 and 1952, and the Intercontinental Cup. However, it was not until 2000 that FIFA organised the maiden FIFA Club World Cup, with representatives from all six confederations. The winners of this competition, which went on to be staged annually from 2005 onwards, are
13959-475: The invitation to participate in Copa Rio: Juventus , AC Milan , Internazionale , Hibernian , Newcastle United , Manchester United , Barcelona , Real Madrid and Nice were all invited to participate in the 1952 Copa Rio, and all of them declined. As for Juventus , Barcelona and Nice , the three participated in the 1952 Latin Cup , which was held in dates close to the dates of Copa Rio, being that
14100-416: The main European star in the competition), declared, in a 2007 interview to Placar , that he and his teammates played Copa Rio 1951 seeing it as the legitimate Club World Cup. In at least five European countries (Switzerland, Austria, Spain, Portugal, and Italy), the competition was hailed as either "Club World Championship/Cup" or simply as "Champions Cup". In 1951, the whole Brazilian press (all of
14241-451: The ones officially considered by FIFA as club world champions . After the aforementioned 2017 FIFA statement, the Brazilian football mass media started to question if the expression " first worldwide club competition " (used in the document of the 2014 meeting of the FIFA Executive Committee on the recognition of the 1951 Copa Rio) meant the equivalent of a "Club World Cup", or meant merely a club cup worldwide in reach but without indicating
14382-532: The organisation of the 1951 competition was a clear indication of FIFA's blessing to it in 1951, sustaining that FIFA had assigned Barassi to represent FIFA in the organisation of the tournament (in reality, in a 1951 interview, the FIFA president Jules Rimet , while praising the Brazilian initiative for Copa Rio, denied any FIFA involvement or responsibility for it). Rous and Barassi were primarily involved in negotiations with European clubs, while Barassi also helped organize
14523-459: The partnership with Champs, to 2013, the official jerseys were produced by Penalty. Since 2020, the kits are made by Kappa (brand) . Vasco's official anthem was composed in 1918, by Joaquim Barros Ferreira da Silva, and it was the club's first anthem. There is another official anthem, created in the 1930s, called "Meu Pavilhão" (meaning My Pavilion ), whose lyrics were composed by João de Freitas and music by Hernani Correia. This anthem replaced
14664-656: The previous one. The club's most popular anthem, however, is an unofficial anthem composed by Lamartine Babo in 1942. Since 2017, Vasco has been able to use the word Royal before its name, "Real Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama", through the Royal Decree of the Head of the Portuguese Royal House, Duarte Pio, Duke of Bragança , which renewed and conferred the Royal Patronage on Vasco da Gama. The royal title would be granted to
14805-509: The previous year. The duo’s status as favourites was strengthened in the group stage, with the Carioca colossuses thrashing Sporting Lisbon and Austria Vienna 5-1 and the Turin titans thumping Palmeiras 4-0. The Paulista powerhouses, however, had other ideas and, brushing aside injury blows, beat Vasco 2-1 over 180 minutes in the semi-finals and stunned Juve 1-0 in the first leg of the final. Rio de Janeiro
14946-711: The reigning (the then current) champions of their leagues, while FC Saarbrücken were the reigning Southwest-Germany champions but lost the final match of the West German championship. Fluminense won the 1952 Copa Rio. Both editions of the competition were contested between eight teams from Europe and South America, divided into two four-team groups, one in São Paulo and the other in Rio de Janeiro , with matches at Pacaembu stadium in São Paulo and Maracanã stadium in Rio de Janeiro. Among
15087-516: The reigning (the then current) champions of their leagues. Palmeiras won the 1951 Copa Rio. In 1952, the Brazilian FA entitled Fluminense to organise the second edition of the tournament, as part of Fluminense's 50th anniversary celebrations ( the second edition of the tournament was originally scheduled to 1953, but was advanced to 1952 for the aforementioned anniversary celebrations ). In 1952, no British, Spanish, French or Italian clubs accepted
15228-444: The reigning champion clubs of the Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo state Leagues ( the first Brazilian national cup , named Taça Brasil, was not established until 1959, and the Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo state leagues were – and still are – the strongest state leagues in Brazil ), as well as the reigning club champions from Uruguay , Italy , Spain , England ( participants at the 1950 FIFA World Cup , held in Brazil, not to mention
15369-566: The round of 16, to set a quarterfinal matchup with Corinthians, who eliminated Vasco 1–0 with an 88th-minute goal by Paulinho . In the Brazilian Championship , the team set the record for 54 consecutive rounds in the top 4 (continuing from the 2011 and 2012 seasons), although they ultimately finished in fifth and missed out on qualifying for the Libertadores the following year due to poor form, losing six of their last ten games. After
15510-643: The same manner ). According to the Estado de São Paulo , due to the difficulties in bringing strong European sides to compete in Brazil, the CBD (Brazilian Sports Confederation - then the Brazilian FA) decided that its 1953 intercontinental competition should feature four Brazilian clubs and four foreign clubs, rather than six foreign sides. The schedule of the 1953 competition (the Torneio Octogonal Rivadavia Corrêa Meyer ) followed this decision; however,
15651-442: The sash located on the back of the shirt was removed. At the beginning of the 90s, stars representing the club's titles began to be used above the logo, and numbers were black and white instead of red. In 1996, the sash located on the back was returned. This kit became very similar to the 1945 one, with the exception of the addition of a thin red line that outlines the sash. Vasco currently has three kits. The home shirt's main color
15792-459: The second edition of the tournament was originally scheduled to 1953, but was advanced to 1952 for the aforementioned anniversary celebrations ). In 1951 and 1952, Copa Rio suffered the concurrence of the Latin Cup , as some European clubs declined to participate in the former in order to participate in the latter; in 1952, Copa Rio suffered the concurrence of the 1952 Small Club World Cup , as Millonarios and Real Madrid declined to participate in
15933-439: The semifinals. Two months later, they were playing a final again, this time losing to Botafogo in the Taca Rio , eliminating Flamengo in the semifinals again. Vasco qualified for the 2012 Copa Libertadores as Brazilian Cup champion, marking a return to the top South American competition after 12 years. In the group stage, Vasco finished second tied with Libertad on points and only losing once. Vasco beat Lanús on penalties in
16074-426: The six countries that would later on dominate European club football, as measured by UEFA Champions League conquests (England, Italy, Spain, Germany, Netherlands and Portugal), two of them were not invited to Copa Rio 1951, as Germany and Netherlands did not participate in the 1950 FIFA World Cup held in Brazil, bearing in mind that back then Netherlands was not yet seen as a relevant football powerhouse, and Germany
16215-525: The sport's first intercontinental world club champions. 100,000 watched that at the Maracanã. One million flooded the streets of São Paulo to welcome their heroes home" . (as written in the post). A distinction between a "worldwide competition" ( worldwide in reach but that does not necessarily indicate the world champion ) and a "competition awarding the label of world champion" rose in January 2017, when FIFA issued
16356-742: The status of Uruguay and Italy as former FIFA World Cup Champions and England as the founders of the sport ), Portugal ( the Portuguese champions were invited in order to please the huge Portuguese community living in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo ) and Scotland ( based on Scotland being as successful as England in the British Home Championship ). It must be borne in mind that, in 1951, some countries ( such as Netherlands , Belgium , Denmark , Colombia , Chile , Mexico , etc ) were not yet considered as strong-football countries (given their 1930-1950 FIFA World Cup history), and that Germany and
16497-510: The supposed reason of their declination; as for Real Madrid , they prioritised participation in the 1952 Small Club World Cup , held in Caracas . Thus, Fluminense and the Brazilian FA invited teams from Argentina, Paraguay, Colombia, Switzerland and West Germany, which were not invited for the 1951 edition of the tournament. As for the Colombian invitee, Millonarios , they prioritised participation in
16638-453: The team went on to beat great European teams like Italian champion Milan and Atletico de Madrid ( European Cup semi-finalist that year). Vasco was also Rio-São Tournament runner-up that year, only behind Pele's Santos. Still in 1959, five Vasco players were called up for the 1959 Copa America : Paulinho , Orlando , Bellini , Coronel (defenders) and Almir (striker). Brazil would end the tournament unbeaten (four wins and two draws) with
16779-773: The text read: Global glory for 'The Big Green': A world championship had been dreamed of and discussed for years by some of football’s foremost shot-callers – Jules Rimet, Ottorino Barassi and Stanley Rous among them – and was finally scheduled for 1951 in Brazil, which had recently hosted the FIFA World Cup. The eight-team competition involved some of Europe’s top teams, Uruguayan behemoths Nacional and Brazilian duo Vasco da Gama and Palmeiras, who qualified as Rio-Sao Paulo Tournament winners. The favourites were Juventus, who boasted an exceptional attack featuring Karl Aage Hansen, Karl Aage Praest, John Hansen and Giampiero Boniperti, and Vasco, who supplied eight members of Brazil’s World Cup squad
16920-506: The title Copa Rio . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Copa_Rio&oldid=1101602584 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Copa Rio (international tournament) The Copa Rio ( English : Rio Cup)
17061-685: The title of world champion to everyone who has won the Cup between Europe and South America since 1960. 1951 is a little further back "; " The world title of Palmeiras... For miracles, you need ask another, not me... ". Also in April 2019, former FIFA president Joseph Blatter (who held office until December 2015) stated to the Brazilian press that Palmeiras has been effectively recognised by FIFA in 2014 and thus should be regarded as club world champions. As far as FIFA official-web-site documents are concerned, in October 2017 FIFA changed its long-standing position on
17202-475: The top scorer. In addition, they became the first team from Rio to win the league. Cruzeiro and Vasco had ended the season with the same number of points, meaning that a second match had to be played; Vasco later beat Cruzeiro 2–1 and won the title. After winning the Campeonato Brasileiro in 1997 , beating Palmeiras in the final, Vasco started its Projeto Tóquio , and invested US$ 10 million to win
17343-419: The tournament, Bellini was still the Brazilian captain). After the World Cup, the team then won one of the greatest Carioca Championships of all time. In an epic competition against Zagallo's Flamengo and Garrincha's Botafogo, which ended in a three way tie on 32 points and required two extra tiebreaker tournaments to decide the champion, Vasco became the 1958 Campeonato Carioca "super-superchampion". In 1959,
17484-423: The tournament. However, in 1952 Uruguayan club Peñarol withdrew from the Copa Rio in their semi-final second leg match, resulting in a walkover forfeiture against Corinthians , citing "lack of security" after their first semi-final match ended in a brawl. One South American club declined participation in the 1952 Copa Rio in order to play Pequeña Copa del Mundo in Caracas : Millonarios F.C. Already in 1951,
17625-530: The un-invitation followed a 4–0 defeat in a friendly match in Essen against America (not viewed in Brazil as a top club). Rot-Weiss Essen sued the CBD for financial compensation, taking the case to FIFA (the results of the case are unknown). Despite the competition's new name and different distribution of domestic and foreign clubs, some sources (1953 editions of both O Estado de S. Paulo and Mundo Deportivo ) referred to
17766-417: The waves, added a front spine to the vsailboat, and removed the rectangles that had been present in the 2015 logo. Given the 2017 Royal Patronage, the shied logo can be topped by the Portuguese royal heraldic crown. Vasco da Gama is one of the oldest Brazilian clubs and has had several different kits in its history. Vasco da Gama's first kit, used in rowing, was created in 1898, and was primarily black, with
17907-458: Was an international club football tournament with teams from Europe and South America, having been held on two occasions, in 1951 and 1952, in Brazil . Both editions were organised and endorsed by the Brazilian Sports Confederation (Confederação Brasileira de Desportos), the then Brazilian FA and sports main body. The tournament is often regarded in Brazil as an official tournament, at least as far as
18048-455: Was chosen as a representation of the unknown seas Vasco da Gama sailed through, and white represented his victorious route. The first kit used these colors in a half and half combination, with the Order of Christ Cross in the center symbolizing the Christian faith just like in the sails of Gama's São Gabriel carrack . The emblem was created shortly after too; it was round with a sailboat bearing
18189-421: Was compulsory under UEFA and FIFA rules (as an example, Barcelona considered the possibility of not participating in the 1992 IC , and the contractual obligation with UEFA weighed in for its decision to participate). One Spanish club declined participation in the 1952 Copa Rio in order to play Pequeña Copa del Mundo in Caracas : Real Madrid CF . In Italy, the only European country that had been champion of
18330-471: Was inaugurated with a match against Santos . Santos won the match 5–3. On 26 April 1931, Vasco had a historic 7–0 victory over rivals Flamengo; this is the largest victory margin between the two clubs in the amateur era. On professional level, the largest victory is for the rivals (Vasco 1–6 Flamengo), at 2 June 2024. Between 1944 and 1953, the club was nicknamed Expresso da Vitória (Victory Express), as Vasco won several competitions in that period, such as
18471-525: Was made in 1960 in the USA to create a Club World Cup along the lines of Copa Rio: the ISL . However, in 1960 the Intercontinental Cup came into existence as a UEFA/ CONMEBOL -endorsed "best club of the world" contest, overshadowing the ISL or any other attempt at creating another "club world cup", until the creation of the FIFA Club World Cup in 2000 and its merger with the Intercontinental Cup in 2005. The status of
18612-664: Was one of the "champions cups" organised by clubs or national football associations, before the 1955 onset of the European Cup , other pre-1955 examples being Copa Aldao , Coupe des Nations , South American Championship of Champions and Latin Cup . In May 1955, FIFA agreed to recognise the European Cup as an official competition only provided that UEFA was its organiser. Thenceforth, international club competitions organised uniquely by clubs and national football associations (not by continental confederations such as UEFA), such as Copa Rio, would decline in importance, being either extinguished or regarded as merely friendly cups. One attempt
18753-420: Was overshadowed in importance by the Intercontinental Cup . The competition was the brainchild of Brazilian sports journalist Mário Filho , from Jornal dos Sports newspaper, who envisaged it as a Club World Cup (based on the FIFA World Cup for nations, held in Brazil in 1950) to be permanently held in Brazil, turning (according to him) Rio de Janeiro as "world's club football capital city". Mário Filho put
18894-503: Was packed on the day of the decider, with a reported 10,000 Italians cramming into its hotels, certain Juventus would emerge triumphant. Yet Liminha, a 21-year-old who had begun the tournament on the bench, helped set up the first equaliser and scored a late, title-clinching goal in a 2-2 draw in front of over 100,000 at the Maracana. Brazilian clubs Fluminense and Corinthians declared in 2007 that they would follow suit in case Palmeiras
19035-578: Was pressured by the Metropolitan League to ban some players who were not considered adequate to play in the aristocratic league, notably because they were black or mulato and/or poor. After Vasco refused to comply with such a ban, the other big teams, including Fluminense , Flamengo and Botafogo created the Metropolitan Athletic Association and prohibited Vasco from participating unless it complied with their racist demands. As
19176-512: Was successful about the 1951 Copa Rio recognition-request, and therefore they would ask FIFA recognition for their titles of 1952 (Fluminense's Copa Rio) and 1953 (Corinthians's Pequeña Copa del Mundo ), with other clubs following suit later on ( Bangu 's 1960 ISL , Botafogo 's Caracas trophies 1967–1970), thus prompting speculation that a possible FIFA recognition of Copa Rio 1951 as a Club World Cup might propel other clubs to make similar "recognition requests" for other competitions, thus creating
19317-415: Was the first attempt at creating a Club World Cup with intercontinental reach. Two editions of the Copa Rio were held, in 1951 and 1952. Brazilian club Palmeiras won the 1951 tournament, and Fluminense , also from Brazil and co-organizer of the 1952 edition, won the competition in 1952 ( CBD, the Brazilian FA, entitled Fluminense to organise the 1952 tournament as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations-
19458-564: Was then excluded from international football due to the post-War , early Cold War political tension (as were then excluded from international football all the Iron Curtain Countries: Soviet Union , Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia). It must be pointed out also that German and Dutch clubs declined participation in the Intercontinental Cup (IC) in the 1970s, perhaps indicating indifference in these countries for intercontinental club competitions. As for
19599-505: Was understood to be a sign of FIFA endorsement (at least a de facto endorsement) to Copa Rio in 1951. In April 2013, in communication to then Brazilian Minister of Sports, Aldo Rebelo , then FIFA General-Secretary, Jérôme Valcke, stated that FIFA recognised Palmeiras as champions of the " first Club World Cup ever held " (as written in the document). In 2014, the FIFA Executive Committee recognized Palmeiras as champions of
19740-404: Was won by Vasco da Gama , from Rio de Janeiro. The main European attraction of the 1953 cup was Hibernian , a club that, as Scottish champions, were among the first to be invited to both editions of Copa Rio (1951-1952), and had declined on both occasions. That Hibernian line-up was famous for their " The Famous Five ", and nowadays the club refer to their participation in the 1953 cup as being "
19881-569: Was won by Corinthians, and played in 1955, the same year of the inaugural edition of the European Cup , which would go on to become the top priority of the European clubs, thus definitely burying the hopes of the Brazilian FA to create an intercontinental club cup with meaningful European participation. Therefore, in 1955 the Brazilian FA decided to stop organising intercontinental club competitions altogether. In communication to journalist Janos Lengyel in 1955, published in Brazilian newspaper Diário da Noite , Ottorino Barassi provided his opinion on why
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