The flamenco conquered at the end of October of this year 2022 his third Libertadores Cup after beating Luiz Felipe Scolari’s Athletico Paranaense in Guayaquil (Ecuador) with a solitary goal from Gabriel Barbosa’gabigol‘. The Rio de Janeiro team thus joined the club of three-time Brazilian champions, along with Sao Paulo, Palmeiras, Gremio and Santos, and at the same time deprived Paranaense of winning their first Libertadores.
In addition, with this cup won by Doríval Junior’s team (later he left office in favor of Vítor Pereira due to discrepancies with the club), Brazilian soccer reduced the advantage over Argentina in the number of victories in Libertadores. Now, the Argentines are still in the lead with 25 gimped against 22 for the Brazilians. The gap narrows.
And it is that, of the 13 games played in the Libertadores, the ‘Mengao’ won 12 times and tied only the confrontation against the Argentine Talleres. An impeccable Cup. In fact, Flamengo is already the seventh undefeated champion in history along with Peñarol (1960), Santos (1963), Independiente (1964), Estudiantes (1969 and 70), Boca Juniors (1978) and Corinthians (2012).
As champion of the Copa Libertadores, Flamengo will play the Club World Cup in Morocco, from February 1 to 11, 2023.
TITLES BY CLUBS
1. Independent (7): 1964, 1965, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975 and 1984
2. Boca Juniors (6): 1977, 1978, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2007
3. Penarol (5): 1960, 1961, 1966, 1982 and 1987
4.River Plate (4): 1986, 1996, 2015 and 2018
Students (4): 1968, 1969, 1970 and 2009
6. Olympia (3): 1979, 1990 and 2002
National-URU (3): 1971, 1980 and 1988
Sao Paulo (3): 1992, 1993 and 2005
Saints (3): 1962, 1963 and 2011
Guild (3): 1983, 1995 and 2017
palmeiras (3): 1999, 2020 and 2021
flamenco (3): 1981, 2019 and 2022
7.Cruzeiro (2): 1976 and 1997
International (2): 2006 and 2010
