He Flamengowhich just four days ago became the first Brazilian club to win four Libertadores titles, won its ninth League title in Brazil one day in advance by winning 1-0 against Ceara with a goal from Samu Lino at the Maracaná. The victory allows the Rio team to add 78 points in the Brazilian Championship standings and, with the last round remaining, they were out of reach of Palmeiras (73) and Cruzeiro (69), the only ones who threatened their crown and who will now have to fight for second place.
Samu Lino scored a decisive goal for Flamengo
With the new title Flamengo becomes the second Brazilian club to have won the top titles twice in the same season (Brazilian Championship and Copa Libertadores), a feat it achieved in 2019 and which it now repeated in 2025. The other clubs in the country that have won the Libertadores and the Brazilian Championship in the same year are Santos (in 1962 and 1963) and Botafogo (2024).
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The conquest of its ninth League title allows Flamengo to assume in isolation as the second club that has won the national tournament the most times; reduce the distance that separates it from Palmeiras, which still leads with 12 crowns, and surpass Santos, which it left in third place with eight League titles.
Jorginho drives the ball against the opposition of Lucas Mugni
Furthermore, Flamengo has accumulated four crowns (Libertadores, Brazilian Championship, Super Cup and Carioca) in an almost perfect season, since, despite standing out, it was eliminated in the round of 16 of both the Copa do Brasil and the Club World Cup.
This collection of trophies makes 2025 the most successful year in the history of Brazil’s most popular club, both in results and titles as well as financially and in international projection, something that can still improve because it still has to play the Intercontinental Cup in Qatar, starting next week.
