The 10 biggest crowds ever at Flamengo matches

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Coluna do Fla

·4. August 2025

The 10 biggest crowds ever at Flamengo matches

Do you know what Flamengo's top 10 attendance is in history?

Currently, the total capacity of Maracanã is less than 80,000 people. However, in the past, the reality was different. The Sacred Temple of football received more than 170,000 people. That's why, in the 60s, 70s, and 80s, Flamengo broke records that will hardly be equaled, due to security issues and the reduction of stadium stands. Check out the top 10 attendance in the club's history.

WHAT ARE THE 10 LARGEST ATTENDANCES IN FLAMENGO'S HISTORY?

1st Flamengo 0x0 Fluminense – Carioca 63 – 177,020 2nd Flamengo 3×1 Vasco – Carioca 76 – 174,770 3rd Flamengo 2×3 Fluminense – Carioca 69 – 171,599 4th Flamengo 0x0 Vasco – Carioca 74 – 165,358 5th Flamengo 2×1 Vasco – Carioca 81 – 161,989 6th Flamengo 1×0 Vasco – Carioca 73 – 160,342 7th Flamengo 2×2 Botafogo – Carioca 79 – 158,477 8th Flamengo 3×0 Santos – Brasileirão 83 – 155,523 9th Flamengo 0x0 Fluminense – Carioca 76 – 155,116 10th Flamengo 3×2 Atlético-MG – Brasileirão 80 – 154,355

*Only paying attendees were considered

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OF THE TOP 10 ATTENDANCES, WHICH ONES WERE WORTH TITLES?

In the list above, all games were played at Maracanã, the largest stadium in Brazil. In addition, the mentioned duels ended with Flamengo's title on six occasions: Cariocas in 63, 74, 79, and 81, and the Brasileirões in 80 and 83. However, the first of these conquests deserves a separate chapter.

WHICH FLAMENGO GAME HAD THE LARGEST ATTENDANCE IN HISTORY?

On December 15, 1963, 177,020 people paid to attend the final of the Campeonato Carioca between Flamengo and Fluminense. However, thanks to free admission policies, 194,063 fans packed the stands at Maracanã.

Flamengo took to the field needing a draw to win the title, and the result came with a 0-0 draw. Frustration due to the lack of goals, but a big red-black party, which celebrated the trophy after eight years of drought. In other words, the State Championship that year took Flamengo out of the line.

Flamengo 0 x 0 Fluminense Location: Estádio Mário Filho – Maracanã Attendance: 194,603 (177,020 paying) Referee: Cláudio Magalhães

Flamengo: Marcial, Murilo, Luís Carlos Freitas, Ananias, and Paulo Henrique; Carlinhos and Nelsinho; Espanhol, Airton 'Beleza', Geraldo, and Osvaldo Ponte-Aérea; Coach: Flávio Costa

Fluminense: Castilho, Carlos Alberto Torres, Procópio, Dari, and Altair; Oldair and Joaquinzinho; Edinho, Manoel, Evaldo, and Escurinho. Coach: Fleitas Solich.

ANY STANDOUT GAME ON THE LIST?

All the games were special, but two of them also appear on the list of the top 10 games in Flamengo's history, according to Coluna do Fla. In eighth place, in terms of attendance, is the duel against Santos, in the final of the Brasileirão in 83, with 155,523 attendees. On that occasion, Flamengo put on a show and won 3-0, with goals from Leandro, Zico, and Adílio.

Before that, however, Flamengo won its first Brasileirão in 1980, in an electrifying final against Atlético-MG, 3-2. Nunes, in the final stretch of the second half, scored the title goal. The same player and Zico completed the scoring, with two goals from Reinaldo for the Atlético-MG team. A total of 154,355 people paid for tickets.

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