Cursed city: São Paulo’s worst thrashings all in Rio, Fluminense haunt | OneFootball

Until the embarrassment that took place last Thursday (27), São Paulo had only conceded six goals on 13 other occasions in its history, the last time being ten years and five days earlier, in a derby against rivals Corinthians in Itaquera, also for the Brazilian Championship.

This was only the third time in history that São Paulo lost by more than five goals.

And the funny thing is that all of them happened in Rio de Janeiro (RJ), but in different stadiums, to different clubs: Botafogo (1-8 in 1940, at Laranjeiras), Vasco (1-7 in 2001, at São Januário), and Fluminense (0-6 in 2025, at Maracanã), with the last two being in the Brasileirão.

The thrashing last week also resulted in another unfortunate statistic: out of São Paulo’s 14 worst defeats, three of them were to Fluminense, which is now tied with Santos as the greatest tormentor of the tricolor in history.

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