Football in Rio de Janeiro

Football is the most popular sport, both in terms of participants and spectators, in Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro has several of Brazil's significant football clubs, and the city is home to many football clubs.

History
Rio de Janeiro has a long football history

Maracanã Stadium, It was the main home venue of the Brazil national football team.

Clubs
There are many successful football clubs in Rio de Janeiro:

There are also other clubs in Rio de Janeiro state


 * Americano
 * Angra dos Reis
 * Boavista
 * Cabofriense
 * Campo Grande
 * Casimiro de Abreu
 * Duque de Caxias
 * Estácio de Sá
 * Friburguense
 * Goytacaz
 * Nova Iguaçu
 * Olaria
 * Serrano
 * São Cristóvão
 * Volta Redonda

There were some other club, which are now extinct, in Rio de Janeiro:


 * Football and Athletic
 * Haddock Lobo
 * Mangueira
 * Paissandu
 * Riachuelo
 * Rio Cricket
 * Syrio e Libanez
 * Villa Isabel

Big Four derbies

 * Botafogo (Rio de Janeiro) vs. Flamengo (Rio de Janeiro) – Clássico da Rivalidade (The Rivalry Derby)
 * Botafogo (Rio de Janeiro) vs. Fluminense (Rio de Janeiro) – Clássico Vovô (The Grandpa Derby), so-called because it is the oldest derby played in Brazil 
 * Botafogo (Rio de Janeiro) vs. Vasco (Rio de Janeiro) – Clássico Alvinegro (The Black-and-white Derby)


 * Flamengo (Rio de Janeiro) vs. Fluminense (Rio de Janeiro) – Fla-Flu (The Fla-Flu)
 * Flamengo (Rio de Janeiro) vs. Vasco (Rio de Janeiro) – O Clássico dos Milhões (The Classic of Millions), or simply O Clássico (The Classic)
 * Fluminense (Rio de Janeiro) vs. Vasco (Rio de Janeiro) – Clássico dos Gigantes (The Giants Derby)

Other derbies

 * America-RJ (Rio de Janeiro) vs. Bangu (Rio de Janeiro) – Clássico Bisavô (The Great-grandfather Derby), or Clássico Alvirrubro (The Red-and-white Derby)


 * America-RJ (Rio de Janeiro) vs. Vasco (Rio de Janeiro) – Clássico da Paz (The Peace Derby)
 * Americano (Campos dos Goytacazes) vs. Goytacaz (Campos dos Goytacazes) – Goyta-Cano (The Goyta-Cano), or Clássico da Baía de Campos (The Campos Bay Classic)

Stadia

 * Maracanã Stadium: Hosted the 1950 FIFA World Cup Final and 2014 FIFA World Cup Final