Flamengo PI
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Wikipedia - Esporte Clube Flamengo
Esporte Clube Flamengo, or usually called Flamengo do Piauí, are a Brazilian football team from Teresina in Piauí, Brazil founded on December 8, 1937. Their home stadium is the Albertão, which has a maximum capacity of 60,000 people. Their kit is black and red shirts, black shorts and red and black socks. Flamengo has competed in the Série A several times. Despite having the same name and colors, they should not be confused with the more well known and popular Flamengo from Rio de Janeiro.
History
Esporte Clube Flamengo were founded on December 8, 1937. The club has won the Campeonato Piauiense 17 times, making them the second most successful club in that competition.
Flamengo has competed in the Taça Brasil twice. Their debut was in 1965 when they were eliminated in the first round of the Northern Group by Sampaio Corrêa. In 1966, they reached the semifinal of the Northern Group and they were beaten by Paysandu.
The club has also competed in the Série A several times. Flamengo's debut was in 1976, when they were eliminated in the first stage. Flamengo finished in last place of their group in 1977 and in 1978. Flamengo returned in 1980, being eliminated again in the first stage. Five years later, the club competed again, finishing in eighth position of their group. Flamengo competed in the 2000 Copa João Havelange, reaching the Green Module's second stage. Flamengo competed in the debut competition of the Copa do Brasil 1989, and they were eliminated in the first round by Guarani. The club competed in several additional editions of the cup.
Flamengo PI er en af de mest succesfulde klubber i Piauí og har vundet statsmesterskabet 31 gange. Klubben har også vundet Copa do Nordeste én gang i 2009.
I nationale turneringer har Flamengo PI ikke nået de samme højder. Klubbens bedste placering i Campeonato Brasileiro Série B er en 11. plads i 1999. I Copa do Brasil har klubben nået kvartfinalen én gang i 2009.
På internationalt niveau har Flamengo PI kun deltaget i Copa Sudamericana én gang i 2010, hvor klubben blev slået ud i første runde af Deportes Tolima fra Colombia.
Flamengo PI's mest kendte spillere er Dedé, der spillede for klubben fra 1999 til 2003, og Zé Roberto, der spillede for klubben fra 1994 til 1998.