Vasco Da Gama

Vasco da Gama

Full name	Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama
Nickname(s)	Gigante da Colina (Hill's Giant), Bacalhau (Cod)
Founded	1898
Ground	São Januário, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Capacity: 36,273)
Chairman	Roberto Dinamite
Head coach	Dorival Júnior
League	Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
2008	Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, 18th (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama, usually known as Vasco da Gama or simply Vasco, (after the famous Portuguese explorer of the same name) is a Brazilian sports club from Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, founded on August 21, 1898 (although the football department started on November 5, 1915^[1]). It was founded by Portuguese immigrants, and it is still the team traditionally supported by the Portuguese community of Rio de Janeiro and one of the most popular in Brazil, with more than 10 million supporters.^[2]

Its statute defines the club as a "sportive, recreative, educational, assistant and philanthropic non-profit organization of public utility".^[3]

Their home stadium is the São Januário, capacity 36,273, but some matches (especially the city derbies) are played at the Maracanã (capacity 95,000). They play in white shirts with a black diagonal sash that contains an Order of Christ cross, white shorts and white socks.