The best-supported club in Brazil, Flamengo won the Intercontinental Cup in 1981 and the Copa Libertadores that same year and again in 2024 and 2024. The Rio de Janeiro giants also have seven Brazilian league titles to their name (won between 1980 and 2024) and four Copa do Brasil crowns, among many other trophies.

Since then, they have remained successful in Brazilian football, having won 7 Campeonato Brasileiro Srie A, the 1987 Copa Unio, 4 Copa do Brasil, and a record 37 Campeonato Carioca.

Although it competes in multiple sports modalities, it is best known for its professional men's football team, which plays in the Campeonato Brasileiro Srie A,, the top tier of Brazilian football, as well as in the Campeonato Paulista Srie A1, the first division of the traditional in-state competition.