2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season
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The 2018 season was Clube de Regatas do Flamengo's 123rd year of existence, their 107th football season, and their 48th in the Brazilian Série A, having never been relegated from the top division.
2018 season | ||||
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President | Eduardo Bandeira de Mello | |||
Head coach | Paulo César Carpegiani (until 29 March) Mauricio Barbieri (caretaker, 30 March - 18 June) Mauricio Barbieri (19 June - 28 September) Dorival Júnior (from 28 September) | |||
Stadium | Estádio do Maracanã | |||
Série A | 2nd | |||
Campeonato Carioca | 3rd | |||
Copa do Brasil | Semi-finals | |||
Copa Libertadores | Round of 16 | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Lucas Paquetá (10 goals) All: Lucas Paquetá & Henrique Dourado (12 goals) | |||
Highest home attendance | League/All: 66,046 (1 December vs. Atlético-PR) | |||
Lowest home attendance | League: 33,633 (8 September vs. Chapecoense) All: 4,045 (21 January vs. Cabofriense) | |||
Average home league attendance | 49,303 | |||
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The club will participate in the Brazilian Série A, the 2018 Campeonato Carioca (the Rio de Janeiro State League), Copa do Brasil and the CONMEBOL Copa Libertadores.
For the first time since 2010 Flamengo advanced past the Copa Libertadores group stage but were eliminated in the round of 16 by Cruzeiro. Flamengo finished runner-up in the Brasileirão behind Palmeiras after leading the league for much of the first half of the season before the league's pause during the 2018 FIFA World Cup.