2025 CR Vasco da Gama season

The 2025 season is the 128th in the history of Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama. The club is competing in its third consecutive season in the top flight of Brazilian football, as well as the Campeonato Carioca, Copa do Brasil, and Copa Sudamericana.

Vasco da Gama

2025 season
President	Pedrinho
Head Coach	Fábio Carille (until 27 April) Felipe (interim, 28 April–9 May) Fernando Diniz (from 9 May)
Stadium	São Januário
Série A	3rd
Campeonato Carioca	Taça Guanabara
Copa do Brasil	Third round
Copa Sudamericana	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Pablo Vegetti]] (3) All: Pablo Vegetti (13)
← 2024 2026 →
All statistics correct as of 12 April 2025.

Squad

First team squad

As of 3 April 2025^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  BRA Léo Jardim (vice-captain) 2 DF  URU Puma Rodríguez 3 MF  BRA Tchê Tchê 4 DF  URU Mauricio Lemos 5 MF  BRA Souza 6 DF  BRA Lucas Piton 7 FW  BRA David Corrêa 8 MF  BRA Jair 10 MF  FRA Dimitri Payet 11 MF  BRA Philippe Coutinho (on loan from Aston Villa) 12 DF  BRA Victor Luis 13 GK  BRA Daniel Fuzato 14 MF  BRA Estrella 15 FW  ARG Benjamín Garré 17 FW  POR Nuno Moreira

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  BRA Paulinho 20 MF  ARG Juan Sforza 21 FW  CHI Jean David 25 MF  BRA Hugo Moura 28 FW  BRA Adson 29 DF  BRA Lucas Oliveira 37 GK  BRA Pablo 38 DF  BRA João Victor 40 GK  BRA Phillipe Gabriel 43 DF  BRA Lucas Freitas 45 FW  ANG Loide Augusto 77 FW  BRA Rayan 85 MF  BRA Mateus Carvalho 90 FW  BRA Alex Teixeira 96 DF  BRA Paulo Henrique 99 FW  ARG Pablo Vegetti (captain)

Transfers In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Manuel Capasso	Olimpia	Loan return	31 December 2024
MF	Figueiredo	Coritiba	Loan return	31 December 2024
MF	Matías Galarza	Talleres	Loan return	31 December 2024
MF	Hugo Moura	Athletico Paranaense	€2,000,000	1 January 2025
MF	David	Internacional	Undisclosed	1 January 2025	[2]
MF	Tchê Tchê	Botafogo	Free	6 January 2025	[3]
GK	Daniel Fuzato	Eibar	Free	7 January 2025	[4]
DF	Lucas Freitas	Palmeiras	Undisclosed	14 January 2025	[5]
DF	Mauricio Lemos	Atlético Mineiro	Free	15 January 2025	[6]

Transfers Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
GK	Keiller	Internacional	Loan return	31 December 2024
DF	Robert Rojas	River Plate	Loan return	31 December 2024
MF	Rossi			31 December 2024
MF	Cauan Barros	América Mineiro	Loan	1 January 2025
MF	Matías Galarza	Talleres	€1,400,000	1 January 2025
MF	Figueiredo	América Mineiro	Loan	2 January 2025
DF	Léo	Athletico Paranaense	€2,000,000	2 January 2025	[7]
DF	Maicon	Coritiba	Loan	9 January 2025

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Série A	29 March 2025	21 December 2025	Matchday 1	5	2	1	2	6	7	−1	040.00
Campeonato Carioca	11 January 2025	8 March 2025	Taça Guanabara	11	4	5	2	13	9	+4	036.36
Copa do Brasil	18 February 2025		First round	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	100.00
Copa Sudamericana	2 April 2025		Group stage	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	033.33
Total				21	9	8	4	29	19	+10	042.86

Last updated: 22 April 2025
Source: Competitions

Série A

Main article: 2025 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
11	São Paulo	9	2	6	1	8	7	+1	12	Qualification for Copa Sudamericana group stage
12	Mirassol	9	2	5	2	14	12	+2	11
13	Vasco da Gama	9	3	1	5	10	11	−1	10
14	Fortaleza	9	2	4	3	10	8	+2	10
15	Internacional	9	2	4	3	11	13	−2	10

Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2025. Source: CBF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results (only between two teams); 6) fewest red cards; 7) fewest yellow cards; 8) drawing of lots.^[8]

Matches

Vasco da Gama v Santos

30 March 2025 1	Vasco da Gama	2–1	Santos	Rio de Janeiro
18:30 UTC-03:00	Nuno Moreira 53' Vegetti 78'	Report	21' Barreal	Stadium: São Januário Attendance: 19,550 Referee: Rafael Rodrigo Klein

Corinthians v Vasco da Gama

5 April 2025 2	Corinthians	3–0	Vasco da Gama	São Paulo
18:30 UTC−3	Yuri Alberto 12' Depay 27' João Victor 90+1' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Neo Química Arena Attendance: 43,250 Referee: Anderson Daronco

Vasco da Gama v Sport

12 April 2025 3	Vasco da Gama	3–1	Sport	Rio de Janeiro
21:00 UTC-03:00	Vegetti 32', 41' Rayan 83'	Report	Hugo Moura 55' (o.g.)	Stadium: São Januário Attendance: 15,969 Referee: Wilton Sampaio

Ceará v Vasco da Gama

15 April 2025 4	Ceará	2–1	Vasco da Gama	Fortaleza
18:30 UTC−3	Pedro Raul 29', 81'	Report	Vegetti 90+2'	Stadium: Castelão

Vasco da Gama v Flamengo

19 April 2025 5	Vasco da Gama	0–0	Flamengo	Rio de Janeiro
18:30 UTC−3		Report		Stadium: Maracanã Attendance: 39,027 Referee: Raphael Claus

Cruzeiro v Vasco da Gama

27 April 2025 6	Cruzeiro	1–0	Vasco da Gama	Uberlândia
18:30 UTC−3	Christian 88'	Report		Stadium: Parque do Sabiá Attendance: 15,398 Referee: Rafael Rodrigo Klein

Vasco da Gama v Palmeiras

4 May 2025 7	Vasco da Gama	0–1	Palmeiras	Brasília
16:00 UTC−3		Report	Vitor Roque 60'	Stadium: Mané Garrincha Attendance: 30,318 Referee: Davi de Oliveira Lacerda

Vitória v Vasco da Gama

10 May 2025 8	Vitória	2–1	Vasco da Gama	Salvador
18:30 UTC−3	Renato Kayzer 60', 90'	Report	Vegetti 42'	Stadium: Barradão

Vasco da Gama v Fortaleza

18 May 2025 9	Vasco da Gama	3–0	Fortaleza	Rio de Janeiro
18:30 (UTC-3)	Moreira 3' Vegetti 46' (80)	Report		Stadium: Estádio Vasco da Gama (São Januário)

Campeonato Carioca

Main article: 2025 Campeonato Carioca

The draw took place on 26 November 2024.^[9]

Taça Guanabara table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	Volta Redonda	11	6	2	3	13	12	+1	20	Advance to semifinals
3	Fluminense	11	4	5	2	13	9	+4	17
4	Vasco da Gama	11	4	5	2	13	9	+4	17
5	Sampaio Corrêa	11	4	4	3	13	11	+2	16	Advance to Taça Rio semifinals
6	Nova Iguaçu	11	4	4	3	8	9	−1	16

Source: FERJ

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4
Ground	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	D
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 19 January 2025. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Nova Iguaçu v Vasco da Gama

11 January 2025 1	Nova Iguaçu	1–1	Vasco da Gama	Vasco da Gama
16:30 UTC−3	Sidney 64'		Paulinho 43'	Stadium: São Januário Referee: Carlos Tadeu Ferreira de Castro

Vasco da Gama v Bangu

16 January 2025 2	Vasco da Gama	0–0	Bangu	Vasco da Gama
21:30 UTC−3	Jair 88'			Stadium: São Januário Referee: Jodis Nascimento de Souza

Boavista v Vasco da Gama

19 January 2025 3	Boavista	1–1	Vasco da Gama	Saquarema
19:00 UTC−3	Zé Vitor 22' Xandão  90'		Walace 71'	Stadium: Estádio Elcyr Resende de Mendonça Referee: Felipe da Silva Gonçalves Paludo

Vasco da Gama v Madureira

23 January 2025 4	Vasco da Gama	v	Madureira	Vasco da Gama
21:30 UTC−3				Stadium: São Januário

Semi-finals

Vasco da Gama v Flamengo

1 March 2025 First leg Clássico dos Milhões	Vasco da Gama	0–1	Flamengo	Rio de Janeiro
17:45 UTC−3		Report	Bruno Henrique 67' (Plata)	Stadium: Nilton Santos Attendance: 10,966 Referee: Bruno Arleu de Araújo

Flamengo v Vasco da Gama

8 March 2025 Second leg Clássico dos Milhões	Flamengo	2–1 (3–1 agg.)	Vasco da Gama	Rio de Janeiro
17:45 UTC−3	Bruno Henrique 36' L. Araújo 69' (Gerson)	Report	Moreira 22' (Freitas)	Stadium: Maracanã Attendance: 55,096 Referee: Wagner do Nascimento Magalhães

Copa do Brasil

Main article: 2025 Copa do Brasil

First round

União Rondonópolis v Vasco da Gama

18 February 2025	União Rondonópolis	0–3	Vasco da Gama	Cariacica
21:30		Report	Vegetti 48' (pen.) Rayan 81' Hugo Moura 89'	Stadium: Estádio Kleber Andrade Attendance: 5,594 Referee: Rodrigo José Pereira de Lima (Pernambuco)

Second round

Nova Iguaçu v Vasco da Gama

5 March 2025	Nova Iguaçu	0–3	Vasco da Gama	Rio de Janeiro
21:30		Report	Rayan 9' Coutinho 20' (pen.), 38'	Stadium: Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos Attendance: 9,351 Referee: Anderson Daronco (Rio Grande do Sul)

Third round

Operário Ferroviário v Vasco da Gama

1 May 2025 First leg	Operário Ferroviário	1–1	Vasco da Gama	Ponta Grossa
16:00 UTC−3	Boschilia 71'	Report	Moreira 20'	Stadium: Estádio Germano Krüger Referee: Anderson Daronco

Vasco da Gama v Operário Ferroviário

20 May 2025 Second leg	Vasco da Gama	v	Operário Ferroviário	Rio de Janeiro
19:00 UTC−3		Report		Stadium: São Januário

Copa Sudamericana

Main article: 2025 Copa Sudamericana

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lanús (A)	5	3	2	0	7	2	+5	11	Advance to round of 16
2	Melgar (Y)	5	2	1	2	5	7	−2	7	Advance to knockout round play-offs
3	Vasco da Gama (Y)	5	1	2	2	5	8	−3	5
4	Academia Puerto Cabello (E)	5	1	1	3	6	6	0	4

Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2025. Source: CONMEBOL
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated; (Y) May at best reach the knockout round play-offs

Melgar v Vasco da Gama

2 April 2025 (2025-04-02) 1	Melgar	3–3	Vasco da Gama	Arequipa, Peru
17:00 UTC−5	Rodríguez 39' Castro 80' Cabrera 90'	Report	Coutinho 3' Vegetti 32', 51'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental de la UNSA Attendance: 10,529[10] Referee: Derlis López (Paraguay)

Vasco da Gama v Academia Puerto Cabello

8 April 2025 (2025-04-08) 2	Vasco da Gama	1–0	Academia Puerto Cabello	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
21:30 UTC−3	Vegetti 45+2'	Report		Stadium: Estádio São Januário Attendance: 17,950[11] Referee: Bryan Loayza (Ecuador)

Vasco da Gama v Lanús

22 April 2025 (2025-04-22) 3	Vasco da Gama	0–0	Lanús	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
21:30 UTC−3		Report		Stadium: Estádio São Januário Attendance: 19,291[12] Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)

Academia Puerto Cabello v Vasco da Gama

7 May 2025 (2025-05-07) 4	Academia Puerto Cabello	4–1	Vasco da Gama	Valencia, Venezuela
18:00 UTC−4	Paredes 28' (pen.), 65' Padrón 49' Guerrero 60'	Report	João Victor 38'	Stadium: Estadio Misael Delgado[note 1] Referee: José Méndez (Paraguay)

Lanús v Vasco da Gama

13 May 2025 (2025-05-13) 5	Lanús	1–0	Vasco da Gama	Lanús, Argentina
21:30 UTC−3	Carrera 53'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de Lanús Referee: Carlos Benítez (Paraguay)

Vasco da Gama v Melgar

27 May 2025 (2025-05-27) 6	Vasco da Gama	v	Melgar	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
19:00 UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio São Januário

Notes

1. Academia Puerto Cabello play their home matches at Estadio Misael Delgado, Valencia instead of their regular stadium Estadio La Bombonerita, Puerto Cabello which did not meet CONMEBOL requirements.