CR Vasco da Gama (women)

This article is about the women's football club. For the men's football club, see CR Vasco da Gama.
Vasco da Gama
Full nameClub de Regatas Vasco da Gama
Nickname(s)As Meninas da Colina (The Girls of the Hill)
Founded1987; 37 years ago (1987)
2016; 8 years ago (2016) (re-founded)
GroundSão Januário
Capacity21,880
ManagerAntony Lima Menezes
LeagueBrasileirão Série A3
2022Brasileirão Série A2, 4th of 4 (relegated)
Active departments of Vasco da Gama
Football
(men's)		 Football
(women's)		 Beach
soccer		 Basketball

Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama, commonly known as Vasco da Gama or simply Vasco, is a women's association football club based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Founded in 1987, the team has been inactive for periods prior to its most recent reinstatement in 2016. The team is affiliated with Federação de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro and play their home games at São Januário. The team colors, reflected in their logo and uniform, are white and black. They play in the third tier of women's football in Brazil, the Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A3, and in the Campeonato Carioca de Futebol Feminino, the traditional in-state competition.

History

A Vasco women's team was founded in 1987 and signed professional players including Cenira.[1] They competed in the Campeonato Carioca de Futebol Feminino for the first time that year, finishing last of six teams. In 1988 they improved to finish runners-up to the dominant EC Radar team of the era.[2]

In the 1990s Vasco's women's team enjoyed the patronage of the club's influential director Eurico Miranda and enjoyed sustained success. Coach Helena Pacheco assembled a strong team with several national team players and also set up a thriving residential youth system at the São Januário stadium.[3] When the Campeonato Carioca was re-instated in 1996, Vasco won it five times in succession.[4] They won four national titles (1993, 1994, 1995 and 1998)[5] and in 2000 signed a 14-year-old Marta to their youth team. The entire women's section was disbanded for financial reasons in 2002.[6]

Vasco entered the 2007 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino but, when negotiations to partner with Saad Esporte Clube failed, team coach Marisa Pires Nogueira had only 15 days to prepare her young and inexperienced team for the competition.[7] They were heavily beaten by Benfica (who had partnered with CEPE-Caxias) in the opening round.[8]

In 2010 Vasco made an agreement with the Brazilian Navy to run a women's football team in partnership with them. It was intended to help prepare the Navy team to function as the Brazil women's military national football team in the Football at the Military World Games competition at the 2011 Military World Games, hosted in Rio de Janeiro.[9]

After another period of inactivity, an adult women's team was relaunched again in 2016. The experienced former national team player Ester was signed to provide guidance to the younger players.[10]

Stadium

Although Vasco's women's team host some matches at São Januário,[11] they also play at the smaller Estádio Nivaldo Pereira in nearby Nova Iguaçu.[12]

Honours

National
Competitions Titles Seasons
Campeonato Brasileiro 3 1993, 1994, 1998
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A3 1s 2024
State
Competitions Titles Seasons
Campeonato Carioca 9 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2010, 2012, 2013
  •   record
  • s shared record

Others

Youth team

Players

Vasco team photo in 2000

Vasco provided 10 players to Brazil's squad for the 1995 South American Women's Football Championship in Uberlândia.[13] By the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup, Vasco's Pretinha and Fanta were the only players in the 20-strong squad who were not contracted to a club in São Paulo.[14]

Former players

For details of current and former players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:CR Vasco da Gama (women) players.

References

  1. ^ "Dura Missão". Placar (in Portuguese) (895): 6. 27 July 1987. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  2. ^ Fernandes, Andréa Karl. "A história do futebol feminino" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Sindicato dos Treinsdores de Futebol Profissional do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  3. ^ Mendonça, Renata (26 October 2017). "A técnica que foi impedida de estudar futebol e revelou a melhor do mundo" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Universo Online. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  4. ^ Gonzalez, Miguel Alvim (20 April 2021). "Rio de Janeiro - Women's Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Futebol Feminino História" (in Brazilian Portuguese). CR Vasco da Gama. Archived from the original on 21 January 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  6. ^ Mendonça, Renata (12 March 2019). "Eurico Miranda: polêmico, cartola tem lado desconhecido no futebol feminino" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Dibradoras. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Feminino: Vasco estréia na I Copa do Brasil nesta 6ª-feira às 16h" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Net Vasco. 2 November 2007. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Feminino: Vasco é eliminado da Copa do Brasil: Benfica-MG 5 a 1" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Net Vasco. 8 November 2007. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  9. ^ "Marinha do Brasil e Vasco da Gama: parceria no futebol feminimo" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Jornal do Brasil. 28 April 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  10. ^ "Equipe adulta do Vasco se prepara para estreia no Campeonato Brasileiro" (in Brazilian Portuguese). CR Vasco da Gama. 16 January 2016. Archived from the original on 25 February 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  11. ^ "Feminino: Vasco enfrenta o Fluminense neste domingo às 15h em São Januário pelo Brasileiro A2" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Net Vasco. 10 July 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  12. ^ "Feminino: Veja fotos da chegada das jogadoras do Vasco ao Nivaldo Pereira" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Net Vasco. 16 October 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  13. ^ Garin, Erik; Pierrend, José Luis (28 January 2001). "South-American Women's Championship 1995". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  14. ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup 1999 squads". FIFA. 1999. Archived from the original (TXT) on 17 December 2000. Retrieved 29 September 2019.