Flamengo Basketball
The Flamengo Basketball team is a professional Brazilian basketball team based in Rio de Janeiro. It is a part of the Clube de Regatas do Flamengo multi-sports club family. The club's full name is Basquetebol do Clube de Regatas do Flamengo. The club's commonly used short names are C.R.F. Basquete, C.R. Flamengo Basquete, Flamengo Basquete, and FlaBasquete.
| Flamengo Basketball | |||
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| Nickname | Fla Big 'Mengo Scarlet-Black Vulture The Evil One | ||
| Leagues | NBB BCLA | ||
| Founded | 15 November 1895 (parent athletic club) 1919 (basketball club) | ||
| History | C.R. Flamengo Basquete (1919–present) | ||
| Arena | Maracanãzinho | ||
| Capacity | 15,000 | ||
| Location | Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil | ||
| Team colors | Red, black, white | ||
| Main sponsor | Banco BRB | ||
| President | Rodolfo Landim | ||
| Team manager | Diego Jeleilate | ||
| Head coach | Gustavo de Conti | ||
| Championships | 2 FIBA Intercontinental Cup 2 Champions League Americas/Americas League 1 FIBA South American League (LSB) 1 South American Club Championship 7 NBB Championships 1 CBB Championship See Honors | ||
| Retired numbers | 1 (14) | ||
| Website | flamengo.com.br | ||
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Flamengo is one of the most traditional and successful basketball teams in Brazil, having won the top-tier level Brazilian National League title eight times, once during the Brazilian Basketball Championship era, and seven times during the NBB era (the current Brazilian League format). The team also won the South American second-tier level FIBA South American League (LSB) in 2009 (I), the Americas top-tier level FIBA Americas League in 2014 and Basketball Champions League Americas in 2021, and the FIBA Intercontinental Cup twice in 2014 and 2022.
Brazil's senior national team's all time legend, Oscar Schmidt, played with Flamengo between 1999 and 2003, and is one of the most important players in the club's history.