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Vasco da Gama Regatta Club Foundation

On August 21, 1898, 62 idealists, Brazilians and Portuguese who were part of the Portuguese colony in the city of Rio de Janeiro, organized a meeting in a hall in Rua da Saúde, n. 293 (today, Rua Sacadura Cabral, n. 345).293 (today, Rua Sacadura Cabral, 345) with the aim of founding a rowing club. Inspired by the celebrations of the IV Centenary of the Discovery of the Maritime Route to the Indies, the founders named the new club after the Portuguese man who had achieved the feat of "discovery". The trajectory of the Vasco da Gama Regatta Club in the state of Rio de Janeiro was born.

The first of many triumphs

Together with the União de Regatas, Vasco was inaugurated in official championships on June 4, 1899, in the Botafogo neighborhood. Dressed in a black uniform with a white diagonal stripe and a high cross in the center, the Vasco da Gama rowers achieved the rowing club's first victory in a sporting competition. It was in the first race, in the junior category, with the boat "Volúvel", driven by six oars.

A black club

In 1904, Vasco began its revolutionary journey. For the first time in the history of sports clubs in Brazil, a non-white was elected president. After the elections, the Vascaíns were the masters of honor at a time when racism routinely tainted sport. That year, Vasco da Gama led the black Cândido José de Araújo to the highest level of the club: the presidency. Candinho, as he was known, presided over Vasco in his first term, from August 1904 to August 1905. Following his change of heart, he was re-elected and remained in office until August 1906. It was during his term that the club became champions for the first time in a rowing championship in its history.

First title in the Rio de Janeiro Rowing Championship

In the regatta on September 24, 1905, inaugurating the Enseada de Botafogo Pavilion, built by the City Hall of the then Federal District, Vasco da Ga

This article is about the South African football club. For the Brazilian club, see CR Vasco da Gama. For the politician, see Vasco da Gama (politician).

Football club

Vasco da Gama is a South African football club based in the Parow suburb of the city of Cape Town. Coming from the lower ranks, the club had its roots entrenched in the local Portuguese South African community, and adopted its name, crest and team colours from the Brazilian club Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama. As of 2024-25, they play in the SAFA Second Division.

In 2016, the club sold its National First Division (NFD) franchise and a new club was formed, Stellenbosch F.C.

History

Vasco da Gama was established in 1980, carrying the name of famed Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama. Being mainly a lower league club, Vasco won promotion to the National First Division in 2003, after being crowned champions of the Vodacom Second Division. In their first season of first division football they finished 5th, giving themselves the opportunity to build on their previous league performances.

After a successful 2005/2006 season, Vasco featured in the promotion playoffs, beating Bush Bucks in the semi-final. They lost 1–0 in the playoff finals to a Benoni Premier United team, which included Bafana Bafana players Bernard Parker and Tsepo Masilela. In 2008 they won the Vodacom League and regained promotion into the National First Division once again.

Vasco secured promotion to the Premiership when they beat Black Leopards 2–1 (aggregate score 3–2) in a promotional play-off at Parow Park on 7 March 2010.

After only one season in the Premiership Vasco was relegated finishing 15th on the log and losing the promotion/relegation playoffs.

On 9 January 2014, Vasco da Gama played a friendly match against German BundesligaVfB Stuttgart at Coetzenberg Stadium in Stellenbosch and lost 5–0 after a brace from Mohammed Abdellaoue, plus

This article is about the Brazilian sports club. For the Portuguese admiral, see Vasco da Gama. For other uses, see Vasco da Gama (disambiguation).

Soccer club

Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama (Portuguese pronunciation:[ˈklubidʒiʁeˈɡatɐzˈvaskudɐˈɡɐ̃mɐ]; English: Vasco da Gama Club of Rowing), commonly referred to as Vasco da Gama or simply Vasco, is a sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Although originally a rowing club and then a multi-sport club, Vasco is mostly known for its men's football team, which currently competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top tier of the Brazilian football league system, and in the Campeonato Carioca, the state of Rio de Janeiro's premier state league.

Named after Vasco da Gama 400 years after his European–Asian sea route in 1498, the club was founded in 1898 as a rowing club by Brazilian workers, Portuguese Brazilians and newly arrived Portuguese immigrants. Vasco created its football department in 1915, with professionalism officially adopted in 1933 – pioneer in Brazil. In addition to its main departments of football and rowing, Vasco has other sports departments since the 1910s. Its youth academy, which has brought up international footballers such as Romário, Philippe Coutinho, Hilderaldo Bellini, Roberto Dinamite and Edmundo, is well known for its socio-educational methodology.

At the national level, Vasco da Gama has won four Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, three Torneio Rio–São Paulo and one Copa do Brasil. In international club football, the club has won one Copa Libertadores, one South American Championship of Champions, and one Copa Mercosur. At the state level, the club has also won 24 Campeonato Carioca. The golden generation of Vasco da Gama, dubbed Expresso da Vitória (Victory Express), won five state titles in the eight-year span between 1945 and 1952, and led Vasco to become the fir