⚫🔴 Champions again: Flamengo seal the 2025 Brasileirão title

Four days after celebrating their fourth Copa Libertadores title in a final against Palmeiras, Flamengo have become champions once again.

In front of a packed Maracanã, the Rubro-Negro defeated Ceará 1-0 on Wednesday night (3) with 73,244 in attendance.

This mathematically confirmed their Brasileirão 2025 title after the 37th round of the competition.

They reached 78 points against Palmeiras’ 73.

Flamengo repeats 2019, a year in which they also won both the Libertadores and the Brasileirão.

This is their fourth Brasileirão title in the 21st century.

Dominance and Samu Lino’s Goal

Ceará’s goal was to try to contain their rival’s momentum and look for a counterattack to surprise them.

But Léo Condé’s men couldn’t take advantage of their brief spells of possession and didn’t even make Rossi work.

Controlling the game, Flamengo were patient and started celebrating in the 37th minute, thanks to Samuel Lino.

Rubro-Negro Patience

Ceará even started to have more of the ball. But without enough strength to pose a threat.

Flamengo, meanwhile, kept looking for spaces to "kill" the game.

Cebolinha nearly succeeded towards the end.

The second goal didn’t come. But the celebration belonged to the Rubro-Negro.

Once again.

Flamengo had already won the Brasileirão in 1980, 1982, 1983, 1992, 2009, 2019, and 2020.

They also consider themselves champions of the 1987 edition, but the Supreme Federal Court (STF) ruled that Sport, winner of the Yellow Module, should be recognized as the Brazilian champion of that year.

In October this year, the club made another attempt in court, but the 1st Civil Court of Barra da Tijuca, in Rio de Janeiro, ruled against the action filed by the Rubro-Negro.

Focus on Cruz Azul? 🇲🇽

The tendency is that Flamengo will use an alternate team next Sunday (7) against Mirassol.

The Rubro-Negro already have another commitment three days later (10). And in Qatar.

They will face Cruz Azul for the "Derby of the Americas" in the FIFA Intercontinental Cup.

The winner will face Egypt’s Pyramids for the "Challenger Cup" on the 13th.

And the winner of that match will face PSG for the "Intercontinental Cup" four days later.

Ceará’s Situation 📊

Vozão remain at 43 points. They are currently in 15th place.

Their rival Fortaleza is right behind with the same points, but with a lower goal difference.

Vitória (42) and Inter (41) are the teams that will enter the final round in the relegation zone (Z-4).

Léo Condé’s team will host Palmeiras at Castelão, depending only on themselves.

If they lose, they will need two of the three aforementioned rivals to also lose.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.

📸 MAURO PIMENTEL - AFP or licensors