Fluminense Football Club (Brazilian Portuguese: [flumiˈnẽsi ˈfu̇t-ˌbȯl ˈkləb]), known simply as Fluminense, is a Brazilian sports club best known for its football team that plays in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top tier of Brazilian football and the Campeonato Carioca, the state league of Rio de Janeiro. The club is based in the Laranjeiras neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro. Fluminense play their home games at the Maracanã Stadium, which currently holds up to 78,838 spectators. as of april 20th 2024 fluminense is the defending champhions of conmebol libertadores after winning the competition for the first time in 2023 defeating Boca Juniors in the final at his home stadium
