Team information
- Abbr
- VAS
- Sport
- Soccer
- League
- Brazilian Série A
- Founded
- 1898
- Home market
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama (Vasco da Gama Rowing Club), usually known as Vasco da Gama, is a famous and traditional Brazilian multisports club from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was founded on August 21, 1898 (although the football department started on November 5, 1915), by Portuguese immigrants, and it is still traditionally supported by the Portuguese community of Rio de Janeiro. It is one of the most popular clubs in Brazil, with more than 20 million supporters. Its statute defines the cl