2012 CR Vasco da Gama season
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The 2012 season was Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama's 114th year in existence, the club's 97th season in existence of football, and the club's 41st season playing in the Brasileirão Série A, the top flight of Brazilian football. The 2008 season was the only season where the team was down graded resulting in their playing in the Brasileirão Série B in the 2009 season.
2012 season | ||||
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Owner | Roberto Dinamite | |||
Manager | Daniel Freitas | |||
Head Coach | Cristóvão (until 10 September) Marcelo Oliveira (since 12 September until 4 November) Gaúcho (since 4 November) | |||
Brasileirão Série A | 5th place | |||
Copa Libertadores | Quarterfinal | |||
Rio de Janeiro State Championship | Runner-up (Taça Guanabara) Runner-up (Taça Rio) 4th place (Overall) | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Alecsandro (10) All: Alecsandro (25) | |||
Highest home attendance | 21,247 (vs. Barcelona de Guayaquil, an Edmundo's friendly) | |||
Lowest home attendance | 1,996 (vs. Palmeiras, for Brazilian Série A) | |||
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After doing well in the 2011 season, Vasco da Gama aimed to win its 5th title of the Brasileirão Série A. The team came close to achieving this in 2011, but lost to the Corinthians. As well as competing in the series A, Vasco da Gama returned to the Copa Libertadores (the main football competition of the Americas). In the eleven years after the 2001 Copa Libertadores, the team had enjoyed 8 consecutive wins which was a record, before being eliminated by Boca Juniors, the 2001 finalists. Despite doing so well, Vasco da Gama could not defend the title of champion of Copa do Brasil, because of conflicting schedules. (A Brazilian team competing in the Copa Libertadores cannot compete in the Copa do Brasil but this is planned for reconsideration for the 2013 Copa do Brasil).