List of CR Flamengo managers

From the opening of Flamengo's football department in 1912 up until 1920 the club had no official head coach. The job of commanding the professional team consisted in a Ground Committee usually improvised, composed by the team captains and club directors. In 1920 the club has its first solo head coach, the Uruguayan Ramón Platero, only lasting for 9 matches. The Ground Committee appeared again in 1923, this time in its last appearance.[1]

Flamengo had a total of 86 different head coaches from 9 different nationalities in 145 spells during the 114 years of its football department history.

Head coaches

The following is a list of Clube de Regatas do Flamengo head coaches.[2][3]

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against

As of match played 30 August 2026
No. Image Name Nationality From To Time in Charge P W D L GF GA Win % Notes / Honours
– Ground Committee  Brazil 1912 1920 1731013834––058.38 1914 Campeonato Carioca
1915 Campeonato Carioca
1920 Campeonato Carioca
1st Ramón Platero  Uruguay 1921 1921 93241516033.33 First solo coach and first foreign coach.
2nd Telefone  Brazil 1921 1922 2918746836062.07 1921 Campeonato Carioca
– Ground Committee  Brazil 1923 1923 291685––055.17
3rd Joaquim Guimarães  Brazil 1924 1924 161222––075.00
4th José Seabra  Brazil 1924 1925 9720329077.78
5th Juan Carlos Bertoni  Uruguay 1925 1925 221633––072.73 1925 Campeonato Carioca
6th
7th
Joaquim Guimarães &
Juan Carlos Bertoni
 Brazil
 Uruguay
1926 1928 74411221––055.41 1927 Campeonato Carioca
8th
9th
Joaquim Guimarães &
Raphael Candiota
 Brazil
 Brazil
1929 1929 3411518––032.35
10th Charles Williams  England 1930 1931 45164258697035.56 First coach from outside South America.
11th Joaquim Guimarães  Brazil 1931 1932 13904––069.23
12th Milton Caldas  Brazil 1932 1932 342068––058.82
13th Augusto Gonçalves  Brazil 1933 1933 199555139047.37
14th
15th
Alessandro Baldassini
& Eugenio Matarazzo
 Brazil
 Brazil
1933 1933 8125––012.50
16th
17th
Luís Gama &
Milton Caldas
 Brazil
 Brazil
1933 1934 287516––025.00
18th Flávio Costa  Brazil 16 September 1934 10 January 1937 2 years, 116 days 102632118––061.76
19th Dori Kürschner  Hungary 1937 1938 71391121213135054.93
20th Hilton Santos  Brazil 1938 1938 11821––072.73
21st Flávio Costa  Brazil 8 December 1938 18 November 1945 6 years, 345 days 2931646267––055.97 Longest period of a head coach in the club's history
1939 Campeonato Carioca
1942 Campeonato Carioca
1943 Campeonato Carioca
1944 Campeonato Carioca
22nd Jaime de Almeida  Brazil 1946 1946 2101––050.00
23rd Flávio Costa  Brazil 10 March 1946 21 December 1946 286 days 4927616––055.10
24th Ernesto Santos  Portugal 1947 1947 4827101113193056.25 Flamengo's first Portuguese head coach.
25th Jaime de Almeida  Brazil 1947 1947 5212––040.00
26th Juca da Praia  Brazil 1948 1948 4024511––060.00
27th Kanela  Brazil 1948 1949 422868––066.67
28th Gentil Cardoso  Brazil 1949 1950 5635138––062.50
29th Jaime de Almeida  Brazil 1950 1950 5113––020.00
30th Candido de Oliveira  Portugal 1950 1950 13427––030.77 Flamengo's second Portuguese head coach.
31st Jaime de Almeida  Brazil 1950 1951 7322––042.86
32nd Flávio Costa  Brazil 17 February 1951 21 December 1952 1 year, 308 days 101631523––062.38
33rd Jaime de Almeida  Brazil 1953 1953 19973––047.37
34th Fleitas Solich  Paraguay 1953 1957 2761754754––063.41 1953 Campeonato Carioca
1954 Campeonato Carioca
1955 Campeonato Carioca
35th Jaime de Almeida  Brazil 1958 1958 8341––037.50
36th Fleitas Solich  Paraguay 1958 1959 90531819––058.89
37th Jaime de Almeida  Brazil 1959 1959 231355––056.52
38th Modesto Bria  Paraguay 1959 1960 4627712––058.70
39th Fleitas Solich  Paraguay 1960 1962 99591822––059.60 1961 Torneio Rio-São Paulo
40th Flávio Costa  Brazil 21 January 1962 22 July 1965 182 days 2201224355––055.45 1963 Campeonato Carioca
41st Armando Renganeschi  Argentina 1965 1967 127553339––043.31 1965 Campeonato Carioca
42nd Modesto Bria  Paraguay 1967 1967 17737––041.18
43rd Aymoré Moreira  Brazil 1967 1968 207310––035.00
44th Walter Miraglia  Brazil 1968 1968 58271516––046.55
45th Tim  Brazil 1969 1969 61281815––045.90
46th Joubert  Brazil 1969 1969 5122––020.00
47th Yustrich  Brazil 1970 1971 93452820––048.39
48th Fleitas Solich  Paraguay 1971 1971 3913179––033.33
49th Mário Zagallo  Brazil 1972 1972 281792––060.71
50th Joubert  Brazil 1972 1972 6240––033.33
51st Mário Zagallo  Brazil 1972 1973 65311915––047.69 1972 Campeonato Carioca
52nd Joubert  Brazil 1973 1973 8521––062.50
53rd Mário Zagallo  Brazil 1973 1973 3915717––038.46
54th Joubert  Brazil 1973 1974 132713724––053.79 1974 Campeonato Carioca
55th Carlos Froner  Brazil 1974 1975 86532112––061.63
56th Cláudio Coutinho  Brazil 1976 1977 7750189––064.94
57th Jaime Valente  Brazil 1977 1978 311894––058.06
58th Joubert  Brazil 1978 1978 321886––056.25
59th Cláudio Coutinho  Brazil 1978 1980 1891304118––068.78 1978 Campeonato Carioca
1979 Campeonato Carioca
1979 Campeonato Carioca (Especial)
1980 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
60th Modesto Bria  Paraguay 1981 1981 171052––058.82
61st Dino Sani  Brazil 1981 1981 241383––054.17
62nd Paulo César Carpegiani  Brazil 1981 1983 116712718––061.21 1981 Campeonato Carioca
1981 Copa Libertadores
1981 Intercontinental Cup
1982 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
63rd Carlinhos  Brazil 1983 1983 5131––020.00
64th Carlos Alberto Torres  Brazil 1983 1983 261349––050.00 1983 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
65th Cláudio Garcia  Brazil 1983 1984 462899––060.87
66th Mário Zagallo  Brazil 1984 1985 73371917––050.68
67th Joubert  Brazil 1985 1985 11542––045.45
68th Sebastião Lazaroni  Brazil 1985 1987 100552421––055.00 1986 Campeonato Carioca
69th Carlinhos  Brazil 1987 1987 6240––033.33
70th Antônio Lopes  Brazil 1987 1987 402497––060.00
71st Carlinhos  Brazil 1987 1988 55291511––052.73 1987 Copa União
72nd Candinho  Brazil 1988 1988 16934––056.25
73rd Telê Santana  Brazil 1988 1989 62371510––059.68
74th Valdir Espinosa  Brazil 1989 1990 37161110––043.24
75th Jair Pereira  Brazil 1990 1990 60361212––060.00 1990 Copa do Brasil
76th Vanderlei Luxemburgo  Brazil 1991 1991 52241414––046.15
77th Carlinhos  Brazil 1991 1993 107602918––056.07 1991 Campeonato Carioca
1992 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
78th Jair Pereira  Brazil 1993 1993 301776––056.67
79th Evaristo de Macedo  Brazil 1993 1993 24798––029.17
80th Júnior  Brazil 1993 1994 44201212––045.45
81st Carlinhos  Brazil 1994 1994 37131410––035.14
82nd Edinho  Brazil 1994 1994 8233––025.00
83rd Vanderlei Luxemburgo  Brazil 1995 1995 4627109––058.70
84th Edinho  Brazil 1995 1995 14626––042.86
85th Washington Rodrigues  Brazil 1995 1995 261187––042.31
86th Joel Santana  Brazil 1996 1996 79432115––054.43 1996 Campeonato Carioca
1996 Copa de Oro
87th Júnior  Brazil 1997 1997 231364––056.52
88th Sebastião Rocha  Brazil 1997 1997 341798––050.00
89th Paulo Autuori  Brazil 1997 1998 45191412––042.22
90th Joel Santana  Brazil 1998 1998 261394––050.00
90th Evaristo de Macedo  Brazil 15 September 1998 1999 261358––050.00
91st Carlinhos  Brazil 1999 1999 65361118––055.38 1999 Campeonato Carioca
1999 Copa Mercosur
92nd Paulo César Carpegiani  Brazil 2000 2000 221246––054.55
93rd Carlinhos  Brazil 2000 2000 3817813––044.74 2000 Campeonato Carioca
94th Mário Zagallo  Brazil 2000 2001 79371230––046.84 2001 Campeonato Carioca
2001 Copa dos Campeões
95th Carlos Alberto Torres  Brazil 2001 2002 8125––012.50
96th João Carlos Costa  Brazil 4 February 2002 2002 225710––022.73
97th Lula Pereira  Brazil 1 April 2002 29 August 2002 150 days 241059––041.67
98th Evaristo de Macedo  Brazil 29 August 2002 16 March 2003 199 days 3316512––048.48
99th Nelsinho Baptista  Brazil 19 March 2003 16 July 2003 119 days 291289––041.38
100th Oswaldo de Oliveira  Brazil 18 July 2003 13 October 2003 87 days 18738––038.89
101st Waldemar Lemos  Brazil 14 October 2003 December 2003 11632––054.55 Succeed his brother Oswaldo de Oliveira.
102nd Abel Braga  Brazil 1 January 2004 27 July 2004 208 days 44191213––043.18 2004 Campeonato Carioca
103rd Paulo César Gusmão  Brazil 27 July 2004 16 August 2004 20 days 5203––040.00
104th Ricardo Gomes  Brazil 20 August 2004 1 November 2004 73 days 15465––026.67
105th Júlio César Leal  Brazil 24 December 2004 3 February 2005 41 days 6204––033.33
106th Cuca  Brazil 1 February 2005 15 April 2005 73 days 12543––041.67
107th Celso Roth  Brazil 22 April 2005 29 August 2005 129 days 206410––030.00
108th Joel Santana  Brazil 24 October 2005 28 November 2005 35 days 9630––066.67 Saved the club from Série A relegation.
109th Valdir Espinosa  Brazil 6 December 2005 3 March 2006 87 days 11245––018.18
110th Waldemar Lemos  Brazil 3 March 2006 22 May 2006 80 days 18855––044.44
111th Ney Franco  Brazil 22 May 2006 29 July 2007 1 year, 68 days 74331724––044.59 2006 Copa do Brasil
2007 Campeonato Carioca
112th Joel Santana  Brazil 30 Jul 30 2007 4 May 2008 279 days 5435712––064.81 Left the club to coach South Africa national team
2008 Campeonato Carioca
113th Caio Júnior  Brazil 8 May 2008 10 December 2008 216 days 38181010––047.37
114th Cuca  Brazil 12 December 2008 23 July 2009 223 days 3919137––048.72 2009 Campeonato Carioca
115th Andrade  Brazil 24 July 2009 23 April 2010 273 days 51321099453062.75 2009 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
116th Rogério Lourenço  Brazil 24 April 2010 26 August 2010 124 days 20767––035.00
117th Paulo Silas  Brazil 29 August 2010 4 October 2010 36 days 10163––010.00
118th Vanderlei Luxemburgo  Brazil 5 October 2010 2 February 2012 1 year, 120 days 7032271110673045.71 2011 Campeonato Carioca
119th Joel Santana  Brazil 3 February 2012 23 July 2012 171 days 2915595140051.72
120th Dorival Júnior  Brazil 23 July 2012 17 March 2013 237 days 371512104237040.54
121st Jorginho  Brazil 18 March 2013 6 June 2013 80 days 14743––050.00
122nd Mano Menezes  Brazil 13 June 2013 19 September 2013 98 days 218672527038.10
123rd Jayme de Almeida  Brazil 26 September 2013 12 May 2014 228 days 5929141610067049.15 2013 Copa do Brasil
2014 Campeonato Carioca
124th Ney Franco  Brazil 13 May 2014 23 July 2014 71 days 7034313000.00
125th Vanderlei Luxemburgo  Brazil 24 July 2014 25 May 2015 305 days 563111148852055.36
126th Cristóvão Borges  Brazil 27 May 2015 20 August 2015 85 days 188191923044.44
127th Oswaldo de Oliveira  Brazil 20 August 2015 28 November 2015 100 days 188372421044.44
128th Muricy Ramalho  Brazil 1 January 2016 26 May 2016 146 days 2513664017052.00 Resigned due to health problems.
129th Zé Ricardo[4]  Brazil 26 May 2016 6 August 2017 1 year, 72 days 8948251614784053.93 2017 Campeonato Carioca
130th Reinaldo Rueda  Colombia 13 August 2017 8 January 2018 148 days 31131083926041.94 Flamengo's first Colombian head coach.
131st Paulo César Carpegiani  Brazil 8 January 2018 29 March 2018 80 days 1711332711064.71
132nd Maurício Barbieri[5]  Brazil 30 March 2018 28 September 2018 182 days 38181284628047.37
133rd Dorival Júnior  Brazil 28 September 2018 31 December 2018 94 days 12732217058.33 Second tenure as Flamengo's head coach.
134th Abel Braga[6]  Brazil 1 January 2019 29 May 2019 148 days 2818645424064.29 Second tenure as Flamengo's head coach.
2019 Campeonato Carioca
135th Jorge Jesus[7]  Portugal 1 June 2019 17 July 2020 1 year, 46 days 574310412947075.44 Flamengo's third Portuguese head coach.
2019 Copa Libertadores
2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
2020 Supercopa do Brasil
2020 Recopa Sudamericana
2020 Campeonato Carioca
136th Domènec Torrent[8]  Spain 31 July 2020 9 November 2020 101 days 2615564638057.69 Flamengo's first Spanish head coach.
137th Rogério Ceni[9]  Brazil 10 November 2020 10 July 2021 242 days 5430121210158055.56 2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
2021 Supercopa do Brasil
2021 Campeonato Carioca
138th Renato Gaúcho[10]  Brazil 10 July 2021 29 November 2021 142 days 3825858832065.79
139th Paulo Sousa[11]  Portugal 29 December 2021 9 June 2022 162 days 3219765929059.38 Flamengo's fourth Portuguese head coach.
140th Dorival Júnior[12]  Brazil 10 June 2022 31 December 2022 204 days 4326897735060.47 Third tenure as Flamengo's head coach.
2022 Copa do Brasil
2022 Copa Libertadores
141st Vítor Pereira[13]  Portugal 1 January 2023 11 April 2023 100 days 1810173624055.56 Flamengo's fifth Portuguese head coach.
142nd Jorge Sampaoli[14]  Argentina 14 April 2023 28 September 2023 167 days 39201186341051.28 Flamengo's second Argentine head coach.
143rd Tite[15]  Brazil 9 October 2023 30 September 2024 357 days 6740111610749059.70 2024 Campeonato Carioca
144th Filipe Luís[16][17]  Brazil 30 September 2024 3 March 2026 1 year, 154 days 10164221518769063.37 2024 Copa do Brasil
2025 Supercopa do Brasil
2025 Campeonato Carioca
2025 Copa Libertadores
2025 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
2025 Derby of the Americas
2025 Challenger Cup
145th Leonardo Jardim[18]  Portugal 4 March 2026 present 180 days 3220846324062.50 Flamengo's sixth Portuguese head coach.
2026 Campeonato Carioca

Interims and caretakers

The following is a list of Clube de Regatas do Flamengo head coaches who acted as interims or caretakers.

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against

As of match played 17 January 2026
Image Name Nationality From To Time in Charge P W D L GF GA Win % Notes
Maurício Souza (caretaker)[19]  Brazil 29 November 2021 29 December 2021 30 days 411235025.00
Fábio Matias (interim)  Brazil 26 January 2022 29 January 2022 3 days 211021050.00
Mário Jorge (interim)  Brazil 10 April 2023 16 April 2023 6 days 210132050.00
Mário Jorge (interim)  Brazil 28 September 2023 9 October 2023 11 days 211021050.00
Mário Jorge (interim)  Brazil 21 January 2024 27 January 2024 6 days 202011000.00
Matheus Bachi (interim)[20]  Brazil 23 August 2024 26 August 2024 3 days 110021100.00
Cleber dos Santos (interim)[21]  Brazil 12 January 2025 22 January 2025 10 days 411285025.00
Bruno Pivetti (interim)  Brazil 6 December 2025 6 December 2025 1 day 101033000.00
Bruno Pivetti (interim)  Brazil 11 January 2026 17 January 2026 6 days 301226000.00

Head coaches by nationality

Nationality Number
 Brazil 70
 Portugal 6
 Uruguay 2
 Paraguay 2
 Argentina 2
 England 1
 Hungary 1
 Colombia 1
 Spain 1
Total86

Trophies

No. Name National Regional Continental Intercontinental Total
SA CB SC CC TRS* CdC* CCL CCS RS CM* CO* IC* FCC FDotA FCWC
1 Brazil Filipe Luís1111––1–––––11–7
2 Brazil Carlinhos2––3–––––1–––––6
3 Portugal Jorge Jesus1–11––1–1––––––5
Brazil Flávio Costa–––5–––––––––––5
5 Brazil Paulo César Carpegiani1––1––1––––1–––4
Brazil Cláudio Coutinho1––3–––––––––––4
Paraguay Fleitas Solich–––31––––––––––4
8 Brazil Rogério Ceni1–11–––––––––––3
Brazil Mário Zagallo–––2–1–––––––––3
Brazil Joel Santana–––2––––––1––––3
11 Brazil Dorival Júnior–1––––1––––––––2
Brazil Ney Franco–1–1–––––––––––2
Brazil Jayme de Almeida–1–1–––––––––––2
Brazil Ground Committee–––2–––––––––––2
Brazil Abel Braga–––2–––––––––––2
16 Brazil Carlos Alberto Torres1––––––––––––––1
Brazil Andrade1––––––––––––––1
Brazil Jair Pereira–1–––––––––––––1
Brazil Telefone–––1–––––––––––1
Uruguay Juan Carlos Bertoni–––1–––––––––––1
Uruguay Juan Carlos Bertoni &
Brazil Joaquim Guimarães
–––1–––––––––––1
Argentina Armando Renganeschi–––1–––––––––––1
Brazil Sebastião Lazaroni–––1–––––––––––1
Brazil Cuca–––1–––––––––––1
Brazil Vanderlei Luxemburgo–––1–––––––––––1
Brazil Zé Ricardo–––1–––––––––––1
Brazil Tite–––1–––––––––––1
Portugal Leonardo Jardim–––1–––––––––––1
Total953401140111111066

(*) Dufunct competitions

References

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  2. ↑ Técnicos do Flamengo ano a ano (in Portuguese)
  3. ↑ "Técnicos do Clube de Regatas do Flamengo" (in Brazilian Portuguese). FlaEstatística. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  4. ↑ "Fla confirma saída de Muricy, e técnico do sub-20 assume como interino" (in Portuguese). globoesporte.com. 26 May 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  5. ↑ "Mauricio Barbieri é efetivado como técnico do Flamengo" [Mauricio Barbieri is appointed permanent manager of Flamengo] (in Portuguese). CR Flamengo. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "Flamengo acerta com Abel Braga e prepara anúncio de técnico para próximos dias". globoesporte.com. 10 December 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
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  9. ↑ "Flamengo oficializa contratação do técnico Rogério Ceni, ex-Fortaleza" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Globoesporte.com. 10 November 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  10. ↑ "Renato Gaúcho é o novo técnico do Flamengo" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Flamengo.com.br. 10 July 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  11. ↑ "Agora, é oficial! Flamengo anuncia Paulo Sousa como treinador até o fim de 2023" (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge.globo. 29 December 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  12. ↑ "Flamengo anuncia a volta de Dorival Júnior" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Globoesporte.com. 10 June 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  13. ↑ "Flamengo anuncia acordo com treinador Vitor Pereira" (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge.globo. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  14. ↑ "Flamengo anuncia a contratação de Jorge Sampaoli". ge.globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 14 April 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  15. ↑ "Flamengo anuncia oficialmente a contratação de Tite". ge.globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 9 October 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
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  17. ↑ "Managers: Filipe Luís". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
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  20. ↑ "Tite tem previsão de alta no sábado, e Matheus Bachi será o técnico em Flamengo x Bragantino". ge.globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 23 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  21. ↑ "Quem é Cleber dos Santos, técnico que vai comandar o Flamengo no início do Carioca". ge.globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 31 December 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2025.