2011 CR Vasco da Gama season explained

Club:	Vasco da Gama
Season:	2011
Chrtitle:	President
Chairman:	Roberto Dinamite
Mgrtitle:	Head Coach
Manager:	Cristóvão since 28 August (Ricardo Gomes since 1 February until 28 August) (Paulo César Gusmão until 28 January)
Stadium:	São Januário Engenhão
League:	Brasileirão Série A
League Result:	Runners-up
Cup1:	Copa do Brasil
Cup1 Result:	Champion
Cup2:	Rio de Janeiro State Championship
Cup2 Result:	6th Guanabara Tournament Group stage Rio de Janeiro Tournament: Runners-up
Cup3:	Copa Sudamericana
Cup3 Result:	Semifinals
League Topscorer:	Diego Souza (11) Élton (11)
Season Topscorer:	Bernardo (18)
Highest Attendance:	33,778 (versus Botafogo in Brasileirão Série A)
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Prevseason:	2010
Nextseason:	2012

The 2011 season was Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama's 113th year in existence, the club's 96th season in existence of football, and the club's 40th season playing in the Brasileirão Série A, the top flight of Brazilian football, having been out only in 2009, after a relegation from top division in 2008, backing in 2010.

Vasco da Gama finished Brasileirão Série A as runners-up, 2 points behind winners Corinthians, in a title decided in last round, when Corinthians draw 0–0 against Palmeiras and Vasco da Gama draw 1–1 against Flamengo. Vasco da Gama in Copa Sudamericana goes at semifinals, after a 1–3 aggregate loss against eventual winners Universidad de Chile. Vasco da Gama won their first Copa do Brasil title, after an epic finals against Coritiba, winning in away goals rule after a 3–3 aggregate draw. Vasco da Gama finished Rio de Janeiro State Championship in 6th place, after a fall in group stage of Taça Guanabara and a runners-up against Flamengo in Taça Rio in a 1–3 penalty loss after a 0–0 draw.

Club

Coaching staff

Updated 2 November 2011.

Position	Name	Nationality
Head coach	Ricardo Gomes	Brazil
Assistant coach	Cristóvão (caretaker head coach), Gaúcho, Silveira, Jorge Luiz	Brazil
Physiologists	Rodnei, Daniel Gonçalves	Brazil
Supervisors	Daniel Freitas (football); Fabiano Lunz (logistics), Bruno Coev (heritage)	Brazil
Fitness coaches	Rodrigo Poletto, Romildo, Armando	Brazil
Masseurs	PC, Carlão, Curumim	Brazil
Wardrobes	Adão, Niltinho	Brazil
Physicologist	Maria Helena Rodriguez	Brazil
Nutritionist	Mildre Souza	Brazil
Press officers	Patrícia Gregório, Vinicius Melo	Brazil
Goalkeepers coach	Carlos Germano	Brazil

Other personnel

Players

First-team squad

Out of loan

Squad information

No.	Name	Nationality	Position (s)	Date of birth (age)	Signed From
Goalkeepers
1	Fernando Prass		GK	2011 12, df=yes	União de Leiria
12	Alessandro		GK	2011 12, df=yes	Grêmio
50	Diogo Silva (on loan from Nova Iguaçu)		GK	2011 12, df=yes	Nova Iguaçu
Defenders
3	Cesinha		CB	2011 12, df=yes	Santo André
13	Victor Ramos (on loan from Standard Liège)		CB	2011 12, df=yes	Standard Liège
16	Douglas		CB	2011 12, df=yes	América (Natal)
17	Julinho (on loan from Avaí)		LFB, LWM	2011 12, df=yes	Avaí
22	Julio Irrazábal		RFB, LFB	2011 12, df=yes	Cerro Porteño
23	Fagner		RFB	2011 12, df=yes	PSV Eindhoven
26	Dedé		CB	2011 12, df=yes	Vasco da Gama (loaned from Volta Redonda)
32	Márcio Careca		LFB	2011 12, df=yes	Guarani (loaned from Vasco da Gama)
33	Renato Silva (on loan from Shandong Luneng)		CB	2011 12, df=yes	Shandong Luneng
43	Max		RFB, LFB	2011 12, df=yes	Youth system
Midfielders
5	Nílton		DM, CM	2011 12, df=yes	Corinthians
6	Felipe		CM, LWM, LW, AM, LFB	2011 12, df=yes	Al Sadd
8	Juninho Pernambucano		CM, AM, RWM	2011 12, df=yes	Al-Gharafa
10	Diego Souza (on loan from Desportivo Brasil)		AM, LW, CF	2011 12, df=yes	Atlético Mineiro (loaned from Desportivo Brasil)
18	Jumar (on loan from Desportivo Brasil)		DM, LFB, CM, RFB	2011 12, df=yes	Palmeiras (loaned from Desportivo Brasil)
21	Fellipe Bastos (on loan from Benfica)		CM, DM	2011 12, df=yes	Servette (loaned from Benfica)
27	Diego Rosa		CM, RFB, RWM, LWM, LFB, AM	2011 12, df=yes	Juventude
28	Eduardo Costa		DM, CM	2011 12, df=yes	Vasco da Gama (loaned from Monaco)
31	Bernardo (on loan from Cruzeiro)		AM, LW, LWM	2011 12, df=yes	Goiás (loaned from Cruzeiro)
35	Allan (youth player, on loan from Deportivo Maldonado)		CM, RFB, DM, RWM	2011 12, df=yes	Youth system (on loan from Deportivo Maldonado)
37	Rômulo		DM, CM	2011 12, df=yes	Youth system
45	Leandro Chaparro (on loan from Desportivo Brasil)		CM, RWM, AM	2011 12, df=yes	San Lorenzo de Almagro
Forwards
7	Éder Luís (on loan from Benfica)		RW, CF	2011 12, df=yes	Benfica
9	Alecsandro		CF	2011 12, df=yes	Internacional
15	Jonathan (youth player)		LW, RW, AM	2011 12, df=yes	Youth system
19	Leandro (on loan from Grêmio)		RW, LW, CF	2011 12, df=yes	Grêmio
29	Kim		RW, LW, CF	2011 12, df=yes	Al-Arabi
30	Patric		CF	2011 12, df=yes	Mixto
39	Élton (on loan from Olé Brasil)		CF	2011 12, df=yes	Braga (loaned from Olé Brasil)
44	William Barbio (on loan from Nova Iguaçu)		RW, LW	2011 12, df=yes	Nova Iguaçu

from Vasco da Gama (U–20)

able to play in first team

No.	Name	Nationality	Position (s)	Date of birth (age)	Signed From
Defenders
2	Jomar (youth player)		CB	2011 12, df=yes	Youth system
14	Luan (youth player)		CB	2011 12, df=yes	Youth system
Midfielders
	Elivelton (youth player)		DM	2011 12, df=yes	Youth system
	Guilherme (youth player)		LWM, AM, RWM	2011 12, df=yes	Youth system
Forwards
	Willen (youth player)		CF	2011 12, df=yes	Youth system

Out of loan

No.	Name	Nationality	Position (s)	Date of birth (age)	Signed From
Goalkeepers
	Adilson (on loan to Duque de Caxias)		GK	2011 12, df=yes	Vasco da Gama – (U–20)
	Tiago (on loan to Bahia)		GK	2011 12, df=yes	Vasco da Gama
Defenders
14	Jadson Viera (on loan to Nacional)		CB	2011 12, df=yes	Vasco da Gama
34	Diogo (on loan to Sport do Recife)		LFB, LWM	2011 12, df=yes	Vasco da Gama
	Ari (on loan to Guarani)		RFB, LFB	2011 12, df=yes	Vasco da Gama – (U–20)
	Edu Pina (on loan to Duque de Caxias)		LFB, LWM	2011 12, df=yes	Boavista (loaned from Vasco da Gama)
	Élder Granja (on loan to São Caetano)		RFB	2011 12, df=yes	Vasco da Gama – (B)
	Genílson (on loan to Duque de Caxias)		CB	2011 12, df=yes	Vasco da Gama – (U–20)
	Gian (on loan to Avaí)		CB	2011 12, df=yes	São Caetano (loaned from Vasco da Gama)
Midfielders
11	Jéferson (on loan to Sporting Kansas City)		AM, CM	2011 12, df=yes	Vasco da Gama
17	Enrico (on loan to Ceará)		AM, RWM, LWM	2011 12, df=yes	Vasco da Gama
19	Carlos Alberto (on loan to Bahia)		AM, LW, CF	2011 12, df=yes	Grêmio (loaned from Vasco da Gama)
20	Caíque (on loan to Avaí)		AM, LW, RW, LWM, RWM	2011 12, df=yes	Vasco da Gama
28	Renato Augusto (on loan to Atlético Goianiense)		CM, DM	2011 12, df=yes	Vasco da Gama
	Magno (on loan to Bahia)		AM, LW, RW	2011 12, df=yes	Vasco da Gama
	Mateus (on loan to Criciúma)		DM	2011 12, df=yes	Ettifaq (loaned from Vasco da Gama)
Forwards
29	Nilson (on loan to Criciúma)		CF	2011 12, df=yes	Vasco da Gama
	Lipe (on loan to Salgueiro)		CF	2011 12, df=yes	Duque de Caxias (loaned from Vasco da Gama)
	Rafael Coelho (on loan to Avaí)		CF	2011 12, df=yes	Vasco da Gama
	Rodrigo Pimpão (on loan to Omiya Ardija)		LW, RW	2011 12, df=yes	Cerezo Osaka (loaned from Vasco da Gama)

Transfers

In

Date	Player	Number	Position	Previous club	Fee/notes	Ref
14 September 2010	Diego Rosa		MF	Juventude	Free transfer, end of contract
17 March 2011	Alecsandro		FW	Internacional	Transfer, traded in an exchange of Zé Roberto
27 April 2011	Juninho Pernambucano		MF	Al-Gharafa	Free transfer, end of contract
8 July 2011	Eduardo Costa		MF	Monaco	Free transfer, mutual contract rescission
18 July 2011	Kim		FW	Al-Arabi	Free transfer, mutual contract rescission

Loan in

Date from	Date to	Player	Number	Position	Previous club	Fee/notes	Ref
15 August 2008	27 May 2012	Allan		MF	Vasco da Gama U-20 (on loan from Deportivo Maldonado)	Loan transfer from Deportivo Maldonado Previously end of loan: 30 June 2013
8 December 2009	20 January 2012	Jumar		MF	Palmeiras (on loan from Desportivo Brasil)	Loan transfer from Desportivo Brasil Previously end of loan: 31 December 2012
28 June 2010	19 June 2012	Éder Luís		FW	Benfica	Loan transfer from Benfica
28 June 2010	19 June 2012	Fellipe Bastos		MF	Servette (on loan from Benfica)	Loan transfer from Benfica
13 December 2010	27 August 2011	Anderson Martins		DF	Vitória	Loan transfer from Desportivo Brasil Previously end of loan: 31 December 2014
13 December 2010	11 March 2011	Marcel		FW	Santos (on loan from S.L. Benfica)	Loan transfer from S.L. Benfica Previously end of loan: 31 December 2011
30 December 2010	31 May 2011	Misael		FW	Ceará	Loan transfer from Ceará Previously end of loan: 31 December 2011
30 December 2010	8 July 2011	Eduardo Costa		MF	AS Monaco	Loan transfer from AS Monaco Previously end of loan: 31 December 2011
27 January 2011	31 December 2011	Bernardo		MF	Cruzeiro	Loan transfer from Cruzeiro
11 February 2011	31 December 2011	Leandro		FW	Grêmio	Loan transfer from Grêmio
15 February 2011	31 December 2011	Élton		FW	Braga (on loan from Olé Brasil)	Loan transfer from Olé Brasil
16 February 2011	31 December 2012	Leandro Chaparro		MF	San Lorenzo de Almagro	Loan transfer from Desportivo Brasil
10 March 2011	20 July 2012	Diego Souza		MF	Atlético Mineiro (on loan from Desportivo Brasil)	Loan transfer from Desportivo Brasil Previously end of loan: 31 December 2014
2 May 2011	30 June 2012	Diogo Silva		GK	Nova Iguaçu	Loan transfer from Nova Iguaçu
7 June 2011	31 December 2011	William Barbio		FW	Nova Iguaçu	Loan transfer from Nova Iguaçu
4 July 2011	30 June 2013	Renato Silva		DF	Shandong Luneng	Loan transfer from Shandong Luneng
12 July 2011	31 December 2011	Julinho		DF	Avaí	Loan transfer from Avaí
21 July 2011	31 December 2011	Victor Ramos		DF	Standard Liège	Loan transfer from Standard Liège

On trial (in)

Out

Date	Player	Number	Position	Destination club	Fee/notes	Ref
17 December 2010	Ernani		DF	Vitória	Released, end of contract
21 January 2011	Zé Roberto		MF	Internacional	Transfer, traded in exchange of Alecsandro plus R$ 1,5 million
30 May 2011	Cestaro		GK		Retired
30 June 2011	Adilson		GK		Released, end of contract
7 July 2011	Ramon		DF	Corinthians	Mutual contract rescission, free transfer
5 August 2011	Fernando		DF	Americana	Free transfer, end of contract
10 August 2011	Patrick Staduto		FW	1º de Dezembro	Previously on Manhaçu on loan from Vasco da Gama Free transfer

Loan out

Date from	Date to	Player	Number	Position	Destination club	Fee/notes	Ref
3 May 2010	27 June 2011	Mateus		MF	Al-Ettifaq	Previously on Bahia on loan from Vasco da Gama (6 January 2010 to 3 May 2010)
15 December 2010	30 June 2012	Magno		MF	Bahia	Loan transfer
16 December 2010	31 December 2011	Tiago		GK	Bahia
17 December 2010	31 December 2011	Gian		DF	Avaí	Previously on São Caetano on loan from Vasco da Gama
19 December 2010	31 July 2011	Rodrigo Pimpão		FW	Cerezo Osaka	Previously on Paraná on loan from Vasco da Gama
30 December 2010	30 June 2011	Jeferson Silva		MF	Nova Iguaçu
1 January 2011	30 June 2011	Lipe		FW	Duque de Caxias	Previously on Vasco da Gama – (U–20)
14 January 2011	30 June 2011	Edu Pina		DF	Boavista
10 January 2011	31 December 2011	Rafael Coelho		FW	Avaí
2 February 2011	31 December 2011	Jadson Viera		DF	Nacional
4 February 2011	30 April 2011	Carlos Alberto		MF	Grêmio	Previously end of loan: 31 December 2011
10 February 2011	31 December 2011	Adilson		GK	Duque de Caxias	Previously on Vasco da Gama – (U–20) Previously end of loan: 30 June 2011
10 February 2011	30 June 2011	Ari		DF	Duque de Caxias	Previously on Vasco da Gama – (U–20)
10 February 2011	31 December 2011	Genílson		DF	Duque de Caxias	Previously on Vasco da Gama – (U–20)
12 April 2011	31 December 2011	Renato Augusto		MF	Atlético Goianiense
23 May 2011	30 June 2012	Edu Pina		DF	Duque de Caxias	Previously on Boavista on loan from Vasco da Gama
23 May 2011	31 December 2011	Jeferson Silva		MF	Salgueiro	Previously on Nova Iguaçu on loan from Vasco da Gama
27 May 2011	31 December 2011	Carlos Alberto		MF	Bahia	Previously on Grêmio on loan from Vasco da Gama
3 June 2011	31 December 2011	Lipe		FW	Salgueiro	Previously on Duque de Caxias on loan from Vasco da Gama
10 June 2011	10 August 2011	Patrick Staduto		FW	Manhuaçu	Previously on Vasco da Gama – (U–20)
14 June 2011	31 December 2011	Ari		DF	Guarani	Previously on Duque de Caxias on loan from Vasco da Gama
27 June 2011	31 December 2011	Mateus		MF	Criciúma	Previously on Al-Ettifaq on loan from Vasco da Gama
30 June 2011	31 December 2011	Enrico		MF	Ceará
17 July 2011	31 December 2011	Jéferson		MF	Sporting Kansas City	Designated player
25 July 2011	31 December 2011	Caíque		MF	Avaí
29 July 2011	31 December 2011	Élder Granja		DF	São Caetano	Previously on Vasco da Gama – (B)
2 August 2011	31 December 2011	Rodrigo Pimpão		FW	Omiya Ardija	Previously on Cerezo Osaka on loan from Vasco da Gama
14 September 2011	31 December 2012	Diogo		DF	Sport do Recife
20 September 2011	31 December 2011	Nilson		FW	Criciúma

On trial (out)

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

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Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches

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1		31	Bernardo	6	2	4	6	18
2		10	Diego Souza	1	3	2	11	17
3		39	Élton	1	1	2	11	15
4		9	Alecsandro	2	5	3	3	13
5		26	Dedé	3	1	2	6	12
6		7	Éder Luís	3	2	0	4	9
7		6	Felipe	3	0	0	4	7
8		9	Marcel	4	2	0	0	6
9		23	Fagner	1	0	0	4	5
		8	Juninho Pernambucano	0	0	1	4	5
		37	Rômulo	3	1	0	1	5
12		11	Jéferson	2	1	0	1	4
13		17	Enrico	2	0	0	1	3
		21	Fellipe Bastos	1	1	0	1	3
15		33	Ramon	2	0	0	0	2
16		35	Allan	0	0	1	0	1
		25	Anderson Martins	1	0	0	0	1
		20	Caíque	1	0	0	0	1
		16	Douglas	0	0	1	0	1
		18	Jumar	0	0	1	0	1
		19	Leandro	0	0	1	0	1
			Own Goal	0	1	0	0	1
			Total	36	20	18	57	131

Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches

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GK		1	Fernando Prass	8	5	1	16	30
GK		12	Alessandro	0	0	0	0	0
GK		24	Diogo Silva	0	0	0	0	0
GK		36	Cestaro	0	0	0	0	0
			Total	8	5	1	16	30

Overall

Games played	74 (17 Rio State League, 11 Copa do Brasil, 8 Copa Sudamericana, 38 Série A)
Games won	35 (8 Rio State League, 5 Copa do Brasil, 3 Copa Sudamericana, 19 Série A)
Games drawn	22 (4 Rio State League, 5 Copa do Brasil, 1 Copa Sudamericana, 12 Série A)
Games lost	16 (5 Rio State League, 1 Copa do Brasil, 4 Copa Sudamericana, 7 Série A)
Goals scored	131
Goals conceded	77
Goal difference	+54
Best result	9-0 (A) v America-RJ – Rio State League – 2011
Worsts results	0-4 (A) v Botafogo / 1-5 (A) v Coritiba – Série A – 2011
Most appearances	Fernando Prass (74 appearances)
Top scorer	Bernardo (18 goals)