Clubname: | Vasco da Gama |
Fullname: | Vasco da Gama Beach Soccer |
Nickname: | Trem-bala da Areia (Sand Bullet Train)[1] |
Coach: | Fábio Costa |
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Founded: | (sports club) (beach soccer) |
Vasco da Gama Beach Soccer is a Brazilian men's professional beach soccer team based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is a part of the multi-sports club CR Vasco da Gama.
The beach soccer division of CR Vasco da Gama was founded in 1999. The team won the first Mundialito de Clubes in 2011 hosted in São Paulo.[1]
Although it has qualified for the competition from the Brazilian Championship of 2017, the club is considered champions of the Copa Libertadores of 2016. Both competitions were destined to be disputed in December 2016, nevertheless, due to the tragedy with the team of the Chapecoense, were postponed to the beginning of 2017. For reasons of homologation with the CONMEBOL, the edition of the Copa Libertadores continued being referring to the year 2016, while the Confederação Brasileira de Futebol opted to leave the edition of the Brazilian Championship referring to the year of dispute, in this case 2017.