2018 CR Vasco da Gama season

The 2018 season is Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama's 120th complete calendar year in existence, the club's 103rd season in existence of football, and the club's 45th season playing in the Brasileirão Série A, the top flight of Brazilian football.

Vasco da Gama

2018 season
President	Alexandre Campello since 22 January (Julio Brant, Eurico Miranda, Fernando Horta on triumvirate since 17 January until 21 January) (Eurico Miranda until 16 January)
Head Coach	Zé Ricardo
Stadium	São Januário
Brasileirão Série A	16th
Copa do Brasil	Round of 16
Campeonato do Estado do Rio de Janeiro	Runners-up Taça Guanabara: Group stage Taça Rio de Janeiro: Semifinal
Copa Libertadores	Group stage
Copa Sudamericana	Second qualifying stage
Home colours Away colours

Players

Squad information

As of 9 March 2018.

No.	Name	Nationality	Position (s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed From
Goalkeepers
1	Martín Silva		GK	25 March 1983 (aged 35)	Olimpia
12	Gabriel Félix		GK	4 April 1995 (aged 23)	Youth system
24	João Pedro (youth player)		GK	28 January 1998 (aged 20)	Youth system
33	Fernando Miguel		GK	2 February 1985 (aged 33)	Vitória
	Jordi		GK	3 September 1993 (aged 25)	Tractor Sazi (loaned from Vasco da Gama)
Defenders
2	Rafael Galhardo		RFB	30 October 1991 (aged 27)	Cruzeiro
3	Frickson Erazo (on loan from Atlético Mineiro)		CB	5 May 1988 (aged 30)	Atlético Mineiro
4	Breno		CB, DM	13 October 1989 (aged 29)	Vasco da Gama (loaned from São Paulo)
6	Fabrício (on loan from Cruzeiro)		LFB	11 January 1987 (aged 31)	Atlético Paranaense (loaned from Cruzeiro)
13	Luiz Gustavo		CB, RFB	12 February 1994 (aged 24)	Oeste (loaned from Palmeiras)
14	Ricardo		CB, LFB	19 February 1997 (aged 21)	Youth system
16	Henrique		LFB, LWM	25 April 1994 (aged 24)	Youth system
22	Yago Pikachu		RFB, RWM	5 June 1992 (aged 26)	Paysandu
25	Paulão (on loan from Internacional)		CB	25 February 1986 (aged 32)	Internacional
27	Ramon		LFB	6 May 1988 (aged 30)	Antalyaspor
29	Bruno		CB, DM	15 February 1988 (aged 30)	Ferroviária
34	Werley		CB, RFB	5 September 1988 (aged 30)	Coritiba
Midfielders
5	Leandro Luis Desábato		DM, CB	30 March 1990 (aged 28)	Vélez Sarsfield
7	Wellington		DM, RWM, AM	28 January 1991 (aged 27)	Vasco da Gama (loaned from São Paulo)
8	Thiago Galhardo		AM, RWM	20 July 1989 (aged 29)	Albirex Niigata (loaned from Coritiba)
10	Evander (youth player)		AM, DM, LWM, RWM	9 June 1998 (aged 20)	Youth system
15	Andrey (youth player)		DM, RFB	15 February 1998 (aged 20)	Youth system
20	Wágner		AM, LWM, RWM, DM	29 January 1985 (aged 33)	Tianjin TEDA
23	Bruno Paulista (on loan from Sporting de Portugal)		DM	21 August 1995 (aged 23)	Sporting de Portugal
26	Giovanni Augusto (on loan from Corinthians)		AM, RWM, LWM	5 September 1989 (aged 29)	Corinthians
32	Bruno Cosendey		DM, AM	25 January 1997 (aged 21)	Youth system
Forwards
9	Andrés Ríos		CF, RWM, AM	1 August 1989 (aged 29)	Defensa y Justicia
11	Paulinho (youth player)		LWM, RWM, AM, CF	15 July 2000 (aged 18)	Youth system
17	Rildo		LWM, RWM	20 March 1989 (aged 29)	Coritiba
18	Duvier Riascos		CF, RWM, LWM	26 June 1986 (aged 32)	Millonarios
19	Caio Monteiro		LWM, CF, RWM	10 February 1997 (aged 21)	Youth system
21	Paulo Vitor (youth player)		CF, RWM, LWM	24 June 1999 (aged 19)	Youth system
28	Kelvin (on loan from Porto)		RWM, LWM	1 June 1993 (aged 25)	São Paulo (loaned from Porto)

from Vasco da Gama (B) (reserve team)

As of 18 December 2017.

No.	Name	Nationality	Position (s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed From
Defenders
	Jomar		CB	28 September 1992 (aged 26)	Vasco da Gama
	Kadu		CB	2 March 1995 (aged 23)	Boavista (loaned from Vasco da Gama)
Midfielders
	Lucas (on loan from Boavista)		LWM, RWM, AM	1 April 1996 (aged 22)	Boavista
	Marcelo Mattos		DM	10 February 1984 (aged 34)	Vasco da Gama
Forwards
	Bruno Henricky		RWM	17 August 1997 (aged 21)	Tigres do Brasil – (U–20) (loaned from Vasco da Gama – (U–20))

Out on loan

No.	Name	Nationality	Position (s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed From
Defenders
	Alan (youth player, on loan to ABC)		LFB, LWM	5 January 1998 (aged 20)	Vasco da Gama
Midfielders
	Guilherme (on loan to Vitória)		LWM, AM, RWM	31 March 1994 (aged 24)	Vasco da Gama
Forwards
	Thalles (on loan to Albirex Niigata)		CF	18 May 1995 (aged 23)	Vasco da Gama

In

Date	Player	Number	Position	Previous Club	Fee/Notes	Ref
17 December 2017	Leandro Luis Desábato		MF	Vélez Sarsfield		Vasco.com.br
21 December 2017	Rildo		FW	Coritiba		Vasco.com.br
27 December 2017	Breno		DF	Vasco da Gama (loaned from São Paulo)
30 December 2017	Wellington		MF	Vasco da Gama (loaned from São Paulo)
5 January 2018	Thiago Galhardo		MF	Albirex Niigata (loaned from Coritiba)		Vasco.com.br
6 January 2018	Luiz Gustavo		DF	Oeste (loaned from Palmeiras)		Vasco.com.br
12 January 2018	Duvier Riascos		FW	Millonarios		Vasco.com.br
13 January 2018	Rafael Galhardo		DF	Cruzeiro		Vasco.com.br
25 January 2018	Werley		DF	Coritiba		Vasco.com.br
9 March 2018	Bruno		DF	Ferroviária		Vasco.com.br
8 May 2018	Fernando Miguel		GK	Vitória		Vasco.com.br

Loan in

Date from	Date to	Player	Number	Position	Previous Club	Fee/Notes	Ref
3 February 2017	31 December 2018	Kelvin		FW	São Paulo (loaned from Porto)	Loan transfer from Porto Previously end of loan: 31 December 2017
30 June 2017	30 June 2018	Bruno Paulista		MF	Sporting de Portugal	Loan transfer from Sporting de Portugal	Vasco.com.br
13 January 2018	31 December 2018	Frickson Erazo		DF	Atlético Mineiro	Loan transfer from Atlético Mineiro	Vasco.com.br
15 January 2018	31 December 2018	Fabrício		DF	Atlético Paranaense (loaned from Cruzeiro)	Loan transfer from Cruzeiro	Vasco.com.br
26 January 2018	31 December 2019	Paulão		DF	Internacional	Loan transfer from Internacional
8 February 2018	31 December 2018	Giovanni Augusto		MF	Corinthians	Loan transfer from Corinthians	Vasco.com.br
29 March 2018	31 December 2018	Lucas		MF	Boavista	Loan transfer from Boavista	Vasco.com.br

On trial (in)

Date from	Date to	Player	Number	Position	Previous Club	Fee/Notes	Ref
1 July 2017	5 March 2018	Bruno Ferreira		MF	Red Bull Brasil (loaned from Vasco da Gama)	Vasco da Gama – (B)
21 November 2017		Daniel Pessoa		FW	Free agent (last club: Santa Rita (loaned from Marília))	Vasco da Gama – (B)
29 November 2017		Nathan		FW	Duque de Caxias	Vasco da Gama – (B) Loan from Duque de Caxias
12 December 2017	March 2018	Wellington Lucas		DF	Brasilis	Vasco da Gama – (B)
12 December 2017	March 2018	Jeferson		MF	São Gonçalo	Vasco da Gama – (B) Loan from São Gonçalo
12 December 2017	March 2018	Diogo		FW	Elosport Capão Bonito	Vasco da Gama – (B)
12 December 2017	March 2018	Eduardo Melo		MF	Free agent (last club: Baraúnas (loaned from Vasco da Gama))	Vasco da Gama – (B)
12 December 2017	17 January 2018	Rogélio Balotelli		FW	América (Teófilo Otoni)	Vasco da Gama – (B)
12 December 2017	26 February 2018	Jonathan Bryan		FW	Barra Mansa	Vasco da Gama – (B)
15 December 2017	March 2018	Daniel Felipe		DF	São Gonçalo	Vasco da Gama – (B) Loan from São Gonçalo
15 December 2017	March 2018	Joseph		MF	São Gonçalo	Vasco da Gama – (B) Loan from São Gonçalo
17 December 2017	March 2018	Alex de Souza		MF	Penapolense	Vasco da Gama – (B)
17 December 2017		Gleison		DF	Free agent (last club: Santos – (U-20))	Vasco da Gama – (B)
20 December 2017	March 2018	Enric Ferro		DF	America (RJ)	Vasco da Gama – (B)
20 December 2017	March 2018	Yuri		DF	Barra da Tijuca	Vasco da Gama – (B)
20 December 2017	15 February 2018	Mayron		MF	Audax Rio de Janeiro	Vasco da Gama – (B)
20 December 2017		Willian		MF	Barra Mansa	Vasco da Gama – (B) Loan from Barra Mansa
20 December 2017	March 2018	Romário		MF	Carapebus	Vasco da Gama – (B) Loan from Carapebus
21 December 2017		Thiago Moraes		GK	América (Teófilo Otoni)	Vasco da Gama – (B)
22 December 2017		Renan Mello		MF	América (MG)	Vasco da Gama – (B)
28 December 2017		Jomar		DF	Vasco da Gama	Vasco da Gama – (B)
28 December 2017	18 January 2018	Thalles		FW	Vasco da Gama	Vasco da Gama – (B)
13 January 2018		Matheus Cabral		GK	São Cristóvão (loaned from Vasco da Gama – (U–20))	Vasco da Gama – (B)
		Bruno Henricky		FW	Tigres do Brasil – (U–20) (loaned from Vasco da Gama – (U–20))	Vasco da Gama – (B)
9 April 2018		Kadu		DF	Boavista (loaned from Vasco da Gama)	Vasco da Gama – (B)
11 April 2018		Marcelo Mattos		MF	Vasco da Gama	Vasco da Gama – (B)
11 May 2018		Lucas		MF	Vasco da Gama (loaned from Boavista)	Vasco da Gama – (B)

Out

Date	Player	Number	Position	Destination Club	Fee/Notes	Ref
4 December 2017 4 January 2018	Éder Luís		FW	Red Bull Brasil		RedBullBrasil.com.br
7 December 2017 15 December 2017	Lorran		DF	Santo André	Previously on Moto Club de São Luís on loan from Vasco da Gama
7 December 2017 14 March 2018	William Barbio		FW	Boa	Previously on Santa Cruz on loan from Vasco da Gama
12 December 2017	Júlio César		DF	Boavista	Previously on Boavista on loan from Vasco da Gama
28 December 2017	Rafael Marques		DF
9 January 2018 10 January 2018	Anderson Martins		DF	São Paulo	Rescission of contract, R$ 10 million buyout clause on a hypothetical transfer to Flamengo	SaoPauloFC.net
12 January 2018	Mádson		DF	Grêmio	R$ 2 million (60% of federal rights)	Gremio.net
12 January 2018 16 January 2018	Jussa		MF	São Bernardo	Previously on Vasco da Gama – (B)
16 January 2018	Mateus Vital		MF	Corinthians	R$ 8 million (50% of federal rights)	Corinthians.com.br
16 January 2018 2 February 2018	Andrezinho		MF	Nova Iguaçu	Rescission of contract due to lack of payments Previously on Goiás on loan from Vasco da Gama	NIFC.com.br
26 January 2018 29 January 2018	Nenê		FW	São Paulo		SãoPauloFC.net
29 January 2018	Damián Escudero		MF		Rescission of contract due to lack of payments
8 February 2018	Luís Fabiano		FW		Rescission of contract	Vasco.com.br
5 March 2018	Bruno Ferreira		DF		Previously on Vasco da Gama – (B)
9 April 2018	Renato Kayser		FW	Atlético Goianiense (loaned from Cruzeiro)	Previously on Tupi on loan from Vasco da Gama
26 April 2018 15 July 2018	Paulinho		FW	Bayer Leverkusen	€ 20 million	Bayer04.de

Loan out

Date from	Date to	Player	Number	Position	Destination Club	Fee/Notes	Ref
17 May 2017	9 April 2018	Kadu		DF	Boavista	Previously end of loan: 31 December 2017 Previously end of loan: 30 June 2018
4 December 2017	2 May 2018	Jordi		GK	Tractor Sazi	Previously end of loan: 30 June 2018
5 December 2017	9 April 2018	Renato Kayser		FW	Tupi	Previously on Ferroviária on loan from Vasco da Gama Previously end of loan: 30 June 2018
19 January 2018	31 December 2018	Thalles		FW	Albirex Niigata		Albirex.co.jp
8 February 2018	31 December 2018	Guilherme		MF	Vitória		ECVitoria.com.br
26 April 2018	31 December 2018	Alan		DF	ABC		ABCFC.com.br

Competitions

Times from 1 January to 17 February 2018 and from 4 November to 31 December 2018 are UTC–2, from 17 February 2018 to 3 November 2018 UTC–3.

Brasileirão Série A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	Chapecoense	38	11	11	16	34	50	−16	44	Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage
15	Ceará	38	10	14	14	32	38	−6	44
16	Vasco da Gama	38	10	13	15	41	48	−7	43
17	Sport (R)	38	11	9	18	35	57	−22	42	Relegation to Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
18	América Mineiro (R)	38	10	10	18	30	47	−17	40

Source: CBF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results; 6) least red cards received; 7) least yellow cards received; 8) draw.
(R) Relegated.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	10	13	15	41	48	−7	43	9	5	5	29	24	+5	1	8	10	12	24	−12

Last updated: 2 December 2018.
Source: CBF

Result round by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	D	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	D	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	D	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	W	D	D	W	L	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	D
Position	6	4	4	4	7	9	12	12	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

Updated to match(es) played on 2 December 2018. Source: CBF
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

15 April 2018 I	Vasco da Gama	2 – 1	Atlético Mineiro	Rio de Janeiro
16:00	Wágner  86' Yago Pikachu  90+7' (pen.) Henrique  33' Evander  41' Ríos  73' Rildo  78'	Report	12' Otero  62' Bremer  80' Yago  88' Fábio Santos	Stadium: Estádio Vasco da Gama (São Januário) Attendance: 7,197 Referee: André Luiz Castro

22 April 2018 II	Chapecoense	1 – 1	Vasco da Gama	Chapecó
16:00	Wellington Paulista  19' Vinícius Freitas  68'	Report	54' Ríos  1' Wellington  68' Wágner	Stadium: Arena Condá Attendance: 8,675 Referee: Luiz Flavio de Oliveira

16 July 2018 III	Santos	v	Vasco da Gama	Santos, São Paulo
20:00				Stadium: Estádio Urbano Caldeira (Vila Belmiro)

5 May 2018 IV	Vasco da Gama	4 – 1	América (MG)	Rio de Janeiro
16:00	Bruno Cosendey  56' Caio Monteiro  63' Ríos  79'  57' Kelvin  90+1' Thiago Galhardo  30' Wellington  66' Wágner  72'	Report	31' Rafael Moura  32' Wesley  51' Norberto  61' Aylon	Stadium: Estádio Vasco da Gama (São Januário) Attendance: 3,683 Referee: Flavio Rodrigues de Souza

13 May 2018 V	Vasco da Gama	2 – 3	Vitória	Rio de Janeiro
16:00	Yago Pikachu  39' (pen.) Ríos  82' Breno  34' Henrique  85'	Report	17' André Lima  70' Lucas Fernandes  74' Werley  54' Fillipe Soutto  78' Walisson Maia  88' Willian Farias	Stadium: Estádio Vasco da Gama (São Januário) Attendance: 3,542 Referee: Jean Pierre Lima

19 May 2018 VI	Flamengo	1 – 1	Vasco da Gama	Rio de Janeiro
19:00	Vinícius Júnior  13' Éverton Ribeiro  33' Cuéllar  86'  90+6' Rhodolfo	Report	18' Wágner  41' Bruno  81' Ríos  89' Kelvin Riascos Breno	Stadium: Estádio Mário Filho (Maracanã) Referee: Ricardo Marques

27 May 2018 7	Bahia	3 – 0	Vasco da Gama	Salvador, Bahia
16:00	Júnior Brumado  37' Élber  67' Zé Rafael  89' Régis  90+3'	Summary	Rafael Galhardo  37' Desábato  38'  85' Fabrício  40' Ricardo  80' Wagner  83' Giovanni Augusto  83'	Stadium: Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova Attendance: 15,031 Referee: Rodolpho Toski Marques

30 May 2018 8	Vasco da Gama	1 – 0	Paraná	Rio de Janeiro
19:30	Henrique  41' Yago Pikachu  44' Andrey  45+2' Ricardo  68' Matheus Moresche  90+3'	Summary	González  35' Neris  71'  87' Jhonny Lucas  90+1'	Stadium: Estádio Vasco da Gama (São Januário) Attendance: 4,584 Referee: Leandro Vuaden

2 June 2018 9	Vasco da Gama	1 – 2	Botafogo	Rio de Janeiro
19:00	Andrey  53' Luiz Gustavo  73' Wagner  74'	Summary	Kieza  4' Rodrigo Pimpão  20' Igor Rabello  35' Jean  41' Rodrigo Lindoso  65' Marcinho  72'	Stadium: Estádio Vasco da Gama (São Januário) Attendance: 9,454 Referee: Raphael Claus

6 June 2018 10	Cruzeiro	1 – 1	Vasco da Gama	Belo Horizonte
21:45	Raniel  61' Edílson  87'	Summary	Andrey  22' Wagner  44'	Stadium: Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto (Mineirão) Attendance: 23,725 Referee: Luiz Flavio De Oliveira

9 June 2018 11	Vasco da Gama	v	Sport do Recife	Rio de Janeiro
19:00				Stadium: Estádio Vasco da Gama (São Januário)

13 June 2018 12	Internacional	v	Vasco da Gama	Porto Alegre
21:45				Stadium: Estádio José Pinheiro Borda (Beira-Rio)

Copa do Brasil

Vasco da Gama joined the competition in the round of 16.

9 May 2018 Round of 16: leg I	Bahia	3 – 0	Vasco da Gama	Salvador, Bahia
21:45	Zé Rafael  18' Edigar Junio  24' Vinícius  49' Léo Pelé  73' João Pedro  87'	Report	52' Wágner  74' Kelvin	Stadium: Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova Referee: Vinicius Goncalves Araujo

16 May 2018 Round of 16: leg II	Vasco da Gama	2 – 0 (2 – 3 agg.)	Bahia	Rio de Janeiro
19:00	Yago Pikachu  34' (pen.) Andrey  64' Desábato  69' Ricardo  90+1' Ríos  90+4'	Summary	Vinícius  24' Edigar Junio  34' Lucas Fonseca  45+2' Zé Rafael  45+5' Léo  71'  90+6' Edson  90+8'	Stadium: Estádio Vasco da Gama (São Januário) Attendance: 17,561 Referee: Rafael Traci

Copa Libertadores

Vasco da Gama joined the competition in the second qualifying stage.

Copa Libertadores squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  URU Martín Silva 2 DF  BRA Rafael Galhardo 3 DF  ECU Frickson Erazo 4 DF  BRA Werley 5 MF  ARG Leandro Luis Desábato 6 DF  BRA Fabrício 7 MF  BRA Wellington 8 MF  BRA Thiago Galhardo 9 FW  ARG Andrés Ríos 10 MF  BRA Evander 11 FW  BRA Paulinho 12 GK  BRA Gabriel Félix 13 DF  BRA Luiz Gustavo 14 DF  BRA Ricardo 15 MF  BRA Andrey

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF  BRA Henrique 17 FW  BRA Rildo 18 FW  COL Duvier Riascos 19 FW  BRA Caio Monteiro 20 MF  BRA Wágner 21 FW  BRA Paulo Vitor 22 DF  BRA Yago Pikachu 23 MF  BRA Bruno Paulista 24 GK  BRA João Pedro 25 DF  BRA Paulão 26 MF  BRA Giovanni Augusto[1] 27 DF  BRA Ramon[1] 28 FW  BRA Kelvin[1] 29 DF  BRA Bruno[1] 30 DF  BRA Breno[1]

Notes

1. Since group stage.

Qualifying stages

31 January 2018 Second stage: leg I	Universidad de Concepción	0 – 4	Vasco da Gama	Concepción, Chile
21:45	Droguett  32' Portillo  65'	Report	2', 15' Evander  78' Yago Pikachu  81' Rildo  35' Desábato  42' Wellington  61' Ricardo	Stadium: Estadio Alcaldesa Ester Roa Rebolledo (Collao) Referee: Leodan González (Uruguay)

7 February 2018 Second stage: leg II	Vasco da Gama	2 – 0	Universidad de Concepción	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
21:45	Paulinho  5' Yago Pikachu  41' Erazo	Report	9' Mencia  31' Morales  44' Droguett  57' Amarilla de la Fuente	Stadium: Estádio Vasco da Gama (São Januário) Referee: José Argote (Venezuela)

14 February 2018 Third stage: leg I	Vasco da Gama	4 – 0	Jorge Wilstermann	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
21:45	Paulão  17' Paulinho  40' Yago Pikachu  87' Rildo  90+3' Desábato  67'	Report	4' Montero  16' Aponte  50' Zenteno  50' Lucas Gaúcho  75' Díaz  77' Serginho	Stadium: Estádio Vasco da Gama (São Januário) Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)

21 February 2018 Third stage: leg II	Jorge Wilstermann	4 – 0 (4 – 4 agg.) (2 – 3 p)	Vasco da Gama	Sucre, Bolivia
21:45	Zenteno  5', 70' Pedriel  6' Chávez  16' Alex Silva  19' Lucas Gaúcho  75' Serginho  83'	Report	43' Silva  77' Henrique Thiago Galhardo  85' Ricardo	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Patria Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)
	Penalties
	Lucas Gaúcho Melgar Meleán Ortiz Alex Silva		Ríos Yago Pikachu Desábato Wellington Rildo

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CRU	RAC	VAS	UCH
1	Cruzeiro	6	3	2	1	15	5	+10	11	Round of 16		—	2–1	0–0	7–0
2	Racing	6	3	2	1	12	6	+6	11			4–2	—	4–0	1–0
3	Vasco da Gama	6	1	2	3	3	10	−7	5	Copa Sudamericana		0–4	1–1	—	0–1
4	Universidad de Chile	6	1	2	3	2	11	−9	5			0–0	1–1	0–2	—

Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

13 March 2018 I	Vasco da Gama	0 – 1	Universidad de Chile	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
21:30	Riascos  18' Paulão  74'	Report	76' Araos  80' Caroca	Stadium: Estádio Vasco da Gama (São Januário) Referee: Daniel Fedorczuk (Uruguay)

4 April 2018 II	Cruzeiro	0 – 0	Vasco da Gama	Belo Horizonte, Brazil
21:45	Romero  47'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto (Mineirão) Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil)

19 April 2018 III	Racing de Avellaneda	4 – 0	Vasco da Gama	Avellaneda, Buenos Aires, Argentina
19:15	Centurión  32' Martínez  38' Zaracho  51' López  60' (pen.) Sigali  18'	Report	58' Wágner  59' Wellington  82' Ríos  83' Paulão	Stadium: Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón (El Cilindro) Referee: Ulises Mereles

26 April 2018 IV	Vasco da Gama	1 – 1	Racing de Avellaneda	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
21:30	Wágner  80' Desábato  14'  57' Henrique  39' Werley  51'	Report	31' Martínez  45+3' Cardozo  49' Barbieri  60' Soto  76' Zaracho	Stadium: Estádio Vasco da Gama (São Januário) Referee: Diego Haro (Peru)

2 May 2018 V	Vasco da Gama	0 – 4	Cruzeiro	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
21:45	Henrique  56'	Report	9' Léo  24' Thiago Neves  32', 54' Sassá  52' Henrique	Stadium: Estádio Vasco da Gama (São Januário) Referee: Anderson Daronco (Brazil)

22 May 2018 VI	Universidad de Chile	0 – 2	Vasco da Gama	Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile
21:30	Echeverría  77' Soteldo  85'	Report	14' Bruno  81'  82' Yago Pikachu  39' Breno  61' Caio Monteiro  85' Riascos	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)

Copa Sudamericana

Vasco da Gama joined the competition in the second qualifying stage.

25 July 2018 Second Qualifying First Leg	LDU Quito	3–1	Vasco da Gama	Quito
17:30	Anangonó  8'  87' Julio  20'  78' Guerrero  34'	Summary	Ricardo  5' Thiago Galhardo  54' (pen.) Silva  77'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Referee: Juan Soto

9 August 2018 Second Qualifying Second Leg	Vasco da Gama	1–0 (2–3 agg.)	LDU Quito	Rio de Janeiro
17:30	Breno  8' Luiz Gustavo  18' Yago Pikachu  18' Thiago Galhardo  86'	Summary	Gabbarini  37' Guerrero  51' Intriago  74' Orejuela  88'	Stadium: Estádio São Januário Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar

Campeonato do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Group stage

18 January 2018 I	Vasco da Gama	0 – 2	Bangu	Rio de Janeiro
19:30	Nenê  68'  90+3' Ríos  72'	Report	41' Rodney  82' Anderson Lessa  42' Michel	Stadium: Estádio Vasco da Gama (São Januário) Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Wagner do Nascimento Magalhães

21 January 2018 II	Vasco da Gama	4 – 2	Nova Iguaçu	Rio de Janeiro
17:00	Evander  14' Ríos  26' Yago Pikachu  80' Andrey  87'	Report	61'  21' Murilo Henrique  76' Bruno Smith	Stadium: Estádio Vasco da Gama (São Januário) Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Rodrigo Carvalhaes de Miranda

24 January 2018 III	Cabofriense	2 – 1	Vasco da Gama	Saquarema
17:00	Victor Silva  33' Levi  90' Leandro Euzébio  5' Airton  16' Kaká  29' Davi Ceará  55'	Report	50' (pen.) Nenê  5' Bruno Paulista  83' Ricardo	Stadium: Estádio Elcyr Resende de Mendonça (Bacaxá) Attendance: 2,071 Referee: Rodrigo Nunes de Sá

27 January 2018 IV	Flamengo	0 – 0	Vasco da Gama	Rio de Janeiro
17:00	Renê  61' Rhodolfo  79' Jean Lucas  80' Vinícius Júnior  82'	Report	31' Desábato  67' Yago Pikachu  88' Riascos	Stadium: Estádio Mário Filho (Maracanã) Attendance: 20,862 Referee: Bruno Arleu de Araújo

4 February 2018 V	Vasco da Gama	3 – 1	Volta Redonda	Rio de Janeiro
17:00	Thiago Galhardo  1' Bruno Costa  16' (o.g.) Bruno Cosendey  72' Paulo Vitor  89'	Report	73' Marcelo  25' Jorge Luiz  47' Luiz Gustavo  54' Pablo	Stadium: Estádio Vasco da Gama (São Januário) Attendance: 2,693 Referee: Pathrice Maia

Group stage

1 March 2018 I	Vasco da Gama	2 – 1	Macaé	Rio de Janeiro
19:30	Ríos  54' Riascos  90+5'  90+6'	Report	38' Charles  47' Igor João  64' Matheus  79' Admilton	Stadium: Estádio Vasco da Gama (São Januário) Attendance: 2,168 Referee: Wagner do Nascimento Magalhães

25 February 2018 II	Portuguesa da Ilha do Governador	1 – 0	Vasco da Gama	Mesquita
17:00	Tiago Amaral  29'  57' Maicon Assis  71' Luan  74'	Report	11' Bruno Paulista  56' Thiago Galhardo  74' Erazo	Stadium: Estádio Giulite Coutinho (Édson Passos) Attendance: 3,158 Referee: Carlos Eduardo Braga

4 March 2018 III	Vasco da Gama	4 – 3	Boavista	Cariacica, Espírito Santo
19:30	Yago Pikachu  28' Thiago Galhardo  74'  77' Wágner  83' Erazo  90+1' Evander  51'	Report	31'  84' Júlio César  45+1' Elivelton  78' Lucas  61' Vitor Faísca Leandrão	Stadium: Estádio Kléber José de Andrade Attendance: 7,461 Referee: Leonardo Cavaleiro

7 March 2018 IV	Vasco da Gama	0 – 0	Fluminense	Rio de Janeiro
19:30	Wellington  51' Thiago Galhardo  87' Henrique  90+2'	Report	27' Jadson  61' Richard  88' Renato Chaves  90+3' Gilberto	Stadium: Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos (Engenhão) Attendance: 6,463 Referee: Marcelo de Lima Henrique

10 March 2018 V	Madureira	1 – 3	Vasco da Gama	Rio de Janeiro
16:00	Ygor Catatau  50' William  24' Rafinha  79'	Report	15' Evander  33' (pen.)  37' Ríos  55' Rildo	Stadium: Estádio Proletário Guilherme da Silveira Filho (Moça Bonita) Attendance: 2,324 Referee: Mauricio Coelho Junior

18 March 2018 VI	Botafogo	2 – 3	Vasco da Gama	Rio de Janeiro
16:00	Rodrigo Lindoso  50' (pen.) Brenner  68'  70'	Report	37' Riascos  45+1' Ríos  84' Paulinho  6' Rildo  45' Wellington  58' Silva  70' Henrique	Stadium: Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos (Engenhão) Attendance: 12,647 Referee: Leonardo Cavaleiro

Knockout phase

21 March 2018 Semifinal	Vasco da Gama	2 – 3	Botafogo	Rio de Janeiro
21:45	Erazo  19' Riascos  29' Yago Pikachu  18' Wellington  46' Paulão  53' Desábato  87'	Report	12' Brenner  33'  52' Luiz Fernando  83'  90+3' Igor Rabello  27' Marcelo  66' Rodrigo Lindoso	Stadium: Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos (Engenhão) Attendance: 9,976 Referee: Wagner do Nascimento Magalhães

Championship phase

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Flamengo (A)	11	8	1	2	17	5	+12	25	Advance to Final Stage
2	Fluminense (A)	11	6	4	1	17	7	+10	22
3	Vasco da Gama (A)	11	6	2	3	20	15	+5	20
4	Botafogo (A)	11	5	4	2	12	9	+3	19
5	Boavista (Q)	11	6	0	5	16	17	−1	18	2019 Brasileiro Série D

Updated to match(es) played on March 18, 2018. Source: FERJ[1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

29 March 2018 Semifinal	Fluminense	2 – 3	Vasco da Gama	Rio de Janeiro
21:00	Pedro  36' Sornoza  48' Renato Chaves  23' Marcos Junio  57' Ibañez  58' Richard  90' Pablo Dyego  90' Rodolfo  90'	Report	23' Giovanni Augusto  69' Paulinho  90+3'  80' Fabrício  46' Rafael Galhardo  75' Paulão  90' Wellington  90' Erazo  90' Riascos  90' Silva	Stadium: Estádio Mário Filho (Maracanã) Attendance: 21,788 Referee: Rodrigo Nunes de Sá

1 April 2018 Finals: leg I	Botafogo	2 – 3	Vasco da Gama	Rio de Janeiro
16:00	Renatinho  3'  27' Brenner  44' Rodrigo Lindoso  36' Carli  60'	Report	28', 31' Yago Pikachu  90+2'  90' Ríos  38' Fabrício  60' Wellington  80' Rafael Galhardo	Stadium: Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos (Engenhão) Attendance: 19,117 Referee: Rodrigo Carvalhaes de Miranda

8 April 2018 Finals: leg II	Vasco da Gama	0 – 1 (3 – 3 agg.) (3 – 4 p)	Botafogo	Rio de Janeiro
16:00	Paulão  14' Desábato  24' Fabrício Werley  74'	Report	90+4' Carli  45' Marcelo  57' Rodrigo Pimpão  89'  92' Valencia	Stadium: Estádio Mário Filho (Maracanã) Attendance: 64,208 Referee: Wagner do Nascimento Magalhães
	Penalties
	Wágner Ríos Werley Yago Pikachu Henrique		Brenner Rodrigo Pimpão Gilson Marcinho Renatinho

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

Last updated on 8 April 2018.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Brasileirão Série A		Copa do Brasil		Copa Libertadores		Campeonato do Estado do Rio de Janeiro		Other[2]
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Martín Silva	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0
12	GK		Gabriel Félix	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
24	GK		João Pedro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	GK		Fernando Miguel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Jordi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF		Rafael Galhardo	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7+1	0	0	0
3	DF		Frickson Erazo	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	2	0	0
4	DF		Breno	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF		Fabrício	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7+1	1	0	0
13	DF		Luiz Gustavo	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2+2	0	0	0
14	DF		Ricardo	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5+1	0	0	0
16	DF		Henrique	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8+1	0	0	0
22	DF		Yago Pikachu	11	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	4	0	0
25	DF		Paulão	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0
27	DF		Ramon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF		Bruno	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34 (4)	DF		Werley	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4+1	0	0	0
Midfielders
5	MF		Leandro Luis Desábato	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11+1	0	0	0
7	MF		Wellington	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0
8	MF		Thiago Galhardo	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2+6	2	0	0
10	MF		Evander	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	0
15	MF		Andrey	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4+2	1	0	0
20	MF		Wágner	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9+2	1	0	0
23	MF		Bruno Paulista	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3+1	0	0	0
26	MF		Giovanni Augusto	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0
32	MF		Bruno Cosendey	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	1	0	0
Forwards
9	FW		Andrés Ríos	12	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	8+4	5	0	0
11	FW		Paulinho	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7+4	2	0	0
17	FW		Rildo	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6+3	1	0	0
18	FW		Duvier Riascos	11	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	8+3	3	0	0
19	FW		Caio Monteiro	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2+5	0	0	0
21	FW		Paulo Vitor	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+7	0	0	0
28	FW		Kelvin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players of second squads who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season
	MF		Lucas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Marcelo Mattos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players of youth squads who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season
	FW		Hugo Borges	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
	MF		Marrony	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
	DF		Miranda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Rafael França	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
	FW		Lucas Santos	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
	DF		Ulisses	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have transferred or loaned out during the season
	FW		Nenê	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0
	MF		Damián Escudero	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Guilherme	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
	FW		Luís Fabiano	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF		Alan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

Notes

1. "Campeonato Estadual da Serie A de Profissionais 2018 Classificacao Geral". FERJ. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
2. Includes appearances in Copa Sudamericana and friendlies.

Goals

As of 18 December 2017

Rank	Player	Position	Brasileirão Série A	Copa do Brasil	Copa Libertadores	Other^1	Total
Total

¹ Includes Rio de Janeiro State Championship and friendlies.

Clean sheets

As of 16 December 2017

Rank	Name	Brasileirão Série A	Copa do Brasil	Copa Libertadores	Other^1	Total
Total

¹ Includes Rio de Janeiro State Championship and friendlies.

Disciplinary record

N	P	Nat.	Name	Brasileirão Série A			Copa do Brasil			Copa Libertadores			Other^1			Total			Notes

Last updated: 18 December 2017
Source: Matches
Ordered by , and
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

¹ Includes Rio de Janeiro State Championship and friendlies.

References

External links

• Official website