2018 CR Vasco da Gama season

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

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.

Players

Squad information

As of 9 March 2018.

No.	Name	Position (s)	Date of birth (age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Martín Silva	GK	(1983-03-25)25 March 1983 (aged 35)	Olimpia
12	Gabriel Félix	GK	(1995-04-04)4 April 1995 (aged 23)	Youth system
24	João Pedro (youth player)	GK	(1998-01-28)28 January 1998 (aged 20)	Youth system
33	Fernando Miguel	GK	(1985-02-02)2 February 1985 (aged 33)	Vitória
44	Jordi	GK	(1993-09-03)3 September 1993 (aged 25)	Tractor Sazi (loaned from Vasco da Gama)
Defenders
2	Rafael Galhardo	RFB	(1991-10-30)30 October 1991 (aged 27)	Cruzeiro
3	Frickson Erazo (on loan from Atlético Mineiro)	CB	(1988-05-05)5 May 1988 (aged 30)	Atlético Mineiro
4	Breno	CB, DM	(1989-10-13)13 October 1989 (aged 29)	Vasco da Gama (loaned from São Paulo)
6	Fabrício (on loan from Cruzeiro)	LFB	(1987-01-11)11 January 1987 (aged 31)	Atlético Paranaense (loaned from Cruzeiro)
13	Luiz Gustavo	CB, RFB	(1994-02-12)12 February 1994 (aged 24)	Oeste (loaned from Palmeiras)
14	Ricardo Graça	CB, LFB	(1997-02-19)19 February 1997 (aged 21)	Youth system
16	Henrique	LFB, LWM	(1994-04-25)25 April 1994 (aged 24)	Youth system
22	Yago Pikachu	RFB, RWM	(1992-06-05)5 June 1992 (aged 26)	Paysandu
25	Paulão (on loan from Internacional)	CB	(1986-02-25)25 February 1986 (aged 32)	Internacional
27	Ramon	LFB	(1988-05-06)6 May 1988 (aged 30)	Antalyaspor
29	Bruno Silva	CB, DM	(1988-02-15)15 February 1988 (aged 30)	Ferroviária
34	Werley	CB, RFB	(1988-09-05)5 September 1988 (aged 30)	Coritiba
Midfielders
5	Leandro Desábato	DM, CB	(1990-03-30)30 March 1990 (aged 28)	Vélez Sarsfield
7	Wellington	DM, RWM, AM	(1991-01-28)28 January 1991 (aged 27)	Vasco da Gama (loaned from São Paulo)
8	Thiago Galhardo	AM, RWM	(1989-07-20)20 July 1989 (aged 29)	Albirex Niigata (loaned from Coritiba)
10	Evander (youth player)	AM, DM, LWM, RWM	(1998-06-09)9 June 1998 (aged 20)	Youth system
15	Andrey (youth player)	DM, RFB	(1998-02-15)15 February 1998 (aged 20)	Youth system
20	Wágner	AM, LWM, RWM, DM	(1985-01-29)29 January 1985 (aged 33)	Tianjin TEDA
23	Bruno Paulista (on loan from Sporting de Portugal)	DM	(1995-08-21)21 August 1995 (aged 23)	Sporting de Portugal
26	Giovanni Augusto (on loan from Corinthians)	AM, RWM, LWM	(1989-09-05)5 September 1989 (aged 29)	Corinthians
32	Bruno Cosendey	DM, AM	(1997-01-25)25 January 1997 (aged 21)	Youth system
Forwards
9	Andrés Ríos	CF, RWM, AM	(1989-08-01)1 August 1989 (aged 29)	Defensa y Justicia
11	Paulinho (youth player)	LWM, RWM, AM, CF	(2000-07-15)15 July 2000 (aged 18)	Youth system
17	Rildo	LWM, RWM	(1989-03-20)20 March 1989 (aged 29)	Coritiba
18	Duvier Riascos	CF, RWM, LWM	(1986-06-26)26 June 1986 (aged 32)	Millonarios
19	Caio Monteiro	LWM, CF, RWM	(1997-02-10)10 February 1997 (aged 21)	Youth system
21	Paulo Vitor (youth player)	CF, RWM, LWM	(1999-06-24)24 June 1999 (aged 19)	Youth system
28	Kelvin (on loan from Porto)	RWM, LWM	(1993-06-01)1 June 1993 (aged 25)	São Paulo (loaned from Porto)

from Vasco da Gama (B) (reserve team)

As of 18 December 2017.

No.	Name	Position (s)	Date of birth (age)	Signed from
Defenders
	Jomar	CB	(1992-09-28)28 September 1992 (aged 26)	Vasco da Gama
	Kadu	CB	(1995-03-02)2 March 1995 (aged 23)	Boavista (loaned from Vasco da Gama)
Midfielders
	Lucas (on loan from Boavista)	LWM, RWM, AM	(1996-04-01)1 April 1996 (aged 22)	Boavista
	Marcelo Mattos	DM	(1984-02-10)10 February 1984 (aged 34)	Vasco da Gama
Forwards
	Bruno Henricky	RWM	(1997-08-17)17 August 1997 (aged 21)	Tigres do Brasil – (U–20) (loaned from Vasco da Gama – (U–20))

from Vasco da Gama (U–20) (ables to play in first team)

Out on loan

No.	Name	Position (s)	Date of birth (age)	Signed from
Defenders
	Alan (youth player, on loan to ABC)	LFB, LWM	(1998-01-05)5 January 1998 (aged 20)	Vasco da Gama
Midfielders
	Guilherme (on loan to Vitória)	LWM, AM, RWM	(1994-03-31)31 March 1994 (aged 24)	Vasco da Gama
Forwards
	Thalles (on loan to Albirex Niigata)	CF	(1995-05-18)18 May 1995 (aged 23)	Vasco da Gama

Transfers

In

Date	Player	Position	Previous club	Ref
17 December 2017	Leandro Luis Desábato	MF	Vélez Sarsfield	Vasco.com.br Archived 22 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine
21 December 2017	Rildo	FW	Coritiba	Vasco.com.br Archived 22 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine
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 Archived 6 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine
6 January 2018	Luiz Gustavo	DF	Oeste (loaned from Palmeiras)	Vasco.com.br Archived 15 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine
12 January 2018	Duvier Riascos	FW	Millonarios	Vasco.com.br Archived 13 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine
13 January 2018	Rafael Galhardo	DF	Cruzeiro	Vasco.com.br Archived 15 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine
25 January 2018	Werley	DF	Coritiba	Vasco.com.br Archived 26 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine
9 March 2018	Bruno	DF	Ferroviária	Vasco.com.br Archived 29 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine
8 May 2018	Fernando Miguel	GK	Vitória	Vasco.com.br Archived 9 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine

Loan in

Date from	Date to	Player	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 Archived 16 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine
13 January 2018	31 December 2018	Frickson Erazo	DF	Atlético Mineiro	Loan transfer from Atlético Mineiro	Vasco.com.br Archived 15 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine
15 January 2018	31 December 2018	Fabrício	DF	Atlético Paranaense (loaned from Cruzeiro)	Loan transfer from Cruzeiro	Vasco.com.br Archived 31 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine
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 Archived 9 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine
29 March 2018	31 December 2018	Lucas	MF	Boavista	Loan transfer from Boavista	Vasco.com.br Archived 29 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine

from Youth system

On trial (in)

Date from	Date to	Player	Position	Previous club	Fee/notes
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	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 Archived 9 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine
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	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

to Youth system

On trial (out)

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.

Overview

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	América Mineiro (R)	38	10	10	18	30	47	−17	40	Relegation to Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
18	Sport^{[lower-alpha 1]} (R)	38	11	9	18	35	57	−22	39	Relegation to Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

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
Notes:

↑ Sport were deducted three points for the late payment of salary of player Gabriel.

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^{[lower-alpha 1]}
27	DF	BRA	Ramon^{[lower-alpha 2]}
28	FW	BRA	Kelvin^{[lower-alpha 3]}
29	DF	BRA	Bruno^{[lower-alpha 4]}
30	DF	BRA	Breno^{[lower-alpha 5]}

Notes

↑ Since group stage.
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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	Round of 16	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

Taça Guanabara

Group stage

Group A
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Flamengo	5	4	1	0	5	0	+5	13	Advance to Semifinals
2	Bangu	5	2	2	1	6	3	+3	8	Advance to Semifinals
3	Vasco da Gama	5	2	1	2	8	7	+1	7
4	Nova Iguaçu	5	1	2	2	5	6	−1	5
5	Cabofriense	5	1	1	3	5	8	−3	4
6	Volta Redonda	5	1	1	3	6	11	−5	4

Updated to match(es) played on February 4, 2018. Source: FERJ^[1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

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

Taça Rio de Janeiro

Group stage

Group A
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vasco da Gama	6	4	1	1	12	8	+4	13	Advance to Semifinals
2	Flamengo	6	4	0	2	12	5	+7	12	Advance to Semifinals
3	Cabofriense	6	3	1	2	8	6	+2	10
4	Bangu	6	1	2	3	5	11	−6	5
5	Volta Redonda	6	0	3	3	5	9	−4	3
6	Nova Iguaçu	6	0	1	5	5	11	−6	1

Updated to match(es) played on March 18, 2018. Source: FERJ^[2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

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^[3]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round; (Q) Qualified for 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^{[lower-alpha 1]}
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	URU	Martín Silva	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0
12	GK	BRA	Gabriel Félix	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
24	GK	BRA	João Pedro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	GK	BRA	Fernando Miguel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	BRA	Jordi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	BRA	Rafael Galhardo	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7+1	0	0	0
3	DF	ECU	Frickson Erazo	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	2	0	0
4	DF	BRA	Breno	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	BRA	Fabrício	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7+1	1	0	0
13	DF	BRA	Luiz Gustavo	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2+2	0	0	0
14	DF	BRA	Ricardo	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5+1	0	0	0
16	DF	BRA	Henrique	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8+1	0	0	0
22	DF	BRA	Yago Pikachu	11	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	4	0	0
25	DF	BRA	Paulão	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0
27	DF	BRA	Ramon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF	BRA	Bruno	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34 (4)	DF	BRA	Werley	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4+1	0	0	0
Midfielders
5	MF	ARG	Leandro Luis Desábato	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11+1	0	0	0
7	MF	BRA	Wellington	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0
8	MF	BRA	Thiago Galhardo	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2+6	2	0	0
10	MF	BRA	Evander	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	0
15	MF	BRA	Andrey	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4+2	1	0	0
20	MF	BRA	Wágner	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9+2	1	0	0
23	MF	BRA	Bruno Paulista	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3+1	0	0	0
26	MF	BRA	Giovanni Augusto	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0
32	MF	BRA	Bruno Cosendey	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	1	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	ARG	Andrés Ríos	12	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	8+4	5	0	0
11	FW	BRA	Paulinho	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7+4	2	0	0
17	FW	BRA	Rildo	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6+3	1	0	0
18	FW	COL	Duvier Riascos	11	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	8+3	3	0	0
19	FW	BRA	Caio Monteiro	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2+5	0	0	0
21	FW	BRA	Paulo Vitor	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+7	0	0	0
28	FW	BRA	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	BRA	Lucas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	BRA	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	BRA	Hugo Borges	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
	MF	BRA	Marrony	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
	DF	BRA	Miranda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	BRA	Rafael França	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
	FW	BRA	Lucas Santos	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
	DF	BRA	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	BRA	Nenê	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0
	MF	ARG	Damián Escudero	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	BRA	Guilherme	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
	FW	BRA	Luís Fabiano	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	BRA	Alan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

Notes

↑ Includes appearances in Copa Sudamericana and friendlies.

Goals

As of 18 December 2017

Rank	Player	Position	Brasileirão Série A	Copa do Brasil	Copa Libertadores	Other¹	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	Other¹	Total
Total

¹ Includes Rio de Janeiro State Championship and friendlies.

Disciplinary record

N	P	Nat.	Name																Notes
N	P	Nat.	Name	Brasileirão Série A			Copa do Brasil			Copa Libertadores			Other¹			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

↑ "Campeonato Estadual da Serie A de Profissionais 2018 Taca Guanabara". FFERJ.com.br. FERJ. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
↑ "Campeonato Estadual da Serie A de Profissionais 2018 Taca Rio". FERJ. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
↑ "Campeonato Estadual da Serie A de Profissionais 2018 Classificacao Geral". FERJ. Retrieved 6 August 2018.

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[table_note_SPT0.38892435999071-1] Sport were deducted three points for the late payment of salary of player Gabriel.

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[10] Includes appearances in Copa Sudamericana and friendlies.

[Guanabara-7] "Campeonato Estadual da Serie A de Profissionais 2018 Taca Guanabara". FFERJ.com.br. FERJ. Retrieved 6 August 2018.

[TacaRio-8] "Campeonato Estadual da Serie A de Profissionais 2018 Taca Rio". FERJ. Retrieved 6 August 2018.

[Overall-9] "Campeonato Estadual da Serie A de Profissionais 2018 Classificacao Geral". FERJ. Retrieved 6 August 2018.

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