Fluminense Football Club was founded on July 12, 1902 in Rio de Janeiro. Fluminense is the fifth club that has contributed more players to the Brazilian National Football Team in World Cups. The Tricolor plays its home games in the Stadium of the Laranjeiras, but in many occasions their matches are played at the mythic Maracanã Stadium due to security measures. Among Fluminense’s Football Club biggest achievements are the Copa de Rio in 1952, two precursory tournaments of the FIFA World Cup of Clubs, the Roberto Gomes Pedrosa tournament in 1970, the Brazilian Championship in 1984 and the Copa do Brasil in 2007. Up to December 2, 2007, the Fluminse’s first team had won 2,568 matches, and had scored 10,037 goals in 4,945 games.