Sport Club Flamengo
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Sport Club Flamengo, commonly known as Flamengo, were a Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

ian football team from Recife
Recife
Recife is the fifth-largest metropolitan area in Brazil with 4,136,506 inhabitants, the largest metropolitan area of the North/Northeast Regions, the 5th-largest metropolitan influence area in Brazil, and the capital and largest city of the state of Pernambuco. The population of the city proper...

, Pernambuco state
Pernambuco
Pernambuco is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country. To the north are the states of Paraíba and Ceará, to the west is Piauí, to the south are Alagoas and Bahia, and to the east is the Atlantic Ocean. There are about of beaches, some of the most beautiful in the...

. They won the first edition of the Campeonato Pernambucano
Campeonato Pernambucano
The Campeonato Pernambucano de Futebol is the football championship of Pernambuco state, Brazil, and is organized by the Pernambuco Football Federation....

.

History

Sport Club Flamengo were founded on April 20, 1914, and they are one of the founders of the Pernambuco State Football Federation
Federação Pernambucana de Futebol
Federação Pernambucana de Futebol , once named Liga Esportiva Pernambucana , organizes and administrates the Campeonato Pernambucano , the Copa Pernambuco and the Pernambucan Football Championship lower levels)....

, thus they competed in the Campeonato Pernambucano
Campeonato Pernambucano
The Campeonato Pernambucano de Futebol is the football championship of Pernambuco state, Brazil, and is organized by the Pernambuco Football Federation....

's first edition, played in 1915. They won that competition after beating Torre Sport Club
Torre Sport Club
Torre Sport Club, commonly known as Torre, was a Brazilian football club based in Recife, Pernambuco state. They won the Campeonato Pernambucano three times-History:...

in the final game of the league's final stage. The club eventually folded.
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