There are four major football teams in Rio de Janeiro state :
- Botafogo
- Flamengo
- Fluminense
- Vasco da Gama
They all play their games at the Maracanã stadium, except Vasco da Gama, who play most of their games at São Januário and Botafogo, who play most of their games at Engenhão.
There are also other clubs in Rio de Janeiro state:
- América
- Americano
- Angra dos Reis
- Bangu
- Boavista
- Bonsucesso
- Cabofriense
- Campo Grande
- Duque de Caxias
- Casimiro de Abreu
- Estácio de Sá
- Friburguense
- Madureira
- Nova Iguaçu
- Olaria
- Portuguesa
- Serrano
- São Cristóvão
- Volta Redonda
There were some other teams, which are now extinct, in Rio de Janeiro:
- Football and Athletic
- Haddock Lobo
- Mangueira
- Paissandu
- Riachuelo
- Rio Cricket
- Syrio e Libanez
- Villa Isabel
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—Hunter S. Thompson (b. 1939)
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—David Storey (b. 1933)
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“Americans living in Latin American countries are often more snobbish than the Latins themselves. The typical American has quite a bit of money by Latin American standards, and he rarely sees a countryman who doesn’t. An American businessman who would think nothing of being seen in a sport shirt on the streets of his home town will be shocked and offended at a suggestion that he appear in Rio de Janeiro, for instance, in anything but a coat and tie.”
—Hunter S. Thompson (b. 1939)