O Flamengo de 1939 foi campeão carioca e contava com Leônidas da Silva e Domingos da Guia, dois grandes astros do futebol brasileiro da época.
Flamengo 1939
Flamengo's team, Rio de Janeiro champion in 1939, which had in its squad Leônidas da Silva and Domingos da Guia, two of the greatest stars of Brazilian football in the 1930s.
History
Flamengo, founded in 1895 as a rowing club and with football since 1911, experienced in the 1930s a phase of strengthening with the professionalization of the sport in Rio de Janeiro. In 1936 the club signed Leônidas da Silva and Domingos da Guia, who formed the foundation of a competitive squad. In 1939 Flamengo won the Rio de Janeiro Championship, a title that added to those won in previous decades and preceded the three consecutive championships of 1942, 1943 and 1944. The team played at Estádio da Gávea, which was the club's stadium at that time.