O Flamengo de 1981 foi campeão da Copa Libertadores e do Mundial Interclubes, ao vencer o Liverpool por 3 a 0 em Tóquio. O time tinha Zico como principal craque e Paulo César Carpegiani como treinador.
Flamengo 1981
The 1981 Flamengo team was the squad that won the Copa Libertadores and the Intercontinental Cup in the same year. Commanded by Paulo César Carpegiani and led by Zico, it is considered the greatest squad in Flamengo's history.
History
Flamengo was founded in 1895 as a rowing club and started playing football in 1911. At the end of the 1970s, the academy formed at Gávea and reinforced by strategic signings gave rise to a generation that dominated Brazilian football, with Zico, Júnior, Leandro, Adílio, Andrade, Tita and Nunes. In 1980, the team won the Brazilian Championship. In 1981, under the command of Paulo César Carpegiani, it reached the Copa Libertadores final against Cobreloa, from Chile. After a 2-1 victory at the Maracanã and a 1-0 defeat in Santiago, the team decided the title in an extra match in Montevideo, won 2-0 with two goals by Zico. On December 13, 1981, in Tokyo, Flamengo faced Liverpool, European champion, in the Intercontinental Cup final and won 3-0, with two goals by Nunes and one by Adílio. It was the club's first world title. The generation also won the Brazilian Championship in 1982 and 1983, consolidating one of the most victorious phases in Brazilian football history.