Vasco da Gama 1977

Squad of Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama, Carioca Championship winners in 1977, in the era of Roberto Dinamite, the club's greatest goalscorer and idol in its history.

History

Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama was founded on August 21, 1898, in Rio de Janeiro, and has São Januário Stadium as its home. In the 1970s, the club experienced a period of great prominence, with the Brazilian Championship title in 1974 and the rise of Roberto Dinamite. In 1977, Vasco conquered the Carioca Championship, one of the most important titles of that decade for Vasco fans. The conquest came during a period when Rio's state championship was fiercely contested, with Flamengo and Fluminense as the main rivals. Roberto Dinamite, developed by the club, was the star of Vasco's attack and remains to this day the greatest goalscorer in Vasco's history. The 1977 team helped keep the squad among the main forces of Brazilian football after the national title in 1974. The 1977 campaign is remembered as part of the generation that made Vasco one of the giants of Rio football in the 1970s.