Flamengo is the most successful team in the Campeonato Carioca. Flamengo has won it 37 times, Fluminense 33. In the Campeonato Brasileiro, Flamengo has won seven titles and Fluminense has won four titles; and in the Copa do Brasil, Flamengo has won four and Fluminense has won one.
Flamengo's fiercest and longest-standing rivalries are with the other "Big Four" of Rio de Janeiro: Fluminense, Botafogo and Vasco da Gama; as well as interstate rivalries with Atletico MG and Palmeiras.
In South American and worldwide competitions, the club's highest achievements are their conquests of the 1981, 2024 and 2024 Copa Libertadores, and 1981 Intercontinental Cup against Liverpool, led by the club's most iconic player Zico.