2025 CR Vasco da Gama season

Vasco da Gama
2025 season
Chairman	Pedrinho
Manager	Fábio Carille; (until 27 April); Felipe Loureiro; (interim; 28 April–9 May); Fernando Diniz; (from 9 May)
Stadium	São Januário
Série A	14th
Campeonato Carioca	Semi-finals
Copa do Brasil	Runners-up
Copa Sudamericana	Knockout round play-offs
Top goalscorer	League: ; Pablo Vegetti / Rayan (14); All: ; Pablo Vegetti (27)
Average home league attendance	22,265
	← 2024 2026 →
	All statistics correct as of 12 June 2025.

ChairmanPedrinho

ManagerFábio Carille
(until 27 April)
Felipe Loureiro
(interim; 28 April–9 May)
Fernando Diniz
(from 9 May)

StadiumSão Januário

Série A14th

The 2025 season was the 128th in the history of Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama. The club competed in its third consecutive season in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. The club also competed in the Campeonato Carioca, Copa do Brasil, and Copa Sudamericana.

Pablo Vegetti was the club's top scorer that season and in all of Brazilian football, with 27 goals, even though he lost his starting position to Rayan at the end of the season.^[2] Rayan received the Série A Breakthrough Player award and Paulo Henrique was awarded in Série A Team of the Year.^[3]

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No.	Player	Positions	Date of birth (age)	Place of birth	Signed in	Contract ends	Signed from	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Léo Jardim (third-captain)	GK	(1995-04-20) 20 April 1995 (age 30)	Ribeirão Preto	2023	2030	Lille	168	0
13	Daniel Fuzato	GK	(1997-07-04) 4 July 1997 (age 28)	Santa Bárbara d'Oeste	2025	2026	Eibar	4	0
36	Allan Vitor	GK	(2004-01-08) 8 January 2004 (age 22)	Rio de Janeiro	2019	2026	Academy	0	0
37	Pablo	GK	(2003-02-11) 11 February 2003 (age 23)	Volta Redonda	2019	2026	Academy	1	0
40	Phillipe Gabriel (U20)	GK	(2006-02-23) 23 February 2006 (age 20)	São Gonçalo	2019	2027	Academy	0	0
55	Alexander	GK	(1999-05-31) 31 May 1999 (age 26)	São Gonçalo	2013	2025	Academy	4	0
Defenders
2	José Luis Rodríguez	RB	(1997-03-14) 14 March 1997 (age 29)	Canelones	2023	2025	Nacional	115	8
4	Mauricio Lemos	CB	(1995-12-28) 28 December 1995 (age 30)	Rivera	2025	2025	Atlético Mineiro	9	0
6	Lucas Piton	LB	(2000-10-09) 9 October 2000 (age 25)	Jundiaí	2023	2028	Corinthians	156	8
12	Victor Luis	LB	(1993-06-26) 26 June 1993 (age 32)	São Paulo	2024	2026	Coritiba	27	1
22	Paulo Ricardo (U20)	RB	(2005-05-23) 23 May 2005 (age 20)	Tefé	2019	2028	Academy	6	1
29	Lucas Oliveira	CB	(1996-02-02) 2 February 1996 (age 30)	Rio de Janeiro	2025	2026	Cruzeiro	14	0
30	Robert Renan	CB	(2003-10-11) 11 October 2003 (age 22)	Brasília	2025	2026	Zenit	16	0
43	Lucas Freitas	CB	(2001-01-20) 20 January 2001 (age 25)	Rio de Janeiro	2025	2027	Palmeiras	33	1
45	Riquelme	LB	(2002-08-28) 28 August 2002 (age 23)	Barra Mansa	2017	2026	Academy	38	0
46	Carlos Cuesta	CB	(1999-03-09) 9 March 1999 (age 27)	Quibdó	2025	2026	Galatasaray	13	1
66	Leandrinho (U20)	LB	(2005-03-17) 17 March 2005 (age 21)	Rio de Janeiro	2021	2026	Academy	25	2
96	Paulo Henrique	RB	(1996-07-25) 25 July 1996 (age 29)	Sete Barras	2023	2028	Atlético Mineiro	121	6
	Avellar (U20)	LB	(2006-03-08) 8 March 2006 (age 20)	Rio de Janeiro	2021	2028	Academy	1	0
	Walace (U20)	CB	(2005-03-07) 7 March 2005 (age 21)	Rio de Janeiro	2024	2027	Academy	1	1
Midfielders
3	Tchê Tchê	CM	(1992-08-30) 30 August 1992 (age 33)	São Paulo	2025	2026	Botafogo	48	2
8	Jair	CM / DM	(1994-08-26) 26 August 1994 (age 31)	Ibirubá	2023	2025	Atlético Mineiro	76	6
9	Matheus França	AM / RM / LM	(2004-04-01) 1 April 2004 (age 22)	Rio de Janeiro	2025	2026	Crystal Palace	15	0
10	Philippe Coutinho (vice-captain)	AM	(1992-06-12) 12 June 1992 (age 33)	Rio de Janeiro	2024	2026	Aston Villa	113	19
14	Estrella (U20)	AM	(2005-01-06) 6 January 2005 (age 21)	Rio de Janeiro	2021	2026	Academy	7	1
15	Benjamín Garré	AM / RM	(2000-07-11) 11 July 2000 (age 25)	Buenos Aires	2025	2027	Krylia Sovetov	21	0
17	Nuno Moreira	LM / AM	(1999-09-16) 16 September 1999 (age 26)	Espinho	2025	2027	Casa Pia	52	10
18	Paulinho	CM / RM	(1997-01-08) 8 January 1997 (age 29)	Rio de Janeiro	2023	2025	Al-Shabab	51	2
21	Jean Meneses	LM	(1993-03-16) 16 March 1993 (age 33)	Quillota	2024	2026	Toluca	15	0
23	Thiago Mendes	CM	(1992-03-15) 15 March 1992 (age 34)	São Luís	2025	2027	Al-Rayyan	11	0
25	Hugo Moura	DM	(1998-01-03) 3 January 1998 (age 28)	Rio Claro	2024	2026	Athletico Paranaense	95	3
28	Adson	RM / LM	(2000-10-06) 6 October 2000 (age 25)	Aruanã	2024	2028	Nantes	50	4
70	Euder (U20)	CM	(2005-03-18) 18 March 2005 (age 21)	Recife	2024	2027	Academy	0	0
85	Mateus Carvalho	DM / CM	(2002-03-18) 18 March 2002 (age 24)	Tucuruí	2023	2027	Athletico Paranaense	97	2
88	Cauan Barros	CM	(2004-05-06) 6 May 2004 (age 21)	Tacaratu	2019	2027	Academy	37	3
	Lukas Zuccarello (U20)	AM / RM / LM	(2006-12-02) 2 December 2006 (age 19)	São Paulo	2022	2028	Academy	9	0
	Ray Breno	AM	(2005-08-31) 31 August 2005 (age 20)	Natal	2019	2028	Academy	0	0
Forwards
7	David	LW / ST	(1995-01-17) 17 January 1995 (age 31)	Vitória	2024	2028	Internacional	69	9
11	Andrés Gómez	RW / LW	(2002-09-12) 12 September 2002 (age 23)	Quibdó	2025	2026	Rennes	17	1
19	GB (U20)	ST	(2005-01-05) 5 January 2005 (age 21)	Rio de Janeiro	2019	2028	Academy	20	3
27	Léo Jacó (U20)	ST	(2005-06-04) 4 June 2005 (age 20)	Rio de Janeiro	2023	2026	Academy	2	0
72	Bruno Lopes (U20)	ST / RW	(2007-07-25) 25 July 2007 (age 18)	Tupã	2023	2027	Academy	6	0
77	Rayan (U20)	ST / RW / LW	(2006-08-03) 3 August 2006 (age 19)	Rio de Janeiro	2018	2026	Academy	94	22
99	Pablo Vegetti (captain)	ST	(1988-10-15) 15 October 1988 (age 37)	Santa Fe	2023	2026	Belgrano	135	59
	Paixão	ST / LW	(2004-05-27) 27 May 2004 (age 21)	Rio de Janeiro	2019	2025	Academy	4	1
	Andrey Fernandes (U20)	LW / ST	(2008-02-05) 5 February 2008 (age 18)	Recife	2023	2027	Academy	3	0

Player	Positions	Date of birth (age)	Place of birth	Signed in	Contract ends	Signed from	Apps.	Goals
Defenders
Lyncon	CB	(2005-05-07) 7 May 2005 (age 20)	Itaboraí	2019	2026	Academy	4	1
Maicon	CB	(1988-09-14) 14 September 1988 (age 37)	Barretos	2023	2025	Santos	55	1
Midfielders
Juan Sforza	DM	(2002-02-14) 14 February 2002 (age 24)	Rosario	2024	2028	Newell's Old Boys	44	1
Maxime Dominguez	CM / AM / RM	(1996-02-01) 1 February 1996 (age 30)	Geneva	2024	2026	Gil Vicente	14	1
JP	CM / AM	(2005-04-19) 19 April 2005 (age 20)	Goiânia	2020	2027	Academy	13	0
Lucas Eduardo	DM	(2004-01-13) 13 January 2004 (age 22)	Rio de Janeiro	2019	2027	Academy	4	0
Forwards
Loide Augusto	LW / RW	(2000-02-26) 26 February 2000 (age 26)	Luanda	2025	2027	Alanyaspor	18	0

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Manuel Capasso	Olimpia	Loan return	31 December 2024
FW	Figueiredo	Coritiba	Loan return	31 December 2024
MF	Matías Galarza	Talleres	Loan return	31 December 2024
MF	Hugo Moura	Athletico Paranaense	€2,000,000	1 January 2025
FW	David	Internacional	Undisclosed	1 January 2025	^[5]
MF	Tchê Tchê	Botafogo	Free	6 January 2025	^[6]
GK	Daniel Fuzato	Eibar	Free	7 January 2025	^[7]
DF	Lucas Oliveira	Cruzeiro	Undisclosed	8 January 2025	^[8]
DF	Lucas Freitas	Palmeiras	Undisclosed	14 January 2025	^[9]
DF	Mauricio Lemos	Atlético Mineiro	Free	15 January 2025	^[10]
MF	Benjamín Garré	Krylia Sovetov	€2,500,000	22 February 2025	^[11]
MF	Nuno Moreira	Casa Pia	€3,500,000	25 February 2025	^[12]
FW	Loide Augusto	Alanyaspor	€1,500,000	27 February 2025	^[13]
MF	Lucas Eduardo	Cuiabá	Loan return	16 June 2025	^[14]
MF	Philippe Coutinho	Aston Villa	Undisclosed	4 July 2025	^[15]
MF	Thiago Mendes	Al-Rayyan	Free	14 July 2025	^[16]
MF	Cauan Barros	América Mineiro	Loan return	8 August 2025	^[17]
FW	Andrés Gómez	Rennes	Loan	19 August 2025	^[18]
DF	Robert Renan	Zenit	Loan	25 August 2025	^[19]
MF	Matheus França	Crystal Palace	Loan	26 August 2025	^[20]
DF	Carlos Cuesta	Galatasaray	Loan	1 September 2025	^[21]

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Victão	Pouso Alegre	Free	16 December 2024
MF	Ray Breno	Pouso Alegre	Loan	17 December 2024
GK	Alexander	Bangu	Loan	28 December 2024
FW	Figueiredo	América Mineiro	Loan	30 December 2024
MF	Cauan Barros	América Mineiro	Loan	30 December 2024
FW	Rossi	Paysandu	Free	31 December 2024
MF	Pablo Galdames	Independiente	Free	31 December 2024
MF	Matías Galarza	Talleres	€1,400,000	1 January 2025
DF	Léo	Athletico Paranaense	€2,000,000	2 January 2025	^[22]
DF	Maicon	Coritiba	Loan	9 January 2025
DF	Roger Fellipo	Água Santa	Loan	16 January 2025
FW	Emerson Rodríguez	Inter Miami	Contract Terminated	22 January 2025
MF	Serginho	Fatih Karagümrük	Contract Terminated	28 January 2025
DF	Leandrinho	Al-Shabab	Loan	28 January 2025	^[23]
FW	Luca Orellano	FC Cincinnati	US$3,000,000	22 February 2025	^[24]
MF	Zé Gabriel	Criciúma	Contract Terminated	24 February 2025
MF	Lucas Eduardo	Cuiabá	Loan	19 March 2025
MF	JP	Avaí	Loan	27 March 2025
MF	Maxime Dominguez	Toronto FC	Loan	3 April 2025	^[25]
MF	Patrick de Lucca	Cuiabá	Contract Terminated	11 April 2025
DF	Roger Fellipo	Figueirense	Free	11 April 2025
GK	Alexander	Capital	Loan	24 April 2025
MF	Souza		Contract Terminated	16 May 2025
DF	Manuel Capasso	Club Olimpia	Contract Terminated	16 May 2025
MF	Ray Breno	Nova Iguaçu	Loan	29 May 2025
FW	Maxsuell	Nova Iguaçu	Contract Terminated	30 May 2025
MF	Dimitri Payet		Contract Terminated	9 June 2025	^[26]
FW	Erick Marcus	Ludogorets	€1,000,000	25 June 2025
DF	Lyncon	Volta Redonda	Loan	5 August 2025
DF	João Victor	CSKA Moscow	€5,000,000	19 August 2025
DF	Luiz Gustavo	Bahia	€5,000,000	25 August 2025
MF	Juan Sforza	Juventude	Loan	27 August 2025
FW	Figueiredo	Alverca	€750,000	30 August 2025
MF	Lucas Eduardo	Avaí	Loan	3 September 2025
FW	Loide Augusto	Çaykur Rizespor	Loan	10 September 2025
FW	Alex Teixeira		Contract Terminated	10 September 2025

5 July 2025	Vasco da Gama	Cancelled	Montevideo Wanderers	Natal, Brazil
17:00 UTC−3				Stadium: Arena das Dunas

2025 CR Vasco da Gama season

First team

Out on loan

Transfers in

Transfers out

Friendlies

Competitions

Overall record

Série A

League table

Matches

Campeonato Carioca

Taça Guanabara table

Results by round

Matches

Semi-finals

Copa do Brasil

First round

Second round

Third round

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Finals

Copa Sudamericana

Group stage

Final stages

Knockout round play-offs

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Notes

References

Related Articles

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Série A	29 March 2025	21 December 2025	Matchday 1	14th	38	13	6	19	55	60	−5	034.21
Campeonato Carioca	11 January 2025	8 March 2025	Taça Guanabara	Semi-finals	13	4	5	4	14	12	+2	030.77
Copa do Brasil	18 February 2025	21 December 2025	First round	Final	12	4	6	2	16	9	+7	033.33
Copa Sudamericana	2 April 2025	22 July 2025	Group stage	Knockout round play-offs	8	2	3	3	9	13	−4	025.00
Total					71	23	20	28	94	94	+0	032.39

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
12	Santos	38	12	11	15	45	50	−5	47	Qualification for Copa Sudamericana group stage
13	Corinthians	38	12	11	15	42	47	−5	47	Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage^[a]
14	Vasco da Gama	38	13	6	19	55	60	−5	45	Qualification for Copa Sudamericana group stage
15	Vitória	38	11	12	15	35	52	−17	45
16	Internacional	38	11	11	16	44	57	−13	44

30 March 2025 1	Vasco da Gama	2–1	Santos	Rio de Janeiro
18:30 UTC-03:00	Nuno Moreira 53' Vegetti 78'	Report	21' Barreal	Stadium: São Januário Attendance: 19,550 Referee: Rafael Rodrigo Klein

5 April 2025 2	Corinthians	3–0	Vasco da Gama	São Paulo
18:30 UTC−3	Yuri Alberto 12' Depay 27' João Victor 90+1' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Neo Química Arena Attendance: 43,250 Referee: Anderson Daronco

12 April 2025 3	Vasco da Gama	3–1	Sport	Rio de Janeiro
21:00 UTC-03:00	Vegetti 32', 41' Rayan 83'	Report	Hugo Moura 55' (o.g.)	Stadium: São Januário Attendance: 15,969 Referee: Wilton Sampaio

15 April 2025 4	Ceará	2–1	Vasco da Gama	Fortaleza
18:30 UTC−3	Pedro Raul 29', 81'	Report	Vegetti 90+2'	Stadium: Castelão

19 April 2025 5	Vasco da Gama	0–0	Flamengo	Rio de Janeiro
18:30 UTC−3		Report		Stadium: Maracanã Attendance: 39,027 Referee: Raphael Claus

27 April 2025 6	Cruzeiro	1–0	Vasco da Gama	Uberlândia
18:30 UTC−3	Christian 88'	Report		Stadium: Parque do Sabiá Attendance: 15,398 Referee: Rafael Rodrigo Klein

4 May 2025 7	Vasco da Gama	0–1	Palmeiras	Brasília
16:00 UTC−3		Report	Vitor Roque 60'	Stadium: Mané Garrincha Attendance: 30,318 Referee: Davi de Oliveira Lacerda

10 May 2025 8	Vitória	2–1	Vasco da Gama	Salvador
18:30 UTC−3	Renato Kayzer 60', 90'	Report	Vegetti 42'	Stadium: Barradão

31 May 2025 11	Vasco da Gama	0–2	Red Bull Bragantino	Rio de Janeiro
21:00 (UTC-3)		Report	Guilherme 2' Pitta 34'	Stadium: Estádio Vasco da Gama (São Januário)

2 August 2025 18	Mirassol	3–2	Vasco da Gama	Mirassol
18:30 UTC−3	Negueba 51' Chico 58' Alesson 83'	Report	Rodríguez 66' Vegetti 70'	Stadium: Estádio José Maria de Campos Maia Referee: Wilton Pereira Sampaio

20 August 2025 14	Juventude	v	Vasco da Gama	Caxias do Sul
19:00 UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio Alfredo Jaconi

Round	1	2	3	4
Ground	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	D
Position

18 May 2025 9	Vasco da Gama	3–0	Fortaleza	Rio de Janeiro
18:30 (UTC-3)	Moreira 3' Vegetti 46' (80)	Report		Stadium: Estádio Vasco da Gama (São Januário)

24 May 2025 10	Fluminense	2–1	Vasco da Gama	Rio de Janeiro
18:30 UTC-03:00	Vegetti 42' (o.g.) Guga 87'	Report	João Victor 25'	Stadium: Maracanã

12 June 2025 12	São Paulo	1–3	Vasco da Gama	São Paulo
21:30 UTC−3	Ryan Francisco 90+3'	Report	Rayan 26' Nuno Moreira 40' Vegetti 69'	Stadium: Morumbi Attendance: 20,332 Referee: Rafael Rodrigo Klein

12 July 2025 13	Vasco da Gama	0–2	Botafogo	Brasília
18:30 UTC−3		Report	Cabral 48' Fernandes 78'	Stadium: Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha Referee: Anderson Daronco

19 July 2025 15	Vasco da Gama	1–1	Grêmio	Rio de Janeiro
17:30 UTC−3	Lucas Freitas 64'	Report	Gustavo Martins 80'	Stadium: Estádio São Januário Attendance: 15,556 Referee: Felipe Fernandes de Lima

24 July 2025 16	Vasco da Gama	–	Bahia	Rio de Janeiro
(UTC-3)				Stadium: Estádio Vasco da Gama (São Januário)

27 July 2025 17	Internacional	1–1	Vasco da Gama	Porto Alegre
18:30	Carbonero 90+1'	Report	Rayan 30'	Stadium: Beira-Rio Attendance: 13,188 Referee: Flávio Rodrigues de Souza

10 August 2025 19	Vasco da Gama	1–1	Atlético Mineiro	Rio de Janeiro
16:00 UTC−3	Vegetti 18' (pen.), 90+4' Paulo Henrique 42'		Menino 1' Alexsander 67'	Stadium: São Januário Attendance: 16,157 Referee: Davi De Oliveira Lacerda

17 August 2025 20	Santos	0–6	Vasco da Gama	São Paulo
16:00 UTC−3	Luisão 15' Neymar 39'		Hugo Moura 1' Piton 18' Jair 38' Tchê Tchê 41', 68' David 52' Coutinho 54', 62' Rayan 60' (pen.), 61'	Stadium: Estádio do Morumbi Referee: Ramon Abatti

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	Volta Redonda	11	6	2	3	13	12	+1	20	Advance to semi-finals
3	Fluminense	11	4	5	2	13	9	+4	17
4	Vasco da Gama	11	4	5	2	13	9	+4	17
5	Sampaio Corrêa	11	4	4	3	13	11	+2	16	Advance to Taça Rio semi-finals
6	Nova Iguaçu	11	4	4	3	8	9	−1	16	Advance to Taça Rio semi-finals

11 January 2025 1	Nova Iguaçu	1–1	Vasco da Gama	Vasco da Gama
16:30 UTC−3	Sidney 64'		Paulinho 43'	Stadium: São Januário Referee: Carlos Tadeu Ferreira de Castro

16 January 2025 2	Vasco da Gama	0–0	Bangu	Vasco da Gama
21:30 UTC−3	Jair 88'			Stadium: São Januário Referee: Jodis Nascimento de Souza

19 January 2025 3	Boavista	1–1	Vasco da Gama	Saquarema
19:00 UTC−3	Zé Vitor 22' Xandão 90'		Walace 71'	Stadium: Estádio Elcyr Resende de Mendonça Referee: Felipe da Silva Gonçalves Paludo

23 January 2025 4	Vasco da Gama	v	Madureira	Vasco da Gama
21:30 UTC−3				Stadium: São Januário

1 March 2025 First leg Clássico dos Milhões	Vasco da Gama	0–1	Flamengo	Rio de Janeiro
17:45 UTC−3		Report	Bruno Henrique 67' (Plata)	Stadium: Nilton Santos Attendance: 10,966 Referee: Bruno Arleu de Araújo

8 March 2025 Second leg Clássico dos Milhões	Flamengo	2–1 (3–1 agg.)	Vasco da Gama	Rio de Janeiro
17:45 UTC−3	Bruno Henrique 36' L. Araújo 69' (Gerson)	Report	Moreira 22' (Freitas)	Stadium: Maracanã Attendance: 55,096 Referee: Wagner do Nascimento Magalhães

18 February 2025	União Rondonópolis	0–3	Vasco da Gama	Cariacica
21:30		Report	Vegetti 48' (pen.) Rayan 81' Hugo Moura 89'	Stadium: Estádio Kleber Andrade Attendance: 5,594 Referee: Rodrigo José Pereira de Lima (Pernambuco)

5 March 2025	Nova Iguaçu	0–3	Vasco da Gama	Rio de Janeiro
21:30		Report	Rayan 9' Coutinho 20' (pen.), 38'	Stadium: Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos Attendance: 9,351 Referee: Anderson Daronco (Rio Grande do Sul)

1 May 2025 First leg	Operário Ferroviário	1–1	Vasco da Gama	Ponta Grossa
16:00 UTC−3	Boschilia 71'	Report	Moreira 20'	Stadium: Estádio Germano Krüger Referee: Anderson Daronco

20 May 2025 Second leg	Vasco da Gama	1–1 (2–2 agg.) (7–6 p)	Operário Ferroviário	Rio de Janeiro
19:00 UTC−3	Rayan 42'	Report	Ademilson 90+2'	Stadium: São Januário Referee: Sávio Sampaio
	Penalties
	Vegetti Tchê Tchê Lucas Piton João Victor Mateus Carvalho Adson Hugo Moura Paulo Henrique Loide Augusto		Allano Neto Paraíba Gabriel Boschilia Rodrigo Ademilson Índio Cristiano Thales Allan