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Vasco da Gama

Serie A

Copa do Brasil South America

Copa Sudamericana Brazil

Copa do Brasil U17 World

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Founded:	1898
Stadium:	Estádio Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama
Coach:	Cledson Rafael de Paiva
Serie A Form:
Overall Form:

Vasco da Gama home ground venue is Estádio Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama.

Cledson Rafael de Paiva is the current coach for Vasco da Gama.

Vasco da Gama Serie A Match Fixtures and Results

[ Home Overall Away ]

Vasco da Gama have played a total of 19 matches in Brazil Serie A. Their current statistics is 10 win, 5 draw and 4 lose.

Vasco da Gama did not lose their last two matches in the competition.

The overall results is shown by default. You can also analyze Vasco da Gama results for their home or away matches in Serie A 2024.

Click on + to view detailed soccer statistics of the goal scorers, yellow and red cards for each match.
The match kick-off date and time is automatically converted to your local timezone.

Team	Total Matches	Win	Draw	Lose
Vasco da Gama	19	10	5	4

Date	Home	Score	Away	HT
04/12/2024	Vasco da Gama	2 - 0	Atlético Mineiro	0-0	H2H	O	+
Pablo Vegetti 30'
			43' Guilherme Arana
Pablo Vegetti 52'		1 - 0
			54' Alan Franco
			59' Guilherme Arana
			59' Alisson
			59' Deyverson
			59' Eduardo Vargas
Philippe Coutinho 64'		2 - 0
Philippe Coutinho 75'
Dimitri Payet 75'
Jair 75'
Juan Sforza 75'
			76' Paulo Henrique
Lucas Piton 77'
Alex Teixeira 83'
Maxime Dominguez 83'
Lucas Piton 89'
Leandrinho 89'
Hugo Moura 89'
Paulinho Paula 89'
Leandrinho 90+5'
01/12/2024	Vasco da Gama	2 - 2	Atlético GO	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	21' Luiz Fernando
			46' Guilherme Romão
			46' Alejo Cruz
Lucas Piton 46'
Leandrinho 46'
Rayan 46'
Dimitri Payet 46'
Alegria 46'
Alex Teixeira 46'
Hugo Moura 48'
			50' Rhaldney
		0 - 2	56' Luiz Fernando
			63' Derek Freitas
			63' Jan Hurtado
Philippe Coutinho 70'
Maxime Dominguez 70'
Dimitri Payet 73'
Maxime Dominguez 75'		1 - 2
			78' Gabriel Baralhas
			78' Gonzalo Freitas
Hugo Moura 84'
Jair 84'
			85' Luiz Fernando
			85' Rhaldney
			85' Pedro Henrique
			85' Luiz Fernando
			85' Janderson
			86' Luiz Fernando
Alex Teixeira 90+3'		2 - 2
21/11/2024	Vasco da Gama	0 - 1	Internacional	0-0	H2H	O	+
Maxime Dominguez 58'
Emerson Rodríguez 58'
Leandrinho 58'
Emerson Rodríguez 58'
			61' Bruno Tabata
			61' Fernando
			61' Rômulo
			61' Gabriel Carvalho
		0 - 1	65' Wesley
			68' Wesley
			68' Enner Valencia
Dimitri Payet 69'
Wanderson 69'
Pablo Galdames 69'
Philippe Coutinho 69'
			69' Rafael Santos Borré
			69' Hugo Moura
Paulo Henrique 82'
Jose Luis Rodríguez 82'
Mateus Carvalho 83'
			85' Bruno Henrique
			85' Luis Otávio
29/10/2024	Vasco da Gama	3 - 2	Bahia	3-1	H2H	O	+
Emerson Rodríguez 12'		1 - 0
Dimitri Payet 18'		2 - 0
			24' Gabriel Xavier
Dimitri Payet 32'		3 - 0
			38' Everaldo
			38' Ademir
			38' Jean Lucas
			38' Luciano Rodríguez
Pablo Galdames 40'
		3 - 1	42' Luciano Rodríguez
			46' Caio Alexandre
			46' Nicolás Acevedo
			46' Cauly
			46' Rafael Ratão
			51' Thaciano
Maicon 53'
Jose Luis Rodríguez 65'
Maxime Dominguez 65'
Rayan 65'
Alex Teixeira 65'
		3 - 2	75' Ademir
			76' Luciano Juba
			76' Yago Felipe
Dimitri Payet 84'
Emerson Rodríguez 85'
Juan Sforza 85'
Dimitri Payet 87'
Juan Sforza 87'
Mateus Carvalho 90+5'
Jair 90+5'
24/10/2024	Vasco da Gama	1 - 0	Cuiabá	0-0	H2H	O	+
Paulo Henrique 35'
Jean David 35'
Emerson Rodríguez 46'
Lucas Piton 46'
Hugo Moura 53'		1 - 0
Hugo Moura 57'
Leandrinho 68'
Jair 68'
Philippe Coutinho 69'
Maxime Dominguez 69'
			73' Clayson
			73' Eliel
			81' Gustavo Sauer
			81' Derik Lacerda
Mateus Carvalho 86'
Dimitri Payet 86'
			88' Filipe Augusto
			88' Max
			88' Ramon
			88' Jonathan Cafú
			89' Derik Lacerda
Pablo Vegetti 90+1'
06/10/2024	Vasco da Gama	1 - 1	Juventude	1-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	3' Edson Carioca
Dimitri Payet 10'		1 - 1
Maxime Dominguez 29'
			45+2' Gilberto
			45+3' Lucas Freitas
			46' Gilberto
			46' Ronie Carrillo
Emerson Rodríguez 57'
Leandrinho 57'
Maxime Dominguez 57'
Rayan 57'
Dimitri Payet 65'
Philippe Coutinho 65'
			65' João Lucas
			65' Ewerton
Jose Luis Rodríguez 65'
Erick Samuel Farias 65'
			65' Edson Carioca
			65' Paulo Henrique
			75' Zé Marcos
			80' Alan Ruschel
			80' Lucas Freitas
Juan Sforza 83'
Souza 83'
Souza 86'
			89' Dudu Vieira
			89' Marcelinho
22/09/2024	Vasco da Gama	0 - 1	Palmeiras	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	26' José López
Rayan 46'
Emerson Rodríguez 46'
Dimitri Payet 58'
Philippe Coutinho 58'
Paulo Henrique 58'
Jose Luis Rodríguez 58'
Pablo Vegetti 68'
			76' Richard Ríos
Juan Sforza 83'
Mateus Carvalho 83'
			83' José López
			83' Rony
			84' Aníbal Moreno
			84' Fabinho
			84' Maurício
			84' Zé Rafael
Hugo Moura 88'
Maxime Dominguez 88'
			90+4' Raphael Veiga
			90+4' Lázaro
			90+4' Felipe Anderson
			90+4' Rômulo
			90+6' Zé Rafael
			90+7' Weverton
27/08/2024	Vasco da Gama	2 - 1	Athletico PR	0-1	H2H	O	+
			15' Thiago Heleno
		0 - 1	24' Gabriel
			28' João Cruz
Adson 46'
Rayan 46'
Mateus Carvalho 48'
			63' João Cruz
			63' Tomás Cuello
Emerson Rodríguez 68'		1 - 1
			77' Agustín Canobbio
			77' Julimar
			77' Gonzalo Mastriani
			77' Lucas Di Yorio
Emerson Rodríguez 84'
Leandro Viana da Silva Gama 84'
Pablo Vegetti 86'		2 - 1
			89' Gabriel Girotto
			89' Felipinho
			89' Nikão
			89' Praxedes
			90+5' Martín Varini Di Zioli
Dimitri Payet 90+5'
Juan Sforza 90+5'
			90+7' Fernando
11/08/2024	Vasco da Gama	2 - 0	Fluminense	1-0	H2H	O	+
Pablo Vegetti 23'		1 - 0
Victor Luís 40'
			42' Ganso
			45+2' Luiz Venker de Menezes
			56' Alexsander
Maicon 60'
João Victor 60'
Victor Luís 65'		2 - 0
			70' Diogo Barbosa
			70' João Henrique
			70' Keno
			70' Isaac
			70' Ganso
			70' Lima
Pablo Vegetti 74'
Pablo Vegetti 78'
Leandro Viana da Silva Gama 78'
Victor Luís 78'
Emerson Rodríguez 78'
Dimitri Payet 78'
Emerson Rodríguez 78'
			79' Jhon Arias
			80' Alexsander
			80' Renato Augusto
			80' Kauã Elias
			80' John Kennedy
Rayan 83'
Hugo Moura 90+2'
Souza 90+2'
03/08/2024	Vasco da Gama	2 - 2	Bragantino	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	5' Jhonatan dos Santos Rosa
Souza 7'
GB 44'
			46' Jhonatan dos Santos Rosa
			46' Lincoln
			46' Gustavinho
			46' Jadsom
Souza 46'
Pablo Vegetti 46'
GB 50'		1 - 1
			55' Ignacio Jesús Laquintana Marsico
			55' Henery David Mosquera Sánchez
Adson 60'		2 - 1
Adson 61'
			62' Guilherme
			62' Helinho
			62' Thiago Nicolás Borbas Silva
			62' Vitinho
Dimitri Payet 64'
Philippe Coutinho 64'
Victor Luís 64'
Leandro Viana da Silva Gama 64'
GB 72'
David 72'
			78' Lucas Cunha
Hugo Moura 78'
Zé Gabriel 78'
Léo 85'
		2 - 2	89' Helinho
10/07/2024	Vasco da Gama	2 - 0	Corinthians	0-0	H2H	O	+
David 3'
			28' Raniele
Maicon 32'
			45+1' Félix Torres
Lucas Piton 55'		1 - 0
			60' Ángel Romero
			60' Pedro Henrique
			66' Raniele
			66' Pedro Raúl
			66' Yuri Alberto
			66' Ryan Gustavo
Praxedes 68'
João Pedro Murilo de Paula Morais 68'
			79' Breno Bidon
			79' Matheus Araújo
			79' Wesley
			79' Giovane
Mateus Carvalho dos Santos 79'
Juan Sforza 79'
Hugo Moura 80'
Zé Gabriel 80'
Adson 80'
Bruno Lopes Ferreira 80'
			82' Igor Coronado
			83' Giovane
Bruno Lopes Ferreira 84'
Lucas Piton 90+1'
Leandro Viana da Silva Gama 90+1'
			90+4' Pedro Raúl
Juan Sforza 90+5'		2 - 0
03/07/2024	Vasco da Gama	2 - 0	Fortaleza	1-0	H2H	O	+
Dimitri Payet 14'
João Pedro Murilo de Paula Morais 14'
			35' Juan Martín Lucero
Maicon 37'
			40' Hércules
Mateus Carvalho 45+3'		1 - 0
Maicon 46'
R. Rojas 46'
			46' Lucas Sasha
			46' Matheus Rossetto
Hugo Moura 52'
			58' Bruno Pacheco
			58' Felipe Jonatan
			58' Tomás Pochettino
			58' Marinho
Pablo Vegetti 63'		2 - 0
David 64'
			65' Titi
			67' Matheus Rossetto
Hugo Moura 68'
Zé Gabriel 68'
David 69'
Erick Marcus 69'
			70' Titi
			70' Kauan Rodrigues
			71' Juan Martín Lucero
			71' Renato Kayzer
Paulo Henrique 81'
José Luis Rodríguez 81'
Lucas Piton 83'
29/06/2024	Vasco da Gama	1 - 1	Botafogo	0-0	H2H	O	+
Guilherme Estrella de Paiva 13'
Dimitri Payet 13'
Victor Luís 34'
Hugo Moura 40'
			45+1' Bastos
			45+2' R. Fernández
			58' Tchê Tchê
			58' Júnior Santos
			59' Júnior Santos
Dimitri Payet 60'
Zé Gabriel 60'
Hugo Moura 60'
Erick Marcus 60'
Victor Luís 60'
Juan Sforza 60'
			70' Tiquinho Soares
			70' Óscar Romero
		0 - 1	73' Bastos
João Victor 77'
			80' Marlon Freitas
			80' A. Barboza
			80' Eduardo
			80' Kauê
			80' Luiz Henrique
			80' Patrick de Paula
João Pedro Murilo de Paula Morais 80'
Rayan 80'
Pablo Vegetti 84'		1 - 1
			89' D. Suárez
Patrick de Paula 90+2'
			90+3' Patrick de Paula
23/06/2024	Vasco da Gama	4 - 1	São Paulo	2-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	11' André Silva
A. Franco 33'		1 - 1
			36' Patryck
Guilherme Estrella de Paiva 39'
			43' Rodrigo Nestor
			43' M. Araújo
Guilherme Estrella de Paiva 45+3'		2 - 1
			46' J. Calleri
			46' Wellington Rato
			46' Patryck
			46' Welington
Guilherme Estrella de Paiva 64'
João Pedro Murilo de Paula Morais 64'
Paulo Henrique 64'
José Luis Rodríguez 64'
			72' Igor Vinicius
			72' Ferreira
Adson 74'
Rossi 74'
Maicon 77'
Lucas Piton 77'
Juan Sforza 77'
Hugo Moura 78'
Leandro Viana da Silva Gama 78'
			79' G. Galoppo
			79' Juan
Leandro Viana da Silva Gama 80'		3 - 1
Rossi 88'
David 90+3'		4 - 1
16/06/2024	Vasco da Gama	0 - 0	Cruzeiro	0-0	H2H	O	+
Pablo Vegetti 38'
			46' Rafa Silva
			46' Arthur Rodrigues Viana
			57' Gabriel Veron
			57' João Pedro
			62' L. Romero
Rossi 64'
David 64'
Paulo Henrique 65'
José Luis Rodríguez 65'
			69' Arthur Rodrigues Viana
			70' L. Romero
			70' Japa
			71' Lucas Silva
			71' Vitinho
João Pedro Murilo de Paula Morais 77'
Serginho 77'
			79' Ramiro
			83' William
P. Galdames 88'
Mateus Carvalho 88'
Adson 88'
Clayton 88'
			88' Robert
			88' Wesley Gasolina
David 90+5'
02/06/2024	Vasco da Gama	1 - 6	Flamengo	1-3	H2H	O	+
Pablo Vegetti 9'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	28' Everton
		1 - 2	33' Pedro
			40' Allan
			40' E. Pulgar
		1 - 3	43' David Luiz
João Victor 45+4'
Rayan 46'
Rossi 46'
		1 - 4	51' G. de Arrascaeta
José Luis Rodríguez 58'
Zé Gabriel 58'
Juan Sforza 58'
Paulo Henrique 58'
Dimitri Payet 58'
Praxedes 58'
Pablo Vegetti 59'
			69' Everton
			69' Bruno Henrique
Zé Gabriel 71'
		1 - 5	73' Bruno Henrique
			79' Gerson
			79' Luiz Araújo
			79' Pedro
			79' Gabriel Barbosa
			80' G. Varela
			80' Wesley
Praxedes 84'
Victor Luís 84'
		1 - 6	89' Gabriel Barbosa
12/05/2024	Vasco da Gama	2 - 1	Vitória	0-0	H2H	O	+
Maicon 28'
Rossi 34'
Adson 34'
			46' Lepu
			46' Zeca
			46' Luan Silva
			46' Iury Castilho
Maicon 51'		1 - 0
Pablo Vegetti 56'		2 - 0
			57' Juan Sforza
Pablo Galdames 57'
			57' Alerrandro
			57' Zé Hugo
			59' David
			66' Iury Castilho
			66' Matheuzinho
			66' Jean Mota
Dimitri Payet 66'
Praxedes 66'
			67' Janderson
			67' Luiz Adriano
Pablo Galdames 78'
Mateus Carvalho dos Santos 78'
João Victor 79'
Paulo Henrique 79'
Praxedes 84'
		2 - 1	89' Iury Castilho
			90+3' Camutanga
David 90+3'
Praxedes 90+3'
Adson 90+3'
José Luis Rodríguez 90+3'
27/04/2024	Vasco da Gama	0 - 4	Criciúma	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	32' Fellipe Mateus
Pablo Vegetti 43'
Lucas Piton 45+1'
Dimitri Payet 46'
Pablo Galdames 46'
Gary Medel 46'
Maicon 46'
		0 - 2	47' Fellipe Mateus
		0 - 3	55' Yannick Bolasie
J. Sforza 56'
Adson 56'
Rayan 56'
Clayton 56'
			60' Yannick Bolasie
			60' Éder
			61' Arthur Caíke
			61' Felipe Vizeu
			67' W. Ángel
			67' Maia
		0 - 4	69' Higor Meritão
Hugo Moura 71'
Mateus Carvalho dos Santos 71'
			76' Claudinho
			76' Yerson Candelo
			76' Higor Meritão
			76' Newton
14/04/2024	Vasco da Gama	2 - 1	Grêmio	2-0	H2H	O	+
			14' W. Kannemann
			14' Gustavo Martins
Rossi 17'
David 24'		1 - 0
Mateus Carvalho 37'		2 - 0
Ramón Díaz 45+1'
			46' Diego Costa
			46' JP Galvão
			58' C. Pavón
			58' Nathan Fernandes
			58' Y. Soteldo
			58' Gustavo Gomes
Rossi 64'
Rayan 64'
Gary Medel 64'
João Victor 64'
J. Sforza 65'
		2 - 1	68' Gustavo Martins
			74' Cuiabano
			74' Zé Guilherme
Pablo Galdames 74'
João Pedro Murilo de Paula Morais 74'
David 86'
Adson 86'
Paulo Henrique 87'
R. Rojas 87'
			90+1' Léo
João Victor 90+6'
Lucas Piton 90+8'

Chart Analysis

The graph shows the performance and results of Vasco da Gama in Serie A.

Statistics & Analysis of Vasco da Gama

Pablo Vegetti is the leading top goal scorer for Vasco da Gama with 6 goals.

Achievement	Statistics
Longest winning run	2
Longest losing streak	1
Longest run without loss	8
Longest run without win	2
Clean sheets	6
Matches over 2.25 goals	9
Matches under 2.25 goals	10
Matches First Half Over 0.5	12
Matches First Half Under 0.5	7
Matches odd	9
Matches even	10
Average goals scored	1.53
Average goals allowed	1.26
Failure to score	4
Biggest victory	4 - 1
Biggest defeat	1 - 6
Missed penalties	1
Penalty goals	1
Own goals	1
Goalless draw at home match	1 (5%)
Goalless draw at away match	0
Comeback win	2
Top Goal Scorer	Pablo Vegetti
Top Assist	Dimitri Payet

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Serie A 2024 - Regular Season Table

Vasco da Gama are in the 10th position of Serie A and they are in contention for CONMEBOL Sudamericana.

#	Soccer Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	D	P
1	Botafogo	38	23	10	5	59	29	+30	79
2	Palmeiras	38	22	7	9	60	33	+27	73
3	Flamengo	38	20	10	8	61	42	+19	70
4	Fortaleza	38	19	11	8	53	39	+14	68
5	Internacional	38	18	11	9	53	36	+17	65
6	São Paulo	38	17	8	13	53	43	+10	59
7	Corinthians	38	15	11	12	54	45	+9	56
8	Bahia	38	15	8	15	49	49	+0	53
9	Cruzeiro	38	14	10	14	43	41	+2	52
10	Vasco da Gama	38	14	8	16	43	56	-13	50
11	Vitória	38	13	8	17	45	52	-7	47
12	Atlético Mineiro	38	11	14	13	47	54	-7	47
13	Fluminense	38	12	10	16	33	39	-6	46
14	Grêmio	38	12	9	17	44	50	-6	45
15	Juventude	38	11	12	15	48	59	-11	45
16	Bragantino	38	10	14	14	44	48	-4	44
17	Athletico PR	38	11	9	18	40	46	-6	42
18	Criciúma	38	9	11	18	42	61	-19	38
19	Atlético GO	38	7	9	22	29	58	-29	30
20	Cuiabá	38	6	12	20	29	49	-20	30

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Vasco da Gama Squad

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#	Name of Player
1	Leonardo Cesar Jardim	2610	29
2	José Luis Rodríguez Bebanz	545	14	9	3
3	Leonardo Pinheiro da Conceição	1980	22				2
4	Maicon Pereira Roque	2084	26	3	2	1	4
5	Josef de Souza Dias	77	4	3	1		1		1
5	Patrick de Lucca Chaves de Oliveira
6	Lucas Piton Crivellaro	2080	24		6	1	5
7	David Correia da Fonseca	1599	23	3	11	4	6	1
8	Jair Rodrigues Júnior
9	Clayton Fernandes Silva	140	6	5
9	Carlos Sebastián Ferreira Vidal
10	Dimitri Payet	900	15	3	12	1
11	Philippe Coutinho Correia	305	8	5	3	1
12	Victor Luis Chuab Zamblauskas	397	9	4	3	1	3		1
12	Jefferson Junio Antônio da Silva
13	Keiller da Silva Nunes
14	Guilherme Estrella de Paiva	148	3		3	1	1
16	Erick Marcus dos Santos Oliveira	167	6	6
17	Emerson Rivaldo Rodríguez Valois	529	10	4	4	1	1
17	Gary Alexis Medel Soto	110	2		2
18	Paulo Lucas de Paula
19	Gabriel Souza da Silva	72	1		1	1	1
20	Juan Sebastián Sforza	1190	22	10	5	1	2
21	Bruno Conceição Praxedes	265	6	3	4		3
21	Jean David Meneses Villarroel	190	4	3	2
23	José Gabriel dos Santos Silva	448	14	11	2		3
24	Hedhe Halls Rocha da Silva
25	Hugo Moura Arruda da Silva	1549	22	2	15		5		1
26	Maxime Dominguez	59	2	1	1		1
26	Rodrigo Alves de Holanda Santos
27	Pablo Ignacio Galdames Millán	787	13	4	6		3
28	Adson Ferreira Soares	1186	20	6	11	2	2
31	Rosicley Pereira da Silva	501	11	2	9		3
32	Robert Rojas	174	5	3	2
38	João Victor Da Silva Marcelino	1103	15	3	2	1	3		1
44	José Vitor Geminiano Cavalieri
45	Riquelme Carvalho Araujo Viana
66	Leandro Viana da Silva Gama	284	12	11		1
70	Sérgio Antonio Da Luiz Junior	38	2	2			1
77	Rayan Rocha	622	18	13	5	1	2
85	Matheus Carvalho Dos
90	Alex Teixeira Santos	12	1	1
96	Paulo Henrique de Oliveira Alves	2024	27	4	10	1	4
98	João Pedro Murilo de Paula Morais	432	10	6	4
99	Pablo Ezequiel Vegetti Pfaffen	2341	27	1	4	9	5
	Alexander Silva de Lucena
	Carlos Alonso Enrique Palacios Núñez
	João Victor Gomes Laranjeira Lima
	Lucas Oliveira Parente
	Mateus Carvalho dos Santos
	Matheus Nunes Fagundes de Araújo
	Ulisses Wilson Jeronymo Rocha

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Superior H2H Statistics

Upcoming football matches with excellent head to head records over their opponents.

Alay vs OshMU-Aldier

H2H Home Team Advantage

Football clubs who play better for their home games H2H.

Songo vs Ferroviário Maputo

H2H Away Team Advantage

Football clubs that play well for their away games.

Konkola Blades vs Green Eagles

Top Football Clubs

Motivated teams after winning five matches in a row or they have maintained a ten-match unbeaten run. The bookmakers label them as favourites for a reason.