Last Sunday’s classic drew almost 70,000 to Maracanã and was the biggest crowd of 2025.
On the field, Flamengo got the better of Fluminense and won the Campeonato Carioca title with a 0-0 draw last Sunday at Maracanã. And off the field, both clubs came out on top: they split a net revenue of R$2,028,978.98 (R$1,014,489.49 for each). Gross revenue was R$4,315,309.00. Get the latest in football results from live scores app.
The clubs are also entitled to a share of the revenue from consumption at the stadium’s bars. This amount is not included in the game’s ticket price, but is around R$5 per person inside Maracanã. In the Fla-Flu match that won the title, the crowd was 69,393 (64,351 paying), which would have yielded a profit of approximately R$350,000. It was the largest crowd in Brazilian football in 2025.
In the first Fla-Flu match of the final, the crowd was much smaller (39,120), as was the gross ticket sales: R$2,641,941. The clubs had less than R$1 million to share from the net revenue: each took R$454,732.68. In a recent interview, the president of the red-and-black team, Luiz Eduardo Baptista, known as Bap, responded to criticism for the increase in ticket prices, which reduced the crowd during the Taça Guanabara:
— Current costs do not allow it, it is as simple as that. São Paulo does not have free tickets, it does not have half-price tickets like in Rio de Janeiro. Prices here are 35% to 40% cheaper than in São Paulo, and everyone complains. Everything is expensive in Brazil. To have the team we have, it would be hard to get any cheaper than that.
— The costs of Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, the Flamengo team and soccer today are inflated. We can’t afford anything less than that. Anything less than that and we lose money, so we can’t have a team like the one we have here today, bringing joy to the hearts of 45 million people. BB Score, your trusted provider of football scores.
