Vasco da Gama

Brazilian Série A
23 Aug 2026
Sunday
Process
3 Edition

The Vasco da Gama Courier

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

David takes the match ball home

6 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.

Match

Vasco da Gama march on in the cup

Manauara are out and Vasco da Gama go through, 12‑0 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.

Squad

A day Jair will not forget

3 goals in one game. The first was taken well, the second was taken greedily, and by the third the crowd were simply waiting for him to get the ball.

Squad

Mateus Carvalho takes the match ball home

3 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.

Market

Not going: Phillipe Gabriel stays at Vasco da Gama

“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” BKMA had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.

Boardroom

Pablo has agreed to leave Vasco da Gama for nothing

He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.

Market

Vasco da Gama say no — this time

The offer from Kolkheti-1913 Poti for Pablo was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Squad

Santiago Sosa in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Vasco da Gama this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

David among the goals in a wild afternoon

12 goals in one match, David on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Vasco da Gama and Manauara.

In brief

Back issues
2 Edition

The Vasco da Gama Courier

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Brenner leads the rout of Mirassol

3‑0, and Brenner took the headlines on an afternoon when everything Vasco da Gama tried came off. Days like this are retold all winter.

Squad

8 saves: Léo Jardim was the team

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 8 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.

Market

Vasco da Gama turn down Nacional for Euder

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market

Lucas Piton raises the bar for Vasco da Gama

“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Vasco da Gama heard it as anything else.

Squad

Léo Jardim signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Léo Jardim and Vasco da Gama agree another 4 years.

Squad

Words exchanged at Vasco da Gama

Santiago Sosa and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Match

Botafogo take the points off Vasco da Gama

Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

The terraces

Vasco da Gama supporters have found a favourite in Cuiabano

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Cuiabano has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Market

Lucas Barbosa steps up from the Vasco da Gama academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Lucas Barbosa has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

In brief

1 Edition

The Vasco da Gama Courier

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings

Cuiabano was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 30. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Market

Vasco da Gama turn down Kifisia for Cauan Barros

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market

Léo Jardim raises the bar for Vasco da Gama

“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Vasco da Gama heard it as anything else.

Squad

Santiago Sosa stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Santiago Sosa and Vasco da Gama agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Home is on Lucas Piton's mind

“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Vasco da Gama are dealing with a man who wants a different country.

Squad

Words exchanged at Vasco da Gama

Andrés Gómez and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Market

Phillipe Gabriel attracts admirers

The name of Phillipe Gabriel has come up in conversations Vasco da Gama were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Squad

A row about effort at Vasco da Gama

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Tchê Tchê was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Player ratings

Facundo Colidio takes the honours

Marked 7.51 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Vasco da Gama had the best player on the pitch.

In brief