Flamengo Sacks Coach Filipe Luís Hours After Massive Victory

Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian football club Flamengo has dramatically sacked its coach and former Chelsea defender, Filipe Luís. The decision to dismiss him came just hours after the team reached the final of the Campeonato Carioca with an aggregate score of 11-0, following an emphatic 8-0 victory over Madureira in the semi-finals on Monday night.

The 40-year-old Luís took over from former Brazilian coach Tite in September 2024. During his 100-match tenure, he led Flamengo to seven significant titles.

According to statistics, he won a trophy, on average, every 14 games. Under his guidance, Flamengo won the Copa Libertadores in 2025, making Luís the ninth person to win this prestigious competition as both a player and a coach.

The club issued a brief statement early Tuesday morning announcing the departure of Luís, along with assistant coach Ivan Palanco and physical trainer Diogo Linhares. The statement thanked Luís for his contribution to the club and wished him a bright future.

At the start of this season, Flamengo had to settle for the runner-up position after losing the finals of the Supercopa do Brasil and the Recopa Sudamericana. The consecutive losses in two finals are speculated to have dissatisfied the club management with him. However, the decision to remove him before the Carioca final against Fluminense this Sunday has surprised the football world.

During Luís's tenure, Flamengo also clinched titles such as the Série A, Copa do Brasil, FIFA Challenger Cup, and the FIFA Derby of the Americas. In last year's FIFA Club World Cup, his team defeated eventual winners Chelsea in the group stage to advance to the round of 16, where they were defeated 4-2 by Bayern Munich.