competitive matches Disciplinary record Squad formations Overall {|class="wikitable" |- |Games played || 67 (19 Rio de Janeiro State Championship, 10 Copa Libertadores, 38 Brazilian Série A) |- |Games won || 34 (13 Rio de Janeiro State Championship, 5 Copa Libertadores, 16 Brazilian Série A) |- |Games drawn || 14 (2 Rio de Janeiro State Championship, 2 Copa Libertadores, 10 Brazilian Série A) |- |Games lost || 19 (4 Rio de Janeiro State Championship, 3 Copa Libertadores, 12 Brazilian Série A) |- |Goals scored || 98 |- |Goals conceded || 75 |- |Goal difference || +23 |- |Yellow cards || 158 |- |Red cards || 8 |- |Worst discipline || Juninho Pernambucano (14 , 1 , 0 )Nílton (14 , 0 , 1 ) |- |Best result || Macaé 1-4 – Rio de Janeiro State Championship |- |Worst result || 0-4 Bahia – Brazilian Série A |- |Most appearances || Fernando Prass (64 appearances) |- |Top scorer || Alecsandro (25 goals) |- Friendlies Edmundo's farewell The only friendly of the Vasco da Gama in 2012 season was against Barcelona de Guayaquil, in a rematch of the final of the Copa Libertadores 1998. The friendly match was marked specially to mark the farewell of Edmundo, one of the greatest idols in the history of Vasco da Gama. The last match of Edmundo was the lost by 2–0, in São Januário, against Vitória, for the 2008 Brazilian Série A, which marked the only e unprecedented relegated of Vasco da Gama. The choice of opponent (Barcelona Guayaquil) was the fact that the game that Edmundo would most like to play is the final of the Copa Libertadores, taking into account that Edmundo in this time was at Fiorentina, and that was the main player in Brazilian football in 1997, with more than primordial for the winning the 1997 Brazilian Série A. Competitions Rio de Janeiro State Championship Vasco da Gama were placed in Group B of the 2012 Campeonato Carioca with Fluminense, Boavista, Americano, Volta Redonda, Duque de Caxias, Bangu and Friburguense. Overall standings Guanabara Cup Group stage Matches Knockout stage Matches Rio Cup Group stage Matches Knockout stage Matches Copa Libertadores Vasco da Gama qualified to the 2012 Copa Libertadores (their 9th participation in the continental tournament) as the winner of the 2011 Copa do Brasil and were given the Brazil 3 berth as the league champion. They entered the competition in the