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Vasco da Gama home games

Vasco da Gama at São Januário

Vasco plays in its own ground, not at the Maracanã. Two of the match visits go there for Vasco games only.

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Vasco da Gama game with a local guide
Home Fans · About 3 hours Vasco da Gama game with a local guide
★ 4.9 (13) from $93
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Vasco match at São Januário
Tour da bola · About 4 hours Vasco match at São Januário
from $104
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Guide for a football match with match ticket
TSN Experiences · About 4 hours Guide for a football match with match ticket
★ 5.0 (264) from $54
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São Januário has been Vasco da Gama’s home since 1927. It is older than the Maracanã, and entry works the same way: by face recognition, with the ticket in your name.

Match visits that go to São Januário

Home Fans and Tour da bola go to Vasco games only, one meeting you at the stadium, the other with a van from Copacabana. TSN Experiences and Gray Line Brazil cover several clubs. Sorted by number of reviews.

Photo Offer Stadium Transfer Clubs Reviews ↕ Price ↕ Book
Match guide and ticket TSN Experiences Maracanã Meet in Tijuca All four big clubs ★ 5.0 (264) $54 per person Book now
Match ticket and bus transfer Gray Line Brazil Cancel up to 4 days before 3 stadiums Bus All Rio clubs ★ 4.6 (229) $143 per person Book now
Vasco game with a local guide Home Fans São Januário Meet at the stadium Vasco da Gama ★ 4.9 (13) $93 per person Book now
Vasco match at São Januário Tour da bola São Januário Van from Copacabana Vasco da Gama $104 per person Book now

Prices per person as GetYourGuide and Viator list them right now; the final amount depends on the match you pick and appears on the booking page.

The Vasco match visits in detail

Transfer, clubs and cancellation for each offer. Open a card for the details we could confirm.

Guide for a football match with match ticket
TSN Experiences

Guide for a football match with match ticket

  • Duration: About 4 hours
  • Stadium: Maracanã
  • Getting there: Meet the guide at one of three bars in Tijuca, then about 10 minutes on foot to the stadium
  • Clubs: Flamengo, Fluminense, Botafogo and Vasco

✓ Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start

from $54 ★ 5.0 (264 reviews)
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What the booking covers

  • Match ticket plus a guide for the whole evening
  • Warm-up in the bars of Tijuca, the neighbourhood next to the stadium
  • Offered for games of all four big Rio clubs

About this offer

You meet the guide at one of three bars in Tijuca, about ten minutes on foot from the stadium, so plan your own way there. Allow about four hours.

Summarised from the offer’s product page on the booking platform.

Football match with ticket and transportation
Gray Line Brazil

Football match with ticket and transportation

  • Duration: About 6 hours
  • Stadium: Maracanã and two other Rio stadiums
  • Getting there: Bus with pickup and drop-off in Leblon, Ipanema or Copacabana
  • Clubs: All Rio clubs, at three stadiums
  • If the match is moved: If the date or time changes, choose a new booking or a full refund

✓ Free cancellation up to 4 days before the start

from $143 ★ 4.6 (229 reviews)
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What the booking covers

  • Match ticket and bus transfer
  • Covers games of all Rio clubs, not only at the Maracanã
  • Earlier cancellation deadline than the other match visits: 4 days

About this offer

Worth a look if your dates fall on a game outside the Maracanã, since Gray Line Brazil covers matches at three Rio stadiums. Transport is a bus transfer, and the outing takes about six hours.

Summarised from the offer’s product page on the booking platform.

Vasco da Gama game with a local guide
Home Fans

Vasco da Gama game with a local guide

  • Duration: About 3 hours
  • Stadium: São Januário
  • Getting there: Meeting point next to São Januário; no hotel pickup
  • Clubs: Vasco da Gama

✓ Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start

from $93 ★ 4.9 (13 reviews)
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What the booking covers

  • A Vasco da Gama home game at São Januário
  • With a local guide

About this offer

You meet the guide at the stadium itself, so plan your own way to São Januário. Allow about three hours.

Meeting point

Avenida Roberto Dinamite 10, next to São Januário.

Summarised from the offer’s product page on the booking platform.

Vasco match at São Januário
Tour da bola

Vasco match at São Januário

  • Duration: About 4 hours
  • Stadium: São Januário
  • Getting there: Private van there and back from the Coisas de Bamba kiosk in Copacabana
  • Clubs: Vasco da Gama
  • Registration help: Help with the facial registration; the team gets in touch the day before

✓ Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start

from $104 ★ 0.0 (0 reviews)
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What the booking covers

  • A Vasco da Gama home game at São Januário

About this offer

Transport is a van from Copacabana, so you do not need to find your own way to São Januário. The outing takes about four hours.

Meeting point

The Coisas de Bamba kiosk on Avenida Atlântica in Copacabana.

Summarised from the offer’s product page on the booking platform.

How Vasco sells a home game

Vasco’s supporter members, the Sócio Gigante programme, buy first, in hourly waves by membership level. For the September 2026 game the public sale opened later the same day, on vasco.eleventickets.com. That is also where a non-member registers: the system captures the face automatically, you attach the requested document and wait for a confirmation by e-mail. Access to the stadium is by face recognition only.

For a September 2026 home game in a South American competition, the club also required a QR code from the ticket account to get through the outer checkpoint around the stadium, before the face check at the gate. Whether a game needs it is in the match information the club publishes for each fixture.

Source: Vasco match information for a September 2026 home game via NetVasco. Which document Vasco accepts from foreigners is not stated there.

Why the Vasco-only offers help

The public sale is in Portuguese and the document rules for foreigners are not spelled out, which makes buying alone harder than at Fluminense. Home Fans and Tour da bola buy the ticket and meet you, Home Fans at the ground and Tour da bola with a van from Copacabana. The Tour da bola listing has no reviews yet; the Home Fans guide gets warm words from both reviewers below.

Reviews of the Vasco match visits

Two reviews come from the Home Fans visit to São Januário. The 2★ review of the Gray Line bus visit is about a pickup point that was a walk away from the hotel; check the meeting point in the listing.

“This was one of the highlights of our trip. Luiz was great. Don’t miss this one.”
Brian · United States · Mar 2026 Vasco game with a local guide · Home Fans
“Luiz is a great host, we had a blast. I would recommend him 10 out of 10”
Engjëll · Belgium · Mar 2026 Vasco game with a local guide · Home Fans
“Not a great experience: I purchased because it said pickup at hotel. That did not happen. I had to meet the van 7 mins walk away. …”
Michelle · Australia · Apr 2025 Match ticket and bus transfer · Gray Line Brazil

Reviews by match-goers, from GetYourGuide.

Questions before you book

Where does Vasco da Gama play?

At São Januário, its own stadium since 1927. The Maracanã is the home of Flamengo and Fluminense.

Can a visitor buy a Vasco ticket online?

The public sale runs on vasco.eleventickets.com after the members’ waves, with a face registration and a document upload in the same account. The club’s published information does not say which document foreigners can use, so an agency is the safer route.

Do I need anything besides my face at São Januário?

For some games the club also asks for a QR code from the ticket account at the outer checkpoint. Carry your ID as well.

Is this site connected to Vasco da Gama?

No. Rio Football Tickets works independently of Vasco, the other clubs, the CBF and every stadium; it uses club names only to describe the games.

Related on this site

Botafogo tickets

The Estádio Nilton Santos and the Ingresse registration.

Rio derbies

Vasco against Flamengo, Fluminense and Botafogo.

How to buy tickets

The law and the club portals.

Vasco and Botafogo compared

Both grounds outside the Maracanã in one table on the start page.

See the comparison