Flamengo will wear a special Dia das Crianças uniform against Atlético-MG on Monday, October 26, 2026, at 20:00 in the Maracanã, turning a league match into a one-night tribute with a clear purpose. The shirts will carry names and numbers drawn by children linked to six social institutions, and the club will return the uniforms after the game so they can later be used in auctions or raffles.
The reason people are looking at Flamengo vs Atlético-MG today is simple: this is the next time the club will put the initiative on the field. Flamengo has done it since 2019, skipped it in 2024, and now brings it back in the 32nd round of the Campeonato Brasileiro 2026 with projects tied to Minas Gerais, Santa Catarina, Goiás, Rio de Janeiro and Amapá among the selected institutions. The list points to a broad reach, even if the club has not named every institution in public detail here.
Camila Nascimento said the idea shows that football can transform and that the returned uniforms can generate income and strengthen projects that help people every day. Her point is practical, not ceremonial: these shirts are not meant to sit behind glass after the final whistle, but to move back into the hands of the institutions that helped shape them and turn matchday attention into money for their work.
That part matters because the club’s own history with the project gives the night extra weight. Flamengo has never lost a match wearing shirts with names and numbers drawn by children, but it has done so only nine times since 2019, which is too small a sample to make the run feel like a law. Even so, the streak hangs over the match with Atlético-MG, especially in a season where the club chose to revive a tribute it did not stage a year earlier.
After Monday night, the shirts will leave the pitch and go back to the six participating institutions, where they can be turned into fundraising items instead of souvenirs. That is the real point of the design change: one match, one special uniform, and a simple chain from the Maracanã to the projects that need the money next.
