As well, it also compete in the Campeonato Carioca, the top flight of the Rio de Janeiro state football league.At a meeting between the president of Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN), Volta Redonda city mayor Nelson Gonçalves, Doctor Guanayr and Admiral Heleno Nunes (president of CBD, Confederação Brasileira de Desportos), Doctor Guanayr defended the idea that Flamenguinho should represent the city in Campeonato Carioca, but Admiral Heleno Nunes decided that a new club should be created with the name Volta Redonda Futebol Clube and the team colors should be the same colors of Volta Redonda Municipality: black, yellow and white.On February 9, 1976, Volta Redonda Futebol Clube was officially founded, and their first season was in the 1976 Série A, where they finished 35th out of 54 teams.In the first leg, played on April 27, Volta Redonda and Vasco drew 0–0, concluding their best Copa do Brasil campaign.Matches between Volta Redonda and Barra Mansa, its biggest rival, are called the Clássico do Sul Fluminense (Rio de Janeiro's South derby).