1986 Campeonato Carioca
{{Infobox football league season
|competition = Campeonato Carioca
|season = 1986
|winners = Flamengo
|relegated =
|continentalcup1 = Copa Brasil
|continentalcup1 qualifiers = Americano
Goytacaz
|continentalcup2 =
|continentalcup2 qualifiers =
|league topscorer = Romário (Vasco da Gama) - 20 goals
|biggest home win = Vasco da Gama 6-0 Goytacaz (February 16, 1986)
Vasco da Gama 7-1 Portuguesa (March 2, 1986)
|biggest away win = Portuguesa 0-4 Flamengo (February 26, 1986)
Campo Grande 0-4 Goytacaz (May 18, 1986)
Olaria 0-4 Vasco da Gama (May 21, 1986)
Americano 0-4 Bangu (June 8, 1986)
|highest scoring = Vasco da Gama 7-1 Portuguesa (March 2, 1986)
|matches = 135
|total goals = 270
|longest wins =
|longest unbeaten =
|longest winless =
|longest losses =
|highest attendance =
|lowest attendance =
|prevseason = 1985
|nextseason = 1987
}}
The 1986 edition of the Campeonato Carioca kicked off on February 16, 1986 and ended on August 10, 1986. It is the official tournament organized by FFERJ (Federação de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, or Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation. Only clubs based in the Rio de Janeiro State are allowed to play. Twelve teams contested this edition. Flamengo won the title for the 22nd time. no teams were relegated.{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tablesr/rj1986.htm|title=RSSSF – Championship of Rio de Janeiro 1986|accessdate=May 9, 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://futebolnacional.com.br/infobol/championship.jsp?code=DC954B119A7AEE8CEE1ED1318CB30E0F&lang=pt_br|title=Futebolnacional.com.br – Championship of Rio de Janeiro 1986|accessdate=May 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107023403/http://www.futebolnacional.com.br/infobol/championship.jsp?code=DC954B119A7AEE8CEE1ED1318CB30E0F&lang=pt_br|archive-date=November 7, 2017|url-status=dead}}
System
The tournament would be divided in three stages:
- Taça Guanabara: The twelve teams all played in a single round-robin format against each other. The champions qualified to the final phase.
- Taça Rio: The twelve teams all played in a single round-robin format against each other. The champions qualified to the final phase.
- Final phase: The champions of the two stages, plus the team with the best overall record would play that phase. in case three different teams qualified, each team played in a single round-robin format against each other and the team with the most points won the title. in case the same team won one of the states and was the team with the best record, they would hold a three-match final series against the other stage winner.
Championship
=Taça Guanabara=
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|update=April 20, 1986
|res_col_header=QR
|team1=VAS|name_VAS=Vasco da Gama
|team2=FLA|name_FLA=Flamengo
|team6=BAN|name_BAN=Bangu
|team4=FLU|name_FLU=Fluminense
|team9=AME|name_AME=América
|team3=BOT|name_BOT=Botafogo
|team11=AMC|name_AMC=Americano
|team7=GOY|name_GOY=Goytacaz
|team10=MES|name_MES=Mesquita
|team8=OLA|name_OLA=Olaria
|team5=CGR|name_CGR=Campo Grande
|team12=POR|name_POR=Portuguesa
|win_POR=0|draw_POR=5|loss_POR=6|gf_POR=7|ga_POR=21
|win_CGR=4|draw_CGR=4|loss_CGR=3|gf_CGR=9|ga_CGR=11
|win_OLA=2|draw_OLA=5|loss_OLA=4|gf_OLA=5|ga_OLA=11
|win_MES=3|draw_MES=2|loss_MES=6|gf_MES=8|ga_MES=15
|win_GOY=2|draw_GOY=5|loss_GOY=4|gf_GOY=10|ga_GOY=13
|win_BOT=6|draw_BOT=3|loss_BOT=2|gf_BOT=15|ga_BOT=6
|win_AME=3|draw_AME=2|loss_AME=6|gf_AME=10|ga_AME=15
|win_AMC=0|draw_AMC=6|loss_AMC=5|gf_AMC=4|ga_AMC=14
|win_FLU=7|draw_FLU=1|loss_FLU=3|gf_FLU=14|ga_FLU=13
|win_BAN=5|draw_BAN=1|loss_BAN=5|gf_BAN=10|ga_BAN=9
|win_FLA=7|draw_FLA=2|loss_FLA=2|gf_FLA=21|ga_FLA=7
|win_VAS=8|draw_VAS=2|loss_VAS=1|gf_VAS=29|ga_VAS=7
|winpoints=2
|col_C=green2|text_C=Qualified to Finals
|result1=C
|class_rules=1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.
|source=[http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tablesr/rj1986.htm RSSSF.com]
}}
=Taça Rio=
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|update=June 27, 1986
|res_col_header=QR
|team3=VAS|name_VAS=Vasco da Gama
|team1=FLA|name_FLA=Flamengo
|team4=BAN|name_BAN=Bangu
|team2=FLU|name_FLU=Fluminense
|team6=AME|name_AME=América
|team5=BOT|name_BOT=Botafogo
|team8=AMC|name_AMC=Americano
|team10=GOY|name_GOY=Goytacaz
|team9=MES|name_MES=Mesquita
|team12=OLA|name_OLA=Olaria
|team7=CGR|name_CGR=Campo Grande
|team11=POR|name_POR=Portuguesa
|win_POR=2|draw_POR=3|loss_POR=6|gf_POR=2|ga_POR=12
|win_CGR=3|draw_CGR=5|loss_CGR=3|gf_CGR=6|ga_CGR=11
|win_OLA=2|draw_OLA=1|loss_OLA=8|gf_OLA=5|ga_OLA=15
|win_MES=2|draw_MES=5|loss_MES=4|gf_MES=5|ga_MES=10
|win_GOY=2|draw_GOY=3|loss_GOY=6|gf_GOY=8|ga_GOY=12
|win_BOT=5|draw_BOT=2|loss_BOT=4|gf_BOT=9|ga_BOT=9
|win_AME=3|draw_AME=6|loss_AME=2|gf_AME=10|ga_AME=11
|win_AMC=3|draw_AMC=4|loss_AMC=4|gf_AMC=8|ga_AMC=13
|win_FLU=7|draw_FLU=2|loss_FLU=2|gf_FLU=15|ga_FLU=3
|win_BAN=4|draw_BAN=5|loss_BAN=2|gf_BAN=15|ga_BAN=7
|win_FLA=7|draw_FLA=3|loss_FLA=1|gf_FLA=22|ga_FLA=10
|win_VAS=6|draw_VAS=1|loss_VAS=4|gf_VAS=21|ga_VAS=13
|winpoints=2
|col_C=green2|text_C=Qualified to Finals
|result1=C
|class_rules=1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.
|source=[http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tablesr/rj1986.htm RSSSF.com]
}}
=Aggregate table=
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|update=July 27, 1986
|res_col_header=QR
|team2=VAS|name_VAS=Vasco da Gama
|team1=FLA|name_FLA=Flamengo
|team5=BAN|name_BAN=Bangu
|team3=FLU|name_FLU=Fluminense
|team7=AME|name_AME=América
|team4=BOT|name_BOT=Botafogo
|team10=AMC|name_AMC=Americano
|team9=GOY|name_GOY=Goytacaz
|team8=MES|name_MES=Mesquita
|team11=OLA|name_OLA=Olaria
|team6=CGR|name_CGR=Campo Grande
|team12=POR|name_POR=Portuguesa
|win_POR=2|draw_POR=8|loss_POR=12|gf_POR=9|ga_POR=33
|win_CGR=7|draw_CGR=9|loss_CGR=6|gf_CGR=15|ga_CGR=22
|win_OLA=4|draw_OLA=6|loss_OLA=12|gf_OLA=10|ga_OLA=26
|win_MES=5|draw_MES=7|loss_MES=10|gf_MES=13|ga_MES=25
|win_GOY=4|draw_GOY=8|loss_GOY=10|gf_GOY=18|ga_GOY=25
|win_BOT=11|draw_BOT=5|loss_BOT=6|gf_BOT=24|ga_BOT=15
|win_AME=6|draw_AME=8|loss_AME=8|gf_AME=20|ga_AME=26
|win_AMC=3|draw_AMC=10|loss_AMC=9|gf_AMC=12|ga_AMC=27
|win_FLU=14|draw_FLU=3|loss_FLU=5|gf_FLU=29|ga_FLU=16
|win_BAN=9|draw_BAN=6|loss_BAN=7|gf_BAN=25|ga_BAN=16
|win_FLA=14|draw_FLA=5|loss_FLA=3|gf_FLA=43|ga_FLA=17
|win_VAS=14|draw_VAS=3|loss_VAS=5|gf_VAS=50|ga_VAS=20
|winpoints=2
|col_C=green1|text_C=Qualified to Finals
|result1=C
|class_rules=1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.
|source=[http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tablesr/rj1986.htm RSSSF.com]
}}