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Campeonato Carioca

{{Short description|Football league in Brazil}}

{{more citations needed|date=January 2011}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2011}}

{{Infobox football league

| name = Campeonato Carioca

| country = {{BRA}}

| state = {{flagicon|Rio de Janeiro}} Rio de Janeiro

| organiser = FERJ

| founded = {{ubl|{{Start date|1906}}–{{End date|1937}} (as an amateur Campeonato Carioca run by different leagues)|{{Start date|1933}}–{{End date|1937}} (as a professional Campeonato Carioca run by Liga Carioca de Football)|{{Start date|1937}}–{{End date|1940}} (as a professional Campeonato Carioca run by Liga de Football do Rio de Janeiro)||{{Start date|1941}}–present (as a unified professional Campeonato Carioca under the authority of the FERJ)}}

| relegation = Campeonato Carioca Série A2

| levels = 1

| domest_cup = Copa Rio

| champions = Flamengo (39th title)

| season = 2025

| most successful club = Flamengo (39 titles)

| tv = Rede Bandeirantes, BandSports, and ESPN (Broadcast)
YouTube, Twitch and Dale (OTT)

| website = {{URL|http://www.fferj.com.br}}

| current = {{CURRENTYEAR}} Campeonato Carioca

}}

The Campeonato Carioca (Carioca Championship), officially known as Campeonato Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro State Championship), also commonly known as the Cariocão, is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. It is run by the Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation (FERJ).

The first season of the Campeonato Carioca was played in 1906. It was predated by the Campeonato Paulista of São Paulo and the Campeonato Baiano of Bahia. Flamengo leads the title count with 38 championships, followed by Fluminense (33), Vasco da Gama (24), Botafogo (21), America (7), Bangu (2), São Cristóvão, and Paysandu (1 each).

Rivalries amongst four of the most prestigious Brazilian teams (Botafogo, Flamengo, Fluminense and Vasco da Gama) have marked the history of the competition.

The oldest clubs from Rio de Janeiro (America, Botafogo, Flamengo, Fluminense, São Cristóvão, Vasco da Gama) had inspired the creation of many clubs from other states.

History

=The early years=

The 20th century saw in Rio de Janeiro and Niterói a significant popularity in football with the establishment of clubs such as Rio Cricket and Athletic Association in Niterói, Fluminense Football Club in 1902, and Bangu Atlético Club, América Football Club, and Botafogo Football Club in 1904 being founded. Organizing leagues for competition amongst clubs followed by Rio Cricket and Athletic Association, Fluminense Football Club, Football and Athletic Club, America Football Club, Bangu Atlético Club, Sport Club Petrópolis and Payssandu Cricket Club. On June 8, 1905, the Liga Metropolitana de Football (abbreviated LMF, Metropolitan Football League in English) was founded. LMF's first president was Bangu's José Villas Boas, who was replaced by Francis Walter in December of the same year.

In 1906, the first Campeonato Carioca was contested by six clubs: Fluminense, Botafogo, Bangu, Football and Athletic, Payssandu and Rio Cricket. America, despite being one of the league founders, did not contest the league's first edition. Fluminense became the first Rio de Janeiro state champion.

In 1907, the championship ended with a tie between Botafogo and Fluminense. The league rules did not address ties. Botafogo claimed an extra-match advantage; Fluminense claimed that the league should adopt the goal-average criteria. It went unresolved until 1996 when both clubs were declared champions.

On February 29, 1908, Fluminense, Botafogo, America, Paysandu, Rio Cricket, and Riachuelo founded Liga Metropolitana de Sports Athleticos (LMSA, meaning Metropolitan Athletic Sports League), the organizer of the 1908 Campeonato Carioca. Fluminense won.

=The splits of the league=

The first league split was in 1911 when Botafogo left LMSA and founded Associação de Football do Rio de Janeiro (AFRJ - Rio de Janeiro Football Association). The league was nicknamed Liga Barbante (String League), because Botafogo was the only significant club to question the full realisation of the sport under LMSA. AFRJ was incorporated by LMSA in 1913.{{Clarify|why is LMSA incorp AFRJ, is that meant they integrated|date=June 2019}}

In 1917, several accusations of bribery caused LMSA to rebrand as Liga Metropolitana de Desportos Terrestres (Terrestrial Sports Metropolitan League) (LMDT). Fluminense won the competition of that year.

On March 1, 1924, a second league split occurred, and Associação Metropolitana de Esportes Athleticos (Athletic Sports Metropolitan Association) was founded. AMEA, founded by the "aristocratic" clubs Flamengo, Fluminense, Botafogo and America, with restrictions on its blacks and lower class citizens to their members. The Confederação Brasileira de Desportos (CBD - Brazilian Sports Confederation) remained with AMEA recognizing it as the official league of Rio de Janeiro from 1924 on, and disassociating with LMDT. AMEA's competition was won by Fluminense. LMDT's (The league was nicknamed Liga Barbante) (String League) competition was won by Vasco da Gama, the only significant club that remained on the old league. In 1925, AMEA rescinded its racial conditions and Vasco left LMDT, while LMDT continued with its minor clubs. Years later, the LMDT championship of 1924 was considered official - but not the following LMDT championships.{{Citation needed|date=June 2019}}

=Professional era=

On January 23, 1933, Bangu, Fluminense, Vasco and America founded the first professional league of Rio de Janeiro, Liga Carioca de Futebol (LCF) (Carioca Football League). The Confederação Brasileira de Desportos was an amateur-only league supported AMEA. For this reason, LCF was nicknamed "pirate league". In 1934 CBD finally accepted professionalism, but LCF and AMEA did not merge for political reasons. On December 11, 1934, Botafogo, Vasco, Bangu, São Cristóvão, Andaraí, Olaria, Carioca and Madureira founded the professional Federação Metropolitana de Desportos (FMD) (Sports Metropolitan Federation), replacing AMEA as the official Rio de Janeiro league affiliated to CBD.

In 1937, the Brazilian football clubs were professionalized. On July 29, 1937, FMD and LCF merged, creating Liga de Football do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro Football League), also called LFRJ. In 1941, LFRJ rebranded as Federação Metropolitana de Futebol (FMF) (Metropolitan Football Federation). The occasion was celebrated by a friendly match between Vasco da Gama and America that would come to be nicknamed Clássico da Paz (Peace Derby) for any game played between the two teams.

On April 21, 1960, the Brazilian capital city became Brasília, so, Federação Metropolitana de Futebol rebranded as Federação Carioca de Futebol (FCF) (Carioca Football Federation). América won the state championship of that year.

On March 15, 1975, Rio de Janeiro and Guanabara states merged under the name of Rio de Janeiro.

On September 29, 1978, Federação de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation) (FERJ), was founded, after Guanabara state's FCF and Rio de Janeiro state's FFD (Federação Fluminense de Desportos, or Fluminense Sports Federation) fused.

In 1979, there was an extra Campeonato Carioca which also included the countryside state teams, which, until that year, contested the Campeonato Fluminense. This extra competition, known as Primeiro Campeonato Estadual de Profissionais (First Professionals State Championship) was won by Flamengo, which was also the champion of the regular competition, but did not count in the overall titles.

In 1996, Taça Cidade Maravilhosa was contested only by clubs from Rio de Janeiro city. This competition was contested by eight teams (America, Bangu, Botafogo, Flamengo, Fluminense, Madureira, Olaria and Vasco da Gama), which played against each other once. Botafogo was the champion, Flamengo being the runner up. In the same year, a state championship was played, won by Flamengo.

Format

The competition is usually divided in three stages: the traditional Taça Guanabara, Taça Rio and the Finals.

Taça Guanabara is the first stage of the competition, with the teams divided into two groups. The traditional "big four", namely, Botafogo, Flamengo, Fluminense and Vasco da Gama are seeded—two teams of the "big four" put into each group. It is possible other teams also be seeded in some ways, but the seeding criteria are not codified in the regulation and has never been publicly available. The teams play one match with each team in their group. The top team in each group plays the second team in the semi-finals; the winners qualify for the final match.

Taça Rio is the second stage of the competition. Teams are divided into the two same groups of Taça Guanabara, but each team plays once against every team from the other group. The top team from each group compete in the semi-finals with the second team from the opposite group, and winners of the semi-finals compete for the Taça Rio.

The winners of Taça Guanabara and Taça Rio compete in the two-legged finals of Campeonato Carioca, with the winner champion.

Clubs

2025 First Division

class="wikitable sortable"
Team

! City

! Ground

! 2024 result

Bangu

|Rio de Janeiro {{small|(Bangu)}}

|Moça Bonita

|{{Sort|11|11th}}

Boavista

|Saquarema

|Elcyr Resende de Mendonça

|{{Sort|06|6th}}

Botafogo

|Rio de Janeiro {{small|(Botafogo)}}

|Engenhão

|{{Sort|05|5th}}

Flamengo

|Rio de Janeiro {{small|(Gávea)}}

|Maracanã

|{{Sort|01|1st}}

Fluminense

|Rio de Janeiro {{small|(Laranjeiras)}}

|Maracanã

|{{Sort|04|4th}}

Madureira

|Rio de Janeiro {{small|(Madureira)}}

|Conselheiro Galvão

|{{Sort|09|9th}}

Maricá

|Maricá

|João Saldanha

|{{Sort|12|1st (Série A2)}}

Nova Iguaçu

|Nova Iguaçu

|Laranjão

|{{Sort|02|2nd}}

Portuguesa

|Rio de Janeiro {{small|(Ilha do Governador)}}

|Luso Brasileiro

|{{Sort|07|7th}}

Sampaio Corrêa

|Saquarema

|Lourival de Almeida

|{{Sort|08|8th}}

Vasco da Gama

|Rio de Janeiro {{small|(Vasco da Gama)}}

|São Januário

|{{Sort|03|3rd}}

Volta Redonda

|Volta Redonda

|Raulino de Oliveira

|{{Sort|10|10th}}

Champions and top scorers

Source: [https://rsssfbrasil.com/tablesr/rjtops.htm RSSSF Brasil]

=Amateur era=

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! style="width:8%;"|Season

! style="width:18%;"|Winner

! style="width:15%;"|Runner-up

! style="width:25%;"|Comments

! style="width:20%;"|Top Scorer

! style="width:25%;"|Club

! style="width:8%;"|Goals

1906

|Fluminense (1)

|Paissandu

|

|Horácio da Costa

|Fluminense

|18

1907

|Botafogo (1)
Fluminense (2)

|Paissandu

|both clubs were declared champions in 1996, after more than 90 years of battles in courts.{{cite web|url=https://www.goal.com/br/not%C3%ADcias/botafogo-x-fluminense-o-pol%C3%AAmico-campeonato-de-1907/bltf893316e855e0558 |title=Botafogo x Fluminense: O polêmico campeonato de 1907 |website=Goal.com |date=11 March 2016 |access-date=14 April 2024 |language=pt}}

|Flávio Ramos

|Botafogo

|6

1908

|Fluminense (3)

|Botafogo
América

|

|Edwin Cox

|Fluminense

|12

1909

|Fluminense (4)

|Botafogo

|

|Flávio Ramos

|Botafogo

|18

1910

|Botafogo (2)

|Fluminense

|

|Abelardo de Lamare

|Botafogo

|22

1911

|Fluminense (5)

|America

|

|James Calvert

|Fluminense

|7

1912

|Paissandu (1)

|Flamengo

|by LMSA, Liga Metropolitana de Sports Athleticos

|Harry Robinson

|Paissandu - LMSA

|24

1912

|Botafogo (3)

|SC Americano

|by AFRJ, Associação de Football do Rio de Janeiro - recognized later as an official championship

|Mimi Sodré

|Botafogo - AFRJ

|12

1913

|America (1)

|Flamengo

|

|Mimi Sodré

|Botafogo

|13

1914

|Flamengo (1)

|Botafogo

|

|Barthô

|Fluminense

|10

1915

|Flamengo (2)

|Fluminense

|

|Henry Welfare

|Fluminense

|19

1916

|America (2)

|Botafogo

|

|Aluízio

|Botafogo

|12

1917

|Fluminense (6)

|America

|

|Luís Menezes

|Botafogo

|16

1918

|Fluminense (7)

|Botafogo

|

|Luís Menezes

|Botafogo

|21

1919

|Fluminense (8)

|Flamengo

|

|Braz de Oliveira

|São Cristóvão

|24

1920

|Flamengo (3)

|Fluminense

|

|Arlindo
Claudionor

|Botafogo
Bangu

|18

1921

|Flamengo (4)

|America

|

|Cecy

|{{ill|Vila Isabel Futebol Clube|pt|lt=Vila Isabel}}

|15

1922

|America (3)

|Flamengo

|

|Braz de Oliveira

|{{ill|Carioca Esporte Clube|pt|lt=Carioca}}

|15

1923

|Vasco da Gama (1)

|Flamengo

|

|Nonô

|Flamengo

|17

1924

|Fluminense (9)

|Flamengo

|by AMEA, Associação Metropolitana de Esportes Athleticos

|Nilo

|Fluminense

|28

1924

|Vasco da Gama (2)

|Bonsucesso

|by LMDT, Liga Metropolitana de Desportos Terrestres - recognized later as an official championship

|Telê

|{{ill|Andarahy Athletico Club|pt|lt=Andarahy}} - LMDT

|17

1925

|Flamengo (5)

|Fluminense

|

|Nonô

|Flamengo

|27

1926

|São Cristóvão (1)

|Vasco da Gama

|

|Vicente

|São Cristóvão

|25

1927

|Flamengo (6)

|Fluminense

|

|Nilo

|Botafogo

|30

1928

|América (4)

|Vasco da Gama

|

|Vicente

|São Cristóvão

|21

1929

|Vasco da Gama (3)

|America

|

|Russinho
Telê

|Vasco
América

|23

1930

|Botafogo (4)

|Vasco da Gama

|

|Preguinho
Ladislau

|Fluminense
Bangu

|20

1931

|America (5)

|Vasco da Gama

|

|Russinho

|Vasco

|17

1932

|Botafogo (5)

|Flamengo

|

|Preguinho

|Fluminense

|21

1933

|Botafogo (6)

|Olaria

|by AMEA, Associação Metropolitana de Esportes Athleticos

|Nilo

|Botafogo

|19

1934

|Botafogo (7)

|Andarahy

|by AMEA, Associação Metropolitana de Esportes Athleticos

|Bianco

|{{ill|Andarahy Athletico Club|pt|lt=Andarahy}} - AMEA

|13

=Professional era=

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! style="width:8%;"|Season

! style="width:18%;"|Winner

! style="width:15%;"|Runner-up

! style="width:25%;"|Comments

! style="width:20%;"|Top Scorer

! style="width:25%;"|Club

! style="width:8%;"|Goals

1933

|Bangu (1)

|Fluminense

|by LCF, Liga Carioca de Futebol - recognized later as an official championship

|Tião

|Bangu

|13

1934

|Vasco da Gama (4)

|São Cristóvão

|by LCF, Liga Carioca de Futebol - recognized later as an official championship

|Alfredinho

|Flamengo

|10

1935

|Botafogo (8)

|Vasco da Gama

|by FMD, Federação Metropolitana de Desportos

|Ladislau

|Bangu

|18

1935

|America (6)

|Fluminense

|by LCF, Liga Carioca de Futebol - recognized later as an official championship

|China

|Bonsucesso

|16

1936

|Vasco da Gama (5)

|Madureira

|by FMD, Federação Metropolitana de Desportos

|Carvalho Leite

|Botafogo

|15

1936

|Fluminense (10)

|Flamengo

|by LCF, Liga Carioca de Futebol - recognized later as an official championship

|Hércules

|Fluminense

|23

1937

|Fluminense (11)

|Flamengo

|by LFRJ, Liga de Futebol do Rio de Janeiro

|Niginho

|Vasco

|25

1937

|São Cristóvão (2)

|Madureira

|by FMD, Federação Metropolitana de Desportos, recognized officially in 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.terra.com.br/esportes/futebol/historia-reescrita-ferj-reconhece-sao-cristovao-como-campeao-carioca-de-1937,1c7b6b52e8e0bdeca5110659d74d91acthepo5vr.html |title=História reescrita! Ferj reconhece São Cristóvão como campeão carioca de 1937 |website=Terra |date=21 December 2023 |access-date=7 April 2024 |language=pt}}

|Carreiro
Caxambu
Roberto

|São Cristóvão

|7

1938

|Fluminense (12)

|Flamengo

|

|Carvalho Leite

|Botafogo

|16

1939

|Flamengo (7)

|Vasco da Gama

|

|Carvalho Leite

|Botafogo

|22

1940

|Fluminense (13)

|Flamengo

|

|Leônidas

|Flamengo

|30

1941

|Fluminense (14)

|Flamengo

|

|Pirilo

|Flamengo

|39

1942

|Flamengo (8)

|Botafogo

|

|Heleno

|Botafogo

|28

1943

|Flamengo (9)

|Fluminense

|

|João Pinto

|São Cristóvão

|26

1944

|Flamengo (10)

|Vasco da Gama

|

|Geraldino

|Canto do Rio

|19

1945

|Vasco da Gama (6)

|Botafogo

|

|Lelé

|Vasco

|13

1946

|Fluminense (15)

|Botafogo

|

|Rodrigues

|Fluminense

|28

1947

|Vasco da Gama (7)

|Botafogo

|

|Dimas

|Vasco

|18

1948

|Botafogo (9)

|Vasco da Gama

|

|Orlando
Octávio

|Fluminense
Botafogo

|21

1949

|Vasco da Gama (8)

|Fluminense

|

|Ademir

|Vasco

|31

1950

|Vasco da Gama (9)

|America

|

|Ademir

|Vasco

|25

1951

|Fluminense (16)

|Bangu

|

|Carlyle

|Fluminense

|23

1952

|Vasco da Gama (10)

|Flamengo

|

|Menezes
Zizinho

|Bangu

|19

1953

|Flamengo (11)

|Fluminense

|

|Benítez

|Flamengo

|22

1954

|Flamengo (12)

|America

|

|Dino da Costa

|Botafogo

|24

1955

|Flamengo (13)

|America

|

|Paulinho

|Flamengo

|23

1956

|Vasco da Gama (11)

|Fluminense

|

|Valdo

|Fluminense

|22

1957

|Botafogo (10)

|Fluminense

|

|Paulo Valentim

|Botafogo

|22

1958

|Vasco da Gama (12)

|Flamengo

|

|Quarentinha

|Botafogo

|20

1959

|Fluminense (17)

|Botafogo

|

|Quarentinha

|Botafogo

|25

1960

|America (7)

|Fluminense

|

|Quarentinha

|Botafogo

|25

1961

|Botafogo (11)

|Flamengo

|

|Amarildo

|Botafogo

|18

1962

|Botafogo (12)

|Flamengo

|

|Saulzinho

|Vasco

|18

1963

|Flamengo (14)

|Fluminense

|

|Bianchini

|Bangu

|18

1964

|Fluminense (18)

| Bangu

|

|Amoroso

|Fluminense

|19

1965

|Flamengo (15)

|Bangu

|

|Amoroso

|Fluminense

|10

1966

|Bangu (2)

|Flamengo

|

|Paulo Borges

|Bangu

|16

1967

|Botafogo (13)

|Bangu

|

|Paulo Borges

|Bangu

|13

1968

|Botafogo (14)

|Vasco da Gama

|

|Roberto

|Botafogo

|13

1969

|Fluminense (19)

|Botafogo

|

|Flávio

|Fluminense

|15

1970

|Vasco da Gama (13)

|Fluminense

|

|Flávio

|Fluminense

|18

1971

|Fluminense (20)

|Botafogo

|

|Paulo César Caju

|Botafogo

|11

1972

|Flamengo (16)

|Fluminense

|

|Doval

|Flamengo

|16

1973

|Fluminense (21)

|Vasco da Gama

|

|Dario

|Flamengo

|15

1974

|Flamengo (17)

|Vasco da Gama

|

|Luisinho Tombo

|America

|20

1975

|Fluminense (22)

|Botafogo
Vasco da Gama

|

|Zico

|Flamengo

|30

1976

|Fluminense (23)

|Vasco da Gama

|

|Doval

|Fluminense

|20

1977

|Vasco da Gama (14)

|Flamengo

|

|Zico

|Flamengo

|27

1978

|Flamengo (18)

|Vasco da Gama

|

|Zico
Cláudio Adão
Roberto Dinamite

|Flamengo
Flamengo
Vasco

|19

1979

|Flamengo (19)

|Fluminense

|

|Zico

|Flamengo

|26

1979

|Flamengo (20)

|Vasco da Gama

|extra tournament

|Zico

|Flamengo

|34

1980

|Fluminense (24)

|Vasco da Gama

|

|Cláudio Adão

|Fluminense

|20

1981

|Flamengo (21)

|Vasco da Gama

|

|Roberto Dinamite

|Vasco

|31

1982

|Vasco da Gama (15)

|Flamengo

|

|Zico

|Flamengo

|21

1983

|Fluminense (25)

|Flamengo

|

|Luisinho Tombo

|America

|22

1984

|Fluminense (26)

|Flamengo

|

|Baltazar
Cláudio Adão

|Botafogo
Bangu

|12

1985

|Fluminense (27)

|Bangu

|

|Roberto Dinamite

|Vasco

|12

1986

|Flamengo (22)

|Vasco da Gama

|

|Romário

|Vasco

|20

1987

|Vasco da Gama (16)

|Flamengo

|

|Romário

|Vasco

|16

1988

|Vasco da Gama (17)

|Flamengo

|

|Bebeto

|Flamengo

|17

1989

|Botafogo (15)

|Flamengo

|

|Bebeto

|Flamengo

|18

1990

|Botafogo (16)

|Vasco da Gama

|

|Gaúcho

|Flamengo

|14

1991

|Flamengo (23)

|Fluminense

|

|Gaúcho

|Flamengo

|17

1992

|Vasco da Gama (18)

|Flamengo

|

|Ézio

|Fluminense

|15

1993

|Vasco da Gama (19)

|Fluminense

|

|Valdir

|Vasco

|19

1994

|Vasco da Gama (20)

|Flamengo

|

|Charles
Túlio

|Flamengo
Botafogo

|14

1995

|Fluminense (28)

|Flamengo

|

|Túlio

|Botafogo

|27

1996

|Flamengo (24)

|Vasco da Gama

|

|Romário

|Flamengo

|26

1997

|Botafogo (17)

|Vasco da Gama

|

|Romário

|Flamengo

|18

1998

|Vasco da Gama (21)

|Flamengo

|

|Romário

|Flamengo

|10

1999

|Flamengo (25)

|Vasco da Gama

|

|Romário

|Flamengo

|16

2000

|Flamengo (26)

|Vasco da Gama

|

|Romário

|Vasco

|19

2001

|Flamengo (27)

|Vasco da Gama

|

|Edílson

|Flamengo

|16

2002

|Fluminense (29)

|Americano

|It was sub judice until April 14, 2009, when Fluminense were officially confirmed as the champions.{{cite web |title=Fluminense é confirmado como campeão carioca de 2002 |url=http://esportes.terra.com.br/futebol/estaduais/2009/interna/0,,OI3703386-EI12405,00-Fluminense+e+confirmado+como+campeao+carioca+de.html |access-date=April 15, 2009 |date=April 14, 2009 |publisher=Terra|language=pt}}

|Fábio

|Volta Redonda

|16

2003

|Vasco da Gama (22)

|Fluminense

|

|Fábio Bala

|Fluminense

|10

2004

|Flamengo (28)

|Vasco da Gama

|

|Valdir

|Vasco

|14

2005

|Fluminense (30)

|Volta Redonda

|

|Túlio

|Volta Redonda

|12

2006

|Botafogo (18)

|Madureira

|

|Dodô

|Botafogo

|9

2007

|Flamengo (29)

|Botafogo

|

|Dodô
Marcelo

|Botafogo
Madureira

|13

2008

|Flamengo (30)

|Botafogo

|

|Wellington Paulista

|Botafogo

|14

2009

|Flamengo (31)

|Botafogo

|

|Maicosuel

|Botafogo

|12

2010

|Botafogo (19)

|Flamengo

|

|Vágner Love

|Flamengo

|15

2011

|Flamengo (32)

|Fluminense

|

|Fred

|Fluminense

|10

2012

|Fluminense (31)

|Botafogo

|

|Alecsandro

|Vasco

|12

2013

|Botafogo (20)

|Flamengo

|

|Hernane

|Flamengo

|12

2014

|Flamengo (33)

|Vasco

|

|Edmilson

|Vasco

|11

2015

|Vasco da Gama (23)

|Botafogo

|

|Fred

|Fluminense

|11

2016

|Vasco da Gama (24)

|Botafogo

|

|Tiago Amaral

|Volta Redonda

|10

2017

|Flamengo (34)

| Fluminense

|

|Paolo Guerrero

|Flamengo

|10

2018

|Botafogo (21)

|Vasco da Gama

|

|Pedro

|Fluminense

|7

2019

|Flamengo (35)

|Vasco da Gama

|

|Bruno Henrique

|Flamengo

|8

|2020

|Flamengo (36)

|Fluminense

|

|Gabriel Barbosa
João Carlos

|Flamengo
Volta Redonda

|8

|2021

|Flamengo (37)

|Fluminense

|

|Alef Manga

|Volta Redonda

|9

|2022

|Fluminense (32)

|Flamengo

|

|Gabriel Barbosa

|Flamengo

|9

|2023

|Fluminense (33)

|Flamengo

|

|German Cano

|Fluminense

|16

|2024

|Flamengo (38)

|Nova Iguaçu

|

|Pedro

|Flamengo

|11

|2025

|Flamengo (39)

|Fluminense

|

|German Cano
Max
Pablo Vegetti

|Fluminense
Sampaio Corrêa
Vasco

|6

Titles by team

class="wikitable"
Club

! Winners

! Runners-up

! Winning years

Flamengo

| {{center|39}}

| {{center|33}}

| 1914, 1915, 1920, 1921, 1925, 1927, 1939, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1963, 1965, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1979 (Especial), 1979, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2024, 2025

Fluminense

|align=center|33

|align=center|24

|1906, 1907 (shared), 1908, 1909, 1911, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1924 (AMEA), 1936 (LCF), 1937 (LFRJ), 1938, 1940, 1941, 1946, 1951, 1959, 1964, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1995, 2002, 2005, 2012, 2022, 2023

Vasco da Gama

| {{center|24}}

| {{center|25}}

| 1923, 1924 (LMDT), 1929, 1934 (LCF), 1936 (FMD), 1945, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1956, 1958, 1970, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2003, 2015, 2016

Botafogo

| {{center|21}}

| {{center|20}}

| 1907 (shared), 1910, 1912 (AFRJ), 1930, 1932, 1933 (AMEA), 1934 (AMEA), 1935 (FMD), 1948, 1957, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1968, 1989, 1990, 1997, 2006, 2010, 2013, 2018

America

| {{center|7}}

| {{center|7}}

| 1913, 1916, 1922, 1928, 1931, 1935 (LCF), 1960

Bangu

| {{center|2}}

| {{center|6}}

| 1933 (LCF), 1966

São Cristóvão

| {{center|2}}

| {{center|1}}

| 1926, 1937 (FMD)

Paissandu

| {{center|1}}

| {{center|1}}

| 1912 (LMSA)

Participation

=Most appearances=

{{updated|2025 season (including 1937 FMD Championship)}}

Below is the list of clubs that have more appearances in the Campeonato Carioca.

class="wikitable sortable"
width=150px | Club

! width=50px | App

! width=70px | First

! width=70px | Last

Botafogo

| align=center | 122

| align=center | 1906

| align=center | 2025

Fluminense

| align=center | 121

| align=center | 1906

| align=center | 2025

Flamengo

| align=center | 115

| align=center | 1912

| align=center | 2025

Bangu

| align=center | 111

| align=center | 1906

| align=center | 2025

America

| align=center | 109

| align=center | 1908

| align=center | 2021

Vasco da Gama

| align=center | 107

| align=center | 1921

| align=center | 2025

Madureira

| align=center | 83

| align=center | 1924

| align=center | 2025

São Cristóvão

| align=center | 74

| align=center | 1912

| align=center | 1995

Olaria

| align=center | 66

| align=center | 1924

| align=center | 2013

Bonsucesso

| align=center | 65

| align=center | 1924

| align=center | 2018

Portuguesa

| align=center | 52

| align=center | 1933

| align=center | 2025

Volta Redonda

| align=center | 46

| align=center | 1976

| align=center | 2025

Americano

| align=center | 40

| align=center | 1976

| align=center | 2021

Campo Grande

| align=center | 31

| align=center | 1924

| align=center | 1995

All-time topscorers

The 25 top score for team of the history of the Campeonato Carioca, all Brazilian, except the English Henry Welfare:

  • 284 goals: Roberto Dinamite (Vasco da Gama)
  • 239 goals: Zico (Flamengo)
  • 233 goals: Romário (Vasco, Flamengo e Fluminense)
  • 197 goals: Ademir de Menezes (Vasco e Fluminense)
  • 196 goals: Nilo (Botafogo, Brasil e Fluminense)
  • 172 goals: Ladislau (Bangu e Canto do Rio)
  • 166 goals: Carvalho Leite (Botafogo)
  • 164 goals: Russinho (Andarahy, Vasco e Botafogo)
  • 156 goals: Luisinho Lemos (America, Flamengo, Botafogo e Americano)
  • 153 goals: Zizinho (Flamengo e Bangu)
  • 151 goals: Sylvio Pirillo (Flamengo e Botafogo)
  • 149 goals: Quarentinha (Botafogo e Bonsucesso)
  • 133 goals: Heleno de Freitas (Botafogo e Vasco)
  • 125 goals: Leônidas da Silva (Syrio e Libanez, Bonsucesso, Flamengo e Botafogo)
  • 123 goals: Henry Welfare (Fluminense)
  • 118 goals: Didi (Madureira, Fluminense e Botafogo)
  • 114 goals: Pinga (Vasco)
  • 112 goals: Cláudio Adão (Flamengo, Fluminense, Vasco, Bangu, Campo Grande e Volta Redonda)
  • 105 goals: Perácio (Botafogo, Flamengo e Canto do Rio)
  • 105 goals: Plácido (Bangu e America)
  • 102 goals: Orlando Pingo de Ouro (Fluminense e Botafogo)
  • 102 goals: Waldo (Fluminense)
  • 100 goals: Preguinho (Fluminense)
  • 99 goals: Chico (Vasco da Gama)
  • 98 goals: Bebeto (Flamengo, Vasco e Botafogo)
  • 96 goals: Hércules (Fluminense)
  • Paysandu Cricket Club abandoned football activities in 1914. Nowadays it is called Paissandu Atlético Clube, and it is a social club only.

=Winning managers and captains=

;Professional era

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; margin-left:1em;"
style="width:70px"|Season

!style="width:180px"|Manager

!style="width:180px"|Captain

1989

|Valdir Espinosa

|Mauro Galvao

1991

|Carlinhos

|Renato Gaucho

1992

|Joel Santana

| Roberto Dinamite

1993

|Joel Santana

|Geovani

1994

|Jair Pereira

| Ricardo Rocha

1995

|Joel Santana

|Anderson Barbosa

1996

|Joel Santana

|Ronaldão

1997

|Joel Santana

|Marcelo Gonçalves

1998

|Antonio Lopes

|Mauro Galvao

1999

|Carlinhos

| Romario

2000

|Carlinhos

|Leandro Avila

2001

|Mario Zagallo

|Leandro Avila

2002

|Waldemar Lemos

|

2003

|Antonio Lopes

|Marcelinho Carioca

2004

|Abel Braga

|Junior Baiano

2005

|Abel Braga

|Marcão

2006

|Carlos Roberto

|Rafael Scheidt

2007

|Ney Franco

|Claiton

2008

|Joel Santana

|Fabio Luciano

2009

|Cuca

|Bruno Fernandes de Souza

2010

|Joel Santana

|Lucio Flavio

2011

|Vanderlei Luxemburgo

|Ronaldinho

2012

|Abel Braga

|Fred

2013

|Oswaldo de Oliveira

|Jefferson

2014

|Jayme de Almeida

|Felipe

2015

|Doriva

|Pablo Guiñazú

2016

|Jorginho

|Rodrigo

2017

|Zé Ricardo

|Réver

2018

|Alberto Valentim

|Joel Carli

2019

|Abel Braga

|Diego

2020

|Jorge Jesus

|Diego

2021

|Rogerio Ceni

|Diego

2022

|Abel Braga

|Fred

2023

|Fernando Diniz

|Nino

2024

|Tite

|Giorgian De Arrascaeta

2025

|Filipe Luís

|Gerson

Annual awards

The awards are given by the FERJ.

class="toccolours" border="1" cellpadding="2" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center; width:80%; margin:2px; auto;"
style="background: #efefef;"

! style="width:8%;"|Season

! style="width:18%;"|Best Player

! style="width:15%;"|Best GK

! style="width:25%;"|Best young player

! style="width:20%;"|Best coach

|1995[https://ge.globo.com/futebol/times/fluminense/noticia/a-fabula-do-rei-do-rio-o-peso-da-barriga-de-renato-gaucho-para-a-historia-do-fluminense.ghtml A fábula do "Rei do Rio": o peso da barriga de Renato (1995) - globo.com]

| Renato (Fluminense) {{efn|Renato was awarded the King of Rio over Romario, Tulio Maravilha and Valdir Bigode.}}

| -

| -

| -

|2005

| Gabriel (Fluminense)

| Leandro Coelho Lugão (Volta Redonda)

| Schneider Cordeiro da Silva (Volta Redonda)

| Dário Lourenço (Volta Redonda)

|2008[https://ge.globo.com/ESP/Noticia/Futebol/0,,MUL454445-4274,00.html Ronaldo é o 'destaque' da festa do Carioca - globo.com]

| Lúcio Flávio (Botafogo)

| Bruno (Flamengo)

| -

| Joel Santana (Flamengo)

|2009[https://ge.globo.com/Esportes/Noticias/Futebol/Campeonato_Carioca/0,,MUL1108753-9835,00-BOTA+E+FLA+DOMINAM+A+SELECAO+DO+RIO+E+MAICOSUEL+E+O+GRANDE+NOME+DO+ESTADUAL.html Bota e Fla dominam a seleção do Rio, e Maicosuel é o grande nome do Estadual - globo.com]

| Maicosuel (Botafogo)

| Bruno (Flamengo)

| -

| Cuca (Flamengo)

|2010[https://ge.globo.com/Esportes/Noticias/Futebol/Campeonato_Carioca/0,,MUL1586448-9835,00-CAMPEAO+BOTAFOGO+DOMINA+A+SELECAO+DO+CAMPEONATO+CARIOCA.html Campeão, Botafogo domina a seleção do Campeonato Carioca - globo.com]

| Jefferson (Botafogo)

| Jefferson (Botafogo)

| -

| Joel Santana (Botafogo)

|2011[https://ge.globo.com/rj/futebol/campeonato-carioca/noticia/2011/05/com-seis-premios-flamengo-domina-premiacao-do-cariocao-2011.html Com seis jogadores, Flamengo domina a seleção do Cariocão 2011 - globo.com]

| Thiago Neves (Flamengo)

| Felipe (Flamengo)

| -

| Vanderlei Luxemburgo (Flamengo)

|2012[https://ge.globo.com/rj/futebol/campeonato-carioca/noticia/2012/05/na-festa-do-flu-vasco-e-o-time-com-mais-representantes-na-selecao.htmlDeco é eleito craque do Carioca em seleção de vascaínos e sem botafoguenses - globo.com]

| Deco (Fluminense)

| Diego Cavalieri (Fluminense)

| -

| Abel Braga (Fluminense)

|2013[https://ge.globo.com/rj/futebol/campeonato-carioca/noticia/2013/05/botafogo-recebe-taca-e-domina-selecao-do-campeonato-carioca.html Botafogo recebe a taça e domina seleção do Campeonato Carioca - globo.com]

| Clarence Seedorf (Botafogo)

| Jefferson (Botafogo)

| -

| Oswaldo de Oliveira (Botafogo)

|2015[https://www.vavel.com/br/futebol/2015/05/04/484733-selecao-vavel-do-campeonato-carioca-2015.html Seleção VAVEL do Campeonato Carioca 2015 - vavel.com]

| Luan Garcia (Vasco da Gama)

| Martin Silva (Vasco da Gama)

|

| Doriva (Vasco da Gama)

|2016[https://www.fferj.com.br/noticias/View/11825 Vasco lidera seleção do Carioca, que ainda traz Ribamar e Willian Arão - globo.com]

| Nenê (Vasco da Gama)

| Martin Silva (Vasco da Gama)

|

| Jorginho (Vasco da Gama)

|2017[https://ge.globo.com/rj/futebol/campeonato-carioca/noticia/com-nove-jogadores-de-fla-e-flu-ferj-divulga-selecao-do-campeonato-carioca.ghtml Com nove jogadores de Fla e Flu, Ferj divulga seleção do Campeonato Carioca - globo.com]

| Paolo Guerrero (Flamengo)

| Martin Silva (Vasco da Gama)

| Wendel (Fluminense)

| Abel Braga (Fluminense)

|2018

| Paulinho (Vasco da Gama)

| Júlio César (Fluminense)

| Paulinho (Vasco da Gama)

| Zé Ricardo (Vasco da Gama)

|2019[https://ge.globo.com/rj/futebol/campeonato-carioca/noticia/com-seis-jogadores-flamengo-domina-selecao-do-campeonato-carioca.ghtml Com seis jogadores, Flamengo domina seleção do Campeonato Carioca - globo.com]

|Éverton Ribeiro (Flamengo)

| Jefferson Paulino (Bangu)

| Tiago Reis (Vasco da Gama)

| Fernando Diniz (Fluminense)

|2020[https://ge.globo.com/rj/futebol/campeonato-carioca/noticia/gabigol-do-flamengo-e-eleito-craque-do-campeonato-carioca-veja-selecao.ghtml Gabigol, do Flamengo, é eleito craque do Campeonato Carioca; veja seleção - globo.com]

|Gabriel Barbosa (Flamengo)

| Douglas Borges (Volta Redonda)

|

|Jorge Jesus (Flamengo) and Odair Hellmann (Fluminense)

|2021

|Gabriel Barbosa (Flamengo)

| Marcos Felipe (Fluminense)

|Kayky (Fluminense)

|Felipe Surian (Portuguesa)

|2022[https://www.torcedores.com/noticias/2022/04/confira-a-selecao-do-campeonato-carioca-2022 Confira a seleção do Campeonato Carioca 2022 - globo.com]

|Giorgian De Arrascaeta (Flamengo)

| Thiago Rodrigues (Vasco da Gama)

|

| Abel Braga (Fluminense)

|2023

|Germán Cano (Fluminense)

| Fabio (Fluminense)

|Lele (Fluminense)

|Fernando Diniz (Fluminense)

|2024

|Giorgian De Arrascaeta (Flamengo)

|Agustín Rossi (Flamengo)

|Yago (Nova Iguaçu)

|Carlos Vitor (Nova Iguaçu)

Best XI of the 21st Century

On 18 April 2020 distinguished Brazilian newspaper O Globo announced the best XI of the 21st Century via a poll. Romario received most of the votes.[https://ge.globo.com/rj/futebol/campeonato-carioca/noticia/selecao-carioca-do-seculo-21-romario-e-o-mais-votado-e-forma-ataque-com-adriano-e-edmundo.ghtml Seleção carioca do século 21: Romário é o mais votado (2020) - Globo.com]

See also

Notes

{{notelist}}

References

{{Reflist}}

  • MÉRCIO, Roberto. A História dos Campeonatos Cariocas de Futebol. Rio de Janeiro: Ed. FERJ.

External links

{{commons category}}

  • [http://www.fferj.com.br FFERJ Official Website]
  • [https://int.soccerway.com/national/brazil/carioca-1/ League] at soccerway.com
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20090205164959/http://rsssfbrasil.com/tables/rjcamp.htm Campeonato Carioca in RSSSF]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20081209115743/http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tables/rjpodium.htm Ranking Carioca]
  • [http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/miscellaneous/attendrj.htm Best Attendances in Campeonato Carioca]
  • [http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/miscellaneous/rjstats.htm Vital Statistics of the Rio de Janeiro State Main Football Clubs]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20060307034930/http://www.jadransport.org/articles/2506.html Fla-Flu and the Carioca Cup]

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