Football league season
The 2019 Campeonato Carioca de Futebol was the 116th edition of the top division of football in the 🧬 state of Rio de Janeiro.
The competition is organized by FERJ.
The top four teams in the final standings of the tournament 🧬 not otherwise qualified will qualify to compete in the 2020 Copa do Brasil.
Additionally, the top two teams not competing in 🧬 any level of the national Campeonato Brasileiro qualify for the 2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.
Botafogo were the defending champions.
Flamengo won 🧬 their record 35th Campeonato Carioca after defeating Vasco da Gama in the final.
Bangu and Cabofriense qualified for the 2020 Campeonato 🧬 Brasileiro Série D.
Participating teams [ edit ]Format [ edit ]
The competition maintains the format of the 2017 and 2018 editions.
The 🧬 preliminary phase of the tournament is contested as a round-robin among the two worst-placed teams of the 2018 competition, the 🧬 two best-placed teams in the 2018 relegation group, and the two teams promoted from the 2018 Série B1.
The top two 🧬 teams of the preliminary phase qualify for the main competition while the remaining four compete in the relegation group.
In the 🧬 main competition, the twelve clubs compete across two rounds in two groups of six.
The first round is the Taça Guanabara.
Each 🧬 group contests a round-robin and the two top-placed teams in each group qualify for the semi-final of the Taça Guanabara.
In 🧬 the event of a draw, the higher placed team advances to the final.
The Taça Guanabara final is contested as a 🧬 single match.
The second round is the Taça Rio.
The two groups of six remain the same, and each team faces all 🧬 six teams of the opposite group.
Like the Taça Guanabara, the top two teams in each group standing qualify to a 🧬 semi-final with the same format.
The Final Stage is contested as a four-team semifinal and final.
The winning teams of the Taça 🧬 Guanabara and Taça Rio qualify directly to the Final Stage.
The best-placed teams in the overall group stage standings that did 🧬 not win either round also qualify.
The final is contested as a two-leg tie.
In the event that the same team wins 🧬 both the Taça Guanabara and Taça Rio, that team qualifies directly to a single-match final.
The four other best-placed teams in 🧬 the overall group stage standings compete in a four-team single-match semifinal and final to face them.[1]
First round [ edit ]
Goytacaz 🧬 and Resende qualified from the 2018 Campeonato Carioca relegation playoff.
Nova Iguaçu and Macaé were the two lowest placed teams in 🧬 the 2018 Campeonato Carioca main tournament.
América and Americano were promoted from the 2018 Campeonato Carioca Série B1.
Pos Team Pld W 🧬 D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Resende 5 3 2 0 6 3 +3 11 Championship round 2 🧬 Americano 5 3 1 1 6 3 +3 10 3 América 5 2 2 1 4 3 +1 8 Relegation 🧬 playoffs 4 Macaé 5 2 1 2 4 5 −1 7 5 Nova Iguaçu 5 1 1 3 5 7 🧬 −2 4 6 Goytacaz 5 0 1 4 3 7 −4 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal 🧬 difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results; 6) fewest red cards received; 7) fewest yellow cards received; 8) draw.
Updated to 🧬 match(es) played on 13 January 2019.
Source: FERJ Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 🧬 5) head-to-head results; 6) fewest red cards received; 7) fewest yellow cards received; 8) draw.
Home \ Away AME AMN GOY 🧬 NIG MAC RES América 1–1 1–0 1–1 Americano 1–0 2–1 Goytacaz 0–1 1–1 Nova Iguaçu 2–1 1–2 Macaé 0–2 2–1 🧬 1–0 Resende 1–0 1–0 1–1
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Source: FERJ Legend: 🧬 Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Championship round [ edit ]
On the morning of 🧬 8 February, a fire erupted at the Ninho do Urubu youth training ground of Flamengo.
[2][3] The fire resulted in the 🧬 deaths of ten people, mostly academy players between the ages of 14 and 16 training with the club.
Three other people 🧬 were injured, one of them seriously injured.
The initial cause of the fire was suspected to be a malfunctioning air-conditioning unit 🧬 that caught fire close to 5:00.
Most of the Rio clubs suspended all football activity the day of the tragedy.
The governor 🧬 of the state of Rio de Janeiro declared a three-day period of mourning following the tragedy.
The two Taça Guanabara semifinal 🧬 matches on the following days, including the match between Flamengo and Fluminense, were postponed.
Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L 🧬 GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Vasco da Gama 5 5 0 0 9 2 +7 15 Advance to semifinals 🧬 2 Fluminense 5 3 1 1 12 3 +9 10 3 Volta Redonda 5 3 1 1 8 8 0 🧬 10 4 Americano 5 1 1 3 3 8 −5 4 5 Madureira 5 0 2 3 2 8 −6 🧬 2 6 Portuguesa 5 0 1 4 1 6 −5 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 🧬 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results; 6) least red cards received; 7) least yellow cards received; 8) draw.
Source: FERJ Rules 🧬 for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results; 6) least red cards received; 🧬 7) least yellow cards received; 8) draw.
Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Flamengo 🧬 5 4 1 0 12 4 +8 13 Advance to semifinals 2 Resende 5 2 2 1 7 4 +3 🧬 8 3 Bangu 5 2 1 2 4 5 −1 7 4 Boavista 5 2 0 3 4 9 −5 🧬 6 5 Botafogo 5 1 1 3 5 6 −1 4 6 Cabofriense 5 1 1 3 4 8 −4 🧬 4
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results; 6) least red cards 🧬 received; 7) least yellow cards received; 8) draw.
Source: FERJ Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) 🧬 goals scored; 5) head-to-head results; 6) least red cards received; 7) least yellow cards received; 8) draw.
Home \ Away BAN 🧬 BVT BOT CAB FLA RES Bangu 2–0 1–0 Boavista 0–3 1–0 2–1 Botafogo 0–0 1–2 0–1 Cabofriense 3–1 1–1 Flamengo 🧬 2–1 3–1 4–0 Resende 3–0 1–1
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Source: FERJ 🧬 Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Knockout stage [ edit ]Semi-finalsFinalTaça Guanabara
2019 champion 🧬 Vasco da Gama13th titleGroup A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Fluminense 6 3 2 🧬 1 11 6 +5 11 Advance to semifinals 2 Vasco da Gama 6 2 2 2 7 6 +1 8 🧬 3 Volta Redonda 6 2 2 2 5 6 −1 8 4 Madureira 6 1 2 3 4 6 −2 🧬 5 5 Portuguesa 6 1 1 4 5 14 −9 4 6 Americano 6 0 2 4 3 12 −9 🧬 2
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results; 6) least red cards 🧬 received; 7) least yellow cards received; 8) draw.
Source: FERJ Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) 🧬 goals scored; 5) head-to-head results; 6) least red cards received; 7) least yellow cards received; 8) draw.
Group B
Pos Team Pld 🧬 W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Bangu 6 5 0 1 9 3 +6 15 Advance to 🧬 semifinals 2 Flamengo 6 4 2 0 13 5 +8 14 3 Cabofriense 6 3 2 1 10 4 +6 🧬 11 4 Botafogo 6 2 3 1 10 7 +3 9 5 Boavista 6 2 2 2 7 9 −2 🧬 8 6 Resende 6 0 2 4 3 9 −6 2
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 🧬 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results; 6) least red cards received; 7) least yellow cards received; 8) draw.
Source: FERJ Rules 🧬 for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results; 6) least red cards received; 🧬 7) least yellow cards received; 8) draw.
Knockout stage [ edit ]Semi-finalsFinalTaça Rio
2019 champion Flamengo8th title
Relegation playoffs [ edit ]
The Relegation 🧬 Round is competed from 20 January to 23 February 2018 in double round-robin format.
The top two teams qualify for the 🧬 First Round of the 2020 Campeonato Carioca and the bottom two teams are relegated to the 2019 Campeonato Carioca Série 🧬 B1.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation 1 Nova Iguaçu 6 4 0 2 7 3 🧬 +4 12 2 Macaé 6 2 3 1 5 6 −1 9 3 América (R) 6 2 2 2 6 🧬 6 0 8 Relegation to 2019 Série B1 4 Goytacaz (R) 6 1 1 4 5 8 −3 4[4]
Rules for 🧬 classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored; 5) head-to-head result.
(R) Relegated Source: FERJRules for 🧬 classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored; 5) head-to-head result.Relegated
Home \ Away AME GOY 🧬 MAC NIG América 3–2 0–0 0–1 Goytacaz 1–2 1–2 1–0 Macaé 1–1 0–0 0–4 Nova Iguaçu 1–0 1–0 0–2
Legend: Blue 🧬 = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Source: FERJ Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow 🧬 = draw; Red = away team win.
Final stage [ edit ]
Overall table [ edit ]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) 🧬 goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified to Final Stage; (R) Relegated Source: FERJ Rules for classification: 1) points; 🧬 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Qualified to Final Stage;Relegated
Knockout stage [ edit ]Semi-finals
Flamengo advance to the finals with 🧬 a draw as the higher seeded team.
FinalCampeonato Carioca
2019 champion Flamengo35th titleAwards [ edit ]
Team of the year [ edit ]Source 🧬 FERJ
Last updated: 22 April 2019
Top scorers [ edit ]
As of 22 April 2019[5]
