2013 Campeonato Carioca

The 2013 Campeonato Estadual da Serie A de Profissionais do Rio de Janeiro was the 112th season of the top tier football of FFERJ (Federação de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, or Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation). The competition began on 19 January and ended on 19 May. Botafogo won.

Campeonato Carioca

Champions	Botafogo
Relegated	Olaria Quissamã
Matches played	48
Top goalscorer	Hernane (12 goals)
Biggest home win	Botafogo 3-0 Duque de Caxias (1st round) Nova Iguaçu 3-0 Duque de Caxias (3rd round)
Biggest away win	Audax Rio 0-4 Botafogo (1st round) Friburguense 0-4 Flamengo
Highest scoring	Vasco da Gama 4-2 Macaé (2nd round) Resende 2-4 Vasco da Gama (3rd round) Vasco da Gama 2-4 Flamengo (4th round) Volta Redonda 2-4 Resende (4th round)
Longest winning run	4+ games by Flamengo (round 3- )
Longest unbeaten run	3 Teams unbeaten
Longest losing run	3 games by Duque de Caxias (round 1-round 3) and Quissamã
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Format

The sixteen clubs were divided into two groups that played in two tournaments. In the first tournament, the Taça Guanabara, the teams played a match with each teams in the other group in a single round-robin format. The two best teams from each group advanced to the playoffs. In the second tournament, the Taça Rio, the teams from one group played within their group in a single round-robin tournament. The two best teams from each group advanced to the playoffs. The winner of both the Taça Guanabara and Taça Rio played for the state championship. If the same team won both tournaments, they were automatically declared the champion.

Qualifications

The best four teams not qualified to 2014 Copa Libertadores qualified for 2014 Copa do Brasil. The best team not playing in Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, B, or C qualified for 2013 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D

Participating teams

Club	Home city
Audax Rio	São João de Meriti
Bangu	Rio de Janeiro (Bangu)
Boavista	Saquarema
Botafogo	Rio de Janeiro (Botafogo)
Duque de Caxias	Duque de Caxias
Flamengo	Rio de Janeiro (Gávea)
Fluminense	Rio de Janeiro (Laranjeiras)
Friburguense	Nova Friburgo
Macaé	Macaé
Madureira	Rio de Janeiro (Madureira)
Nova Iguaçu	Nova Iguaçu
Olaria	Rio de Janeiro (Olaria)
Quissamã	Quissamã
Resende	Resende
Vasco da Gama	Rio de Janeiro (Vasco da Gama)
Volta Redonda	Volta Redonda

First phase (Taça Guanabara)

The 2013 Taça Guanabara began on January 19 and ended on March 10.

Group stage

Group A Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation 1 Vasco da Gama 8 5 1 2 18 11 +7 16 Advanced to the Semifinals 2 Botafogo 8 4 3 1 17 7 +10 15 3 Madureira 8 3 3 2 11 10 +1 12 4 Friburguense 8 2 3 3 10 14 −4 9 5 Volta Redonda 8 1 3 4 7 12 −5 6 6 Quissamã 8 1 3 4 2 9 −7 6 7 Nova Iguaçu 8 1 2 5 7 10 −3 5 8 Olaria 8 0 3 5 5 14 −9 3 Updated to match(es) played on 24 February 2013. Source: www.socerway.com Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored; 5th red cards received; 6th yellow cards received; 7th draw.

Group B Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation 1 Flamengo 8 7 1 0 16 3 +13 22 Advanced to the Semifinals 2 Fluminense 8 4 4 0 17 8 +9 16 3 Bangu 8 4 2 2 9 5 +4 14 4 Boavista 8 4 2 2 8 8 0 14 5 Audax Rio 8 3 3 2 7 10 −3 12 6 Macaé 8 2 2 4 11 15 −4 8 7 Resende 8 1 5 2 13 15 −2 8 8 Duque de Caxias 8 1 2 5 6 13 −7 5 Updated to match(es) played on 24 February 2013. Source: www.socerway.com Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored; 5th red cards received; 6th yellow cards received; 7th draw.

Final stage

	Semifinals					Final
	Vasco da Gama		3
	Fluminense		2
						Vasco da Gama		0
						Botafogo		1
	Flamengo		0
	Botafogo		2

Second phase (Taça Rio)

The 2013 Taça Rio began on March and ended in May.

Group stage

Group A Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation 1 Botafogo 7 7 0 0 20 3 +17 21 Advanced to the Semifinals 2 Volta Redonda 7 4 1 2 5 3 +2 13 3 Friburguense 7 3 1 3 15 10 +5 10 4 Olaria 7 2 3 2 3 9 −6 9 5 Madureira 7 2 2 3 5 6 −1 8 6 Nova Iguaçu 7 2 2 3 7 10 −3 8 7 Vasco da Gama 7 2 1 4 5 9 −4 7 8 Quissamã 7 0 2 5 6 16 −10 2 Updated to match(es) played on 21 April 2013. Source: www.socerway.com Rules for classification: 1st points; 2 wins; 3 goal difference; 4 goals scored; 5 red cards received; 6 yellow cards received; 7 draw.

Group B Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation 1 Fluminense 7 5 1 1 11 4 +7 16 Advanced to the Semifinals 2 Resende 7 5 0 2 13 10 +3 15 3 Flamengo 7 3 2 2 12 9 +3 11 4 Audax Rio 7 3 1 3 7 7 0 10 5 Duque de Caxias 7 2 3 2 9 9 0 9 6 Boavista 7 2 2 3 9 11 −2 8 7 Macaé 7 2 0 5 8 14 −6 6 8 Bangu 7 0 3 4 5 10 −5 3 Updated to match(es) played on 21 April 2013. Source: www.socerway.com Rules for classification: 1st points; 2 wins; 3 goal difference; 4 goals scored; 5 red cards received; 6 yellow cards received; 7 draw.

Final stage

	Semifinals					Final
	Botafogo		5
	Resende		0
						Botafogo		1
						Fluminense		0
	Fluminense		4
	Volta Redonda		1

Torneio Super Clássicos

The Torneio Super Clássicos concerned all regular games between the four "big" clubs: Botafogo, Flamengo, Fluminense and Vasco da Gama.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Flamengo (C)	3	3	0	0	8	3	+5	9
2	Botafogo	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	4
3	Fluminense	3	0	2	1	3	5	−2	2
4	Vasco da Gama	3	0	1	2	3	8	−5	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions

3rd round

Botafogo	1 – 1	Fluminense
Bolívar 73 '		Wellington Nem 42 '

January 27, 2013

20:30 UTC−02:00

Engenhão, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 10474

Referee: Pericles Bassols Pegado Cortez

4th round

Vasco da Gama	2 – 4	Flamengo
Pedro Ken 32 ' Dakson 72 '		Hernane 24 ' Nixon 31 ' Cléber Santana 48 ' Rafinha 64 '

January 31, 2013

20:30 UTC−02:00

Engenhão, Rio de Janeiro

6th round

Fluminense	1 – 1	Vasco da Gama
Fred 86'		Jean 42' (OG)

February 09, 2013

18:00 UTC−02:00

Engenhão, Rio de Janeiro

7th round

Flamengo	1 – 0	Botafogo
Hernane 3 '

February 17, 2013

18:00 UTC−02:00

Engenhão, Rio de Janeiro

12th round

Vasco da Gama	0 – 3	Botafogo
		Rafael Marques 52 ' Lodeiro 58 ' Fellype Gabriel 72 '

April 3, 2013

19:30 UTC−03:00

Engenhão, Rio de Janeiro

14th round

Flamengo	3 – 1	Fluminense
Hernane 8 ' Renato Abreu 45' (pen.) 47 '		Rafael Sóbis 66 '

April 14, 2013

18:30 UTC−03:00

Engenhão, Rio de Janeiro

Overall table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Botafogo (Q)	15	11	3	1	37	10	+27	36	2014 Copa do Brasil
2	Flamengo (Q)	15	10	3	2	28	12	+16	33
3	Fluminense (Q)	15	9	5	1	28	12	+16	32
4	Vasco da Gama (Q)	15	7	2	6	23	20	+3	23
5	Resende	15	6	5	4	26	25	+1	23	Série D[a]
6	Boavista	15	6	4	5	17	19	−2	22
7	Audax Rio	15	6	4	5	14	17	−3	22
8	Madureira	15	5	5	5	16	16	0	20
9	Friburguense	15	5	4	6	25	24	+1	19
10	Volta Redonda	15	5	4	6	12	15	−3	19
11	Bangu	15	4	5	6	14	15	−1	17
12	Duque de Caxias	15	3	5	7	15	22	−7	14
13	Macaé	15	4	2	9	19	29	−10	14
14	Nova Iguaçu	15	3	4	8	14	20	−6	13	Série D[a]
15	Olaria (R)	15	2	6	7	8	23	−15	12	Relegation to Campeonato Carioca 2nd Division
16	Quissamã (R)	15	1	5	9	8	25	−17	8

Updated to match(es) played on 21 April 2013. Source: www.socerway.com
Rules for classification: 1 stages won 2 points; 3 wins; 4 goal difference; 5 goals scored; 6 red cards received; 7 yellow cards received; 8 draw.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Nova Iguaçu qualified as the 2012 Copa Rio champions.

External links

• 2013 Campeonato Carioca at Soccerway