2018 Campeonato Carioca

The 2018 Campeonato Carioca de Futebol was the 115th edition of the top tier of football of FFERJ (Federação de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, or Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation). The top four teams in the final standings of the tournament not otherwise qualified competed in the 2019 Copa do Brasil. The top three teams not competing in any level of the national Campeonato Brasileiro qualified for the 2019 Brasileiro Série D.

Campeonato Carioca

Season	2018
Dates	20 December 2017 – 8 April 2018
Champions	Botafogo
Relegated	America Bonsucesso
Matches played	103
Goals scored	270 (2.62 per match)
Top goalscorer	Pedro (7 goals)
← 2017 2019 →

The format remained unchanged from the 2017 edition. In the First Round, six teams played a round-robin tournament, with the top two teams qualified for the main competition and the bottom four entering the Relegation Round. The main competition was divided into two tournaments, the Taça Guanabara and Taça Rio, each with two 6-team groups. The top two placed teams in each of the groups qualified to contest the state title. The top four teams in the final standings qualified automatically for the Final Round (the Taça Guanabara and Taça Rio champions). The Final Round was a knockout-style playoff with a two-legged final played at the Maracanã Stadium.^[1] in Macaé was punished with the loss of 26 points by TJD-RJ by irregular escalation of left-side Luke Gabriel in six matches of the Taça Rio.^[2]

Participating teams

Team	Home city	Manager	2017 Finish
America	Rio de Janeiro (Tijuca)	Duílio	2nd (Série B1)
Bangu	Rio de Janeiro (Bangu)	Alfredo Sampaio	10th
Boavista	Saquarema	Eduardo Allax	8th
Bonsucesso	Rio de Janeiro (Bonsucesso)	Toninho Andrade	14th
Botafogo	Rio de Janeiro (Botafogo)	Alberto Valentim	4th
Cabofriense	Cabo Frio	Antônio Carlos Roy	13th
Goytacaz	Campos dos Goytacazes	Paulo Henrique	1st (Série B1)
Nova Iguaçu	Nova Iguaçu	Edson Souza	5th
Flamengo	Rio de Janeiro (Gávea)	Paulo César Carpegiani	1st
Fluminense	Rio de Janeiro (Laranjeiras)	Abel Braga	2nd
Macaé	Macaé	Josué Teixeira	12th
Madureira	Rio de Janeiro (Madureira)	Gilberto Coroa	6th
Portuguesa	Rio de Janeiro (Governador)	João Carlos Ângelo	9th
Resende	Resende	Rodolfo Oliveira	11th
Vasco da Gama	Rio de Janeiro (Vasco da Gama)	Zé Ricardo	3rd
Volta Redonda	Volta Redonda	Marcelo Salles	7th

First round

The First Round was contested in a round-robin format from 20 December 2017 to 13 January 2018 by six teams: the two final teams from the 2017 Campeonato Carioca Série B1 (Goytacaz and America), the bottom two teams from the 2017 Campeonato Carioca main competition (Resende and Macaé), and the two surviving teams from the 2017 Campeonato Carioca Relegation Round (Cabofriense and Bonsucesso). The two top placed teams qualified to contest 2018 Campeonato Carioca, one team each placed in Group A and Group B. The remaining four teams contested in the 2018 Relegation Round.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Cabofriense (Q)	5	3	1	1	8	3	+5	10	Championship round
2	Macaé (Q)	5	3	1	1	8	5	+3	10
3	Goytacaz	5	3	1	1	9	7	+2	10	Relegation playoffs
4	Bonsucesso	5	2	0	3	6	8	−2	6
5	America	5	1	1	3	8	10	−2	4
6	Resende	5	1	0	4	6	12	−6	3

Updated to match(es) played on January 13, 2018. Source: FERJ^[3]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Home \ Away	AME	BON	CAB	GOY	MAC	RES
América		0–1	2–1	1–2
Bonsucesso			0–2	1–3	0–1
Cabofriense					1–0	3–0
Goytacaz			1–1			2–1
Macaé	3–3			3–1
Resende	3–2	2–4			0–1

Source: FERJ^[3]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship round

The Championship Round was two competitions: Taça Guanabara and Taça Rio. The twelve clubs were into two groups of six, Group A and Group B. The traditional "big four" teams of Rio de Janeiro (Flamengo, Botafogo, Fluminense, and Vasco da Gama) were separated with two teams placed in each group. Each round had its own four-team playoff featuring the top two teams of each group. The Taça Rio was followed by a four-team Final playoff featuring the top four teams of the combined table across both competitions (the competition playoff champion(s) automatically qualified for the Final playoff).

Taça Guanabara

The Taça Guanabara was played from 16 January 2018 to 4 February 2018. It was a single round-robin format with each team playing one match with the teams of their own group. The two top point teams qualified for the knockout stage of the competition. The champion of Taça Guanabara qualified to the Final Stage.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Flamengo	5	4	1	0	5	0	+5	13	Advance to Semifinals
2	Bangu	5	2	2	1	6	3	+3	8
3	Vasco da Gama	5	2	1	2	8	7	+1	7
4	Nova Iguaçu	5	1	2	2	5	6	−1	5
5	Cabofriense	5	1	1	3	5	8	−3	4
6	Volta Redonda	5	1	1	3	6	11	−5	4

Updated to match(es) played on February 4, 2018. Source: FERJ^[4]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Home \ Away	BAN	CAB	FLA	NIG	VAS	VRE
Bangu				0–0		2–2
Cabofriense	0–2				2–1
Flamengo	1–0	1–0			0–0
Nova Iguaçu		1–1	0–1			2–0
Vasco da Gama	0–2			4–2		3–1
Volta Redonda		3–2	0–2

Source: FERJ^[4]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Boavista	5	3	0	2	5	3	+2	9	Advance to Semifinals
2	Botafogo	5	2	3	0	5	3	+2	9
3	Fluminense	5	2	2	1	4	4	0	8
4	Portuguesa	5	1	3	1	4	4	0	6
5	Macaé	5	1	1	3	5	7	−2	4
6	Madureira	5	0	3	2	3	5	−2	3

Updated to match(es) played on February 3, 2018. Source: FERJ^[4]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Home \ Away	BOA	BOT	FLU	MAC	MAD	POR
Boavista			3–1	0–1
Botafogo	1–0				0–0	2–2
Fluminense		0–0		1–0		0–0
Macaé		1–2				1–2
Madureira	0–1		1–2	2–2
Portuguesa	0–1				0–0

Source: FERJ^[4]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Knockout stage

	Semifinals					Final
	1	Boavista	2
	2	Bangu	2
						Boavista		0
						Flamengo		2
	1	Flamengo	3
	2	Botafogo	1

Semi-finals

Boavista	2 - 2	Bangu
Fellype Gabriel 35', 41' (pen.)	Report	58' Nilson 72' Almir

8 February 2018 (2018-02-08)

17:00 UTC−03:00

Nilton Santos, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 2,145

Referee: Pathrice Wallace Corrêa Maia

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Flamengo	3 - 1	Botafogo
Everton 35' Henrique Dourado 48' Vinicius Junior 90+3'	Report	68' Kieza

10 February 2018 (2018-02-10)

16:30 UTC−03:00

Raulino de Oliveira, Volta Redonda

Attendance: 5,460

Referee: Bruno Arleu de Araújo

Final

Boavista	0 - 2	Flamengo
	Report	43' (o.g.) Kadu Fernandes 77' Vinícius Júnior

18 February 2018 (2018-02-18)

16:00 UTC−03:00

Kléber Andrade, Cariacica

Attendance: 17,787

Referee: Rodrigo Nunes de Sá

Taça Guanabara 2018 champion
Flamengo 21st title

Taça Rio

The Taça Rio tournament was from 19 February 2018 to 18 March 2018. Group A and Group B remained the same as in Taça Guanabara, but each team played a single match round-robin against the teams of the other group. The top two teams in points in each group qualified for the knockout stage of the competition. The champion of Taça Rio qualified to the Final Stage.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vasco da Gama	6	4	1	1	12	8	+4	13	Advance to Semifinals
2	Flamengo	6	4	0	2	12	5	+7	12
3	Cabofriense	6	3	1	2	8	6	+2	10
4	Bangu	6	1	2	3	5	11	−6	5
5	Volta Redonda	6	0	3	3	5	9	−4	3
6	Nova Iguaçu	6	0	1	5	5	11	−6	1

Updated to match(es) played on March 18, 2018. Source: FERJ^[5]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Fluminense	6	4	2	0	13	3	+10	14	Advance to Semifinals
2	Botafogo	6	3	1	2	7	6	+1	10
3	Portuguesa	6	3	1	2	7	8	−1	10
4	Boavista	6	3	0	3	11	14	−3	9
5	Macaé	6	2	2	2	7	6	+1	8
6	Madureira	6	1	2	3	5	10	−5	5

Updated to match(es) played on March 18, 2018. Source: FERJ^[5]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Home \ Away	BAN	BOA	BOT	CAB	FLA	FLU	MAC	MAD	NIG	POR	VAS	VRE
Bangu						0–4		0–3		1–1
Boavista	0–2				0–3				2–1
Botafogo	1–0			1–0							2–3
Cabofriense		2–3				1–1	1–0
Flamengo			1–0					4–0		4–0
Fluminense					4–0				2–1			1–0
Macaé	2–2				1–0							1–1
Madureira				0–2							1–3	0–0
Nova Iguaçu			1–2				0–2	1–1
Portuguesa				1–2					2–1		1–0
Vasco da Gama		4–3				0–0	2–1
Volta Redonda		2–3	1–1							0–2

Source: FERJ^[5]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Knockout stage

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

Semi-finals

Vasco da Gama	2 - 3	Botafogo
Erazo 18' Riascos 29'	Report	12' Brenner 33' Luiz Fernando 83' Igor Rabello

21 March 2018 (2018-03-21)

21:45 UTC−03:00

Nilton Santos, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 9,976

Referee: Wagner do Nascimento Magalhães

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Fluminense	1 - 1	Flamengo
Gum 45'	Report	86' Éverton

22 March 2018 (2018-03-22)

20:00 UTC−03:00

Nilton Santos, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 18,627

Referee: Maurício Machado Coelho Júnior

Final

Fluminense	3 - 0	Botafogo
Pedro 12' Marcos Júnior 56' Jadson 90'	Report

25 March 2018 (2018-03-25)

16:00 UTC−03:00

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 26,842

Referee: Bruno Arleu de Araújo

Taça Rio 2018 champion
Fluminense 3rd title

Relegation playoffs

The Relegation Round was played from 20 January 2018 to 4 March 2018 in a double round-robin format. The two top placed teams qualified for the First Round of the 2019 Campeonato Carioca and the two placed bottom teams were relegated to the 2019 Campeonato Carioca Série B1.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Goytacaz	6	2	3	1	9	9	0	9
2	Resende	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8
3	América (R)	6	2	1	3	11	10	+1	7	Relegation to 2018 Série B1
4	Bonsucesso (R)	6	1	4	1	8	9	−1	7

Updated to match(es) played on March 4, 2018. Source: FERJ^[6]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Home \ Away	AME	BON	GOY	RES
América		3–1	4–1	1–2
Bonsucesso	1–1		1–1	1–1
Goytacaz	1–1	2–2		1–0
Resende	2–1	1–2	1–1

Source: FERJ^[6]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Overall table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Flamengo (A)	11	8	1	2	17	5	+12	25	Advance to Final Stage
2	Fluminense (A)	11	6	4	1	17	7	+10	22
3	Vasco da Gama (A)	11	6	2	3	20	15	+5	20
4	Botafogo (A)	11	5	4	2	12	9	+3	19
5	Boavista (Q)	11	6	0	5	16	17	−1	18	2019 Brasileiro Série D
6	Portuguesa (Q)	11	4	4	3	11	12	−1	16
7	Cabofriense	11	4	2	5	13	14	−1	14
8	Bangu	11	3	4	4	11	14	−3	13
9	Madureira	11	1	5	5	8	15	−7	8
10	Volta Redonda	11	1	4	6	11	20	−9	7
11	Nova Iguaçu (R)	11	1	3	7	10	17	−7	6	2019 Campeonato Carioca First Round
12	Macaé (R)	11	3	3	5	12	13	−1	12

Updated to match(es) played on March 18, 2018. Source: FERJ^[7]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Final stage

	Semi-final					Finals
	1	Flamengo	0
	4	Botafogo	1
						Botafogo		2	1	3 (4)
						Vasco da Gama		3	0	3 (3)
	2	Fluminense	2
	3	Vasco da Gama	3

Semi-finals

Flamengo	0–1	Botafogo
	Report	39' Luiz Fernando

28 March 2018 (2018-03-28)

21:45 UTC−03:00

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 31,888

Referee: Marcelo de Lima Henrique

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Fluminense	2 - 3	Vasco da Gama
Pedro 39' Junior Sornoza 49'	Report	27' Giovanni Augusto 70' Paulinho 90+5' Fabrício

29 March 2018 (2018-03-29)

21:00 UTC−03:00

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 21,788

Referee: Rodrigo Nunes de Sá

Final

Botafogo	2 - 3	Vasco da Gama
Renatinho 4' Brenner 45'	Report	29', 31' Yago Pikachu 90+4' Andrés Ríos

1 April 2018 (2018-04-01)

16:00 UTC−03:00

Nilton Santos, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 19,117

Referee: Rodrigo Carvalhaes de Miranda

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Vasco da Gama	0–1	Botafogo
		90+5' Joel Carli
Penalties
Wágner Andrés Ríos Werley Yago Pikachu Henrique	3–4	Brenner Rodrigo Pimpão Gilson Marcinho Renatinho

8 April 2018 (2018-04-08)

16:00 UTC−03:00

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 64,208

Referee: Wagner do Nascimento Magalhães

Campeonato Carioca 2018 champion
Botafogo 21st title

Awards

Team of the year

Pos. Player Club GK Júlio César Fluminense DF Yago Pikachu Vasco da Gama DF Gum Fluminense DF Igor Rabello Botafogo DF Ayrton Lucas Fluminense MF Rodrigo Lindoso Botafogo MF Leandro Desábato Vasco da Gama MF Lucas Paquetá Flamengo FW Marcos Júnior Fluminense FW Pedro Fluminense FW Paulinho Vasco da Gama HC Zé Ricardo Vasco da Gama Source FERJ Last updated: 9 April 2018

Júlio César Gum Igor Rabello Yago Pikachu Ayrton Lucas Desábato Rodrigo Lindoso Marcos Jr. Paulinho Lucas Paquetá Pedro

Top scorers

As of 17 April 2019

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1.	Pedro	Fluminense	7
2.	Brenner	Botafogo	6
	Marcos Júnior	Fluminense
	Pipico	Macaé
3.	Andrés Ríos	Vasco da Gama	5
	Dija Baiano	Volta Redonda
	Jackson	Bonsucesso

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