2019 Campeonato Carioca

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.

Campeonato Carioca

Season	2019
Dates	22 December 2018 - 21 April 2019
Champions	Flamengo
Relegated	America Goytacaz
Top goalscorer	Bruno Henrique (8 goals)
← 2018 2020 →

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

Club	Home city	Manager
América	Rio de Janeiro (Tijuca)	Luisinho Lemos
Americano	Campos dos Goytacazes	Josué Teixeira
Bangu	Rio de Janeiro (Bangu)	Ado
Boavista	Saquarema	Eduardo Allax
Botafogo	Rio de Janeiro (Botafogo)	Zé Ricardo
Cabofriense	Cabo Frio	Valdir Bigode
Goytacaz	Campos dos Goytacazes	Flávio Lopes
Flamengo	Rio de Janeiro (Gávea)	Abel Braga
Fluminense	Rio de Janeiro (Laranjeiras)	Fernando Diniz
Macaé	Macaé	Luís Antônio Zaluar
Madureira	Rio de Janeiro (Madureira)	Antônio Carlos Roy
Nova Iguaçu	Nova Iguaçu	Carlos Vitor
Portuguesa	Rio de Janeiro (Governador)	Ailton Ferraz
Resende	Resende	Edson Souza
Vasco da Gama	Rio de Janeiro (Vasco da Gama)	Alberto Valentim
Volta Redonda	Volta Redonda	Toninho Andrade

Format

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

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

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

Source: FERJ
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship round

Taça Guanabara

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

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	AMN	FLU	MAD	POR	VAS	VRE
Americano		0–4				1–2
Fluminense			4–0	3–1		1–1
Madureira	1–1				0–1
Portuguesa	0–1		0–0		0–1
Vasco da Gama	1–0	1–0				5–2
Volta Redonda			2–1	1–0

Source: FERJ
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	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

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

Source: FERJ
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Knockout stage

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

Semi-finals

Vasco da Gama	3 – 0	Resende
Lucas Mineiro 15' Lucão 35' (o.g.) Marrony 63'	Report

13 February 2019 (2019-02-13)

21:30 UTC−02:00

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 9,184

Referee: Rodrigo Nunes de Sá

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Flamengo	0 – 1	Fluminense
	Report	Luciano 90+3'

14 February 2019 (2019-02-14)

20:30 UTC−02:00

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 54,544

Referee: Rodrigo Carvalhães de Miranda

Final

Vasco da Gama	1 – 0	Fluminense
Danilo Barcelos 81'	Report

17 February 2019 (2019-02-17)

17:00 UTC−03:00

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 29,002

Referee: Bruno Arleu de Araújo

Taça Guanabara 2019 champion
Vasco da Gama 13th title

Taça Rio

Group 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

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

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	AMN	FLU	MAD	POR	VAS	VRE	BAN	BVT	BOT	CAB	FLA	RES
Americano									2–2	1–4		1–1
Fluminense									1–1	2–1		1–1
Madureira							0–1			0–0	0–2
Portuguesa								1–1			1–3	2–1
Vasco da Gama							1–2	2–0			1–1
Volta Redonda							0–1	2–4	1–0
Bangu	2–0	0–2		3–0
Boavista	1–0	0–3	1–1
Botafogo			2–1	4–1	1–1
Cabofriense				2–0	2–0	1–1
Flamengo	4–1	3–2				0–0
Resende			0–2		0–2	0–1

Source: FERJ
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Knockout stage

	Semifinals					Final
	1	Bangu	0
	2	Vasco da Gama	1
						2	Vasco da Gama	1 (1)
						2	Flamengo	1 (3)
	1	Fluminense	1
	2	Flamengo	2

Semi-finals

Bangu	0–1	Vasco da Gama
	Report	Tiago Reis 57'

28 March 2019 (2019-03-28)

21:30 UTC−03:00

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 19.884

Referee: Wagner do Nascimento Magalhães

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Fluminense	1–2	Flamengo
González 61' (pen.)	Report	Renê 30' Éverton Ribeiro 90+5' (pen.)

27 March 2019 (2019-03-27)

21:30 UTC−03:00

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 24.614

Referee: Marcelo de Lima Henrique

Final

Vasco da Gama	1–1	Flamengo
Tiago Reis 55'	Report	Giorgian De Arrascaeta 93'
Penalties
Danilo Barcelos Rossi Tiago Reis Werley	1 – 3	Vitinho Rodinei Giorgian De Arrascaeta Fernando Uribe

31 March 2019 (2019-03-31)

16:00 UTC−03:00

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 38.787

Referee: Rodrigo Nunes de Sá

Taça Rio 2019 champion
Flamengo 8th title

Relegation playoffs

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

Source: FERJ^[4]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored; 5) head-to-head result.
(R) 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

Source: FERJ
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final stage

Overall table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Flamengo (Q)	11	8	3	0	25	9	+16	27	Advance to Final Stage
2	Vasco da Gama (Q)	11	7	2	2	16	7	+9	23
3	Bangu (Q)	11	7	1	3	13	8	+5	22
4	Fluminense (Q)	11	6	3	2	23	9	+14	21
5	Volta Redonda	11	5	3	3	13	14	−1	18
6	Cabofriense	11	4	3	4	14	12	+2	15	2020 Brasileiro Série D
7	Boavista	11	4	2	5	11	17	−6	14
8	Botafogo	11	3	4	4	15	13	+2	13
9	Resende	11	2	4	5	10	13	−3	10
10	Madureira	11	1	4	6	6	14	−8	7
11	Americano (R)	11	1	3	7	8	22	−14	6	2020 Campeonato Carioca First Round
12	Portuguesa (R)	11	1	2	8	6	20	−14	5

Source: FERJ
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified to Final Stage; (R) Relegated

Knockout stage

	Semifinals					Final
	1	Flamengo	1
	4	Fluminense	1
						Flamengo		2	2	4
						Vasco da Gama		0	0	0
	3	Vasco da Gama	2
	2	Bangu	1

Semi-finals

Flamengo	1–1	Fluminense
Gabriel 70'	Report	Gilberto 45'

6 April 2019 (2019-04-06)

19:00 UTC−03:00

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 46,128

Referee: Bruno Arleu de Araújo

Flamengo advance to the finals with a draw as the higher seeded team.

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Vasco da Gama	2–1	Bangu
Bruno César 53' Yan Sasse 60'	Report	Yaya Banhoro 57'

7 April 2019 (2019-04-07)

16:00 UTC−03:00

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 19,786

Referee: Rodrigo Carvalhaes de Miranda

Final

Vasco da Gama	0–2	Flamengo
	Report	Bruno Henrique 54', 76'

14 April 2019 (2019-04-14)

16:00 UTC−03:00

Nilton Santos, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 10,854

Referee: Rodrigo Nunes de Sá

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Flamengo	2–0	Vasco da Gama
Willian Arão 16' Vitinho 83'	Report

21 April 2019 (2019-04-21)

16:00 UTC−03:00

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 52,398

Referee: Rodrigo Carvalhaes

Campeonato Carioca 2019 champion
Flamengo 35th title

Awards

Team of the year

Pos. Player Club GK Jefferson Paulino Bangu DF Gilberto Fluminense DF Leandro Castán Vasco da Gama DF Rodrigo Caio Flamengo DF Renê Flamengo MF Gustavo Cuéllar Flamengo MF Lucas Mineiro Vasco da Gama MF Marcos Júnior Bangu MF Éverton Ribeiro Flamengo FW Bruno Henrique Flamengo FW Gabriel Barbosa Flamengo HC Fernando Diniz Fluminense Source FERJ Last updated: 21 April 2019

Jefferson Paulino Rodrigo Caio Leandro Castán Gilberto Renê Gustavo Cuéllar Marcos Júnior Lucas Mineiro Éverton Ribeiro Bruno Henrique Gabriel Barbosa 2019 Campeonato Carioca Team of the Year

Award	Winner	Club
Player of the Year	Éverton Ribeiro	Flamengo
Revelation of the Year	Tiago Reis	Vasco da Gama
Coaching Revelation of the Year	Ado	Bangu

Source FERJ
Last updated: 22 April 2019

Top scorers

As of 22 April 2019^[5]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1.	Bruno Henrique	Flamengo	8
2.	Anderson Lessa	Bangu	7
	Gabriel	Flamengo
	João Carlos	Volta Redonda
	Maxwell	Resende
	Yony González	Fluminense
3.	Luciano	Fluminense	6
4.	Marrony	Vasco da Gama	5
5.	Rincon	Cabofriense	4
	Romário	Americano
	Tiago Reis	Vasco da Gama

References

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3. "Incêndio deixa dez mortos no Ninho do Urubu, centro de treinamento do Flamengo". O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2019-02-08. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
4. "Ferj divulga tabela do Grupo X, que vai definir os dois rebaixados para a Segundona do Rio". FERJ. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
5. "ARTILHARIA". Globo Esporte.