2020 Campeonato Carioca

The 2020 Campeonato Carioca de Futebol was the 117th edition of the top division of football in the state of Rio de Janeiro. The competition was organized by FERJ. It began on 22 December 2019 and ended on 15 July 2020. On 16 March 2020, FERJ suspended the Campeonato Carioca indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic in Brazil.^[1] The tournament resumed behind closed doors on 18 June 2020.^[2]

Campeonato Carioca

Season	2020
Dates	22 December 2019 - 15 July 2020
Champions	Flamengo (36th title)
Relegated	Nova Iguaçu
Copa do Brasil	Flamengo Fluminense Volta Redonda Boavista Madureira
Série D	Boavista Madureira Bangu
Matches played	107
Goals scored	253 (2.36 per match)
Top goalscorer	Gabriel João Carlos (8 goals each)
← 2019 2021 →

Flamengo, the defending champions, successfully defended their title after defeating Fluminense 3–1 on aggregate to win their 36th Campeonato Carioca title.^[3]

Champions Flamengo, runners-up Fluminense, Taça Independência winners Volta Redonda, Torneio Extra winners Boavista and Torneio Extra runners-up Madureira qualified for 2021 Copa do Brasil. The top three teams not competing in any level of the national Campeonato Brasileiro, Boavista, Madureira and Bangu, qualified for the 2021 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.

At the end of the tournament, only one club was relegated to 2020 Campeonato Carioca Série B1.^[4] Originally, the relegated team Nova Iguaçu obtained an injunction from the Tribunal de Justiça Desportiva do Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (TJD/RJ) that guaranteed their presence in the 2021 Campeonato Carioca First Round,^[5] but the Superior Tribunal de Justiça Desportiva (STJD) overturned the decision and Nova Iguaçu were relegated to 2020 Série B1.^[6]

Participating teams

Club	Home city	Manager	2019 result
America	Rio de Janeiro (Tijuca)	Álvaro Gaia	2nd (Série B1)
Americano	Campos dos Goytacazes	Rafael Soriano	11th
Bangu	Rio de Janeiro (Bangu)	Eduardo Allax	3rd
Boavista	Saquarema	Paulo Bonamigo	7th
Botafogo	Rio de Janeiro (Botafogo)	Paulo Autuori	8th
Cabofriense	Cabo Frio	Luciano Quadros	6th
Flamengo	Rio de Janeiro (Gávea)	Jorge Jesus	1st
Fluminense	Rio de Janeiro (Laranjeiras)	Odair Hellmann	4th
Friburguense	Nova Friburgo	Cadão	1st (Série B1)
Macaé	Macaé	Charles Almeida	14th
Madureira	Rio de Janeiro (Madureira)	Toninho Andrade	10th
Nova Iguaçu	Nova Iguaçu	Hermes Júnior	13th
Portuguesa	Rio de Janeiro (Governador)	Rogério Corrêa	12th
Resende	Resende	Sandro Sargentim	9th
Vasco da Gama	Rio de Janeiro (Vasco da Gama)	Ramon Menezes	2nd
Volta Redonda	Volta Redonda	Luizinho Vieira	5th

Format

The competition format was similar to the previous three editions but with some alterations to each stage.

First round

The preliminary phase of the tournament was contested as a round-robin among the two worst-placed teams of the 2019 competition, the two best-placed teams in the 2019 relegation group, and the two teams promoted from the 2019 Série B1.^[7] The top two teams of the preliminary phase qualify for the main competition while the remaining four compete in the relegation round.

Relegation round

Unlike the previous format, only one team participating in the Campeonato Carioca would be relegated. The four lowest placed teams in the preliminary round form Group X and play a double round-robin. The first placed team avoid relegation and qualify for the preliminary phase of the 2021 Campeonato Carioca. The remaining three teams form Group Z and play another double round-robin. The lowest placed team would be relegated to the 2020 Campeonato Carioca Série B1.

Taça Guanabara and Taça Rio

In the main competition, the twelve clubs compete across two rounds in two groups of six. The first round is the Taça Guanabara and the second round is the Taça Rio. The two rounds have swapped formats from the 2019 Campeonato Carioca.

In the Taça Guanabara, each team faces all six teams of the opposite group. 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.^[7] In case of a draw in the final, the match goes directly to a penalty shootout.

In the Taça Rio, each group contests a round-robin within their group. Like the Taça Guanabara, the top two teams in each group standing qualify to a semi-final with the same format.^[7]

Final

The final stage only is contested between two teams, as opposed to the four-team bracket of previous seasons. The winners of the Taça Guanabara and Taça Rio play the two-leg final. If tie on aggregate goals after both legs, the final is decided in a penalty shootout. If the same club wins both the Taça Guanabara and Taça Rio, and no other team has collected more points than this team across both group stages combined, then this team is immediately champion of the Campeonato Carioca. Otherwise, the team that won both cups and the team with the most points play a two-leg final. In the case of a draw on aggregate, the championship goes to the team that won both cups.^[7]

Taça Independência and Torneio Extra

The top two teams in the combined table of the Taça Guanabara and Taça Rio automatically qualify to the 2021 Copa do Brasil. Additionally, the best-placed team in the combined table that is not one of the "Big Four" of Rio de Janeiro (Botafogo, Flamengo, Fluminense, Vasco da Gama) wins the Taça Independência (Independence Cup) and also qualifies to the 2021 Copa do Brasil.

Originally, the four teams — excluding the "Big Four" and Taça Independência winners — with best overall performance (only considering matches against non-Big Four teams) would compete in the Torneio Extra (Extra Tournament): a single-elimination semi-finals and final bracket, with the winner receiving a berth to the 2021 Copa do Brasil. However the Torneio Extra was cancelled and the best seeded team was declared winners. As the 2020 Copa Rio was also cancelled, its 2021 Copa do Brasil berth was awarded to the Torneio Extra runners-up (second best seeded team).

First round

Nova Iguaçu and Macaé qualified from the 2019 Campeonato Carioca relegation playoff. Americano and Portuguesa were the two lowest placed teams in the 2019 Campeonato Carioca main tournament. Friburguense and America were promoted from the 2019 Campeonato Carioca Série B1. The First round was contested from 22 December 2019 to 11 January 2020.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portuguesa	5	3	2	0	10	5	+5	11	Championship round
2	Macaé	5	2	1	2	6	6	0	7
3	Americano	5	2	1	2	3	4	−1	7	Group X
4	Nova Iguaçu	5	2	0	3	9	7	+2	6
5	America	5	1	3	1	4	6	−2	6
6	Friburguense	5	1	1	3	1	5	−4	4

Source: FERJ
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results; 6) disciplinary record; 7) random draw.

Home \ Away	AME	AMO	FRI	MAC	NIG	POR
America				3–1		1–1
Americano	0–0			1–0
Friburguense	0–0	1–0				0–2
Macaé			1–0		2–0	2–2
Nova Iguaçu	4–0	1–2	2–0
Portuguesa		2–0			3–2

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

Taça Guanabara

The Taça Guanabara group stage was contested from 18 January to 9 February.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Boavista	6	4	1	1	9	3	+6	13	Advance to semi-finals
2	Flamengo	6	4	1	1	9	4	+5	13
3	Botafogo	6	3	0	3	6	8	−2	9
4	Portuguesa	6	2	0	4	7	9	−2	6
5	Bangu	6	1	3	2	3	7	−4	6
6	Cabofriense	6	1	0	5	3	10	−7	3

Source: FERJ
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results; 6) disciplinary record; 7) random draw.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Fluminense	6	5	0	1	12	2	+10	15	Advance to semi-finals
2	Volta Redonda	6	4	0	2	11	5	+6	12
3	Madureira	6	3	1	2	5	5	0	10
4	Vasco da Gama	6	2	1	3	4	5	−1	7
5	Resende	6	1	2	3	6	9	−3	5
6	Macaé	6	1	1	4	3	11	−8	4

Source: FERJ
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results; 6) disciplinary record; 7) random draw.

Home \ Away	BAN	BOA	BOT	CAB	FLA	POR	FLU	MAC	MAD	RES	VAS	VRE
Bangu							1–5	1–0				0–1
Boavista									3–1		0–1	2–1
Botafogo								3–1		2–1	1–0
Cabofriense							0–1		0–1	2–3
Flamengo							0–1		2–0			3–2
Portuguesa								4–1		1–0	2–3
Fluminense		0–1	3–0			2–0
Macaé		0–3		1–0	0–0
Madureira	0–0		2–0			1–0
Resende	1–1	0–0			1–3
Vasco da Gama	0–0			0–1	0–1
Volta Redonda			1–0	4–0		2–0

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

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals					Final
	1	Boavista	1
	2	Volta Redonda	1
						1	Boavista	1
						2	Flamengo	2
	1	Fluminense	2
	2	Flamengo	3

Semi-finals

Boavista	1–1	Volta Redonda
Caio Dantas 28'	Report	Marcelo 79' (pen.)

16 February 2020 (2020-02-16)

16:00 UTC−03:00

Elcyr Resende, Saquarema

Attendance: 3,277

Referee: Rodrigo Carvalhães de Miranda

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Fluminense	2–3	Flamengo
Luccas Claro 60' Evanilson 70'	Report	Bruno Henrique 2' Gabriel 8' Filipe Luís 49'

12 February 2020 (2020-02-12)

20:30 UTC−03:00

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 59,025

Referee: Grazianni Maciel Rocha

Final

Home team was decided in a draw held on 14 February 2020, 14:00 at FERJ headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.^[8]

Boavista	1–2	Flamengo
Jean 5'	Report	Diego 43' Gabriel 79'

22 February 2020 (2020-02-22)

18:00 UTC−03:00

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 58,219

Referee: Marcelo de Lima Henrique

2020 Taça Guanabara champions
Flamengo 22nd title

Taça Rio

The Taça Rio group stage was contested from 28 February to 2 July.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Flamengo	5	5	0	0	14	2	+12	15	Advance to semi-finals
2	Botafogo	5	2	2	1	9	7	+2	8
3	Boavista	5	2	1	2	5	5	0	7
4	Bangu	5	2	1	2	4	6	−2	7
5	Portuguesa	5	1	2	2	5	4	+1	5
6	Cabofriense	5	0	0	5	4	17	−13	0

Source: FERJ
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results; 6) disciplinary record; 7) random draw.

Home \ Away	BAN	BOA	BOT	CAB	FLA	POR
Bangu				1–0	0–3	1–0
Boavista	2–1			2–0
Botafogo	1–1	2–1		6–2
Cabofriense					1–4	1–4
Flamengo		2–0	3–0			2–1
Portuguesa		0–0	0–0

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	Fluminense	5	3	1	1	11	4	+7	10	Advance to semi-finals
2	Volta Redonda	5	3	1	1	7	3	+4	10
3	Vasco da Gama	5	2	2	1	5	4	+1	8
4	Madureira	5	2	0	3	6	9	−3	6
5	Resende	5	1	1	3	4	8	−4	4
6	Macaé	5	1	1	3	2	7	−5	4

Source: FERJ
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results; 6) disciplinary record; 7) random draw.

Home \ Away	FLU	MAC	MAD	RES	VAS	VRE
Fluminense			5–1	4–0		0–3
Macaé	0–0		0–3
Madureira				0–2		2–1
Resende		0–1			1–1
Vasco da Gama	0–2	3–1	1–0
Volta Redonda		1–0		2–1	0–0

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

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals					Final
	1	Fluminense	0
	2	Botafogo	0
						1	Fluminense (p)	1 (3)
						1	Flamengo	1 (2)
	1	Flamengo	2
	2	Volta Redonda	0

Semi-finals

Fluminense	0–0	Botafogo
	Report

5 July 2020 (2020-07-05)

16:00 UTC−03:00

Nilton Santos, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 0

Referee: Wagner do Nascimento Magalhães

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Flamengo	2–0	Volta Redonda
Bruno Henrique 21', 49'	Report

5 July 2020 (2020-07-05)

16:00 UTC−03:00

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 0

Referee: Grazianni Maciel Rocha

Final

Home team was decided in a draw held on 6 July 2020, 10:00 at FERJ headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.^[9]

Fluminense	1–1	Flamengo
Gilberto 36'	Report	Pedro 77'
Penalties
Nenê Dodi Hudson Araújo Pacheco	3–2	Gabriel Willian Arão Léo Pereira Pedro Rafinha

8 July 2020 (2020-07-08)

21:30 UTC−03:00

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 0

Referee: Bruno Arleu de Araújo

2020 Taça Rio champions
Fluminense 4th title

Final stage

Final

Flamengo (winners of the Taça Guanabara) and Fluminense (winners of the Taça Rio) played the final on a home-and-away two-legged basis. As finalist with more points in the overall table, Flamengo earned the right to choose the order of the legs. Flamengo chose to be home team in the second leg.^[10]

Fluminense	1–2	Flamengo
Evanilson 60'	Report	Pedro 28' Michael 73'

12 July 2020 (2020-07-12)

16:00 UTC−03:00

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 0

Referee: Wagner do Nascimento Magalhães

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Flamengo	1–0	Fluminense
Vitinho 90+4'	Report

15 July 2020 (2020-07-15)

21:00 UTC−03:00

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 0

Referee: Grazianni Maciel Rocha

2020 Campeonato Carioca champions
Flamengo 36th title

Overall table

Bottom team of the overall table was "relegated" to 2021 Campeonato Carioca First Round. The "relegated" team Cabofriense, originally, obtained an injunction from TJD/RJ that guaranteed their presence in the 2021 Campeonato Carioca Championship Round,^[5] but STJD overturned the decision and Cabofriense were relegated to 2021 First Round.^[6]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Flamengo (C)	11	9	1	1	23	6	+17	28	2021 Copa do Brasil
2	Fluminense	11	8	1	2	23	6	+17	25
3	Volta Redonda (I)	11	7	1	3	18	8	+10	22
4	Boavista (E)	11	6	2	3	14	8	+6	20	2021 Copa do Brasil and 2021 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
5	Botafogo	11	5	2	4	15	15	0	17
6	Madureira (E)	11	5	1	5	11	14	−3	16	2021 Copa do Brasil and 2021 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
7	Vasco da Gama	11	4	3	4	9	9	0	15
8	Bangu	11	3	4	4	7	13	−6	13	2021 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
9	Portuguesa	11	3	2	6	12	13	−1	11
10	Resende	11	2	3	6	10	17	−7	9
11	Macaé	11	2	2	7	5	18	−13	8
12	Cabofriense	11	1	0	10	7	27	−20	3	2021 Campeonato Carioca First Round

Source: FERJ
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results; 6) disciplinary record; 7) random draw.
(C) Champions; (E) Qualified for 2021 Copa do Brasil through Torneio Extra; (I) Qualified for 2021 Copa do Brasil through Taça Independência

Torneio Extra

As best-placed team in the overall table, excluding the "Big Four", Volta Redonda won the Taça Independência and qualified for the 2021 Copa do Brasil.

The four teams, excluding the "Big Four" and Taça Independência winners, with the best performance in the tournament (excluding matches against the "Big Four" teams) would compete in the Torneio Extra (Extra Tournament) for a berth to the 2021 Copa do Brasil, but the Torneio Extra was cancelled. The best seeded team, Boavista, was declared winners and qualified for the 2021 Copa do Brasil. As the 2020 Copa Rio was cancelled, the Torneio extra runners-up, Madureira, also qualified for the 2021 Copa do Brasil.^[11]

	Semi-finals					Final
	1	Boavista (awd.)	—
	4	Portuguesa	—
						1	Boavista (awd.)	—
						2	Madureira	—
	2	Madureira (awd.)	—
	3	Bangu	—

Relegation Round

The Relegation Round was competed from 18 January to 4 July in two separate double round-robin groups. The top team of Group X qualified for the First Round of the 2021 Campeonato Carioca and the bottom three contested the Group Z relegation group. The lowest placed team was relegated to the 2020 Série B1. The top two teams of Group Z also qualified for the preliminary round of the 2021 Campeonato Carioca.

Nova Iguaçu were relegated to 2020 Campeonato Carioca Série B1. They, originally, obtained an injunction from TJD/RJ that guaranteed their presence in the 2021 Campeonato Carioca First Round,^[5] but STJD overturned the decision and Nova Iguaçu were relegated to 2020 Série B1.^[6]

Group X

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Friburguense	6	3	2	1	10	8	+2	11	2021 Campeonato Carioca First Round
2	Americano	6	3	1	2	9	7	+2	10	Group Z
3	America	6	1	3	2	11	10	+1	6
4	Nova Iguaçu	6	1	2	3	5	10	−5	5

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

Home \ Away	AME	AMO	FRI	NIG
America		4–0	2–2	1–2
Americano	2–0		1–2	0–0
Friburguense	2–2	1–2		1–0
Nova Iguaçu	2–2	0–4	1–2

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

Group Z

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Americano	4	3	0	1	5	4	+1	9	2021 Campeonato Carioca First Round
2	America	4	2	1	1	5	2	+3	7
3	Nova Iguaçu (R)	4	0	1	3	3	7	−4	1	Relegation to 2020 Campeonato Carioca Série B1

Source: FERJ
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	AMO	NIG
America		0–1	1–1
Americano	0–2		2–1
Nova Iguaçu	0–2	1–2

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

Awards

2020 Campeonato Carioca Team

Pos. Player Club GK Douglas Borges Volta Redonda DF Rafinha Flamengo DF Rodrigo Caio Flamengo DF Marcelo Benevenuto Botafogo DF Jean/ Filipe Luís Boavista/Flamengo MF Gerson Flamengo MF Éverton Ribeiro Flamengo MF Nenê Fluminense FW Gabriel Flamengo FW João Carlos Volta Redonda FW Bruno Henrique Flamengo HC Odair Hellmann/ Jorge Jesus Fluminense/Flamengo Source:FERJ

Douglas Borges Rodrigo Caio Marcelo Benevenuto Rafinha Jean Filipe Luís Gerson Éverton Ribeiro Nenê Gabriel Bruno Henrique João Carlos 2020 Campeonato Carioca Team

Award	Winner	Club
Best player	Gabriel	Flamengo

Source:FERJ

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Gabriel	Flamengo	8
	João Carlos	Volta Redonda
3	Caio Dantas	Boavista	7
4	Germán Cano	Vasco da Gama	6
	Nenê	Fluminense
6	Adriano	Portuguesa	5
	Bruno Henrique	Flamengo
	Evanilson	Fluminense
	Matheus Babi	Macaé
	Pedro	Flamengo
	Saulo Mineiro	Volta Redonda

Source:FERJ