Campeonato Carioca
Season2001
ChampionsFlamengo
Copa do BrasilVasco da Gama
Fluminense
Americano
Botafogo
Série COlaria
Madureira
Bangu
Friburguense
América
Volta Redonda
Matches played131
Goals scored393 (3 per match)
Top goalscorerEdílson (Flamengo) - 16 goals
Biggest home winVasco da Gama 7-0 Botafogo (April 29, 2001)
Biggest away winAmérica 0-5 Vasco da Gama (May 5, 2001)
Highest scoringItaperuna 6-2 São Cristóvão (December 16, 2000)
← 2000
2002 →

The 2001 edition of the Campeonato Carioca kicked off on November 15, 2000 and ended on May 27, 2001. It was the official tournament organized by FFERJ (Federação de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, or Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation.) Only clubs based in the Rio de Janeiro State are allowed to play. Sixteen teams contested this edition. Flamengo won the title for the 27th time. no teams were relegated.[1][2]

System

The tournament was divided in four stages:[2]

Championship

Preliminary phase

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Cabofriense 10 6 3 1 15 6 +9 23 Main tournament
2 Volta Redonda 10 5 3 2 12 8 +4 21
3 Serrano 10 5 0 5 10 13 −3 16 2002 Preliminary Tournament
4 Itaperuna 10 3 2 5 15 15 0 14
5 Portuguesa 10 3 2 5 14 16 −2 12
6 São Cristóvão 10 2 2 6 8 16 −8 8
Updated to match(es) played on December 16, 2000. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Taça Guanabara

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Flamengo 5 4 0 1 13 3 +10 12 Qualified
2 Americano 5 3 1 1 4 4 0 10
3 Botafogo 5 2 1 2 4 4 0 7
4 Olaria 5 1 2 2 5 8 −3 5
5 Volta Redonda 5 1 1 3 3 8 −5 4
6 Bangu 5 0 3 2 4 6 −2 3
Updated to match(es) played on February 18, 2001. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Fluminense 5 4 0 1 16 6 +10 12 Qualified
2 Vasco da Gama 5 4 0 1 9 4 +5 12
3 Madureira 5 3 1 1 9 6 +3 10
4 Friburguense 5 1 1 3 8 12 −4 4
5 América 5 1 0 4 5 11 −6 3
6 Cabofriense 5 1 0 4 6 14 −8 3
Updated to match(es) played on February 18, 2001. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Semifinals

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Flamengo 1–0 Vasco da Gama
Fluminense 1–0 Americano

Finals

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Flamengo 1–1 (5-3 pen.) Fluminense

Taça Rio

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Vasco da Gama 11 8 3 0 30 9 +21 27 Champions
2 Flamengo 11 7 2 2 20 9 +11 23
3 Americano 11 7 2 2 17 9 +8 23
4 Olaria 11 6 0 5 21 17 +4 18
5 Botafogo 11 4 5 2 20 22 −2 17
6 Fluminense 11 4 3 4 24 19 +5 15
7 Bangu 11 3 4 4 16 17 −1 13
8 Friburguense 11 3 3 5 20 17 +3 12
9 América 11 3 2 6 15 26 −11 11
10 Cabofriense 11 2 3 6 13 26 −13 9
11 Volta Redonda 11 2 2 7 12 19 −7 8
12 Madureira 11 2 1 8 18 36 −18 7
Updated to match(es) played on May 13, 2001. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Aggregate table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Vasco da Gama 16 12 3 1 38 12 +26 39 2002 Copa do Brasil
2 Flamengo 16 11 2 3 33 12 +21 35
3 Americano 16 10 3 3 21 13 +8 33 2002 Copa do Brasil
4 Fluminense 16 8 3 5 40 25 +15 27
5 Botafogo 16 6 6 4 24 26 −2 24
6 Olaria 16 7 2 7 25 24 +1 23 Série C
7 Madureira 16 5 2 9 27 42 −15 17
8 Friburguense 16 4 4 8 26 28 −2 16
9 Bangu 16 3 7 6 20 23 −3 16
10 América 16 4 2 10 20 37 −17 14
11 Volta Redonda 16 3 3 10 15 27 −12 12
12 Cabofriense 16 3 3 10 19 40 −21 12 2002 Preliminary tournament
Updated to match(es) played on May 13, 2001. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Flamengo 4–3 Vasco da Gama 1–2 3–1

References

  1. ^ "RSSSF – Championship of Rio de Janeiro 2001". Retrieved April 28, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Futebolnacional.com.br – Championship of Rio de Janeiro 2001". Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
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