Campeonato Carioca
Season2006
ChampionsBotafogo
RelegatedPortuguesa
Copa do BrasilBotafogo
Madureira
América
Série CAmericano
América
Madureira
Cabofriense
Matches played74
Goals scored245 (3.31 per match)
Top goalscorerDodô (Botafogo) - 9 goals
Biggest home winFluminense 4-0 Portuguesa (January 15, 2006)
Nova Iguaçu 5-1 Friburguense (March 11, 2006)
Biggest away winNova Iguaçu 0-6 Fluminense (January 18, 2006)
Highest scoringBotafogo 5-3 Vasco da Gama (January 22, 2006)
2005
2007

The 2006 edition of the Campeonato Carioca kicked off on January 14 and ended on April 9, 2006. It is 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. Twelve teams contested this edition. Botafogo won the title for the 18th time. Portuguesa was relegated.[1][2]

System

The tournament was divided in two stages:

The finalists automatically qualified to the Copa do Brasil of the following year, plus the team with the best season record outside of them.

Championship

Taça Guanabara

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Americano 5 3 1 1 12 10 +2 10 Qualified to Semifinals
2 Cabofriense 5 3 0 2 7 7 0 9
3 Nova Iguaçu 5 3 0 2 5 11 −6 9
4 Fluminense 5 2 2 1 14 5 +9 8
5 Flamengo 5 1 2 2 9 9 0 5
6 Portuguesa 5 0 1 4 5 13 −8 1
Updated to match(es) played on February 2, 2006. 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 América 5 3 0 2 10 6 +4 9 Qualified to Semifinals
2 Botafogo 5 3 0 2 12 9 +3 9
3 Volta Redonda 5 3 0 2 10 10 0 9
4 Vasco da Gama 5 2 1 2 17 8 +9 7
5 Friburguense 5 2 1 2 6 8 −2 7
6 Madureira 5 1 0 4 4 11 −7 3
Updated to match(es) played on February 2, 2006. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Semifinals

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Americano 1–2 Botafogo
América 1–1 (5-4 pen.) Cabofriense

Finals

Team 1  Score  Team 2
América 1–3 Botafogo

Taça Rio

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Cabofriense 6 2 3 1 10 7 +3 9 Qualified to Semifinals
2 Americano 6 2 2 2 9 9 0 8
3 Fluminense 6 2 2 2 10 11 −1 8
4 Flamengo 6 1 3 2 11 12 −1 6
5 Portuguesa 6 1 2 3 5 11 −6 5
6 Nova Iguaçu 6 1 1 4 10 13 −3 4
Updated to match(es) played on March 19, 2006. 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 América 6 3 2 1 10 6 +4 11 Qualified to Semifinals
2 Madureira 6 3 2 1 9 6 +3 11
3 Friburguense 6 3 1 2 14 15 −1 10
4 Vasco da Gama 6 2 3 1 12 11 +1 9
5 Volta Redonda 6 2 1 3 8 8 0 7
6 Botafogo 6 1 4 1 10 9 +1 7
Updated to match(es) played on March 19, 2006. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Semifinals

Team 1  Score  Team 2
América 1–3 Americano
Cabofriense 1–1 (3-4 pen.) Madureira

Finals

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Madureira 1–0 Americano

Championship finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Botafogo 5–1 Madureira 2–0 3–1

Aggregate table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 América 11 6 2 3 20 12 +8 20 2007 Copa do Brasil and Série C
2 Cabofriense 11 5 3 3 17 14 +3 18 Série C
3 Americano 11 5 3 3 21 19 +2 18
4 Friburguense 11 5 2 4 20 23 −3 17
5 Volta Redonda 11 5 1 5 18 16 +2 16
6 Fluminense 11 4 4 3 24 16 +8 16
7 Botafogo 11 4 4 3 22 18 +4 16 2007 Copa do Brasil
8 Vasco da Gama 11 4 4 3 22 21 +1 16
9 Madureira 11 4 2 5 13 17 −4 14 2007 Copa do Brasil and Série C
10 Nova Iguaçu 11 4 1 6 15 24 −9 13
11 Flamengo 11 2 5 4 20 21 −1 11
12 Portuguesa 11 1 3 7 10 24 −14 6 Relegated
Updated to match(es) played on March 19, 2006. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

References

  1. ^ "RSSSF – Championship of Rio de Janeiro 2006". Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  2. ^ "Futebolnacional.com.br – Championship of Rio de Janeiro 2006". Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved April 24, 2019.