Campeonato Carioca
Season2018
Dates20 December 2017 – 8 April 2018
ChampionsBotafogo
RelegatedAmerica
Bonsucesso
Matches played103
Goals scored270 (2.62 per match)
Top goalscorerPedro (7 goals)
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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.

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
Boavista2 - 2Bangu
Fellype Gabriel 35', 41' (pen.) Report 58' Nilson
72' Almir
Nilton Santos, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 2,145
Referee: Pathrice Wallace Corrêa Maia
Flamengo3 - 1Botafogo
Everton 35'
Henrique Dourado 48'
Vinicius Junior 90+3'		 Report 68' Kieza
Raulino de Oliveira, Volta Redonda
Attendance: 5,460
Referee: Bruno Arleu de Araújo
Final
Boavista0 - 2Flamengo
Report 43' (o.g.) Kadu Fernandes
77' Vinícius Júnior
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 Gama2 - 3Botafogo
Erazo 18'
Riascos 29'		 Report 12' Brenner
33' Luiz Fernando
83' Igor Rabello
Nilton Santos, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 9,976
Referee: Wagner do Nascimento Magalhães
Fluminense1 - 1Flamengo
Gum 45' Report 86' Éverton
Nilton Santos, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 18,627
Referee: Maurício Machado Coelho Júnior
Final
Fluminense3 - 0Botafogo
Pedro 12'
Marcos Júnior 56'
Jadson 90'		 Report
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

Flamengo0–1Botafogo
Report 39' Luiz Fernando
Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 31,888
Referee: Marcelo de Lima Henrique
Fluminense2 - 3Vasco da Gama
Pedro 39'
Junior Sornoza 49'		 Report 27' Giovanni Augusto
70' Paulinho
90+5' Fabrício
Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 21,788
Referee: Rodrigo Nunes de Sá

Final

Botafogo2 - 3Vasco da Gama
Renatinho 4'
Brenner 45'		 Report 29', 31' Yago Pikachu
90+4' Andrés Ríos
Nilton Santos, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 19,117
Referee: Rodrigo Carvalhaes de Miranda
Vasco da Gama0–1Botafogo
90+5' Joel Carli
Penalties
 3–4
Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 64,208
Referee: Wagner do Nascimento Magalhães


 Campeonato Carioca
2018 champion 
Botafogo
21st title

Awards

Team of the year

Top scorers

As of 17 April 2019
Rank Player Club Goals
1. Brazil Pedro Fluminense 7
2. Brazil Brenner Botafogo 6
Brazil Marcos Júnior Fluminense
Brazil Pipico Macaé
3. Argentina Andrés Ríos Vasco da Gama 5
Brazil Dija Baiano Volta Redonda
Brazil Jackson Bonsucesso

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