1999 Campeonato Carioca

The 1999 edition of the Campeonato Carioca kicked off on January 31, 1999 and ended on June 19, 1999. 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. Thirteen teams contested this edition. Flamengo won the title for the 25th time. no teams were relegated.^[1][2]

Campeonato Carioca

Season	1999
Champions	Flamengo
Copa do Brasil	Flamengo Fluminense Americano Botafogo Vasco da Gama
Série C	Bangu
Matches played	112
Goals scored	290 (2.59 per match)
Top goalscorer	Romário (Flamengo) - 16 goals
Biggest home win	Vasco da Gama 8-1 Madureira (May 19, 1999)
Biggest away win	Madureira 0-5 Flamengo (May 30, 1999)
Highest scoring	Vasco da Gama 8-1 Madureira (May 19, 1999)
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System

The tournament was divided in four stages:^[2][1]

• Preliminary tournament: The four bottom teams in the 1998 Preliminary tournament joined Cabo Frio, champions of the 1998 Second Level. The five teams all played against each other in a double round-robin format, but for classification purposes, they were divided into two groups; one with the teams from the city of Rio de Janeiro, and the other with the hinterland teams; The best team in each group qualified into the main tournament.
• Taça Guanabara: The 10 clubs all played in single round-robin format against each other.
• Taça Rio: The 10 clubs all played in single round-robin format against each other.
• Finals: The Finals would happen in two matches, both played at the Maracanã Stadium, between the champions of the Taças Guanabara and Rio.

Championship

Preliminary phase

Interior Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Itaperuna	8	5	2	1	11	5	+6	17	Qualified
2	Volta Redonda	8	5	1	2	10	5	+5	16
3	Cabo Frio	8	3	2	3	10	10	0	11

Updated to match(es) played on March 3, 1999. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Capital Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Olaria	8	3	3	2	11	6	+5	12	Qualified
2	América	8	0	0	8	0	16	−16	0[a]	Disqualified

Updated to match(es) played on March 3, 1999. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. América refused to play their matches; all of their matches were counted as 0-2 losses.

Taça Guanabara

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Flamengo	9	8	1	0	18	5	+13	25	Taça Guanabara champions, qualified for finals
2	Vasco da Gama	9	7	1	1	21	7	+14	22
3	Fluminense	9	6	1	2	23	15	+8	19
4	Friburguense	9	4	2	3	15	11	+4	14
5	Olaria	9	4	2	3	14	16	−2	14
6	Bangu	9	3	2	4	15	17	−2	11
7	Botafogo	9	3	1	5	9	9	0	10
8	Americano	9	3	1	5	14	18	−4	10
9	Madureira	9	1	1	7	4	11	−7	4
10	Itaperuna	9	0	0	9	4	28	−24	0

Updated to match(es) played on April 18, 1999. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Taça Rio

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vasco da Gama	9	7	2	0	23	5	+18	23	Taça Rio champions, qualified for finals
2	Flamengo	9	6	0	3	19	7	+12	18
3	Madureira	9	4	3	2	16	18	−2	15
4	Americano	9	4	2	3	16	16	0	14
5	Fluminense	9	3	3	3	11	9	+2	12
6	Botafogo	9	3	3	3	12	12	0	12
7	Friburguense	9	3	3	3	9	9	0	12
8	Bangu	9	0	6	3	6	12	−6	6
9	Olaria	9	1	4	4	9	13	−4	7
10	Itaperuna	9	0	2	7	3	23	−20	2

Updated to match(es) played on June 6, 1999. 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	2–1	Vasco da Gama	1–1	1–0