2012 Campeonato Carioca

The 2012 Campeonato Carioca was the 111th edition of the Campeonato Carioca, organized by the Federação de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation or FERJ). Fluminense won the title against Botafogo.^[1]

Campeonato Carioca

Champions	Fluminense
Relegated	Americano Bonsucesso
Copa do Brasil	Botafogo Flamengo Resende Volta Redonda
Série D	Volta Redonda
Matches played	134
Goals scored	385 (2.87 per match)
Best Player	Deco
Top goalscorer	Somália Alecsandro (12)
Biggest home win	Botafogo 5–0 Olaria
Biggest away win	Volta Redonda 0–3 Fluminense Macaé 0–3 Botafogo Macaé 1–4 Vasco da Gama Resende 0–3 Bangu Duque de Caxias 1–4 Madureira
Highest scoring	Friburguense 5–2 Boavista (7 Goals)
Longest winning run	8 games Vasco
Longest unbeaten run	18 games Botafogo
Longest losing run	7 games Bangu
← 2011 2013 →

Format

The sixteen clubs were divided into two groups that would play in two phases. In the first phase, the Taça Guanabara, the teams from each group played within their group in a single round-robin. The two top teams from each group advanced to the Taça Guanabara playoffs and the next two best teams played for the Troféu Edilson Silva. In the second phase, the Taça Rio, each team played against the teams in the other group. The two best teams from each group then advanced to the Taça Rio playoffs, while the next two best teams played for the Troféu Luiz Penido. The winners of the Taça Guanabara and the Taça Rio played each other to determine the winner of the Campeonato Carioca. If the same team had won both the Taça Guanabara and the Taça Rio, they would automatically have been awarded the Campeonato Carioca title.^[2]

Qualifications

The four best teams not already qualified to the 2013 Copa Libertadores qualified for the 2013 Copa do Brasil.^[3] The best team not playing in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Série B or Série C qualified for 2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.^[4]

Participating teams

Americano

Boavista

Bonsucesso

Duque de Caxias

Fluminense

Friburguense

Macaé

Nova Iguaçu

Resende

Rio de Janeiro

Volta Redonda

Location of teams in the 2012 Campeonato Carioca

Bangu

Botafogo

Flamengo

Madureira

Olaria

Vasco

Location of teams in the 2012 Campeonato Carioca – city of Rio de Janeiro

Club	Home city[5]	Manager[6]	2011 Result[7]
Americano Futebol Clube	Campos dos Goytacazes	Moacir Júnior, Luís Antônio Zaluar [pt], Acácio and André Pimpolho	8th
Bangu Atlético Clube	Rio de Janeiro (Bangu)	Marcão, Carlos César and Cleimar Rocha	13th
Boavista Sport Club	Saquarema	Alfredo Sampaio and Andrade	4th
Bonsucesso Futebol Clube	Mesquita[a]	Wilson Gottardo and Marcão	1st (Série B)[8]
Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas	Rio de Janeiro (Engenho de Dentro)[b]	Oswaldo de Oliveira	3rd
Duque de Caxias Futebol Clube	Duque de Caxias	Mário Marques and Eduardo Allax	10th
Clube de Regatas do Flamengo	Rio de Janeiro (Engenho de Dentro)[c]	Júnior Lopes, Jayme de Almeida and Joel Santana	1st
Fluminense Football Club	Volta Redonda[d]	Abel Braga	2nd
Friburguense Atlético Clube	Nova Friburgo	Gérson Andreotti	2nd (Série B)[8]
Macaé Esporte Futebol Clube	Macaé	Toninho Andrade	14th
Madureira Esporte Clube	Rio de Janeiro (Madureira)	Luiz Cláudio [pt] and Gabriel Vieira	11th
Nova Iguaçu Futebol Clube	Nova Iguaçu	Léo Condé	9th
Olaria Atlético Clube	Rio de Janeiro (Olaria)	Acácio and Amilton Oliveira	5th
Resende Futebol Clube	Resende	Paulo Campos	7th
Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama	Rio de Janeiro (Vasco da Gama)	Cristóvão Borges	6th
Volta Redonda Futebol Clube	Volta Redonda	Ricardo Drubscky and Élson Roberto Raymundo [pt]	12th

1. Although Bonsucesso FC is headquartered in Bonsucesso, it played most home games at Giulite Coutinho Stadium
2. Although Botafogo FR is headquartered in Botafogo, it plays home games at Engenhão Stadium
3. Although CR Flamengo is headquartered in Lagoa and normally plays home games at Maracanã Stadium, for the 2012 Campeonato Carioca it played most home games at Engenhão Stadium
4. Although Fluminense FC is headquartered in Laranjeiras and normally plays home games at Maracanã Stadium, for the 2012 Campeonato Carioca it played most home games at Raulino de Oliveira Stadium

Taça Guanabara

The 2012 Taça Guanabara began on January 21 and ended on February 26.

Group stage

Group A Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation 1 Botafogo 7 4 3 0 17 4 +13 15 Advanced to the Semifinals 2 Flamengo 7 4 3 0 10 1 +9 15 3 Resende 7 4 0 3 11 13 −2 12 Advanced to the Troféu Edilson Silva 4 Nova Iguaçu 7 2 3 2 6 7 −1 9 5 Macaé 7 2 2 3 6 8 −2 8 6 Bonsucesso 7 1 3 3 7 13 −6 6 7 Madureira 7 1 2 4 8 12 −4 5 8 Olaria 7 1 2 4 5 12 −7 5 Updated to match(es) played on 18 February 2012. Source: [9] Rules for classification: 1 points; 2 wins; 3 goal difference; 4 goals scored; 5 red cards received; 6 yellow cards received; 7 draw

Group B Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation 1 Vasco da Gama 7 7 0 0 16 3 +13 21 Advanced to the Semifinals 2 Fluminense 7 4 1 2 15 7 +8 13 3 Boavista 7 3 2 2 13 12 +1 11 Advanced to the Troféu Edilson Silva 4 Friburguense 7 3 2 2 10 10 0 11 5 Volta Redonda 7 3 2 2 10 11 −1 11 6 Duque de Caxias 7 2 2 3 9 12 −3 8 7 Americano 7 1 1 5 6 13 −7 4 8 Bangu 7 0 0 7 7 18 −11 0 Updated to match(es) played on 18 February 2012. Source: [9] Rules for classification: 1 points; 2 wins; 3 goal difference; 4 goals scored; 5 red cards received; 6 yellow cards received; 7 draw

Troféu Edilson Silva

	Semifinals					Final
	Resende		0
	Friburguense		1
						Friburguense		2 (2)
						Nova Iguaçu (pen.)		2 (4)
	Boavista		1
	Nova Iguaçu		3

Semifinals

23 February 2012

17:00 UTC−02:00

Resende	0 – 1	Friburguense
	Report	Marquinhos Galhardo 57'

Giulite Coutinho Stadium, Mesquita

Attendance: 276

Referee: Rodrigo Saraiva Castanheira

23 February 2012

19:30 UTC−02:00

Boavista	1 – 3	Nova Iguaçu
Ernani 27'	Report	Leandrão 23' Dirceu 48' Bruno Costa 79' (o.g.)

Giulite Coutinho Stadium, Mesquita

Attendance: 276

Referee: Antonio Frederico Maciel dos Santos

Final

26 February 2012

13:20 UTC−03:00

Friburguense	2 – 2	Nova Iguaçu
Diego Guerra 64' Marcelo 84'	Report	Jones Leandro 12' Zambi 71'
Penalties
	2 – 4

Engenhão Stadium, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 0

Referee: Leonardo de Castro Moreira

Taça Guanabara knockout stage

	Semifinals					Final
	Vasco da Gama		2
	Flamengo		1
						Vasco da Gama		1
						Fluminense		3
	Botafogo		1 (3)
	Fluminense (pen.)		1 (4)

Semifinals

22 February 2012

22:00 UTC−02:00

Vasco da Gama	2 – 1	Flamengo
Alecsandro 14' Diego Souza 77'	Report	Vágner Love 2'

Engenhão Stadium, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 21492

Referee: Luis Antonio Silva dos Santos

23 February 2012

21:00 UTC−02:00

Botafogo	1 – 1	Fluminense
Elkeson 74'	Report	Leandro Euzébio 80'
Penalties
	3 – 4

Engenhão Stadium, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 21143

Referee: Pericles Bassols Pegado Cortez

Final

26 February 2012

16:00 UTC−03:00

Vasco da Gama	1 – 3	Fluminense
Eduardo Costa 83'	Report	Fred 36', 56' Deco 42'

Engenhão Stadium, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 36374

Referee: Marcelo de Lima Henrique

Taça Rio

Group stage

Group A Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation 1 Flamengo 8 7 0 1 17 8 +9 21 Advanced to the Semifinals 2 Botafogo 8 5 3 0 18 8 +10 18 3 Resende 8 3 4 1 9 8 +1 13 Advanced to the Troféu Luiz Penido 4 Macaé 8 4 0 4 13 14 −1 12 5 Madureira 8 3 1 4 11 13 −2 10 6 Olaria 8 2 3 3 8 12 −4 9 7 Nova Iguaçu 8 2 2 4 8 13 −5 8 8 Bonsucesso 8 1 4 3 10 13 −3 7 Updated to match(es) played on 15 April. Source: [10] Rules for classification: 1 points; 2 wins; 3 goal difference; 4 goals scored; 5 red cards received; 6 yellow cards received; 7 draw

Group B Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation 1 Bangu 8 4 3 1 10 5 +5 15 Advanced to the Semifinals 2 Vasco da Gama 8 4 2 2 17 10 +7 14 3 Fluminense 8 4 1 3 15 10 +5 13 Advanced to the Troféu Luiz Penido 4 Volta Redonda 8 3 2 3 10 11 −1 11 5 Duque de Caxias 8 2 2 4 7 12 −5 8 6 Friburguense 8 1 3 4 6 11 −5 6 7 Americano 8 1 2 5 13 18 −5 5 8 Boavista 8 1 2 5 11 17 −6 5 Updated to match(es) played on 15 April. Source: [10] Rules for classification: 1 points; 2 wins; 3 goal difference; 4 goals scored; 5 red cards received; 6 yellow cards received; 7 draw

Troféu Luiz Penido

	Semifinals					Final
	Resende		0
	Volta Redonda		2
						Volta Redonda		0
						Fluminense		2
	Fluminense		2
	Macaé		1

Semifinals

20 April 2012

15:30 UTC−03:00

Resende	0 – 2	Volta Redonda
	Report	Vinicius 72' Jhonnattann 75'

Moça Bonita Stadium, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 112

Referee: Rodrigo Carvalhães de Miranda

21 April 2012

15:30 UTC−03:00

Fluminense	2 – 1	Macaé
Manuel Lanzini 43' Marcos Júnior 70'	Report	André Gomes [pt] 90'

Moça Bonita Stadium, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 186

Referee: Estêvão Cunha Trindade

Final

28 April 2012

15:30 UTC−03:00

Fluminense	2 – 0	Volta Redonda
Fábio Braga 52' Araújo 90+1'	Report

Moça Bonita Stadium, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 418

Referee: Leonardo Garcia Cavaleiro

Taça Rio knockout stage

	Semifinals					Final
	Bangu		2
	Botafogo		4
						Botafogo		3
						Vasco da Gama		1
	Flamengo		2
	Vasco da Gama		3

Semifinals

21 April 2012

18:30 UTC−03:00

Bangu	2 – 4	Botafogo
Lucas Marques 52' (o.g.) Sérgio Júnior 70'	Report	Sebastián Abreu 40', 47', 59' Maicosuel 90'

Engenhão Stadium, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 19786

Referee: Eduardo Cordeiro Guimarães

22 April 2012

16:00 UTC−03:00

Flamengo	2 – 3	Vasco da Gama
Vágner Love 2' Kleberson 52'	Report	Éder Luís 17' Felipe 40', 48'

Engenhão Stadium, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 20067

Referee: Marcelo de Lima Henrique

Final

29 April 2012

16:00 UTC−03:00

Botafogo	3 – 1	Vasco da Gama
Sebastián Abreu 3', 45' Maicosuel 54'	Report	Carlos Alberto 80'

Engenhão Stadium, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 41387

Referee: Wagner do Nascimento Magalhães

Campeonato Carioca Final

The 2012 Campeonato Carioca Final was contested by Fluminense and Botafogo as a two-legged tie, with both matches played at Engenhão Stadium.

6 May 2012

16:00 UTC-03:00

Fluminense	4 – 1	Botafogo
Fred 43' Rafael Sóbis 57', 65' Marcos Jr. 83'	Report	Renato 8'

Engenhão, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 28,182

Referee: Luis Antonio Silva dos Santos

13 May 2012

16:00 UTC-03:00

Botafogo	0 – 1	Fluminense
	Report	Rafael Moura 62'

Engenhão, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 25,016

Referee: Marcelo de Lima Henrique

Overall standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Fluminense	15	8	2	5	30	17	+13	26	2013 Copa do Brasil (Fourth Round)[a]
2	Botafogo	15	9	6	0	35	12	+23	33	2013 Copa do Brasil (First Round)
3	Flamengo	15	11	3	1	27	9	+18	36
4	Vasco da Gama	15	11	2	2	33	13	+20	35	2013 Copa do Brasil (Fourth Round)[a]
5	Resende	15	7	4	4	20	21	−1	25	2013 Copa do Brasil (First Round)[b]
6	Volta Redonda	15	6	4	5	20	22	−2	22	2013 Copa do Brasil (First Round) and 2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
7	Macaé	15	6	2	7	19	22	−3	20
8	Friburguense	15	4	5	6	16	21	−5	17	2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D[c]
9	Nova Iguaçu	15	4	5	6	14	20	−6	17
10	Boavista	15	4	4	7	24	29	−5	16
11	Duque de Caxias	15	4	4	7	16	24	−8	16
12	Madureira	15	4	3	8	19	25	−6	15
13	Bangu	15	4	3	8	17	23	−6	15	2013 Copa do Brasil (First Round)[d]
14	Olaria	15	3	5	7	13	24	−11	14
15	Bonsucesso	15	2	7	6	17	26	−9	13	Relegation to 2013 Campeonato Carioca Série B
16	Americano	15	2	3	10	19	31	−12	9

Source: ^[12]
Notes:

1. Fluminense and Vasco da Gama qualified for the fourth round of the Copa do Brasil by qualifying for the 2013 Copa Libertadores; their first round Copa do Brasil berths went to the next-best teams in the Campeonato Carioca
2. Resende initially qualified for the 2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D but gave up their berth. Volta Redonda entered the competition in their place.^[11]
3. Friburguense qualified for the 2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D as 2011 Copa Rio runners-up.
4. Bangu qualified for the 2013 Copa do Brasil as 2012 Copa Rio runners-up