2017 Campeonato Carioca

The 2017 Campeonato Carioca was the 114th edition of the top tier of the Campeonato Carioca, organized by FFERJ (Federação de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, or Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation). The top four teams not otherwise qualified through national and international tournaments qualified for the 2018 Copa do Brasil.^[1][2][3] The top two teams not already playing in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Série B or Série C qualified for the 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.^[4]

Campeonato Carioca

Season	2017
Dates	11 January – 4 May 2017
Champions	Flamengo
Relegated	Campos Tigres do Brasil
Copa do Brasil	Botafogo Fluminense Madureira Nova Iguaçu
Série D	Madureira Nova Iguaçu
← 2016 2018 →

Unlike previous editions of the Campeonato Carioca, there was a preliminary stage played by the bottom four teams from the previous edition and the top two teams from the 2016 Campeonato Carioca Série B [pt]. The top two teams from the preliminary stage qualified for the main competition, while the remaining four teams competed in a relegation playoff round. The bottom two teams in the relegation playoff round were relegated to the 2017 Campeonato Carioca Série B1. The main competition consisted of two phases, the Taça Guanabara and the Taça Rio. In the Taça Guanabara, the teams were divided into two groups of six, with each team playing against every other team in their own group once; the top two teams from each group qualified to a single-legged knockout round. In the Taça Rio, the same groups of six had each team play every team from the other group once; the top two teams from each group qualified to a single-legged knockout round. The top four teams in the overall standings, including both the Taça Guanabara and the Taça Rio, then qualified for a final stage to determine the champion of the Campeonato Carioca; this consisted of a single-legged semifinal and a two-legged final.^[5][6][7]

Participating teams

Boavista

Cabofriense

Campos

Macaé

Nova Iguaçu

Resende

Rio de Janeiro

Tigres do Brasil

Volta Redonda

Location of teams in the 2017 Campeonato Carioca

Bangu

Bonsucesso

Botafogo

Flamengo

Fluminense

Madureira

Portuguesa

Vasco

Location of teams in the 2017 Campeonato Carioca – city of Rio de Janeiro

Club	Home city[8][9][10][11]	Manager[12]	2016 result[13]
Bangu Atlético Clube	Rio de Janeiro (Bangu)	Eduardo Allax, Arturzinho and Roberto Fernandes	7th
Boavista Sport Club	Saquarema	Joel Santana	6th
Bonsucesso Futebol Clube	Rio de Janeiro (Olaria)[a]	Heron Ferreira and Duílio	14th
Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas	Rio de Janeiro (Engenho de Dentro)[b]	Jair Ventura	2nd
Associação Desportiva Cabofriense	Cabo Frio	Júnior Lopes and Antônio Carlos Roy	13th
Campos Atlético Associação[14]	Cardoso Moreira[c]	Rafael Soriano	2nd (Série B [pt])[15]
Clube de Regatas do Flamengo	Rio de Janeiro (Maracanã)[d]	Zé Ricardo	4th
Fluminense Football Club	Rio de Janeiro (Maracanã)[e]	Abel Braga	3rd
Macaé Esporte Futebol Clube	Macaé	René Simões and Toninho Andrade	10th
Madureira Esporte Clube	Rio de Janeiro (Madureira)	PC Gusmão	7th
Nova Iguaçu Futebol Clube	Nova Iguaçu	Edson Souza	1st (Série B [pt])[15]
Associação Atlética Portuguesa	Rio de Janeiro (Governador)	Nelson Rodrigues da Cunha [it] and João Carlos Ângelo	12th
Resende Futebol Clube	Resende	Ademir Fonseca	9th
Esporte Clube Tigres do Brasil	Duque de Caxias	Felipe and Manoel Neto [pt]	11th
Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama	Rio de Janeiro (Vasco da Gama)	Cristóvão Borges, Valdir Bigode and Milton Mendes	1st
Volta Redonda Futebol Clube	Volta Redonda	Cairo Lima and Felipe Surian	5th

1. Although Bonsucesso FC is headquartered in Bonsucesso, it played home games at Rua Bariri Stadium
2. Although Botafogo FR is headquartered in Botafogo, it plays home games at Engenhão Stadium
3. Although Campos AA is headquartered in Campos dos Goytacazes, it played home games at Antônio Ferreira de Medeiros Stadium
4. Although CR Flamengo is headquartered in Lagoa, it plays home games at Maracanã Stadium
5. Although Fluminense FC is headquartered in Laranjeiras, it plays home games at Maracanã Stadium

First round (Group A)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portuguesa (Q)	5	3	1	1	5	5	0	10	Championship round
2	Nova Iguaçu (Q)	5	2	2	1	11	7	+4	8
3	Cabofriense	5	2	2	1	10	7	+3	8	Relegation playoffs
4	Campos	5	1	3	1	6	6	0	6
5	Tigres do Brasil	5	1	2	2	7	8	−1	5
6	Bonsucesso	5	0	2	3	4	10	−6	2

Source: ^[16]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Championship round

Taça Guanabara

Group stage

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Flamengo (Q)	5	5	0	0	17	2	+15	15	Qualified for Semifinals
2	Madureira (Q)	5	3	1	1	5	5	0	10
3	Botafogo	5	2	1	2	7	8	−1	7
4	Nova Iguaçu	5	1	3	1	5	7	−2	6
5	Boavista	5	1	1	3	6	9	−3	4
6	Macaé	5	0	0	5	3	12	−9	0

Source: ^[17]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Fluminense (Q)	5	5	0	0	14	0	+14	15	Qualified for Semifinals
2	Vasco da Gama (Q)	5	3	0	2	6	6	0	9
3	Volta Redonda	5	1	3	1	7	9	−2	6
4	Bangu	5	1	2	2	5	10	−5	5
5	Resende	5	1	1	3	5	6	−1	4
6	Portuguesa	5	0	2	3	5	11	−6	2

Source: ^[17]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Knockout stage

	Semifinals					Final
	1	Flamengo	1
	4	Vasco da Gama	0
						Flamengo		3 (2)
						Fluminense		3 (4)
	3	Fluminense	0
	2	Madureira	0

Semi-finals

25 February 2017 (2017-02-25)

17:00

Flamengo	1–0	Vasco da Gama
Diego 40' (pen.)	Report

Raulino de Oliveira, Volta Redonda

25 February 2017 (2017-02-25)

16:30

Fluminense	0–0	Madureira
	Report

Los Larios, Duque de Caxias

Final

5 March 2017 (2017-03-05)

16:00

Fluminense	3–3	Flamengo
Wellington Silva 4' Henrique Dourado 32' (pen.) Lucas 40'	Report	8' Willian Arão 23' Éverton 84' Guerrero
Penalties
Lucas Henrique Marquinhos Marcos Júnior	4 - 2	Diego Guerrero Réver Rafael Vaz

Nilton Santos, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Wagner do Nascimento Magalhães

Taça Guanabara 2017 champion
Fluminense 10th title

Taça Rio

Group stage

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Botafogo (Q)	6	4	1	1	12	6	+6	13	Qualified for Semifinals
2	Flamengo (Q)	6	3	3	0	13	5	+8	12
3	Nova Iguaçu	6	3	1	2	7	6	+1	10
4	Boavista	6	1	2	3	8	10	−2	5
5	Madureira	6	1	2	3	8	10	−2	5
6	Macaé	6	0	2	4	6	13	−7	2

Source: ^[18]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vasco da Gama (Q)	6	3	3	0	8	4	+4	12	Qualified for Semifinals
2	Fluminense (Q)	6	3	2	1	12	8	+4	11
3	Volta Redonda	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8
4	Portuguesa	6	2	2	2	7	11	−4	8
5	Resende	6	1	1	4	5	8	−3	4
6	Bangu	6	1	1	4	4	10	−6	4

Source: ^[18]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Knockout stage

	Semifinals					Final
	1	Botafogo	3
	4	Fluminense	1
						Botafogo		0
						Vasco da Gama		2
	3	Vasco da Gama	0
	2	Flamengo	0

Semi-finals

8 April 2017 (2017-04-08)

18:30

Botafogo	3 - 1	Fluminense
Igor Rabello 1' Dudu Cearense 26' Sassá 47'	Report	88' (pen.) Richarlison

Nilton Santos, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 7 309

Referee: Alexandre Vagas Tavas de Jesus

9 April 2017 (2017-04-09)

16:00

Vasco da Gama	0 - 0	Flamengo
	Report

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 21 895

Referee: Wagner do Nascimento Magalhães

Final

16 April 2017 (2017-04-16)

16:00

Vasco da Gama	2 - 0	Botafogo
Douglas 86' Luis Fabiano 93'	Report

Nilton Santos, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Bruno Arleu de Araújo

Taça Rio 2017 champion
Vasco da Gama 10th title

Relegation playoffs

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Cabofriense	6	5	1	0	15	4	+11	16
2	Bonsucesso	6	2	2	2	5	4	+1	8
3	Campos	6	1	3	2	8	10	−2	6	Relegation to 2017 Série B1
4	Tigres do Brasil	6	0	2	4	4	14	−10	2

Source: ^[19]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Overall table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Flamengo (A)	11	8	3	0	30	7	+23	27	Advance to Final Stage
2	Fluminense (A)	11	8	2	1	26	8	+18	26
3	Vasco da Gama (A)	11	6	3	2	14	10	+4	21
4	Botafogo (A)	11	6	2	3	19	14	+5	20
5	Nova Iguaçu (Q)	11	4	4	3	12	13	−1	16	2018 Série D
6	Madureira (Q)	11	4	3	4	13	15	−2	15
7	Volta Redonda	11	3	5	3	15	17	−2	14
8	Boavista	11	3	3	5	9	13	−4	12
9	Portuguesa	11	2	4	5	12	22	−10	10
10	Bangu	11	2	3	6	9	20	−11	9
11	Resende (R)	11	2	2	7	10	14	−4	8	First round
12	Macaé (R)	11	0	2	9	9	25	−16	2

Source: ^[20]
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
	Flamengo	2
	Botafogo	1
					Flamengo	1	2	3
					Fluminense	0	1	1
	Fluminense	3
	Vasco da Gama	0

Semi-finals

23 April 2017 (2017-04-23)

16:00

Flamengo	2 - 1	Botafogo
Guerrero 47', 65' (pen.)	Report	87' (pen.) Sassá

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Leonardo Garcia Cavaleiro

22 April 2017 (2017-04-22)

19:00

Fluminense	3 – 0	Vasco da Gama
Richarlison 50' Wellington Silva 55' Leo 66'	Report

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 20 092

Referee: Rodrigo Nunes de Sá

Final

30 April 2017 (2017-04-30)

16:00

Fluminense	0 - 1	Flamengo
	Report	33' Éverton

Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 34926

Referee: João Batista de Arruda

7 May 2017 (2017-05-07)

16:00

Flamengo	2 - 1	Fluminense
Guerrero 84' Rodinei 90+5'	Report	3' Henrique Dourado

Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 68165

Referee: Wágner do Nascimento Magalhães

Campeonato Carioca 2017 champion
Flamengo 34th title

Awards

Team of the year

Manager: Abel Braga (Fluminense)

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