2020 Campeonato Carioca

The 2020 Campeonato Carioca de Futebol was the 117th edition of the top division of football in the state of Rio de Janeiro. The competition was organized by FERJ. It began on 22 December 2019 and ended on 15 July 2020. On 16 March 2020, FERJ suspended the Campeonato Carioca indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic in Brazil.[1] The tournament resumed behind closed doors on 18 June 2020.[2]

Campeonato Carioca
Season2020
Dates22 December 2019 - 15 July 2020
ChampionsFlamengo (36th title)
RelegatedNova Iguaçu
Copa do BrasilFlamengo
Fluminense
Volta Redonda
Boavista
Madureira
Série DBoavista
Madureira
Bangu
Matches played107
Goals scored253 (2.36 per match)
Top goalscorerGabriel
João Carlos
(8 goals each)
2019
2021

Flamengo, the defending champions, successfully defended their title after defeating Fluminense 3–1 on aggregate to win their 36th Campeonato Carioca title.[3]

Champions Flamengo, runners-up Fluminense, Taça Independência winners Volta Redonda, Torneio Extra winners Boavista and Torneio Extra runners-up Madureira qualified for 2021 Copa do Brasil. The top three teams not competing in any level of the national Campeonato Brasileiro, Boavista, Madureira and Bangu, qualified for the 2021 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.

At the end of the tournament, only one club was relegated to 2020 Campeonato Carioca Série B1.[4] Originally, the relegated team Nova Iguaçu obtained an injunction from the Tribunal de Justiça Desportiva do Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (TJD/RJ) that guaranteed their presence in the 2021 Campeonato Carioca First Round,[5] but the Superior Tribunal de Justiça Desportiva (STJD) overturned the decision and Nova Iguaçu were relegated to 2020 Série B1.[6]

Participating teams

ClubHome cityManager2019 result
AmericaRio de JaneiroÁlvaro Gaia2nd (Série B1)
AmericanoCampos dos GoytacazesRafael Soriano11th
BanguRio de JaneiroEduardo Allax3rd
BoavistaSaquaremaPaulo Bonamigo7th
BotafogoRio de JaneiroPaulo Autuori8th
CabofrienseCabo FrioLuciano Quadros6th
FlamengoRio de JaneiroJorge Jesus1st
FluminenseRio de JaneiroOdair Hellmann4th
FriburguenseNova FriburgoCadão1st (Série B1)
MacaéMacaéCharles Almeida14th
MadureiraRio de JaneiroToninho Andrade10th
Nova IguaçuNova IguaçuHermes Júnior13th
PortuguesaRio de JaneiroRogério Corrêa12th
ResendeResendeSandro Sargentim9th
Vasco da GamaRio de JaneiroRamon Menezes2nd
Volta RedondaVolta RedondaLuizinho Vieira5th

Format

The competition format was similar to the previous three editions but with some alterations to each stage.

First round

The preliminary phase of the tournament was contested as a round-robin among the two worst-placed teams of the 2019 competition, the two best-placed teams in the 2019 relegation group, and the two teams promoted from the 2019 Série B1.[7] The top two teams of the preliminary phase qualify for the main competition while the remaining four compete in the relegation round.

Relegation round

Unlike the previous format, only one team participating in the Campeonato Carioca would be relegated. The four lowest placed teams in the preliminary round form Group X and play a double round-robin. The first placed team avoid relegation and qualify for the preliminary phase of the 2021 Campeonato Carioca. The remaining three teams form Group Z and play another double round-robin. The lowest placed team would be relegated to the 2020 Campeonato Carioca Série B1.

Taça Guanabara and Taça Rio

In the main competition, the twelve clubs compete across two rounds in two groups of six. The first round is the Taça Guanabara and the second round is the Taça Rio. The two rounds have swapped formats from the 2019 Campeonato Carioca.

In the Taça Guanabara, each team faces all six teams of the opposite group. the two top-placed teams in each group qualify for the semi-final of the Taça Guanabara. In the event of a draw, the higher placed team advances to the final. The Taça Guanabara final is contested as a single match.[7] In case of a draw in the final, the match goes directly to a penalty shootout.

In the Taça Rio, each group contests a round-robin within their group. Like the Taça Guanabara, the top two teams in each group standing qualify to a semi-final with the same format.[7]

Final

The final stage only is contested between two teams, as opposed to the four-team bracket of previous seasons. The winners of the Taça Guanabara and Taça Rio play the two-leg final. If tie on aggregate goals after both legs, the final is decided in a penalty shootout. If the same club wins both the Taça Guanabara and Taça Rio, and no other team has collected more points than this team across both group stages combined, then this team is immediately champion of the Campeonato Carioca. Otherwise, the team that won both cups and the team with the most points play a two-leg final. In the case of a draw on aggregate, the championship goes to the team that won both cups.[7]

Taça Independência and Torneio Extra

The top two teams in the combined table of the Taça Guanabara and Taça Rio automatically qualify to the 2021 Copa do Brasil. Additionally, the best-placed team in the combined table that is not one of the "Big Four" of Rio de Janeiro (Botafogo, Flamengo, Fluminense, Vasco da Gama) wins the Taça Independência (Independence Cup) and also qualifies to the 2021 Copa do Brasil.

Originally, the four teams — excluding the "Big Four" and Taça Independência winners — with best overall performance (only considering matches against non-Big Four teams) would compete in the Torneio Extra (Extra Tournament): a single-elimination semi-finals and final bracket, with the winner receiving a berth to the 2021 Copa do Brasil. However the Torneio Extra was cancelled and the best seeded team was declared winners. As the 2020 Copa Rio was also cancelled, its 2021 Copa do Brasil berth was awarded to the Torneio Extra runners-up (second best seeded team).

First round

Nova Iguaçu and Macaé qualified from the 2019 Campeonato Carioca relegation playoff. Americano and Portuguesa were the two lowest placed teams in the 2019 Campeonato Carioca main tournament. Friburguense and America were promoted from the 2019 Campeonato Carioca Série B1. The First round was contested from 22 December 2019 to 11 January 2020.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Portuguesa 5 3 2 0 10 5 +5 11 Championship round
2 Macaé 5 2 1 2 6 6 0 7
3 Americano 5 2 1 2 3 4 1 7 Group X
4 Nova Iguaçu 5 2 0 3 9 7 +2 6
5 America 5 1 3 1 4 6 2 6
6 Friburguense 5 1 1 3 1 5 4 4
Source: FERJ
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results; 6) disciplinary record; 7) random draw.
Home \ Away AME AMO FRI MAC NIG POR
America 3–1 1–1
Americano 0–0 1–0
Friburguense 0–0 1–0 0–2
Macaé 1–0 2–0 2–2
Nova Iguaçu 4–0 1–2 2–0
Portuguesa 2–0 3–2
Source: FERJ
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Taça Guanabara

The Taça Guanabara group stage was contested from 18 January to 9 February.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Boavista 6 4 1 1 9 3 +6 13 Advance to semi-finals
2 Flamengo 6 4 1 1 9 4 +5 13
3 Botafogo 6 3 0 3 6 8 2 9
4 Portuguesa 6 2 0 4 7 9 2 6
5 Bangu 6 1 3 2 3 7 4 6
6 Cabofriense 6 1 0 5 3 10 7 3
Source: FERJ
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results; 6) disciplinary record; 7) random draw.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Fluminense 6 5 0 1 12 2 +10 15 Advance to semi-finals
2 Volta Redonda 6 4 0 2 11 5 +6 12
3 Madureira 6 3 1 2 5 5 0 10
4 Vasco da Gama 6 2 1 3 4 5 1 7
5 Resende 6 1 2 3 6 9 3 5
6 Macaé 6 1 1 4 3 11 8 4
Source: FERJ
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results; 6) disciplinary record; 7) random draw.
Home \ Away BAN BOA BOT CAB FLA POR FLU MAC MAD RES VAS VRE
Bangu 1–5 1–0 0–1
Boavista 3–1 0–1 2–1
Botafogo 3–1 2–1 1–0
Cabofriense 0–1 0–1 2–3
Flamengo 0–1 2–0 3–2
Portuguesa 4–1 1–0 2–3
Fluminense 0–1 3–0 2–0
Macaé 0–3 1–0 0–0
Madureira 0–0 2–0 1–0
Resende 1–1 0–0 1–3
Vasco da Gama 0–0 0–1 0–1
Volta Redonda 1–0 4–0 2–0
Source: FERJ
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Knockout stage

Semi-finals Final
      
1 Boavista 1
2 Volta Redonda 1
1 Boavista 1
2 Flamengo 2
1 Fluminense 2
2 Flamengo 3
Semi-finals
Boavista1–1Volta Redonda
Caio Dantas  28' Report Marcelo  79' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,277
Referee: Rodrigo Carvalhães de Miranda

Fluminense2–3Flamengo
Report
Attendance: 59,025
Referee: Grazianni Maciel Rocha
Final

Home team was decided in a draw held on 14 February 2020, 14:00 at FERJ headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.[8]

Boavista1–2Flamengo
Jean  5' Report
 2020 Taça Guanabara Champions 
Flamengo
22nd title

Taça Rio

The Taça Rio group stage was contested from 28 February to 2 July.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Flamengo 5 5 0 0 14 2 +12 15 Advance to semi-finals
2 Botafogo 5 2 2 1 9 7 +2 8
3 Boavista 5 2 1 2 5 5 0 7
4 Bangu 5 2 1 2 4 6 2 7
5 Portuguesa 5 1 2 2 5 4 +1 5
6 Cabofriense 5 0 0 5 4 17 13 0
Source: FERJ
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results; 6) disciplinary record; 7) random draw.
Home \ Away BAN BOA BOT CAB FLA POR
Bangu 1–0 0–3 1–0
Boavista 2–1 2–0
Botafogo 1–1 2–1 6–2
Cabofriense 1–4 1–4
Flamengo 2–0 3–0 2–1
Portuguesa 0–0 0–0
Source: FERJ
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 Fluminense 5 3 1 1 11 4 +7 10 Advance to semi-finals
2 Volta Redonda 5 3 1 1 7 3 +4 10
3 Vasco da Gama 5 2 2 1 5 4 +1 8
4 Madureira 5 2 0 3 6 9 3 6
5 Resende 5 1 1 3 4 8 4 4
6 Macaé 5 1 1 3 2 7 5 4
Source: FERJ
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results; 6) disciplinary record; 7) random draw.
Home \ Away FLU MAC MAD RES VAS VRE
Fluminense 5–1 4–0 0–3
Macaé 0–0 0–3
Madureira 0–2 2–1
Resende 0–1 1–1
Vasco da Gama 0–2 3–1 1–0
Volta Redonda 1–0 2–1 0–0
Source: FERJ
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Knockout stage

Semi-finals Final
      
1 Fluminense 0
2 Botafogo 0
1 Fluminense (p) 1 (3)
1 Flamengo 1 (2)
1 Flamengo 2
2 Volta Redonda 0
Semi-finals
Fluminense0–0Botafogo
Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Wagner do Nascimento Magalhães

Flamengo2–0Volta Redonda
Bruno Henrique  21', 49' Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Grazianni Maciel Rocha
Final

Home team was decided in a draw held on 6 July 2020, 10:00 at FERJ headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.[9]

Fluminense1–1Flamengo
Gilberto  36' Report Pedro  77'
Penalties
3–2
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bruno Arleu de Araújo
 2020 Taça Rio Champions 
Fluminense
4th title

Final stage

Final

Flamengo (winners of the Taça Guanabara) and Fluminense (winners of the Taça Rio) played the final on a home-and-away two-legged basis. As finalist with more points in the overall table, Flamengo earned the right to choose the order of the legs. Flamengo chose to be home team in the second leg.[10]

Fluminense1–2Flamengo
Evanilson  60' Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Wagner do Nascimento Magalhães

Flamengo1–0Fluminense
Vitinho  90+4' Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Grazianni Maciel Rocha
 2020 Campeonato Carioca Champions 
Flamengo
36th title

Overall table

Bottom team of the overall table was "relegated" to 2021 Campeonato Carioca First Round. The "relegated" team Cabofriense, originally, obtained an injunction from TJD/RJ that guaranteed their presence in the 2021 Campeonato Carioca Championship Round,[5] but STJD overturned the decision and Cabofriense were relegated to 2021 First Round.[6]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Flamengo (C) 11 9 1 1 23 6 +17 28 2021 Copa do Brasil
2 Fluminense 11 8 1 2 23 6 +17 25
3 Volta Redonda (I) 11 7 1 3 18 8 +10 22
4 Boavista (E) 11 6 2 3 14 8 +6 20 2021 Copa do Brasil and 2021 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
5 Botafogo 11 5 2 4 15 15 0 17
6 Madureira (E) 11 5 1 5 11 14 3 16 2021 Copa do Brasil and 2021 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
7 Vasco da Gama 11 4 3 4 9 9 0 15
8 Bangu 11 3 4 4 7 13 6 13 2021 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
9 Portuguesa 11 3 2 6 12 13 1 11
10 Resende 11 2 3 6 10 17 7 9
11 Macaé 11 2 2 7 5 18 13 8
12 Cabofriense 11 1 0 10 7 27 20 3 2021 Campeonato Carioca First Round
Source: FERJ
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results; 6) disciplinary record; 7) random draw.
(C) Champion; (E) Qualified for 2021 Copa do Brasil through Torneio Extra; (I) Qualified for 2021 Copa do Brasil through Taça Independência.

Torneio Extra

As best-placed team in the overall table, excluding the "Big Four", Volta Redonda won the Taça Independência and qualified for the 2021 Copa do Brasil.

The four teams, excluding the "Big Four" and Taça Independência winners, with the best performance in the tournament (excluding matches against the "Big Four" teams) would compete in the Torneio Extra (Extra Tournament) for a berth to the 2021 Copa do Brasil, but the Torneio Extra was cancelled. The best seeded team, Boavista, was declared winners and qualified for the 2021 Copa do Brasil. As the 2020 Copa Rio was cancelled, the Torneio extra runners-up, Madureira, also qualified for the 2021 Copa do Brasil.[11]

Semi-finals Final
      
1 Boavista (awd.)
4 Portuguesa
1 Boavista (awd.)
2 Madureira
2 Madureira (awd.)
3 Bangu

Relegation Round

The Relegation Round was competed from 18 January to 4 July in two separate double round-robin groups. The top team of Group X qualified for the First Round of the 2021 Campeonato Carioca and the bottom three contested the Group Z relegation group. The lowest placed team was relegated to the 2020 Série B1. The top two teams of Group Z also qualified for the preliminary round of the 2021 Campeonato Carioca.

Nova Iguaçu were relegated to 2020 Campeonato Carioca Série B1. They, originally, obtained an injunction from TJD/RJ that guaranteed their presence in the 2021 Campeonato Carioca First Round,[5] but STJD overturned the decision and Nova Iguaçu were relegated to 2020 Série B1.[6]

Group X

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Friburguense 6 3 2 1 10 8 +2 11 2021 Campeonato Carioca First Round
2 Americano 6 3 1 2 9 7 +2 10 Group Z
3 America 6 1 3 2 11 10 +1 6
4 Nova Iguaçu 6 1 2 3 5 10 5 5
Source: FERJ
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored; 5) head-to-head result.
Home \ Away AME AMO FRI NIG
America 4–0 2–2 1–2
Americano 2–0 1–2 0–0
Friburguense 2–2 1–2 1–0
Nova Iguaçu 2–2 0–4 1–2
Source: FERJ
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group Z

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Americano 4 3 0 1 5 4 +1 9 2021 Campeonato Carioca First Round
2 America 4 2 1 1 5 2 +3 7
3 Nova Iguaçu (R) 4 0 1 3 3 7 4 1 Relegation to 2020 Campeonato Carioca Série B1
Source: FERJ
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored; 5) head-to-head result.
(R) Relegated.
Home \ Away AME AMO NIG
America 0–1 1–1
Americano 0–2 2–1
Nova Iguaçu 0–2 1–2
Source: FERJ
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Awards

2020 Campeonato Carioca Team

Award Winner Club
Best player Gabriel Flamengo

Source:FERJ

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Gabriel Flamengo 8
João Carlos Volta Redonda
3 Caio Dantas Boavista 7
4 Germán Cano Vasco da Gama 6
Nenê Fluminense
6 Adriano Portuguesa 5
Bruno Henrique Flamengo
Evanilson Fluminense
Matheus Babi Macaé
Pedro Flamengo
Saulo Mineiro Volta Redonda

Source:FERJ

References

  1. "Competições suspensas por 15 dias" (in Portuguese). FERJ. 16 March 2020.
  2. "Fla vence o Bangu no retorno do Carioca" (in Portuguese). FERJ. 18 June 2020.
  3. "Flamengo conquista o Bicampeonato Carioca" (in Portuguese). FERJ. 16 July 2020.
  4. "Série A de 2020 rebaixará apenas um time e B1 terá dois tipos de acesso" (in Portuguese). FutRio. 23 October 2019.
  5. "Comunicação nº074/2020–TJD/RJ" (PDF) (in Portuguese). TJD/RJ. 14 July 2019.
  6. "Carioca: Pleno determina queda conforme regulamento" (in Portuguese). STJD. 20 August 2020.
  7. "Regulamento do Campeonato Estadual da Série A de Profissionais para as temporadas 2019-2020 e 2020-2021" (in Portuguese). FERJ. 21 October 2019.
  8. "Vencedor de Boavista x Volta Redonda será o mandante na decisão" (in Portuguese). FERJ. 14 February 2020.
  9. "Flu será o mandante na final da Taça Rio" (in Portuguese). FERJ. 6 July 2020.
  10. "Datas, horários e local das finais" (in Portuguese). FERJ. 9 July 2020.
  11. "FERJ confirma times na Série D e Copa do Brasil 2021" (in Portuguese). Futebol do Rio. 12 November 2020.
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