2013 Campeonato Carioca

Campeonato Carioca
Champions Botafogo
Relegated Olaria
Quissamã
Matches played 48
Top goalscorer Hernane (12 goals)
Biggest home win Botafogo 3-0 Duque de Caxias
(1st round)
Nova Iguaçu 3-0 Duque de Caxias
(3rd round)
Biggest away win Audax Rio 0-4 Botafogo
(1st round)
Friburguense 0-4 Flamengo
Highest scoring

Vasco da Gama 4-2 Macaé
(2nd round)

Resende 2-4 Vasco da Gama
(3rd round)
Vasco da Gama 2-4 Flamengo
(4th round)
Volta Redonda 2-4 Resende
(4th round)
Longest winning run 4+ games by Flamengo (round 3- )
Longest unbeaten run 3 Teams unbeaten
Longest losing run 3 games by Duque de Caxias (round 1-round 3) and Quissamã
2012
2014

The 2013 Campeonato Estadual da Serie A de Profissionais do Rio de Janeiro was the 112th season of Rio de Janeiro's top professional football league. The competition began on 19 January and ended on 19 May. Botafogo was the champion.

Format

The sixteen clubs were divided into two groups that will play in two tournaments. In the first tournament, the Taça Guanabara,the teams will play with against the teams in the other group in a single round-robin format. The two best teams from each group will advance to the playoffs. In the second tournament, the Taça Rio, the teams from one group will play within their group in a single round-robin tournament. The two best teams from each group will advance to the playoffs. The winner of both the Taça Guanabara and Taça Rio will play for the state championship. If the same team wins both tournament, they are automatically declared the champion.

Qualifications

The best four teams not qualified to 2014 Copa Libertadores will qualify for 2014 Copa do Brasil. The best team not playing in Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, B, or C will qualify for 2013 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D

Participating teams

Club Home city
Audax Rio São João de Meriti
Bangu Rio de Janeiro
Boavista Saquarema
Botafogo Rio de Janeiro
Duque de Caxias Duque de Caxias
Flamengo Rio de Janeiro
Fluminense Rio de Janeiro
Friburguense Nova Friburgo
Macaé Macaé
Madureira Rio de Janeiro
Nova Iguaçu Nova Iguaçu
Olaria Rio de Janeiro
Quissamã Quissamã
Resende Resende
Vasco da Gama Rio de Janeiro
Volta Redonda Volta Redonda

First phase (Taça Guanabara)

The 2013 Taça Guanabara began on January 19 and ended on March 10.

Group stage

Group A

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Vasco da Gama 8 5 1 2 18 11 +7 16 Advanced to the Semifinals
2 Botafogo 8 4 3 1 17 7 +10 15
3 Madureira 8 3 3 2 11 10 +1 12
4 Friburguense 8 2 3 3 10 14 4 9
5 Volta Redonda 8 1 3 4 7 12 5 6
6 Quissamã 8 1 3 4 2 9 7 6
7 Nova Iguaçu 8 1 2 5 7 10 3 5
8 Olaria 8 0 3 5 5 14 9 3

Group B

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Flamengo 8 7 1 0 16 3 +13 22 Advanced to the Semifinals
2 Fluminense 8 4 4 0 17 8 +9 16
3 Bangu 8 4 2 2 9 5 +4 14
4 Boavista 8 4 2 2 8 8 0 14
5 Audax Rio 8 3 3 2 7 10 3 12
6 Macaé 8 2 2 4 11 15 4 8
7 Resende 8 1 5 2 13 15 2 8
8 Duque de Caxias 8 1 2 5 6 13 7 5

Updated to games played on 24 February 2013
Source: www.socerway.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored; 5th red cards received; 6th yellow cards received; 7th draw.
(A) = Advances to semifinal.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(TA) = Advances to a further round ; (E) = Eliminated ; (TE) =Eliminated from semifinal.

Final stage

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

Second phase (Taça Rio)

The 2013 Taça Rio began on March and ended on May .

Group stage

Group A

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Botafogo 7 7 0 0 20 3 +17 21 Advanced to the Semifinals
2 Volta Redonda 7 4 1 2 5 3 +2 13
3 Friburguense 7 3 1 3 15 10 +5 10
4 Olaria 7 2 3 2 3 9 6 9
5 Madureira 7 2 2 3 5 6 1 8
6 Nova Iguaçu 7 2 2 3 7 10 3 8
7 Vasco da Gama 7 2 1 4 5 9 4 7
8 Quissamã 7 0 2 5 6 16 10 2

Group B

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Fluminense 7 5 1 1 11 4 +7 16 Advanced to the Semifinals
2 Resende 7 5 0 2 13 10 +3 15
3 Flamengo 7 3 2 2 12 9 +3 11
4 Audax Rio 7 3 1 3 7 7 0 10
5 Duque de Caxias 7 2 3 2 9 9 0 9
6 Boavista 7 2 2 3 9 11 2 8
7 Macaé 7 2 0 5 8 14 6 6
8 Bangu 7 0 3 4 5 10 5 3

Updated to games played on 21 April 2013
Source: www.socerway.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored; 5th red cards received; 6th yellow cards received; 7th draw.
(A) = Advances to semifinal.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(TA) = Advances to a further round ; (E) = Eliminated ; (TE) =Eliminated from semifinal.

Final stage

Semifinals Final
      
Botafogo 5
Resende 0
Botafogo 1
Fluminense 0
Fluminense 4
Volta Redonda 1

Torneio Super Clássicos

The Torneio Super Clássicos consider all regular games between the four "big" clubs: Botafogo, Flamengo, Fluminense and Vasco da Gama.

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Flamengo (C) 3 3 0 0 8 3 +5 9
2 Botafogo 3 1 1 1 4 2 +2 4
3 Fluminense 3 0 2 1 3 5 2 2
4 Vasco da Gama 3 0 1 2 3 8 5 1

3rd round

January 27, 2013
20:30 UTC−02:00
Botafogo 1 – 1 Fluminense
Bolívar  73 ' Wellington Nem  42 '
Engenhão, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 10474
Referee: Pericles Bassols Pegado Cortez

4th round

January 31, 2013
20:30 UTC−02:00
Vasco da Gama 2 – 4 Flamengo
Pedro Ken  32 '
Dakson  72 '
Hernane  24 '
Nixon  31 '
Cléber Santana  48 '
Rafinha  64 '

6th round

February 09, 2013
18:00 UTC−02:00
Fluminense 1 – 1 Vasco da Gama
Fred  86' Jean  42' (OG)

7th round

February 17, 2013
18:00 UTC−02:00
Flamengo 1 – 0 Botafogo
Hernane  3 '

12th round

April 3, 2013
19:30 UTC−03:00
Vasco da Gama 0 – 3 Botafogo
Rafael Marques  52 '
Lodeiro  58 '
Fellype Gabriel  72 '

14th round

April 14, 2013
18:30 UTC−03:00
Flamengo 3 – 1 Fluminense
Hernane  8 '
Renato Abreu  45' (pen.)  47 '
Rafael Sóbis  66 '

Overall table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Botafogo (Q) 15 11 3 1 37 10 +27 36 2014 Copa do Brasil
2 Flamengo (Q) 15 10 3 2 28 12 +16 33
3 Fluminense (Q) 15 9 5 1 28 12 +16 32
4 Vasco da Gama (Q) 15 7 2 6 23 20 +3 23
5 Resende 15 6 5 4 26 25 +1 23 Série D
6 Boavista 15 6 4 5 17 19 2 22
7 Audax Rio 15 6 4 5 14 17 3 22
8 Madureira 15 5 5 5 16 16 0 20
9 Friburguense 15 5 4 6 25 24 +1 19
10 Volta Redonda 15 5 4 6 12 15 3 19
11 Bangu 15 4 5 6 14 15 1 17
12 Duque de Caxias 15 3 5 7 15 22 7 14
13 Macaé 15 4 2 9 19 29 10 14
14 Nova Iguaçu 15 3 4 8 14 20 6 13 Série D 1
15 Olaria (R) 15 2 6 7 8 23 15 12 Relegation to Campeonato Carioca 2nd Division
16 Quissamã (R) 15 1 5 9 8 25 17 8

Updated to games played on 21 April 2013
Source: www.socerway.com
Rules for classification: 1st stages won 2nd points; 3rd wins; 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th red cards received; 7th yellow cards received; 8th draw.
1.Nova Iguaçu qualified as the 2012 Copa Rio champions
(A) = Advances to semifinal.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(TA) = Advances to a further round ; (E) = Eliminated ; (TE) =Eliminated from semifinal.

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