Taça Guanabara

Taça Guanabara, or Guanabara Trophy, is a football tournament organized yearly since 1965 by the Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation. In its first four editions (1965, 1966, 1967 and 1968), Taça Guanabara was a tournament of its own right, completely unrelated to the Rio de Janeiro league, and the winners would be seeded to represent Rio de Janeiro in Taça Brasil de Futebol. From 1969 on, it became the first round of the Rio de Janeiro league.

Ever since 1982, the winners of Taça Guanabara play the winners of Taça Rio at the Rio de Janeiro state championship final, the exceptions being 1994 and 1995.

The most successful team in the tournament's history is Flamengo, which have won it 20 times.

Format

Sixteen teams of the competition are divided into two groups, with the traditional four prestigious teams, namely, Botafogo, Flamengo, Fluminense and Vasco da Gama are seeded. Two of them would be in one group and the other two would be in the other. It is possible other teams are also seeded in some ways, but the seeding criteria are not stated in the competition rules and has never been publicly available.

Each team plays seven games in the group stage. Teams play against every team of the group, with the first two teams in each group qualify to the semifinals. The top team in each group plays the semifinal with the second team from the other group in a single match knock-out format, with the winners of the semifinals compete in the final of the tournament. The champion of the tournament qualified for the Campeonato Carioca Finals to play against the winner of Rio Trophy.

History

The first season of the tournament was held in 1965. At the time, the tournament was considered an individual competition unrelated to the Campeonato Carioca. Not until 1982, the tournament became the first stage of Campeonato Carioca, but it has been considered a separate competition to certain extent, with a trophy being awarded to the winner of the tournament.

Historically, the current format was adopted, with the only notable format changes in 1994 and 1995 throughout the history.

In 1994, twelve teams were divided into two groups as the current system. However, in the group stage, teams not only played against teams from the same group, but they also played against teams from the other group in the second phase of the group stage, as the current Taça Rio. After the group stage, the first placed team in each group competed for the Taça Guanabara final directly without semi-finals. The final match of Taça Guanabara was played only in order to determine the champion of Taça Guanabara, but without any influence on the results of Campeonato Carioca. The top two teams of each group of Taça Guanabara, entered the final phase of Campeonato Carioca, which was not part of Taça Guanabara. Those four teams played a double round-robin tournament to compete for the champion of Campeonato Carioca.[1]

In 1995, the number of teams increased to 16. Teams were divided into two groups of eight. As the 1994 edition, they played two phase of group stage, against teams from the same group and teams from the other group once respectively. After the group stage, the top team of each group competed in the Taça Guanabara final, with the winner being awarded one point in the final phase of Campeonato Carioca. The top four teams in each group then contested the final phase of Campeonato Carioca, not being considered part of Taça Guanabara, in a double round-robin tournament to determine the winner of Campeonato Carioca. The first placed team in each group after the first and second phase of group stage, as well as the winner of Taça Guanabara, would be awarded for one more point in the final phase.[2]

Because of these format changes, Taça Rio was not held in these three years. Since 1996, the old format has been adopted again.

The last win was accomplished by Fluminense in 2017.[3]

Finalists

Year Winner Runner-up
2017 Fluminense Flamengo
2016 Vasco da Gama Fluminense
2015 Botafogo Flamengo
2014 Flamengo Fluminense
2013 Botafogo Vasco da Gama
2012 Fluminense Vasco da Gama
2011 Flamengo Boavista
2010 Botafogo Vasco da Gama
2009 Botafogo Resende
2008 Flamengo Botafogo
2007 Flamengo Madureira
2006 Botafogo America
2005 Volta Redonda Americano
2004 Flamengo Fluminense
2003 Vasco da Gama Flamengo
2002 Americano Vasco da Gama
2001 Flamengo Fluminense
2000 Vasco da Gama Botafogo
1999 Flamengo Vasco da Gama
1998 Vasco da Gama Flamengo
1997 Botafogo Vasco da Gama
1996 Flamengo Vasco da Gama
1995 Flamengo Botafogo
1994 Vasco da Gama Fluminense
1993 Fluminense Vasco da Gama
1992 Vasco da Gama Flamengo
1991 Fluminense Flamengo
1990 Vasco da Gama Botafogo
1989 Flamengo Botafogo
1988 Flamengo Botafogo
1987 Vasco da Gama Fluminense
1986 Vasco da Gama Flamengo
1985 Fluminense Vasco da Gama
1984 Flamengo Fluminense
1983 Fluminense America
1982 Flamengo Vasco da Gama
1981 Flamengo America
1980 Flamengo Americano
1979 Flamengo Fluminense
1978 Flamengo Fluminense
1977 Vasco da Gama Flamengo
1976 Vasco da Gama Flamengo
1975 Fluminense America
1974 America Fluminense
1973 Flamengo Vasco da Gama
1972 Flamengo Fluminense
1971 Fluminense Botafogo
1970 Flamengo Fluminense
1969 Fluminense Botafogo
1968 Botafogo Flamengo
1967 Botafogo America
1966 Fluminense Flamengo
1965 Vasco da Gama Botafogo

Titles by team

Statistics

Since 1990, the winner of the Guanabara Cup has also won the State championship in 1992, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013.

Flamengo in 1996 and 2011, Vasco da Gama in 1992 and 1998 and Botafogo in 2010 and 2013 have won both rounds of the Rio de Janeiro State championship.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Rio de Janeiro Championship 1994". RSSSF Brasil. Archived from the original on March 23, 2008. Retrieved February 26, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Rio de Janeiro Championship 1995 - First Level". RSSSF Brasil. Archived from the original on August 23, 2007. Retrieved February 26, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Nos pênaltis, Fluminense vence o Flamengo e leva a Taça Guanabara". Globoesporte.com (in Portuguese). March 5, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
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