State Championship of Rio de Janeiro
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The state championship of Rio de Janeiro , officially Campeonato Estadual da Série A de Profissionais , colloquially Campeonato Carioca , is the football championship of the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro . These days it takes place every year in the first months of the year before the national championship . It has been organized in its current form since 1979 by the national association of the Federação de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FERJ), which was established the previous year. It has its origins in the championship held for the first time in 1906 in the city of Rio de Janeiro, which at that time represented the federal district as the Brazilian capital .
In 1960, after the national capital was moved to Brasília , the federal district became the state of Guanabara . In 1975 this was combined with the surrounding area of the metropolis trading as the federal state of Rio de Janeiro under the name of the latter. The football championships of the two states, the Campeonato Carioca and the Campeonato Fluminense , were united after the merger of the two state associations in 1979. The Canto do Rio FC from Niterói played after the professionalization of its gaming operations from 1940 to 1964 as the only club of the then state of Rio de Janeiro in the championship of the city.
Today's competition is in continuity with the championship played in the city of Rio de Janeiro before 1979 . It is therefore not to be confused with the championship of the state of Rio de Janeiro played between 1915 and 1978 .
In contrast to European club football, the leading clubs take part in the national championship and the local state championships in the same year. The competition is used to determine participants in the national competitions. Provided that the clubs can not yet represented in a national league for entry into the Brazilian Série D qualify. The clubs can also secure participation in the national cup competition, the Copa do Brasil .
history
The city of Rio de Janeiro was Brazil since independence in 1822, both the capital of the province of Rio de Janeiro as well as the Empire Brazil. In 1834 the city was administratively separated from its surrounding area as an independent regional authority. Living up to its function as the capital of Brazil, it has now assumed the status of a "neutral city" (Município Neutro), while the surrounding area continued to exist as the province of Rio de Janeiro. Since both regional authorities had the same name, they have since been differentiated in simple language usage; Carioca stood for the city and Fluminense for the province. This state of affairs continued after the end of the Empire and the proclamation of the republic in 1889, after which the city now existed as a “federal district” ( Distrito Federal ) and the surrounding area now as a federal state. After the federal district was moved to Brasília in 1960 , the city assumed the status of a federal state with the name " Guanabara ". Rio city and the surrounding area were only reunited as a federal state in 1975.
In 1906 the soccer clubs of the federal district of Rio de Janeiro played their first championship, the third of any Brazilian state after São Paulo and Bahia . In its first decades, soccer was played at amateur level in Rio-Stadt, until the Liga Carioca de Futebol (LCF), founded in 1933 by four clubs, introduced professional structures for the first time, although in its first few years it was still in competition with amateur associations. until it finally prevailed in 1937 and after the inclusion of the other city clubs in their association structures took on the name Liga de Football do Rio de Janeiro (LFRJ), which in 1941 was again changed to Federação Metropolitana de Futebol (FMF). The move of the Brazilian federal district to Brasília with the accompanying conversion of the city-state of Rio de Janeiro into the state of Guanabara was taken as an opportunity by the FMF to change its name to Federação Carioca de Futebol (FCF).
In 1975, by decree of President Ernesto Geisel, the states of Guanabara (Rio City; Carioca ) and Rio de Janeiro (Rio hinterland; Fluminense ) were reunited with the name Rio de Janeiro, with Rio City becoming the new capital. The merger of the Federação Carioca de Futebol (FCF) and the Federação Fluminense de Desportos (FFD), however, was a long time coming, which until then continued to align their championships parallel to each other. It was not until September 29, 1987 that both associations were united in the Federação de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FERJ), which still exists today. But in 1979 the city clubs played their last own championship, which the CR Flamengo won. In the same year the FERJ played a union championship, in which the clubs from the city (Carioca) played against each other for the first time with those from the province (Fluminense) . The CR Flamengo was also able to secure the title.
Due to their economic strength, the municipal associations of the old Campeonato Carioca have a clear superiority in the state championship compared to the provincial associations of the old Campeonato Fluminense ; without exception, all championship titles since 1979 have gone to clubs from the city. The dominance is also reflected in the colloquial name of the championship, which has been played since 1979 and is still known as Campeonato Carioca .
mode
From 1982 to 2013 the national championship was played with a few interruptions in a mode of two phases, in which first the Taça Guanabara and then the Taça Rio were played. Their winners then competed against each other for the championship title in a final. If a club had won both trophies in the same year, it automatically won the championship title.
In 2014, the mode of delivery was reformed, with the Taça Rio being devalued at a consolation price compared to the Taça Guanabara, as its win is no longer associated with qualifying for the championship finals.
These days, the newcomers from Série B with the worst-placed last year, a total of six clubs, are playing a qualifying round, the so-called Group A, in league mode with a return leg. The two best qualify for the main event, the last four play in a group of four for relegation.
The twelve clubs in the main round will be divided into two groups, ensuring that two of the four major clubs (Flamengo, Fluminense, Vasco da Gama and Botafogo) are represented in each group. The clubs of group B then play in a single round against the clubs of group C. The first two clubs are then in the semi-finals, which qualify for the final of the Taça Guanabara. Then the whole thing is repeated, only that the Taça Rio is played at the end.
In order to determine the master, an overall table is then formed from the league games for Taça Guanabara and Rio, the first four of which qualify for the semi-finals of the state championship final.
The top four in the overall standings continue to qualify for the Brazilian national cup, the Copa do Brasil . Another qualification place is provided for promotion to the fourth highest division (Série D) of the Brazilian national championship .
Participant Série A 2017
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winner
 Record champions: CR Flamengo |
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Championship history
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Champion 2020: CR Flamengo |
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Web links
- Julio Bovi Diogo: Rio de Janeiro State - List of Champions , with references to the tournaments of the respective years, Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation and RSSSF Brazil
- Federação de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
See also
Acre | Alagoas | Amapá | Amazon | Bahia | Ceará | Distrito Federal (Brasília) | Espírito Santo | Goiás | Maranhão | Mato Grosso | Mato Grosso do Sul | Minas Gerais | Pará | Paraíba | Paraná | Pernambuco | Piauí | Rio de Janeiro (Carioca) | Rio Grande do Norte | Rio Grande do Sul | Rondônia | Roraima | Santa Catarina | São Paulo | Sergipe | Tocantins
No longer held: Rio de Janeiro (Fluminense)