2016 Campeonato Carioca

Campeonato Carioca
Season	2016
Dates	January 30 – May 3, 2016
Champions	Vasco da Gama
Relegated	Friburguense; America
Série D	Volta Redonda; Boavista
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The 2016 Campeonato Carioca de Futebol was the 113th edition of the top tier football of FFERJ (Federação de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, or Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation). The top four teams competed in 2017 Copa do Brasil.

On 4 August 2015, the arbitral tribunal decided to dispute this edition, which would differ from previous editions.^[1] Also, 2016 Summer Olympics preparations of the Maracanã Stadium and Estádio Olímpico João Havelange made them unavailable except for the finals. Matches were moved to large stadiums in other cities.

Participating teams[]

Club	Home city	Manager
America	Rio de Janeiro
Bangu	Rio de Janeiro	Mário Marques
Boavista	Saquarema	Rodrigo Beckham
Bonsucesso	Rio de Janeiro	Toninho Andrade
Botafogo	Rio de Janeiro	Ricardo Gomes
Cabofriense	Cabo Frio	Eduardo Hungaro
Flamengo	Rio de Janeiro	Muricy Ramalho
Fluminense	Rio de Janeiro	Levir Culpi
Friburguense	Nova Friburgo	Gérson Andreotti
Macaé	Macaé	Tita
Madureira	Rio de Janeiro	Alfredo Sampaio
Portuguesa	Rio de Janeiro	Marcelo Salles
Resende	Resende	Marcelo Cabo
Tigres do Brasil	Duque de Caxias	Cássio Barros
Vasco da Gama	Rio de Janeiro	Jorginho
Volta Redonda	Volta Redonda	Felipe Surian

League tables[]

The sixteen sides were split into two groups of eight, with the top four from both groups advancing to the promotion stage (Taça Guanabara) and the bottom four from both groups advancing to the relegation stage (Taça Rio).

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vasco da Gama	8	6	2	0	18	6	+12	20	Taça Guanabara
2	Boavista	8	4	3	1	13	7	+6	15
3	Fluminense	8	4	1	3	16	11	+5	13
4	Bangu	8	3	2	3	13	11	+2	11
5	Cabofriense	8	2	1	5	9	12	−3	7	Taça Rio
6	Portuguesa	8	2	1	5	11	17	−6	7
7	Resende	8	1	4	3	5	11	−6	7
8	Macaé	8	1	1	6	5	12	−7	4

Updated to match(es) played on 3 March 2016. Source: Group A Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Botafogo	8	7	1	0	12	3	+9	22	Taça Guanabara
2	Flamengo	8	6	1	1	19	4	+15	19
3	Volta Redonda	8	3	4	1	13	10	+3	13
4	Madureira	8	3	3	2	12	12	0	12
5	America	8	3	2	3	9	9	0	11	Taça Rio
6	Friburguense	8	3	2	3	10	13	−3	11
7	Tigres do Brasil	8	1	1	6	6	17	−11	4
8	Bonsucesso	8	0	1	7	6	22	−16	1

Updated to match(es) played on 3 March 2016. Source: Group B Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Taça Guanabara[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vasco da Gama	7	5	2	0	8	2	+6	17	Taça GB champions and Semifinals
2	Fluminense	7	4	2	1	10	3	+7	14	Advanced in Semifinals
3	Botafogo	7	4	2	1	8	4	+4	14
4	Flamengo	7	3	3	1	10	4	+6	12
5	Volta Redonda	7	2	2	3	6	8	−2	8	Taça Rio
6	Boavista	7	2	0	5	3	10	−7	6	Taça Rio
7	Bangu	7	1	1	5	5	13	−8	4
8	Madureira	7	0	2	5	4	10	−6	2

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

Taça Rio[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Resende	7	5	0	2	12	8	+4	15	Advanced in Semifinals
2	Macaé	7	4	1	2	11	7	+4	13	Advanced in Semifinals
3	Tigres do Brasil	7	3	2	2	9	8	+1	11
4	Portuguesa	7	3	2	2	7	6	+1	11
5	Cabofriense	7	3	1	3	6	5	+1	10
6	Bonsucesso	7	2	2	3	10	9	+1	8
7	Friburguense	7	2	0	5	6	12	−6	6	Relegation in Carioca Série B
8	America	7	1	2	4	5	11	−6	5	Relegation in Carioca Série B

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

Taça Rio - Final Stage[]

Semifinals		Finals

Volta Redonda	2

Resende	1
		Volta Redonda	3

		Macaé	0
Boavista	1

Macaé	4

Semi-finals[]

23 April 2016

15:30

Volta Redonda	2 - 1	Resende
Bruno Barra 40' Luan 60'		33' Jones

Moça Bonita, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Lenílton Rodrigues Gomes Júnior

24 April 2016

16:00

Boavista	1 - 4	Macaé
Reinaldo 43'		11' Marcel 24' Jhulliam 57' Muriel 92' Borja

São Januário, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Philip Bennett

Final[]

1 May 2016

16:00

Volta Redonda	3 - 0	Macaé
Dija Baiano 62' Bruno Barra 91' Tiago Amaral 93'

São Januário, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: João Batista de Arruda

Final Stage[]

Semi-finals		Finals

Vasco da Gama	2

Flamengo	0
		Vasco da Gama	1	1	2

		Botafogo	0	1	1
Fluminense	0

Botafogo	1

Semi-finals[]

24 April 2016

18:30

Vasco da Gama	2 - 0	Flamengo
Andrezinho 22' Wallace 57' (o.g.)

Arena da Amazônia, Manaus

Referee: Leonardo Garcia Cavaleiro

24 April 2016

19:00

Fluminense	0 - 1	Botafogo
		17' Ribamar

Raulino de Oliveira, Volta Redonda

Referee: Rodrigo Carvalhaes de Miranda

Finals[]

1 May 2016

16:00

Botafogo	0 - 1	Vasco da Gama
		60' Jorge Henrique

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 37.207

Referee: Wagner do Nascimento Magalhães

8 May 2016

16:00

Vasco da Gama	1 - 1	Botafogo
Rafael Vaz 56'		49' Leandrinho

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 53.634

Referee: Leonardo Garcia Cavaleiro

Awards[]

Team of the year[]

Pos.	Player	Club
GK	Martín Silva	Vasco da Gama
DF	Rodinei	Flamengo
DF	Rodrigo	Vasco da Gama
DF	Luan	Vasco da Gama
DF	Diogo Barbosa	Botafogo
MF	Andrezinho	Vasco da Gama
MF	Willian Arão	Flamengo
MF	Gustavo Scarpa	Fluminense
MF	Nenê	Vasco da Gama
FW	Ribamar	Botafogo
FW	Riascos	Vasco da Gama

Source Globo Esporte
Last updated: 14 May 2016

Martín Silva

Rodrigo

Luan

Rodinei

Player of the Season

The Player of the Year was awarded to Nenê.^[2]

Young Player of the Season

The Young Player of the Year was awarded to Ribamar.^[2]

References[]

^ "Arbitral define fórmula e regulamento do Carioca 2016" (in Portuguese). FERJ. 2015-08-06. Retrieved 2015-12-14.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Nenê é eleito o 'craque', e campeão Vasco domina seleção ideal do Carioca". UOL.

[1] "Arbitral define fórmula e regulamento do Carioca 2016" (in Portuguese). FERJ. 2015-08-06. Retrieved 2015-12-14.

[Players-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Nenê é eleito o 'craque', e campeão Vasco domina seleção ideal do Carioca". UOL.

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