2017 Campeonato Carioca

Campeonato Carioca
Season	2017
Dates	11 January – 4 May 2017
Champions	Flamengo
Relegated	Campos; Tigres do Brasil
	← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 Campeonato Carioca de Futebol was the 114th edition of the top tier football of 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 the 2017 Copa do Brasil.

Unlike previous editions of the Campeonato Carioca, there was a preliminary stage played by the bottom four teams from the previous edition, and the top two teams from the latest edition of Série B (second tier), totaling six teams. The top two scoring teams were qualified for the final phase. The remaining four teams competed in a new bracket being eliminated from the final phase. The bottom two were relegated to the second tier in the next edition. The final phase was played in two separate groups of six teams each, including the two teams qualified from the initial phase, one in each bracket.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Participating teams[]

Club	Home city	Manager	2016 result
Bangu	Rio de Janeiro	Roberto Fernandes	7th
Boavista	Saquarema	Joel Santana	6th
Bonsucesso	Rio de Janeiro	Duílio	14th
Botafogo	Rio de Janeiro	Jair Ventura	2nd
Cabofriense	Cabo Frio	Antônio Carlos Roy	13th
Campos	Campos dos Goytacazes	Rafael Soriano	2nd (Série B)
Nova Iguaçu	Nova Iguaçu	Edson Souza	1st (Série B)
Flamengo	Rio de Janeiro	Zé Ricardo	4th
Fluminense	Rio de Janeiro	Abel Braga	3rd
Macaé	Macaé	Toninho Andrade	9th
Madureira	Rio de Janeiro	PC Gusmão	7th
Portuguesa	Rio de Janeiro	João Carlos Ângelo	12th
Resende	Resende	Ademir Fonseca	10th
Tigres do Brasil	Duque de Caxias	Manoel Neto	11th
Vasco da Gama	Rio de Janeiro	Milton Mendes	1st
Volta Redonda	Volta Redonda	Felipe Surian	5th

First round (Group A)[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portuguesa (Q)	4	3	1	0	4	1	+3	10	Championship round
2	Nova Iguaçu (Q)	5	2	2	1	11	7	+4	8	Championship round
3	Cabofriense	5	2	2	1	10	7	+3	8	Relegation playoffs
4	Campos	5	1	3	1	6	6	0	6
5	Tigres do Brasil	5	1	2	2	7	8	−1	5
6	Bonsucesso	4	0	2	2	4	10	−6	2

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Championship round[]

Taça Guanabara[]

Group stage[]

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Flamengo (Q)	5	5	0	0	17	2	+15	15	Qualified for Semifinals
2	Madureira (Q)	5	3	1	1	5	5	0	10	Qualified for Semifinals
3	Botafogo	5	2	1	2	7	8	−1	7
4	Nova Iguaçu	5	1	3	1	5	7	−2	6
5	Boavista	5	1	1	3	6	9	−3	4
6	Macaé	5	0	0	5	3	12	−9	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Group C[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Fluminense (Q)	5	5	0	0	14	0	+14	15	Qualified for Semifinals
2	Vasco da Gama (Q)	5	3	0	2	6	6	0	9	Qualified for Semifinals
3	Volta Redonda	5	1	3	1	7	9	−2	6
4	Bangu	5	1	2	2	5	10	−5	5
5	Resende	5	1	1	3	5	6	−1	4
6	Portuguesa	5	0	2	3	5	11	−6	2

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Knockout stage[]

Semifinals			Final

1	Flamengo	1

4	Vasco da Gama	0
			Flamengo	3 (2)

			Fluminense	3 (4)
3	Fluminense	0

2	Madureira	0

Semi-finals[]

25 February 2017

17:00

Flamengo	1–0	Vasco da Gama
Diego 40' (pen.)	Premiere

Raulino de Oliveira, Volta Redonda

25 February 2017

16:30

Fluminense	0–0	Madureira
	TV Globo

Los Larios, Duque de Caxias

Final[]

5 March 2017

16:00

Fluminense	3–3	Flamengo
Wellington Silva 4' Henrique Dourado 32' (pen.) Lucas 40'	TV Globo	8' Willian Arão 23' Éverton 84' Guerrero
Penalties
Lucas Henrique Marquinhos Marcos Júnior	4 - 2	Diego Guerrero Réver Rafael Vaz

Nilton Santos, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Wagner do Nascimento Magalhães

Taça Guanabara 2017 Champion
Fluminense 10th title

Taça Rio[]

Group stage[]

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Botafogo (Q)	6	4	1	1	12	6	+6	13	Qualified for Semifinals
2	Flamengo (Q)	6	3	3	0	13	5	+8	12	Qualified for Semifinals
3	Nova Iguaçu	6	3	1	2	7	6	+1	10
4	Boavista	6	1	2	3	8	10	−2	5
5	Madureira	6	1	2	3	8	10	−2	5
6	Macaé	6	0	2	4	6	13	−7	2

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Group C[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vasco da Gama (Q)	6	3	3	0	8	4	+4	12	Qualified for Semifinals
2	Fluminense (Q)	6	3	2	1	12	8	+4	11	Qualified for Semifinals
3	Volta Redonda	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8
4	Portuguesa	6	2	2	2	7	11	−4	8
5	Resende	6	1	1	4	5	8	−3	4
6	Bangu	6	1	1	4	4	10	−6	4

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Knockout stage[]

Semifinals			Final

1	Botafogo	3

4	Fluminense	1
			Botafogo	0

			Vasco da Gama	2
3	Vasco da Gama	0

2	Flamengo	0

Semi-finals[]

8 April 2017

18:30

Botafogo	3 - 1	Fluminense
Igor Rabello 1' Dudu Cearense 26' Sassá 47'		88' (pen.) Richarlison

Nilton Santos, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 7 309

Referee: Alexandre Vagas Tavas de Jesus

9 April 2017

16:00

Vasco da Gama	0 - 0	Flamengo

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 21 895

Referee: Wagner do Nascimento Magalhães

Final[]

16 April 2017

16:00

Vasco da Gama	2 - 0	Botafogo
Douglas 86' Luis Fabiano 93'

Nilton Santos, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Bruno Arleu de Araújo

Taça Rio 2017 Champion
Vasco da Gama 10th title

Relegation playoffs[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Cabofriense	6	5	1	0	15	4	+11	16
2	Bonsucesso	6	2	2	2	5	4	+1	8
3	Campos	6	1	3	2	8	10	−2	6	Relegation to 2017 Série B1
4	Tigres do Brasil	6	0	2	4	4	14	−10	2	Relegation to 2017 Série B1

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

Overall table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Flamengo (A)	11	8	3	0	30	7	+23	27	Advance to Final Stage
2	Fluminense (A)	11	8	2	1	26	8	+18	26
3	Vasco da Gama (A)	11	6	3	2	14	10	+4	21
4	Botafogo (A)	11	6	2	3	19	14	+5	20
5	Nova Iguaçu (Q)	11	4	4	3	12	13	−1	16	2018 Série D
6	Madureira (Q)	11	4	3	4	13	15	−2	15	2018 Série D
7	Volta Redonda	11	3	5	3	15	17	−2	14
8	Boavista	11	3	3	5	9	13	−4	12
9	Portuguesa	11	2	4	5	12	22	−10	10
10	Bangu	11	2	3	6	9	20	−11	9
11	Resende (R)	11	2	2	7	10	14	−4	8	First round
12	Macaé (R)	11	0	2	9	9	25	−16	2	First round

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Final stage[]

Semi-final		Finals

Flamengo	2

Botafogo	1
		Flamengo	1	2	3

		Fluminense	0	1	1
Fluminense	3

Vasco da Gama	0

Semi-finals[]

23 April 2017

16:00

Flamengo	2 - 1	Botafogo
Guerrero 47', 65' (pen.)	TV Globo	87' (pen.) Sassá

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Leonardo Garcia Cavaleiro

22 April 2017

19:00

Fluminense	3 – 0	Vasco da Gama
Richarlison 50' Wellington Silva 55' Leo 66'	SporTV

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 20 092

Referee: Rodrigo Nunes de Sá

Final[]

30 April 2017

16:00

Fluminense	0 - 1	Flamengo
	TV Globo	33' Éverton

Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 34926

Referee: João Batista de Arruda

7 May 2017

16:00

Flamengo	2 - 1	Fluminense
Guerrero 84' Rodinei 90+5'	TV Globo	3' Henrique Dourado

Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 68165

Referee: Wágner do Nascimento Magalhães

Campeonato Carioca 2017 Champion
Flamengo 34th title

Awards[]

Team of the year[]

Manager: Abel Braga (Fluminense)

Pos.	Player	Club
GK	Martín Silva	Vasco da Gama
DF	Lucas	Fluminense
DF	Réver	Flamengo
DF	Henrique	Fluminense
DF	Miguel Trauco	Flamengo
MF	Douglas	Vasco da Gama
MF	Junior Sornoza	Fluminense
MF	Diego	Flamengo
FW	Richarlison	Fluminense
FW	Paolo Guerrero	Flamengo
FW	Wellington Silva	Fluminense

Source Globo Esporte
Last updated: 8 May 2017

Silva

Réver

Henrique

Lucas

Douglas

Diego

References[]

^ "Carioca de 2017 terá novo formato, com fase inicial disputada por seis equipes". FutRio. 2016-10-03. Archived from the original on 2019-12-13. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
^ "Arbitral define Carioca de 2017 mais enxuto e com 12 clubes na última fase". Bruno Braz-UOL. 2016-11-01. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
^ "Série B do Carioca de 2017 pode ter o campeão da 'B' de 2016". Terra. 2016-11-03. Retrieved 2016-11-06.

[1] "Carioca de 2017 terá novo formato, com fase inicial disputada por seis equipes". FutRio. 2016-10-03. Archived from the original on 2019-12-13. Retrieved 2016-10-09.

[2] "Arbitral define Carioca de 2017 mais enxuto e com 12 clubes na última fase". Bruno Braz-UOL. 2016-11-01. Retrieved 2016-11-06.

[3] "Série B do Carioca de 2017 pode ter o campeão da 'B' de 2016". Terra. 2016-11-03. Retrieved 2016-11-06.

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