2017 Campeonato Carioca

Campeonato Carioca

Season	2017
← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 Campeonato Carioca de Futebol will be the 114th edition of the main division of football in Rio de Janeiro. The contest is organized by FERJ. The top four teams will compete in 2018 Copa do Brasil.

There is great news and it will have preliminary stage you will have the participation of the last four placed in the previous edition over the two from the Série B in which two top scorers are classified for the second phase plus the four that compete for the decline.^[1][2]

The two worst in Relegation playoffs played Campeonato Carioca Série B without and come back to play in the 2018 Campeonato Carioca.^[3]

Participating teams

Club	Home city	Manager	2016 result
Bangu	Rio de Janeiro	Eduardo Allax	7th
Boavista	Saquarema	Joel Santana	6th
Bonsucesso	Rio de Janeiro		14th
Botafogo	Rio de Janeiro	Jair Ventura	2nd
Cabofriense	Cabo Frio	Júnior Lopes	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		3th
Macaé	Macaé	Josué Teixeira	9th
Madureira	Rio de Janeiro	PC Gusmão	7th
Portuguesa	Rio de Janeiro	Nelson Rodrigues	12th
Resende	Resende	Ademir Fonseca	10th
Tigres do Brasil	Duque de Caxias	Felipe Loureiro	11th
Vasco da Gama	Rio de Janeiro		1st
Volta Redonda	Volta Redonda	Cairo Lima	5th

First round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bonsucesso									Championship round
2	Campos
3	Cabofriense									Relegation playoffs
4	Nova Iguaçu
5	Portuguesa
6	Tigres do Brasil

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Championship round

Taça Guanabara

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Boavista									Advanced in Semifinals
2	Botafogo
3	Flamengo
4	Macaé
5	Madureira
6	2nd First round

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bangu									Advanced in Semifinals
2	Fluminense
3	Resende
4	Vasco da Gama
5	Volta Redonda
6	1nd First round

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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Knockout stage

	Semifinals					Final

Taça Rio

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Boavista									Advanced in Semifinals
2	Botafogo
3	Flamengo
4	Macaé
5	Madureira
6	2nd First round

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bangu									Advanced in Semifinals
2	Fluminense
3	Resende
4	Vasco da Gama
5	Volta Redonda
6	1nd First round

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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Knockout stage

	Semifinals					Final

Relegation playoffs

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1
2
3										Relegation to 2017 Série B
4

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

References

1. "Carioca de 2017 terá novo formato, com fase inicial disputada por seis equipes". FutRio. 2016-10-03. 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.