2011 Campeonato Carioca

The 2011 Campeonato Estadual da Serie A de Profissionais do Rio de Janeiro is the 110th season of Rio de Janeiro's top professional football league. The competition will begin January 19 and end on May 15. Botafago is the defending champion.

Format

The sixteen clubs were divided into two groups that will play in two tournaments. In the first tournament, the Taça Guanabara, the teams from one group will play within their group in a single round-robin tournament. The two best teams from each group will advance to the playoffs and while the next best two will play for the Troféu Washington Rodrigues. In the second tournament, the Taça Rio, the teams will play with against the teams in the other group in a single round-robin format. The two best teams from each group will advance to the playoffs and while the next best two will play for the Troféu Carlos Alberto Torres. The winner of both the Taça Guanabara and Taça Rio will play for the state championship. If the same team wins both tournament, they are automatically declared the champion.

Qualifications

The best two teams not qualified to 2012 Copa Libertadores will qualify for 2012 Copa do Brasil. The best team not playing in Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, B, or C will qualify for 2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D

Participating teams

Taça Guanabara

The 2011 Taça Guanabara began on January 19 and ended on February 27. Flamengo won their 19th Taça Guanabara and qualified to the state finals.

First stage

Group A standings

Updated to games played on 13 February
Source: http://www.soccerway.com
Rules for classification:1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored; 5th red cards received; 6th yellow cards received; 7th draw.
(A) = Advances to semifinal.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(TA) = Advances to a further round ; (E) = Eliminated ; (TE) =Eliminated from semifinal.

Group B standings

Updated to games played on 13 February
Source: http://www.soccerway.com
Rules for classification:1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored; 5th red cards received; 6th yellow cards received; 7th draw.
(A) = Advances to semifinal.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(TA) = Advances to a further round ; (E) = Eliminated ; (TE) =Eliminated from semifinal.

Troféu Washington Rodrigues

Playoffs

Bracket

Semifinals

Boavista v Fluminense

February 19 17:00

Boavista	2–2	Fluminense
Tony  11' André Luís  54'		Marquinho  8' Fred  37'
	Penalties
Paulo Rodrigues Tony Frontini Edu Pina	4–2	Conca Rafael Moura Souza Rodriguinho

Estádio Olímpico João Havelange (Engenhão), Rio de Janeiro Referee: Wagner do Nascimento Magalhães

Botafogo v Flamengo

February 20 16:00

Botafogo	1–1	Flamengo
Abreu  48'		Ronaldo Angelim  14'
	Penalties
Márcio Rozário Éverton Somália Renato Cajá	1–3	Leonardo Moura Renato Fernando

Estádio Olímpico João Havelange (Engenhão), Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 26,854 Referee: Luís Antonio Silva Santos

Final

Boavista v Flamengo

February 27 16:00

Boavista	0–1	Flamengo
		Ronaldinho  71'

Estádio Olímpico João Havelange (Engenhão), Rio de Janeiro Referee: Marcelo de Lima Henrique

Taça Rio

First stage

Group A standings

Updated to games played on 9 April.
Source: http://www.soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored; 5th red cards received; 6th yellow cards received; 7th draw
(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.

Group B

Updated to games played on 2 April.
Source: http://www.soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored; 5th red cards received; 6th yellow cards received; 7th draw
(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.

Troféu Carlos Alberto Torres

Playoffs

Bracket

Semifinals

Vasco da Gama v Olaria

April 23, 2011 18:30 UTC−03:00

Vasco da Gama	1–0	Olaria
Éder Luís  37'

Estádio Olímpico João Havelange (Engenhão), Rio de Janeiro Referee: Patrice Wallace Correa Maia

Fluminense v Flamengo

April 24, 2011 16:00 UTC−03:00

Fluminense	1–1	Flamengo
Rafael Moura  22'		Thiago Neves  67'
	Penalties
Fred Souza Edinho Conca Araújo Gum Tartá	4–5	Renato Deivid Galhardo Bottinelli Thiago Neves David Diego Maurício

Estádio Olímpico João Havelange (Engenhão), Rio de Janeiro Referee: Péricles Bassols Pegado Cortez

Final

Vasco da Gama v Flamengo

May 1, 2011 16:00 UTC−03:00

Vasco da Gama	0–0	Flamengo
	Penalties
Alecsandro Bernardo Fellipe Bastos Élton	1–3	Renato Abreu Fierro Fernando Thiago Neves

Estádio Olímpico João Havelange (Engenhão), Rio de Janeiro Referee: Luís Antonio Silva Santos

Overall standings

Updated to games played on 17 April.
Source: http://www.fferj.com.br
Rules for classification: 1st Tournament Champion and Finalist 2nd points; 3rd wins; 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th red cards received; 7th yellow cards received; 8th draw.
This does not apply to defining the relegated Teams. If two or more teams had been tied in point at the end of the tournament, a playoff would have been held
1.Flamengo and Fluminense qualified via 2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
2.Vasco da Gama qualified as 2011 Copa do Brasil champions
3.Qualified as 2011 Copa Rio champions
4.Volta Redonda qualified for Serie D because all better-placed teams withdrew.
(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.

See also

2011 Copa Rio

References

External links

• Official webpage (Portuguese)