2002 Campeonato Carioca

The 2002 edition of the Campeonato Carioca kicked off on January 26 and ended on June 27, 2002. It is the official tournament organized by FFERJ (Federação de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, or Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation. Only clubs based in the Rio de Janeiro State are allowed to play. Eighteen teams contested this edition. Due to multiple schedule conflicts with the Rio-São Paulo tournament that year, the big teams used mostly reserve teams in the first phase.[1] Fluminense won the title for the 29th time, however, due to an incident in the semifinals, the title remained under dispute until 2009.[2][3] Entrerriense, CFZ, Cabofriense, Serrano, Portuguesa, São Cristóvão and Itaperuna were relegated.[4][5]

Campeonato Carioca
Season2002
ChampionsFluminense
RelegatedEntrerriense
CFZ
Cabofriense
Serrano
Portuguesa
São Cristóvão
Itaperuna
Copa do BrasilVasco da Gama
Flamengo
Fluminense
Americano
Botafogo
Bangu
Matches played148
Goals scored459 (3.1 per match)
Top goalscorerFábio (Volta Redonda) - 16 goals
Biggest home winVasco da Gama 6-1 Entrerriense (April 24, 2002)
Flamengo 6-1 Entrerriense (May 15, 2002)
Biggest away winEntrerriense 0-3 Vasco da Gama (February 6, 2002)
Flamengo 1-4 Americano (February 27, 2002)
Entrerriense 0-3 Fluminense (May 1, 2002)
Entrerriense 0-3 Bangu (May 19, 2002)
Madureira 0-3 Fluminense (May 26, 2002)
Vasco da Gama 1-4 Bangu (June 2, 2002)
Volta Redonda 1-4 Friburguense (June 8, 2002)
Highest scoringVasco da Gama 6-1 Entrerriense (April 24, 2002)
Flamengo 5-2 Olaria (April 28, 2002)
Flamengo 6-1 Entrerriense (May 15, 2002)
Volta Redonda 4-3 Vasco da Gama (May 19, 2002)
Vasco da Gama 3-4 Americano (June 5, 2002)
2001
2003

System

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The tournament was divided in five stages:[5]

  • Preliminary tournament: The five worst teams of the 2001 championship joined the champions and the runner-up of the Second Level; each team played against each other in a double round-robin format, and the best team would qualify to the main tournament.
  • Taça Guanabara: The 12 clubs all played in single round-robin format against each other.
  • Taça Rio: The 12 clubs all played in single round-robin format against each other.
  • Second phase: The four best-placed teams in the Aggregate table of the Taças Guanabara and Rio and the 'big four' (Botafogo, Flamengo, Fluminense and Vasco), who qualified regardless of placing in the aggregate table, were divided into two groups of four, in which each team played once against the teams of its own group, and the two best place teams in each group qualified to the Semifinals.
  • Semifinals and Finals: The semifinals would the played in a single match. in case of a tie, the team with the best season record would advance, and the Finals would happen in two matches, both played at the Maracanã Stadium.

Championship

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Preliminary phase

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Entrerriense 12 8 3 1 25 7 +18 27 Main tournament
2 CFZ 12 8 1 3 28 13 +15 25 Relegated
3 Cabofriense 12 7 3 2 30 20 +10 24
4 Portuguesa 12 5 2 5 18 14 +4 17
5 São Cristóvão 12 2 4 6 22 29 −7 10
6 Serrano 12 2 2 8 12 21 −9 8
7 Itaperuna 12 2 1 9 12 43 −31 7
Updated to match(es) played on December 16, 2001. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Taça Guanabara

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Americano 11 10 1 0 28 9 +19 31 Champions
2 Vasco da Gama 11 9 1 1 21 6 +15 28
3 Volta Redonda 11 6 2 3 25 18 +7 20
4 Madureira 11 5 2 4 20 17 +3 17
5 Bangu 11 5 1 5 14 14 0 16
6 Botafogo 11 4 3 4 23 23 0 15
7 Olaria 11 4 2 5 14 22 −8 14
8 Fluminense 11 3 3 5 15 17 −2 12
9 Friburguense 11 2 3 6 14 20 −6 9
10 América 11 3 0 8 14 23 −9 9
11 Entrerriense 11 2 2 7 15 22 −7 8
12 Flamengo 11 1 4 6 9 21 −12 7
Updated to match(es) played on March 25, 2002. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Taça Rio

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Americano 11 7 2 2 17 7 +10 23 Champions
2 Vasco da Gama 11 6 3 2 25 15 +10 21
3 Volta Redonda 11 6 3 2 21 15 +6 21
4 Friburguense 11 6 2 3 22 18 +4 20
5 Fluminense 11 6 1 4 17 13 +4 19
6 Botafogo 11 5 4 2 16 11 +5 19
7 Flamengo 11 4 2 5 21 17 +4 14
8 Bangu 11 4 2 5 14 14 0 14
9 Madureira 11 4 0 7 13 21 −8 12
10 América 11 3 2 6 17 19 −2 11
11 Olaria 11 2 2 7 12 22 −10 8
12 Entrerriense 11 0 3 8 8 31 −23 3
Updated to match(es) played on May 29, 2002. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Aggregate table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Americano 22 17 3 2 44 16 +28 54 Qualified
2 Vasco da Gama 22 15 4 3 46 21 +25 49
3 Volta Redonda 22 12 5 5 46 33 +13 41
4 Botafogo 22 9 7 6 39 34 +5 34
5 Fluminense 22 9 4 9 32 30 +2 31
6 Bangu 22 9 3 10 28 28 0 30
7 Friburguense 22 8 5 9 36 38 −2 29
8 Madureira 22 9 2 11 33 38 −5 29
9 Olaria 22 6 4 12 26 44 −18 22
10 Flamengo 22 5 6 11 30 38 −8 21 Qualified
11 América 22 6 2 14 31 42 −11 20
12 Entrerriense 22 2 5 15 25 53 −28 11 Relegated
Updated to match(es) played on May 29, 2002. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Second phase

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Americano 3 2 1 0 7 5 +2 7 Qualified
2 Bangu 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 6
3 Botafogo 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 4
4 Vasco da Gama 3 0 0 3 4 9 −5 0
Updated to match(es) played on June 9, 2002. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Fluminense 3 3 0 0 9 3 +6 9 Qualified
2 Friburguense 3 1 1 1 7 6 +1 4
3 Flamengo 3 1 1 1 6 8 −2 4
4 Volta Redonda 3 0 0 3 4 9 −5 0
Updated to match(es) played on May 29, 2002. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Semifinals

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
Fluminense 0–0 Bangu
Americano 1–0 Friburguense

Finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Fluminense 5–1 Americano 2–0 3–1

References

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  1. ^ "O Globo - Relembre outras confusões que assolaram o Campeonato Carioca". Retrieved April 27, 2019.
  2. ^ "Terra - Fluminense é confirmado como campeão carioca de 2002". Retrieved April 27, 2019.
  3. ^ "ESPN - Título do Carioca de 2002 continua indefinido". Retrieved April 27, 2019.
  4. ^ "RSSSF – Championship of Rio de Janeiro 2002". Retrieved April 27, 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Futebolnacional.com.br – Championship of Rio de Janeiro 2003". Retrieved April 25, 2019.