# 2007 Campeonato Carioca

The 2007 edition of the Campeonato Carioca kicked off on January 19 and ended on May 4, 2007. 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. Twelve teams contested this edition. Flamengo won the title for the 29th time.

## System

The tournament was divided in two stages:
* Taça Guanabara: The 12 clubs were divided into two groups. teams from each group played in single round-robin format against the others in their group. Top two teams in each group advanced to semifinal and then, to the final, played in two matches.
* Taça Rio: The teams from one group play against teams from the other group once. Top two teams in each group qualify to semifinal and final, to be played in two matches.
* Finals: Taça Guanabara and Taça Rio winners play twice at Maracanã Stadium. If the same club wins both stages, they will be declared champions and the final won't be necessary.

## Championship
### Taça Guanabara
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Madureira | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 11 | Qualified to Semifinals |
| 2 | Flamengo | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 10 | Qualified to Semifinals |
| 3 | Botafogo | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 8 | |
| 4 | Boavista | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 | |
| 5 | Americano | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 4 | |
| 6 | Cabofriense | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 1 | |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Vasco da Gama | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 10 | Qualified to Semifinals |
| 2 | América | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 10 | Qualified to Semifinals |
| 3 | Friburguense | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 9 | |
| 4 | Volta Redonda | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 7 | |
| 5 | Fluminense | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 5 | |
| 6 | Nova Iguaçu | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 1 | |

#### Semifinals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Madureira | 2–1 | América |
| Vasco da Gama | 1–1 (1-3 pen.) | Flamengo |

#### Finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Madureira | 2–4 | Flamengo | 1–0 | 1–4 |

### Taça Rio
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Botafogo | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5 | +14 | 15 | Qualified to Semifinals |
| 2 | Cabofriense | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 12 | Qualified to Semifinals |
| 3 | Madureira | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 12 | |
| 4 | Flamengo | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 9 | |
| 5 | Americano | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 7 | |
| 6 | Boavista | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 23 | −8 | 4 | |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Volta Redonda | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 12 | Qualified to Semifinals |
| 2 | Vasco da Gama | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 10 | Qualified to Semifinals |
| 3 | Fluminense | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 9 | |
| 4 | Friburguense | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 15 | −7 | 9 | |
| 5 | América | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 6 | |
| 6 | Nova Iguaçu | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 20 | −12 | 1 | |

#### Semifinals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Botafogo | 4–4 (4-1 pen.) | Vasco da Gama |
| Volta Redonda | 1–1 (5-6 pen.) | Cabofriense |

#### Finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Botafogo | 5–3 | Cabofriense | 2–2 | 3–1 |

### Championship finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Flamengo | 4–4(4-2 pen.) | Botafogo | 2–2 | 2–2 |

## Aggregate table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Botafogo | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 13 | +17 | 23 | 2008 Copa do Brasil |
| 2 | Madureira | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 23 | 2008 Copa do Brasil and Série C |
| 3 | Vasco da Gama | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 15 | +16 | 20 | |
| 4 | Flamengo | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 18 | +1 | 19 | 2008 Copa do Brasil |
| 5 | Volta Redonda | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 19 | Série C |
| 6 | Friburguense | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 25 | −8 | 18 | Série C |
| 7 | América | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 20 | −4 | 16 | Série C |
| 8 | Fluminense | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 18 | −1 | 14 | |
| 9 | Cabofriense | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 13 | |
| 10 | Americano | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 11 | |
| 11 | Boavista | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 31 | −8 | 10 | |
| 12 | Nova Iguaçu | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 30 | −17 | 2 | Relegated |