# 2013 Campeonato Carioca

The 2013 Campeonato Estadual da Serie A de Profissionais do Rio de Janeiro was the 112th season of the top tier football of FFERJ (Federação de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, or Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation). The competition began on 19 January and ended on 19 May. Botafogo won.

## Format

The sixteen clubs were divided into two groups that played in two tournaments. In the first tournament, the Taça Guanabara, the teams played a match with each teams in the other group in a single round-robin format. The two best teams from each group advanced to the playoffs. In the second tournament, the Taça Rio, the teams from one group played within their group in a single round-robin tournament. The two best teams from each group advanced to the playoffs. The winner of both the Taça Guanabara and Taça Rio played for the state championship. If the same team won both tournaments, they were automatically declared the champion.

### Qualifications

The best four teams not qualified to 2014 Copa Libertadores qualified for 2014 Copa do Brasil. The best team not playing in Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, B, or C qualified for 2013 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D

## Participating teams

| Club | Home city |
| Audax Rio | São João de Meriti |
| Bangu | Rio de Janeiro (Bangu) |
| Boavista | Saquarema |
| Botafogo | Rio de Janeiro (Botafogo) |
| Duque de Caxias | Duque de Caxias |
| Flamengo | Rio de Janeiro (Gávea) |
| Fluminense | Rio de Janeiro (Laranjeiras) |
| Friburguense | Nova Friburgo |
| Macaé | Macaé |
| Madureira | Rio de Janeiro (Madureira) |
| Nova Iguaçu | Nova Iguaçu |
| Olaria | Rio de Janeiro (Olaria) |
| Quissamã | Quissamã |
| Resende | Resende |
| Vasco da Gama | Rio de Janeiro (Vasco da Gama) |
| Volta Redonda | Volta Redonda |

## First phase (Taça Guanabara)

The 2013 Taça Guanabara began on January 19 and ended on March 10.

### Group stage

Group A :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Vasco da Gama | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 16 | Advanced to the Semifinals |
| 2 | Botafogo | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 15 | Advanced to the Semifinals |
| 3 | Madureira | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 12 | |
| 4 | Friburguense | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 9 | |
| 5 | Volta Redonda | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 6 | |
| 6 | Quissamã | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 6 | |
| 7 | Nova Iguaçu | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 5 | |
| 8 | Olaria | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 3 | |
Group B :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Flamengo | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | +13 | 22 | Advanced to the Semifinals |
| 2 | Fluminense | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 16 | Advanced to the Semifinals |
| 3 | Bangu | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 14 | |
| 4 | Boavista | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 14 | |
| 5 | Audax Rio | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 12 | |
| 6 | Macaé | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 8 | |
| 7 | Resende | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 15 | −2 | 8 | |
| 8 | Duque de Caxias | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 5 | |

### Final stage

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| Vasco da Gama | Vasco da Gama | 3 | | | |
| Fluminense | Fluminense | 2 | | | |
| Fluminense | Fluminense | 2 | Vasco da Gama | Vasco da Gama | 0 |
| | | | Botafogo | Botafogo | 1 |
| Flamengo | Flamengo | 0 | Botafogo | Botafogo | 1 |
| Botafogo | Botafogo | 2 | | | |

## Second phase (Taça Rio)

The 2013 Taça Rio began on March and ended in May.

### Group stage

Group A :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Botafogo | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | +17 | 21 | Advanced to the Semifinals |
| 2 | Volta Redonda | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 13 | Advanced to the Semifinals |
| 3 | Friburguense | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 10 | |
| 4 | Olaria | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 9 | |
| 5 | Madureira | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 8 | |
| 6 | Nova Iguaçu | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 8 | |
| 7 | Vasco da Gama | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 7 | |
| 8 | Quissamã | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | −10 | 2 | |
Group B :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Fluminense | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 16 | Advanced to the Semifinals |
| 2 | Resende | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 15 | Advanced to the Semifinals |
| 3 | Flamengo | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 11 | |
| 4 | Audax Rio | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 | |
| 5 | Duque de Caxias | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 | |
| 6 | Boavista | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 8 | |
| 7 | Macaé | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 6 | |
| 8 | Bangu | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 3 | |

### Final stage

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| Botafogo | Botafogo | 5 | | | |
| Resende | Resende | 0 | | | |
| Resende | Resende | 0 | Botafogo | Botafogo | 1 |
| | | | Fluminense | Fluminense | 0 |
| Fluminense | Fluminense | 4 | Fluminense | Fluminense | 0 |
| Volta Redonda | Volta Redonda | 1 | | | |

## Torneio Super Clássicos

The Torneio Super Clássicos concerned all regular games between the four "big" clubs: Botafogo, Flamengo, Fluminense and Vasco da Gama.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Flamengo (C) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 9 |
| 2 | Botafogo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 |
| 3 | Fluminense | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 2 |
| 4 | Vasco da Gama | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 1 |

### 14th round
## Overall table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Botafogo (Q) | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 10 | +27 | 36 | 2014 Copa do Brasil |
| 2 | Flamengo (Q) | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 12 | +16 | 33 | 2014 Copa do Brasil |
| 3 | Fluminense (Q) | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 12 | +16 | 32 | 2014 Copa do Brasil |
| 4 | Vasco da Gama (Q) | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 20 | +3 | 23 | 2014 Copa do Brasil |
| 5 | Resende | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 25 | +1 | 23 | Série D |
| 6 | Boavista | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 19 | −2 | 22 | |
| 7 | Audax Rio | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 | −3 | 22 | |
| 8 | Madureira | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 20 | |
| 9 | Friburguense | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 24 | +1 | 19 | |
| 10 | Volta Redonda | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 19 | |
| 11 | Bangu | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 15 | −1 | 17 | |
| 12 | Duque de Caxias | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 22 | −7 | 14 | |
| 13 | Macaé | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 29 | −10 | 14 | |
| 14 | Nova Iguaçu | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 20 | −6 | 13 | Série D |
| 15 | Olaria (R) | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 23 | −15 | 12 | Relegation to Campeonato Carioca 2nd Division |
| 16 | Quissamã (R) | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 25 | −17 | 8 | Relegation to Campeonato Carioca 2nd Division |
* 1 2 Nova Iguaçu qualified as the 2012 Copa Rio champions.