# Rio de Janeiro state football team

The Rio de Janeiro state football team (Portuguese: Seleção Carioca de Futebol) represents Rio de Janeiro in association football.

## History

The team was created in 1901 in response to the creation of a team for São Paulo, since at the beginning of the 20th century these were the two centers where the practice of football began in Brazil.
Because they preceded the Brazil national squad which played its first match in 1914, sometimes Rio de Janeiro represented the country (as did the São Paulo state team), against foreign squads that toured South America, or against Argentina, who in that period were more developed in the practice of football.
It is the most successful team in the Campeonato Brasileiro de Seleções Estaduais (Brazilian State Selection Championship), with 15 titles conquered.

## Periods

Rio de Janeiro was the capital of Brazil until 1960, year of construction of Brasília, then the Seleção Carioca represented the Federal District (later, the Guanabara State) until in 1975, there was the unification of the city of Rio de Janeiro with the state of Rio de Janeiro. There was also the Rio de Janeiro state football team (countryside), called Seleção Fluminense (1922–1978), who faced the Seleção Carioca several times in previous decades.
| State | Years |
| Rio de Janeiro (DF) | 1901–1960 |
| Guanabara (GB) | 1960–1975 |
| Rio de Janeiro (RJ) | 1975– |

## Players

Following is the information about the players who appeared for the Rio de Janeiro state team:

### Notable players

* Ademir
* Bismarck
* Carvalho Leite
* Castilho
* Chico
* Dejan Petkovic
* Didi
* Domingos da Guia
* Edgardo Andrada
* Edmundo
* Garrincha
* Gérson
* Henry Welfare
* Leônidas
* Nilo
* Patesko
* Preguinho
* Renato Gaúcho
* Roberto Dinamite
* Romário
* Sylvio Pirillo
* Túlio Maravilha
* Vavá
* Zagallo
* Zezé
* Zico
* Zizinho

### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Goals | Career |
| 1 | Nilo | 52 | 1922–1934 |
| 2 | Russinho | 36 | 1926–1935 |
| 3 | Zezé | 34 | 1918–1923 |
| 3 | Carvalho Leite | 34 | 1931–1939 |
| 5 | Harry Welfare | 31 | 1913–1920 |
| 6 | Oswaldinho | 23 | 1926–1929 |
| 7 | Carreiro | 20 | 1935–1941 |
| 8 | Leônidas da Silva | 19 | 1931–1941 |
| 9 | Ademir de Menezes | 17 | 1943–1955 |
| 9 | Sylvio Pirillo | 17 | 1943 |

## Managers

These are all the managers who as headed Rio de Janeiro state team:
* Luiz Vinhaes (1931–1933)
* Carlos Carlomagno (1934–1937)
* Hílton Santos (1938)
* Jayme Barcelos (1938–1939)
* Costa Velho (1939)
* Osvaldo Melo (1940–1941)
* Flávio Costa (1941–1945)
* Luiz Vinhaes (1946)
* Flávio Costa (1947–1950)
* Zezé Moreira (1952)
* Martim Francisco (1955)
* Newton Anet (1956)
* Flávio Costa (1956)
* Sylvio Pirillo (1957)
* Gentil Cardoso (1957)
* Tim (1959–1960)
* Jorge Vieira (1961)
* Flávio Costa (1962–1963)
* Daniel Pinto (1964)
* Mário Zagallo (1967)
* Paulinho de Almeida (1968)
* Mário Zagallo (1969)
* Otto Glória (1970)
* Paraguaio (1971)
* Mário Travaglini (1972–1975)
* Orlando Fantoni (1977)
* Edu Coimbra (1981)
* Zé Mario (1982)
* Sebastião Lazaroni (1987)
* José Maria Pena (1988)
* Antônio Clemente (1990)
* Sérgio Cosme (1990)
* Ricardo Barreto (1996)
* Alcir Portela (1996)
* Renato Gaúcho (2004)
* Alfredo Sampaio (2008)
* Zico (2010)

## Honours

* Campeonato Brasileiro de Seleções Estaduais:
** Winners (15): 1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1931, 1935 (CBD), 1935 (FBF), 1938, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1950, 1987
* Taça Rio-São Paulo de Seleções: (vs. São Paulo)
** Winners: 1915
* Taça Delfim Moreira: (vs. Minas Gerais)
** Winners (2): 1919, 1920
* Taça São Januário: (vs. Huracán)
** Winners: 1930
* Taça Emílio Garrastazu Médici: (vs. Minas Gerais)
** Winners: 1971
* Taça Heleno Nunes: (vs. São Paulo)
** Winners: 1975

## Fixtures and results
### 21st century

The Rio de Janeiro team played only three matches in the XXI century:

## Last squad

The following players were called up for the Copa Inovação against São Paulo, on 9 December 2010.
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| 1GK | Rafael | (1984-03-24)24 March 1984 (aged 26) | 1 | 0 | Fluminense |
| 1GK | Vinícius | (1984-11-09)9 November 1984 (aged 26) | 1 | 0 | Flamengo |
| 2DF | Léo Moura | (1978-10-23)23 October 1978 (aged 32) | 1 | 0 | Flamengo |
| 2DF | Leandro Euzébio | (1981-08-18)18 August 1981 (aged 29) | 1 | 0 | Fluminense |
| 2DF | Dedé | (1988-07-01)1 July 1988 (aged 22) | 1 | 1 | Vasco da Gama |
| 2DF | Alessandro | (1977-09-21)21 September 1977 (aged 33) | 0 | 0 | Botafogo |
| 2DF | Fagner | (1989-06-11)11 June 1989 (aged 21) | 1 | 0 | Vasco da Gama |
| 2DF | Antônio Carlos | (1983-06-22)22 June 1983 (aged 27) | 1 | 0 | Botafogo |
| 2DF | Marcelo Cordeiro | (1981-04-12)12 April 1981 (aged 29) | 1 | 0 | Botafogo |
| 3MF | Fernando Bob | (1988-01-07)7 January 1988 (aged 22) | 1 | 0 | Fluminense |
| 3MF | Somália | (1984-04-10)10 April 1984 (aged 26) | 1 | 0 | Botafogo |
| 3MF | Carlos Alberto | (1984-12-11)11 December 1984 (aged 25) | 1 | 0 | Vasco da Gama |
| 3MF | Toró | (1986-04-13)13 April 1986 (aged 24) | 1 | 0 | Flamengo |
| 3MF | Tartá | (1989-04-13)13 April 1989 (aged 21) | 1 | 0 | Fluminense |
| 4FW | Somália | (1977-06-22)22 June 1977 (aged 33) | 1 | 0 | Duque de Caxias |
| 4FW | Jóbson | (1988-02-15)15 February 1988 (aged 22) | 0 | 0 | Botafogo |
| 4FW | Diego Maurício | (1991-06-25)25 June 1991 (aged 19) | 1 | 0 | Flamengo |
| 4FW | Daniel Morais | (1986-05-12)12 May 1986 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 | America |
| 4FW | Wellington Silva | (1993-01-06)6 January 1993 (aged 17) | 0 | 0 | Fluminense |

## Head-to-head record

Below is a result summary of all matches Rio de Janeiro have played against another Brazilian state teams, FIFA national teams and clubs.
Positive Record  Neutral Record  Negative Record