# 2016 Campeonato Carioca

The 2016 Campeonato Carioca de Futebol was the 113th edition of the top tier football of FFERJ (Federação de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, or Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation). The top four teams competed in 2017 Copa do Brasil.
On 4 August 2015, the arbitral tribunal decided to dispute this edition, which would differ from previous editions. Also, 2016 Summer Olympics preparations of the Maracanã Stadium and Estádio Olímpico João Havelange made them unavailable except for the finals. Matches were moved to large stadiums in other cities.

## Participating teams

| Club | Home city | Manager |
| America | Rio de Janeiro (Tijuca) | Clóvis de Oliveira |
| Bangu | Rio de Janeiro (Bangu) | Mário Marques |
| Boavista | Saquarema | Rodrigo Beckham |
| Bonsucesso | Rio de Janeiro (Bonsucesso) | Toninho Andrade |
| Botafogo | Rio de Janeiro (Botafogo) | Ricardo Gomes |
| Cabofriense | Cabo Frio | Eduardo Hungaro |
| Flamengo | Rio de Janeiro (Gávea) | Muricy Ramalho |
| Fluminense | Rio de Janeiro (Laranjeiras) | Levir Culpi |
| Friburguense | Nova Friburgo | Gérson Andreotti |
| Macaé | Macaé | Tita |
| Madureira | Rio de Janeiro (Madureira) | Alfredo Sampaio |
| Portuguesa | Rio de Janeiro (Governador) | Marcelo Salles |
| Resende | Resende | Marcelo Cabo |
| Tigres do Brasil | Duque de Caxias | Cássio Barros |
| Vasco da Gama | Rio de Janeiro (Vasco da Gama) | Jorginho |
| Volta Redonda | Volta Redonda | Felipe Surian |

## League tables

The sixteen sides were split into two groups of eight, with the top four from both groups advancing to the promotion stage (Taça Guanabara) and the bottom four from both groups advancing to the relegation stage (Taça Rio).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Vasco da Gama | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | +12 | 20 | Taça Guanabara |
| 2 | Boavista | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 15 | Taça Guanabara |
| 3 | Fluminense | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 13 | Taça Guanabara |
| 4 | Bangu | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 11 | Taça Guanabara |
| 5 | Cabofriense | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 7 | Taça Rio |
| 6 | Portuguesa | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | −6 | 7 | Taça Rio |
| 7 | Resende | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 7 | Taça Rio |
| 8 | Macaé | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 4 | Taça Rio |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Botafogo | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 22 | Taça Guanabara |
| 2 | Flamengo | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 4 | +15 | 19 | Taça Guanabara |
| 3 | Volta Redonda | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 13 | Taça Guanabara |
| 4 | Madureira | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 12 | Taça Guanabara |
| 5 | America | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 11 | Taça Rio |
| 6 | Friburguense | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 11 | Taça Rio |
| 7 | Tigres do Brasil | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | −11 | 4 | Taça Rio |
| 8 | Bonsucesso | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 22 | −16 | 1 | Taça Rio |

## Taça Guanabara

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Vasco da Gama | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 17 | Taça GB champions and Semifinals |
| 2 | Fluminense | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 14 | Advanced in Semifinals |
| 3 | Botafogo | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 14 | Advanced in Semifinals |
| 4 | Flamengo | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 12 | Advanced in Semifinals |
| 5 | Volta Redonda | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 8 | Taça Rio |
| 6 | Boavista | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 6 | Taça Rio |
| 7 | Bangu | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 4 | |
| 8 | Madureira | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 2 | |

## Taça Rio

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Resende | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 15 | Advanced in Semifinals |
| 2 | Macaé | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 13 | Advanced in Semifinals |
| 3 | Tigres do Brasil | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 11 | |
| 4 | Portuguesa | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 11 | |
| 5 | Cabofriense | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 10 | |
| 6 | Bonsucesso | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 8 | |
| 7 | Friburguense | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 6 | Relegation in Carioca Série B |
| 8 | America | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 5 | Relegation in Carioca Série B |

### Taça Rio - Final Stage

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Volta Redonda | Volta Redonda | 2 | | | |
| Resende | Resende | 1 | | | |
| Resende | Resende | 1 | Volta Redonda | Volta Redonda | 3 |
| | | | Macaé | Macaé | 0 |
| Boavista | Boavista | 1 | Macaé | Macaé | 0 |
| Macaé | Macaé | 4 | | | |

### Final
## Final Stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Vasco da Gama | Vasco da Gama | 2 | | | | | |
| Flamengo | Flamengo | 0 | | | | | |
| Flamengo | Flamengo | 0 | Vasco da Gama | Vasco da Gama | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| | | | Botafogo | Botafogo | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Fluminense | Fluminense | 0 | Botafogo | Botafogo | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Botafogo | Botafogo | 1 | | | | | |

### Finals
## Awards
### Team of the year
#### Player of the Season

The Player of the Year was awarded to Nenê.

#### Young Player of the Season

The Young Player of the Year was awarded to Ribamar.