2023 Campeonato Carioca

Campeonato Carioca

Season	2023
Dates	12 January - 9 April 2023
Champions	Fluminense (33rd title)
Relegated	Resende
2024 Copa do Brasil	Audax Rio Nova Iguaçu Portuguesa Vasco da Gama Volta Redonda
2024 Série D	Audax Rio Nova Iguaçu
Matches played	78
Goals scored	198 (2.54 per match)
Top goalscorer	Germán Cano (16 goals)
← 2022 2024 →

The 2023 Campeonato Carioca de Futebol (officially the Campeonato Carioca Betnacional 2023 for sponsorship reasons) ^[1] was the 120th edition of the top division of football in the state of Rio de Janeiro. The competition was organized by FERJ. It began on 12 January 2023 and ended on 9 April 2023. Defending champions Fluminense successfully defended their title after winning 4–3 on aggregate against Flamengo. ^[2]

Participating teams

Audax Rio

Boavista

Nova Iguaçu

Resende

Rio de Janeiro

Volta Redonda

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Location of teams in 2023 Campeonato Carioca

Bangu

Botafogo

Flamengo

Fluminense

Madureira

Portuguesa

Vasco

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Location of teams in 2023 Campeonato Carioca – city of Rio de Janeiro

Club	Home City [a] [3]	Manager [4]	2022 Result [5]
Audax Rio de Janeiro Esporte Clube	Angra dos Reis [6]	Júnior Lopes and Caio Couto [7] [8]	8th
Bangu Atlético Clube	Rio de Janeiro (Bangu)	Felipe	11th
Boavista Sport Club	Saquarema	Leandrão	10th
Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas	Rio de Janeiro (Engenho de Dentro) [b]	Luís Castro	4th
Clube de Regatas do Flamengo	Rio de Janeiro (Maracanã) [c]	Vítor Pereira	2nd
Fluminense Football Club	Rio de Janeiro (Maracanã) [d]	Fernando Diniz	1st
Madureira Esporte Clube	Rio de Janeiro (Madureira)	Felipe Arantes and Denis Alves [9]	9th
Nova Iguaçu Futebol Clube	Nova Iguaçu	Carlos Vitor [10]	6th
Associação Atlética Portuguesa	Rio de Janeiro (Governador Island)	Felipe Surian	7th
Resende Futebol Clube	Resende	Sandro Sargentim	5th
Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama	Rio de Janeiro (Vasco da Gama)	Maurício Barbieri	3rd
Volta Redonda Futebol Clube	Volta Redonda	Rogério Corrêa	1st (Série A2) [11]

1. Some clubs sold their home field advantage for some of their games to third parties, which means that some games were played in different states
2. Although Botafogo FR is headquartered in Botafogo, it plays home games at Engenhão Stadium
3. Although CR Flamengo is headquartered in Lagoa, it plays home games at Maracanã Stadium
4. Although Fluminense FC is headquartered in Laranjeiras, it plays home games at Maracanã Stadium

Format

In the main competition, the twelve clubs played each other in a single round-robin. This round-robin was the Taça Guanabara. The bottom team was relegated to the 2023 Série A2. While the top four clubs qualified for the final stage, the next four clubs (5th to 8th places) qualified for the Taça Rio. In the Taça Rio, the 5th-placed club faced the 8th-placed club, and the 6th-placed will face the 7th-placed. In the final stage, the winners of the Taça Guanabara faced the 4th-placed club, while the runners-up faced the 3rd-placed club. In both of these four-team brackets (the Taça Rio and the final stage), the semi-finals and finals were played over two legs, without the use of the away goals rule. In the semi-finals of both the Taça Rio and the final stage, the higher placed teams on the Taça Guanabara table advanced in case of an aggregate tie. In the finals of both brackets, there was no such advantage; in case of an aggregate tie, a penalty shoot-out would have taken place.

The top four teams of the Campeonato Carioca and the winner of the Taça Rio qualified for the 2024 Copa do Brasil. Since Fluminense also qualified for the 2024 Copa do Brasil via winning the 2023 Copa Libertadores, and Botafogo and Flamengo qualified for the 2024 Copa do Brasil via the 2023 Brasileirão, ^[12] their Campeonato Carioca berths went to the next best team. The top two teams of the Campeonato Carioca that were not already playing in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Série B or Série C qualified for the 2024 Série D. ^[13]

Taça Guanabara

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Fluminense (C)	11	8	1	2	20	4	+16	25	Taça Guanabara Champions and advance to semi-finals
2	Vasco da Gama	11	7	2	2	20	6	+14	23	Advance to semi-finals
3	Flamengo	11	7	2	2	19	6	+13	23
4	Volta Redonda	11	6	2	3	27	15	+12	20
5	Botafogo	11	6	1	4	13	6	+7	19	Advance to Taça Rio semi-finals
6	Audax Rio	11	4	4	3	14	13	+1	16
7	Nova Iguaçu	11	3	4	4	8	11	−3	13
8	Portuguesa	11	3	4	4	9	14	−5	13
9	Bangu	11	3	3	5	6	17	−11	12
10	Madureira	11	2	3	6	5	18	−13	9
11	Boavista	11	1	3	7	11	23	−12	6
12	Resende (R)	11	1	1	9	3	22	−19	4	Relegated to Série A2

Source: FERJ
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results (only between two teams); 6) disciplinary record; 7) drawing of lots.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

2023 Taça Guanabara champions
Fluminense 12th title

Taça Rio

	Semi-finals							Finals
	7	Nova Iguaçu	1	0	1
	6	Audax Rio	1	1	2
								6	Audax Rio	1	2	3
								5	Botafogo	2	5	7
	8	Portuguesa	0	1	1
	5	Botafogo	0	3	3

2023 Taça Rio champions
Botafogo 8th title

Final stage

	Semi-finals							Finals
	3	Flamengo	3	3	6
	2	Vasco da Gama	2	1	3
								3	Flamengo	2	1	3
								1	Fluminense	0	4	4
	4	Volta Redonda	2	0	2
	1	Fluminense	1	7	8

Semi-finals

Group A

12 March 2023

18:00

Volta Redonda	2–1	Fluminense
Pedrinho 29' Lelê 52'	Report	Nino 81'

Estádio Raulino de Oliveira, Volta Redonda

Attendance: 6,881

Referee: Yuri Elino Ferreira da Cruz

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18 March 2023

16:00

Fluminense	7–0	Volta Redonda
Samuel Xavier 4' Cano 8', 45+5', 64' (pen.), 90' Alexsander 26' Matheus Martinelli 42'	Report

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 46,874

Referee: Wagner do Nascimento Magalhães

Group B

13 March 2023

21:10

Flamengo	3–2	Vasco da Gama
De Arrascaeta 26' Pedro 42' Fabrício Bruno 73'	Report	Gabriel Pec 11' Alex Teixeira 59'

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 45,093

Referee: Wagner do Nascimento Magalhães

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19 March 2023

18:00

Vasco da Gama	1–3	Flamengo
Capasso 31'	Report	Pedro 16', 84' (pen.) Ayrton Lucas 90+5'

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 49,779

Referee: Bruno Arleu de Araújo

Finals

1 April 2023

20:30

Flamengo	2–0	Fluminense
Ayrton Lucas 50' Pedro 67'	Report

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 65,234

Referee: Wagner do Nascimento Magalhães

Flamengo

Fluminense

GK 1 Santos DF 2 Guillermo Varela DF 15 Fabrício Bruno DF 23 David Luiz (c) DF 4 Léo Pereira  53'  65' DF 6 Ayrton Lucas  90+5' MF 8 Thiago Maia  27'  65' MF 20 Gerson  89' MF 42 Matheus França  65' FW 11 Everton  65' FW 9 Pedro  88' Substitutes: GK 25 Matheus Cunha DF 3 Rodrigo Caio DF 16 Filipe Luís  65' DF 43 Wesley MF 7 Éverton Ribeiro  65' MF 29 Victor Hugo MF 32 Arturo Vidal  65' MF 40 Matheus Gonçalves  89' MF 48 Igor Jesus FW 10 Gabriel Barbosa  65' FW 31 Marinho FW 46 Mateusão Coach: Vítor Pereira

GK 1 Fábio DF 2 Samuel Xavier  69' DF 33 Nino (c) DF 44 David Braz  66' DF 5 Alexsander MF 7 André  90+5' MF 8 Martinelli  81' MF 10 Ganso  9'  74' FW 21 Jhon Arias FW 11 Keno  46' FW 14 Germán Cano Substitutes: GK 22 Pedro Rangel  25' GK 98 Vitor Eudes DF 4 Vitor Mendes  74' DF 12 Marcelo DF 23 Guga  74' MF 19 Alexandre Jesus MF 20 Gabriel Pirani  46'  74' MF 30 Felipe Melo  81' MF 37 Giovanni MF 45 Lima  66' FW 9 John Kennedy FW 18 Alan Coach: Fernando Diniz  70'

Assistant referees: Luiz Claudio Regazone Michael Correia Fourth official: Maurício Machado Coelho Júnior Fifth official: Diego Luiz Couto Barcelos Video assistant referee: Carlos Eduardo Nunes Braga Assistant video assistant referees: Rodrigo Carvalhaes de Miranda Carlos Henrique Cardoso de Souza

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9 April 2023

18:00

Fluminense	4–1	Flamengo
Marcelo 27' Cano 31', 55' Alexsander 64'	Report	Ayrton Lucas 90+5'

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 66,969

Referee: Bruno Arleu de Araújo

Fluminense

Flamengo

GK 1 Fábio DF 23 Guga DF 33 Nino (c) DF 30 Felipe Melo  63' DF 12 Marcelo  51'  79' MF 7 André  29' MF 5 Alexsander  84' MF 10 Ganso  79' FW 21 Jhon Arias FW 11 Keno  71' FW 14 Germán Cano Substitutes: GK 22 Pedro Rangel GK 98 Vitor Eudes DF 4 Vitor Mendes  63' DF 13 Felipe Andrade DF 26 Manoel DF 44 David Braz  90+1'  79' MF 19 Alexandre Jesus MF 20 Gabriel Pirani  79' MF 37 Giovanni MF 45 Lima  71' FW 9 John Kennedy FW 18 Alan Coach: Eduardo Barros (assistant)

GK 1 Santos DF 2 Guillermo Varela DF 15 Fabrício Bruno  81' DF 23 David Luiz DF 4 Léo Pereira  41'  46' DF 6 Ayrton Lucas MF 8 Thiago Maia  72' MF 20 Gerson  90+1' FW 10 Gabriel Barbosa (c)  46' FW 9 Pedro FW 11 Everton  81' Substitutes: GK 25 Matheus Cunha DF 3 Rodrigo Caio DF 16 Filipe Luís  81' DF 30 Pablo DF 43 Wesley MF 7 Éverton Ribeiro  90+4'  46' MF 29 Victor Hugo  72' MF 40 Matheus Gonçalves  81' MF 42 Matheus França  46' MF 48 Igor Jesus FW 27 Bruno Henrique FW 31 Marinho Coach: Vítor Pereira

Assistant referees: Rodrigo Figueiredo Henrique Corrêa Thiago Henrique Neto Corrêa Farinha Fourth official: João Batista de Arruda Fifth official: Daniel de Oliveira Alves Pereira Video assistant referee: Rodrigo Nunes de Sá Assistant video assistant referees: Philip Georg Bennett Diogo Carvalho Silva

2023 Campeonato Carioca champions
Fluminense 33rd title

Torneio Independência

The Torneio Independência was contested by all the teams participating in the Campeonato Carioca except the "Big Four" of Rio de Janeiro (Botafogo, Flamengo, Fluminense and Vasco da Gama). Their standings were based in the results of the Taça Guanabara excluding all the matches played against the Big Four.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Volta Redonda (C)	7	4	2	1	22	9	+13	14
2	Nova Iguaçu	7	3	3	1	8	3	+5	12
3	Audax Rio	7	3	3	1	12	8	+4	12
4	Bangu	7	3	2	2	5	7	−2	11
5	Portuguesa	7	2	4	1	7	5	+2	10
6	Madureira	7	2	1	4	5	15	−10	7
7	Boavista	7	1	2	4	9	13	−4	5
8	Resende	7	1	1	5	3	11	−8	4

Source: FERJ
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results (only between two teams); 6) disciplinary record; 7) drawing of lots.
(C) Champions

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Germán Cano	Fluminense	16
2	Lelê	Volta Redonda	13
3	Pedro	Flamengo	9
4	Gabriel Pec	Vasco da Gama	6
	Pablo Thomaz	Audax Rio
	Pedro Raul	Vasco da Gama
7	Gabriel Barbosa	Flamengo	5
8	Luís Felipe	Bangu	4
	Pedrinho	Volta Redonda

References

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2. "Com goleada, Flu leva o bi do Carioca Betnacional" (in Portuguese). FERJ. 9 April 2023.
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4. "Lançamentos 2023" [2023 Events] (in Portuguese). FERJ . Retrieved 28 June 2025.
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7. "Técnico do Audax-RJ reencontra Diniz depois de nove anos e tenta surpreender o Fluminense" [Audax-RJ manager meets Diniz again after nine years and tries to surprise Fluminense] (in Portuguese). ge. 4 February 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
8. "Caio Couto analisa estreia no comando do Angra Audax e projeta desafios no Carioca" [Caio Couto analyzes debut in command of Angra Audax and foresees challenges in the Carioca] (in Portuguese). Lance!. 1 March 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
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11. "Campeonato Estadual Série A2 Profissional - 2022" [Professional Série A2 State Championship - 2022] (in Portuguese). FERJ . Retrieved 28 June 2025.
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13. Nascimento Viana, Marcelo Carlos (29 November 2022). "REGULAMENTO DA FASE PRINCIPAL DO CAMPEONATO ESTADUAL DA SÉRIE A DE PROFISSIONAIS DA TEMPORADA DE 2023" [State Championship Main Phase Regulations of the Professional 2023 Série A] (in Portuguese). FERJ . Retrieved 28 June 2025.