Participating teams
Location of teams in 2023 Campeonato Carioca
Location of teams in 2023 Campeonato Carioca – city of Rio de Janeiro
| Season | 2023 |
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| Dates | 12 January - 9 April 2023 |
| Champions | Fluminense (33rd title) |
| Relegated | Resende |
| 2024 Copa do Brasil | Botafogo Flamengo Fluminense 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]
In the main competition, the twelve clubs played each other on 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 will face the 8th-placed club, and the 6th-placed will face the 7th-placed. In the final stage, the winners of the Taça Guanabara will face the 4th-placed club, while the runners-up will face the 3rd-placed club. [4]
In both of these four-team brackets (the Taça Rio and the final stage), the semi-finals and finals will be 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 better placed teams on the Taça Guanabara table will advance in case of an aggregate tie. In the finals of both brackets, there will not be such advantage; in case of an aggregate tie, a penalty shoot-out will take place.
The top four teams from the Taça Guanabara and the winners of the Taça Rio will qualify for the 2024 Copa do Brasil
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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| 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 |
| 2023 Taça Guanabara champions |
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| Fluminense 12th title |
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| 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 |
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| Botafogo 8th title |
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| 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 | |||||||||
| Volta Redonda | 2–1 | Fluminense |
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| Fluminense | 7–0 | Volta Redonda |
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| Flamengo | 3–2 | Vasco da Gama |
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| Vasco da Gama | 1–3 | Flamengo |
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| Flamengo | 2–0 | Fluminense |
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| Fluminense | 4–1 | Flamengo |
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| 2023 Campeonato Carioca champions |
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| Fluminense 33rd title |
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 |
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| 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 |
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
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| 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 |
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