Participating teams
Location of teams in 2025 Campeonato Carioca
Location of teams in 2025 Campeonato Carioca – city of Rio de Janeiro
| Season | 2025 |
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| Dates | 11 January - 26 March 2025 |
← 2024 2026 → | |
The 2025 Campeonato Carioca de Futebol will be the 122nd edition of the top division of football in the state of Rio de Janeiro. The competition will be organized by FERJ. It will begin on 11 January 2025 and end on 26 March 2025.
The defending champions are Flamengo.
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 2025 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. [1]
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 from the Taça Guanabara and the winners of the Taça Rio qualified for the 2026 Copa do Brasil
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bangu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Taça Guanabara Champion and advance to semifinals |
| 2 | Boavista | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to semifinals |
| 3 | Botafogo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Flamengo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Fluminense | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to Taça Rio semifinals |
| 6 | Madureira | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Maricá | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Nova Iguaçu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Portuguesa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Sampaio Corrêa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Vasco da Gama | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Volta Redonda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegated |
| 2025 Taça Guanabara champions |
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| Semi-finals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 7 | 7th place of Taça Guanabara | ||||||||||||
| 6 | 6th place of Taça Guanabara | ||||||||||||
| Winner of Semi-final 1 | |||||||||||||
| Winner of Semi-final 2 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | 8th place of Taça Guanabara | ||||||||||||
| 5 | 5th place of Taça Guanabara | ||||||||||||
| 2025 Taça Rio champions |
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| Semi-finals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 3 | 3rd place of Taça Guanabara | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 2nd place of Taça Guanabara | ||||||||||||
| Winner of Semi-final 1 | |||||||||||||
| Winner of Semi-final 2 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | 4th place of Taça Guanabara | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 1st place of Taça Guanabara | ||||||||||||
| 4th place of Taça Guanabara | v | 1st place of Taça Guanabara |
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| 1st place of Taça Guanabara | v | 4th place of Taça Guanabara |
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| 3rd place of Taça Guanabara | v | 2nd place of Taça Guanabara |
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| 4th place of Taça Guanabara | v | 1st place of Taça Guanabara |
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| Winner of Semi-final 2 | v | Winner of Semi-final 1 |
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| Winner of Semi-final 1 | v | Winner of Semi-final 2 |
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| 2025 Campeonato Carioca champions |
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| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
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