2011 Campeonato Carioca

The 2011 Campeonato Estadual da Serie A de Profissionais do Rio de Janeiro was the 110th edition of the top tier football in Rio de Janeiro. It was organized by the Federação de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FERJ). The competition began 19 January and ended on 15 May. Botafago were the title defenders.

Campeonato Carioca

Season	2011
Champions	Flamengo (32nd title)
Matches played	32
Goals scored	102 (3.19 per match)
Best Player	Thiago Neves
Top goalscorer	Thiago Neves (8 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Felipe
Biggest home win	Fluminense 6-2 Olaria
Biggest away win	America 0-9 Vasco da Gama
Highest scoring	America 0-9 Vasco da Gama
Longest winning run	7 games: Flamengo
Longest unbeaten run	Regular season: 15 games: Flamengo All games: 19 games: Flamengo
Longest losing run	5 games: Cabofriense
← 2010 2012 →

Format

The sixteen clubs were divided into two groups that played in two tournaments: Taça Guanabara and Taça Rio. In Taça Guanabara, the teams from each group played the teams within their group in a single round-robin tournament. The two top placed teams from each group advanced to the playoffs and the next two placed teams played Troféu Washington Rodrigues. In Taça Rio, the teams of one group played the teams in the other group in a single round-robin format. The two top placed teams from each group advanced to the playoffs and the next two placed teams from each group contested Troféu Carlos Alberto Torres. The winning teams of Taça Guanabara and Taça Rio played for the state title. The team that won both tournaments were by fault awarded the title.

Qualifications

The best two teams not qualified to 2012 Copa Libertadores qualified for 2012 Copa do Brasil. The best team not playing in Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, B, or C qualified for 2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D

Participating teams

Club	Home city
America	Rio de Janeiro
Americano	Campos dos Goytacazes
Bangu	Rio de Janeiro
Boavista	Saquarema
Botafogo	Rio de Janeiro
Cabofriense	Cabo Frio
Duque de Caxias	Duque de Caxias
Flamengo	Rio de Janeiro
Fluminense	Rio de Janeiro
Macaé	Macaé
Madureira	Rio de Janeiro
Nova Iguaçu	Nova Iguaçu
Olaria	Rio de Janeiro
Resende	Resende
Volta Redonda	Volta Redonda
Vasco da Gama	Rio de Janeiro

Taça Guanabara

The 2011 Taça Guanabara began on 19 January and ended on 27 February. Flamengo won their 19th Taça Guanabara and qualified to the state finals.

First stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Flamengo	7	7	0	0	13	4	+9	21	Advanced to the Semifinals
2	Boavista	7	4	1	2	15	11	+4	13
3	Resende	7	4	1	2	9	5	+4	13	Advanced to the Troféu Washington Rodrigues
4	Nova Iguaçu	7	3	2	2	12	11	+1	11
5	Vasco da Gama	7	2	1	4	16	9	+7	7
6	Volta Redonda	7	1	2	4	4	7	−3	5
7	Americano	7	1	2	4	7	14	−7	5
8	America-RJ	7	1	1	5	6	22	−16	4

Updated to match(es) played on 13 February. Source: https://int.soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1 points; 2 wins; 3 goal difference; 4 goals scored; 5 red cards received; 6 yellow cards received; 7 draw

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Fluminense	7	6	0	1	20	9	+11	18	Advanced to the Semifinals
2	Botafogo	7	5	2	0	19	7	+12	17
3	Olaria	7	3	1	3	10	14	−4	10	Advanced to the Troféu Washington Rodrigues
4	Bangu	7	2	3	2	7	7	0	9
5	Duque de Caxias	7	2	1	4	14	16	−2	7
6	Macaé	7	1	4	2	11	13	−2	7
7	Madureira	7	1	2	4	8	12	−4	5
8	Cabofriense	7	1	1	5	7	18	−11	4

Updated to match(es) played on 13 February. Source: https://int.soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1 points; 2 wins; 3 goal difference; 4 goals scored; 5 red cards received; 6 yellow cards received; 7 draw

Troféu Washington Rodrigues

	Semifinals					Final
	Resende (pen.)		1 (5)
	Bangu		1 (4)
						Resende (pen.)		1 (3)
						Olaria		1 (1)
	Olaria		3
	Nova Iguaçu		1

Playoffs

Bracket

	Semifinals					Final
	Flamengo (pen.)		1 (3)
	Botafogo		1 (1)
						Flamengo		1
						Boavista		0
	Fluminense		2 (2)
	Boavista (pen.)		2 (4)

Semifinals

19 February

17:00

Boavista	2–2	Fluminense
Tony 11' André Luís 54'		Marquinho 8' Fred 37'
Penalties
Paulo Rodrigues Tony Frontini Edu Pina	4–2	Conca Rafael Moura Souza Rodriguinho

Estádio Olímpico João Havelange (Engenhão), Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Wagner do Nascimento Magalhães

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20 February

16:00

Botafogo	1–1	Flamengo
Abreu 48'		Ronaldo Angelim 14'
Penalties
Márcio Rozário Éverton Somália Renato Cajá	1–3	Leonardo Moura Renato Fernando

Estádio Olímpico João Havelange (Engenhão), Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 26,854

Referee: Luís Antonio Silva Santos

Final

27 February

16:00

Boavista	0–1	Flamengo
		Ronaldinho 71'

Estádio Olímpico João Havelange (Engenhão), Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Marcelo de Lima Henrique

Taça Guanabara 2011 Champion
Flamengo 19th Title

Taça Rio

First stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vasco da Gama	8	5	2	1	19	10	+9	17	Advanced to the Semifinals
2	Flamengo	8	4	4	0	13	7	+6	16
3	Americano	8	4	2	2	10	14	−4	14	Advanced to the Troféu Carlos Alberto Torres
4	Boavista	8	4	1	3	13	8	+5	13
5	Volta Redonda	8	3	2	3	11	12	−1	11
6	Resende	8	2	2	4	12	12	0	8
7	Nova Iguaçu	8	2	1	5	7	12	−5	7
8	America-RJ	8	1	1	6	7	15	−8	4

Updated to match(es) played on 9 April. Source: https://int.soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1 points; 2 wins; 3 goal difference; 4 goals scored; 5 red cards received; 6 yellow cards received; 7 draw

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Fluminense	8	5	2	1	13	6	+7	17	Advanced to the Semifinals
2	Olaria	8	4	3	1	11	6	+5	15
3	Botafogo	8	4	2	2	13	8	+5	14	Advanced to the Troféu Carlos Alberto Torres
4	Madureira	8	3	2	3	16	15	+1	11
5	Duque de Caxias	8	3	2	3	10	14	−4	11
6	Macaé	8	2	2	4	11	14	−3	8
7	Bangu	8	2	1	5	9	15	−6	7
8	Cabofriense	8	1	1	6	7	14	−7	4

Updated to match(es) played on 2 April. Source: https://int.soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1 points; 2 wins; 3 goal difference; 4 goals scored; 5 red cards received; 6 yellow cards received; 7 draw

Troféu Carlos Alberto Torres

	Semifinals					Final
	Americano		1
	Madureira		2
						Madureira		3
						Boavista		1
	Botafogo		2
	Boavista		5

Playoffs

Bracket

	Semifinals					Final
	Vasco da Gama		1
	Olaria		0
						Vasco da Gama		0 (1)
						Flamengo		0 (3)
	Fluminense		1 (4)
	Flamengo (pen.)		1 (5)

Semifinals

23 April 2011

18:30 UTC−03:00

Vasco da Gama	1–0	Olaria
Éder Luís 37'

Estádio Olímpico João Havelange (Engenhão), Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Patrice Wallace Correa Maia

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24 April 2011

16:00 UTC−03:00

Fluminense	1–1	Flamengo
Rafael Moura 22'		Thiago Neves 67'
Penalties
Fred Souza Edinho Conca Araújo Gum Tartá	4–5	Renato Deivid Galhardo Bottinelli Thiago Neves David Diego Maurício

Estádio Olímpico João Havelange (Engenhão), Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Péricles Bassols Pegado Cortez

Final

1 May 2011

16:00 UTC−03:00

Vasco da Gama	0–0	Flamengo
Penalties
Alecsandro Bernardo Fellipe Bastos Élton	1–3	Renato Abreu Fierro Fernando Thiago Neves

Estádio Olímpico João Havelange (Engenhão), Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Luís Antonio Silva Santos

Taça Rio 2011 Champion
Flamengo 19th Title

Overall standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Flamengo (C)	15	11	4	0	27	11	+16	37	2012 Copa Libertadores
2	Fluminense	15	11	2	2	33	15	+18	35
3	Botafogo	15	9	4	2	32	15	+17	31	2012 Copa do Brasil
4	Boavista	15	8	2	5	28	19	+9	26
5	Olaria	15	7	4	4	21	20	+1	25
6	Vasco da Gama	15	7	3	5	35	19	+16	24	2012 Copa Libertadores
7	Resende	15	6	3	6	21	17	+4	21
8	Americano	15	5	4	6	17	28	−11	19
9	Nova Iguaçu	15	5	3	7	19	23	−4	18
10	Duque de Caxias	15	5	3	7	23	28	−5	18
11	Madureira	15	4	4	7	24	28	−4	16	2012 Copa do Brasil
12	Volta Redonda	15	4	4	7	15	19	−4	16	Série D
13	Bangu	15	4	4	7	16	22	−6	16
14	Macaé	15	3	6	6	22	27	−5	15
15	Cabofriense (R)	15	2	2	11	14	32	−18	8	Relegation to Campeonato Carioca Série B
16	America-RJ (R)	15	2	2	11	13	37	−24	8

Updated to match(es) played on 17 April. Source: http://www.fferj.com.br
Rules for classification: 1 Tournament Champion and Finalist 2 points; 3 wins; 4 goal difference; 5 goals scored; 6 red cards received; 7 yellow cards received; 8 draw.
This does not apply to defining the relegated Teams. If two or more teams had been tied in point at the end of the tournament, a playoff would have been held
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

See also

• 2011 Copa Rio

External links

• Official webpage (in Portuguese)