1979 Campeonato Carioca

Campeonato Carioca
Season	1979
Champions	Flamengo
Copa Brasil 1979	Fluminense; Flamengo; Vasco da Gama; Botafogo; América; Goytacaz; Americano; Campo Grande
Copa Brasil 1980	Fluminense; Flamengo; Vasco da Gama; Botafogo; América
Taça de Prata	Goytacaz; Bangu; Americano; Campo Grande; Serrano; Bonsucesso
Matches	252
Goals	596 (2.37 per match)
Top goalscorer	Zico (Flamengo) - 34 goals
Biggest home win	Vasco da Gama 7-0 Portuguesa (October 20, 1979)
Biggest away win	São Cristóvão 1-8 Fluminense (May 6, 1979)
Highest scoring	São Cristóvão 1-8 Fluminense (May 6, 1979)
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Campeonato Carioca
Season	1979
Champions	Flamengo
Matches	90
Goals	265 (2.94 per match)
Top goalscorer	Zico (Flamengo) - 26 goals
Biggest home win	Botafogo 7-0 Fluminense de Nova Friburgo (February 7, 1979)
Biggest away win	Fluminense de Nova Friburgo; 0-5 Botafogo (April 22, 1979)
Highest scoring	Flamengo 7-1 Goytacaz (March 29, 1979)
	← 1978-C; ← 1978-F 1979 →

The 1979 Campeonato Carioca had two editions.

Special Championship

The first edition was the first championship organized by the recently founded FFERJ. It would include ten clubs; the six best teams of the 1978 City qualification and the four best teams of the 1978 State qualification. The championship would actually count for the 1978 season, and would be played in a double round-robin system. However, little less than two weeks before the beginning of the championship, the qualifications were acknowledged as the official Fluminense and Carioca championships of that year, and what would be the 1978 championship was turned into a "Special Championship" for 1979.^[1]^[2] Flamengo won its 19th title.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Flamengo	18	13	5	0	51	12	+39	31	Champions
2	Fluminense	18	11	5	2	45	18	+27	27
3	Vasco da Gama	18	11	5	2	34	11	+23	27
4	Botafogo	18	9	5	4	41	14	+27	23
5	Americano	18	8	4	6	24	28	−4	20
6	América	18	4	6	8	20	30	−10	14
7	Volta Redonda	18	5	2	11	18	26	−8	12
8	Goytacaz	18	3	3	12	14	38	−24	9
9	São Cristóvão	18	3	3	12	8	41	−33	9
10	Fluminense de Nova Friburgo	18	2	4	12	10	47	−37	8

Updated to match(es) played on April 29, 1979. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Championship

The championship began on May 5, 1979 and ended on November 4, 1979, and was disputed by the twelve teams of the 1978 Campeonato Carioca and the six teams of the 1978 Campeonato Fluminense. Flamengo won its 20th title.^[3]^[4]

System

The tournament would be divided in four stages:^[4]^[3]

Taça Guanabara: The eighteen teams all played in a single round-robin format against each other. The champions earned a bonus point for the Third round; the ten best teams went to the Taça Inocêncio Pereira Leal and the eight worst went to the Taça Orlando Leal Carneiro.
Taça Inocêncio Pereira Leal: The ten teams all played in a single round-robin format against each other. The champions earned a bonus point for the Third round. The six best teams qualified to the Third round.
Taça Orlando Leal Carneiro: The eight teams all played in a single round-robin format against each other. The two best teams qualified to the Third round.
Third round: The eight teams all played in a single round-robin format against each other. The team with the most points won the title.

Taça Guanabara

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Flamengo	17	16	0	1	52	13	+39	32	Qualified to Third round
2	Vasco da Gama	17	12	1	4	44	12	+32	25	Taça Inocêncio Pereira Leal
3	Fluminense	17	10	3	4	40	15	+25	23
4	Botafogo	17	9	5	3	39	16	+23	23
5	Americano	17	9	4	4	28	24	+4	22
6	Goytacaz	17	8	6	3	26	17	+9	22
7	América	17	7	5	5	17	17	0	19
8	Campo Grande	17	7	5	5	14	16	−2	19
9	Serrano	17	6	6	5	11	14	−3	18
10	Bonsucesso	17	7	3	7	19	23	−4	17
11	Madureira	17	4	6	7	18	23	−5	14	Taça Orlando Leal Carneiro
12	Bangu	17	4	6	7	11	25	−14	14
13	Volta Redonda	17	4	4	9	13	26	−13	12
14	Fluminense de Nova Friburgo	17	4	4	9	6	19	−13	12
15	São Cristóvão	17	3	3	11	8	32	−24	9
16	Portuguesa	17	1	7	9	3	16	−13	9
17	Niterói	17	3	2	12	12	37	−25	8
18	Olaria	17	2	4	11	12	28	−16	8

Updated to match(es) played on July 22, 1979. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Taça Inocêncio Pereira Leal

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Flamengo	9	6	1	2	17	8	+9	13	Champions
2	Botafogo	9	4	4	1	12	8	+4	12	Qualified
3	Vasco da Gama	9	4	3	2	16	9	+7	11
4	Fluminense	9	4	3	2	10	3	+7	11
5	Americano	9	3	3	3	7	8	−1	9
6	Goytacaz	9	2	5	2	4	6	−2	9
7	América	9	2	4	3	5	7	−2	8
8	Serrano	9	1	5	3	4	13	−9	7
9	Bonsucesso	9	1	3	5	5	9	−4	5
10	Campo Grande	9	1	3	5	3	12	−9	5

Updated to match(es) played on September 23, 1979. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Taça Orlando Leal Carneiro

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bangu	7	5	1	1	11	3	+8	11	Qualified
2	Portuguesa	7	4	2	1	5	1	+4	10	Qualified
3	Fluminense de Nova Friburgo	7	4	2	1	10	6	+4	10
4	Olaria	7	3	1	3	4	5	−1	7
5	Volta Redonda	7	2	2	3	5	9	−4	6
6	São Cristóvão	7	1	4	2	3	4	−1	6
7	Madureira	7	1	2	4	4	7	−3	4
8	Niterói	7	0	2	5	2	10	−8	2

Updated to match(es) played on September 23, 1979. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goal average.

Third round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Flamengo	7	5	1	1	15	6	+9	13	Champions
2	Vasco da Gama	7	6	0	1	18	6	+12	12
3	Botafogo	7	5	1	1	16	6	+10	11
4	Fluminense	7	5	0	2	20	10	+10	10
5	Americano	7	2	0	5	9	15	−6	4
6	Goytacaz	7	1	1	5	7	18	−11	3
7	Portuguesa	7	1	1	5	4	17	−13	3
8	Bangu	7	1	0	6	5	16	−11	2

Updated to match(es) played on September 23, 1979. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

References

^ "RSSSF – Special Championship of Rio de Janeiro 1979". Retrieved May 13, 2019.
^ "Futebolnacional.com.br – Special Championship of Rio de Janeiro 1979". Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
^ a b "RSSSF – Championship of Rio de Janeiro 1979". Retrieved May 13, 2019.
^ a b "Futebolnacional.com.br – Championship of Rio de Janeiro 1979". Retrieved May 13, 2019.

[rsssfbrasil1-1] "RSSSF – Special Championship of Rio de Janeiro 1979". Retrieved May 13, 2019.

[futebolnacional1-2] "Futebolnacional.com.br – Special Championship of Rio de Janeiro 1979". Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved May 13, 2019.

[rsssfbrasil2-3] "RSSSF – Championship of Rio de Janeiro 1979". Retrieved May 13, 2019.

[futebolnacional2-4] "Futebolnacional.com.br – Championship of Rio de Janeiro 1979". Retrieved May 13, 2019.

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