The 1982 edition of the

Campeonato Carioca The Campeonato Carioca (Carioca Championship), officially known as Campeonato Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (Port., Rio de Janeiro State Championship), was started in 1906 and is the annual football championship in the state of Rio de Janeiro, B ...

kicked off on July 17, 1982 and ended on December 5, 1982. It is the official tournament organized by FFERJ (Federação de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, or Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation. Only clubs based in the Rio de Janeiro State are allowed to play. Twelve teams contested this edition.

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won the title for the 15th time. Madureira and Portuguesa were relegated.

System

The tournament would be divided in three stages: * Taça Guanabara: The twelve teams all played in a single round-robin format against each other. The champions qualified to the Final phase. *

Taça Rio Taça Rio, or Rio Trophy, is an annual Rio de Janeiro football tournament. It is the second stage competition of the Campeonato Carioca, the state football championship in Rio de Janeiro. It has been organized since 1982 by the Rio de Janeiro St ...

: The twelve teams all played in a single round-robin format against each other. The champions qualified to the Final phase. * Final phase: The champions of the two stages, plus the team with the best overall record would play that phase. each team played in a single round-robin format against each other and the team with the most points won the title.

System

Championship

Taça Guanabara

Playoffs

Taça Rio

Aggregate table

Finals

References