The 1992 edition of the
Campeonato Carioca kicked off on August 1, 1992 and ended on December 20, 1992. 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
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State are allowed to play. Twenty-six teams contested this edition.
Vasco da Gama won the title for the 18th time.
Barra Mansa
Barra Mansa is a Brazilian municipality located in the south of the state of Rio de Janeiro.
It is in the microregion of the Paraíba Valley, within the mesoregion of the South Fluminense. It is located at latitude 22º32'39 "south, longitude 44 ...
,
AA Cabofriense,
Paduano and
União Nacional
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Unlike in most single-party regimes, ...
were relegated.
System
The tournament would be divided in three stages:
*
Taça Guanabara
The Taça Guanabara, or Guanabara Cup, is a football tournament organized annually since 1965 by the Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation. In its first four editions (1965, 1966, 1967 and 1968), the Taça Guanabara was a tournament in its o ...
: The twenty-six teams were divided into two groups; Group A, with twelve teams, and Group B, with fourteen. each team played in a single round-robin format against the teams of their group. The champion of Group A qualified to the Finals. The top two teams of Group B were promoted to Group A.
*
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 ...
: The disposition of the groups now was inversed, with Group A having fourteen teams and Group B twelve. each team all played in a single round-robin format against the teams of their group. The champion of Group A qualified to the Finals. The four bottom teams of Group A would be relegated to Group B for 1992's Taça Guanabara. In Group B, the top two teams were promoted to Group A and the bottom four teams were relegated to the Second Level.
* Finals: They would be disputed by the campions of Taça Guanabara and Taça Rio. if the same team won both of them, they wouldn't be held.
Championship
Taça Guanabara
Group A
Group B
Taça Rio
Group A
Group B
References
{{Campeonato Carioca seasons
Campeonato Carioca seasons
Carioca
Carioca ( or ) is a demonym used to refer to anything related to the City of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil. The original meaning of the term is controversial, maybe from Tupi language "''kari' oka''", meaning "white house" as the whitewashed stone ...