The 2022
Campeonato Carioca de Futebol (officially the Cariocão
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2022 for sponsorship reasons) was the 119th edition of the top division of
football
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in the state of
Rio de Janeiro
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. The competition was organized by
FERJ. It began on 25 January 2022 and ended on 2 April 2022.
Fluminense
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defeated the defending champions
Flamengo
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on aggregate 3–1 to win their 32nd title.
Participating teams
Format
In the main competition, the twelve clubs played each other on a single round-robin. This round-robin was the
Taça Guanabara
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. The last placed club was relegated to the
2022 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
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. In the Taça Rio, the 5th-placed club faced the 8th-placed club, and the 6th-placed faced 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.
FERJ - Regulamento Impresso - Fase Principal
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In both of these four-team brackets (the Taça Rio and the final stage), the semifinals and finals were played over two legs, without the use of the away goals rule
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. In the semifinals of both the Taça Rio and the final stage, the better placed teams on the Taça Guanabara table would advance in case of an aggregate tie. In the finals of both brackets, there were no such advantage; in case of an aggregate tie, a penalty shoot-out
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would take place.
Taça Guanabara
Taça Rio – Final stage
Final stage
Semi-finals
Group A
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Group B
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Finals
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Torneio Independência
The Torneio Independência was contested by all the teams participating in the Campeonato Carioca except the "Big Four" of Rio de Janeiro (Botafogo, Flamengo, Fluminense and Vasco da Gama). Their standings were based in the results of the Taça Guanabara excluding all the matches played against the Big Four. The top two teams qualified for the 2023 Copa do Brasil
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The competition was contested by 92 ...
, while the winners won the Troféu José Luiz de Magalhães Lins Filho.
Overall table
Top goalscorers
References
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Carioca
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2022 in Brazilian football