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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 ...

was the 109th edition of

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of FFERJ (Federação de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, or Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation). It started play on January 24, 2009 and ended on May 3, 2009. Sixteen teams contested this edition. América and Cardoso Moreira, relegated the previous year, were replaced by Bangu and Tigres, respectively winners and runners-up of the lower level championship in 2008.

Teams

System

The 16 clubs were divided into two groups. Group A: Americano, Cabofriense,

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, Madureira, Resende, Tigres and

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;
Group B: Bangu, Boavista,

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, Friburguense,

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and

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. The tournament was divided in two 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 ...

: teams from each group played in single round-robin format against the others in their group. The two top placed teams in each group advanced to semifinal and then, to the final, played in one single match at

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won the title, defeating surprising Resende in the final. *

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: teams from one group play against teams from the other group once. Top two teams in each group qualify to semifinal and final, to be played in one single match at

reached this final as well, however they were unable to clinch the title as

won 1-0 to force a championship aggregate to decide the state title. * Finals: Taça Guanabara and Taça Rio winners play twice at

. If the same club wins both stages, it will be declared champions and the final will not be necessary.

and

played the finals, with Flamengo winning the title on penalties.

Championship

Taça Guanabara

Group A

Group B

Taça Moisés Mathias de Andrade

=Semifinals

=Finals

Semifinals

Finals

Taça Rio

Group A

Group B

Taça João Ellis Filho

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Semifinals

Finals

Championship Finals

Aggregate table

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