The Federação de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro ( en, Football Federation of the State of Rio de Janeiro), usually known by the acronyms FERJ and FFERJ, manages all the official
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
tournaments within the state of
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...
including 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 ...
, the
Campeonato Carioca Série B1
The Campeonato Carioca Série B1 is the football third level of the First Division annual competition among clubs in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Usually, the champion of the level is promoted in the next season to the Campeonato Carioc ...
, the
Copa Rio, and the
Campeonato Carioca de Futebol Feminino
The Campeonato Carioca de Futebol Feminino (''Carioca Women's Football Championship'', in English language, English), organized by the Federação de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation (FFERJ) is the wom ...
. It was founded in 1978.
History
![Sede da FFERJ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Sede_da_FFERJ.JPG)
On March 15, 1975, the states of
Guanabara, which consisted essentially only of the city of Rio de Janeiro and until 1960 the
federal capital district of Brasil, and Rio de Janeiro, the non-metropolitan area of the state of Rio de Janeiro were merged into the current
State of Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil. It has the second largest economy of Brazil, with the largest being that of the state of São Paulo. The state, which has 8.2% of the Brazilian population, is responsible for 9.2% of ...
. On September 29, 1978, the ''Federação de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro'' was founded by the merger of the ''Federação Carioca de Futebol'' (Carioca Football Federation, FCF) in the state of Guanabara and the ''Federação Fluminense de Desportos'' (Fluminense Sports Federation, FFD) in the state of Rio de Janeiro. Octávio Pinto Guimarães, who was FCF's president, was chosen as FERJ's first president.
In 1979, the Federação de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro organized two different state championships, both won by
Flamengo
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. Those competitions were the first competitions organized by FERJ.
Presidents
Current clubs in Brasileirão
As of
2022 season. Common team names are noted in bold.
See also
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Confederação Brasileira de Futebol
The Brazilian Football Confederation ( pt, Confederação Brasileira de Futebol; CBF) is the governing body of football in Brazil. It was founded on Monday, 8 June 1914, as , and renamed Confederação Brasileira de Desportos in 1916. The footb ...
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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 ...
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Campeonato Carioca Second Division
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Campeonato Carioca Third Division
References
External links
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Federação de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro official website
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Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...
Sports organizations established in 1978