The Rio de Janeiro state football team ( pt, Seleção Carioca de Futebol) represents Rio de Janeiro in association football.

History

The team was created in 1901 in response to the creation of a team for São Paulo, since at the beginning of the 20th century these were the two centers where the practice of football began in Brazil. Because they preceded the Brazil national squad which played its first match in 1914, sometimes Rio de Janeiro represented the country (as did the São Paulo state team), against foreign squads that toured South America, or against Argentina, who in that period were more developed in the practice of football. It is the most successful team in the Campeonato Brasileiro de Seleções Estaduais (Brazilian State Selection Championship), with 15 titles conquered.

Periods

Rio de Janeiro was the capital of Brazil until 1960, year of construction of Brasília, then the ''Seleção Carioca'' represented the Federal District (later, the Guanabara State) until in 1975, there was the unification of the city of Rio de Janeiro with the state of Rio de Janeiro. There was also the Rio de Janeiro state football team (countryside), called ''Seleção Fluminense'' (1922–1978), who faced the ''Seleção Carioca'' several times in previous decades.

Players

Following is the information about the players who appeared for the Rio de Janeiro state team:

Notable players

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* Bismarck * Carvalho Leite * Castilho *

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* Didi * Domingos da Guia * Edgardo Andrada *

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* Garrincha * Gérson *

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* Leônidas * Nilo *

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* Renato Gaúcho * Roberto Dinamite *

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Túlio Maravilha Túlio Humberto Pereira Costa (born 2 June 1969), sometimes simply referred as Túlio or Túlio Maravilha ("Wonder Túlio"), is a former Brazilian international footballer who played as a forward. He played for many Brazilian club teams, such a ...

* Vavá * Zagallo * Zezé * Zico * Zizinho

Top goalscorers

Managers

These are all the managers who as headed Rio de Janeiro state team: *

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(1931–1933) * Carlos Carlomagno (1934–1937) * Hílton Santos (1938) *

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(1938–1939) * Costa Velho (1939) * Osvaldo Melo (1940–1941) *

Flávio Costa Flávio Rodrigues da Costa (14 September 1906 – 22 November 1999) was a Brazilian football player and manager. He managed the Rio de Janeiro clubs Vasco da Gama and Flamengo, as well as Colo Colo of Chile, and FC Porto of Portugal. Co ...

(1941–1945) *

(1946) *

(1947–1950) * Zezé Moreira (1952) *

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(1955) * Newton Anet (1956) *

(1956) *

(1957) * Gentil Cardoso (1957) * Tim (1959–1960) * Jorge Vieira (1961) *

(1962–1963) * Daniel Pinto (1964) * Mário Zagallo (1967) * Paulinho (1968) * Mário Zagallo (1969) * Otto Glória (1970) * Paraguaio (1971) * Mário Travaglini (1972–1975) * Orlando Fantoni (1977) *

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(1981) * Zé Mario (1982) * Sebastião Lazaroni (1987) * José Maria Pena (1988) * Antônio Clemente (1990) * Sérgio Cosme (1990) * Ricardo Barreto (1996) * Alcir Portela (1996) * Renato Gaúcho (2004) * Alfredo Sampaio (2008) * Zico (2010)

Honours

* Campeonato Brasileiro de Seleções Estaduais: **Winners (15): 1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1931, 1935 (CBD), 1935 (FBF), 1938, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1950, 1987 *Taça Rio-São Paulo de Seleções: (vs. São Paulo) **Winners: 1915 *Taça Delfim Moreira: (vs. Minas Gerais) **Winners (2): 1919, 1920 *Taça São Januário: (vs.

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) **Winners: 1930 *Taça Emílio Garrastazu Médici: (vs. Minas Gerais) **Winners: 1971 *Taça Heleno Nunes: (vs. São Paulo) **Winners: 1975

Fixtures and results

21st century

The Rio de Janeiro team played only three matches in the XXI century:

Last squad

The following players were called up for the Copa Inovação against São Paulo, on 9 December 2010.

Head-to-head record

Below is a result summary of all matches Rio de Janeiro have played against another Brazilian state teams,

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