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2015 Campeonato Carioca
The 2015 Campeonato Carioca de Futebol (branded as 2015 Cariocão Guaraviton for sponsorship reasons) was the 114th edition of the top tier football of FFERJ (Federação de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, or Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation). The top four teams competed in the 2016 Copa do Brasil. This edition was played as a single round-robin, Guanabara Cup, followed by a semifinal and final. After each of the 16 teams played each other once, the four best placed teams qualified to the semifinals. Participating teams First phase (Taça Guanabara) Relegation playoffs Final Stage Semi-finals First leg Second leg Finals References External links {{2015 in Brazilian football Campeonato Carioca seasons Carioca Carioca ( or ) is a demonym used to refer to residents of the City of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil and their culture. Like other Brazilians, ''Cariocas'' speak Portuguese. The ''carioca'' accent and sociolect (also si ...
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Campeonato Carioca
The Campeonato Carioca (Carioca Championship), officially known as Campeonato Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro State Championship), also commonly known as the Cariocão, is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. It is run by the Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation (FERJ). The first season of the ''Campeonato Carioca'' was played in 1906. It was predated by the Campeonato Paulista of São Paulo and the Campeonato Baiano of Bahia. Flamengo leads the title count with 38 championships, followed by Fluminense (33), Vasco da Gama (24), Botafogo (21), America (7), Bangu (2), São Cristóvão, and Paysandu (1 each). Rivalries amongst four of the most prestigious Brazilian teams ( Botafogo, Flamengo, Fluminense and Vasco da Gama) have marked the history of the competition. The oldest clubs from Rio de Janeiro ( America, Botafogo, Flamengo, Fluminense, São Cristóvão, Vasco da Gama) had inspired the creation ...
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Boavista Sport Club
Boavista Sport Club, commonly known as Boavista, is a List of football clubs in Brazil, Brazilian professional football club in Saquarema, Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro. The team competes in the Campeonato Carioca, the top tier of the Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro State football leagues in Brazil, state football league, and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D. The club was formerly known as Esporte Clube Barreira. History Barreira On October 14, 1961, the club was founded as Esporte Clube Barreira. In 1991, EC Barreira won the Campeonato Carioca Terceira Divisão (''Campeonato Carioca Third Division''), after beating Bayer of Belford Roxo city. Both clubs were promoted to the following year's Segunda Divisão (''Second Division'').1991 Campeonato Carioca Third Divi ...
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Gávea
Gávea is an affluent residential neighborhood located in the South Zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It borders São Conrado, Leblon, Lagoa and Jardim Botânico neighborhoods and is famous for its high concentration of artists. PUC-Rio, as well as several schools, are located in the neighborhood. Gávea is well known because of the "Baixo Gávea" area, which is considered a Bohemian quarter. The first Europeans to have lived in what would become the neighborhood were the French, who came to extract Brazilwood. On July 16, 1565, the neighbourhood was named Gávea for the first time, by Estácio de Sá. Etymology The neighborhood is named Gávea (which means topsail in Portuguese) because of an 852 m peak (''Gávea Rock'', or Pedra da Gávea) that resembles the topsail of the carrack, a sailing ship. Sports The Hipódromo da Gávea is a horse racing venue located in the neighborhood. Estádio da Gávea the home of CR Flamengo Clube de Regatas do Fla ...
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Clube De Regatas Do Flamengo
Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (; ), more commonly referred to as simply Flamengo, is a Brazilian multi sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, in the neighborhood of Gávea. It was founded and named after the Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Flamengo neighborhood and is best known for their professional association football, football team. They are one of two clubs to have List of unrelegated association football clubs, never been relegated from the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, top division, along with São Paulo FC, São Paulo and is the most popular football club in Brazil with more than 46.9 million fans, equivalent to 21.9% of the population that supports a team in Brazil. The club was first established in 1895 specifically as a Rowing (sport), rowing club in the Flamengo neighborhood and did not play their first official football match until 1912. Flamengo's traditional uniform features red and black striped shirts with white shorts, and red and black striped socks. Flamengo has ...
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Edson Souza
Edson Santana de Souza (born 12 December 1964), known as Edson Souza, is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current head coach of Carlos Renaux. Honours Player ; Fluminense * Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 1984 * Campeonato Carioca: 1983, 1984, 1985 ; Cruzeiro * Campeonato Mineiro: 1987 ; Vasco da Gama * Copa Rio: 1992 Manager ; Nova Iguaçu * Copa Rio: 2008 *Campeonato Carioca Série B1 The Campeonato Carioca Série B1 is the third tier of the professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. It is run by the Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation (FERJ). List of champions Following is the list ...: 2016 ; Resende * Copa Rio: 2014 References {{DEFAULTSORT:Souza, Edson 1964 births Footballers from Santo André, São Paulo Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian football managers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Pr ...
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Cabo Frio
Cabo Frio (, ''Cold Cape'') is a tourist destination located in the state of Rio de Janeiro. The Brazilian coast runs east from Rio de Janeiro to Cabo Frio where it turns sharply north. North of Cabo Frio is Cabo de São Tomé. It was named after the geography of its location, a cape, and because the water temperature is colder than in nearby cities ('' frio'' is Portuguese for "cold"). This city features beaches with white fine sand. Due to a lack of mica, the sand stays cool in the sun. , Cabo Frio's estimated population is 230,378 and its area is 410 km². Demography According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, in 2010, Cabo Frio had 90,831 men (48.7%) and 95,396 women (51.3%). The municipality has demonstrated rapid demographic growth over the decades. Ethnicities According to the IBGE, the municipality is made up of 88,701 whites, 72,561 mixed race, 23,555 blacks, 1,109 Asians, and 301 indigenous people. * Whites - 47.7% * Pardos - 39% * ...
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Associação Desportiva Cabofriense
Associação Desportiva Cabofriense, commonly known as Cabofriense, is a Brazilian professional association football club based in Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro. The team plays in Série D, the fourth tier of the Brazilian football league system, as well as in the Campeonato Carioca, the top tier of the Rio de Janeiro state football league. History The club was founded on November 15, 1955, as Associação Atlética Cabofriense, and after the team retired from professional competitions in 1993, some of the club's former officials formed a new team in 1997, called Associação Desportiva Cabofriense. Associação Desportiva Cabofriense then changed its name to Cabo Frio Futebol Clube in 1999. In 2001, Cabo Frio changed its name back to Associação Desportiva Cabofriense. Honours Official tournaments Others tournaments International *Martinique International Tournament (1): 2003 State *Taça Corcovado (1): 2013 *Torneio Interior (1): 2013 Runners-up * Copa Rio (1): 2007 * ...
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René Simões
René Rodrigues Simões (born 17 December 1952) is a Brazilian former professional football manager. Coaching career Born in Rio de Janeiro, he guided Jamaica national team to the World Cup in France in 1998. This was Jamaica's first, and to date, only appearance in the final stages of a World Cup, as well as making Jamaica the first English speaking Caribbean country to qualify for the World Cup. His squad was made up of a few English players of Jamaican parentage, and they were dubbed 'The Reggae Boyz' in the English media. In the 2004 Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal with the Brazil women's national team. He has also previously coached Trinidad and Tobago. In 2006, he was the head coach and manager of Iran U-23 national team. In 2007 Simões then returned to Brazil to coach Série B Coritiba, where he won the second division. He left Coritiba in November 2008 to accept the position as Jamaica's Technical Director for the 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign. On 1 ...
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Botafogo
Botafogo (local/standard alternative Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: ) is a beachfront neighborhood (''bairro'') in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is a mostly upper middle class and small commerce community, and is located between the hills of Mundo Novo, Dona Marta (which separates it from Laranjeiras) and São João (which separates it from Copacabana). The word Botafogo also refers to a Latin American ballroom dance move that originated in this area. Etymology Botafogo was named after João Pereira de Sousa Botafogo (1540–1627), who was responsible for the galleon ''Botafogo'''s artillery. Because of that, he received the nickname "Botafogo" and included it in his family name. When he went to live in Brazil, the Portuguese Crown granted him the land known today as Botafogo. The name literally means "set it on fire" in Portuguese (a reference to the ''Botafogo'' galleon's artillery power). In the mid-19th century, English language speakers also called it Boto Fogo. ...
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Botafogo De Futebol E Regatas
Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas (; ''Botafogo Football and Rowing'') is a Brazilian sports club based in the neighborhood of Botafogo, in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Although it competes in a number of different sports, Botafogo is mostly known for its association football team. It plays in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top tier of the Brazilian football league system, and in the States of Brazil, state of Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro's premier State football leagues in Brazil, state league. The club is among Brazil's "G-12 (Brazilian football), Big 12 Clubs" having won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Brazilian Championship three times (1968, 1995, 2024), the Copa Libertadores in 2024, and the Copa CONMEBOL in 1993. In addition, the Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas has some of Brazilian football's most notable records, including most unbeaten matches: 52 games between 1977 and 1978; the most unbeaten matches in the Brazilian Championship: 42, also between 197 ...
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Marcelo Salles
Luiz Marcelo de Castro Salles (born 6 February 1978) is a Brazilian footballer who played as a central defender is currently without a club. Career Salles started his career at Flamengo in 2000, and became the assistant manager of the first team in 2005, under Joel Santana. In 2009, he was also Andrade's assistant as the club lifted the Série A trophy. Salles subsequently followed Andrade to Brasiliense in 2010, and was also Santana's second at Cruzeiro and Bahia. He started his managerial career in March 2013, after being appointed manager of Rio Branco-ES. Salles subsequently managed Nova Iguaçu (three stints), Bonsucesso (three stints), Audax Rio, Imperatriz, Portuguesa-RJ, Sampaio Corrêa-RJ and Volta Redonda. In 2019, he returned to ''Fla'', again as an assistant. On 29 May 2019, after Abel Braga's resignation, Salles was named interim manager until the arrival of Jorge Jesus in July. Personal life Salles is the son of Marco Antônio, a Brazilian former intern ...
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Bonsucesso
Bonsucesso is a neighborhood in the Rio de Janeiro#North Zone, North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with a population of about 18,000. The name, formerly also spelt ''Bomsucesso'', may be translated with "good luck." Formerly the neighbourhood was known for industry, which has since moved largely to the outskirts of Rio and made place for a more service based economy. It may be best known for the Bonsucesso Futebol Clube, which dates back to the year 1913. Bonsucesso (Bairro).JPG , Street view (2010) Vista de Bonsucesso.JPG , Street view (2010) Praça das Nações.JPG , Praça das Nações (2010) PRAANAO1.JPG , Praça das Nações (1929) Avenida Paris.jpg , Avenida Paris (2011) Igreja São Tomé.jpg , Church São Tomé (2012) Sede do Bonsucesso Futebol Clube.JPG , Bonsucesso Futebol Clube (2010) Neighbourhoods in Rio de Janeiro (city) {{RiodeJaneiro-geo-stub ...
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