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The Taça Guanabara (English: Guanabara Cup) is an annual football tournament attached to the Campeonato Carioca, the state football league in the Rio de Janeiro state. It has been organized since 1965 by the Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation. It has had different formats throughout its history.

In its first seven editions (1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970 and 1971), the Taça Guanabara was a tournament in its own right, unrelated to the Campeonato Carioca, and the winner would represent Rio de Janeiro in the Taça Brasil national league competition. From 1972 onward, the cup became the first round of the Campeonato Carioca. Since 2021, the Taça Guanarabara is the first single round-robin phase of the Campeonato Carioca.

The most successful team in the tournament's history is Flamengo, who have won 24 times.

Format

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The Taça Guanabara and Taça Rio has become, throughout its history, recognized for the various changes in its format, causing confusion for many spectators.[1][2]

Since 2021, the Taça Guanarabara is the first single round-robin phase of the Campeonato Carioca, played by 12 teams. The team that finishes with the most points is the champion. The four best teams advance to the final stage of the Campeonato Carioca, and the clubs that finished 5th to 8th places compete in the Taça Rio.[3]

History

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The first season of the tournament was held in 1965. At the time, the tournament was considered a separate competition unrelated to the Campeonato Carioca. In its first years, its purpose was to define the Guanabara representative in the Taça Brasil, but it kept being played even after the Taça Brasil's last edition. In 1971, the tournament became the first stage of Campeonato Carioca but is still considered a separate competition to a certain extent, with a trophy awarded to the winner of the tournament.

The current format has been used throughout the tournament's history with the exception of the 1994 and 1995 editions.

In 1994, twelve teams were divided into two groups (similar to the current format). However, in the group stage, teams not only played against teams from their same group, but also played against the teams from the other group in the second phase of the group stage (similar to the Taça Rio format). After the group stage, the first placed team in each group faced each other in the Taça Guanabara final. Semi-finals were not played. The Taça Guanabara final results had no bearing on the Campeonato Carioca. The two highest placed teams of each Taça Guanabara group entered the final phase of Campeonato Carioca. Those four teams played a double round-robin tournament to contest the Campeonato Carioca championship.[4]

In 1995, the number of teams increased to 16 while the format remained similar to 1994: two groups of 8 teams contested two group stage phases. After the group stage, the top team of each group competed in the Taça Guanabara final, with the winner being awarded one point in the final phase of Campeonato Carioca. The first placed team in each group after the first and second phase of the group stage also received one extra point for a total of five "bonus" points contributed towards teams in the Campeonato Carioca. The top four teams in each group then contested the final phase of Campeonato Carioca in a double round-robin tournament to determine the winner of Campeonato Carioca.[5] Because of these format changes, the Taça Rio was not held in these three years. Since 1996, the old format has been adopted again.

Finalists

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Year Champions Runners-up
1965 Vasco da Gama (1) Botafogo
1966 Fluminense (1) Flamengo
1967 Botafogo (1) America
1968 Botafogo (2) Flamengo
1969 Fluminense (2) Botafogo
1970 Flamengo (1) Fluminense
1971 Fluminense (3) Botafogo
1972 Flamengo (2) Fluminense
1973 Flamengo (3) Vasco da Gama
1974 America (1) Fluminense
1975 Fluminense (4) America
1976 Vasco da Gama (2) Flamengo
1977 Vasco da Gama (3) Flamengo
1978 Flamengo (4) Fluminense
1979 Flamengo (5) Fluminense
1980 Flamengo (6) Americano
1981 Flamengo (7) America
1982 Flamengo (8) Vasco da Gama
1983 Fluminense (5) America
1984 Flamengo (9) Fluminense
1985 Fluminense (6) Vasco da Gama
1986 Vasco da Gama (4) Flamengo
1987 Vasco da Gama (5) Fluminense
1988 Flamengo (10) Botafogo
1989 Flamengo (11) Botafogo
1990 Vasco da Gama (6) Botafogo
1991 Fluminense (7) Flamengo
1992 Vasco da Gama (7) Flamengo
1993 Fluminense (8) Vasco da Gama
1994 Vasco da Gama (8) Fluminense
1995 Flamengo (12) Botafogo
1996 Flamengo (13) Vasco da Gama
1997 Botafogo (3) Vasco da Gama
1998 Vasco da Gama (9) Flamengo
1999 Flamengo (14) Vasco da Gama
2000 Vasco da Gama (10) Botafogo
2001 Flamengo (15) Fluminense
2002 Americano (1) Vasco da Gama
2003 Vasco da Gama (11) Flamengo
2004 Flamengo (16) Fluminense
2005 Volta Redonda (1) Americano
2006 Botafogo (4) America
2007 Flamengo (17) Madureira
2008 Flamengo (18) Botafogo
2009 Botafogo (5) Resende
2010 Botafogo (6) Vasco da Gama
2011 Flamengo (19) Boavista
2012 Fluminense (9) Vasco da Gama
2013 Botafogo (7) Vasco da Gama
2014 Flamengo (20) Fluminense
2015 Botafogo (8) Flamengo
2016 Vasco da Gama (12) Fluminense
2017 Fluminense (10) Flamengo
2018 Flamengo (21) Boavista
2019 Vasco da Gama (13) Fluminense
2020 Flamengo (22) Boavista
2021 Flamengo (23) Volta Redonda
2022 Fluminense (11) Flamengo
2023 Fluminense (12) Vasco da Gama
2024 Flamengo (24) Nova Iguaçu

Titles by club

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Broadcasting rights

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Brazil

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Broadcaster Free/Pay
RecordTV Free
Cariocão TV PPV

Statistics

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Since 1990, the winner of the Taça Guanabara has also won the State championship in 1992, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Feitosa, Luis (June 19, 2020). "História, formato e mais: entenda a diferença entre a Taça Rio e a Taça Guanabara". Torcedores.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  2. ^ "Novo regulamento da Taça Rio gera confusão". www.band.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). December 26, 2023. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  3. ^ "Regulamento do Campeonato Carioca: entenda!". Gazeta Esportiva (in Brazilian Portuguese). March 29, 2022. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  4. ^ "Rio de Janeiro Championship 1994". RSSSF Brasil. Archived from the original on March 23, 2008. Retrieved February 26, 2012.
  5. ^ "Rio de Janeiro Championship 1995 - First Level". RSSSF Brasil. Archived from the original on August 23, 2007. Retrieved February 26, 2012.