1988 Campeonato Carioca

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Americano 1-5 Fluminense (May 1, 1988)
Highest scoringVasco da Gama 4-3 Botafogo (March 28, 1988)
1987

The 1988 edition of the

Vasco da Gama won the title for the 17th time. Friburguense and Goytacaz were relegated.[1][2]

System

The tournament would be divided in four stages:[2][1]

  • Taça Guanabara: The twelve teams all played in a single round-robin format against each other. The champions qualified to the Final phase.
  • Taça Rio: The twelve teams all played in a single round-robin format against each other. The champions qualified to the Final phase and the four best teams qualified to the Third round.
  • Third round: The remaining four teams all played in a single round-robin format against each other. The champions qualified to the Final phase.
  • Final phase: The champions of each of the three stages would play that phase. if the same team won two of them, they would pay the other stage champion in two matches, with one bonus point.

Championship

Taça Guanabara

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1
Flamengo
11 8 2 1 19 5 +14 18 Champions
2
Vasco da Gama
11 8 1 2 23 10 +13 17
3
Fluminense
11 6 4 1 15 7 +8 16
4
Americano
11 5 5 1 12 8 +4 15
5 Bangu 11 3 6 2 11 8 +3 12
6 Botafogo 11 3 5 3 14 12 +2 11
7 Goytacaz 11 3 3 5 6 7 −1 9
8
América
11 2 4 5 9 13 −4 8
9 Porto Alegre 11 2 4 5 7 14 −7 8
10 AA Cabofriense 11 2 3 6 8 18 −10 7
11 Friburguense 11 1 4 6 5 16 −11 6
12
Volta Redonda
11 1 3 7 3 14 −11 5
Updated to match(es) played on March 28, 1988. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Taça Rio

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1
Vasco da Gama
11 9 1 1 16 3 +13 19 Champions
2
Fluminense
11 7 3 1 23 6 +17 17
3
Flamengo
11 6 4 1 18 3 +15 16
4 Botafogo 11 5 4 2 17 12 +5 14
5
Volta Redonda
11 3 6 2 9 10 −1 12
6
Americano
11 3 5 3 7 10 −3 11
7 AA Cabofriense 11 3 4 4 8 15 −7 10
8 Porto Alegre 11 3 3 5 13 15 −2 9
9 Bangu 11 3 3 5 9 11 −2 9
10
América
11 2 3 6 9 18 −9 7
11 Goytacaz 11 2 1 8 11 21 −10 5
12 Friburguense 11 0 3 8 5 21 −16 3
Updated to match(es) played on May 29, 1988. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Aggregate table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1
Vasco da Gama
22 17 2 3 39 13 +26 36 Qualified to Third round
2
Flamengo
22 14 6 2 37 8 +29 34
3
Fluminense
22 13 7 2 38 13 +25 33
4
Americano
22 8 10 4 19 18 +1 26
5 Botafogo 22 8 9 5 31 24 +7 25
6 Bangu 22 6 9 7 20 19 +1 21
7 Porto Alegre 22 5 7 10 20 29 −9 17
8 AA Cabofriense 22 5 7 10 16 33 −17 17
9
Volta Redonda
22 4 9 9 12 24 −12 17
10
América
22 4 7 11 18 31 −13 15
11 Goytacaz 22 5 4 13 17 28 −11 14 Relegated
12 Friburguense 22 1 7 14 10 37 −27 9
Updated to match(es) played on May 29, 1988. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Third phase

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1
Vasco da Gama
3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 5 Qualified to Finals
2
Flamengo
3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 3
3
Americano
3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 2
4
Fluminense
3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
Updated to match(es) played on June 12, 1988. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Finals

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Flamengo
1–3 Vasco da Gama 1–2 0–1

References

  1. ^ a b "RSSSF – Championship of Rio de Janeiro 1988". Retrieved May 7, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Futebolnacional.com.br – Championship of Rio de Janeiro 1988". Archived from the original on December 13, 2019. Retrieved May 7, 2019.