Taça Rio (English: Rio Cup) is an annual football tournament attached to Campeonato Carioca, the state football league in the Rio de Janeiro state. It has been organized since 1982 by the Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation. It has had different formats throughout its history. Since 2026, it has been played between clubs that lose the quarter-finals in the Campeonato Carioca knockout phase.
Vasco da Gama is the most successful club in the tournament's history, having won the title eleven times.
Format The Taça Rio and Taça Guanabara has become, throughout its history, recognized for the various changes in its format, causing confusion for many spectators.
Since 2021, it has been played between clubs that finished 5th to 8th in the Taça Guanabara, the first single round-robin phase of the Campeonato Carioca. There are two semi-finals, sixth place will face seventh and fifth will face eighth. The two winners compete in the final. All games are two-legged tie format.
Starting in 2026, the Taça Rio will be contested between the clubs that lost the quarter-finals of the knockout phase of the Campeonato Carioca.
History
Taça Rio was created in 1982, as an equivalent to Taça Guanabara. While Taça Guanabara is the name of the trophy given to the Campeonato Carioca first stage winner, Taça Rio is the trophy given to the second stage champion.
Taça Rio was not held only in 1994 and 1995, during the time format of Taça Guanabara was changed. During these two years, though teams were still divided into two groups, the matches that played against teams from other group, traditional matches of Taça Rio, became the second phase of the group stage of the Taça Guanabara. Therefore, there was no need for the Taça Rio to be held.
In 1996, the traditional competition format returned, and the Taça Rio was contested again and the trophy was again given to the Campeonato Carioca second round champion.
List of champions YearChampionsRunners-up 1982 America (1) Botafogo 1983 Flamengo (1) Bangu 1984 Vasco da Gama (1) Fluminense 1985 Flamengo (2) Bangu 1986 Flamengo (3) Fluminense 1987 Bangu (1) Vasco da Gama 1988 Vasco da Gama (2) Fluminense 1989 Botafogo (1) Vasco da Gama 1990 Fluminense (1) Botafogo 1991 Flamengo (4) Botafogo 1992 Vasco da Gama (3) Flamengo 1993 Vasco da Gama (4) Flamengo 1996 Flamengo (5) Vasco da Gama 1997 Botafogo (2) Flamengo 1998 Vasco da Gama (5) Fluminense 1999 Vasco da Gama (6) Flamengo 2000 Flamengo (6) Vasco da Gama 2001 Vasco da Gama (7) Flamengo 2002 Americano (1) Vasco da Gama 2003 Vasco da Gama (8) Fluminense 2004 Vasco da Gama (9) Fluminense 2005 Fluminense (2) Flamengo 2006 Madureira (1) Americano 2007 Botafogo (3) Cabofriense 2008 Botafogo (4) Fluminense 2009 Flamengo (7) Botafogo 2010 Botafogo (5) Flamengo 2011 Flamengo (8) Vasco da Gama 2012 Botafogo (6) Vasco da Gama 2013 Botafogo (7) Fluminense 2014 Boavista (1) Friburguense 2015 Madureira (2) Bangu 2016 Volta Redonda (1) Resende 2017 Vasco da Gama (10) Botafogo 2018 Fluminense (3) Botafogo 2019 Flamengo (9) Vasco da Gama 2020 Fluminense (4) Flamengo 2021 Vasco da Gama (11) Botafogo 2022 Resende (1) Nova Iguaçu 2023 Botafogo (8) Audax 2024 Botafogo (9) Boavista 2025 Sampaio Corrêa (1) Madureira 2026 Botafogo (10) Bangu
Titles by club Vasco da Gama 11 titles Botafogo 10 titles Flamengo 9 titles Fluminense 4 titles Madureira 2 titles America 1 title Americano 1 title Bangu 1 title Boavista 1 title Resende 1 title Volta Redonda 1 title Sampaio Corrêa 1 title
See also Campeonato Carioca Taça Guanabara
References
External links Taça Rio at the RSSSF (archived)