Rio de Janeiro state football team

Rio de Janeiro
Nickname(s)	Seleção Carioca
Association	Federação de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
Confederation	CBF
Top scorer	Nilo (52)
Home stadium	Estádio do Maracanã
First colours	Second colours
First international
	São Paulo 2–2 Rio de Janeiro ; (São Paulo, Brazil; 19 October 1901)
Biggest win
	Rio de Janeiro 15–0 Minas Gerais ; (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 14 July 1920)
Biggest defeat
	São Paulo 8–0 Rio de Janeiro ; (São Paulo, Brazil; 7 November 1915) ; São Paulo 9–1 Rio de Janeiro ; (São Paulo, Brazil; 25 December 1917) ; São Paulo 9–1 Rio de Janeiro ; (São Paulo, Brazil; 25 March 1928)

The Rio de Janeiro state football team (Portuguese: 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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[1]

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.

State	Years
Rio de Janeiro (DF)	1901–1960
Guanabara (GB)	1960–1975
Rio de Janeiro (RJ)	1975–

Players

Following is the information about the players who appeared for the Rio de Janeiro state team:^[2]

Notable players

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Goals	Career
1	Nilo	52	1922–1934
2	Russinho	36	1926–1935
3	Zezé	34	1918–1923
3	Carvalho Leite	34	1931–1939
5	Harry Welfare	31	1913–1920
6	Oswaldinho	23	1926–1929
7	Carreiro	20	1935–1941
8	Leônidas da Silva	19	1931–1941
9	Ademir de Menezes	17	1943–1955
9	Sylvio Pirillo	17	1943

Managers

These are all the managers who as headed Rio de Janeiro state team:^[2]

Luiz Vinhaes (1931–1933)
Carlos Carlomagno (1934–1937)
Hílton Santos (1938)
Jayme Barcelos (1938–1939)
Costa Velho (1939)
Osvaldo Melo (1940–1941)
Flávio Costa (1941–1945)
Luiz Vinhaes (1946)
Flávio Costa (1947–1950)
Zezé Moreira (1952)
Martim Francisco (1955)
Newton Anet (1956)
Flávio Costa (1956)
Sylvio Pirillo (1957)
Gentil Cardoso (1957)
Tim (1959–1960)
Jorge Vieira (1961)
Flávio Costa (1962–1963)
Daniel Pinto (1964)
Mário Zagallo (1967)
Paulinho de Almeida (1968)
Mário Zagallo (1969)
Otto Glória (1970)
Paraguaio (1971)
Mário Travaglini (1972–1975)
Orlando Fantoni (1977)
Edu Coimbra (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. Huracán)
- 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:

10 Oct 2004 Friendly	Rio de Janeiro	1–1	São Paulo	Rio de Janeiro
	Romário 74'	Report	Anderson Lima 18'	Stadium: Estádio do Maracanã Attendance: 58.147 Referee: Willian de Souza Nery (RJ)

22 Jun 2008 Friendly	Brazil U23	1–0	Rio de Janeiro	Volta Redonda
	Alexandre Pato 7'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Raulino de Oliveira Attendance: 11.503 Referee: Marcelo de Lima Henrique (RJ)

9 Dec 2010 Copa Inovação	São Paulo	3–1	Rio de Janeiro	São Caetano do Sul
	Elano 8' (pen.) Baiano 50' Neymar 84' (pen.)		Dedé 22'	Stadium: Estádio Anacleto Campanella Referee: Sálvio Spínola Fagundes Filho (SP)

Last squad

The following players were called up for the Copa Inovação against São Paulo, on 9 December 2010.^[3]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Rafael	(1984-03-24)24 March 1984 (aged 26)	1	0	Fluminense
1GK	Vinícius	(1984-11-09)9 November 1984 (aged 26)	1	0	Flamengo

2DF	Léo Moura	(1978-10-23)23 October 1978 (aged 32)	1	0	Flamengo
2DF	Leandro Euzébio	(1981-08-18)18 August 1981 (aged 29)	1	0	Fluminense
2DF	Dedé	(1988-07-01)1 July 1988 (aged 22)	1	1	Vasco da Gama
2DF	Alessandro	(1977-09-21)21 September 1977 (aged 33)	0	0	Botafogo
2DF	Fagner	(1989-06-11)11 June 1989 (aged 21)	1	0	Vasco da Gama
2DF	Antônio Carlos	(1983-06-22)22 June 1983 (aged 27)	1	0	Botafogo
2DF	Marcelo Cordeiro	(1981-04-12)12 April 1981 (aged 29)	1	0	Botafogo

3MF	Fernando Bob	(1988-01-07)7 January 1988 (aged 22)	1	0	Fluminense
3MF	Somália	(1984-04-10)10 April 1984 (aged 26)	1	0	Botafogo
3MF	Carlos Alberto	(1984-12-11)11 December 1984 (aged 25)	1	0	Vasco da Gama
3MF	Toró	(1986-04-13)13 April 1986 (aged 24)	1	0	Flamengo
3MF	Tartá	(1989-04-13)13 April 1989 (aged 21)	1	0	Fluminense

4FW	Somália	(1977-06-22)22 June 1977 (aged 33)	1	0	Duque de Caxias
4FW	Jóbson	(1988-02-15)15 February 1988 (aged 22)	0	0	Botafogo
4FW	Diego Maurício	(1991-06-25)25 June 1991 (aged 19)	1	0	Flamengo
4FW	Daniel Morais	(1986-05-12)12 May 1986 (aged 24)	0	0	America
4FW	Wellington Silva	(1993-01-06)6 January 1993 (aged 17)	0	0	Fluminense

Head-to-head record

Below is a result summary of all matches Rio de Janeiro have played against another Brazilian state teams, FIFA national teams and clubs.

Positive Record Neutral Record Negative Record

State teams (non-FIFA)

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Bahia	11	9	2	0	45	6	+39
Ceará	3	2	1	0	15	1	+14
Espírito Santo	5	4	0	1	22	7	+15
Maranhão	2	2	0	0	7	2	+5
Minas Gerais	46	29	8	9	164	66	+98
Pará	6	6	0	0	34	5	+29
Paraná	3	3	0	0	13	6	+7
Pernambuco	9	6	2	1	33	12	+21
Rio de Janeiro (Countryside)	13	12	0	1	59	19	+40
Rio Grande do Norte	2	1	1	0	5	3	+2
Rio Grande do Sul	9	6	2	1	31	13	+18
São Paulo	138	47	25	66	273	341	-68
Total (12)	247	127	41	79	701	481	+220

National teams (FIFA)

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Argentina	7	1	1	5	9	20	-11
Brazil	1	0	0	1	2	4	-2
Brazil U23	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1
Chile	2	2	0	0	8	2	+6
Peru	1	1	0	0	5	1	+4
Portugal	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Total (6)	13	5	1	7	25	28	-3

References

^ "Before Brazil national football team". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Fichas Técnicas da Sel. do Rio de Janeiro" (in Portuguese). Futebol 80. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
^ "Copa Inovação" (in Portuguese). Sindicato dos Atlétas. 9 December 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2022.

[Before-1] "Before Brazil national football team". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 March 2022.

[Futebol80-2] "Fichas Técnicas da Sel. do Rio de Janeiro" (in Portuguese). Futebol 80. Retrieved 11 March 2022.

[3] "Copa Inovação" (in Portuguese). Sindicato dos Atlétas. 9 December 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2022.

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