Carioca League 1998
First Stage
[qualifying competition for second stage]
Round 1 [Jan 25]
Madureira 0-0 Friburguense [Jan 24]
America awd Itaperuna [originally 1-1; awarded 1-0 to America?]
Olaria 0-0 Volta Redonda
Round 2 [Jan 28]
Volta Redonda 0-1 America
Friburguense 0-0 Olaria
Itaperuna awd Madureira [originally 1-0; awarded 1-0 to Madureira as
Itaperuna had 4 ineligible players]
Round 3 [Feb 1]
Madureira 3-1 America [Jan 31]
Olaria 3-1 Itaperuna [10 paying fans...]
Friburguense 2-1 Volta Redonda
Round 4 [Feb 4]
Madureira 0-1 Volta Redonda
Itaperuna 1-3 Friburguense
America 0-2 Olaria
Round 5 [Feb 8]
Olaria 0-0 Madureira
Volta Redonda 0-1 Itaperuna
America 0-1 Friburguense
Round 6 [Feb 12]
Friburguense 4-2 Madureira
Volta Redonda 2-1 Olaria
Itaperuna 1-1 America
Round 7 [Feb 14]
Madureira 4-0 Itaperuna
America 2-0 Volta Redonda [Feb 15]
Olaria 3-3 Friburguense
Round 8 [Feb 18]
America 1-1 Madureira
Volta Redonda 1-0 Friburguense
Itaperuna 0-2 Olaria
Round 9 [Feb 26]
Friburguense 3-0 Itaperuna
Olaria 3-0 America
Volta Redonda 0-2 Madureira
Round 10 [Mar 1]
Madureira 3-1 Olaria
Itaperuna 3-4 Volta Redonda
Friburguense 2-1 America
Table:
1.Friburguense 10 6 3 1 18- 9 21 Qualify for Second Stage
2.Madureira 10 5 3 2 16- 8 18 Qualify for Second Stage
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3.Olaria 10 4 4 2 15- 9 16
4.Volta Redonda 10 4 1 5 9-12 13
5.América 10 2 3 5 8-14 9
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6.Itaperuna 10 1 2 7 8-22 5 Relegated
[Relegation of Itaperuna later revoked; promoted: Cabofriense.]
Second Stage
Automatic qualifiers: Americano, Bangu, Botafogo, Flamengo, Fluminense,
Vasco da Gama
First Phase (Taça Guanabara)
Round 1 [Mar 10]
Madureira 3-2 Botafogo [Mar 7]
Americano 1-1 Friburguense
Vasco 4-3 Fluminense [Mar 8]
Bangu 2-1 Flamengo
Round 2 [Mar 14]
Bangu 1-3 Madureira
Flamengo 3-0 Botafogo
Fluminense 1-1 Americano
Friburguense 0-3 Vasco [Apr 7]
Round 3 [Mar 18]
Vasco 5-0 Americano [Feb 1]
Friburguense 1-2 Fluminense
Botafogo 0-0 Bangu
Flamengo 2-0 Madureira
Round 4 [Mar 22]
Botafogo 0-2 Friburguense [Mar 24]
Americano 2-1 Bangu
Fluminense 0-0 Flamengo
Madureira 0-4 Vasco [Apr 12]
Round 5 [Mar 29]
Fluminense 2-0 Madureira
Americano 1-2 Flamengo
Vasco 1-2 Botafogo
Friburguense 1-1 Bangu
Round 6 [Apr 1]
Vasco 1-0 Bangu [Jan 18]
Flamengo 3-0 Friburguense
Madureira 2-2 Americano [Apr 2]
Botafogo 1-1 Fluminense
Round 7 [Apr 8]
Americano 1-2 Botafogo
Bangu 2-1 Fluminense [Apr 5]
Madureira 2-1 Friburguense
Flamengo 0-0 Vasco [Apr 19]
Table:
1.Vasco da Gama 7 5 1 1 18- 5 16 Win Taça Guanabara
2.Flamengo 7 4 2 1 11- 3 14
3.Madureira 7 3 1 3 10-14 10
4.Fluminense 7 2 3 2 10- 9 9
5.Bangú 7 2 2 3 7- 9 8
6.Botafogo 7 2 2 3 7-11 8
7.Americano 7 1 3 3 8-14 6
8.Friburguense 7 1 2 4 6-12 5
Second Phase (Taça Rio de Janeiro)
Round 1 [Apr 22]
Fluminense 1-0 Friburguense [Apr 22]
Flamengo 0-0 Bangu
Americano 0-1 Vasco
Botafogo 1-1 Madureira
Round 2 [Apr 26]
Vasco 3-1 Friburguense
Botafogo 3-3 Flamengo
Americano 1-1 Fluminense
Madureira 2-2 Bangu
Round 3 [May 10]
Bangu 2-0 Friburguense [Apr 30]
Madureira 1-0 Fluminense [May 1]
Flamengo 4-2 Americano
Vasco w/o Botafogo [Botafogo dns, awarded 2-0 to Vasco]
Round 4 [May 3]
Madureira 2-3 Flamengo
Bangu 2-1 Botafogo
Friburguense 3-1 Americano
Vasco 0-2 Fluminense [May 21]
Round 5 [May 6]
Friburguense 0-1 Flamengo
Fluminense 1-1 Botafogo
Americano 1-0 Madureira [May 7]
Bangu 0-1 Vasco [May 14]
Round 6 [May 13]
Vasco 2-0 Madureira [Apr 29]
Bangu 0-0 Americano [May 12]
Friburguense 4-2 Botafogo
Flamengo awd Fluminense [neither side showed up, awarded 0-2 against both]
Round 7 [May 17]
Madureira 1-2 Friburguense [May 10]
Botafogo 2-0 Americano [May 16]
Vasco awd Flamengo [Flamengo dns, awarded 2-0 to Vasco]
Fluminense 5-1 Bangu
Final Table:
1.Vasco da Gama 7 6 0 1 11- 3 18
2.Fluminense 7 3 2 2 10- 6 11
3.Flamengo 7 3 2 2 11-11 11
4.Friburguense 7 3 0 4 10-11 9
5.Bangú 7 2 3 2 7- 9 9
6.Botafogo 7 1 3 3 10-13 6
7.Madureira 7 1 2 4 7-11 5
8.Americano 7 1 2 4 5-11 5
Vasco da Gama wins second phase, and thereby, as winners of first phase,
the Rio de Janeiro state championship 1998.
Topscorers:
Romário (Flamengo), 10 gols.
Roni (Fluminense), 9.
Messias (Madureira), 7.
Thanks to Pedro Varanda (florianovaranda@ig.com.br).
Prepared and maintained by Miguel Alvim Gonzalez for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation and RSSSF Brazil
Author: Miguel Alvim Gonzalez (miguelgonzalez@openlink.com.br)
Last updated: 27 Jan 2000
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