Season 2015 Champion CR Vasco da Gama | Champions Vasco da Gama | |
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Dates February 1 - May 3, 2015 Similar 2016 Campeonato Carioca, 2014 Campeonato Carioca, 2009 Campeonato Carioca, 2007 Campeonato Carioca, 2016 Taça Guanabara | ||
The 2015 Campeonato Carioca de Futebol (officially the 2015 Cariocão Guaraviton for sponsorship reasons) was the 114th edition of the main division of football in Rio de Janeiro. The contest was organized by FERJ. The top four teams competed in the 2016 Copa do Brasil.
A peculiarity of this edition of the championship is that it was contested as a single round-robin, Guanabara Cup, followed by a semifinal and final. After each of the 16 teams played each other once, the four best placed teams qualified to the semifinals.
References
2015 Campeonato Carioca Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA