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Rio de Janeiro state football team

The Rio de Janeiro state football team (Portuguese: Seleção Carioca de Futebol) represents Rio de Janeiro in association football.

Rio de Janeiro
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Seleção Carioca
AssociationFederação de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
ConfederationCBF
Top scorerNilo (52)
Home stadiumEstádio do Maracanã
First colours
Second colours
First international
São Paulo (state) São Paulo 2–2 Rio de Janeiro
(São Paulo, Brazil; 19 October 1901)
Biggest win
Rio de Janeiro 15–0 Minas Gerais Minas Gerais
(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 14 July 1920)
Biggest defeat
São Paulo (state) São Paulo 8–0 Rio de Janeiro
(São Paulo, Brazil; 7 November 1915)
São Paulo (state) São Paulo 9–1 Rio de Janeiro
(São Paulo, Brazil; 25 December 1917)
São Paulo (state) São Paulo 9–1 Rio de Janeiro
(São Paulo, Brazil; 25 March 1928)

History edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

Notable players edit

Top goalscorers edit

 
Garrincha scored 8 goals for Seleção Carioca (1955–1963)
Rank Player Goals Career
1 Nilo 52 1922–1934
2 Russinho 36 1926–1935
3 Zezé 34 1918–1923
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
Sylvio Pirillo 17 1943

Managers edit

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

Honours edit

Fixtures and results edit

For all past match results of the team, see Rio de Janeiro state football team results.

21st century edit

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 edit

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

No. 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 edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ "Before Brazil national football team". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b "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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