If the same club wins both the Taça Guanabara and Taça Rio, and no other team has collected more points than this team across both group stages combined, then this team is immediately champion of the Campeonato Carioca. The four lowest placed teams in the preliminary round will form Group X and play a double round-robin. In the case of a draw on aggregate, the championship will go to the team that won both cups.The top two teams in the combined table of the Taça Guanabara and Taça Rio automatically qualify to the The Taça Guanabara group stage was contested from 18 January to 9 February. Rivalries amongst four of the most prestigious Brazilian teams (Fluminense is the team considered the "champion of the century" with the highest number of titles of the 20th century at 28. The top team of Group X qualified for the First Round of the the two top-placed teams in each group qualify for the semi-final of the Taça Guanabara. The Taça Guanabara final is contested as a single match.In the Taça Rio, each group contests a round-robin within their group.

Home team was decided in a draw held on 6 July 2020, 10:00 at FERJ headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.Bottom team of the overall table would have been "relegated" to 2021 Campeonato Carioca First Round. Home team was decided in a draw held on 14 February 2020, 14:00 at FERJ headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.The Taça Rio group stage was contested from 28 February to 2 July. The 25 top score for team of the history of the Campeonato Carioca, all Brazilian, except the English Henry Welfare: Flamengo leads the new century with 9 titles, and an overall count with 36 titles. O Flamengo conquistou o tricampeonato estadual ao vencer o Vasco da Gama em duas partidas na final. Otherwise, the team that won both cups and the team with the most points will play a two-leg final.

In the event of a draw, the higher placed team advances to the final. Devido à paralisação dos torneios nacionais durante a Copa do Mundo FIFA de 2018 entre junho e julho, a fase preliminar teve início no dia 20 de dezembro de 2017. O Campeonato Carioca de Futebol de 2019 foi a 118ª edição da principal divisão do futebol no Rio de Janeiro.A disputa foi organizada pela Federação de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FERJ).. A primeira fase — com os quatro times de pior campanha no ano anterior (exceto os rebaixados) mais os dois promovidos da Série B1 de 2018 — iniciou-se em 22 de dezembro de 2018. The preliminary phase of the tournament is contested as a round-robin among the two worst-placed teams of the 2019 competition, the two best-placed teams in the 2019 relegation group, and the two teams promoted from the Unlike the previous format, only one team participating in the Campeonato Carioca would be relegated. The winners of the Taça Guanabara and Taça Rio will play the two-leg final. The league rules did not address ties. However, the "relegated" team As best-placed team in the overall table, excluding the "Big Four", The four teams, excluding the "Big Four" and Taça Independência winners, with the best performance in the tournament (excluding matches against the "Big Four" teams) will compete in the Torneio Extra (The Relegation Round was competed from 18 January to 4 July in two separate double round-robin groups. In 1906, the first Campeonato Carioca was contested by six clubs: Fluminense, Botafogo, Bangu, Football and Athletic, Payssandu and Rio Cricket. O Campeonato Carioca de Futebol de 2013 foi a 112ª edição da principal divisão do futebol no Rio de Janeiro.A disputa foi organizada pela Federação de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FERJ). The Campeonato Carioca, officially known as Campeonato Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (Port., State Championship of Rio de Janeiro), was started in 1906 and is the annual football championship of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.It is under the authority of the state football federation, Federação de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. If tie on aggregate goals after both legs, the final will be decided in a penalty shootout. Botafogo claimed an extra-match advantage; Fluminense claimed that the league should adopt the goal-average criteria. The tournament resumed behind closed doors on 18 June 2020. On 16 March 2020, FERJ suspended the Campeonato Carioca indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic in Brazil. Like the Taça Guanabara, the top two teams in each group standing qualify to a semi-final with the same format.The final stage will only be contested between two teams, as opposed to the four-team bracket of previous seasons. In 1907, the championship ended with a tie between Botafogo and Fluminense. The winners of Taça Guanabara and Taça Rio compete in the two-legged finals of Campeonato Carioca, with the winner champion. A primeira transmissão de um jogo de futebol pela Globo aconteceu em 21 de novembro de 1965. O Campeonato Carioca de Futebol de 2001 foi a 96ª edição do torneio.