2010 Campeonato Carioca


The 2010 edition of the Campeonato Carioca was the 109th edition of football of FFERJ. It began on January 16 and ended on April 28, 2010.
Sixteen teams contested the title. Cabofriense and Mesquita were relegated the previous year and were replaced by Olaria and America from the Carioca Série B.

Teams

System

The 16 clubs were divided into two groups.
Group A: Americano, Bangu, Boavista, Duque de Caxias, Flamengo, Fluminense, Olaria, and Volta Redonda;
Group B: America, Botafogo, Friburguense, Macaé, Madureira, Resende, Tigres do Brasil, and Vasco da Gama.
The tournament was divided in two stages:

Taça Guanabara

Group A

Group B

Taça Moisés Mathias de Andrade

Semifinals
Finals

Semifinals

Finals

Taça Rio

Group A

Group B

Taça João Ellis Filho

Semifinals
Finals

Semifinals

Finals

Aggregate table

Relegation table

Per the rules of the Campeonato Carioca, for the purposes of relegation the standard tiebreaker criteria are not used. Since Duque de Caxias, Resende, and Friburguense all finished equal with 12 points in the relegation zone of the aggregate table, an additional double round-robin was played to determine relegation.