Carioca League 1997 First Stage [Taça Guanabara] Table: 1.Botafogo 11 11 0 0 29- 8 33 2.Vasco da Gama 11 8 1 2 21-11 25 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.Flamengo 11 7 3 1 31- 8 24 4.Madureira 11 6 0 5 14-16 18 5.Bangu 11 4 4 3 19-19 16 6.Fluminense 11 4 3 4 13-13 15 7.Americano 11 4 1 6 10-13 13 8.Volta Redonda 11 3 3 5 13-16 12 ---------------------------------------- 9.America 11 1 6 4 9-13 9 10.Itaperuna 11 2 1 8 9-21 7 11.Olaria 11 1 4 6 12-21 7 ---------------------------------------- 12.Barreira 11 1 2 8 8-29 5 The eight best teams will play in the second stage. Barreira is relegated to the second division. Round 1 [Jan 11, 12] America 1-1 Olaria Vasco 3-0 Bangu Americano 3-0 Barreira Fluminense 2-1 Itaperuna [Feb 7] Botafogo 1-0 Madureira [Feb 8] Flamengo 5-1 Volta Redonda [Feb 13] Round 2 [Jan 15] Madureira 1-2 Vasco Bangu 2-2 Volta Redonda Botafogo 2-1 Olaria [Feb 15?] Itaperuna 0-1 Flamengo [Feb 15?] Barreira 0-1 America [Feb 15?] Americano 1-3 Fluminense [Feb 15?] Round 3 [Jan 19,22] Vasco 1-1 Volta Redonda Olaria 0-1 Madureira Bangu 3-0 Itaperuna [Jan 29] Flamengo 4-1 Americano [Feb 19] Botafogo 6-2 Barreira [Feb 19] Fluminense 1-1 America [Feb 19] Round 4 [Feb 2] Volta Redonda 3-0 Itaperuna Americano 1-0 Bangu Olaria 0-2 Vasco [Feb 13] America 0-0 Flamengo [Feb 23] Fluminense 1-4 Botafogo [Feb 23] Madureira 3-0 Barreira [Feb 22] Round 5 [Mar 5] Barreira 1-3 Vasco [Feb 2] Itaperuna 1-0 Americano [Feb 5] America 1-1 Volta Redonda Bangu 0-5 Botafogo Fluminense 3-1 Olaria Flamengo 7-0 Madureira [Mar 6] Round 6 [Mar 2] Olaria 2-2 Bangu [Feb 8] Madureira 2-0 Volta Redonda [Mar 1] America 1-1 Americano Barreira 0-5 Flamengo Botafogo 4-2 Itaperuna Vasco 1-0 Fluminense Round 7 [Mar 19,20] Madureira 2-4 Bangu Vasco 1-0 Americano [Feb 23] Fluminense 0-0 Barreira Itaperuna 2-1 America Olaria 2-4 Flamengo Volta Redonda 0-1 Botafogo Round 8 [Mar 16] Volta Redonda 3-1 Olaria [Feb 5] Americano 0-1 Botafogo Bangu 5-2 Barreira Itaperuna 0-2 Madureira Vasco 3-1 America Fluminense 1-1 Flamengo Round 9 [Mar 8,9] Madureira 1-0 America Flamengo 1-1 Bangu Volta Redonda 0-1 Fluminense Olaria 2-1 Americano Barreira 1-0 Itaperuna Vasco 1-2 Botafogo Round 10 [Mar 23] America 1-2 Botafogo Bangu 1-0 Fluminense Americano 1-0 Madureira Volta Redonda 2-1 Barreira Itaperuna 1-1 Olaria Flamengo 3-1 Vasco Round 11 [Mar 26] Itaperuna 2-3 Vasco [Mar 12] Barreira 1-1 Olaria Americano 1-0 Volta Redonda Madureira 2-1 Fluminense Bangu 1-1 America Botafogo 1-0 Flamengo Table: 1.Botafogo 11 11 0 0 29- 8 33 2.Vasco da Gama 11 8 1 2 21-11 25 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.Flamengo 11 7 3 1 31- 8 24 4.Madureira 11 6 0 5 14-16 18 5.Bangu 11 4 4 3 19-19 16 6.Fluminense 11 4 3 4 13-13 15 7.Americano 11 4 1 6 10-13 13 8.Volta Redonda 11 3 3 5 13-16 12 ---------------------------------------- 9.America 11 1 6 4 9-13 9 10.Itaperuna 11 2 1 8 9-21 7 11.Olaria 11 1 4 6 12-21 7 ---------------------------------------- 12.Barreira 11 1 2 8 8-29 5 The eight best teams will play in the second stage. Barreira is relegated to the second division. Topscorers: 12 Romario (Flamengo) 8 Ramon (Vasco) 7 Bentinho, Sorato (both Botafogo) Final Taça Guanabara [Mar 30] Botafogo 1-0 Vasco da Gama [Gonçalves] Second Stage Table: 1.Botafogo 7 4 3 0 8- 4 15 2.Flamengo 7 4 2 1 16- 9 14 3.Fluminense 7 4 2 1 10- 5 14 4.Vasco da Gama 7 3 1 3 6- 6 10 5.Americano 7 2 2 3 8-11 8 6.Bangu 7 1 3 3 6- 8 6 ---------------------------------------- 7.Madureira 7 0 4 3 7-11 4 8.Volta Redonda 7 1 1 5 7-14 4 Round 1 [Apr 16] Botafogo 1-0 Americano [Apr 2] Fluminense 1-1 Madureira [Apr 3] Vasco 2-1 Volta Redonda Flamengo 3-1 Bangu [?] Round 2 [Apr 6] Botafogo 2-2 Flamengo Bangu 0-0 Vasco Fluminense 2-1 Volta Redonda Madureira 3-5 Americano Round 3 [Apr 13] Bangu 1-1 Americano Madureira 1-1 Flamengo Fluminense 0-1 Vasco Volta Redonda 1-2 Botafogo Round 4 [Apr 20] Americano 1-0 Vasco Bangu 3-0 Volta Redonda Flamengo 2-3 Fluminense Madureira 0-0 Botafogo Round 5 [Apr 22,23] Volta Redonda 1-3 Flamengo Americano 0-2 Fluminense Botafogo 2-1 Bangu Vasco 2-1 Madureira Round 6 [Apr 26,27] Bangu 0-2 Fluminense Botafogo 1-0 Vasco Flamengo 3-0 Americano Volta Redonda 2-1 Madureira Round 7 [May 3,4] Fluminense 0-0 Botafogo Vasco 1-2 Flamengo Madureira 0-0 Bangu Americano 1-1 Volta Redonda Table: 1.Botafogo 7 4 3 0 8- 4 15 2.Flamengo 7 4 2 1 16- 9 14 3.Fluminense 7 4 2 1 10- 5 14 4.Vasco da Gama 7 3 1 3 6- 6 10 5.Americano 7 2 2 3 8-11 8 6.Bangu 7 1 3 3 6- 8 6 ---------------------------------------- 7.Madureira 7 0 4 3 7-11 4 8.Volta Redonda 7 1 1 5 7-14 4 Top six qualify for third stage. Botafogo winners second stage (Taça Cidade do Rio de Janeiro). Third Stage Table: 1.Vasco da Gama 5 3 2 0 10- 3 11 2.Fluminense 5 3 2 0 9- 5 11 3.Americano 5 2 2 1 5- 4 8 4.Botafogo 5 1 2 2 3- 5 5 5.Flamengo 5 1 1 3 2- 5 4 6.Bangu 5 0 1 4 2- 9 1 Round 1 [May 7,11] Vasco 1-1 Americano Flamengo 1-1 Botafogo Fluminense 2-1 Bangu Round 2 [May 14] Vasco 2-2 Fluminense Bangu 0-0 Botafogo Americano Awd Flamengo [awarded 1-0] Round 3 [May 18] Flamengo 0-2 Fluminense Americano 0-1 Botafogo Vasco 4-0 Bangu Round 4 [May 25] Fluminense 1-1 Americano Bangu 0-1 Flamengo Botafogo 0-2 Vasco Round 5 [Jul 2,3] Flamengo Awd Vasco [awarded 0-1] Fluminense 2-1 Botafogo Americano 2-1 Bangu [May 31] [Due to the postponement of this round, on request of Vasco who had 4 players called for international duty, Flamengo has withdrawn from the championship; their remaining two matches were awarded 0-1 against them.] Table: 1.Vasco da Gama 5 3 2 0 10- 3 11 2.Fluminense 5 3 2 0 9- 5 11 3.Americano 5 2 2 1 5- 4 8 4.Botafogo 5 1 2 2 3- 5 5 5.Flamengo 5 1 1 3 2- 5 4 6.Bangu 5 0 1 4 2- 9 1 Vasco win third stage and play off for the championship with Botafogo. Championship Playoff Botafogo starts with 4 bonus points First Match [Jul 6] Vasco 1-0 Botafogo Second Match [Jul 8] Botafogo 1-0 Vasco Table: 1.Botafogo 2 1 0 1 1- 1 7 2.Vasco da Gama 2 1 0 1 1- 1 3 First team to reach 6 points wins title. Botafogo Carioca champions 1997. Topscorers: 18 Romario (Flamengo) 14 Ramon (Vasco) 10 Bentinho (Botafogo)
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