The Copa Rio () is a regional cup competition for football clubs in the Rio de Janeiro state. It is run by the Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation. Volta Redonda has the record for most trophies won.

As of 2025, the competition's rules exclude all national Série A and Série B clubs, with participation optional for clubs in Série C. Copa Rio champions are given a choice between qualifying for the following year's Copa do Brasil or Série D, with the runner-up qualifying for the competition that the winner didn't choose. The competition's participants include 8 Rio de Janeiro State Série A clubs, 8 Série A2 clubs, 4 Série B1 clubs and 4 Série B2 clubs.

History The competition was founded in 1991 by the Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation to decide one of the Rio de Janeiro's Copa do Brasil representatives of the following year (the other being the Campeonato Carioca champion). If the state champion had also won Copa Rio, the representative would have been the tournament runner-up. However, in 1995 the Brazilian Football Confederation established the possibility of a club being invited to dispute Copa do Brasil, and, as a consequence of this, Copa Rio ended up not being interesting for the big teams, so it was discontinued. Flamengo won the first competition with Léo Júnior as captain. It started in April 20 and was concluded on 10 August 1991.

In 1996 and 1997, the competition was replaced by a similar competition disputed only by Rio de Janeiro state countryside clubs, commonly known as Copa do Interior (Portuguese for Countryside Cup). In 1998, there was an attempt to recreate Copa Rio, but without the qualification to Copa do Brasil. This attempt was a failure, and after three years, the competition was discontinued again. During that season only Flamengo and Fluminense participated from the Rio's Big 4, while none of them joined the competition in the following year and only Botafogo in 2000. Thus, the Rio Cup started losing its shine in the decade to follow.

In 2008, the third-placed team (Madureira) was eligible to play in Copa Rio-Espírito Santo. In 2005 and in 2007, the competition was held again, but without the participation of the big clubs of the state, and again without qualification to Copa do Brasil.

Champions Capital and interior winners The competition was split in two groups with separate finals from 1991 to 1995.

YearCapital Interior 1991FlamengoAmericano 1992Vasco da GamaAmericano 1993FlamengoAmericano 1994FluminenseVolta Redonda 1995Botafogo Volta Redonda

Copa do Rio YearWinnerScoreRunner-up 1991 Em 1991, Flamengo vence Americano por 3 a 0 - ge.globo.comFlamengo1–03–0Americano 1992 - CR Vasco da Gama Campeão da Copa Rio de 1992Vasco da Gama2–02–1Fluminense 1993 Título pós-Cocada: a história apagada da Copa Rio 1993, vencida pelo Vasco - ge.globo.comVasco da Gama2–01–0Flamengo 1994 HISTÓRIA: OS 25 ANOS DO TÍTULO DO VOLTAÇO NA COPA RIO (1994) - ge.globo.comVolta Redonda1–41–0Fluminense 1995Volta Redonda4–00–0Barra 1998Fluminense4–0São Cristóvão 1999Volta Redonda2–01–0Madureira 2000Portuguesa4–1Casimiro de Abreu 2005Tigres do Brasil1–02–0Macaé 2007Volta Redonda3–10–2Cabofriense 2008Nova Iguaçu1–03–2Americano 2009Tigres do Brasil2–22–0Madureira 2010 Final 2010 - ge.globo.comSendas1–01–2Bangu 2011Madureira2–13–2Friburguense 2012 Festa laranja! Nova Iguaçu bate o Bangu e é campeão da Copa Rio 2012 - ge.globo.comNova Iguaçu0–01–0Bangu 2013Duque de Caxias0–13–1Boavista 2014Resende0–11–0Madureira 2015Resende0–05–2Portuguesa 2016Portuguesa3–23–4Friburguense 2017Boavista0–11-0Americano 2018Americano1–11–0Itaboraí 2019Bonsucesso0–01–0Portuguesa 2020 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. 2021 2021 Final - cinturaobrasileiro.comPérolas Negras1–11–1Maricá 2022Volta Redonda3–11–1Portuguesa 2023Portuguesa2–23–0Olaria 2024Maricá1–00–0Olaria 2025Portuguesa0–12–0America 2026Boavista1–12–0Nova Iguaçu

Titles by club ClubTitlesVolta Redonda5Portuguesa4 Boavista2Nova IguaçuResendeTigres do BrasilAmericano1BonsucessoFlamengoFluminenseMadureiraMaricáPérolas NegrasSendasVasco da Gama

Copa do Interior

List of champions

YearChampion1996Rubro Social1997Duquecaxiense

Titles by team ClubTitlesDuquecaxiense1 titleRubro Social1 title

Records and statistics Participations of Big Four Rio's Big Four participated in the early competitions. Their last appearance was in 2000 before the Cup went on hiatus. Botafogo is the only club out of the 4 that never won the competition.

ClubYearsAppearancesFlamengo1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 19986Fluminense1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 19986Botafogo1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 20006Vasco da Gama1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 19955

Topscorers YearPlayerClubGoals 2007ÉbersonPortuguesa-RJ10 2008Assumpção Olaria13 2009DanielSendas16 2010PipicoRondinelli TanoBangu Goytacaz Bangu8 2011Wellinton Pimenta Serra Macaense 8 2012Derley Madureira 10 2013 Tiago AmaralVolta Redonda8 2014 Gilcimar America-RJ8 2015Douglas Caé Sabão Tiago AmaralResendeGonçalense Volta Redonda6 2016Lohan Friburguense 11 2017Felipe AugustoBoavista-RJ5 2018Cláudio Maradona Americano7 2019Lelê Sorriso Itaboraí Profute Sampaio Corrêa7 2021Di MariaAmericano6 2022Jonathan Chula Rhainer Americano Serra Macaense6 2023Guilherme BarrozoXandinho Friburguense Olaria7

Winning managers and captains

SeasonManagerCaptain1991Vanderlei LuxemburgoLéo Júnior1992Joel SantanaRoberto Dinamite1993Alcir Portella Geovani 1994 Wilton XavierDenimar Bate bola 19951995 Wilton XavierDenimar Protagonista do último acesso do Voltaço na Série C, em 95, Magrão relembra feito: "Um ano mágico"1998Duílio Júnior1999 Wilton Xavier2000 Marcelo Neto2007Valter Ferreira2010 Zé RicardoLéo Inácio2011Antônio Carlos Roy2012Leonardo Condé2019Luciano Quadros2021Gilmar Estevam2022Rogério Corrêa Luan2023Caio Couto

See also Campeonato Carioca

References

External links Champions at RSSSF 2005 Copa Rio at RSSSF