The Torneio Início Carioca () was a traditional tournament that took place in Brazil marking the start date of the state championships.
Format
The matches were held with 20 or 30 minutes, and many times, corners served as a tiebreaker. These matches, as they do not follow the criteria established by FIFA, are not considered official, only the tournaments are endorsed by the respective organizing federations of the state championships.
List of champions
Following is the list with all the champions of the Torneio Início Carioca:
SeasonChampionsRunners-up1916Fluminense (1)America1917Not held1918São Cristóvão (1)Fluminense1919 (1)Fluminense1920Flamengo (1)São Cristóvão1921 (1)Vasco da Gama1922Flamengo (2)1923 (1)Flamengo1924 Fluminense (2)Flamengo1924 (1)Unknown1925Fluminense (3)São Cristóvão1926Vasco da Gama (1)Flamengo1927FluminenseSão Cristóvão1928 São Cristóvão (2)Flamengo1929 Vasco da Gama (2)America1930Vasco da Gama (3)Bangu1931Vasco da Gama (4)Fluminense1932Vasco da Gama (5)Botafogo1933São Cristóvão (3)Botafogo1934 Botafogo (1)Mavilis1934 Bangu (1)America1935–1936Not held1937 São Cristóvão (4)Botafogo1938Botafogo (2)São Cristóvão1939Madureira (1)Flamengo 1940Fluminense (4)São Cristóvão1941Fluminense (5)Madureira1942Vasco da Gama (6)Madureira1943Fluminense (6)Madureira1944Vasco da Gama (7)Flamengo 1945Vasco da Gama (8)Botafogo 1946Flamengo (3)America1947Botafogo (3)Olaria1948Vasco da Gama (9)Olaria1949America (1)Bangu1950Bangu (2)Vasco da Gama1951Flamengo (4)Bangu1952Flamengo (5)Vasco da Gama1953Canto do Rio (1)Vasco da Gama1954Fluminense (7)Flamengo1955Bangu (3)Vasco da Gama1956Fluminense (8)Bonsucesso 1957Madureira (2)Vasco da Gama1958Vasco da Gama (10)Madureira1959Flamengo (6)Madureira1960Olaria (1)Flamengo1961Botafogo (4)Flamengo1962Botafogo (5)Canto do Rio1963Botafogo (6)Campo Grande1964Bangu (4)São Cristóvão1965Fluminense (9)Flamengo1966Not held1967Botafogo (7)Madureira1968–1976Not held1977Botafogo (8)Vasco da Gama
Notes
The 1927 Torneio Início was declared null due to the fact that Fluminense had selected two players from their second team in the competition, which was vetoed.
Titles by team
Rank Club Winners Winning years1Vasco da Gama101926, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1948, 19582Fluminense91916, 1924 , 1925, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1954, 1956, 19653Botafogo 81934 , 1938, 1947, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1967, 19774Flamengo 61920, 1922, 1946, 1951, 1952, 19595Bangu41934 , 1950, 1955, 1964São Cristóvão1918, 1928, 1933, 1937 7Madureira 21939, 19478America119491924 Canto do Rio19531919 1923Olaria1960 1921
See also
Torneio Início Paulista
References