1923 Campeonato Carioca


The 1923 Campeonato Carioca, the eighteenth edition of that championship, kicked off on April 15, 1923 and ended on October 14, 1923. It was organized by LMDT. Sixteen teams participated. Vasco da Gama won the title for the 1st time. No teams were relegated.

Participating teams

ClubHome locationPrevious season
AméricaTijuca, Rio de Janeiro1st
AmericanoEngenho de Dentro, Rio de Janeiro10th
AndarahyAndaraí, Rio de Janeiro6th
BanguBangu, Rio de Janeiro5th
BotafogoBotafogo, Rio de Janeiro4th
BrasilUrca, Rio de Janeiro2nd
CariocaJardim Botânico, Rio de Janeiro11th
FlamengoFlamengo, Rio de Janeiro2nd
FluminenseLaranjeiras, Rio de Janeiro3rd
MackenzieMéier, Rio de Janeiro14th
MangueiraTijuca, Rio de Janeiro13th
PalmeirasSão Cristóvão, Rio de Janeiro12th
RiverPiedade, Rio de Janeiro1st
São CristóvãoSão Cristóvão, Rio de Janeiro7th
Vasco da GamaSão Cristóvão, Rio de Janeiro8th
Villa IsabelVila Isabel, Rio de Janeiro9th

System

The tournament would be disputed in two stages:First stage: The sixteen teams would be divided into two groups of eight : Série A, with the teams that had finished from 1st to 8th in the previous year's championship, and Série B, with those that had finished from 9th to 14th and the two teams promoted from the Second level. The teams in each group played each other in a double round-robin format. The champions of Série A and Série B would qualify into the Finals, while the last-placed team in Série B would dispute a playoff against the champions of the Second Level.Final stage: However, before the Finals, the champions of Série B would have to play against the last-placed team of Série A. If they won that match, they qualified for the Finals while the other team would be relegated to the Série B. In case of any other result, the Série A champions would win the title automatically, and no relegation or promotion across groups would take place.

Championship

Final phase

''Villa Isabel eliminated; Vasco da Gama declared champions''

Relegation Playoffs

The regulation stipulated that a playoff would be held between Americano, the last-placed team in Série B and Hellênico, the champions of the Second Level. Hellênico won the playoff. Americano would have been relegated, but after the subsequent split between LMDT and AMEA, Americano participated in the 1924 LMDT championship anyway.