2013 Campeonato Carioca
The 2013 Campeonato Carioca was the 112th edition of the top tier of the Campeonato Carioca, organized by FFERJ. The competition began on 19 January and ended on 5 May. Botafogo won.
Format
The sixteen clubs were divided into two groups that played in two phases. In the first phase, the Taça Guanabara, each team played every team from the other group once. The two best teams from each group advanced to the Taça Guanabara playoffs. In the second phase, the Taça Rio, the teams from each group played within their group in a single round-robin format. The two best teams from each group advanced to the Taça Rio playoffs. The winners of the Taça Guanabara and the Taça Rio played for the state championship. If the same team won both phases, they were automatically declared the Campeonato Carioca champion.The top four teams not otherwise qualified through national and international tournaments qualified for the 2014 Copa do Brasil. The highest-placed team not otherwise playing in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Série B or Série C qualified for the 2013 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.
Participating teams
| Club | Home city | Manager | 2012 Result |
| Rio de Janeiro | Maurício Barbieri | ||
| Rio de Janeiro | Cleimar Rocha, Luiz Alexandre and Alfredo Sampaio | ||
| Saquarema | |||
| Rio de Janeiro | Oswaldo de Oliveira | ||
| Duque de Caxias | Josué Teixeira, Júnior Lopes and Mário Marques | ||
| Rio de Janeiro | Dorival Junior and Jorginho | ||
| Rio de Janeiro | Abel Braga | ||
| Nova Friburgo | Gérson Andreotti | ||
| Macaé | Toninho Andrade | ||
| Rio de Janeiro | Alexandre Gama | ||
| Nova Iguaçu | Léo Condé | ||
| Rio de Janeiro | and Luiz Antonio Ferreira | ||
| Macaé | , Gabriel Vieira and Marcus Viola | ||
| Resende | Eduardo Allax | ||
| Rio de Janeiro | Gaúcho and Paulo Autuori | ||
| Volta Redonda | Alfredo Sampaio, Élson Roberto and Cairo Lima |