The2023Campeonato Carioca de Futebol (officially theCampeonato Carioca Betnacional 2023 for sponsorship reasons)[1] was the 120th edition of the top division offootball in the state ofRio de Janeiro. The competition was organized byFERJ. It began on 12 January 2023 and ended on 9 April 2023. Defending championsFluminense successfully defended their title after winning 4–3 on aggregate againstFlamengo.[2]
In the main competition, the twelve clubs played each other in a single round-robin. This round-robin was theTaça Guanabara. The bottom team was relegated to the2023 Série A2. While the top four clubs qualified for the final stage, the next four clubs (5th to 8th places) qualified for theTaça Rio. In the Taça Rio, the 5th-placed club faced the 8th-placed club, and the 6th-placed will face the 7th-placed. In the final stage, the winners of the Taça Guanabara faced the 4th-placed club, while the runners-up faced the 3rd-placed club. In both of these four-team brackets (the Taça Rio and the final stage), the semi-finals and finals were played over two legs, without the use of theaway goals rule. In the semi-finals of both the Taça Rio and the final stage, the higher placed teams on the Taça Guanabara table advanced in case of an aggregate tie. In the finals of both brackets, there was no such advantage; in case of an aggregate tie, apenalty shoot-out would have taken place.
The Torneio Independência was contested by all the teams participating in the Campeonato Carioca except the "Big Four" of Rio de Janeiro (Botafogo, Flamengo, Fluminense and Vasco da Gama). Their standings were based in the results of the Taça Guanabara excluding all the matches played against the Big Four.
