1922 Campeonato Carioca Explained

Competition:	Campeonato Carioca
Season:	1922
Winners:	América
League Topscorer:	Braz de Oliveira (Carioca) – 15 goals
Biggest Home Win:	Fluminense 6-0 Andarahy (July 2, 1922)
Biggest Away Win:	Palmeiras 0-5 Vasco da Gama (July 23, 1922)
Highest Scoring:	Vasco da Gama 8-3 Carioca (July 16, 1922)
Matches:	85
Total Goals:	311
Prevseason:	1921
Nextseason:	1923

The 1922 Campeonato Carioca, the seventeenth edition of that championship, kicked off on April 2, 1922 and ended on November 5, 1922. It was organized by LMDT (Liga Metropolitana de Desportos Terrestres, or Metropolitan Land Sports League). Fourteen teams participated. América won the title for the 3rd time. No teams were relegated.^[1] ^[2]

Participating teams

Club	Home location	Previous season
	Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro
	Engenho de Dentro, Rio de Janeiro


	Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro


	Laranjeiras, Rio de Janeiro
	Méier, Rio de Janeiro
	Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro



Villa Isabel	Vila Isabel, Rio de Janeiro

System

The tournament would be disputed in two stages:^[2] ^[1]

First stage: The fourteen teams would be divided into two groups of seven: Série A, with the teams that had finished from 1st to 7th in the previous year's championship, and Série B, with those that had finished from 8th to 14th.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

Vasco da Gama eliminated; América declared champions

Relegation playoffs

Originally, a playoff would be held between Mackenzie, the last-placed team in Série B and River, the champions of the Second Level. However, LMDT decided to expand the championship to 16 teams for 1923, eliminating the need for a playoff.^[1]

Notes and References

Web site: RSSSF – Championship of Rio de Janeiro 1922. July 28, 2019.
Web site: Futebolnacional.com.br – Championship of Rio de Janeiro 1922. July 28, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191213212515/https://futebolnacional.com.br/infobol/championship.jsp?code=38855D85289AF4A228108448F6E28D3A&lang=pt_br. December 13, 2019. dead.