Federação de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
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Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
tournaments within the state of Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro (state)
Rio de Janeiro is one of the 27 states of Brazil.Rio de Janeiro has the second largest economy of Brazil behind only São Paulo state.The state of Rio de Janeiro is located within the Brazilian geopolitical region classified as the Southeast...
including the Campeonato Carioca
Campeonato Carioca
The Campeonato Carioca, also known as Campeonato Estadual do Rio de Janeiro, is the football league of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and is one of the most prestigious national football tournaments...
, the Campeonato Carioca lower levels
Campeonato Carioca (lower levels)
The Campeonato Carioca lower levels are the football tournaments for the Rio de Janeiro clubs that do not play in the Campeonato Carioca First Division. The competitions are organized by the Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation...
, the Copa Rio
Copa Rio (National)
The Copa Rio , was created in 1991 by the Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation to decide one of the Rio de Janeiro's Copa do Brasil representatives of the following year...
, and the Campeonato Carioca de Futebol Feminino
Campeonato Carioca de Futebol Feminino
The Campeonato Carioca de Futebol Feminino , organized by the Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation is the women's football state championship of Rio de Janeiro State, and is contested since 1983.The four most important Rio de Janeiro Men's football teams contested in...
. It was founded in 1978.
History
On March 15, 1975, Guanabara and Rio de Janeiro fused under the name of Rio de Janeiro, them on September 29, 1978, the Federação de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro was founded, after Guanabara state's Federação Carioca de Futebol (Carioca Football Federation, FCF) and Rio de Janeiro state's Federação Fluminense de Desportos (Fluminense Sports Federation, FFD) fused. Otávio Pinto Guimarães, who was FCF's president, was chosen as FERJ's first president.In 1979, the Federação de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro organized two different state championships, both won by Flamengo
Clube de Regatas do Flamengo
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. Those competitions were the first competitions organized by FERJ.