Campeonato Fluminense

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The Campeonato Fluminense was the football league of the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, when the city of Rio de Janeiro was not part of the state of the same name, and instead was the federal district as the Brazilian capital until 1960, when Brasília was built and the new federal district became the capital, and then the city of Rio de Janeiro was the state of Guanabara. In 1975 the states of Rio de Janeiro and Guanabara were merged by the military regime, forming the present day state of Rio de Janeiro, with the city of the same name as the capital of the newly enlarged state replacing Niterói, but the Campeonato Fluminense continued separately until 1978, after which all its clubs joined the city league, the Campeonato Carioca. As most of the big clubs in the Campeonato Carioca have come from the city of Rio de Janeiro, the clubs outside the city have rarely contended for the state title since the merger; only two clubs, Americano and Volta Redonda, came close to winning the Campeonato Carioca title, settling for runner-up in 2002 and 2005 respectively.