The Campeonato Fluminense was the football league of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during the period when the Guanabara state and the Rio de Janeiro state were two separated states. Until 1960, Rio de Janeiro city was the Brazilian capital and was not part of Rio de Janeiro state. In 1960, with the inauguration of Brasília as the new capital of Brazil, the city of Rio de Janeiro became the new Guanabara state. Only in 1975 the states of Rio de Janeiro and Guanabara fused forming present day's Rio de Janeiro state, 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 Rio de Janeiro city, the countryside clubs have rarely contended for the state title since the merger; only two countryside clubs, Americano and Volta Redonda, came close to winning the Carioca title, settling for runner-up in 2002 and 2005 respectively. List of Champions Amateur era The first Campeonato Fluminense was disputed in 1915, right after the foundation of LSF (the first state football association). In 1928 the clubs were replaced by city XI teams, and the champion league represented the state. From 1941 to 1945 FFD (former AFEA) replaced the city XI teams by clubs. In 1946 the clubs were again replaced by city XI teams. These were the state champions clubs in the amateur era: 1915 - Ararigboya (Niterói) 1916 - Parnahyba (Niterói) 1917 - Odeon (Niterói) 1918 - Nictheroyense (Niterói) 1919 - Fluminense (Niterói) 1920 - Fluminense (Niterói) 1921 - Barreto (Niterói) 1922 - Byron (Niterói) 1923 - Barreto (Niterói) 1924 - Byron (Niterói) 1924 - Byron (Niterói) - extra championship 1925 - Serrano (Petrópolis) - AFEA championship 1925 - Byron (Niterói) - LSF championship 1926 - Elite (Niterói) 1927 - Gragoatá (Niterói) 1928 - Niterói team 1928 - Niterói team 1930 - Niterói team 1931 - Niterói team 1932 - not disputed 1933 - not disputed 1934 - Barra do Piraí team 1935 - Niterói team 1936 - Campos team 1937 - not disputed 1938 - Niterói team 1939 - Campos team 1940 - Campos and Nova Friburgo team 1941 - Icaraí (Niterói) 1942 - Royal (Barra do Piraí) 1943 - Icaraí (Niterói) 1944 - Petropolitano (Petrópolis) 1945 - Serrano (Petrópolis) 1946 - not held 1947 - Campos team 1948