2012 Campeonato Cearense
| Season | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Ceará |
| Relegated |
Itapipoca Trairiense Crateús |
| Copa do Brasil |
Ceará Fortaleza |
| Série D | Horizonte |
| Matches played | 138 |
| Goals scored | 407 (2.95 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Felipe Azevedo(Ceará) - 16 goals |
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The 2012 Campeonato Cearense de Futebol was the 98th season of the top professional football league in the state of Ceará, Brazil. The competition began on January 18 and ended on May 13. Ceará won the championship for the 41st time, while Itapipoca, Trairiense and Crateús were relegated.
Format
Each team plays the other once in a round-robin format followed by four team playoff with home-and-away series.[1]
Qualifications
The two teams on the finals will qualify for the 2013 Copa do Brasil and 2013 Copa do Nordeste. The best team not playing in Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, B or C will qualify for 2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D. [1]
Teams
| Club | Home city | 2011 result |
|---|---|---|
| Ceará | Fortaleza | 1st |
| Crateús | Crateús | 2nd (2nd division) |
| Crato | Crato | 9th |
| Ferroviário | Fortaleza | 10th |
| Fortaleza | Fortaleza | 3rd |
| Guarani de Juazeiro | Juazeiro do Norte | 2nd |
| Guarany | Sobral | 5th |
| Horizonte | Horizonte | 4th |
| Icasa | Juazeiro do Norte | 8th |
| Itapipoca | Itapipoca | 7th |
| Tiradentes | Fortaleza | 6th |
| Trairiense | Trairi | 1st (2nd division) |
First Stage
Standings
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ceará | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 52 | 17 | +35 | 54 | Advanced to the Semifinals |
| 2 | Fortaleza | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 19 | +23 | 52 | |
| 3 | Horizonte | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 50 | 30 | +20 | 44 | |
| 4 | Tiradentes | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 29 | +7 | 38 | |
| 5 | Crato | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 26 | +2 | 34 | |
| 6 | Guarani de Juazeiro | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 29 | |
| 7 | Guarany de Sobral | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 33 | −5 | 25 | |
| 8 | Icasa | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 38 | −16 | 25 | |
| 9 | Ferroviário-CE | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 42 | −13 | 21 | |
| 10 | Trairiense | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 27 | 40 | −13 | 17 | |
| 11 | Crateús | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 36 | −6 | 131. | |
| 12 | Itapipoca | 22 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 47 | −34 | 7 |
Updated to games played on 17 April 2012.
Source: [2]
Rules for classification:
1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored; 4th less red cards; 5th less yellow cards ; 6th raffle;
1. Crateús was docked 13 points for using an irregular player[3]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Results
| Home \ Away[1] | CEA | CTE | CTO | FER | FOR | GNI | GNY | HOR | ICA | ITA | TIR | TRA |
| Ceará | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | |
| Crateús | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
| Crato | 2–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | |
| Ferroviário-CE | 1–2 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–2 | |
| Fortaleza | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | |
| Guarani de Juazeiro | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | |
| Guarany de Sobral | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | |
| Horizonte | 0–3 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | |
| Icasa | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | |
| Itapipoca | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | |
| Tiradentes | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | |
| Trairiense | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
Source: [2]
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Final Stage
| Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
| 1 | Ceará | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Tiradentes | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 1 | Ceará | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2 | Fortaleza | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2 | Fortaleza | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| 3 | Horizonte | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
Semifinals
First leg
Second leg
Finals
Ceará won due to better campaign on First stage.
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Name | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Felipe Azevedo |
Ceará | 16 |
| 2 | André Cassaco |
Horizonte | 15 |
| 3 | Mota |
Ceará | 14 |
| Alex Paraíba |
Trairiense | 14 | |
| 5 | Moré |
Guarani de Juazeiro | 13 |
| 6 | Canga |
Ferroviário | 9 |
| Geraldo |
Fortaleza | 9 | |
| 8 | Romário |
Ceará | 8 |
| Elanardo |
Horizonte | 8 | |
| Vanger |
Horizonte | 8 | |
| Wanderley |
Horizonte | 8 | |
Source Federação Cearense de Futebol
Last updated: 14 May 2012
References
- 1 2 Federação Cearense de Futebol (FCF). "Campeonato Cearense da Primeira Divisão 2012" (in Portuguese).
- 1 2 "Ceará State League 2012". RSSSF Brasil. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ↑ "Súmulas apontam irregularidades e Crateús pode perder até 13 pontos" [Precedents indicate irregularities and Crateús can lose up to 13 points] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. Retrieved 13 August 2013.