Campeonato Cearense

Football league

The Campeonato Cearense is the football league of the state of Ceará, Brazil.^[1]

Format

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The Campeonato Cearense has three divisions with the following division and format (as in any other Brazilian soccer championship, the format can change every year):

First Division

The ten clubs play two legs. In each leg there are three stages:

• First stage: All teams play each other one time.
• Second stage: Two-legged knockout with the top 4 teams of the first stage (1st x 4th and 2nd x 3rd).
• Third stage: Two-legged knockout with the second stage winners.

The winners of the third stage are leg champions.

The two leg champions decide the state championship final in two games. If a team wins the two legs is a state champion with no championship final necessary.

The two teams last placed in all championship are relegated.

Second Division

The ten clubs play three stages.

• First stage: All teams play each other home-and-away game.
• Second stage: The top six teams of the first stage play each other home-and-away game.
• Third stage: The top two of second stage play the Second Division Final and are promoted to first division.

The two teams last placed in all championship are relegated.

Third Division

The sixteen clubs play two stages.

• First stage: All teams are divided in 4 groups of 4 teams each. Each team play home-and-away game in its group. The top two of each group qualify to second stage.
• Second stage: The eight clubs are divided in 2 groups of 4 teams each. Each team play home-and-away game in its group. The top two of each group qualify to third stage.
• Third stage: Top four clubs play home-and-away game and the two first are promoted to second division.

Clubs

2023 First Division

List of champions

Notes

1. The 1992 title was shared by mutual agreement.^[2]

• Icasa EC was refounded as ADRC Icasa in 2002.^[3]
• Ceará titles from 1915 to 1919 were only recognized in 2008.^[4] The 1914 title was not considered official.^[5][6]
• Uniclinic is the currently Atlético Cearense.^[7]

Titles by team

Teams in bold stills active.

By city

References

1. "Futebol Cearense, in Portuguese". Archived from the original on January 19, 2009. Retrieved January 4, 2009.
2. "Ceará State Championship 1992". RSSSF. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
3. "Saiba mais sobre a história do clube juazeirense Icasa". Jornal O Povo (in Portuguese). August 24, 2018. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
4. "Ato nº 11/2008 da presidência da FCF, obedecendo decisão do Processo 209/08 do TJDF/CE, de 17/12/2008" (in Portuguese). futebolcearense.com.br. December 17, 2008.
5. "Ceará State League - List of Champions". RSSSF Brazil. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
6. "Ceará levanta 46ª taça pelo Cearense; confira lista de campeões". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). April 6, 2024.
7. Federação Cearense de Futebol (September 21, 2018). "Uniclinic agora é Futebol Clube Atlético Cearense" (in Portuguese).

External links

• FCF Official Website