2012 Campeonato Cearense

Campeonato Cearense de Futebol
Season2012
ChampionsCeará
RelegatedItapipoca
Trairiense
Crateús
Copa do BrasilCeará
Fortaleza
Série DHorizonte
Matches played138
Goals scored407 (2.95 per match)
Top goalscorerFelipe 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
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 13[a]
12 Itapipoca 22 1 4 17 13 47 −34 7
Updated to match(es) played on 17 April 2012. Source: [3]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored; 4th less red cards; 5th less yellow cards ; 6th raffle;
Notes:
  1. ^ Crateús was docked 13 points for using an irregular player[2]

Results

Home \ Away 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: [3]
Legend: 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

Tiradentes0–2Ceará
Report Régis 24'
Felipe Azevedo 26'
Attendance: 5,056
Referee: Almeida Filho
Horizonte1–4Fortaleza
Elanardo 59' Report Jailson 09'
Geraldo 18'
Marielson 65'
Cléo 74'
Attendance: 4,668
Referee: Evandro Roman

Second leg

Fortaleza1–0Horizonte
Ciro Sena 48' Report
Attendance: 9,712
Referee: Avelar Rodrigo
Ceará4–0Tiradentes
Régis 01'
Apodi 35'
Mota 37', 57'		 Report
Attendance: 6,550
Referee: Luzimar Siqueira

Finals

Fortaleza0–0Ceará
Report
Attendance: 13,832
Ceará1–1Fortaleza
Felipe Azevedo 76' Report Jailson 61'
Attendance: 15,967
Referee: Ricardo Marques Ribeiro

Ceará won due to better campaign on First stage.

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Club Goals
1 Brazil Felipe Azevedo Ceará 16
2 Brazil André Cassaco Horizonte 15
3 Brazil Mota Ceará 14
Brazil Alex Paraíba Trairiense 14
5 Brazil Moré Guarani de Juazeiro 13
6 Brazil Canga Ferroviário 9
Brazil Geraldo Fortaleza 9
8 Brazil Romário Ceará 8
Brazil Elanardo Horizonte 8
Brazil Vanger Horizonte 8
Brazil Wanderley Horizonte 8

Source Federação Cearense de Futebol
Last updated: 14 May 2012

References

  1. ^ a b Federação Cearense de Futebol (FCF). "Campeonato Cearense da Primeira Divisão 2012" (in Portuguese).
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ a b "Ceará State League 2012". RSSSF Brasil. Retrieved 13 August 2013.