2017 Campeonato Cearense

Campeonato Cearense Série A
Season2017
DatesStart date: 15 January 2017
ChampionsCeará
RelegatedGuarany de Sobral
Itapipoca
Matches played49
Goals scored137 (2.8 per match)
Top goalscorerLeílson Guarani de Juazeiro
Biggest home winFortaleza 5–0 Itapipoca
(March 4)
Biggest away winHorizante 0-4 Uniclinic
(Feb 25)
Highest attendance26,157
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The 2017 Campeonato Cearense is the 103rd season of Ceará's top football league. Ceará won the league for the 44th time.

Format

First Round

  • All the ten teams play each other once.
  • The top eight teams go to the Final Rounds.
  • The bottom two teams are relegated.

Final Rounds

  • The eight teams are paired according to their ranking:
  • 1 vs. 8 (Game 1)
  • 2 vs. 7 (Game 2)
  • 3 vs. 6 (Game 3)
  • 4 vs. 5 (Game 4)
  • The games are played over two legs. The better teams hosts the second leg.
  • The winners are again paired according to their ranking:
  • Winners Game 1 vs. Winners Game 4
  • Winners Game 2 vs. Winners Game 3
  • The games are this time played over three legs. When a team wins a leg, they gain three points. When a leg is tied, each team gets one point, and when a team loses, they gain zero points. The team with the most points at the end of the three legs moves on. If one team wins the first two legs, no third leg is played. The better team hosts the second and third legs.
  • The winners of the semi-finals go on to the final, played the same way as the semi-finals.

Qualification

Teams

Club Home city 2016 Result
Ceará Fortaleza 5th
Ferroviário-CE Fortaleza 3rd (Série B)[note 1]
Fortaleza Fortaleza 1st
Guarani de Juazeiro Juazeiro do Norte 3rd
Guarany de Sobral Sobral 4th
Horizante Horizonte 1st (Série B)
Itapipoca Itapipoca 8th
Maranguape Maranguape 6th
Tiradentes Fortaleza 7th
Uniclinic Fortaleza 2nd

First round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Ceará 9 6 2 1 12 5 +7 20 Advance to Semi-Finals
2 Fortaleza 9 5 2 2 16 5 +11 17
3 Horizante 9 5 0 4 14 11 +3 15
4 Guarani de Juazeiro 9 4 3 2 15 9 +6 15
5 Maranguape 9 4 2 3 11 13 −2 14
6 Ferroviário-CE 9 3 4 2 12 8 +4 13
7 Tiradentes 9 3 2 4 15 14 +1 11
8 Uniclinic 9 2 3 4 13 18 −5 9
9 Guarany de Sobral 9 1 3 5 10 19 −9 6 Relegated to 2018 Campeonato Cearense Série B
10 Itapipoca 9 0 3 6 6 22 −16 3
Source: [citation needed]

Final Rounds

Quarter-finals

Uniclinic1-3Ceará
Preto 81' Report 39', 71' Magno Alves
86' Cametá
Attendance: 5195
Referee: Leo Simão
Ceará4-1Uniclinic
Luiz Otávio 19'
Victor Rangel 51'
Magno Alves 55', 88'		 Report 80' (Pen.) Netinho
Yellow card 58' Red card Luis Fernando
Attendance: 5642
Referee: Luis César De Oliveira Magalhães

Ceará win 7–2 on Aggregate.

Maranguape1-1Guarani de Juazeiro
Jair 89' Report 71' Leílson
Estádio Domingão, Horizonte
Attendance: 350
Referee: Wladyerisson Silva Oliveira
Guarani de Juazeiro5-1Maranguape
Ítalo 30', 57'
Da Silva 45'
Ademilson 51'
Zé Aquiras 89'		 Report 22' Albano
Attendance: 1607
Referee: Renato Pinheiro

Guarani de Juazeiro win 6–2 on Aggregate.

Ferroviário-CE1-1Horizante
Jonathas 13' Report 63' Doda
Attendance: 1567
Referee: Édson Galvão da Silva
Horizante1 (2)-(4) 1 (a.e.t.)Ferroviário-CE
Berg 10' Report 14' Jonathas
Penalties
Robert soccer ball with red X
César Sampaio soccer ball with check mark
Canga soccer ball with check mark
Doda soccer ball with red X		 2-4 soccer ball with check mark Assizinho
soccer ball with check mark Maxwell
soccer ball with check mark Jonathas
soccer ball with check mark Vitinho
Estádio Domingão, Horizonte
Attendance: 2391
Referee: Glauco Feitosa

Ferroviário-CE win on penalties after a 2–2 tie on Aggregate

Tiradentes2-3Fortaleza
Cleiton 1'
Wilkson 50'		 Report 28' Max Oliveira
66', 76' Lúcio Flávio
Yellow card 81' Red card Felipe
Attendance: 3073
Referee: Gleysto Gonçalves da Silva
Fortaleza3-0Tiradentes
Lúcio Flávio 75'
Zé Carlos 84', 89' (Pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 5842
Referee: Avelar Rodrigo Da Silva

Fortaleza wins 6–2 on Aggregate

Semi-finals

Ferroviário-CE2-0Fortaleza
Tony 49'
Mota 78'		 Report
Attendance: 8724
Referee: Magno Cordeiro
Fortaleza1-1Ferroviário-CE
Anderson 28' Report 90+5' Mimi
Attendance: 10958
Referee: Leo Simão
Fortaleza0-0Ferroviário-CE
Report Yellow card 62' Red card Moises Lucas
Attendance: 10855
Referee: Luis César De Oliveira Magalhães

Ferroviário-CE win with 5 points, to Fortaleza's 2 points

Guarani de Juazeiro0-0Ceará
Report
Attendance: 3196
Referee: Édson Galvão da Silva
Ceará1-0Guarani de Juazeiro
Lelê 82'
Magno Alves 90'		 Report
Attendance: 7127
Referee: Wladyerisson Silva Oliveira
Ceará1-0Guarani de Juazeiro
Alex Amado 71' Report
Attendance: 8657
Referee: Leo Simão

Ceará win with 7 points to Guarani de Juazeiro's 1 point.

Final

Ferroviário-CE0-1Ceará
Report 19' Wallace Pernambucano
Attendance: 13978
Referee: Wladyerisson Silva Oliveira
Ceará2-0Ferroviário-CE
Wallace Pernambucano 40'
Raul 84'		 Report
Attendance: 26157
Referee: Luis César De Oliveira Magalhães

A third match was not necessary. Ceará wins with 6 points to Ferroviário-CE's 0 points.


 Campeonato Cearense
2017 champion 
Ceará
44th title

Ferroviário-CE and Guarani de Juazeiro qualify for 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
Ceará and Ferroviário-CE qualify for the 2018 Copa do Brasil.
Ceará and Ferroviário-CE qualify for the 2018 Copa do Nordeste.

Topscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1. Brazil Leílson Guarani de Juazeiro 9
2. Brazil Edson Carius Uniclinic 8
3. Brazil Magno Alves Ceará 7
4. Brazil Lúcio Flávio Fortaleza 6
Brazil Maxuell Ferroviário-CE
5. Brazil Isac Horizante 5
Brazil Ítalo Guarani de Juazeiro
Brazil Gugu Maranguape
6. Brazil Canga Horizante 4

[3]

References

  1. ^ "FCF confirma Ferroviário na SérieA do Cearense; Alto Santo está fora". globoesporte.globo.com. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
  2. ^ "Cearense 2 2016 - Final - Soccer - Scoresway - Results, fixtures, tables and statistics". scoresway.com. Archived from the original on 2018-02-26. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
  3. ^ "Cearense 1 2017 - Group Stage - Soccer - Scoresway - Results, fixtures, tables and statistics". scoresway.com. Archived from the original on 2018-02-26. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
  1. ^ Ferroviário-CE were promoted from instead of Alto Santo,[1] who came in second and should have been promoted.[2]