2012 Campeonato Cearense

Campeonato Cearense de Futebol
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
← 2011
2013 →

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

ClubHome city2011 result
CearáFortaleza1st
CrateúsCrateús2nd (2nd division)
CratoCrato9th
FerroviárioFortaleza10th
FortalezaFortaleza3rd
Guarani de JuazeiroJuazeiro do Norte2nd
GuaranySobral5th
HorizonteHorizonte4th
IcasaJuazeiro do Norte8th
ItapipocaItapipoca7th
TiradentesFortaleza6th
TrairienseTrairi1st (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 0131.
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 CTOFERFORGNIGNYHORICAITATIRTRA
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

Tiradentes 0–2 Ceará
Report Régis  24'
Felipe Azevedo  26'
Attendance: 5,056
Referee: Almeida Filho
Horizonte 1–4 Fortaleza
Elanardo  59' Report Jailson  09'
Geraldo  18'
Marielson  65'
Cléo  74'
Domingão, Horizonte
Attendance: 4,668
Referee: Evandro Roman

Second leg

Fortaleza 1–0 Horizonte
Ciro Sena  48' Report
Attendance: 9,712
Referee: Avelar Rodrigo
Ceará 4–0 Tiradentes
Régis  01'
Apodi  35'
Mota  37', 57'		 Report
Attendance: 6,550
Referee: Luzimar Siqueira

Finals

Fortaleza 0–0 Ceará
Report
Attendance: 13,832
Ceará 1–1 Fortaleza
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. 1 2 Federação Cearense de Futebol (FCF). "Campeonato Cearense da Primeira Divisão 2012" (in Portuguese).
  2. 1 2 "Ceará State League 2012". RSSSF Brasil. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "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.
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