2014 Campeonato Cearense

The 2014 Campeonato Cearense de Futebol was the 100th season of top professional football league in the state of Ceará, Brazil. The competition began on January 5 and ended on April 23. Ceará won the championship for the 43rd time and 4th since 2011, while Ferroviário, Tiradentes and Crato were relegated.

Campeonato Cearense de Futebol
Season2014
ChampionsCeará
RelegatedFerroviário
Tiradentes
Crato
Copa do BrasilCeará
Fortaleza
Série DGuarany de Sobral
Matches played92
Goals scored308 (3.35 per match)
Top goalscorerRobert (Fortaleza) - 21 goals
← 2013
2015 →

Format

The championship has three stages. On the first stage, all teams excluding those who are playing in 2014 Copa do Nordeste play a double round robin. The best four teams qualifies to the second stage.

On the second stage, the teams are joined by the clubs from Ceará who were playing on Copa Nordeste. The teams then play a double round robin again, where the best four teams qualifies to the final stage. In the final stage, it's a playoff with four teams.[1]

The champion and the best team on first stage qualifies to the 2015 Copa do Brasil. The champion and the runner-up qualify to the 2015 Copa do Nordeste. The best team who isn't on Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Série B or Série C qualifies to Série D.

The two worst three in first stage will be relegated.[2]

Participating teams
ClubHome city2013 result
CearáFortaleza1st
CratoCrato9th
FerroviárioFortaleza8th
FortalezaFortaleza4th
Guarani de JuazeiroJuazeiro do Norte7th
GuaranySobral2nd
HorizonteHorizonte6th
IcasaJuazeiro do Norte3rd
ItapipocaItapipoca1st (2nd division)
QuixadáQuixadá2nd (2nd division)
TiradentesFortaleza5th

First stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Fortaleza (A) 16 13 3 0 48 14 +34 42 Qualifies to the Second stage and 2015 Copa do Brasil
2 Guarani de Juazeiro (A) 16 7 5 4 17 18 −1 26 Qualify to the Second stage
3 Horizonte (A) 16 6 7 3 26 18 +8 25
4 Icasa (A) 16 6 6 4 18 19 −1 24
5 Quixadá 16 6 4 6 23 20 +3 22
6 Itapipoca 16 5 6 5 19 24 −5 21
7 Ferroviário-CE (R) 16 5 3 8 26 25 +1 18 Relegated
8 Tiradentes (R) 16 2 6 8 26 32 −6 12
9 Crato (R) 16 1 2 13 8 40 −32 5
Source: [3]
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated.

Results
Home \ Away CTO FER FOR GUJ HOR ICA ITA QUI TIR
Crato 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–2 0–1 0–0 1–2 3–2
Ferroviário-CE 7–2 0–4 5–0 0–3 1–2 0–0 0–0 3–1
Fortaleza 6–0 3–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 7–0 4–2 2–0
Guarani de Juazeiro 1–0 1–0 2–2 0–1 2–1 1–0 4–2 2–2
Horizonte 2–0 2–2 2–2 0–0 3–1 3–4 1–0 2–2
Icasa 2–0 3–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–2
Itapipoca 2–0 1–0 1–3 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1
Quixadá 3–0 1–0 1–3 0–1 2–1 4–1 5–2 2–0
Tiradentes 7–1 2–4 2–3 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–3 3–1
Source: [3]
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second stage

The four teams from the first stage are joined by Ceará and Guarany de Sobral who were playing on 2014 Copa do Nordeste.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Fortaleza (A) 10 5 4 1 21 12 +9 19 Qualifies to the Final stage
2 Ceará (A) 10 5 4 1 18 9 +9 19
3 Guarany de Sobral (A) 10 3 4 3 15 13 +2 13
4 Icasa (A) 10 3 3 4 12 14 −2 12
5 Horizonte 10 3 2 5 12 21 −9 11
6 Guarani de Juazeiro 10 0 5 5 8 17 −9 5
Source: [3]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round.

Results
Home \ Away CEA FOR GUJ GNY HOR ICA
Ceará 3–1 0–0 1–0 5–1 1–0
Fortaleza 1–1 4–0 3–1 3–2 2–1
Guarani de Juazeiro 0–2 2–2 2–2 1–2 1–1
Guarany de Sobral 1–1 1–1 2–1 5–1 1–2
Horizonte 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–2
Icasa 3–3 0–3 1–1 0–1 2–1
Source: [3]
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final stage
  Semifinals Finals
                         
1 Fortaleza 1 3 4 (a.g.)  
4 Icasa 3 1 4  
    1 Fortaleza 0 0 0
  2 Ceará 0 0 0
2 Ceará 3 5 8
3 Guarany de Sobral 2 2 4  

Semifinals

First leg
Icasa3–1Fortaleza
Douglas  47'
Bismarck  70'
Canga  83'		 Wadison  30' (pen.)
Attendance: 2,401
Referee: Almeida Filho
Guarany de Sobral2–3Ceará
Reinaldo Luis  36'
Marcos Vinicius  41'		 Magno Alves  34'
Bill  54'
Felipe Amorim  85'
Estádio do Junco, Sobral
Attendance: 4,492
Referee: Péricles Bassols Cortez

Second leg
Fortaleza3–1Icasa
Marcelinho Paraíba  42' (pen.)
Robert  60', 87'		 Bismarck  62'
Attendance: 18,727
Referee: Léo Simão Holanda
Ceará5–2Guarany de Sobral
Magno Alves  43', 73', 75'
Souza  81'
Bill  88'		 Zé Williams  53'
Thiago Furlan  57'
Attendance: 8,126
Referee: Luiz Cesar de Oliveira

Finals
Fortaleza0–0Ceará
Attendance: 18,412
Referee: Avelar Rodrigo
Ceará0–0Fortaleza
Attendance: 42,569
Referee: Anderson Daronco

With the results from the Second stage and the final stage aggregated, Ceará won the title because they had a better campaign.

References
  1. "2014 Campeonato Cearense rules". UOL Esporte. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  2. "Regras do Campeonato Cearense 2014" (PDF). Federação Cearense de Futebol. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  3. "BOLA N@ ÁREA - Campeonato Cearense 2014". Bola N@ Área. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
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