2017 Campeonato Cearense

The 2017 Campeonato Cearense is the 103rd season of Ceará's top football league. Ceará won the league for the 44th time.

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
2016
2018 →

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

ClubHome city2016 Result
CearáFortaleza5th
Ferroviário-CEFortaleza3rd (Série B)[note 1]
FortalezaFortaleza1st
Guarani de JuazeiroJuazeiro do Norte3rd
Guarany de SobralSobral4th
HorizanteHorizonte1st (Série B)
ItapipocaItapipoca8th
MaranguapeMaranguape6th
TiradentesFortaleza7th
UniclinicFortaleza2nd

First round

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Ceará9621125+720Advance to Semi-Finals
2Fortaleza9522165+1117
3Horizante95041411+315
4Guarani de Juazeiro9432159+615
5Maranguape94231113−214
6Ferroviário-CE9342128+413
7Tiradentes93241514+111
8Uniclinic92341318−59
9Guarany de Sobral91351019−96Relegated to 2018 Campeonato Cearense Série B
10Itapipoca9036622−163
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
 58'  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
César Sampaio
Canga
Doda
2-4 Assizinho
Maxwell
Jonathas
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
 81'  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  62'  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

RankPlayerClubGoals
1. LeílsonGuarani de Juazeiro9
2. Edson CariusUniclinic8
3. Magno AlvesCeará7
4. Lúcio FlávioFortaleza6
MaxuellFerroviário-CE
5. IsacHorizante5
ÍtaloGuarani de Juazeiro
GuguMaranguape
6. CangaHorizante4

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References