2023 Campeonato Cearense

Campeonato Cearense
Season2023
Dates14 January – 8 April
ChampionsFortaleza
RelegatedGuarani de Juazeiro
Pacajus
Copa do BrasilCeará
Fortaleza
Série DFerroviário
Iguatu
Maracanã
Matches played47
Goals scored132 (2.81 per match)
Top goalscorerCiel
Zazá
(5 goals each)
2022
2024 →
All statistics correct as of 8 April 2023.

The 2023 Campeonato Cearense (officially the Campeonato Cearense 1XBET 2023 for sponsorship reasons)[1] was the 109th edition of Ceará's top professional football league organized by FCF. The competition began on 14 January and ended on 8 April 2023. Fortaleza are the defending champions.

Format

In the first stage, the 10 teams were drawn into two groups of five teams each.

Group A Group B

Each team will play on a single round-robin tournament against the five clubs from the other group. The winners of each group will advance to the semi-finals, while the runners-up and third place will advance to the quarter-finals.[2]

The bottom two teams of each group will play the relegation stage. The relegation stage will be played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The bottom two teams will be relegated to 2024 Campeonato Cearense Série B.

In the first stage and the relegation stage, the teams will be ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, the following criteria will be used to determine the ranking: 1. Wins; 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Fewest red cards; 5. Fewest yellow cards; 6. Draw in the headquarters of the FCF.

Quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals will be played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the penalty shoot-out will be used to determine the winners. For the finals, the team with best performance in the semi-finals and the first stage will host the second leg.

Champions and runners-up will qualify for the 2024 Copa do Brasil. Top three teams not already qualified for 2024 Série A, Série B or Série C will qualify for 2024 Série D.[3]

Teams

Club Home City Manager
Futebol Clube Atlético Cearense Fortaleza Michel Lima
Barbalha Futebol Clube Barbalha Márcio Allan
Caucaia Esporte Clube Caucaia Roberto Carlos
Ceará Sporting Club Fortaleza Gustavo Morínigo
Ferroviário Atlético Clube Fortaleza Paulinho Kobayashi
Fortaleza Esporte Clube Fortaleza Juan Pablo Vojvoda
Guarani Esporte Clube (Guarani de Juazeiro) Juazeiro do Norte Ferreira
Associação Desportiva Iguatu Iguatu Washington Luiz
Maracanã Esporte Clube Maracanaú Júnior Cearense
Pacajus Esporte Clube Pacajus Cleiton Cearense

First stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ceará 5 4 1 0 14 3 +11 13 Advance to the semi-finals
2 Iguatu 5 3 1 1 10 6 +4 10 Advance to quarter-finals
3 Atlético Cearense 5 2 2 1 5 8 −3 8
4 Caucaia 5 2 0 3 8 4 +4 6 Advance to relegation stage
5 Barbalha 5 1 0 4 6 13 −7 3
Source: FCF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Wins; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Fewest red cards; 6) Fewest yellow cards; 7) Draw.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Fortaleza 5 4 0 1 12 4 +8 12 Advance to the semi-finals
2 Maracanã 5 2 2 1 5 4 +1 8 Advance to quarter-finals
3 Ferroviário 5 2 1 2 8 5 +3 7
4 Pacajus 5 1 1 3 6 11 −5 4 Advance to relegation stage
5 Guarani de Juazeiro 5 0 0 5 3 19 −16 0
Source: FCF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Wins; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Fewest red cards; 6) Fewest yellow cards; 7) Draw.

Relegation stage

Standings and Results

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation CAU BAR PAC GUA
1 Caucaia 6 3 3 0 7 3 +4 12 2–0 0–0 1–0
2 Barbalha 6 3 0 3 8 7 +1 9 1–2 1–0 0–1
3 Pacajus (R) 6 2 2 2 10 4 +6 8 Relegation to 2024 Série B 1–1 1–2 7–0
4 Guarani de Juazeiro (R) 6 1 1 4 3 14 −11 4 1–1 1–4 0–1
Source: FCF
(R) Relegated

Final stages

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
Ferroviário 1 0 1
Ferroviário 2 3 5 Fortaleza 1 4 5
Maracanã 0 1 1 Fortaleza 2 2 4
Ceará 1 2 3
Iguatu 1 0 1
Atlético Cearense 1 0 1 Ceará 1 2 3
Iguatu 2 1 3

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Atlético Cearense 1–3 Iguatu 1–2 0–1
Ferroviário 5–1 Maracanã 2–0 3–1

Group C

Atlético Cearense1–2Iguatu
Siloé 32' Report Tiaguinho 53' (pen.)
Max Oliveira 88'
Estádio Municipal Prefeito Almir Dutra, Maracanaú
Attendance: 119
Referee: Raimundo Rodrigues de Oliveira Júnior

Iguatu1–0Atlético Cearense
Luís Soares 43' Report
Estádio Antônio Moreno de Melo, Iguatu
Attendance: 1,229
Referee: Léo Simão Holanda

Group D

Ferroviário2–0Maracanã
Alisson 54'
Erick Pulga 65'
Report
Attendance: 1,135
Referee: Renato Pinheiro

Maracanã1–3Ferroviário
Veraldo 87' Report Erick Pulga 20', 70'
Roni 90+5' (pen.)
Estádio Municipal Prefeito Almir Dutra, Maracanaú
Attendance: 1,000

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Iguatu 1–3 Ceará 1–1 0–2
Ferroviário 1–5 Fortaleza 1–1 0–4

Group E

Iguatu1–1Ceará
Léo Reis 36' Report Guilherme Castilho 6'
Estádio Antônio Moreno de Melo, Iguatu
Referee: Adriano Barros Carneiro

Ceará2–0Iguatu
Report
Referee: Leo Simão Holanda

Group F

Ferroviário1–1Fortaleza
Felipe Guedes 38' Report Lucero 89'
Referee: Marcelo de Lima Henrique

Fortaleza4–0Ferroviário
Report Éder Lima  30'
Referee: Luiz Cesar de Oliveira Magalhaes

Finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Fortaleza 4–3 Ceará 2–1 2–2

Matches

Fortaleza2–1Ceará
Lucas Sasha 24'
Caio Alexandre 47'
Report Danilo Barcelos 90+6'
Attendance: 32,698
Fortaleza
Ceará
GK 16 Fernando Miguel
DF 2 Tinga (c)
DF 19 Emanuel Brítez
DF 4 Titi
DF 6 Bruno Pacheco
MF 88 Lucas Sasha
MF 8 Caio Alexandre  24'  75'
MF 7 Tomás Pochettino  80'
FW 21 Moisés  75'
FW 91 Thiago Galhardo  90+6'
FW 9 Juan Martín Lucero  85'
Substitutes:
GK 12 Kennedy  24'
DF 3 Brayan Ceballos
DF 5 Marcelo Benevenuto
DF 20 Dudu
MF 10 Lucas Crispim
MF 17 Zé Welison
MF 22 Yago Pikachu  80'
MF 27 Calebe  75'
MF 31 Amorim
MF 35 Hércules  75'
FW 11 Romarinho  90+5'  85'
FW 29 Guilherme
Coach:
Juan Pablo Vojvoda
GK 1 Richard
DF 17 Warley
DF 3 Tiago Pagnussat
DF 4 David Ricardo  63'
DF 22 Willian Formiga  81'
MF 6 Richardson (c)  31'  63'
MF 8 Arthur Rezende  90+1'
MF 99 Guilherme Castilho  63'
FW 11 Erick  84'
FW 77 Janderson  63'
FW 63 Vitor Gabriel
Substitutes:
GK 12 Alfredo Aguilar
DF 13 Luiz Otávio
DF 15 Gabriel Lacerda
DF 23 Danilo Barcelos  81'
DF 88 Michel Macedo
MF 5 Caíque Gonçalves  83'  63'
MF 10 Jean Carlos
MF 14 Chay  63'
MF 80 Léo Rafael
MF 95 Willian Maranhão
FW 31 Hygor  84'
FW 90 Luvannor  63'
Coach:
Gustavo Morínigo

Assistant referees:
Bruno Raphael Pires (Goiás)
Bruno Boschilia (Paraná)
Fourth official:
Leandro Pedro Vuaden (Rio Grande do Sul)
Fifth official:
Jorge Fernando Teixeira Bandeira Filho
Video assistant referee:
Pablo Ramon Gonçalves Pinheiro (Rio Grande do Norte)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Lucas Paulo Torezin (Paraná)


Ceará2–2Fortaleza
Erick 8'
Janderson 35'
Report Lucero 45+1' (pen.)
Calebe 87'
Attendance: 56,491
Referee: Wagner do Nascimento Magalhães (Rio de Janeiro)
Ceará
Fortaleza
GK 1 Richard
DF 17 Warley  90+1'
DF 3 Tiago Pagnussat  78'
DF 13 Luiz Otávio (c)
DF 22 Willian Formiga  78'
MF 5 Caíque Gonçalves
MF 8 Arthur Rezende
MF 14 Chay  14'  66'
FW 11 Erick
FW 77 Janderson  70'
FW 63 Vitor Gabriel  78'
Substitutes:
GK 12 Alfredo Aguilar
DF 4 David Ricardo
DF 15 Gabriel Lacerda
DF 23 Danilo Barcelos  78'
DF 88 Michel Macedo
MF 10 Jean Carlos  66'
MF 80 Léo Rafael
MF 95 Willian Maranhão
MF 99 Guilherme Castilho  78'
FW 31 Hygor  78'
FW 90 Luvannor  70'
 
Coach:
Gustavo Morínigo
GK 16 Fernando Miguel
DF 2 Tinga (c)  61'
DF 19 Emanuel Brítez  64'
DF 4 Titi
DF 6 Bruno Pacheco  82'
MF 88 Lucas Sasha
MF 8 Caio Alexandre
MF 7 Tomás Pochettino  46'
FW 21 Moisés  77'
FW 91 Thiago Galhardo  77'
FW 9 Juan Martín Lucero
Substitutes:
GK 12 Kennedy
DF 3 Brayan Ceballos
DF 5 Marcelo Benevenuto  90+1'
DF 20 Dudu
MF 10 Lucas Crispim  82'
MF 17 Zé Welison
MF 22 Yago Pikachu  90+2'  77'
MF 27 Calebe  89'  46'
MF 35 Hércules
FW 11 Romarinho  77'  90+1'
FW 18 Silvio Romero  89'
FW 29 Guilherme
Coach:
Juan Pablo Vojvoda

Assistant referees:
Luanderson Lima dos Santos (Bahia)
Leila Naiara Moreira da Cruz (Distrito Federal)
Fourth official:
Yuri Elino Ferreira da Cruz (Rio de Janeiro)
Fifth official:
José Moracy de Sousa e Silva
Video assistant referee:
Igor Junio Benevenuto de Oliveira (Minas Gerais)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Frederico Soares Vilarinho (Minas Gerais)

References

  1. ^ "FCF realiza lançamento oficial do Campeonato Cearense 1XBET 2023" (in Portuguese). FCF. 5 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Campeonato Cearense Série A 2023 tem fórmula de disputa definida" (in Portuguese). FCF. 1 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Cearense 1XBET 2023 – Regulamento Específico da Competição" (PDF) (in Portuguese). FCF. 4 January 2023.