2025 Ceará Sporting Club season

Ceará Sporting Club
2025 season
Manager	Léo Condé
Stadium	Castelão
Série A	12th
Campeonato Cearense	Champions (47th title)
Copa do Brasil	Third Round
Copa do Nordeste	Semi-finals
Home colours	Away colours

The 2025 season will be Ceará Sporting Club's 112th overall and 1st season in Brazil's top division. The club will also compete in the Campeonato Cearense, Copa do Brasil, and Copa do Nordeste.

Squad

Players

As of 21 March 2025

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	BRA	Richard
2	DF	POR	Rafael Ramos
3	DF	BRA	Marllon
7	FW	BRA	Pedro Henrique
8	MF	BRA	Matheus Araújo
9	FW	BRA	Pedro Raul (on loan from Corinthians)
10	MF	ARG	Lucas Mugni
11	FW	BRA	Aylon
13	DF	BRA	Luiz Otávio (captain)
15	DF	BRA	Gabriel Lacerda
16	GK	BRA	Fernando Miguel
17	FW	BRA	João Victor
18	GK	BRA	Keiller (on loan from Internacional)
19	MF	BRA	Rômulo (on loan from Palmeiras)
20	DF	BRA	Dieguinho
21	FW	BRA	Lelê (on loan from Fluminense)
22	FW	ARG	Alejandro Martínez (on loan from Talleres)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	DF	BRA	Willian Machado
26	MF	BRA	Richardson
27	FW	PAR	Antonio Galeano (on loan from Nacional)
28	MF	PAR	Jorge Recalde
29	DF	BRA	Bruno Tubarão
30	DF	BRA	Nicolas (on loan from América Mineiro)
31	MF	BRA	Lucas Lima
33	DF	BRA	Éder
40	DF	BRA	Ramon Menezes
44	DF	BRA	Marcos Victor (on loan from Bahia)
70	DF	BRA	Fabiano (on loan from Moreirense)
77	FW	BRA	Fernandinho
79	DF	BRA	Matheus Bahia (on loan from Bahia)
88	MF	BRA	Fernando Sobral (on loan from Cuiabá)
94	GK	BRA	Bruno Ferreira
97	MF	BRA	Lourenço

Transfers In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Pedro Henrique	Corinthians	Undisclosed	10 January 2025	^[1]
FW	Lucas Rian	Matsumoto Yamaga	$200,000	16 January 2025	^[2]
MF	Rômulo	Palmeiras	Loan	7 February 2025	^[3]
FW	Lelê	Fluminense	Loan	27 March 2025

Transfers Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Pedrinho	Seoul E-Land FC	Contract terminated	7 January 2025	^[4]
FW	Lucas Rian	São Bernardo	Loan	16 January 2025	^[2]
MF	Jorge Recalde	Libertad	Contract terminated	4 July 2025	^[5]

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Série A	29 March 2025	21 December 2025	Matchday 1	TBD	11	4	3	4	13	11	+2	036.36
Campeonato Cearense	18 January 2025	12 March 2025	Matchday 1	Winners	9	8	1	0	21	4	+17	088.89
Copa do Brasil	19 February 2025	22 May 2025	First round	Third Round	4	1	1	2	4	6	−2	025.00
Copa do Nordeste	22 January 2025	TBD	Group stage	TBD	8	4	2	2	9	6	+3	050.00
Total					32	17	7	8	47	27	+20	053.13

Last updated: 9 July 2025
Source: Competitions

Série A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
10	Corinthians	12	4	4	4	13	15	−2	16	Qualification for Copa Sudamericana group stage
11	Grêmio	12	4	4	4	12	15	−3	16
12	Ceará	11	4	3	4	13	11	+2	15
13	Internacional	13	3	5	5	13	18	−5	14
14	Vasco da Gama	13	4	1	8	14	18	−4	13

Updated to match(es) played on 12 July 2025. Source: CBF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results (only between two teams); 6) fewest red cards; 7) fewest yellow cards; 8) drawing of lots.^[6]

Matches

31 March 2025 1	Red Bull Bragantino	2–2	Ceará	Bragança Paulista
20:00 UTC−3	Laquintana 45+1' Ramires 90+3'	Report	Pedro Raul 12' Marllon 23'	Stadium: Estádio Nabi Abi Chedid Attendance: 2,516 Referee: Bruno Pereira Vasconcelos

5 April 2025 2	Ceará	2–0	Grêmio	Fortaleza
18:30 UTC−3	Pedro Raul 26' (pen.) Matheus Araújo 90+5'	Report		Stadium: Castelão

12 April 2025 3	Juventude	2–1	Ceará	Caxias do Sul
17:00 UTC−3	Mandaca 45+1' Matheus Babi 68'	Report	Aylon 44'	Stadium: Estádio Alfredo Jaconi

15 April 2025 4	Ceará	2–1	Vasco da Gama	Fortaleza
18:30 UTC−3	Pedro Raul 29', 81'	Report	Vegetti 90+2'	Stadium: Castelão

21 April 2025 5	Bahia	1–0	Ceará	Salvador
20:00 (UTC-3)	Éverton Ribeiro 90+14' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Arena Fonte Nova

26 April 2025 6	Ceará	1–1	São Paulo	Fortaleza
18:30 UTC−3	Pedro Henrique 4'	Report	Ryan Francisco 44'	Stadium: Castelão Attendance: 46,929 Referee: Anderson Daronco

3 May 2025 7	Ceará	1–0	Vitória	Fortaleza
18:30 UTC−3	Marllon 56'	Report		Stadium: Castelão

12 May 2025 8	Santos	0–0	Ceará	São Paulo
20:00 UTC−3	Rincón 39'	Report	Lucas Mugni 58' Fernando Sobral 66'	Stadium: Allianz Parque Attendance: 35,240 Referee: Felipe Fernandes de Lima

17 May 2025 9	Ceará	2–0	Sport	Fortaleza
(UTC-3)	Mugni 9' Galeano 61'	Report		Stadium: Castelão

1 June 2025 11	Ceará	0–1	Atlético Mineiro	Fortaleza
18:30 UTC−3		Report	Rony 78'	Stadium: Castelão Attendance: 50,070 Referee: Alex Gomes Stefano

4 June 2025 10	Botafogo	3–2	Ceará	Rio de Janeiro
20:00 UTC-03:00	Mastriani 45' Alex Telles 72' (pen.) Marlon Freitas 87'	Report	Pedro Raul 57', 87'	Stadium: Nilton Santos Referee: Edina Alves Batista
Note: The match, originally scheduled for 24 May, was postponed owing to security concerns.^[7]

13 July 2025 13	Fortaleza	v	Ceará	Fortaleza
(UTC-3)				Stadium: Castelão

16 July 2025 14	Ceará	v	Corinthians	Fortaleza
19:30 UTC−3				Stadium: Castelão

20 July 2025 15	Internacional	v	Ceará	Porto Alegre
11:00		Report		Stadium: Beira-Rio

23 July 2025 16	Ceará	v	Mirassol	Fortaleza
19:00 UTC−3				Stadium: Castelão

27 July 2025 17	Cruzeiro	v	Ceará	Belo Horizonte
16:00 UTC−3		Report		Stadium: Mineirão

3 August 2025 18	Ceará	v	Flamengo	Fortaleza
18:30 UTC−3		Report		Stadium: Castelão

10 August 2025 19	Palmeiras	v	Ceará	São Paulo
17:00 UTC−3		Report		Stadium: Allianz Parque

Campeonato Cearense

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5
Ground	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	W	W	W	W
Position	2	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 18 January 2025. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

First Phase

18 January 2025 1	Ceará	2–1	Tirol/CEFAT	Fortaleza
16:30 UTC−3	Pedro Henrique 7' Ramon 35'		Soares 63'	Stadium: Estádio Presidente Vargas Attendance: 14,269 Referee: Elizabete Esmeralda Cordeiro dos Santos Gomes

26 January 2025 2	Ferroviário	1–2	Ceará	Fortaleza
17:00 (UTC-3)	Dieguinho 36' (o.g.)		Lourenço 11' Fernandinho 15'	Stadium: Domingão Attendance: 6,005 Referee: Marcelo de Lima Henrique

29 January 2025 3	Ceará	1–0	Iguatu	Fortaleza
20:30 UTC−3	Fernandinho 26'			Stadium: Estádio Presidente Vargas Attendance: 8,713 Referee: Marcelo de Lima Henrique

2 February 2025 4	Ceará	5–0	Barbalha	Fortaleza
17:00 UTC−3	Pedro Henrique 15' Aylon 54', 90+3' Guilherme Luiz 89' Matheus Araújo 90+5'			Stadium: Estádio Presidente Vargas Attendance: 9,443 Referee: Léo Simão Holanda

8 February 2025 5	Fortaleza	1–2	Ceará	Fortaleza
16:30 (UTC-3)	Lucero 73'	Report	Mugni 16' Pedro Henrique 25'	Stadium: Castelão Attendance: 42,464 Referee: Matheus Delgado Candançan

Semi-finals

2 March 2025 First Leg	Maracanã	0–3	Ceará	Fortaleza
17:00 UTC−3			Marllon 35' Mugni 46' Pedro Raul 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Castelão Attendance: 6,776 Referee: Joanilson Scarcella de Lima

9 March 2025 Second Leg	Ceará	4–0 (7–0 agg.)	Maracanã	Fortaleza
17:00 (UTC-3)	Pedro Raul 18' Marcos Victor 24' Fernandinho 44' Matheus Araújo 61'			Stadium: Estádio Presidente Vargas Attendance: 13,385 Referee: Léo Simão Holanda

Finals

15 March 2025 First Leg	Fortaleza	0–1	Ceará	Fortaleza
16:30 (UTC-3)		Report	Sobral 82'	Stadium: Castelão Attendance: 35,928 Referee: Rodrigo José Pereira de Lima

22 March 2025 Second Leg	Ceará	1–1 (2–1 agg.)	Fortaleza	Fortaleza
16:30 (UTC-3)	Pedro Raul 72'		Lucas Sasha 59'	Stadium: Castelão

Copa do Brasil

19 February 2025 First round	Sergipe	0–2	Ceará	Aracaju
20:00		Report	Pedro Henrique 16' (pen.) Diego 61'	Stadium: Batistão Attendance: 0 (closed doors) Referee: Felipe Fernandes de Lima (Minas Gerais)

12 March 2025 Second round	Ceará	2–2 (3–0 p)	Confiança	Fortaleza
21:30	Pedro Raul 73' Galeano 84'	Report	Ronald 9' Fábio 35'	Stadium: Castelão Attendance: 11,996 Referee: Davi de Oliveira Lacerda (Espírito Santo)
	Penalties
	Fernando Sobral Galeano Rômulo		Fábio Airton André

Third round

The draw was held on 9 April 2025.^[8]

30 April 2025 First leg	Ceará	0–1	Palmeiras	Fortaleza
19:30 UTC−3		Report	Gómez 34'	Stadium: Castelão Attendance: 44,079 Referee: Rodrigo José Pereira de Lima

22 May 2025 Second leg	Palmeiras	3–0 (4–0 agg.)	Ceará	São Paulo
19:30 UTC−3	Estêvão 67', 69' López 86'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Parque Referee: Anderson Daronco

Copa do Nordeste

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bahia	7	5	1	1	17	7	+10	16	Advance to Quarter-finals
2	CSA	7	4	1	2	14	7	+7	13
3	Ceará	7	4	1	2	9	6	+3	13
4	Confiança	7	3	2	2	8	5	+3	11
5	Náutico	7	2	2	3	5	9	−4	8

Source: CBF

22 January 2025 1	Náutico	1–0	Ceará	Recife
21:30 UTC−3	Paulo Sérgio 57'	Report		Stadium: Estádio dos Aflitos Attendance: 4,392 Referee: Emerson Souza Silva

5 February 2025 2	Ceará	1–0	CSA	Fortaleza
21:30 UTC−3	Diego 84'			Stadium: Estádio Presidente Vargas Attendance: 9,187 Referee: José Magno Teixeira do Nascimento

12 February 2025 3	Ceará	1–1	Confiança	Fortaleza
19:00 UTC−3	Aylon 54'		Luiz Otávio 45+2'	Stadium: Castelão Attendance: 14,590 Referee: Wiomar Santana de Oliveira

6 March 2025 5	Ceará	1–0	América de Natal	Fortaleza
19:00 UTC−3	Pedro Raul 27'			Stadium: Estádio Presidente Vargas Attendance: 10,765 Referee: Bruno Pereira Vasconcelos

19 March 2025 6	Ceará	2–0	Juazeirense	Fortaleza
19:00 UTC−3	Galeano 51', 83'			Stadium: Castelão Attendance: 11,591 Referee: Paulo José de Souza Mourão

26 March 2025 4	Bahia	3–2	Ceará	Salvador
21:30 UTC−3	Rodríguez 29' Erick 46', 64'		Fernandinho 66' Galeano 83'	Stadium: Arena Fonte Nova Attendance: 29,119 Referee: Afro Rocha de Carvalho Filho

7 June 2025 7	Sampaio Corrêa	1–2	Ceará	São Luís
21:30	Alan Stence 50'		Pedro Raul 77' (pen.) Galeano 83'	Stadium: Castelão Attendance: 1,494 Referee: Tarcisío Flores da Silva

Final stages

9 July 2025 Quarter-finals	Sport	0–0 (2–4 p)	Ceará	Recife
21:30		Report		Stadium: Estádio Ilha do Retiro Referee: Afro Rocha de Carvalho Filho
	Penalties
	Rivera Lucas Lima Atencio Rafael Thyere		Pedro Raul Fernando Sobral Lourenço Matheus Araújo Matheus Bahia

Semi-finals	Bahia	v	Ceará	Salvador
				Stadium: Arena Fonte Nova

References

^ "Ceará anuncia atacante Pedro Henrique para 2025". ge. January 10, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "Ceará comunica compra de Lucas Rian e empréstimo ao São Bernardo". ge. January 16, 2025.
^ "Ceará anuncia contratação de meia Rômulo, ex-Palmeiras". ge (in Portuguese). 7 February 2025. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
^ "Ceará rescinde com atacante Pedrinho e mantém 20% dos direitos econômicos". O POVO. January 7, 2025.
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^ "Regulamento Específico da Competição Brasileiro Série A 2025" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF. 12 February 2025.
^ "Por que o jogo entre Botafogo e Ceará pela 10ª rodada do Brasileirão 2025 foi adiado para junho? | Goal.com Brasil". www.goal.com. May 22, 2025.
^ "Sorteio da terceira fase da Copa do Brasil: veja data e horário". ge (in Brazilian Portuguese). 6 April 2025. Retrieved 7 April 2025.

[1] "Ceará anuncia atacante Pedro Henrique para 2025". ge. January 10, 2025.

[auto-2] "Ceará comunica compra de Lucas Rian e empréstimo ao São Bernardo". ge. January 16, 2025.

[3] "Ceará anuncia contratação de meia Rômulo, ex-Palmeiras". ge (in Portuguese). 7 February 2025. Retrieved 7 February 2025.

[4] "Ceará rescinde com atacante Pedrinho e mantém 20% dos direitos econômicos". O POVO. January 7, 2025.

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[6] "Regulamento Específico da Competição Brasileiro Série A 2025" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF. 12 February 2025.

[7] "Por que o jogo entre Botafogo e Ceará pela 10ª rodada do Brasileirão 2025 foi adiado para junho? | Goal.com Brasil". www.goal.com. May 22, 2025.

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