2012 Campeonato Catarinense

Campeonato Catarinense - Divisão Principal

Season	2012
Champions	Avaí
Relegated	Marcílio Dias Brusque
Copa do Brasil	Avaí Figueirense
Série D	Metropolitano
Matches played	96
Goals scored	324 (3.38 per match)
Top goalscorer	14 goals Aloísio Rafael Costa
Longest unbeaten run	9 matches by Figueirense
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The 2012 Campeonato Catarinense - Divisão Principal was the 89th season of Santa Catarina's top professional football league. The competition began on 22 January and ended on 25 May. Avaí was the champion after win the two matches at finals against Figueirense.^[1][2]

Format

First stage

• All ten teams play a round-robin playing once against each other team.
• The top 4 teams qualify for the semi-finals which are played 1st vs 4th and 2nd vs 3rd. Where games are tied the higher placed team progresses. The final is played at the ground of the higher placed team and, as in the semi-final, in a tied game the higher placed team wins.

Second stage

• All ten teams play a round-robin playing once against each other team.
• The top 4 teams qualify for the semi-finals which are played 1st vs 4th and 2nd vs 3rd. Where games are tied the higher placed team progresses. The final is played at the ground of the higher placed team and, as in the semi-final, in a tied game the higher placed team wins.

Finals

• Home-and-away playoffs between the winners of the first and second stages.
• The winner of the Finals is crowned champion.^[3]

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Atlético de Ibirama	Ibirama	Estádio da Baixada	6,000
Avaí	Florianópolis	Ressacada	15,000
Brusque	Brusque	Augusto Bauer	5,000
Camboriú	Camboriú	Robertão	3,000
Chapecoense	Chapecó	Arena Condá	15,000
Criciúma	Criciúma	Heriberto Hülse	28,000
Figueirense	Florianópolis	Orlando Scarpelli	19,000
Joinville	Joinville	Arena Joinville	22,000
Metropolitano	Blumenau	Sesi	5,000
Marcílio Dias	Itajaí	Hercílio Luz	12,000

First phase

First stage Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Figueirense 9 6 2 1 27 12 +15 20 Chapecoense 9 5 3 1 14 9 +5 18 Metropolitano 9 5 1 3 16 13 +3 16 Avaí 9 5 0 4 14 11 +3 15 Atlético Ibirama 9 4 2 3 16 13 +3 14 Joinville 9 3 3 3 17 14 +3 12 Criciúma 9 3 3 3 21 19 +2 12 Camboriú 9 3 0 6 7 14 -7 9 Marcilio Dias 9 1 3 5 9 22 -13 6 Brusque 9 1 1 7 4 18 -14 4

Second stage Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Figueirense 9 6 2 1 24 11 +13 20 Joinville 9 6 1 2 21 11 +10 19 Avaí 9 5 2 2 20 9 +11 17 Criciúma 9 5 0 4 19 2 +7 15 Chapecoense 9 4 3 2 18 13 +3 15 Atlético Ibirama 9 4 2 3 18 19 -1 14 Metropolitano 9 4 1 4 15 18 -3 13 Camboriú 9 3 1 5 12 21 -9 13 Brusque 9 1 1 7 7 16 -9 4 Marcilio Dias 9 0 1 8 6 30 -24 1

Final standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Figueirense	18	12	4	2	51	23	+28	40
Chapecoense	18	9	6	3	32	22	+10	33
Avaí	18	10	2	6	34	20	+14	32
Joinville	18	9	4	5	38	25	+13	31
Metropolitano	18	9	2	7	31	31	0	29
Atlético Ibirama	18	8	4	6	35	32	+3	28
Criciúma	18	8	3	7	40	31	+9	27
Camboriú	18	6	1	11	19	35	-16	19
Brusque	18	2	2	14	12	35	-23	8
Marcilio Dias	18	1	4	13	15	52	-37	7

Knockout phase

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Joinville	2–4	Figueirense	1–1	1–3
Chapecoense	2–3	Avaí	1–1	1–2

Finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Avaí	5–1	Figueirense	3–0	2–1

References

1. "Avaí beats Figueirense to win Catarinense Championship". Globo Esporte.
2. "Avaí win Figueirense and become the Catarinense's biggest winner". UOL.
3. "Regulation of 2012 Campeonato Catarinese". FCF. Retrieved 1 February 2012.

External links

• Official Site