2015 Campeonato Cearense

Campeonato Cearense de Futebol
Season 2015
Champions Ceará
Relegated Horizonte
São Benedito
Copa do Brasil Fortaleza
Ceará
Série D Guarani de Juazeiro
Matches played 76
Goals scored 223 (2.93 per match)
Top goalscorer Núbio Flávio (Icasa)
Assisinho (Ceará) - 10 goals
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The 2015 Campeonato Cearense de Futebol was the 101st season of top professional football league in the state of Ceará, Brazil. The competition began on January 14 and ended on May 3. Fortaleza won the championship for the 40th time, while Horizonte and São Benedito were relegated.

Format

The ten teams are split in two groups, who play a double round robin against teams in the same group. The three best in each group advance to the second stage, while the two worst from each group are put in the loser's group.

In the loser's group, the four teams play against each other in a double round-robin, and the two worst are relegated.[1]

In the second stage, the six teams are split in two groups, who play against the other teams in the same group twice. The two best in each group advance to the final stage.

The final stage are playoffs, where the teams are seeded by their performance in the whole championship.[1]

Participating teams

Club Home city 2013 result
Ceará Fortaleza 1st
Fortaleza Fortaleza 2nd
Guarani de Juazeiro Juazeiro do Norte 6th
Guarany Sobral 4th
Horizonte Horizonte 5th
Icasa Juazeiro do Norte 3rd
Itapipoca Itapipoca 8th
Maranguape Maranguape 2nd (2nd division)
Quixadá Quixadá 7th
São Benedito São Benedito 1st (2nd division)

First stage

Group A1

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Icasa (A) 8 5 1 2 15 11 +4 16 Qualifies to the Second stage
2 Fortaleza (A) 8 4 3 1 13 7 +6 15
3 Quixadá (A) 8 4 2 2 10 7 +3 14
4 Horizonte 8 2 2 4 10 13 −3 8 Advances to Loser's Group
5 São Benedito 8 1 0 7 9 19 −10 3

Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away[1] FOR HOR ICAQUISBE
Fortaleza 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–2
Horizonte 1–3 1–1 1–2 1–0
Icasa 2–0 4–3 1–0 2–1
Quixadá 0–0 1–0 2–4 2–0
São Benedito 1–5 1–2 2–1 1–3

Source: [2]
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group A2

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Ceará (A) 8 6 1 1 18 7 +11 19 Qualifies to the Second stage
2 Maranguape (A) 8 4 0 4 11 11 0 12
3 Guarani de Juazeiro (A) 8 3 1 4 11 9 +2 10
4 Guarany de Sobral 8 3 1 4 5 11 −6 10 Advances to Loser's Group
5 Itapipoca 8 2 1 5 4 11 −7 7

Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away[1] CEA GJU GSOITAMFC
Ceará 1–0 4–0 3–0 4–3
Guarani de Juazeiro 2–2 2–0 0–1 1–2
Guarany de Sobral 2–1 1–3 1–0 0–1
Itapipoca 0–2 0–2 0–0 2–1
Maranguape 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–1

Source: [2]
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second stage

Group B1

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Fortaleza (A) 6 4 1 1 11 3 +8 13 Qualifies to the Final stage
2 Icasa (A) 6 3 1 2 11 8 +3 10
3 Quixadá 6 3 1 2 11 9 +2 10

Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Group B2

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Ceará (A) 6 3 1 2 10 8 +2 10 Qualifies to the Final stage
2 Guarani de Juazeiro (A) 6 1 1 4 3 8 −5 4
3 Maranguape 6 1 1 4 7 17 −10 4

Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away[1] FOR ICA QUICEAGJUMFC
Fortaleza 0–1 2–0 1–1
Icasa 2–2 3–0 2–3
Quixadá 3–1 0–2 4–1
Ceará 1–2 2–0 3–1
Guarani de Juazeiro 0–1 0–1 1–1
Maranguape 0–5 1–3 1–2

Source: [2]
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Loser's group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Guarany de Sobral 6 4 2 0 13 8 +5 14
2 Itapipoca 6 2 2 2 14 15 −1 8
3 Horizonte 6 2 1 3 13 11 +2 7 Relegation to 2016 Campeonato Cearense Second Division
4 São Benedito 6 0 3 3 9 15 −6 3
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:

Final stage

  Semifinals Finals
                         
1  Ceará 1 3 4  
4  Guarani de Juazeiro 0 0 0  
    1  Ceará 1 2 3
  2  Fortaleza 2 2 4
2  Fortaleza 2 0 2
3  Icasa 1 0 1  

Semifinals

First leg

April 4, 2015
18:15 UTC−03:00
Guarani de Juazeiro 0–1 Ceará
Assisinho  78'
Romeirão, Juazeiro do Norte
Attendance: 1,521
Referee: José Cleuton Souza Lima

April 5, 2015
16:00 UTC−03:00
Icasa 1–2 Fortaleza
Everton  79' Cássio  36'
Lúcio Maranhão  86'
Romeirão, Juazeiro do Norte
Attendance: 4,876
Referee: Francisco Almeida Filho

Second leg

April 12, 2015
16:00 UTC−03:00
Fortaleza 0–0 Icasa
Castelão, Fortaleza
Referee: Glauco Feitosa

April 18, 2015
18:15 UTC−03:00
Ceará 3–0 Guarani de Juazeiro
Magno Alves  31'
Marinho  48'
Marcos Aurélio  90+2'


Finals

April 26, 2015
16:00 UTC−03:00
Fortaleza 2–1 Ceará
Genílson  15'
Everton  36' 		Magno Alves  41'

May 3, 2015
16:00 UTC−03:00
Ceará 2–2 Fortaleza
Ricardinho  81'
Assisinho  90' 		Daniel Sobralense  31'
Cassiano  90+2'

References

  1. 1 2 "2015 Campeonato Cearense rules". UOL Esporte. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "BOLA N@ ÁREA - Campeonato Cearense 2015". Bola N@ Área. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
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