2015 Campeonato Paraibano

Campeonato Paraibano de Futebol

Season	2015
Champions	Campinense
Relegated	Lucena and Miramar
Copa do Brasil	Campinense and Botafogo-PB
Série D	Campinense
Copa do Nordeste	Campinense and Botafogo-PB
Matches played	102
Goals scored	282 (2.76 per match)
Top goalscorer	15 goals (Rafael Oliveira, Botafogo-PB)
Biggest home win	Atlético Cajazeirense 7–2 Auto Esporte, Round 11, 5 April 2015
Biggest away win	Atlético Cajazeirense 0–4 Campinense, Round 9, 22 April 2015 Miramar 0–4 Campinense, Round 2, 7 February 2015
Highest scoring	9 goals (Atlético Cajazeirense 7–2 Auto Esporte, Round 11, 5 April 2015)
Longest winning run	8 (Campinense)
Longest unbeaten run	12 (Campinense)
Longest winless run	13 (Miramar)
Longest losing run	7 (Miramar)
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The 2015 Campeonato Paraibano de Futebol was the 105th edition of Paraíba's top professional football league. The competition ran from 18 January to 13 June. The champions, for the 19th time, were Campinense.

Format

The competition was divided into two stages.

In the first stage, the ten teams faced each other home and away for a total of 18 games. The top four teams qualified to the second stage. The bottom two teams were relegated to the second division.

In the second stage, the four qualifying teams faced each other home and away for a total of 6 games. The team winning the second stage was declared champion.^[1]

Qualification

The champions qualified to participate in the 2016 Copa do Brasil. The best placed team (other than Botafogo-PB) qualified to participate in the 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D. The champions and vice champions qualified to participate in the 2016 Copa do Nordeste.^[2]

Participating teams

Club	Home city	2014 result
Atlético Cajazeirense	Cajazeiras	6th
Auto Esporte	João Pessoa	3rd
Botafogo-PB	João Pessoa	1st
Campinense	Campina Grande	2nd
CSP	João Pessoa	4th
Lucena	Lucena	1st (2nd division)
Miramar	Cabedelo	2nd (2nd division)
Santa Cruz-PB	Santa Rita	7th
Sousa	Sousa	5th
Treze	Campina Grande	8th

First stage

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Botafogo-PB	18	13	2	3	37	18	+19	41	Qualification for Second stage
2	Campinense	18	12	4	2	38	15	+23	40
3	Treze	18	9	6	3	27	16	+11	33
4	Auto Esporte	18	8	5	5	23	17	+6	29
5	CSP	18	7	4	7	21	21	0	25
6	Sousa	18	7	4	7	22	26	−4	25
7	Atlético Cajazeirense	18	4	7	7	28	33	−5	19
8	Santa Cruz-PB	18	3	7	8	20	31	−11	16
9	Lucena	18	3	5	10	21	32	−11	14	Relegated to Second Division
10	Miramar	18	1	2	15	12	40	−28	5

Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2015. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored; 5) least red cards; 6) least yellow cards; 7) Seeding by FPF

Second stage

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Campinense	6	4	1	1	11	4	+7	13	Champion
2	Botafogo-PB	6	2	3	1	9	8	+1	9	Vice Champion
3	Treze	6	1	3	2	7	9	−2	6
4	Auto Esporte	6	0	3	3	6	12	−6	3

Updated to match(es) played on 13 June 2015. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored; 5) least red cards; 6) least yellow cards; 7) Seeding by FPF

References

1. "Regulamento Paraibano de Futebol Profissional 2015 - Primeira Divisão (Artigo 10)" [Rules of the Paraíba Professional Football Championship 2015 - First Division (Article 10)] (PDF) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 February 2016.
2. "Regulamento Paraibano de Futebol Profissional 2015 - Primeira Divisão (Artigo 6)" [Rules of the Paraíba Professional Football Championship 2015 - First Division (Article 6)] (PDF) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 February 2016.