2016 Campeonato Pernambucano

Campeonato Pernambucano

Season	2016
Relegated	Porto de Caruaru Pesqueira
Copa do Brasil	Santa Cruz Sport Recife
Top goalscorer	Ronaldo Alves (6 goals)
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The 2016 Campeonato Pernambucano (officially the 2016 Campeonato Pernambucano Celpe A1 for sponsorship reasons)^[1] is the 102nd edition of the state championship of Pernambuco. The championship began on January 10 and will end on May 8. Twelve teams are competing, ten returning from the 2015 and two promoted from the 2015 Pernambucano U-23 Championship (Belo Jardim and Vitória das Tabocas).^[2]

Teams

América Atlético Belo Jardim Central Náutico Pesqueira

Porto de Caruaru Salgueiro Santa Cruz Serra Talhada Sport Recife Vitória das Tabocas

First stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Central	6	4	1	1	8	3	+5	13	Second stage
2	Atlético	6	2	3	1	4	3	+1	9	Relegation stage
3	Porto de Caruaru	6	2	2	2	5	6	−1	8
4	Belo Jardim	6	0	2	4	3	8	−5	2

Source: Standings
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 B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	América	6	3	3	0	8	5	+3	12	Second stage
2	Serra Talhada	6	2	3	1	6	5	+1	9	Relegation stage
3	Vitória das Tabocas	6	1	2	3	6	7	−1	5
4	Pesqueira	6	1	2	3	4	7	−3	5

Source: Standings
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.

Second stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Náutico	10	7	2	1	18	4	+14	23	Play-offs
2	Salgueiro	10	6	2	2	13	5	+8	20
3	Sport Recife	10	5	2	3	16	7	+9	17
4	Santa Cruz	10	2	5	3	9	12	−3	11
5	América	10	2	1	7	7	23	−16	7
6	Central	10	1	2	7	4	16	−12	5

Source: Standings
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.

Play-offs

	Semifinals							Finals
	4	Santa Cruz	3	2	5
	1	Náutico	1	1	2
								4	Santa Cruz	1
								3	Sport Recife	0
	3	Sport Recife (p)	1	0	1 (5)
	2	Salgueiro	0	1	1 (4)

Semifinals

First leg

Santa Cruz v Náutico

20 April 2016 21:45 UTC−3

Santa Cruz	3–1	Náutico
Arthur  9', 52' Tiago Costa  69'	Report	Joazi  87'

Estádio do Arruda, Recife Attendance: 39,999 Referee: Sebastião Rufino Ribeiro Filho

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Sport Recife v Salgueiro

21 April 2016 16:00 UTC−3

Sport Recife	1–0	Salgueiro
Vinícius Araújo  13'	Report

Estádio Ilha do Retiro, Recife Attendance: 16,699 Referee: Tiago Nascimento dos Santos

Second leg

Náutico v Santa Cruz

24 April 2016 16:00 UTC−3

Náutico	1–2	Santa Cruz
Ronaldo Alves  33'	Report	Grafite  51' Lelê  90+2'

Arena Pernambuco, São Lourenço da Mata Attendance: 15,596 Referee: Emerson Luiz Sobral

Santa Cruz won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Salgueiro v Sport Recife

24 April 2016 16:00 UTC−3

Salgueiro	1–0	Sport Recife
Moreilândia  8'	Report
	Penalties
Marcos Tamandaré Rogério Paraíba Nilson Ranieri Rodolfo Potiguar Toty	4–5	Durval Luiz Antônio Gabriel Xavier Everton Felipe Mark González Samuel Xavier

Estádio Cornélio de Barros, Salgueiro Attendance: 4,184 Referee: Gleydson Ferreira Leite

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Sport Recife won on penalties.

Third place match

Salgueiro v Náutico

4 May 2016 19:30 UTC−3

Salgueiro	0–1	Náutico
	Report	Rony  49'

Estádio Cornélio de Barros, Salgueiro Attendance: 2,442 Referee: Gleydson Ferreira Leite

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Náutico v Salgueiro

7 May 2016 18:30 UTC−3

Náutico	v	Salgueiro

Arena Pernambuco, São Lourenço da Mata Referee: Gilberto Rodrigues Castro Júnior

Finals

Santa Cruz v Sport Recife

4 May 2016 21:45 UTC−3

Santa Cruz	1–0	Sport Recife
Lelê  31'	Report

Estádio do Arruda, Recife Attendance: 30,163 Referee: Emerson Luiz Sobral

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Sport Recife v Santa Cruz

8 May 2016 16:00 UTC−3

Sport Recife	v	Santa Cruz

Estádio Ilha do Retiro, Recife Referee: Sebastião Rufino Ribeiro Filho

Relegation stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Atlético	10	6	2	2	15	10	+5	20
2	Serra Talhada	10	4	3	3	13	11	+2	15
3	Belo Jardim	10	3	3	4	10	9	+1	12
4	Vitória das Tabocas	10	2	6	2	11	13	−2	12
5	Porto de Caruaru	10	2	5	3	6	8	−2	11	Relegation to the Campeonato Pernambucano A2
6	Pesqueira	10	1	5	4	7	11	−4	8

Source: Standings
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.

References

1. "FPF anuncia Celpe como novo patrocinador do Pernambucano 2016". Vavel (in Portuguese). February 18, 2016.
2. "REGULAMENTO ESPECÍFICO DA COMPETIÇÃO - REC" (PDF). FPF (in Portuguese). December 17, 2015.