2012 Campeonato Amazonense

The 2012 Campeonato Amazonense de Futebol was the 96th season of the top professional football league in Amazonas, Brazil. The competition began on January 28 and concluded on May 26. Nacional won the championship for the 41st time, while CDC Manicoré and Operário were relegated.

Campeonato Amazonense de Futebol

Season	2012
Champions	Nacional
Relegated	CDC Manicoré Operário
Copa do Brasil	Nacional Fast Clube
Série D	Nacional
Matches	104
Goals	294 (2.83 per match)
Top goalscorer	Leonardo (Nacional) - 14 goals
← 2011 2013 →

Format

The tournament consists of a double round-robin format, where all twelve teams play each other twice, the competition split in two stages. Each round counts as one stage. The top four teams from each stage advance to the playoffs matches, and the first stage champion will face the second stage champion. If the same team win both stages, it will be considered the champion.^[1]

The bottom two teams on overall classification will be relegated.

Qualifications

The champion qualifies to 2013 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D. The two stage winner qualifies to the 2013 Copa do Brasil.

Participating teams

Club	Home city	2011 result
CDC Manicoré	Manicoré	1st (2nd division)
Fast Clube	Manaus	3rd
Holanda	Rio Preto da Eva	3rd (2nd division)
Iranduba	Iranduba	2nd (2nd division)
Nacional	Manaus	2nd
Operário	Manacapuru	5th
Penarol	Itacoatiara	1st
Princesa do Solimões	Manacapuru	7th
Rio Negro	Manaus	6th
São Raimundo	Manaus	4th

First round - Taça Estado do Amazonas

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Penarol (A)	9	6	3	0	14	6	+8	21	Advances to the Semifinals
2	Nacional-AM (A)	9	6	2	1	20	4	+16	20
3	Fast Clube (A)	9	6	0	3	20	8	+12	18
4	Princesa do Solimões (A)	9	4	2	3	13	9	+4	14
5	Holanda	9	4	0	5	16	14	+2	12
6	CDC Manicoré	9	4	0	5	9	15	−6	12
7	São Raimundo-AM	9	3	2	4	11	14	−3	11
8	Iranduba	9	3	1	5	10	15	−5	10
9	Operário	9	2	1	6	15	26	−11	7
10	Rio Negro	9	1	1	7	4	21	−17	4

Updated to match(es) played on 8 December 2012. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round

Results

Home \ Away	CDC	FAS	HOL	IRA	NAC	OPE	PEN	PRI	RIO	SRA
CDC Manicoré						2–0		0–1	1–0	2–1
Fast Clube	1–2			5–1		6–2		2–0		2–0
Holanda	4–1	0–1				4–3			2–0
Iranduba	2–0		0–3				1–2			0–1
Nacional-AM	4–0	1–0	2–1	1–2			0–0			2–0
Operário				1–3	0–2		2–2		3–1
Penarol	2–1	2–1	2–0						2–0	0–0
Princesa do Solimões			2–0	0–0	1–1	4–1	1–2
Rio Negro		0–2		2–1	0–7			0–2
São Raimundo-AM			3–2			2–3		3–2	1–1

Source: RSSSF Brazil
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Semifinals

First leg

February 29, 2012

16:30 UTC−03:00

Princesa do Solimões	1–1	Penarol
Cacau 57'		Fernando 17'

Estádio Olímpico Municipal Gilberto Mestrinho, Manacapuru

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February 29, 2012

21:00 UTC−03:00

Fast Clube	0-0	Nacional

Estádio Roberto Simonsen, Manaus

Second leg

March 3, 2012

Penarol	1-1	Princesa do Solimões
Isac 58'		Felipe 75'
Penalties
	3-4

Estádio Floro de Mendonça, Itacoatiara, Amazonas

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March 3, 2012

Nacional	1-0	Fast Clube
Cristovão 76'

Estádio Roberto Simonsen, Manaus

Finals

First leg

March 10, 2012

15:00 UTC−03:00

Princesa do Solimões	1-2	Nacional
Renato 37'		Garanha 49', 65'

Estádio Olímpico Municipal Gilberto Mestrinho, Manacapuru

Second leg

March 17, 2012

15:00 UTC−03:00

Nacional	0-1	Princesa do Solimões
		Cacau 43'
Penalties
	5-4

Estádio Roberto Simonsen, Manaus

Second round - Taça Cidade de Manaus

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	São Raimundo-AM (A)	9	5	2	2	18	9	+9	17	Advances to the Semifinals
2	Fast Clube (A)	9	5	1	3	19	10	+9	16
3	Rio Negro (A)	9	5	1	3	17	16	+1	16
4	Iranduba (A)	9	4	4	1	17	12	+5	16
5	Penarol	9	5	0	4	17	12	+5	15
6	Holanda	9	4	1	4	12	12	0	13
7	Nacional-AM	9	3	2	4	12	12	0	11
8	Princesa do Solimões	9	3	1	5	12	19	−7	10
9	Operário	9	2	2	5	5	12	−7	8
10	CDC Manicoré	9	1	2	6	9	22	−13	5

Updated to match(es) played on 8 December 2012. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round

Results

Home \ Away	CDC	FAS	HOL	IRA	NAC	OPE	PEN	PRI	RIO	SRA
CDC Manicoré		0–2	2–1	3–3	1–3		1–2
Fast Clube			2–2		3–0		2–1		4–2
Holanda				3–4	1–0		0–1	1–0		0–1
Iranduba		2–0			2–2	0–0		1–2	1–1	2–1
Nacional-AM						0–1		4–0	2–0
Operário	1–1	1–0	0–1							1–3
Penarol				0–2	3–0	2–0		5–2
Princesa do Solimões	2–0	1–4				2–0			2–3	1–1
Rio Negro	2–1		2–3			3–1	3–2			1–0
São Raimundo-AM	6–0	3–2			1–1		2–1

Source: RSSSF Brazil
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Semifinals

First leg

May 2, 2012

Iranduba	0-0	São Raimundo

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April 28, 2012

Rio Negro	0-0	Fast Clube

Second leg

May 9, 2012

São Raimundo	1-3	Iranduba

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May 6, 2012

Fast Clube	0-0	Rio Negro
Penalties
	3-1

Finals

First leg

May 12, 2012

Iranduba	0-2	Fast Clube

Second leg

May 16, 2012

Fast Clube	2-0	Iranduba

Finals

First leg

May 19, 2012

16:00 UTC−03:00

Fast Clube	2-2	Nacional
João Gomes Lacraia		Leonardo

Estádio Roberto Simonsen, Manaus

Referee: Wilson Luiz Seneme

Second leg

May 26, 2012

15:00 UTC−03:00

Nacional	2-1	Fast Clube
Edvan 35' Alexandre 46'		Nando 76'

Estádio Roberto Simonsen, Manaus

Referee: Leandro Pedro Vuaden

Overall classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Nacional-AM (C)	18	9	4	5	32	16	+16	31	Qualified to Copa do Brasil and Brasileiro Série D
2	Fast Clube	18	11	1	6	39	18	+21	34	Qualified to Copa do Brasil
3	Penarol	18	11	3	4	31	18	+13	36
4	São Raimundo-AM	18	8	4	6	39	23	+16	28
5	Iranduba	18	7	5	6	27	27	0	26
6	Holanda	18	8	1	9	28	26	+2	25
7	Princesa do Solimões	18	7	3	8	25	28	−3	24
8	Rio Negro	18	6	2	10	21	37	−16	20
9	CDC Manicoré (R)	18	5	2	11	18	37	−19	17	Relegated to the Second Division
10	Operário (R)	18	4	3	11	20	38	−18	15

Updated to match(es) played on 8 December 2012. Source: RSSSF Brazil
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated