2017 Campeonato Cearense

The 2017 Campeonato Cearense is the 103rd season of Ceará's top football league. Ceará won the league for the 44th time.

Campeonato Cearense Série A

Season	2017
Dates	Start date: 15 January 2017
Champions	Ceará
Relegated	Guarany de Sobral Itapipoca
Matches played	49
Goals scored	137 (2.8 per match)
Top goalscorer	Leílson Guarani de Juazeiro
Biggest home win	Fortaleza 5–0 Itapipoca (March 4)
Biggest away win	Horizante 0-4 Uniclinic (Feb 25)
Highest attendance	26,157
← 2016 2018 →

Format

First Round

• All the ten teams play each other once.
• The top eight teams go to the Final Rounds.
• The bottom two teams are relegated.

Final Rounds

• The eight teams are paired according to their ranking:
• 1 vs. 8 (Game 1)
• 2 vs. 7 (Game 2)
• 3 vs. 6 (Game 3)
• 4 vs. 5 (Game 4)
• The games are played over two legs. The better teams hosts the second leg.
• The winners are again paired according to their ranking:
• Winners Game 1 vs. Winners Game 4
• Winners Game 2 vs. Winners Game 3
• The games are this time played over three legs. When a team wins a leg, they gain three points. When a leg is tied, each team gets one point, and when a team loses, they gain zero points. The team with the most points at the end of the three legs moves on. If one team wins the first two legs, no third leg is played. The better team hosts the second and third legs.
• The winners of the semi-finals go on to the final, played the same way as the semi-finals.

Qualification

• The top two teams not already playing in Série A, Série B, or
  Série C, or already assured qualification to Série D qualify for the 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.
• The winner and runner-up qualify for the 2018 Copa do Brasil.
• The winner and runner-up qualify for the 2018 Copa do Nordeste.

Teams

Club	Home city	2016 Result
Ceará	Fortaleza	5th
Ferroviário-CE	Fortaleza	3rd (Série B)[note 1]
Fortaleza	Fortaleza	1st
Guarani de Juazeiro	Juazeiro do Norte	3rd
Guarany de Sobral	Sobral	4th
Horizante	Horizonte	1st (Série B)
Itapipoca	Itapipoca	8th
Maranguape	Maranguape	6th
Tiradentes	Fortaleza	7th
Uniclinic	Fortaleza	2nd

First round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ceará	9	6	2	1	12	5	+7	20	Advance to Semi-Finals
2	Fortaleza	9	5	2	2	16	5	+11	17
3	Horizante	9	5	0	4	14	11	+3	15
4	Guarani de Juazeiro	9	4	3	2	15	9	+6	15
5	Maranguape	9	4	2	3	11	13	−2	14
6	Ferroviário-CE	9	3	4	2	12	8	+4	13
7	Tiradentes	9	3	2	4	15	14	+1	11
8	Uniclinic	9	2	3	4	13	18	−5	9
9	Guarany de Sobral	9	1	3	5	10	19	−9	6	Relegated to 2018 Campeonato Cearense Série B
10	Itapipoca	9	0	3	6	6	22	−16	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Final Rounds

Quarter-finals

19 March 2017

16:00 UTC–4

Uniclinic	1-3	Ceará
Preto 81'	Report	39', 71' Magno Alves 86' Cametá

Castelão, Fortaleza

Attendance: 5195

Referee: Leo Simão

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25 March 2017

16:00 UTC–4

Ceará	4-1	Uniclinic
Luiz Otávio 19' Victor Rangel 51' Magno Alves 55', 88'	Report	80' (Pen.) Netinho  58'  Luis Fernando

Castelão, Fortaleza

Attendance: 5642

Referee: Luis César De Oliveira Magalhães

Ceará win 7–2 on Aggregate.

18 March 2017

16:00 UTC–4

Maranguape	1-1	Guarani de Juazeiro
Jair 89'	Report	71' Leílson

Estádio Domingão, Horizonte

Attendance: 350

Referee: Wladyerisson Silva Oliveira

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18 March 2017

16:00 UTC–4

Guarani de Juazeiro	5-1	Maranguape
Ítalo 30', 57' Da Silva 45' Ademilson 51' Zé Aquiras 89'	Report	22' Albano

Romeirão, Juazeiro do Norte

Attendance: 1607

Referee: Renato Pinheiro

Guarani de Juazeiro win 6–2 on Aggregate.

12 March 2017

16:00 UTC–4

Ferroviário-CE	1-1	Horizante
Jonathas 13'	Report	63' Doda

Castelão, Fortaleza

Attendance: 1567

Referee: Édson Galvão da Silva

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26 March 2017

16:00 UTC–4

Horizante	1 (2)-(4) 1 (a.e.t.)	Ferroviário-CE
Berg 10'	Report	14' Jonathas
Penalties
Robert César Sampaio Canga Doda	2-4	Assizinho Maxwell Jonathas Vitinho

Estádio Domingão, Horizonte

Attendance: 2391

Referee: Glauco Feitosa

Ferroviário-CE win on penalties after a 2–2 tie on Aggregate

15 March 2017

21:45 UTC–4

Tiradentes	2-3	Fortaleza
Cleiton 1' Wilkson 50'	Report	28' Max Oliveira 66', 76' Lúcio Flávio  81'  Felipe

Castelão, Fortaleza

Attendance: 3073

Referee: Gleysto Gonçalves da Silva

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26 March 2017

16:00 UTC–4

Fortaleza	3-0	Tiradentes
Lúcio Flávio 75' Zé Carlos 84', 89' (Pen.)	Report

Castelão, Fortaleza

Attendance: 5842

Referee: Avelar Rodrigo Da Silva

Fortaleza wins 6–2 on Aggregate

Semi-finals

2 April 2017

16:00 UTC–4

Ferroviário-CE	2-0	Fortaleza
Tony 49' Mota 78'	Report

Castelão, Fortaleza

Attendance: 8724

Referee: Magno Cordeiro

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9 April 2017

16:00 UTC–4

Fortaleza	1-1	Ferroviário-CE
Anderson 28'	Report	90+5' Mimi

Castelão, Fortaleza

Attendance: 10958

Referee: Leo Simão

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19 April 2017

21:45 UTC–4

Fortaleza	0-0	Ferroviário-CE
	Report	62'  Moises Lucas

Castelão, Fortaleza

Attendance: 10855

Referee: Luis César De Oliveira Magalhães

Ferroviário-CE win with 5 points, to Fortaleza's 2 points

5 April 2017

21:45 UTC–4

Guarani de Juazeiro	0-0	Ceará
	Report

Romeirão, Juazeiro do Norte

Attendance: 3196

Referee: Édson Galvão da Silva

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16 April 2017

16:00 UTC–4

Ceará	1-0	Guarani de Juazeiro
Lelê 82' Magno Alves 90'	Report

Castelão, Fortaleza

Attendance: 7127

Referee: Wladyerisson Silva Oliveira

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22 April 2017

16:00 UTC–4

Ceará	1-0	Guarani de Juazeiro
Alex Amado 71'	Report

Castelão, Fortaleza

Attendance: 8657

Referee: Leo Simão

Ceará win with 7 points to Guarani de Juazeiro's 1 point.

Final

30 April 2017

16:00 UTC–4

Ferroviário-CE	0-1	Ceará
	Report	19' Wallace Pernambucano

Castelão, Fortaleza

Attendance: 13978

Referee: Wladyerisson Silva Oliveira

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3 May 2017

21:45 UTC–4

Ceará	2-0	Ferroviário-CE
Wallace Pernambucano 40' Raul 84'	Report

Castelão, Fortaleza

Attendance: 26157

Referee: Luis César De Oliveira Magalhães

A third match was not necessary. Ceará wins with 6 points to Ferroviário-CE's 0 points.

Campeonato Cearense 2017 champion
Ceará 44th title

Ferroviário-CE and Guarani de Juazeiro qualify for 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
Ceará and Ferroviário-CE qualify for the 2018 Copa do Brasil.
Ceará and Ferroviário-CE qualify for the 2018 Copa do Nordeste.

Topscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1.	Leílson	Guarani de Juazeiro	9
2.	Edson Carius	Uniclinic	8
3.	Magno Alves	Ceará	7
4.	Lúcio Flávio	Fortaleza	6
	Maxuell	Ferroviário-CE
5.	Isac	Horizante	5
	Ítalo	Guarani de Juazeiro
	Gugu	Maranguape
6.	Canga	Horizante	4

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