2018 Campeonato Paraense

The 2018 Campeonato Paraense de Futebol was the 106th edition of Pará's top professional football league. The competition started on 13 January and ended on 8 April.^[1] Remo won the championship for the 45th time.^[2]

Campeonato Paraense de Futebol

Season	2018
Champions	Remo
Relegated	Parauapebas Cametá
Série D	Bragantino São Raimundo
Copa Verde	Remo Bragantino
Copa do Brasil	Remo Paysandu (via Copa Verde) Bragantino São Raimundo
Matches played	58
Goals scored	146 (2.52 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dedeco (7 goals)
Biggest home win	Paysandu 4–0 Castanhal (25 February 2018)
Biggest away win	Castanhal 2–4 Paysandu (21 January 2018)
Highest scoring	Cametá 3–4 Castanhal (4 March 2018)
Highest attendance	31,769 Remo 1–0 Paysandu (8 April 2018)
Lowest attendance	91 Castanhal 4–1 Independente (18 March 2018)
← 2017 2019 →

Format

The competition will consist of two groups of five teams each, who will face off in round games and back against the other key times in a single turn. The top two will contest the semi-finals in their respective groups, thereby defining the two championship finalists. The losers of the semifinals will make two matches to decide the third place. Semifinal and final matches will round trip.

The worst placed of each group will be relegated to the Second Division.

The champion and the best placed team not qualified via CBF ranking qualify to the 2019 Copa Verde. The champion, the runner-up and the 3rd-placed team qualify to the 2019 Copa do Brasil. The best two teams who isn't on Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Série B or Série C qualifies to 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.

Participating teams

Club	Home city	2017 result
Águia de Marabá	Marabá	5th
Bragantino	Bragança	1st (on 2nd Division)
Cametá	Cametá	7th
Castanhal	Castanhal	6th
Independente	Tucuruí	3rd
Paragominas	Paragominas	8th
Parauapebas	Parauapebas	2nd (on 2nd Division)
Paysandu	Belém	1st
Remo	Belém	2nd
São Raimundo	Santarém	4th

Group stage

Group A1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Paysandu (A)	10	6	2	2	17	8	+9	20	Qualifies to the Semifinals
2	Bragantino (A)	10	6	1	3	17	15	+2	19
3	Independente	10	3	4	3	12	14	−2	13
4	Águia de Marabá	10	3	2	5	7	14	−7	11
5	Cametá (R)	10	0	4	6	10	18	−8	4	2019 Paraense 2nd Division

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated

Group A2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Remo (A)	10	7	1	2	17	9	+8	22	Qualifies to the semi-finals
2	São Raimundo (A)	10	5	1	4	15	12	+3	16
3	Castanhal	10	4	1	5	16	17	−1	13
4	Paragominas	10	2	5	3	12	12	0	11
5	Parauapebas (R)	10	1	5	4	9	13	−4	8	2019 Paraense 2nd Division

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated

Semi-finals

Match 51

Bragantino	2–0	Paysandu
Mauro Ajuruteua 62' Gabriel 66'	Report

21 March 2018

16:00 UTC –3

Diogão, Bragança

Attendance: 4,750

Referee: Joelson Nazareno Ferreira Cardoso

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Paysandu	2–0	Bragantino
Cassiano 44' (pen.) Diego Ivo 45+3'	Report
Penalties
Cassiano Mike Mateus Muller Fábio Matos Walter	4–2	Keoma Gabriel Serafim Paulo de Tárcio

24 March 2018

18:00 UTC –3

Estádio da Curuzú, Belém

Attendance: 7,463

Referee: Gustavo Ramos Melo

Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Paysandu won on penalties and advanced to the final.

Match 52

São Raimundo	1–0	Remo
Jeferson Monte Alegre 24' (pen.)	Report

22 March 2018

20:00 UTC –3

Estádio Jader Barbalho, Santarém

Attendance: 3,786

Referee: Djonaltan Costa de Araújo

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Remo	2–0	São Raimundo
Isac 45' Felipe Marques 65'	Report

25 March 2018

16:00 UTC –3

Mangueirão, Belém

Attendance: 9,006

Referee: Andrey da Silva e Silva

Remo won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the final.

Third place play-off

São Raimundo	1–1	Bragantino
Wendell 73' (pen.)	Report	Keoma 57' (pen.)

31 March 2018

20:00 UTC –3

Estádio Jader Barbalho, Santarém

Attendance: 561

Referee: Gustavo Ramos Melo

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Bragantino	1–0	São Raimundo
Marcelo Maciel 42'	Report

7 April 2018

15:30 UTC –3

Diogão, Bragança

Attendance: 1,688

Referee: Wasley do Couto

Finals

Main article: 2018 Campeonato Paraense Finals

Paysandu	1–2	Remo
Cassiano 43' (pen.)	Report	Isac 29' (pen.) Rodriguinho 79'

1 April 2018

16:00 UTC –3

Mangueirão, Belém

Attendance: 16,019

Referee: Raphael Claus

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Remo	1–0	Paysandu
Isac 27' (pen.)	Report

8 April 2018

16:00 UTC –3

Mangueirão, Belém

Attendance: 31,769

Referee: Anderson Daronco