2018 Campeonato Pernambucano

The 2018 Campeonato Pernambucano (officially the Pernambucano da Série A1 de 2018) was the 104th edition of the state championship of Pernambuco organized by FPF. The championship began on 17 January and ended on 8 April.^[1] Sport were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Central in the semi-finals.^[2]

Campeonato Pernambucano

Season	2018
Champions	Náutico (22nd title)
Relegated	Belo Jardim Pesqueira
2019 Copa do Brasil	Central Náutico Sport Santa Cruz (via RNC)
2019 Copa do Nordeste	Náutico Santa Cruz (via RNC)
2019 Pré-Copa do Nordeste	Salgueiro (via RNC)
2019 Série D	América Central Vitória das Tabocas
Matches played	64
Goals scored	145 (2.27 per match)
Best Player	José Ortigoza
Top goalscorer	Caxito (8 goals)
Total attendance	217,496 (3,398 per match)
← 2017 2019 →

Náutico defeated Central 2–1 on aggregate to win their 22nd Campeonato Pernambucano title, the first one since 2004. As champions, Náutico qualified for the 2019 Copa do Brasil and 2019 Copa do Nordeste.^[3]

Central and Sport qualified for 2019 Copa do Brasil as runners-up and third placed team, respectively.

Sport declined to participate in the 2019 Copa do Nordeste. They were replaced by Santa Cruz (best second-team in the 2018 RNC). Salgueiro qualified for 2019 Pré-Copa do Nordeste via RNC.

Teams

Eleven teams were competing, ten returning from the 2017 and one promoted from the 2017 Pernambucano A2 Championship (Pesqueira).

Club	City	Stadium	Coordinates	Capacity[4]
Afogados	Afogados da Ingazeira	Valdemar Viana de Araújo	7.7585°S 37.6334°W / -7.7585; -37.6334 (Estádio Valdemar Viana de Araújo)	1,735
América	Recife	Ademir Cunha (Paulista)	7.9459°S 34.8904°W / -7.9459; -34.8904 (Estádio Ademir Cunha)	12,000
Belo Jardim	Belo Jardim	José Bezerra de Mendonça[1]	8.3437°S 36.4469°W / -8.3437; -36.4469 (Estádio José Bezerra de Mendonça)	7,050
Central	Caruaru	Lacerdão	8.2786°S 35.9752°W / -8.2786; -35.9752 (Lacerdão)	19,478
Flamengo de Arcoverde	Arcoverde	Áureo Bradley	8.4199°S 37.0583°W / -8.4199; -37.0583 (Estádio Municipal Áureo Bradley)	3,000
Náutico	Recife	Arena Pernambuco (São Lourenço da Mata)	8.0406°S 35.0104°W / -8.0406; -35.0104 (Arena Pernambuco)	44,300
Pesqueira	Pesqueira	Joaquim de Britto	8.3554°S 36.6899°W / -8.3554; -36.6899 (Estádio Joaquim José de Brito)	1,800
Salgueiro	Salgueiro	Cornélio de Barros	8.0761°S 39.1194°W / -8.0761; -39.1194 (Estádio Cornélio de Barros)	12,070
Santa Cruz	Recife	Arruda	8.0267°S 34.8933°W / -8.0267; -34.8933 (Estádio do Arruda)	60,044
Sport	Recife	Ilha do Retiro	8.0629°S 34.9051°W / -8.0629; -34.9051 (Estádio Ilha do Retiro)	32,983
Vitória das Tabocas	Vitória de Santo Antão	Arena Pernambuco (São Lourenço da Mata)[2]	8.0406°S 35.0104°W / -8.0406; -35.0104 (Arena Pernambuco)	44,300

¹ Belo Jardim played their home matches against Flamengo de Arcoverde (Jan. 21),^[5] Salgueiro (Jan. 28)^[6] and Vitória das Tabocas (Feb. 7)^[7] at Estádio Joaquim de Britto, and against Sport (Feb. 21)^[8] at Lacerdão.

² Vitória das Tabocas played their home matches at Arena Pernambuco instead of their regular stadium Severino Cândido Carneiro, Vitória de Santo Antão.^[9]

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows.^[10]

First Stage
Round 1:	17–19 January 2018
Round 2:	20–21 January 2018
Round 3:	24–25 January 2018
Round 4:	28–29 January 2018
Round 5:	3–4 February 2018
Round 6:	6–7 and 14 February 2018
Round 7:	17–18 February 2018
Round 8:	20–21 February and 1 March 2018
Round 9:	24–27 February 2018
Round 10:	4 March 2018
Round 11:	7 March 2018
Final Stages
Quarter-finals	14 and 18 March 2018
Semi-finals	21 and 25 March 2018
Third place match	2 April 2018
	First leg	Second leg
Finals	1 April 2018	8 April 2018

First stage

In the first stage, each team played the other 10 teams in a single round-robin tournament. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Wins; 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Head-to-head; 5. Fewest red cards; 6. Fewest yellow cards; 7. Draw in the headquarters of the FPF.^[11]

Top eight teams advanced to the quarter-finals of the final stages. The two teams with the lowest number of points were relegated to the 2019 Campeonato Pernambucano A2. Top three teams not already qualified for 2019 Série A, Série B or Série C qualified for 2019 Série D.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Náutico	10	5	4	1	17	10	+7	19	Advance to final stages
2	Central	10	5	4	1	13	6	+7	19	Advance to final stages and qualify for Série D
3	Sport	10	4	5	1	13	6	+7	17	Advance to final stages
4	Salgueiro	10	3	5	2	9	11	−2	14
5	Vitória das Tabocas	10	3	4	3	14	17	−3	13	Advance to final stages and qualify for Série D
6	Santa Cruz	10	2	7	1	9	9	0	13	Advance to final stages
7	América	10	3	3	4	15	16	−1	12	Advance to final stages and qualify for Série D
8	Afogados	10	3	3	4	12	13	−1	12	Advance to final stages
9	Flamengo de Arcoverde	10	1	6	3	7	8	−1	9
10	Pesqueira	10	1	3	6	5	12	−7	6	Relegation to Pernambucano A2
11	Belo Jardim	10	0	6	4	9	15	−6	6

Source: FPF

Results

Home \ Away	AFO	AME	BEL	CEN	FLA	NAU	PES	SAL	SAN	SPO	VIT
Afogados			1–1	1–1			2–1		0–1		4–2
América	2–2		3–1	0–1			2–0		2–0
Belo Jardim					1–1	2–2		0–1		0–0	2–2
Central			2–0		0–0	3–0		2–1		1–1
Flamengo de Arcoverde	0–1	1–1					0–1		1–1	0–0
Náutico	2–1	3–2			1–0			4–0		3–0
Pesqueira			0–0	1–2		1–1		0–1			1–2
Salgueiro	1–0	1–1			2–2				1–1	1–1
Santa Cruz			3–2	1–1		0–0	0–0				1–1
Sport	2–0	2–0					2–0		1–1		4–0
Vitória das Tabocas		5–2		1–0	0–2	1–1		0–0

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

Final stages

Starting from the quarter-finals, the teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:^[11]

• Quarter-finals, semi-finals and third place match were played on a single-leg basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the leg.
  • If tied, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner.
• Finals were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg.
  • If tied on aggregate, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner.
• Extra time was not played and away goals rule was not used in final stages.

Bracket

	Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Finals
	2	Central	3
	7	América	2
						2	Central	1
						3	Sport	0
	3	Sport	3
	6	Santa Cruz	0
											2	Central	0	1	1
											1	Náutico	0	2	2
	1	Náutico	1
	8	Afogados	0
						1	Náutico	3			Third place
						4	Salgueiro	2
	4	Salgueiro	1								3	Sport	3
	5	Vitória das Tabocas	0								4	Salgueiro	0

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Náutico	1–0	Afogados
Central	3–2	América
Sport	3–0	Santa Cruz
Salgueiro	1–0	Vitória das Tabocas

Matches

Náutico	1–0	Afogados
Júnior Timbó 67' (pen.)	Report

18 March 2018

16:00

Arena Pernambuco, São Lourenço da Mata

Attendance: 18,136

Referee: Gilberto Rodrigues Castro Júnior

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Central	3–2	América
Kady 3' (o.g.) Fernando Pires 22' Eduardo Erê 45'	Report	Caxito 78' (pen.) Kady 81'

14 March 2018

20:00

Lacerdão, Caruaru

Attendance: 2,525

Referee: Péricles Bassols Pegado Cortez

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Sport	3–0	Santa Cruz
Marlone 1' Anselmo 42', 70'	Report

14 March 2018

21:45

Estádio Ilha do Retiro, Recife

Attendance: 15,180

Referee: Nielson Nogueira Dias

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Salgueiro	1–0	Vitória das Tabocas
Dadá Belmonte 57'	Report

14 March 2018

20:00

Estádio Cornélio de Barros, Salgueiro

Attendance: 1,347

Referee: Luiz Cláudio Sobral

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Náutico	3–2	Salgueiro
Central	1–0	Sport

Matches

Náutico	3–2	Salgueiro
Luís Eduardo 41' (o.g.) Ortigoza 63' Camacho 90'	Report	Dadá Belmonte 23' (pen.) Maurício 90+2'

25 March 2018

16:00

Arena Pernambuco, São Lourenço da Mata

Attendance: 20,446

Referee: Tiago Nascimento dos Santos

Náutico qualified for the 2019 Copa do Brasil.

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Central	1–0	Sport
Leandro Costa 58'	Report

21 March 2018

21:45

Lacerdão, Caruaru

Attendance: 8,530

Referee: Ricardo Marques (Minas Gerais)

Central qualified for the 2019 Copa do Brasil.

Third place match

Sport	3–0	Salgueiro
Pablo Pardal 53', 78' Léo Ortiz 74'	Report

2 April 2018

20:00

Estádio Ilha do Retiro, Recife

Attendance: 932

Referee: Luiz Cláudio Sobral

Sport qualified for the 2019 Copa do Brasil.

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Central	1–2	Náutico	0–0	1–2

Matches

Central	0–0	Náutico
	Report

1 April 2018

16:00

Lacerdão, Caruaru

Attendance: 14,080

Referee: Péricles Bassols Pegado Cortez

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Náutico	2–1	Central
Ortigoza 43' Jobson 57'	Report	Leandro Costa 71' (pen.)

8 April 2018

16:00

Arena Pernambuco, São Lourenço da Mata

Attendance: 42,352

Referee: Nielson Nogueira Dias

Náutico won 2–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 2019 Copa do Nordeste.

2018 Campeonato Pernambucano Champions
Náutico 22nd title

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Caxito	América	8
2	Leandro Costa	Central	7
3	Thomas Anderson	Vitória das Tabocas	6
4	Etinho	Afogados	5
5	Anselmo	Sport	4
	Jader	Belo Jardim
	Marlone	Sport
	José Ortigoza	Náutico
	Piauí	Salgueiro
	Wallace Pernambucano	Náutico

Source:FPF^[12]

2018 Campeonato Pernambucano team

The 2018 Campeonato Pernambucano team was a squad consisting of the eleven most impressive players at the tournament.

Pos. Player Team GK Bruno Náutico DF Thiago Ennes Náutico DF Vitão Central DF Camacho Náutico DF Charles Central MF Anselmo Sport MF Douglas Carioca Central MF Júnior Lemos Central FW Leandro Costa Central FW José Ortigoza a Náutico FW Caxito b América Head coach Roberto Fernandes Náutico a.^ Best player b.^ Top scorer

Bruno Vitão Camacho Thiago Ennes Charles Anselmo Douglas Carioca Leandro Costa Caxito Júnior Lemos Ortigoza

Head coach Roberto Fernandes

Source:Globo^[13]