2023 Campeonato Baiano

The 2023 Campeonato Baiano (officially the Campeonato Baiano de Futebol Profissional Série “A” – Edição 2023) was the 119th edition of Bahia's top professional football league organized by FBF. The competition began on 10 January and ended on 2 April 2023.^[1] Atlético de Alagoinhas were the defending champions but they were eliminated in the group stage.

Campeonato Baiano

Season	2023
Dates	10 January – 2 April
Champions	Bahia (50th title)
Relegated	Doce Mel Jacobinense
Copa do Brasil	Bahia Itabuna Jacuipense
Série D	Itabuna Jacuipense
Copa do Nordeste	Bahia
Matches played	51
Goals scored	113 (2.22 per match)
Top goalscorer	Cesinha (6 goals)
← 2022 2024 →

Bahia defeated Jacuipense 4–1 on aggregate obtaining their 50th title. As champions, Bahia qualified for the 2024 Copa do Brasil and the 2024 Copa do Nordeste.

Format

In the first stage, each team played the other nine teams in a single round-robin tournament. Top four teams advanced to the semi-finals. The bottom two teams were relegated to the 2024 Campeonato Baiano Série B.

The final stage was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis with the best overall performance team hosting the second leg. If tied on aggregate, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winners.^[2]

Champions qualified for the 2024 Copa do Brasil and 2024 Copa do Nordeste, while runners-up and third place qualified for the 2024 Copa do Brasil. Top two teams not already qualified for 2024 Série A, Série B or Série C qualified for 2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D. The champions of the 2023 Copa Governador will earn the third Série D berth.^[3]

Teams

Club	Home City	Manager	2022 Result
Alagoinhas Atlético Clube (Atlético de Alagoinhas)	Alagoinhas	Rodrigo Chagas	1st
Esporte Clube Bahia	Salvador	Renato Paiva	6th
Associação Desportiva Bahia de Feira	Feira de Santana	João Carlos Ângelo	3rd
Barcelona Futebol Clube (Barcelona de Ilhéus)	Ilhéus	Gelson Conte	4th
Doce Mel Esporte Clube	Ipiaú	Eduardo Bahia	8th
Itabuna Esporte Clube	Itabuna	Sérgio Araújo	1st (Second Division)
Jacobinense Esporte Clube	Jacobina	Agnaldo Liz	2nd (Second Division)
Esporte Clube Jacuipense	Riachão do Jacuípe	Jonilson Veloso	2nd
Sociedade Desportiva Juazeirense	Juazeiro	Carlos Rabello	7th
Esporte Clube Vitória	Salvador	Léo Condé	5th

First stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bahia	9	7	0	2	12	9	+3	21	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Jacuipense	9	5	2	2	13	9	+4	17
3	Juazeirense	9	5	1	3	12	8	+4	16
4	Itabuna	9	4	3	2	13	9	+4	15
5	Bahia de Feira	9	3	4	2	13	10	+3	13
6	Vitória	9	3	3	3	11	11	0	12
7	Barcelona de Ilhéus	9	2	4	3	8	8	0	10
8	Atlético de Alagoinhas	9	2	3	4	8	8	0	9
9	Jacobinense (R)	9	2	1	6	5	13	−8	7	Relegation to 2024 Campeonato Baiano Série B
10	Doce Mel (R)	9	0	3	6	3	13	−10	3

Source: FBF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Wins; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Head-to-head result; 6) Fewest red cards; 7) Fewest yellow cards; 8) Draw.
(R) Relegated

Final stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals							Finals
	3	Juazeirense	0	0	0
	2	Jacuipense	1	3	4
								Jacuipense		1	0	1
								Bahia		1	3	4
	4	Itabuna	1	1	2
	1	Bahia	0	4	4

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Itabuna	2–4	Bahia	1–0	1–4
Juazeirense	0–4	Jacuipense	0–1	0–3

Group 2

11 March 2023

16:00

Itabuna	1–0	Bahia
Jan Pieter 73'	Report

Estádio Antônio Elias Ribeiro, Camacan

Referee: Diego Pombo Lopez

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18 March 2023

16:00

Bahia	4–1	Itabuna
Everaldo 13' (pen.), 54' Cauly 51', 85'	Report	Cesinha 76' (pen.)

Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador

Referee: Bruno Pereira Vasconcelos

Bahia qualified for the finals.

Group 3

12 March 2023

16:00

Juazeirense	0–1	Jacuipense
	Report	Robinho 90'

Estádio Adauto Moraes, Juazeiro

Referee: Marielson Alves Silva

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19 March 2023

16:00

Jacuipense	3–0	Juazeirense
Thiaguinho 24' Welder 82' Raphinha 90+2'	Report

Estádio Eliel Martins, Riachão do Jacuípe

Referee: Diego Pombo Lopez

Jacuipense qualified for the finals.

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Jacuipense	1–4	Bahia	1–1	0–3

Group 4

26 March 2023

16:00

Jacuipense	1–1	Bahia
Welder 28'	Report	Everaldo 54'

Estádio Eliel Martins, Riachão do Jacuípe

Attendance: 3,435

Referee: Marielson Alves Silva

Jacuipense

Bahia

GK 12 Jean RB 2 Raphinha CB 25 Kanu (c) CB 4 Weverton LB 6 Radar  75' DM 5 Fábio Bahia DM 15 Amaral  57'  67' AM 16 Eudair  46' AM 17 Thiaguinho  75' FW 10 Welder  90+1' FW 9 Jeam Substitutes: GK 1 Marcelo DF 3 Vítor Salvador DF 18 Caíque Sá DF 21 Matheus Castelo MF 7 Paulo Miranda MF 8 Flávio  46' MF 13 Jadiel  26' MF 14 Eric  75' MF 20 Fábio Matos  67' FW 11 William  90+1' FW 19 Robinho  75' FW 22 Popó Coach: Jonilson Veloso

GK 22 Marcos Felipe CB 3 Gabriel Xavier CB 4 Kanu (c) CB 44 Marcos Victor RWB 29 Vítor Jacaré DM 26 Nicolás Acevedo  82' DM 5 Rezende  88' LWB 79 Matheus Bahia  86'  88' AM 8 Cauly FW 9 Everaldo  82' FW 11 Biel  75' Substitutes: GK 77 Mateus Claus DF 6 Jhoanner Chávez  88' DF 13 André  55' DF 33 David Duarte DF 40 Cicinho DF 66 Ryan MF 17 Diego Rosa  88' MF 19 Lucas Mugni  82' MF 23 Patrick Verhon MF 42 Miquéias FW 16 Ricardo Goulart  82' FW 37 Kayky  75' Coach: Renato Paiva

Assistant referees: Alessandro Alvaro Rocha de Matos Elicarlos Franco de Oliveira Fourth official: Ricarle Gustavo Gonçalves Batista Fifth official: Jucimar dos Santos Dias Video assistant referee: Rodrigo Nunes de Sá (Rio de Janeiro) Assistant video assistant referees: Emerson Ricardo de Almeida Andrade Paulo de Tarso Bregalda Gussen

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2 April 2023

16:00

Bahia	3–0	Jacuipense
Everaldo 66' Cauly 68' Vítor Jacaré 90+5' (pen.)	Report

Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador

Attendance: 48,085

Referee: Diego Pombo Lopez

Bahia

Jacuipense

GK 22 Marcos Felipe  87' CB 44 Marcos Victor  46' CB 4 Kanu CB 5 Rezende RWB 29 Vítor Jacaré  42' DM 26 Nicolás Acevedo DM 10 Daniel (c)  79' LWB 6 Jhoanner Chávez  79' AM 8 Cauly FW 9 Everaldo  81' FW 11 Biel Substitutes: GK 77 Mateus Claus  87' DF 3 Gabriel Xavier  46' DF 33 David Duarte DF 40 Cicinho DF 66 Ryan DF 79 Matheus Bahia  79' MF 17 Diego Rosa MF 19 Lucas Mugni  79' MF 23 Patrick Verhon FW 16 Ricardo Goulart  81' FW 18 Everton Moraes FW 37 Kayky Coach: Renato Paiva

GK 12 Jean RB 2 Raphinha CB 25 Kanu (c) CB 4 Weverton LB 6 Radar  46' DM 5 Fábio Bahia DM 15 Amaral  5'  63' AM 16 Eudair  72' AM 17 Thiaguinho  81' FW 10 Welder  53'  81' FW 9 Jeam Substitutes: GK 1 Marcelo DF 3 Vítor Salvador DF 18 Caíque Sá DF 21 Matheus Castelo MF 7 Paulo Miranda MF 8 Flávio  63' MF 13 Jadiel MF 14 Eric  79'  46' MF 20 Fábio Matos  72' FW 11 William  81' FW 19 Robinho  81' FW 22 Popó Coach: Jonilson Veloso

Assistant referees: Luanderson Lima dos Santos Paulo de Tarso Bregalda Gussen Fourth official: Eziquiel Souza Costa Fifth official: Daniella Coutinho Pinto Video assistant referee: Rodrigo Nunes de Sá (Rio de Janeiro) Assistant video assistant referees: Emerson Ricardo de Almeida Andrade Edevan de Oliveira Pereira