2023 Campeonato Paraense

The 2023 Campeonato Paraense was the 111th edition of Pará's top professional football league.^[1] The 2023 edition was supposed to start on 21 January, however, the championship was paralyzed by the STJD due to a new appeal filed by Paragominas regarding the previous edition.^[2]

Campeonato Paraense

Season	2023
Champions	Águia de Marabá
Relegated	Itupiranga Independente
Série D	Águia de Marabá Cametá
Copa do Brasil	Águia de Marabá Remo Paysandu
Copa Verde	Águia de Marabá Remo
Matches played	64
Goals scored	166 (2.59 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mário Sérgio (10 goals)
Biggest home win	Remo 4–0 Cametá (30 April 2023)
Biggest away win	Tuna Luso 1–4 Paysandu (16 April 2023)
Highest scoring	Cametá 5–2 São Francisco (9 April 2023)
Highest attendance	34,243 Remo 0–1 Paysandu (9 April 2023)
Lowest attendance	41 São Francisco 1–0 Independente (19 March 2023)
← 2022 2024 →

Paragominas' case was dismissed, and the championship started on 5 February, with its end on 26 May.^[3]

Águia de Marabá won the championship for the 1st time.^[4]

Format

Three groups with four clubs, with the teams of one group facing those of the other two. The eight best teams in the overall standings advance to the final stage. The matches of the quarter-finals, semi-finals, third place play-offs and the finals will be played on a home-and-away two-legged basis.

The two worst teams in the overall standings will be relegated to the 2024 Campeonato Paraense Second Division.

The champion and the runner-up qualify to the 2024 Copa Verde. The champion, the runner-up and the 3rd-placed team qualify to the 2024 Copa do Brasil. The best two teams who isn't on Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Série B or Série C qualifies to 2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.

Participating teams

Águia

Bragantino

Caeté

Cametá

Castanhal

Independente

Itupiranga

São Francisco

Tapajós

Belém

Locations of the 2023 Campeonato Paraense teams

Paysandu

Remo

Tuna Luso

Locations of the 2023 Campeonato Paraense teams – Belém

Club	Home city	Manager	2022 result
Águia de Marabá	Marabá	Mathaus Sodré	4th
Bragantino	Bragança	Júnior Amorim	7th
Caeté	Bragança	Robson Melo[5]	6th
Cametá	Cametá	Rogerinho Gameleira	1st (2nd Division)
Castanhal	Castanhal	Gian Dantas	5th
Independente	Tucuruí	Sinomar Naves	9th
Itupiranga	Itupiranga	Wando Costa	10th
Paysandu	Belém	Marquinhos Santos	2nd
Remo	Belém	Marcelo Cabo	1st
São Francisco	Santarém	Samuel Cândido	2nd (2nd Division)
Tapajós	Santarém	Robson Melo	8th
Tuna Luso	Belém	Pedro Paulo	3rd

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Date of vacancy	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Tapajós	Arthur Bernardes[6]	12 February 2023	Robson Melo[6]	12 February 2023
Independente	Léo Goiano[7]	25 February 2023	Sinomar Naves[7]	25 February 2023
Tuna Luso	Josué Teixeira[8]	5 March 2023	Rodrigo Reis[9]	7 March 2023
Tuna Luso	Rodrigo Reis[10]	15 March 2023	Pedro Paulo[10]	15 March 2023
Castanhal	Hermes Júnior[11]	20 March 2023	Gian Dantas[11]	20 March 2023
Caeté	Emerson Almeida[12]	27 March 2023	Robson Melo[5]	28 March 2023
Paysandu	Márcio Fernandes[13]	29 April 2023	Marquinhos Santos[14]	1 May 2023

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Remo (A)	8	7	0	1	17	8	+9	21	Advance to the Final stage
2	Caeté (A)	8	2	1	5	6	12	−6	7
3	Bragantino	8	1	4	3	7	10	−3	7
4	Itupiranga (R)	8	1	3	4	8	12	−4	6	2024 Paraense 2nd Division

Source: Globo Esporte
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Paysandu (A)	8	6	1	1	15	8	+7	19	Advance to the Final stage
2	Águia de Marabá (A)	8	4	3	1	13	7	+6	15
3	Cametá (A)	8	4	2	2	12	9	+3	14
4	São Francisco (A)	8	4	0	4	8	8	0	12

Source: Globo Esporte
(A) Advance to a further round

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Castanhal (A)	8	2	3	3	10	10	0	9	Advance to the Final stage
2	Tuna Luso (A)	8	2	2	4	11	13	−2	8
3	Tapajós	8	2	1	5	8	15	−7	7
4	Independente (R)	8	0	6	2	9	12	−3	6	2024 Paraense 2nd Division

Source: Globo Esporte
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated

Final stage

Quarter-finals

15 April 2023

18:00 UTC –3

Caeté	2–4	Remo
PC Timborana 11' Kauê 56'	Report	Fabinho 24', 39' Ronald 80' Kanu 90+1'

Mangueirão, Belém^[15]

Attendance: 5,457

Referee: Andrey da Silva e Silva

18 April 2023

20:00 UTC –3

Remo	2–1	Caeté
Fabinho 2' Leonan 51'	Report	Fernando Portel 34'

Mangueirão, Belém

Attendance: 8,924

Referee: Gustavo Ramos Melo

Remo won 6–3 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.

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2 April 2023

10:00 UTC –3

São Francisco	0–1	Cametá
	Report	Wendel 90+13'

Ipixunão, Ipixuna do Pará

Attendance: 92

Referee: Marco José Soares de Almeida

9 April 2023

10:00 UTC –3

Cametá	5–2	São Francisco
Léo Pará 1' Pet 21' Alexandre Santana 44' Pilar 48' Rogério 90+1'	Report	Ramon 68' Matheus Magno 84'

Estádio Parque do Bacurau, Cametá

Attendance: 455

Referee: Murilo Augusto Amoras de Almeida

Cametá won 6–2 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.

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16 April 2023

18:00 UTC –3

Tuna Luso	1–4	Paysandu
Welthon 67'	Report	Vinícius Leite 1' Mário Sérgio 17' Eltinho 22' João Vieira 43'

Mangueirão, Belém

Attendance: 7,989

Referee: Marco José Soares de Almeida

19 April 2023

20:00 UTC –3

Paysandu	1–1	Tuna Luso
Mário Sérgio 45+1'	Report	Welthon 19' (pen.)

Estádio da Curuzu, Belém

Attendance: 4,322

Referee: Alexandre Expedito Vieira da Silva Júnior

Paysandu won 5–2 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.

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8 April 2023

10:00 UTC –3

Castanhal	1–2	Águia de Marabá
Brendo 90'	Report	Luam Parede 41' Danilo Cirqueira 83'

Complexo Esportivo Ninho do Japiim, Castanhal

Attendance: 350

Referee: Ignácio José de Almeida Pedro

16 April 2023

16:00 UTC –3

Águia de Marabá	2–0	Castanhal
Castro 15' Luan Santos 64'	Report

Estádio Municipal Zinho de Oliveira, Marabá

Attendance: 1,321

Referee: Joelson Nazareno Ferreira Cardoso

Águia de Marabá won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.

Semi-finals

21 April 2023

16:30 UTC –3

Cametá	1–1	Remo
Alexandre Santana 57'	Report	Raí 85'

Estádio Parque do Bacurau, Cametá

Attendance: 4,246

Referee: Marco José Soares de Almeida

30 April 2023

17:00 UTC –3

Remo	4–0	Cametá
Muriqui 4' Jean Silva 19' Franco 51' Pablo Roberto 61'	Report

Baenão, Belém

Attendance: 8,888

Referee: Andrey da Silva e Silva

Remo won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.

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22 April 2023

17:00 UTC –3

Águia de Marabá	0–1	Paysandu
	Report	Mário Sérgio 55' (pen.)

Estádio Municipal Zinho de Oliveira, Marabá

Attendance: 2,139

Referee: Klever da Costa Lobo

29 April 2023

19:00 UTC –3

Paysandu	1–2	Águia de Marabá
Mário Sérgio 31'	Report	Luam Parede 45' David Cruz 74' (pen.)
Penalties
Mário Sérgio Eltinho Vinícius Leite Paulo Henrique	2–4	Balão Marabá David Cruz Pablo Luan Santos

Mangueirão, Belém

Attendance: 9,389

Referee: Sávio Pereira Sampaio

Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Águia de Marabá won on penalties.

Third place play-off

14 May 2023

16:00 UTC –3

Cametá	1–1	Paysandu
Wendel 70'	Report	Naylhor 4'

Estádio Parque do Bacurau, Cametá

Attendance: 454

Referee: Olivaldo José Alves Moraes

24 May 2023

20:00 UTC –3

Paysandu	2–0	Cametá
Dalberto 45+5' Bruno Alves 54' (pen.)	Report

Estádio da Curuzu, Belém

Attendance: 2,366

Referee: Marco José Soares de Almeida

Paysandu won 3–1 on aggregate.

Finals

Main article: 2023 Campeonato Paraense Finals

18 May 2023

20:00 UTC –3

Águia de Marabá	1–0	Remo
Balão Marabá 83'	Report

Estádio Municipal Zinho de Oliveira, Marabá

Attendance: 2,300

Referee: Paulo César Zanovelli da Silva

26 May 2023

20:00 UTC –3

Remo	2–1	Águia de Marabá
Pedro Vitor 44' Rodrigo 80' (o.g.)	Report	Betão 16'
Penalties
Rodriguinho Muriqui Pedro Vitor Lucas Mendes Fabinho	4–5	Balão Marabá Evandro Bruno Limão Adauto Betão

Baenão, Belém

Attendance: 11,928

Referee: Bruno Arleu de Araújo

Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Águia de Marabá won on penalties.