Season 2012 Copa do Brasil Ceará
Fortaleza Matches played 138 | Champions Ceará Série D Horizonte | |
Relegated Itapipoca
Trairiense
Crateús | ||
The 2012 Campeonato Cearense de Futebol was the 98th season of the top professional football league in the state of Ceará, Brazil. The competition began on January 18 and ended on May 13. Ceará won the championship for the 41st time, while Itapipoca, Trairiense and Crateús were relegated.
Contents
Format
Each team plays the other once in a round-robin format followed by four team playoff with home-and-away series.
Qualifications
The two teams on the finals will qualify for the 2013 Copa do Brasil and 2013 Copa do Nordeste. The best team not playing in Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, B or C will qualify for 2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.
Standings
Updated to games played on 17 April 2012.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored; 4th less red cards; 5th less yellow cards ; 6th raffle;
1. Crateús was docked 13 points for using an irregular player
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Results
Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Ceará won due to better campaign on First stage.
Top goalscorers
Source Federação Cearense de Futebol
Last updated: 14 May 2012