Campeonato Cearense

The Campeonato Cearense has three divisions with the following division and format (as in any other Brazilian soccer championship, the format can change every year):

First Division

The ten clubs play two legs. In each leg there are three stages:

First stage: All teams play each other one time.

Second stage: Two-legged knockout with the top 4 teams of the first stage (1st x 4th and 2nd x 3rd).

Third stage: Two-legged knockout with the second stage winners.

The winners of the third stage are leg champions.

The two leg champions decide the state championship final in two games. If a team wins the two legs is a state champion with no championship final necessary.

The two teams last placed in all championship are relegated.

Second Division

The ten clubs play three stages.

First stage: All teams play each other home-and-away game.

Second stage: The top six teams of the first stage play each other home-and-away game.

Third stage: The top two of second stage play the Second Division Final and are promoted to first division.

The two teams last placed in all championship are relegated.

Third Division

The sixteen clubs play two stages.

First stage: All teams are divided in 4 groups of 4 teams each. Each team play home-and-away game in its group. The top two of each group are classified to second stage.

Second stage: The eight clubs are divided in 2 groups of 4 teams each. Each team play home-and-away game in its group. The top two of each group are classified to third stage.

Third stage: Top four clubs play home-and-away game and the two first are promoted to second division.

List of champions

1915 Ceará

1916 Ceará

1917 Ceará

1918 Ceará

1919 Ceará

1920 Fortaleza

1921 Fortaleza

1922 Ceará

1923 Fortaleza

1924 Fortaleza

1925 Ceará

1926 Fortaleza

1927 Fortaleza

1928 Fortaleza

1929 Maguari

1930 Orion

1931 Ceará

1932 Ceará

1933 Fortaleza

1934 Fortaleza

1935 América (CE)

1936 Maguari

1937 Fortaleza

1938 Fortaleza

1939 Ceará

1940 Tramways

1941 Ceará

1942 Ceará

1943 Maguari

1944 Maguari

1945 Ferroviário

1946 Fortaleza

1947 Fortaleza

1948 Ceará

1949 Fortaleza

1950 Ferroviário

1951 Ceará

1952 Ferroviário

1953 Fortaleza

1954 Fortaleza

1955 Calouros do Ar

1956 Gentilândia

1957 Ceará

1958 Ceará

1959 Fortaleza

1960 Fortaleza

1961 Ceará

1962 Ceará

1963 Ceará

1964 Fortaleza

1965 Fortaleza

1966 América (CE)

1967 Fortaleza

1968 Ferroviário

1969 Fortaleza

1970 Ferroviário

1971 Ceará

1972 Ceará

1973 Fortaleza

1974 Fortaleza

1975 Ceará

1976 Ceará

1977 Ceará

1978 Ceará

1979 Ferroviário

1980 Ceará

1981 Ceará

1982 Fortaleza

1983 Fortaleza

1984 Ceará

1985 Fortaleza

1986 Ceará

1987 Fortaleza

1988 Ferroviário

1989 Ceará

1990 Ceará

1991 Fortaleza

1992 Fortaleza, Ceará, Tiradentes and Icasa EC

1993 Ceará

1994 Ferroviário

1995 Ferroviário

1996 Ceará

1997 Ceará

1998 Ceará

1999 Ceará

2000 Fortaleza

2001 Fortaleza

2002 Ceará (under legal dispute with Fortaleza)

2003 Fortaleza

2004 Fortaleza

2005 Fortaleza

2006 Ceará

2007 Fortaleza

2008 Fortaleza

2009 Fortaleza

2010 Fortaleza

2011 Ceará

2012 Ceará

2013 Ceará

2014 Ceará

2015 Fortaleza

Titles by team

Ceará [one shared / one under legal dispute] 43 times

Fortaleza [one shared] 40 times

Ferroviário 9 times

Maguari 4 times

América (CE) 2 times

Calouros do Ar, Gentilândia, Orion, Tramways, Icasa EC [shared] and Tiradentes [shared] 1 time

i. ^{^} Defunct clubs