Campeonato Cearense de Futebol
Season2015
ChampionsCeará
RelegatedHorizonte
São Benedito
Copa do BrasilFortaleza
Ceará
Série DGuarani de Juazeiro
Matches played76
Goals scored223 (2.93 per match)
Top goalscorerNúbio Flávio (Icasa)
Assisinho (Ceará) - 10 goals
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The 2015 Campeonato Cearense de Futebol was the 101st season of top professional football league in the state of Ceará, Brazil. The competition began on January 14 and ended on May 3. Fortaleza won the championship for the 40th time, while Horizonte and São Benedito were relegated.

Format

The ten teams are split in two groups, who play a double round robin against teams in the same group. The three best in each group advance to the second stage, while the two worst from each group are put in the loser's group.

In the loser's group, the four teams play against each other in a double round-robin, and the two worst are relegated.[1]

In the second stage, the six teams are split in two groups, who play against the other teams in the same group twice. The two best in each group advance to the final stage.

The final stage are playoffs, where the teams are seeded by their performance in the whole championship.[1]

Participating teams

Club Home city 2013 result
Ceará Fortaleza 1st
Fortaleza Fortaleza 2nd
Guarani de Juazeiro Juazeiro do Norte 6th
Guarany Sobral 4th
Horizonte Horizonte 5th
Icasa Juazeiro do Norte 3rd
Itapipoca Itapipoca 8th
Maranguape Maranguape 2nd (2nd division)
Quixadá Quixadá 7th
São Benedito São Benedito 1st (2nd division)

First stage

Group A1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Icasa (A) 8 5 1 2 15 11 +4 16 Qualifies to the Second stage
2 Fortaleza (A) 8 4 3 1 13 7 +6 15
3 Quixadá (A) 8 4 2 2 10 7 +3 14
4 Horizonte 8 2 2 4 10 13 −3 8 Advances to Loser's Group
5 São Benedito 8 1 0 7 9 19 −10 3
Source: [2]
(A) Advance to a further round

Results

Home \ Away FOR HOR ICA QUI SBE
Fortaleza 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–2
Horizonte 1–3 1–1 1–2 1–0
Icasa 2–0 4–3 1–0 2–1
Quixadá 0–0 1–0 2–4 2–0
São Benedito 1–5 1–2 2–1 1–3
Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group A2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ceará (A) 8 6 1 1 18 7 +11 19 Qualifies to the Second stage
2 Maranguape (A) 8 4 0 4 11 11 0 12
3 Guarani de Juazeiro (A) 8 3 1 4 11 9 +2 10
4 Guarany de Sobral 8 3 1 4 5 11 −6 10 Advances to Loser's Group
5 Itapipoca 8 2 1 5 4 11 −7 7
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round

Results

Home \ Away CEA GJU GSO ITA MFC
Ceará 1–0 4–0 3–0 4–3
Guarani de Juazeiro 2–2 2–0 0–1 1–2
Guarany de Sobral 2–1 1–3 1–0 0–1
Itapipoca 0–2 0–2 0–0 2–1
Maranguape 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–1
Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second stage

Group B1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Fortaleza (A) 6 4 1 1 11 3 +8 13 Qualifies to the Final stage
2 Icasa (A) 6 3 1 2 11 8 +3 10
3 Quixadá 6 3 1 2 11 9 +2 10
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round

Group B2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ceará (A) 6 3 1 2 10 8 +2 10 Qualifies to the Final stage
2 Guarani de Juazeiro (A) 6 1 1 4 3 8 −5 4
3 Maranguape 6 1 1 4 7 17 −10 4
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round

Results

Home \ Away FOR ICA QUI CEA GJU MFC
Fortaleza 0–1 2–0 1–1
Icasa 2–2 3–0 2–3
Quixadá 3–1 0–2 4–1
Ceará 1–2 2–0 3–1
Guarani de Juazeiro 0–1 0–1 1–1
Maranguape 0–5 1–3 1–2
Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Loser's group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Guarany de Sobral 6 4 2 0 13 8 +5 14
2 Itapipoca 6 2 2 2 14 15 −1 8
3 Horizonte 6 2 1 3 13 11 +2 7 Relegation to 2016 Campeonato Cearense Second Division
4 São Benedito 6 0 3 3 9 15 −6 3
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed]

Final stage

Semifinals Finals
          
1 Ceará 1 3 4
4 Guarani de Juazeiro 0 0 0
1 Ceará 1 2 3
2 Fortaleza 2 2 4
2 Fortaleza 2 0 2
3 Icasa 1 0 1

Semifinals

First leg

Guarani de Juazeiro0–1Ceará
Assisinho 78'
Romeirão, Juazeiro do Norte
Attendance: 1,521
Referee: José Cleuton Souza Lima
Icasa1–2Fortaleza
Everton 79' Cássio 36'
Lúcio Maranhão 86'
Romeirão, Juazeiro do Norte
Attendance: 4,876
Referee: Francisco Almeida Filho

Second leg

Fortaleza0–0Icasa
Castelão, Fortaleza
Referee: Glauco Feitosa
Ceará3–0Guarani de Juazeiro
Magno Alves 31'
Marinho 48'
Marcos Aurélio 90+2'
Estádio Presidente Vargas, Fortaleza

Finals

Fortaleza2–1Ceará
Genílson 15'
Everton 36'		 Magno Alves 41'
Castelão, Fortaleza
Ceará2–2Fortaleza
Ricardinho 81'
Assisinho 90'		 Daniel Sobralense 31'
Cassiano 90+2'
Castelão, Fortaleza

References

  1. ^ a b "2015 Campeonato Cearense rules". UOL Esporte. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "BOLA N@ ÁREA - Campeonato Cearense 2015". Bola N@ Área. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
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