2017 Campeonato Cearense#First Round
{{Infobox football league season
|competition = Campeonato Cearense Série A
|season = 2017
|winners = Ceará
|relegated = Guarany de Sobral
Itapipoca
|other_titles =
|dates = Start date: 15 January 2017
|num_teams = 10
|continentalcup1 qualifiers =
|continentalcup2 = Série D
|continentalcup2 qualifiers =
|league topscorer = Leílson Guarani de Juazeiro
|biggest home win = Fortaleza 5–0 Itapipoca
(March 4)
|biggest away win = Horizante 0-4 Uniclinic
(Feb 25)
|highest scoring =
|matches = 49
|total goals = 137
|longest wins =
|longest unbeaten =
|longest winless =
|longest losses =
|highest attendance = 26,157
|lowest attendance =
|Average attendance = 2109
|prevseason = 2016
|nextseason = 2018
}}
The 2017 Campeonato Cearense is the 103rd season of Ceará's top football league. Ceará won the league for the 44th time.
Format
First Round
- All the ten teams play each other once.
- The top eight teams go to the Final Rounds.
- The bottom two teams are relegated.
Final Rounds
- The eight teams are paired according to their ranking:
- 1 vs. 8 (Game 1)
- 2 vs. 7 (Game 2)
- 3 vs. 6 (Game 3)
- 4 vs. 5 (Game 4)
- The games are played over two legs. The better teams hosts the second leg.
- The winners are again paired according to their ranking:
- Winners Game 1 vs. Winners Game 4
- Winners Game 2 vs. Winners Game 3
- The games are this time played over three legs. When a team wins a leg, they gain three points. When a leg is tied, each team gets one point, and when a team loses, they gain zero points. The team with the most points at the end of the three legs moves on. If one team wins the first two legs, no third leg is played. The better team hosts the second and third legs.
- The winners of the semi-finals go on to the final, played the same way as the semi-finals.
Qualification
- The top two teams not already playing in Série A, Série B, or
Série C, or already assured qualification to Série D qualify for the 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D. - The winner and runner-up qualify for the 2018 Copa do Brasil.
- The winner and runner-up qualify for the 2018 Copa do Nordeste.
Teams
First round
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|team2=FOR|name_FOR=Fortaleza
|team3=HOR|name_HOR=Horizante
|team4=GJU|name_GJU=Guarani de Juazeiro
|team5=MAR|name_MAR=Maranguape
|team6=FCE|name_FCE=Ferroviário-CE
|team7=TIR|name_TIR=Tiradentes
|team8=UNI|name_UNI=Uniclinic
|team9=GSO|name_GSO=Guarany de Sobral
|team10=ITA|name_ITA=Itapipoca
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|win_FOR=5|draw_FOR=2|loss_FOR=2|gf_FOR=16|ga_FOR=5
|win_HOR=5|draw_HOR=0|loss_HOR=4|gf_HOR=14|ga_HOR=11
|win_GJU=4|draw_GJU=3|loss_GJU=2|gf_GJU=15|ga_GJU=9
|win_MAR=4|draw_MAR=2|loss_MAR=3|gf_MAR=11|ga_MAR=13
|win_FCE=3|draw_FCE=4|loss_FCE=2|gf_FCE=12|ga_FCE=8
|win_TIR=3|draw_TIR=2|loss_TIR=4|gf_TIR=15|ga_TIR=14
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|win_GSO=1|draw_GSO=3|loss_GSO=5|gf_GSO=10|ga_GSO=19
|win_ITA=0|draw_ITA=3|loss_ITA=6|gf_ITA=6|ga_ITA=22
|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=Advance to Semi-Finals
|result1=A|result2=A|result3=A|result4=A|result5=A|result6=A|result7=A|result8=A
|col_R=#FFCCCC |text_R=Relegated to 2018 Campeonato Cearense Série B
|result9=R|result10=R
|update=complete|source=
}}
Final Rounds
=Quarter-finals=
{{Football box
| date = 19 March 2017
| time = 16:00 UTC–4
| team1 = Uniclinic
| score = 1-3
| team2 = Ceará
| goals1 = Preto {{Goal|81}}
| goals2 = {{Goal|39}}, {{Goal|71}} Magno Alves
{{Goal|86}} Cametá
| stadium = Castelão, Fortaleza
| attendance = 5195
| referee = Leo Simão
| report = http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=soccer&page=match&id=2423413
}}
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{{Football box
| date = 25 March 2017
| time = 16:00 UTC–4
| team1 = Ceará
| score = 4-1
| team2 = Uniclinic
| goals1 = Luiz Otávio {{Goal|19}}
Victor Rangel {{Goal|51}}
Magno Alves {{Goal|55}}, {{Goal|88}}
| goals2 = {{Goal|80|Pen.}} Netinho
{{sent off|1|58}} Luis Fernando
| stadium = Castelão, Fortaleza
| attendance = 5642
| referee = Luis César De Oliveira Magalhães
| report = http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=soccer&page=match&id=2423415
}}
Ceará win 7–2 on Aggregate.
{{Football box
| date = 18 March 2017
| time = 16:00 UTC–4
| team1 = Maranguape
| score = 1-1
| team2 = Guarani de Juazeiro
| goals1 = Jair {{Goal|89}}
| goals2 = {{Goal|71}} Leílson
| stadium = Estádio Domingão, Horizonte
| attendance = 350
| referee = Wladyerisson Silva Oliveira
| report = http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=soccer&page=match&id=2423412
}}
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{{Football box
| date = 18 March 2017
| time = 16:00 UTC–4
| team1 = Guarani de Juazeiro
| score = 5-1
| team2 = Maranguape
| goals1 = Ítalo {{Goal|30}}, {{Goal|57}}
Da Silva {{Goal|45}}
Ademilson {{Goal|51}}
Zé Aquiras {{Goal|89}}
| goals2 = {{Goal|22}} Albano
| stadium = Romeirão, Juazeiro do Norte
| attendance = 1607
| referee = Renato Pinheiro
| report = http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=soccer&page=match&id=2423414
}}
Guarani de Juazeiro win 6–2 on Aggregate.
{{Football box
| date = 12 March 2017
| time = 16:00 UTC–4
| team1 = Ferroviário-CE
| score = 1-1
| team2 = Horizante
| goals1 = Jonathas {{Goal|13}}
| goals2 = {{Goal|63}} Doda
| stadium = Castelão, Fortaleza
| attendance = 1567
| referee = Édson Galvão da Silva
| report = http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=soccer&page=match&id=2423410
}}
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{{Football box
| date = 26 March 2017
| time = 16:00 UTC–4
| team1 = Horizante
| score = 1 (2)-(4) 1
| aet = yes
| team2 = Ferroviário-CE
| goals1 = Berg {{Goal|10}}
| goals2 = {{Goal|14}} Jonathas
| stadium = Estádio Domingão, Horizonte
| attendance = 2391
| referee = Glauco Feitosa
| report = http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=soccer&page=match&id=2423416
|penalties1=Robert {{penmiss}}
César Sampaio {{pengoal}}
Canga {{pengoal}}
Doda {{penmiss}}
|penaltyscore=2-4
|penalties2={{pengoal}} Assizinho
{{pengoal}} Maxwell
{{pengoal}} Jonathas
{{pengoal}} Vitinho
}}
Ferroviário-CE win on penalties after a 2–2 tie on Aggregate
{{Football box
| date = 15 March 2017
| time = 21:45 UTC–4
| team1 = Tiradentes
| score = 2-3
| team2 = Fortaleza
| goals1 = Cleiton {{Goal|1}}
Wilkson {{Goal|50}}
| goals2 = {{Goal|28}} Max Oliveira
{{Goal|66}}, {{Goal|76}} Lúcio Flávio
{{sent off|1|81}} Felipe
| stadium = Castelão, Fortaleza
| attendance = 3073
| referee = Gleysto Gonçalves da Silva
| report = http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=soccer&page=match&id=2423411
}}
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{{Football box
| date = 26 March 2017
| time = 16:00 UTC–4
| team1 = Fortaleza
| score = 3-0
| team2 = Tiradentes
| goals1 = Lúcio Flávio {{Goal|75}}
Zé Carlos {{Goal|84}}, {{Goal|89|Pen.}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Castelão, Fortaleza
| attendance = 5842
| referee = Avelar Rodrigo Da Silva
| report = http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=soccer&page=match&id=2423417
}}
Fortaleza wins 6–2 on Aggregate
=Semi-finals=
{{Football box
| date = 2 April 2017
| time = 16:00 UTC–4
| team1 = Ferroviário-CE
| score = 2-0
| team2 = Fortaleza
| goals1 = Tony {{Goal|49}}
Mota {{Goal|78}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Castelão, Fortaleza
| attendance = 8724
| referee = Magno Cordeiro
| report = http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=soccer&page=match&id=2431139
}}
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{{Football box
| date = 9 April 2017
| time = 16:00 UTC–4
| team1 = Fortaleza
| score = 1-1
| team2 = Ferroviário-CE
| goals1 = Anderson {{Goal|28}}
| goals2 = {{Goal|90+5}} Mimi
| stadium = Castelão, Fortaleza
| attendance = 10958
| referee = Leo Simão
| report = http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=soccer&page=match&id=2431141
}}
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{{Football box
| date = 19 April 2017
| time = 21:45 UTC–4
| team1 = Fortaleza
| score = 0-0
| team2 = Ferroviário-CE
| goals1 =
| goals2 = {{sent off|1|62}} Moises Lucas
| stadium = Castelão, Fortaleza
| attendance = 10855
| referee = Luis César De Oliveira Magalhães
| report = http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=soccer&page=match&id=2431143
}}
Ferroviário-CE win with 5 points, to Fortaleza's 2 points
{{Football box
| date = 5 April 2017
| time = 21:45 UTC–4
| team1 = Guarani de Juazeiro
| score = 0-0
| team2 = Ceará
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = Romeirão, Juazeiro do Norte
| attendance = 3196
| referee = Édson Galvão da Silva
| report = http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=soccer&page=match&id=2431140
}}
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{{Football box
| date = 16 April 2017
| time = 16:00 UTC–4
| team1 = Ceará
| score = 1-0
| team2 = Guarani de Juazeiro
| goals1 = Lelê {{Goal|82}}
Magno Alves {{Goal|90}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Castelão, Fortaleza
| attendance = 7127
| referee = Wladyerisson Silva Oliveira
| report = http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=soccer&page=match&id=2431142
}}
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{{Football box
| date = 22 April 2017
| time = 16:00 UTC–4
| team1 = Ceará
| score = 1-0
| team2 = Guarani de Juazeiro
| goals1 = Alex Amado {{Goal|71}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Castelão, Fortaleza
| attendance = 8657
| referee = Leo Simão
| report = http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=soccer&page=match&id=2431144
}}
Ceará win with 7 points to Guarani de Juazeiro's 1 point.
=Final=
{{Football box
| date = 30 April 2017
| time = 16:00 UTC–4
| team1 = Ferroviário-CE
| score = 0-1
| team2 = Ceará
| goals1 =
| goals2 = {{Goal|19}} Wallace Pernambucano
| stadium = Castelão, Fortaleza
| attendance = 13978
| referee = Wladyerisson Silva Oliveira
| report = http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=soccer&page=match&id=2445201
}}
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{{Football box
| date = 3 May 2017
| time = 21:45 UTC–4
| team1 = Ceará
| score = 2-0
| team2 = Ferroviário-CE
| goals1 = Wallace Pernambucano {{Goal|40}}
Raul {{Goal|84}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Castelão, Fortaleza
| attendance = 26157
| referee = Luis César De Oliveira Magalhães
| report = http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=soccer&page=match&id=2445202
}}
A third match was not necessary. Ceará wins with 6 points to Ferroviário-CE's 0 points.
{{winners||Campeonato Cearense
2017 champion|Ceará|44th}}
Ferroviário-CE and Guarani de Juazeiro qualify for 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
Ceará and Ferroviário-CE qualify for the 2018 Copa do Brasil.
Ceará and Ferroviário-CE qualify for the 2018 Copa do Nordeste.
Topscorers
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" |
| Rank
!Player !Club !Goals |
|---|
| rowspan="1"|1.
|align="left"|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Leílson |align="left"|Guarani de Juazeiro |rowspan="1"|9 |
| rowspan="1"|2.
|align="left"|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Edson Carius |align="left"|Uniclinic |rowspan="1"|8 |
| rowspan="1"|3.
|align="left"|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Magno Alves |align="left"|Ceará |rowspan="1"|7 |
| rowspan="2"|4.
|align="left"|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Lúcio Flávio |align="left"|Fortaleza |rowspan="2"|6 |
| align="left"|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Maxuell
|align="left"|Ferroviário-CE |
| rowspan="3"|5.
|align="left"|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Isac |align="left"|Horizante |rowspan="3"|5 |
| align="left"|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Ítalo
|align="left"|Guarani de Juazeiro |
| align="left"|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Gugu
|align="left"|Maranguape |
| rowspan="1"|6.
|align="left"|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Canga |align="left"|Horizante |rowspan="1"|4 |
References
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{{2017 in Brazilian football}}