The 2014 Campeonato Cearense de Futebol was the 100th season of top professional football league in the state of Ceará, Brazil. The competition began on January 5 and ended on April 23. Ceará won the championship for the 43rd time and 4th since 2011, while Ferroviário, Tiradentes and Crato were relegated.
Season | 2014 |
---|---|
Champions | Ceará |
Relegated | Ferroviário Tiradentes Crato |
Copa do Brasil | Ceará Fortaleza |
Série D | Guarany de Sobral |
Matches played | 92 |
Goals scored | 308 (3.35 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Robert (Fortaleza) - 21 goals |
← 2013 2015 → |
Format
editThe championship has three stages. On the first stage, all teams excluding those who are playing in 2014 Copa do Nordeste play a double round robin. The best four teams qualifies to the second stage.
On the second stage, the teams are joined by the clubs from Ceará who were playing on Copa Nordeste. The teams then play a double round robin again, where the best four teams qualifies to the final stage. In the final stage, it's a playoff with four teams.[1]
The champion and the best team on first stage qualifies to the 2015 Copa do Brasil. The champion and the runner-up qualify to the 2015 Copa do Nordeste. The best team who isn't on Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Série B or Série C qualifies to Série D.
The two worst three in first stage will be relegated.[2]
Participating teams
editClub | Home city | 2013 result |
---|---|---|
Ceará | Fortaleza | 1st |
Crato | Crato | 9th |
Ferroviário | Fortaleza | 8th |
Fortaleza | Fortaleza | 4th |
Guarani de Juazeiro | Juazeiro do Norte | 7th |
Guarany | Sobral | 2nd |
Horizonte | Horizonte | 6th |
Icasa | Juazeiro do Norte | 3rd |
Itapipoca | Itapipoca | 1st (2nd division) |
Quixadá | Quixadá | 2nd (2nd division) |
Tiradentes | Fortaleza | 5th |
First stage
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Fortaleza (A) | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 14 | +34 | 42 | Qualifies to the Second stage and 2015 Copa do Brasil |
2 | Guarani de Juazeiro (A) | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 18 | −1 | 26 | Qualify to the Second stage |
3 | Horizonte (A) | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 18 | +8 | 25 | |
4 | Icasa (A) | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 19 | −1 | 24 | |
5 | Quixadá | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 20 | +3 | 22 | |
6 | Itapipoca | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 21 | |
7 | Ferroviário-CE (R) | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 25 | +1 | 18 | Relegated |
8 | Tiradentes (R) | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 32 | −6 | 12 | |
9 | Crato (R) | 16 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 40 | −32 | 5 |
Results
editSecond stage
editThe four teams from the first stage are joined by Ceará and Guarany de Sobral who were playing on 2014 Copa do Nordeste.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Fortaleza (A) | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 19 | Qualifies to the Final stage |
2 | Ceará (A) | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 19 | |
3 | Guarany de Sobral (A) | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 13 | |
4 | Icasa (A) | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 12 | |
5 | Horizonte | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 21 | −9 | 11 | |
6 | Guarani de Juazeiro | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | −9 | 5 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round
Results
editFinal stage
editSemifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
1 | Fortaleza | 1 | 3 | 4 (a.g.) | |||||||||
4 | Icasa | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
1 | Fortaleza | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
2 | Ceará | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
2 | Ceará | 3 | 5 | 8 | |||||||||
3 | Guarany de Sobral | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Semifinals
editFirst leg
editGuarany de Sobral | 2–3 | Ceará |
---|---|---|
Reinaldo Luis 36' Marcos Vinicius 41' |
Magno Alves 34' Bill 54' Felipe Amorim 85' |
Second leg
editCeará | 5–2 | Guarany de Sobral |
---|---|---|
Magno Alves 43', 73', 75' Souza 81' Bill 88' |
Zé Williams 53' Thiago Furlan 57' |
Finals
editWith the results from the Second stage and the final stage aggregated, Ceará won the title because they had a better campaign.
References
edit- ^ "2014 Campeonato Cearense rules". UOL Esporte. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
- ^ "Regras do Campeonato Cearense 2014" (PDF). Federação Cearense de Futebol. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
- ^ a b c d "BOLA N@ ÁREA - Campeonato Cearense 2014". Bola N@ Área. Retrieved 16 October 2015.