2017 Campeonato Capixaba

Campeonato Capixaba Série A
Season	2017
Dates	Start date: 28 January 2017; 6 May 2017
Champions	Itapemirim
Relegated	Linhares; Rio Branco
Matches played	50
Goals scored	116 (2.32 per match)
Top goalscorer	Márcio Gesteira da Silva (Rio Branco); (6 goals)
Biggest home win	Itapemirim 4-0 Tupy; (March 22); Desportiva Ferroviária 4-0 Tupy; (March 25)
Highest attendance	21,919
	← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 Campeonato Capixaba Série A is the 101st season of the top professional football league in Espírito Santo. It was won by Itapemirim for the first time when they defeated Doze 4-3 over aggregate.

Public Safety

In February 2017, the police of Espírito Santo went on strike.^[1] In response, the Federação de Futebol do Estado do Espírito Santo, which runs all competitions in Espírito Santo, postponed the competition for over a month, from February 4 to March 8.^[2] This resulted in the competition ending two weeks later than planned.

Format

First Round

Unlike 2016, all ten teams play each other once.
The top four teams go to the Semi-Finals.
The bottom four teams are relegated to the 2018 Campeonato Capixaba Série B.

Final Rounds

The teams are paired according to their ranking:
1st vs. 4th
2nd vs. 3rd
The games are decided over two legs, with the better team hosting the second leg.
If one of the semi-finals are tied, the teams with the better ranking move on to the final.
The two winners move on to the final, also played over two legs.
The team with the better record in the first round hosts the second leg.

Qualification

The top team not already playing in Série A, Série B, or Série C, or already assured qualification to Série D qualifies for the 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
The winner qualifies for the 2018 Copa do Brasil.
The winner qualifies for the 2018 Copa Verde.

^[3]

Teams

Club	Home city	2016 result
Itapemirirm	Itapemirim	6th
Desportiva Ferroviária	Cariacica	1st
Doze	Vitória	8th
Espírito Santo	Vitória	2nd
Linhares	Linhares	4th
Real Noroeste	Águia Branca	3rd
Rio Branco	Vitória	5th
São Mateus	São Mateus	7th
Tupy	Vila Velha	2nd (Série B)
Vitória-ES	Vitória	1st (Série B)

First round

Key to colours in table
Top four teams advance to the Semi-Finals
Six bottom teams are eliminated, two bottom teams are relegated.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Itapemirim (A)	9	6	3	0	18	6	+12	21	Advance to Semi-Finals
2	Doze (A)	9	6	1	2	15	11	+4	19
3	Espírito Santo (A)	9	3	4	2	10	8	+2	13
4	Tupy (A)	9	3	3	3	9	12	−3	12
5	São Mateus	9	3	2	4	13	14	−1	11
6	Vitória-ES	9	2	5	2	8	10	−2	11
7	Real Noroeste	9	3	1	5	10	14	−4	10
8	Desportiva Ferroviária	9	2	4	3	10	7	+3	10
9	Rio Branco (R)	9	2	4	3	10	13	−3	10	Relegated to 2018 Campeonato Capixaba Série B
10	Linhares (R)	9	0	3	6	5	13	−8	3	Relegated to 2018 Campeonato Capixaba Série B

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated

Final Rounds

Semifinals					Finals

4	Tupy	0	1	1

1	Itapemirim	2	1	3
					1	Itapemirim	2	2	4

					2	Doze	2	1	3
3	Espírito Santo	0	0	0

2	Doze	0	0	0

Semi-finals

15 April 2017

16:30 UTC–4

Tupy	0-2	Itapemirim
	Report	Weliton 2' Wendell 71'

Estádio Kléber Andrade, Cariacica

Attendance: 354

Referee: Devarly do Rosário

22 April 2017

16:30 UTC–4

Itapemirim	1-1	Tupy
Giovani Pedrini 42' (o.g.)	Report	Giovani Pedrini 87'

Estádio José Olívio Soares, Itapemirim

Attendance: 800

Referee: Dyorgines Padovani

Itapemirim win 3-1 on aggregate.

16 April 2017

16:00 UTC–4

Espírito Santo	0-0	Doze
	Report

Estádio Kléber Andrade, Cariacica

Attendance: 230

Referee: Rudimar Goltara

22 April 2017

16:30 UTC–4

Doze	0-0	Espírito Santo
	Report

Estádio Kléber Andrade, Cariacica

Attendance: 1,120

Referee: Devarly do Rosário

Doze win, being the team with the better record, after a 0-0 draw on aggregate.

Final

22 April 2017

16:30 UTC–4

Doze	2-2	Itapemirim
Marcone 66' Lucas Balbino 79'	Report	89' (o.g.) Marcone 90+2' (Pen.) Wendell

Estádio Kléber Andrade, Cariacica

Attendance: 1,816

Referee: Devarly do Rosário

22 April 2017

16:30 UTC–4

Itapemirim	2-1	Doze
Marcos Felipe 67' Wendell 76'	Report	57' Cássio

Estádio Sumaré, Cachoeiro de Itapemirim

Attendance: 1,816

Referee: Dyorgenes Padovani

Itapemirim win 4-3 on aggregate. Itapemirim win the 2017 Campeonato Capixaba

Top Scorers

As of 4 November 2017^[4]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1.	Márcio Carioca	Rio Branco	6
1.	Wendell	Itapemirim	6
2.	Hércules	Vitória-ES	5
	Lambiru	Tupy
	Nilo	Doze
	Rael	Desportiva Ferroviária
3.	Chiquinho	Doze	4
4.	Cássio	Doze	3
	Gugu	Real Noroeste
	Paulinho Pimentel	São Mateus
	Weliton	Itapemirim
	Zizu	Itapemirim