| 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 → | |
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.
Format
The 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.
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.
Participating teams
| Club | 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
| Pos | 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 |
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated
Results
| Home \ Away | CTO | FER | FOR | GUJ | HOR | ICA | ITA | QUI | TIR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crato | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | |
| Ferroviário-CE | 7–2 | 0–4 | 5–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | |
| Fortaleza | 6–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 7–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | |
| Guarani de Juazeiro | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–2 | |
| Horizonte | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 2–2 | |
| Icasa | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | |
| Itapipoca | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
| Quixadá | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 5–2 | 2–0 | |
| Tiradentes | 7–1 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Second stage
The 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
| Home \ Away | CEA | FOR | GUJ | GNY | HOR | ICA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ceará | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | |
| Fortaleza | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | |
| Guarani de Juazeiro | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | |
| Guarany de Sobral | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–2 | |
| Horizonte | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | |
| Icasa | 3–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Final stage
| Semifinals | 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
First leg
| Icasa | 3–1 | Fortaleza |
|---|---|---|
Douglas  47'Bismarck 70'Canga 83' |
Wadison 30' (pen.) |
| Guarany de Sobral | 2–3 | Ceará |
|---|---|---|
| Reinaldo Luis 36' Marcos Vinicius 41' |
Magno Alves 34' Bill 54'Felipe Amorim 85' |
Second leg
| Fortaleza | 3–1 | Icasa |
|---|---|---|
| Marcelinho Paraíba 42' (pen.) Robert 60', 87' |
Bismarck 62' |
| Ceará | 5–2 | Guarany de Sobral |
|---|---|---|
| Magno Alves 43', 73', 75' Souza 81'Bill 88' |
Zé Williams 53' Thiago Furlan 57' |
Finals
| Fortaleza | 0–0 | Ceará |
|---|---|---|
| Ceará | 0–0 | Fortaleza |
|---|---|---|
With the results from the Second stage and the final stage aggregated, Ceará won the title because they had a better campaign.
References
- "2014 Campeonato Cearense rules". UOL Esporte. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
- "Regras do Campeonato Cearense 2014" (PDF). Federação Cearense de Futebol. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
- ^ "BOLA N@ ÁREA - Campeonato Cearense 2014". Bola N@ Área. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
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