2015 Campeonato Cearense

Campeonato Cearense de Futebol
Season	2015
Champions	Ceará
Relegated	Horizonte; São Benedito
Copa do Brasil	Fortaleza; Ceará
Série D	Guarani de Juazeiro
Matches played	76
Goals scored	223 (2.93 per match)
Top goalscorer	Núbio 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	Advances to Loser's Group

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	Advances to Loser's Group

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	Qualifies to the Final stage
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	Qualifies to the Final stage
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	Relegation to 2016 Campeonato Cearense Second Division