# 2017 Campeonato Brasiliense

The 2017 Campeonato Brasiliense was the 42nd edition of the Campeonato Brasiliense, the main division of soccer of the Federal District, Brazil. The competition, which was organized by the Brasiliense Football Federation, was played between January 30 and May 7 by twelve teams from DF, Goiás and Minas Gerais. The championship awarded two places for the 2018 Copa do Brasil and the 2018 Copa Verde, as well as two places for the 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.

## Regulation

The championship was played in four stages: qualifying round, quarter finals, semifinals and final. In the first phase, the twelve teams played each other in first leg games, totaling eleven rounds. The eight teams with the most points scored in the first round advanced to the quarter-finals, while the last two teams were relegated to the second division in 2018. From then on, teams faced a knockout system until the championship game of 2017.
The champion and runner-up won places in two national championships: the 2018 Brasileirão Série D (unless one of them is already playing in Série A, Série B, or Série C, or already assured qualification to Série D) and the 2018 Copa do Brasil, and the teams in third and fourth place won places in the 2018 Copa Verde.

### Tiebreaker

If there was a tie in the number of points won between two or more teams in the qualifying round, the following tiebreaker criteria were applied successively:
* Highest number of wins
* Highest goal difference
* Highest number of goals for
* Lowest number of red cards
* Smallest number of yellow cards
In the playoffs of the knockout stages, a draw will occur after the 180 minutes of play, the match will be defined by means of penalties of maximum penalties.

## Participating teams

| Team | City | In 2016 | Stadium (I send in 2017) | Capacity | Titles |
| Clube Atlético Taguatinga | Taguatinga | 9º | Serejão | 27,000 | 0 |
| Brasília Futebol Clube | Brasília | 5º | Serejão | 27 000 | 8 (last in 1987) |
| Brasiliense Futebol Clube | Taguatinga | 3º | Abadião | 4 000 | 8 (last in 2013) |
| Ceilândia Esporte Clube | Ceilândia | 2º | Abadião | 4 000 | 2 (last in 2012) |
| Bosque Formosa Esporte Clube | Formosa (Goiás state) | 10º | Diogão | 6 000 | 0 |
| Sociedade Esportiva do Gama | Gama | 4º | Bezerrão | 20 000 | 11 (last in 2015) |
| Associação Atlética Luziânia | Luziânia (Goiás state) | 1º | Serra do Lago | 21 564 | 2 (last in 2016) |
| Paracatu Futebol Clube | Paracatu (Minas Gerais state) | 6º | Frei Norberto | 8 000 | 0 |
| Paranoá Esporte Clube | Paranoá | 2º (B) | JK | 8,000 | 0 |
| Real Futebol Clube | Núcleo Bandeirante | 1º (B) | Metropolitana | 3 000 | 0 |
| Sociedade Esportiva Santa Maria | Santa Maria | 7º | Bezerrão | 20 000 | 0 |
| Sobradinho Esporte Clube | Sobradinho | 8º | Augustinho Lima | 15,000 | 2 (last in 1986) |

## First phase
### Classification

| Pos | M | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | 1 | Ceilândia | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 24 | Advanced to quarterfinals |
| 2 | 1 | Brasiliense | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 24 | Advanced to quarterfinals |
| 3 | 2 | Gama | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 22 | Advanced to quarterfinals |
| 4 | | Sobradinho | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 17 | +2 | 16 | Advanced to quarterfinals |
| 5 | | Santa Maria | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 15 | Advanced to quarterfinals |
| 6 | | Paracatu | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 15 | Advanced to quarterfinals |
| 7 | | Real | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 14 | Advanced to quarterfinals |
| 8 | | Luziânia | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 12 | Advanced to quarterfinals |
| 9 | 1 | Formosa | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 18 | −4 | 11 | |
| 10 | 1 | Paranoá | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 20 | −13 | 11 | |
| 11 | | Brasília | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 26 | −12 | 7 | Relegated to 2018 Campeonato Brasiliense Segunda Divisão |
| 12 | | Atlético Taguatinga | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 21 | −8 | 7 | Relegated to 2018 Campeonato Brasiliense Segunda Divisão |

## Final phase

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Paracatu | 1 | 1 | 2 (3) | | | | | | | | |
| Gama | 0 | 2 | 2 (2) | | | | | | | | |
| Gama | 0 | 2 | 2 (2) | Paracatu | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | Ceilândia | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| Luziânia | 1 | 0 | 1 | Ceilândia | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| Ceilândia | 5 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Ceilândia | 5 | 1 | 6 | | | | | Ceilândia | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | Brasiliense | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Santa Maria | 1 | 0 | 1 (2) | | | | | | | | | Brasiliense | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Sobradinho | 0 | 1 | 1 (3) | | | | | | | | |
| Sobradinho | 0 | 1 | 1 (3) | Sobradinho | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | Brasiliense | 2 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| Real | 0 | 2 | 2 | Brasiliense | 2 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| Brasiliense | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
* Campeonato Brasiliense 2017 champion
* Brasiliense 9th title
Brasiliense and Ceilândia qualify for 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D. Brasiliense and Ceilândia qualify for 2018 Copa do Brasil. Brasiliense and Ceilândia qualify for 2018 Copa Verde.