# 2015 Campeonato Cearense

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.
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.

## 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 | Qualifies to the Second stage |
| 3 | Quixadá (A) | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 14 | Qualifies to the Second stage |
| 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 |

#### 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 | |

### 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 | Qualifies to the Second stage |
| 3 | Guarani de Juazeiro (A) | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 10 | Qualifies to the Second stage |
| 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 |

#### 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 | |

## 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 | |

### 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 | |

### 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 | | | |

### 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 |

## Final stage

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Ceará | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| 4 | Guarani de Juazeiro | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| 4 | Guarani de Juazeiro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Ceará | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | | | | | 2 | Fortaleza | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Fortaleza | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | Fortaleza | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Icasa | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |