# 2017 Campeonato Pernambucano

The 2017 Campeonato Pernambucano (officially the Pernambucano A1 2017) was the 103rd edition of the state championship of Pernambuco. The championship began on January 4 and ended on June 28. Twelve teams were competing, ten returning from the 2016 and two promoted from the 2016 Pernambucano A2 Championship (Flamengo de Arcoverde and Afogados). Santa Cruz were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Salgueiro in the semi-finals. Sport defeated Salgueiro 2–1 on aggregate to win their 41st Campeonato Pernambucano title.

## Teams

The teams in bold were qualified directly for the Second stage.
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| Club | City | Stadium | Coordinates | Capacity |
| Afogados | Afogados da Ingazeira | Valdemar Viana de Araújo | 7°45′31″S 37°38′00″W﻿ / ﻿7.7585°S 37.6334°W﻿ / -7.7585; -37.6334﻿ (Estádio Valdemar Viana de Araújo) | 1,735 |
| América | Recife | Ademir Cunha (Paulista) | 7°56′45″S 34°53′25″W﻿ / ﻿7.9459°S 34.8904°W﻿ / -7.9459; -34.8904﻿ (Estádio Ademir Cunha) | 12,000 |
| Atlético Pernambucano | Carpina | Paulo Petribú | 7°50′56″S 35°16′16″W﻿ / ﻿7.8488°S 35.2710°W﻿ / -7.8488; -35.2710﻿ (Estádio Municipal de Carpina) | 3,500 |
| Belo Jardim | Belo Jardim | Antônio Inácio de Souza (Caruaru) | 8°17′24″S 35°58′59″W﻿ / ﻿8.2900°S 35.9831°W﻿ / -8.2900; -35.9831﻿ (Estádio Antônio Inácio de Souza) | 6,000 |
| Central | Caruaru | Lacerdão | 8°16′43″S 35°58′31″W﻿ / ﻿8.2786°S 35.9752°W﻿ / -8.2786; -35.9752﻿ (Lacerdão) | 19,478 |
| Flamengo de Arcoverde | Arcoverde | Áureo Bradley | 8°25′12″S 37°03′30″W﻿ / ﻿8.4199°S 37.0583°W﻿ / -8.4199; -37.0583﻿ (Estádio Municipal Áureo Bradley) | 3,000 |
| Náutico | Recife | Arena Pernambuco (São Lourenço da Mata) | 8°02′26″S 35°00′37″W﻿ / ﻿8.0406°S 35.0104°W﻿ / -8.0406; -35.0104﻿ (Arena Pernambuco) | 44,300 |
| Salgueiro | Salgueiro | Cornélio de Barros | 8°04′34″S 39°07′10″W﻿ / ﻿8.0761°S 39.1194°W﻿ / -8.0761; -39.1194﻿ (Estádio Cornélio de Barros) | 12,070 |
| Santa Cruz | Recife | Arruda | 8°01′36″S 34°53′36″W﻿ / ﻿8.0267°S 34.8933°W﻿ / -8.0267; -34.8933﻿ (Estádio do Arruda) | 60,044 |
| Serra Talhada | Serra Talhada | Nildo Pereira de Menezes | 7°59′52″S 38°17′43″W﻿ / ﻿7.9979°S 38.2953°W﻿ / -7.9979; -38.2953﻿ (Estádio Nildo Pereira de Menezes) | 5,000 |
| Sport | Recife | Ilha do Retiro | 8°03′46″S 34°54′18″W﻿ / ﻿8.0629°S 34.9051°W﻿ / -8.0629; -34.9051﻿ (Estádio Ilha do Retiro) | 32,983 |
| Vitória das Tabocas | Vitória de Santo Antão | Severino Cândido Carneiro | 8°07′22″S 35°17′00″W﻿ / ﻿8.1227°S 35.2832°W﻿ / -8.1227; -35.2832﻿ (Estádio Severino Cândido Carneiro) | 10,911 |

### Notes

* ↑ Belo Jardim played their home matches at Caruaru instead of their regular stadium Estádio José Bezerra de Mendonça, Belo Jardim. However, their matches against Náutico (Feb. 20) and Sport (Mar. 19) were played at Estádio do Arruda and against Santa Cruz (Apr. 5) at Arena Pernambuco.
* ↑ Central played their home matches against Flamengo de Arcoverde (Jan. 25), Náutico (Feb. 1) and Salgueiro (Mar. 26) at Estádio Antônio Inácio de Souza, against Santa Cruz (Feb. 9) at Arena Pernambuco, against Belo Jardim (Mar. 2) at Estádio Severino Cândido Carneiro. and against Sport (Mar. 9) at Estádio do Arruda.
* ↑ Vitória das Tabocas played their home match against Atlético Pernambucano (Mar. 8) at Estádio Antônio Inácio de Souza.

## Format

* In the first stage Afogados, América, Atlético Pernambucano, Belo Jardim, Central, Flamengo de Arcoverde, Salgueiro, Serra Talhada, and Vitória das Tabocas were drawn into three groups of three teams each, with each team playing once against the six clubs from the other two groups. After each team had played six matches, the top three teams qualified for the second stage. The six teams which finished fourth to ninth proceeded to the Relegation stage.
* The Relegation stage group played a round-robin format. After the completion of the stage, the two clubs with the lowest number of points were relegated to the 2018 Campeonato Pernambucano A2.
* Santa Cruz, Sport and Náutico were qualified directly for the second stage. The second stage group played a round-robin format. After the completion of the stage, the top four teams advanced to the Semi-finals.
* Semi-finals and Finals were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis with the best placed team hosting the second leg.

### Tiebreakers

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria would be applied to determine the rankings:
* Higher number of wins;
* Superior goal difference;
* Higher number of goals scored;
* Head-to-head result between tied teams;
* Fewest red cards received;
* Fewest yellow cards received;
* Draw in the headquarters of the Federação Pernambucana de Futebol.

## First stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Salgueiro | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 16 | Second stage |
| 2 | Belo Jardim | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 12 | Second stage |
| 3 | Atlético Pernambucano | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 | Relegation stage |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Flamengo de Arcoverde | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 9 | Relegation stage |
| 2 | Serra Talhada | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 5 | Relegation stage |
| 3 | América | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 4 | Relegation stage |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Central | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 12 | Second stage |
| 2 | Vitória das Tabocas | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 | Relegation stage |
| 3 | Afogados | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 3 | Relegation stage |

### First Stage Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Salgueiro | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 16 | Second stage |
| 2 | Belo Jardim | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 12 | Second stage and 2018 Série D |
| 3 | Central | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 12 | Second stage and 2018 Série D |
| 4 | Flamengo de Arcoverde | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 9 | Relegation stage |
| 5 | Vitória das Tabocas | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 | Relegation stage |
| 6 | Serra Talhada | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 5 | Relegation stage |
| 7 | América | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 4 | Relegation stage |
| 8 | Atlético Pernambucano | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 | Relegation stage |
| 9 | Afogados | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 3 | Relegation stage |

## Relegation stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FLA | AFO | AME | VIT | SER | ATL |
| 1 | Flamengo de Arcoverde | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 17 | 2018 Série D | | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Afogados | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 17 | | 1–3 | | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 5–1 |
| 3 | América | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 16 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Vitória das Tabocas | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 16 | | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 3–0 |
| 5 | Serra Talhada | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 16 | Relegation to Pernambucano A2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 2–0 |
| 6 | Atlético Pernambucano | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 25 | −20 | 0 | Relegation to Pernambucano A2 | 2–6 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | |

## Second stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SAL | NAU | SPO | SAN | BEL | CEN |
| 1 | Salgueiro | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 23 | Play-offs | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Náutico | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 18 | Play-offs | 0–2 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 |
| 3 | Sport | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 17 | Play-offs | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| 4 | Santa Cruz | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 10 | +9 | 16 | Play-offs | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 5–1 |
| 5 | Belo Jardim | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 18 | −13 | 5 | | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–4 | | 1–4 |
| 6 | Central | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 28 | −19 | 3 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 0–2 | |

## Play-offs

In the Play-offs stages, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, away goals rule would not be used, extra time would not be played and penalty shoot-out would determine the winner. In the Third place matches and the Final, the second leg was hosted by the teams with a higher overall points.
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 3 | Sport | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | |
| 2 | Náutico | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | |
| 2 | Náutico | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | Sport | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| | | | | | 1 | Salgueiro | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Santa Cruz | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Salgueiro | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | Salgueiro | 0 | 2 | 2 | Third Place | Third Place | Third Place | Third Place | Third Place |
| | | | | | 2 | Náutico | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| | | | | | 4 | Santa Cruz | 2 | 1 | 3 |

### Semi-finals
#### Semi-final 1

Salgueiro won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the Final. Salgueiro qualifies to the 2018 Copa do Brasil and 2018 Copa do Nordeste.

#### Semi-final 2

Sport won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the Final. Sport qualifies to the 2018 Copa do Brasil. They declined to participate in the 2018 Copa do Nordeste.

### Third place matches
#### Host team

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Santa Cruz (Second leg) | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 12 | +8 | 19 |
| 2 | Náutico (First leg) | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 19 |

#### Matches

Santa Cruz won 3–2 on aggregate. Santa Cruz qualifies to the 2018 Copa do Brasil and 2018 Copa do Nordeste. Sport were replaced by Náutico in the 2018 Copa do Nordeste.

### Final
#### Host team

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Salgueiro (Second leg) | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 7 | +12 | 26 |
| 2 | Sport (First leg) | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 21 |

#### Matches

    $^^$ The Salgueiro v Sport match was originally scheduled on 18 June 2017, 16:00 local time, but was re-scheduled to 28 June 2017, 21:45 local time.
* 2017 Campeonato Pernambucano Champions
* Sport 41st title

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Caxito | Afogados | 9 |
| 2 | Éverton Santos | Santa Cruz | 6 |
| 2 | Robinho | Flamengo de Arcoverde | 6 |
| 4 | Anselmo | Náutico | 5 |
| 5 | Anderson Salles | Santa Cruz | 4 |
| 5 | Edson Pitbull | Serra Talhada | 4 |
| 5 | Erick | Náutico | 4 |
| 5 | Marco Antônio | Náutico | 4 |
| 5 | Valdeir | Salgueiro | 4 |
Note: Goals scored in the first stage are not counted when determining top scorer. Source: FPF