# 2023 Campeonato Mato-Grossense

The 2023 Campeonato Mato-Grossense de Futebol is the 81st edition of the Mato Grosso's top professional football league. The competition began on 21 January, and is scheduled to end on 8 April. Cuiabá are the defending champions.
Cacerense and Sport Sinop were relegated at the end of the first round, with Cacerense immediately returning to the second division after one year, and Sport Sinop, after two years. Cuiabá won their 12th title on 8 April 2023, after a 3–0 aggregate win over União; with 12 wins and one draw in 13 matches, the club won their title in an unbeaten status.

## Format

On the first stage, all ten teams play against each other in a round-robin format. The two worst teams are relegated, while the top two teams qualify straight to the semifinals, and the other four best-placed teams qualify to the quarterfinals.
In the quarterfinals, the 3rd place faces the 6th place, while the 4th place faces the 5th place in a two-legged fixture, with the best placed team playing at home in the last match. In the semifinals, the winner of the 3rd-6th place contest faces the 2nd place, while the winner of the 4th-5th place contest faces the 1st place, also on two-legged matches. The winners face each other in the Finals, also played on two legs.

### Qualifications

The champion qualifies to the 2024 Copa do Brasil and 2024 Copa Verde. The best team who is not on Série D, Série B or Série C qualifies to the 2024 Série D.

## Participating teams

| Club | Home city | Home stadium | Head coach | 2022 result |
| Academia [pt] | Rondonópolis | Luthero Lopes [pt] | Edilson Júnior | 6th |
| Cacerense | Cáceres | Geraldão [pt] | Marcos Menali | 2nd (2nd division) |
| CEOV | Várzea Grande | Dito Souza [pt] | Ariel Mamede | 8th |
| Cuiabá | Cuiabá | Arena Pantanal | Ivo Vieira | 1st |
| Dom Bosco | Cuiabá | Dutrinha [pt] | Bernardo Gomes | 4th |
| Luverdense | Lucas do Rio Verde | Passo das Emas | Betinho | 3rd |
| Mixto | Cuiabá | Dutrinha [pt] | Éverton Goiano | 1st (2nd division) |
| Nova Mutum | Nova Mutum | Valdir Doilho Wons | Mário Roberto | 7th |
| Sport Sinop | Sinop | Gigante do Norte [pt] | Elton Medina | 5th |
| União | Rondonópolis | Luthero Lopes [pt] | Odil Soares | 2nd |

## First round
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Cuiabá (Q) | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 4 | +22 | 27 | Advanced to the semifinals |
| 2 | União (Q) | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 18 | Advanced to the semifinals |
| 3 | CEOV (Q) | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 16 | Advanced to the quarterfinals |
| 4 | Dom Bosco (Q) | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 14 | Advanced to the quarterfinals |
| 5 | Luverdense (Q) | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | −7 | 10 | Advanced to the quarterfinals |
| 6 | Academia [pt] (Q) | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 10 | Advanced to the quarterfinals |
| 7 | Nova Mutum | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 9 | |
| 8 | Mixto | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 9 | |
| 9 | Cacerense (R) | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 8 | Relegated |
| 10 | Sport Sinop (R) | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 21 | −14 | 2 | Relegated |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ACA | CAC | OPE | CUI | DBO | LUV | MIX | NMU | SPS | UEC |
| Academia | | 4–1 | | 0–3 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | | | |
| Cacerense | | | 2–2 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | | 1–0 | | |
| CEOV | 2–2 | | | | 2–0 | | | 1–1 | | 0–0 |
| Cuiabá | | | 4–1 | | | 5–0 | 4–1 | | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Dom Bosco | | 2–1 | | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | | | 1–1 |
| Luverdense | 2–1 | | 0–2 | | | | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 2–3 |
| Mixto | | 0–1 | 1–2 | | | | | 1–0 | 3–2 | |
| Nova Mutum | 0–0 | | | 1–3 | 3–0 | | | | 1–1 | |
| Sport Sinop | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–6 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | | | | |
| União | 1–1 | 1–0 | | | | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |

## Final stage

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 6 | Academia [pt] | 1 | 0 (3) | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | CEOV (p) | 0 | 1 (4) | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | CEOV (p) | 0 | 1 (4) | 1 | A | CEOV | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | União | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | C | União | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | | | D | Cuiabá | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Luverdense | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | D | Cuiabá | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Dom Bosco | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Dom Bosco | 1 | 0 | 1 | B | Luverdense | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 1 | Cuiabá | 0 | 5 | 5 | | | | | |

### Quarterfinals

The Federação Matogrossense de Futebol published the dates of the matches on 7 March 2023.

#### Second leg
### Semifinals
#### Second leg
### Finals
## Top scorers

    As of 16 March 2023
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Daniel | CEOV | 9 |
| 2 | Isidro Pitta | Cuiabá | 6 |
| 3 | Odail Júnior | União | 5 |
| 4 | Luan Viana | Mixto | 4 |
| 4 | Val Paraíba | Dom Bosco | 4 |