# 2022 Campeonato Cearense

The 2022 Campeonato Cearense (officially the Cearense 1XBET 2022 for sponsorship reasons) was the 108th edition of Ceará's top professional football league organized by FCF. The competition began on 8 January and ended on 23 April 2022.
After Sportradar found evidence of match fixing, on 16 February 2022, the FCF and the Tribunal de Justiça Desportiva do Futebol do Ceará (TJDF-CE) decided to suspend Crato from the tournament. Therefore, the last match of the first stage Crato v Ferroviário, scheduled for 19 February 2022, was not played and Ferroviário was awarded a 3–0 win.
On 22 February 2022, Icasa were denounced by Atlético Cearense before the TJDF-CE for fielding Leandro Mendes in the match Iguatu v Icasa played on 19 February 2022 (14th round). He was booked three times during the tournament (against Crato, Ferroviário and Maracanã) and was ineligible for the match against Iguatu. Later, Maracanã and Icasa asked the TJDF-CE to expel Crato from the tournament instead of suspending them. With this request, all the matches played by Crato would be annulled and replaced by 3–0 wins, which would allow Maracaná to qualify for the quarter-finals and avoid the possible relegation of Icasa. As the first legs of the semifinals were scheduled for 6 and 8 March 2022, the TJDF-CE suspended the Campeonato Cearense from 6 to 11 March 2022 until the judgement of the case. Although the announcement of the suspension was made while Caucaia and Iguatu were playing the first leg of their semi-final, the match was finished. On 7 March 2022, the STJD (Superior Tribunal de Justiça Desportiva) authorized the FCF to continue with the tournament as initially scheduled. Days later, the TJDF-CE also authorized the normal development of the tournament until the end of the match fixing investigation. On 25 April 2022, the TJDF-CE excluded Crato from the tournament and the matches played by Crato against Pacajus, Iguatu, Atlético Cearense and Ferroviário were annulled and replaced by 3–0 wins, however, two weeks later the TJDF-CE overturned its own decision and annulled all the matches played by Crato and replaced them by 3–0 wins. On 19 May 2022, the STJD, in response to a request from the FCF, Fortaleza, Ferroviário, Caucaia, Iguatu and Crato, temporarily suspended the decisions of the TJDF-CE. Finally, on 23 June 2022, the STJD overruled the decisions of the TJDF-CE confirming the match results and the title of Fortaleza.
Finally, Icasa were deducted four points and sanctioned with a fine of R$3,000 after they were punished, on 25 August 2022, by the TJDF-CE for fielding Leandro Mendes. Icasa were relegated.
The finals were played between the defending champions Fortaleza and Caucaia. Fortaleza won 4–0 on aggregate to win their 45th title.

## Format

In the first stage the teams (except the teams that participated in the 2022 Copa do Nordeste, Ceará and Fortaleza) played the other teams on a home-and-away round-robin tournament. Top two teams advanced to the semi-finals, while third and fourth places advanced to the quarter-finals. The bottom two teams were relegated to 2023 Campeonato Cearense Série B. First stage winners qualified for the 2023 Copa do Brasil. Ceará and Fortaleza started their participation in the quarter-finals.
Quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winners. A draw was held to determine the home-and-away teams for the quarter-finals and the semi-finals, while for the finals, the team with best performance in the semi-finals hosted the second leg. Champions qualified for the 2023 Copa do Brasil.

## Teams

| Club | Home city | Manager |
| Atlético Cearense | Fortaleza | Reginaldo França |
| Caucaia | Caucaia | Roberto Carlos |
| Ceará | Fortaleza | Tiago Nunes |
| Crato | Crato | Jânio Fialho |
| Ferroviário | Fortaleza | Paulinho Kobayashi |
| Fortaleza | Fortaleza | Juan Pablo Vojvoda |
| Icasa | Juazeiro do Norte | Sidney Moraes |
| Iguatu | Iguatu | Washington Luiz |
| Maracanã | Maracanaú | Júnior Cearense |
| Pacajus | Pacajus | Raimundo Wágner |

## First stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Caucaia | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 8 | +12 | 30 | Advance to the semi-finals and qualify for the 2023 Copa do Brasil |
| 2 | Ferroviário | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 24 | 9 | +15 | 26 | Advance to the semi-finals |
| 3 | Pacajus | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 20 | Advance to quarter-finals |
| 4 | Iguatu | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 13 | +10 | 19 | Advance to quarter-finals |
| 5 | Maracanã | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 17 | |
| 6 | Atlético Cearense | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 13 | |
| 7 | Icasa (R) | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 12 | Relegation to the 2023 Campeonato Cearense Série B |
| 8 | Crato (R) | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 39 | −34 | 5 | Relegation to the 2023 Campeonato Cearense Série B |
* ↑ Icasa were deducted four points.

## Final stages
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| | | | | | 1 | Caucaia | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | |
| | Ceará | 2 | 0 | 2 (3) | 4 | Iguatu | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| 4 | Iguatu (p) | 1 | 1 | 2 (4) | | | | | | 1 | Caucaia | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Fortaleza | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| | | | | | 2 | Ferroviário | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| | Fortaleza | 1 | 5 | 6 | | Fortaleza | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| 3 | Pacajus | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Fortaleza | 6–0 | Pacajus | 1–0 | 5–0 |
| Ceará | 2–2 (3–4 p) | Iguatu | 2–1 | 0–1 |

#### Group 2
### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Caucaia | 3–1 | Iguatu | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Ferroviário | 1–3 | Fortaleza | 0–1 | 1–2 |

#### Group 4
### Finals

As Caucaia and Fortaleza had already qualified for the Copa do Brasil by winning the first stage and the 2022 Copa do Nordeste, respectively, third place Ferroviário earned a berth for the 2023 Copa do Brasil.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Caucaia | 0–4 | Fortaleza | 0–0 | 0–4 |

#### Matches

| Caucaia | Fortaleza |
| GK | 1 | Célio |
| DF | 20 | Ceará (c) |
| DF | 15 | Roni |
| DF | 4 | Túlio |
| DF | 6 | Matheus Maranguape |
| MF | 5 | Wilker | | 71' |
| MF | 8 | Guto |
| MF | 7 | Santos | | 64' |
| FW | 11 | Goiaba | | 83' |
| FW | 9 | Iury Tanque | | 71' |
| FW | 17 | Vanderlan | | 64' |
| Substitutes: ||
| DF | 2 | Adilson |
| DF | 3 | Lucas Neres |
| MF | 10 | Éverton | | 71' |
| MF | 13 | Jair Pitbull |
| MF | 14 | Isaú |
| MF | 16 | Leylon | | 64' |
| MF | 18 | Vitinho | | 83' |
| MF | 21 | Sidin |
| FW | 19 | Bravo | | 71' |
| FW | 22 | Vitor Ribeiro |
| FW | 23 | Caio |
| FW | 55 | Xandy | 87' | 64' |
| Coach: ||
| Roberto Carlos ||
| GK | 23 | Max Walef |
| DF | 3 | Anthony Landázuri | | 76' |
| DF | 6 | Brayan Ceballos | 51' |
| DF | 4 | Titi (c) |
| DF | 29 | Juninho Capixaba |
| MF | 14 | Ronald | | 59' |
| MF | 35 | Hércules |
| MF | 20 | Matheus Vargas | | 59' |
| FW | 11 | Romarinho | 30' |
| FW | 79 | Renato Kayzer | | 71' |
| FW | 7 | Robson | | 59' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 1 | Marcelo Boeck |
| DF | 5 | Marcelo Benevenuto |
| DF | 40 | Vitor Ricardo |
| MF | 10 | Lucas Crispim | | 59' |
| MF | 13 | Lucas Lima | | 59' |
| MF | 15 | Felipe |
| MF | 22 | Yago Pikachu | | 76' |
| FW | 18 | Silvio Romero | | 71' |
| FW | 19 | Ángelo Henríquez |
| FW | 21 | Moisés | | 59' |
| FW | 34 | Valentín Depietri |
| FW | 77 | Igor Torres |
| Coach: ||
| Juan Pablo Vojvoda ||
* Assistant referees:
* José Moracy de Sousa e Silva
* Camila Ferreira de Sousa
* Fourth official:
* Renato Pinheiro
* Fifth official:
* Alexandre de Souza Peixoto
* Video assistant referee:
* Luiz César de Oliveira Magalhães
* Assistant video assistant referees:
* Léo Simão Holanda
| Fortaleza | Caucaia |
| GK | 23 | Max Walef |
| DF | 2 | Tinga (c) |
| DF | 5 | Marcelo Benevenuto |
| DF | 4 | Titi |
| MF | 22 | Yago Pikachu |
| MF | 35 | Hércules | | 71' |
| MF | 15 | Felipe | | 59' |
| MF | 13 | Lucas Lima |
| MF | 10 | Lucas Crispim | | 67' |
| FW | 18 | Silvio Romero | | 59' |
| FW | 21 | Moisés | | 59' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 1 | Marcelo Boeck |
| DF | 3 | Anthony Landázuri |
| DF | 6 | Brayan Ceballos |
| DF | 29 | Juninho Capixaba | | 67' |
| DF | 40 | Vitor Ricardo |
| MF | 8 | Matheus Jussa | 88' | 59' |
| MF | 14 | Ronald | | 71' |
| MF | 20 | Matheus Vargas |
| FW | 7 | Robson |
| FW | 11 | Romarinho |
| FW | 34 | Valentín Depietri | | 59' |
| FW | 79 | Renato Kayzer | | 59' |
| Coach: ||
| Juan Pablo Vojvoda ||
| GK | 1 | Célio |
| DF | 20 | Ceará (c) |
| DF | 15 | Roni |
| DF | 4 | Túlio |
| DF | 6 | Matheus Maranguape |
| MF | 5 | Wilker |
| MF | 8 | Guto | 40' | 67' |
| MF | 7 | Santos | | 67' |
| FW | 11 | Goiaba | | 46' |
| FW | 17 | Vanderlan | | 59' |
| FW | 9 | Iury Tanque | | 76' |
| Substitutes: ||
| DF | 2 | Adilson |
| DF | 3 | Igor Jacaré |
| DF | 23 | Lucas Neres |
| MF | 10 | Éverton | | 67' |
| MF | 13 | Jair Pitbull |
| MF | 14 | Isaú |
| MF | 16 | Leylon | | 67' |
| MF | 18 | Vitinho | | 46' |
| MF | 21 | Sidin |
| FW | 19 | Bravo | | 59' |
| FW | 22 | Vitor Ribeiro | | 76' |
| FW | 55 | Caio |
| Coach: ||
| Roberto Carlos ||
* Assistant referees:
* Nailton Júnior de Souza Oliveira
* Renan Aguiar da Costa
* Fourth official:
* José Denis Garcês Lima
* Fifth official:
* Elizabete Esmeralda Cordeiro dos Santos Gomes
* Video assistant referee:
* Adriano Barros Carneiro
* Assistant video assistant referees:
* Antônio Magno Lima Cordeiro

## Overall table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Fortaleza | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 16 | Champions and 2023 Copa do Brasil |
| 2 | Caucaia | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 23 | 13 | +10 | 35 | Runners-up and 2023 Copa do Brasil and 2023 Série D |
| 3 | Ferroviário | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 25 | 12 | +13 | 26 | 2023 Copa do Brasil and 2023 Série D |
| 4 | Iguatu | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 18 | +8 | 23 | 2023 Copa do Brasil and 2023 Série D |
| 5 | Pacajus | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 20 | −3 | 20 | 2023 Série D |
| 6 | Ceará | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2023 Copa do Brasil |
| 7 | Maracanã | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 17 | |
| 8 | Atlético Cearense | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 13 | 2023 Série D |
| 9 | Icasa | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 12 | Relegation to the 2023 Campeonato Cearense Série B |
| 10 | Crato | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 39 | −34 | 5 | Relegation to the 2023 Campeonato Cearense Série B |
* ↑ Fortaleza qualified for the Copa do Brasil via 2022 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.
* 1 2 Ferroviário and Atlético Cearense qualified for the Série D via 2022 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C.
* 1 2 Originally, Pacajus qualified for the Copa do Brasil by winning the 2022 Copa Fares Lopes, however, CBF announced that the 2022 Copa Fares Lopes did not meet the requirements as Copa do Brasil qualification tournament. CBF awarded the berth to the 4th place Iguatu.
* ↑ Ceará qualified for the Copa do Brasil via CBF ranking.
* ↑ Icasa were deducted four points.

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Edson Cariús | Ferroviário | 9 |
| 2 | Ari | Atlético Cearense | 7 |
| 2 | Romário | Iguatu | 7 |
| 4 | Edson | Pacajus | 6 |
| 4 | Otacílio Marcos | Iguatu | 6 |
| 6 | Vanderlan | Caucaia | 5 |
| 6 | Vitinho | Caucaia | 5 |