# 2016 Campeonato Pernambucano

The 2016 Campeonato Pernambucano (officially the 2016 Campeonato Pernambucano Celpe A1 for sponsorship reasons) was the 102nd edition of the state championship of Pernambuco. The championship began on January 10 and ended on May 8. Twelve teams were competing, ten returning from the 2015 and two promoted from the 2015 Pernambucano U-23 Championship (Belo Jardim and Vitória das Tabocas). Santa Cruz, the defending champions, won the finals against Sport 1–0 on aggregate.

## Teams

| Club | City | Stadium | Capacity |
| América | Recife | Ademir Cunha (Paulista) | 12,000 |
| Atlético Pernambucano | Carpina | Paulo Petribú | 3,500 |
| Belo Jardim | Belo Jardim | José Bezerra de Mendonça | 7,050 |
| Central | Caruaru | Lacerdão | 19,478 |
| Náutico | Recife | Arena Pernambuco (São Lourenço da Mata) | 44,300 |
| Pesqueira | Pesqueira | Joaquim de Britto | 1,800 |
| Porto | Caruaru | Antônio Inácio de Souza | 6,000 |
| Salgueiro | Salgueiro | Cornélio de Barros | 12,070 |
| Santa Cruz | Recife | Estádio do Arruda | 60,044 |
| Serra Talhada | Serra Talhada | Nildo Pereira de Menezes | 5,000 |
| Sport | Recife | Estádio Ilha do Retiro | 32,983 |
| Vitória das Tabocas | Vitória de Santo Antão | Severino Cândido Carneiro | 10,911 |

## Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:
* Higher number of wins;
* Superior goal difference;
* Head-to-head result between tied teams;
* Higher number of away wins;
* Fewest home losses;
* 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 | Central | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 13 | Second stage, 2016 Série D and 2017 Série D |
| 2 | Atlético Pernambucano | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 9 | 2017 Série D |
| 3 | Porto | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 8 | Relegation stage |
| 4 | Belo Jardim | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 2 | Relegation stage |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | América | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 12 | Second stage, 2016 Série D and 2017 Série D |
| 2 | Serra Talhada | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 9 | Relegation stage, 2016 Série D |
| 3 | Vitória das Tabocas | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 5 | Relegation stage |
| 4 | Pesqueira | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 5 | Relegation stage |
Central, América and Serra Talhada qualified for 2016 Série D and 2017 Série D. Serra Talhada played the 2016 Série D but they declined to participate in the 2017 Série D. Their berth was used by Group A runners-up Atlético Pernambucano.

## Relegation stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Atlético Pernambucano | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 20 | |
| 2 | Serra Talhada | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 15 | |
| 3 | Belo Jardim | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 12 | |
| 4 | Vitória das Tabocas | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 12 | |
| 5 | Porto | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 11 | Relegation to Pernambucano A2 |
| 6 | Pesqueira | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 8 | Relegation to Pernambucano A2 |

## Second stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Náutico | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 4 | +14 | 23 | Play-offs |
| 2 | Salgueiro | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 20 | Play-offs |
| 3 | Sport | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 17 | Play-offs |
| 4 | Santa Cruz | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 11 | Play-offs |
| 5 | América | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 23 | −16 | 7 | |
| 6 | Central | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 16 | −12 | 5 | |

## Play-offs

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 4 | Santa Cruz | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | | | |
| 1 | Náutico | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| 1 | Náutico | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | Santa Cruz | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | | | 3 | Sport | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Sport (p) | 1 | 0 | 1 (5) | 3 | Sport | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Salgueiro | 0 | 1 | 1 (4) | Third and Fourth | Third and Fourth | Third and Fourth | Third and Fourth | Third and Fourth |
| | | | | | 2 | Salgueiro | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | | | 1 | Náutico | 1 | 3 | 4 |

### Semifinals
#### Semifinal 1

Santa Cruz won 5–2 on aggregate and advanced to the Finals. Santa Cruz qualified for 2017 Copa do Brasil and 2017 Copa do Nordeste.

#### Semifinal 2

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Sport won on penalties and advanced to the Finals. Sport qualified for 2017 Copa do Brasil and 2017 Copa do Nordeste.

### Third place matches

Náutico won 4–0 on aggregate. Náutico qualified for 2017 Copa do Brasil and 2017 Copa do Nordeste. Since Santa Cruz qualified for 2017 Copa do Brasil round of 16 as 2016 Copa do Nordeste champions, Salgueiro also qualified for 2017 Copa do Brasil.

### Finals

* 2016 Campeonato Pernambucano Champions
* Santa Cruz 29th title