# 2012 Campeonato Paranaense

The 2012 Campeonato Paranaense de Futebol Profissional da 1ª Divisão was the 97th season of Paraná's top professional football league. The competition began on January 22 and will end on May 13. Coritiba won the championship for the 36th time, while Roma Apucarana and Iraty were relegated.

## Format

The tournament consists of a double round-robin format, in which all twelve teams play each other twice, with classification split in two stages. Each round counts as one stage.
The better-placed teams of each stage will face themselves in a two-legged tie, with the team with the most points in the overall classification playing the second leg home, the winning team will then be declared champion. The finals are notable in the sense that goal difference will not be a tiebreaking criterion; if both teams tie on points the decision will go directly to a penalty shootout. If the same team is best-placed on both stages, it will automatically be declared champion.
The best two-placed teams in the overall classification not advancing to the finals and not from Curitiba will face themselves in a two-legged tie competing for the Torneio do Interior. The team with the most points will play the second leg home. The bottom two teams on overall classification will be relegated.

## Participating teams

| Club | Home city | 2011 result |
| Arapongas | Arapongas | 5th |
| Atlético Paranaense | Curitiba | 2nd |
| Cianorte | Cianorte | 4th |
| Corinthians Paranaense | Curitiba | 9th |
| Coritiba | Curitiba | 1st |
| Iraty | Irati | 8th |
| Londrina | Londrina | 1st (2ª Divisão) |
| Operário | Ponta Grossa | 3rd |
| Paranavaí | Paranavaí | 7th |
| Rio Branco | Paranaguá | 10th |
| Roma Apucarana | Apucarana | 6th |
| Toledo | Toledo | 2nd (2ª Divisão) |

## First round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Atlético Paranaense (A) | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 5 | +21 | 26 | Advances to the Finals |
| 2 | Coritiba | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 7 | +21 | 25 | |
| 3 | Cianorte | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 8 | +17 | 25 | |
| 4 | Arapongas | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 20 | |
| 5 | Toledo | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 17 | |
| 6 | Rio Branco-RR | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 25 | −10 | 13 | |
| 7 | Londrina | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 13 | |
| 8 | Corinthians Paranaense | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | −5 | 12 | |
| 9 | Roma Apucarana | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 19 | −9 | 11 | |
| 10 | Operário | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 22 | −7 | 9 | |
| 11 | Paranavaí | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 24 | −16 | 5 | |
| 12 | Iraty | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 26 | −18 | 4 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AEC | CAP | CIA | CPR | CTB | ISC | LON | OPE | ACP | RIB | REA | TLD |
| Arapongas | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | | | | 1–2 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | |
| Atlético Paranaense | | | | 4–0 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | | | | 4–0 | 4–0 |
| Cianorte | | 2–0 | | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | | | 7–1 | | |
| Corinthians Paranaense | | | 0–0 | | | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | |
| Coritiba | 4–1 | | | 2–0 | | 5–1 | | 4–1 | | 1–1 | 5–0 | |
| Iraty | 1–2 | 0–3 | | 0–0 | | | 1–1 | | | 1–2 | | 0–5 |
| Londrina | 1–3 | | | | 1–1 | | | | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
| Operário | | 0–1 | 2–3 | | | 2–2 | 0–2 | | | | 2–1 | |
| Paranavaí | | 1–3 | 0–3 | | 1–3 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | | | | 2–3 |
| Rio Branco-RR | 0–1 | 0–2 | | | | | | 3–2 | 1–0 | | | 3–2 |
| Roma Apucarana | | | 0–1 | | | 2–2 | | | 0–0 | 3–2 | | 0–0 |
| Toledo | 2–0 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | | | | |

## Second roud

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Coritiba (A) | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 12 | +14 | 28 | Advances to the Finals |
| 2 | Atlético Paranaense | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 10 | +16 | 23 | |
| 3 | Operário | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 21 | |
| 4 | Arapongas | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 15 | −1 | 18 | |
| 5 | Londrina | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 17 | |
| 6 | Paranavaí | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | −4 | 15 | |
| 7 | Rio Branco-RR | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 20 | −4 | 14 | |
| 8 | Cianorte | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 13 | |
| 9 | Toledo | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 12 | |
| 10 | Corinthians Paranaense | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 11 | |
| 11 | Iraty | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 30 | −20 | 5 | |
| 12 | Roma Apucarana | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 18 | −9 | 5 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AEC | CAP | CIA | CPR | CTB | ISC | LON | OPE | ACP | RIB | REA | TLD |
| Arapongas | | | | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–4 | | | 2–3 | | 2–1 |
| Atlético Paranaense | 2–1 | | 3–0 | | | 3–0 | | 5–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | | |
| Cianorte | 0–2 | | | 1–0 | | | | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Corinthians Paranaense | 2–1 | 1–1 | | | 1–2 | 3–2 | | | | | | 0–0 |
| Coritiba | | 4–2 | 3–1 | | | | 1–0 | | 3–1 | | | 1–0 |
| Iraty | | | 0–0 | | 1–5 | | | 2–4 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | |
| Londrina | | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 4–0 | | 0–1 | | | | 1–1 |
| Operário | 0–1 | | | 2–2 | 2–2 | | | | 2–1 | 4–0 | | 2–0 |
| Paranavaí | 2–0 | | | 3–1 | | | 0–3 | | | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
| Rio Branco-RR | | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 1–0 | | | | 2–2 | |
| Roma Apucarana | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–3 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | | | | |
| Toledo | | 0–2 | | | | 4–1 | | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | |

## Overall classification

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Coritiba (C) | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 54 | 19 | +35 | 53 | 2013 Copa do Brasil |
| 2 | Atlético Paranaense | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 52 | 15 | +37 | 49 | 2013 Copa do Brasil |
| 3 | Arapongas | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 29 | +3 | 38 | Torneio do Interior and Série D and 2013 Copa do Brasil |
| 4 | Cianorte | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 31 | 19 | +12 | 38 | Torneio do Interior and Série D and 2013 Copa do Brasil |
| 5 | Londrina | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 18 | +11 | 30 | |
| 6 | Operário | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 30 | |
| 7 | Toledo | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 25 | +1 | 29 | |
| 8 | Rio Branco-RR | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 31 | 45 | −14 | 27 | |
| 9 | Corinthians Paranaense | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 32 | −8 | 23 | |
| 10 | Paranavaí | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 40 | −20 | 20 | |
| 11 | Roma Apucarana (R) | 22 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 37 | −18 | 16 | Relegation to Campeonato Paranaense Série Prata |
| 12 | Iraty (R) | 22 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 56 | −38 | 9 | Relegation to Campeonato Paranaense Série Prata |