# 2008 Campeonato Catarinense

The 83rd season of the Campeonato Catarinense will begin on January 16, 2008, and ended on May 4, 2008.

## Format

First stage
* Teams are divided into a groups of twelve teams.
* One round-robin, in which all teams from one group play games against all teams within the group.
Second stage
* Teams are divided into a groups of twelve teams.
* One round-robin, in which all teams from one group play games against all teams within the group.
Third stage
* Home-and-away playoffs with the top 2 teams of each stage.
The winner of the third stage is crowned the champion. The champions and the runner up qualify to Copa do Brasil 2009 and the champions qualify to Campeonato Brasileiro Série C 2008. The tree teams with the worst positions are release to Divisão Especial 2008.

## Participating teams

* Atlético de Ibirama - Ibirama
* Atlético Tubarão - Tubarão ²
* Avaí - Florianópolis
* Brusque - Brusque
* Chapecoense - Chapecó
* Criciúma - Criciúma
* Figueirense - Florianópolis
* Guarani - Palhoça
* Joinville - Joinville ¹
* Juventus - Jaraguá do Sul
* Metropolitano - Blumenau
* Marcílio Dias - Itajaí
¹ Divisão Especial 2007 Champion
² Divisão de Acesso 2007 Champion

## First stage

Final standings :
| Team | Team | Pts | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 1 | Figueirense | 25 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 13 | +15 |
| 2 | Criciúma | 23 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 16 | +10 |
| 3 | Avaí | 22 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 11 | +18 |
| 4 | Metropolitano | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 19 | +5 |
| 5 | Guarani | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 19 | -6 |
| 6 | Chapecoense | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 18 | +2 |
| 7 | Marcílio Dias | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 14 | -1 |
| 8 | Atlético de Ibirama | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | -3 |
| 9 | Joinville | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -5 |
| 10 | Juventus | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 30 | -18 |
| 11 | Brusque | 8 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 22 | -8 |
| 12 | Atlético Tubarão | 6 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 31 | -9 |
| Pts – points earned; G – games played; W - wins; D - draws; L - losses; GF – goals for; GA – goals against; GD – goal differential ||||||||||

## Second stage

Final standings :
| Team | Team | Pts | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 1 | Criciúma | 25 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 12 | +15 |
| 2 | Avaí | 24 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 9 | +22* |
| 3 | Figueirense | 21 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 18 | +12 |
| 4 | Atlético Tubarão | 18 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | +3 |
| 5 | Metropolitano | 17 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 0 |
| 6 | Joinville | 16 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 16 | +1 |
| 7 | Marcílio Dias | 16 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 24 | -1 |
| 8 | Atlético de Ibirama | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 20 | -4* |
| 9 | Chapecoense | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 26 | -6 |
| 10 | Juventus | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 33 | -16 |
| 11 | Brusque | 8 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 20 | -7 |
| 12 | Guarani | 6 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 33 | -14 |
| Pts – points earned; G – games played; W - wins; D - draws; L - losses; GF – goals for; GA – goals against; GD – goal differential ||||||||||
* Atlético de Ibirama was punished, because of the "fall-fall", realized in the game Atlético x Avaí. The scores were changed from 2x0 to 3x0.

## Geral Standings

Final standings :
| Team | Team | Pts | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 1 | Criciúma | 48 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 53 | 28 | +25 |
| 2 | Avaí | 46 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 60 | 20 | +40 |
| 3 | Figueirense | 46 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 58 | 31 | +27 |
| 4 | Metropolitano | 38 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 43 | 39 | +4 |
| 5 | Marcílio Dias | 29 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 38 | -2 |
| 6 | Joinville | 27 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 31 | -4 |
| 7 | Atlético de Ibirama | 25 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 37 | -7 |
| 8 | Chapecoense | 24 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 40 | 44 | -4 |
| 9 | Atlético Tubarão | 24 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 40 | 46 | -6 |
| 10 | Guarani | 21 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 32 | 52 | -20 |
| 11 | Juventus | 19 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 27 | 63 | -36 |
| 12 | Brusque | 16 | 22 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 45 | -18 |
| Pts – points earned; G – games played; W - wins; D - draws; L - losses; GF – goals for; GA – goals against; GD – goal differential ||||||||||
* Qualify to Copa do Brasil de 2009 and to Campeonato Catarinense 2008 Final
* Qualify to Campeonato Brasileiro Série C 2008
* Relegated to Divisão Especial 2008.

## Third stage

Final standings :
| Team | Team | Pts | G | W | D | L | AET |
| 1 | Figueirense | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Criciúma | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pts – points earned; G – games played; W - wins; D - draws; L - losses; AET - Extra time goals ||||||||||
* Campeonato Catarinense 2008 Champions.
| 1st Stage Champions | 2nd Stage Champions | Game 1 | Game 2* | Extra Time* |
| Figueirense | Criciúma | 1-0 | 1-3 | 1-0 |
* In Criciúma, because the Criciúma have better Punctuation in the two stages (Stage 1 points + Stage 2 points).

## Results
### Tablewise

| | AIB | ATU | AVA | BRU | CHA | CRI | FIG | GUA | JOI | JUV | MAD | MET |
| Atlético de Ibirama | — | 2x1 | 0x2 | 1x1 | 2x0 | 1x1 | 0x3 | 2x1 | 0x0 | 5x0 | 0x0 | 3x1 |
| Atlético Tubarão | 4x3 | — | 0x3 | 3x3 | 2x1 | 0x0 | 3x3 | 2x4 | 0x1 | 4x4 | 2x2 | 2x2 |
| Avaí | 6x0 | 1x1 | — | 3x0 | 2x3 | 1x1 | 0x3 | 5x0 | 3x0 | 5x0 | 2x1 | 2x2 |
| Brusque | 2x3 | 0x2 | 0x1 | — | 1x3 | 2x5 | 2x2 | 1x1 | 1x0 | 1x1 | 0x2 | 2x0 |
| Chapecoense | 1x1 | 2x2 | 0x6 | 4x2 | — | 2x5 | 1x3 | 6x1 | 1x2 | 3x0 | 2x0 | 2x3 |
| Criciúma | 1x0 | 4x4 | 1x0 | 1x0 | 3x1 | — | 3x1 | 3x2 | 1x1 | 4x1 | 5x1 | 2x1 |
| Figueirense | 4x2 | 1x0 | 0x2 | 6x4 | 2x1 | 4x2 | — | 6x2 | 4x0 | 5x1 | 2x3 | 1x1 |
| Guarani | 2x1 | 0x1 | 1x2 | 0x0 | 0x3 | 3x2 | 0x0 | — | 2x1 | 5x5 | 2x2 | 2x3 |
| Joinville | 0x0 | 3x1 | 0x3 | 3x1 | 2x2 | 2x2 | 0x1 | 3x1 | — | 5x1 | 0x1 | 2x0 |
| Juventus | 1x0 | 2x5 | 0x4 | 2x1 | 1x0 | 0x2 | 1x0 | 0x0 | 3x0 | — | 1x3 | 2x4 |
| Marcílio Dias | 3x3 | 1x0 | 4x3 | 1x2 | 2x1 | 0x1 | 1x3 | 1x2 | 2x2 | 5x0 | — | 1x4 |
| Metropolitano | 2x1 | 4x1 | 3x3 | 1x1 | 2x1 | 1x4 | 2x4 | 3x1 | 1x0 | 2x1 | 1x0 | — |
* First Stage Games
* Second Stage Games

## Other Divisions

Divisão Especial: 12 Teams
* Champion: Brusque - Qualify to Divisão Principal 2009
* Runner-up: Juventus
* 10th Place: Inter de Lages - Release to Divisão de Acesso 2009
* 11th Place: Grêmio Timbó - Release to Divisão de Acesso 2009
* 12th Place: Guarani - Release to Divisão de Acesso 2009
Divisão de Acesso: 5 Teams
* Champion: Porto - Qualify to Divisão Especial 2009
* Runner-up:Videira - Qualify to Divisão Especial 2009

## Champion

* Campeonato Catarinense 2008: Figueirense 15th Title