# 2023 Campeonato Catarinense

The 2023 Campeonato Catarinense (officially the Catarinense Fort Atacadista 2023 for sponsorship reasons) is the 98th season of Santa Catarina's top-flight football league organized by FCF. The season began on 14 January and ended on 8 April 2023.
The finals were played between Criciúma and the defending champions Brusque. Criciúma won 2–0 on aggregate and clinched their 11th title.

## Format

The tournament was contested between 12 teams, who first played in a single round-robin tournament. In the first stage, the bottom two teams were relegated to the 2024 Série B. The final stage was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. Champions and runners-up qualified for the 2024 Copa do Brasil, while three teams qualified for the 2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.

## Participating teams

| Club | Home city | Manager | 2022 result | Titles (last) |
| Atlético Catarinense | São José | Carlos Pereira (caretaker) | 2nd (Série B) | 0 |
| Avaí | Florianópolis | Alex | 8th | 18 (2021) |
| Barra | Balneário Camboriú | Rafael Piccinin | 10th | 0 |
| Brusque | Brusque | Luizinho Lopes | 1st | 2 (2022) |
| Camboriú | Camboriú | Júnior Lopes | 2nd | 0 |
| Chapecoense | Chapecó | Argel Fuchs | 6th | 7 (2020) |
| Concórdia | Concórdia | Itamar Schülle | 3rd | 0 |
| Criciúma | Criciúma | Cláudio Tencati | 1st (Série B) | 10 (2013) |
| Figueirense | Florianópolis | Douglas Bazolli | 4th | 18 (2018) |
| Hercílio Luz | Tubarão | Raul Cabral | 5th | 2 (1958) |
| Joinville | Joinville | Marcelo Martelotte | 9th | 12 (2001) |
| Marcílio Dias | Itajaí | Rogélio (caretaker) | 7th | 1 (1963) |

## First stage
### Table and Results

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | HER | CHA | BRU | CRI | AVA | CON | BAR | FIG | JEC | MCD | CAM | ATL |
| 1 | Hercílio Luz | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 22 | Advance to Final stage | | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | | 1–0 | | 0–0 | |
| 2 | Chapecoense | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 20 | Advance to Final stage | | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | | | | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Brusque | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 19 | Advance to Final stage | 2–1 | | | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | | | 1–1 | |
| 4 | Criciúma | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 18 | Advance to Final stage | | | | | | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 2–0 |
| 5 | Avaí | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 17 | Advance to Final stage | | | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 1–0 | | 4–0 | | | 3–0 | |
| 6 | Concórdia | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 16 | Advance to Final stage | 0–0 | 2–2 | | | | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | | 3–0 |
| 7 | Barra | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 13 | Advance to Final stage | | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 4–3 | | | | | 3–1 | | 1–0 |
| 8 | Figueirense | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 12 | Advance to Final stage | 1–1 | 0–1 | | | | | 4–0 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 1–0 |
| 9 | Joinville | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 12 | | | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 3–0 | | 0–0 | | | 0–0 | | |
| 10 | Marcílio Dias | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | −7 | 11 | | 0–2 | | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | | | | | 1–0 | |
| 11 | Camboriú (R) | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 11 | Relegation to Série B | | | | 0–3 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | | 1–0 |
| 12 | Atlético Catarinense (R) | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 20 | −18 | 1 | Relegation to Série B | 0–1 | | 0–0 | | 0–2 | | | | 0–4 | 1–2 | | |

## Final stage

Starting from the quarter-finals, the teams played a single-elimination tournament. The matches were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg. If tied on aggregate, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winners.

### 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 |
| 5 | Avaí | 0 | 0 | 0 (13) | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Criciúma (p) | 0 | 0 | 0 (14) | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Criciúma (p) | 0 | 0 | 0 (14) | 4 | Criciúma | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 1 | Hercílio Luz | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| 8 | Figueirense | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Hercílio Luz | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| 1 | Hercílio Luz | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Hercílio Luz | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | 4 | Criciúma | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Brusque | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Barra | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Brusque | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Chapecoense | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Chapecoense | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | Barra | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | Brusque | 2 | 3 | 5 | | | | | |
| 6 | Concórdia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Brusque | 2 | 3 | 5 | | | | | |
| 3 | Brusque | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Figueirense | 0–1 | Hercílio Luz | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Barra | 4–1 | Chapecoense | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Concórdia | 0–2 | Brusque | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Avaí | 0–0 (13–14 p) | Criciúma | 0–0 | 0–0 |

#### Group A

Hercílio Luz qualified for the semi-finals.

#### Group B

Barra qualified for the semi-finals.

#### Group C

Brusque qualified for the semi-finals.

#### Group D

Criciúma qualified for the semi-finals.

### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Criciúma | 3–2 | Hercílio Luz | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Barra | 2–5 | Brusque | 1–2 | 1–3 |

#### Group E

Criciúma qualified for the finals.

#### Group F

Brusque qualified for the finals.

### Finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Criciúma | 2–0 | Brusque | 1–0 | 1–0 |

#### Group G

| Criciúma | Brusque |
| GK | 1 | Gustavo |
| DF | 2 | Claudinho | | 87' |
| DF | 3 | Rodrigo (c) |
| DF | 4 | Walisson Maia |
| DF | 6 | Marcelo Hermes | | 87' |
| MF | 8 | Arilson |
| MF | 17 | Rômulo | | 57' |
| MF | 7 | Fellipe Mateus |
| MF | 10 | Marcinho | 13' | 76' |
| FW | 11 | Fabinho |
| FW | 23 | Éder | | 76' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 12 | Alisson |
| DF | 13 | Thiago Mina |
| DF | 16 | Hélder Santos | | 87' |
| MF | 5 | Crystopher | | 57' |
| MF | 9 | Alexandre Tam |
| MF | 14 | Léo Gonçalves |
| MF | 15 | Léo Costa |
| MF | 20 | Ítalo | | 76' |
| MF | 21 | Thiaguinho |
| MF | 22 | Rodrigo Souza |
| FW | 18 | João Carlos | | 87' |
| FW | 19 | Lohan | 90+9' | 76' |
| Coach: ||
| Cláudio Tencati ||
| GK | 1 | Matheus Nogueira |
| DF | 20 | Toty | | 84' |
| DF | 3 | Éverton Alemão |
| DF | 4 | Wallace (c) |
| DF | 66 | Alex Ruan | 52' |
| MF | 5 | Rodolfo Potiguar |
| MF | 33 | João Pedro | 84' | 84' |
| MF | 8 | Jhemerson | | 77' |
| FW | 99 | Everton Bala |
| FW | 17 | Guilherme Queiróz | | 65' |
| FW | 7 | Cléo Silva | | 65' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 47 | Ruan Carneiro |
| DF | 14 | Dionatan |
| DF | 21 | Danilo Belão | | 84' |
| DF | 22 | Iran |
| MF | 10 | Thiago Alagoano | | 77' |
| MF | 88 | Rodrigo | | 84' |
| MF | 97 | Neto |
| FW | 9 | Olávio | | 65' |
| FW | 11 | Lucas Poletto |
| FW | 18 | Pedoca |
| FW | 27 | Diego Mathias | | 65' |
| Coach: ||
| Luizinho Lopes ||
* Assistant referees:
* Henrique Neu Ribeiro
* Thiaggo Americano Labes
* Fourth official:
* Fernando Henrique de Medeiros Miranda
* Fifth official:
* Hector Andrew Lisbôa Jacques
* Video assistant referee:
* Rafael Traci
* Assistant video assistant referees:
* Éder Alexandre
| Brusque | Criciúma |
| GK | 1 | Matheus Nogueira |
| DF | 20 | Toty | | 57' |
| DF | 2 | Éverton Alemão |
| DF | 4 | Wallace (c) | 59' |
| DF | 66 | Alex Ruan |
| MF | 5 | Rodolfo Potiguar | 60' |
| MF | 88 | Rodrigo | 23' | 66' |
| MF | 8 | Jhemerson |
| FW | 99 | Everton Bala | | 80' |
| FW | 17 | Guilherme Queiróz | | 80' |
| FW | 7 | Cléo Silva |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 47 | Ruan Carneiro |
| DF | 3 | Ianson |
| DF | 6 | Airton |
| DF | 21 | Danilo Belão |
| DF | 22 | Iran |
| MF | 10 | Thiago Alagoano | | 66' |
| MF | 30 | Luiz Henrique |
| FW | 9 | Olávio | | 57' |
| FW | 11 | Lucas Poletto | | 80' |
| FW | 18 | Pedoca | 45+6' |
| FW | 19 | Luizinho |
| FW | 27 | Diego Mathias | | 80' |
| Coach: ||
| Luizinho Lopes ||
| GK | 1 | Gustavo | 87' |
| DF | 2 | Claudinho | | 73' |
| DF | 3 | Rodrigo (c) |
| DF | 4 | Walisson Maia |
| DF | 6 | Marcelo Hermes |
| MF | 8 | Arilson | 56' |
| MF | 17 | Rômulo | 77' | 73' |
| MF | 7 | Fellipe Mateus |
| MF | 10 | Marcinho | | 66' |
| FW | 11 | Fabinho | | 88' |
| FW | 23 | Éder | 59' | 66' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 12 | Alisson |
| GK | 24 | Kauã |
| DF | 13 | Rayan |
| DF | 14 | Cristovam | 83' | 73' |
| DF | 16 | Hélder Santos | | 66' |
| MF | 5 | Crystopher | | 73' |
| MF | 9 | Alexandre Tam |
| MF | 15 | Léo Costa | | 88' |
| MF | 20 | Ítalo |
| FW | 18 | João Carlos |
| FW | 19 | Lohan | | 66' |
| FW | 21 | Tiago Marques |
| Coach: ||
| Cláudio Tencati ||
* Assistant referees:
* Alex dos Santos
* Thiaggo Americano Labes
* Fourth official:
* Charly Wendy Straub Deretti
* Fifth official:
* André Eduardo da Silveira
* Video assistant referee:
* Héber Lopes
* Assistant video assistant referees:
* Helton Nunes

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Waguininho | Avaí | 5 |
| 2 | Maxwell | Chapecoense | 4 |
| 2 | Olávio | Brusque | 4 |