# 2023 Campeonato Capixaba

The 2023 Campeonato Capixaba (officially the Capixabão BANESTES 2023 for sponsorship reasons) was the 107th edition of Espírito Santo's top professional football league organized by FES. The competition started on January 19 and ended in April 22.

## Format

The format was the same as the last four editions. In the first stage, the ten participants played against each other in a single round, with the best eight advancing to the Quarter-finals. The five best placed teams in the last edition played five games as the home team (Nova Venécia, Serra, Real Noroeste, Estrela do Norte and Vitória), the others played only four games as the home team. The final stage was played in a knockout system, facedre the teams face each other in an "cruzamento olímpico" (english: Olympic crossover) with home and away games, until the finals. The teams with the best campaigns in the first stage played as the home team on the second leg of the final stage.
The champion earned the right to compete in the 2024 Copa do Brasil and the 2024 Série D. The bottom two teams in the first stage were relegated to the 2024 Série B Capixaba.

## Participating teams

| Club | Home city | Manager | 2022 result |
| Atlético Itapemirim | Itapemirim | Mádisson Souza | 1st (Série B) |
| Desportiva Ferroviária | Vitória | Antônio Carlos Roy | 8th |
| Estrela do Norte | Cachoeiro de Itapemirim | Vladimir de Jesus | 5th |
| Nova Venécia | Nova Venécia | Cássio Barros | 3rd |
| Porto Vitória | Vitória | Erich Bomfim | 2nd (Série B) |
| Real Noroeste | Águia Branca | Duzinho Reis | 1st |
| Rio Branco | Vitória | Eleomar Pereira | 6th |
| Serra | Serra | Ney Barreto | 4th |
| Vilavelhense | Vila Velha | Fellipi Marques | 7st |
| Vitória | Vitória | Rodrigo César | 2nd |

## First stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Vitória | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 8 | +12 | 19 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Porto Vitória | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 12 | +8 | 19 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Real Noroeste | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 18 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Nova Venécia | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 15 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 5 | Rio Branco | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 15 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 6 | Serra | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 15 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 7 | Desportiva Ferroviária | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 11 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 8 | Estrela do Norte | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 10 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 9 | Vilavelhense (R) | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | −4 | 8 | Relegation to 2024 Série B |
| 10 | Itapemirim (R) | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 26 | −24 | 0 | Relegation to 2024 Série B |

## Final stage
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Vitória | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Estrela do Norte | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Estrela do Norte | 1 | 2 | 3 | Vitória | 1 | 2 | 3 (7) | | | | |
| | | | | Nova Venécia (p) | 3 | 0 | 3 (8) | | | | |
| Nova Venécia | 2 | 3 | 5 | Nova Venécia (p) | 3 | 0 | 3 (8) | | | | |
| Rio Branco | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Rio Branco | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | Nova Venécia | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | Real Noroeste | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Porto Vitória | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | Real Noroeste | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Desportiva Ferroviária | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Desportiva Ferroviária | 2 | 1 | 3 | Porto Vitória | 1 | 1 | 2 (2) | | | | |
| | | | | Real Noroeste (p) | 2 | 0 | 2 (3) | | | | |
| Real Noroeste | 1 | 1 | 2 | Real Noroeste (p) | 2 | 0 | 2 (3) | | | | |
| Serra | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | |

### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Vitória | 3–3 | Estrela do Norte | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Nova Venécia | 5–2 | Rio Branco | 2–2 | 3–0 |
| Porto Vitória | 3–3 | Desportiva Ferroviária | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Real Noroeste | 2–2 | Serra | 1–2 | 1–0 |

### Semifinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Vitória | 3–3 (7–8 p) | Nova Venécia | 1–3 | 2–0 |
| Porto Vitória | 2–2 (2–3 p) | Real Noroeste | 1–2 | 1–0 |

### Finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Nova Venécia | 1–3 | Real Noroeste | 0–0 | 1–3 |