# 2021 Campeonato Pernambucano

The 2021 Campeonato Pernambucano da Série A1 was the 107th edition of the state championship of Pernambuco organized by FPF. The championship began on 24 February and ended on 23 May. Salgueiro were the defending champions but they were eliminated in the semi-finals.
The finals were contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Náutico and Sport. Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Náutico won 5–3 on penalties, winning the tournament for the 23rd time. As champions, Náutico qualified for 2022 Copa do Brasil and 2022 Copa do Nordeste. The runners-up, Sport also qualified for 2022 Copa do Brasil and 2022 Copa do Nordeste (via RNC), while Salgueiro, the best placed team in the first stage not already qualified, gained the third berth for 2022 Copa do Brasil.

## Teams

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Ten teams were competing, eight returning from the 2020 and two promoted from the 2020 Pernambucano A2 Championship: Vera Cruz and Sete de Setembro.
| Club | City | Stadium | Coordinates | Capacity |
| Afogados | Afogados da Ingazeira | Valdemar Viana de Araújo | 7°45′31″S 37°38′02″W﻿ / ﻿7.7587°S 37.6339°W﻿ / -7.7587; -37.6339﻿ (Estádio Valdemar Viana de Araújo) | 1,735 |
| Central | Caruaru | Lacerdão | 8°16′42″S 35°58′31″W﻿ / ﻿8.2784°S 35.9752°W﻿ / -8.2784; -35.9752﻿ (Lacerdão) | 19,478 |
| Náutico | Recife | Aflitos | 8°02′26″S 34°53′56″W﻿ / ﻿8.0406°S 34.8990°W﻿ / -8.0406; -34.8990﻿ (Estádio dos Aflitos) | 22,856 |
| Retrô | Camaragibe | Arena Pernambuco (São Lourenço da Mata) | 8°02′27″S 35°00′37″W﻿ / ﻿8.0407°S 35.0104°W﻿ / -8.0407; -35.0104﻿ (Arena Pernambuco) | 44,300 |
| Salgueiro | Salgueiro | Cornélio de Barros | 8°04′34″S 39°07′18″W﻿ / ﻿8.0760°S 39.1216°W﻿ / -8.0760; -39.1216﻿ (Estádio Cornélio de Barros) | 12,070 |
| Santa Cruz | Recife | Arruda | 8°01′36″S 34°53′36″W﻿ / ﻿8.0267°S 34.8933°W﻿ / -8.0267; -34.8933﻿ (Estádio do Arruda) | 60,044 |
| Sete de Setembro | Garanhuns | Gigante do Agreste | 8°52′49″S 36°28′03″W﻿ / ﻿8.8804°S 36.4675°W﻿ / -8.8804; -36.4675﻿ (Gigante do Agreste) | 6,356 |
| Sport | Recife | Ilha do Retiro | 8°03′47″S 34°54′18″W﻿ / ﻿8.0630°S 34.9051°W﻿ / -8.0630; -34.9051﻿ (Estádio Ilha do Retiro) | 32,983 |
| Vera Cruz | Vitória de Santo Antão | Arena Pernambuco (São Lourenço da Mata) | 8°02′27″S 35°00′37″W﻿ / ﻿8.0407°S 35.0104°W﻿ / -8.0407; -35.0104﻿ (Arena Pernambuco) | 44,300 |
| Vitória das Tabocas | Vitória de Santo Antão | Arena Pernambuco (São Lourenço da Mata) | 8°02′27″S 35°00′37″W﻿ / ﻿8.0407°S 35.0104°W﻿ / -8.0407; -35.0104﻿ (Arena Pernambuco) | 44,300 |
    $^a$ In the Relegation stage, Retrô played their home match against Sete de Setembro at Arruda.
    $^b$ In the First stage, Sete de Setembro played their home matches at Lacerdão, except the match against Vera Cruz that was played at Cornélio de Barros. Only the match against Vitória das Tabocas (Relegation stage) was played at Gigante do Agreste.
    $^c$ Vera Cruz and Vitória das Tabocas played their home matches at Arena Pernambuco instead of their regular stadium Severino Cândido Carneiro, Vitória de Santo Antão. The matches Vitória das Tabocas v Vera Cruz and Vitória das Tabocas v Retrô (Relegation stage) were played at Arruda and Lacerdão, respectively.
The semi-finals and the first leg of the Final were played at Arena Pernambuco.

## Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows.
First Stage :
| Round 1: | 24 and 27–28 February | 24 and 27–28 February |
| Round 2: | 3 and 7–8 March | 3 and 7–8 March |
| Round 3: | 13–14 and 21 March and 18 April | 13–14 and 21 March and 18 April |
| Round 4: | 27–28 March and 14 and 28 April | 27–28 March and 14 and 28 April |
| Round 5: | 31 March and 4 and 7 April | 31 March and 4 and 7 April |
| Round 6: | 14, 18, 21 and 28 April | 14, 18, 21 and 28 April |
| Round 7: | 11, 18 and 21 April | 11, 18 and 21 April |
| Round 8: | 24–26 April | 24–26 April |
| Round 9: | 2 May | 2 May |
| Relegation Stage |||
| Round 1: | 5 May | 5 May |
| Round 2: | 9–10 May | 9–10 May |
| Round 3: | 17 May | 17 May |
| Final Stages |||
| Quarter-finals | 5 May | 5 May |
| Semi-finals | 9–10 May | 9–10 May |
| | First leg | Second leg |
| Finals | 16 May | 23 May |

## First stage

In the first stage, each team played the other nine teams in a single round-robin tournament. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Wins; 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Fewest red cards; 5. Fewest yellow cards; 6. Draw in the headquarters of the FPF.
Top two teams advanced to the semi-finals of the final stages, while teams from third to sixth places advanced to the quarter-finals. The four teams with the lowest number of points played a relegation stage.
The best team not qualified for the finals qualified for 2022 Copa do Brasil. Top two teams not already qualified for 2022 Série A, Série B or Série C qualified for 2022 Série D.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Náutico | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 11 | +13 | 22 | Advance to semi-finals |
| 2 | Sport | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 20 | Advance to semi-finals |
| 3 | Salgueiro | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 14 | Advance to quarter-finals and qualify for 2022 Copa do Brasil |
| 4 | Santa Cruz | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 13 | Advance to quarter-finals |
| 5 | Afogados | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 12 | Advance to quarter-finals and qualify for 2022 Série D |
| 6 | Vera Cruz | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | −4 | 11 | Advance to quarter-finals |
| 7 | Retrô | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 10 | Advance to relegation stage and qualify for 2022 Série D |
| 8 | Central | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 9 | Advance to relegation stage |
| 9 | Sete de Setembro | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 6 | Advance to relegation stage |
| 10 | Vitória das Tabocas | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 21 | −14 | 5 | Advance to relegation stage |
* 1 2 3 Salgueiro and Vera Cruz declined to participate in the Série D. They were replaced by Retrô.

### Results

| Home \ Away | AFO | CEN | NAU | RET | SAL | SAN | SET | SPO | VER | VIT |
| Afogados | | | | 1–1 | | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Central | 1–1 | | | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | | |
| Náutico | 2–2 | 5–0 | | | | 2–1 | | | 3–1 | 4–1 |
| Retrô | | | 1–4 | | | 2–3 | 3–2 | 0–1 | | |
| Salgueiro | 1–0 | | 2–3 | 1–0 | | | 2–0 | | | 1–1 |
| Santa Cruz | | | | | 0–0 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 |
| Sete de Setembro | 1–1 | | 0–1 | | | | | 0–2 | 1–1 | |
| Sport | | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 1–2 | | | | | 3–0 |
| Vera Cruz | | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | | | 1–3 | | |
| Vitória das Tabocas | | 1–3 | | 0–3 | | | 2–1 | | 2–2 | |

## Relegation stage

In the relegation stage each team played the other three teams in a single round-robin tournament. The two teams with the lowest number of points were relegated to the 2022 Campeonato Pernambucano A2. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Wins; 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Fewest red cards; 5. Fewest yellow cards; 6. Draw in the headquarters of the FPF.

### Standings and Results

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation | RET | SET | VIT | CEN |
| 1 | Retrô | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 | | | 0–1 | | 2–1 |
| 2 | Sete de Setembro | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 5 | | | | 0–0 | |
| 3 | Vitória das Tabocas (R) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 4 | Relegation to Pernambucano A2 | 0–5 | | | |
| 4 | Central (R) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 | Relegation to Pernambucano A2 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | |

## Final stages

Starting from the quarter-finals, the teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:
* Quarter-finals and semi-finals were played on a single-leg basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the leg.
** If tied, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winners.
* Finals 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.
* Extra time would not be played and away goals rule would not be used in final stages.
* Third place match was not played.

### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| | | | 2 | Sport | 1 | | | | | |
| 3 | Salgueiro | 2 | 3 | Salgueiro | 0 | | | | | |
| 6 | Vera Cruz | 1 | | | | 2 | Sport | 1 | 1 | 2 (3) |
| | | | | | | 1 | Náutico (p) | 1 | 1 | 2 (5) |
| | | | 1 | Náutico | 2 | | | | | |
| 4 | Santa Cruz (p) | 0 (5) | 4 | Santa Cruz | 1 | | | | | |
| 5 | Afogados | 0 (4) | | | | | | | | |

### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Salgueiro | 2–1 | Vera Cruz |
| Santa Cruz | 0–0 (5–4 p) | Afogados |

#### Matches
### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Náutico | 2–1 | Santa Cruz |
| Sport | 1–0 | Salgueiro |

#### Matches

Náutico qualified for the 2022 Copa do Brasil.
Sport qualified for the 2022 Copa do Brasil.

### Finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Sport | 2–2 (3–5 p) | Náutico | 1–1 | 1–1 |

#### Matches

Náutico qualified for the 2022 Copa do Nordeste.
* 2021 Campeonato Pernambucano Champions
* Náutico
* 23rd title

## Overall table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Náutico | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 14 | +14 | 27 | Champions and 2022 Copa do Brasil |
| 2 | Sport | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 6 | +13 | 25 | Runners-up and 2022 Copa do Brasil |
| 3 | Salgueiro | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 17 | 2022 Copa do Brasil |
| 4 | Santa Cruz | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 14 | |
| 5 | Afogados | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 13 | 2022 Série D |
| 6 | Vera Cruz | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | −5 | 11 | |
| 7 | Retrô | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 17 | +5 | 16 | 2022 Série D |
| 8 | Sete de Setembro | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 11 | |
| 9 | Central | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 20 | −11 | 10 | Relegation to 2022 Campeonato Pernambucano A2. |
| 10 | Vitória das Tabocas | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 26 | −17 | 9 | Relegation to 2022 Campeonato Pernambucano A2. |
* 1 2 3 Salgueiro and Vera Cruz declined to participate in the Série D. They were replaced by Retrô.

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Kieza | Náutico | 10 |
| 2 | Erick | Náutico | 5 |
| 2 | Mikael | Sport | 5 |
| 2 | Vinícius | Náutico | 5 |
| 5 | Fauver | Afogados | 4 |
| 5 | Kauê | Retrô | 4 |
| 5 | Mayco Félix | Retrô | 4 |
Source:FPF

## 2021 Campeonato Pernambucano team

The 2021 Campeonato Pernambucano team was a squad consisting of the eleven most impressive players at the tournament.
Source:Jornal do Commercio