# 2012 Campeonato Cearense

The 2012 Campeonato Cearense de Futebol was the 98th season of the top professional football league in the state of Ceará, Brazil. The competition began on January 18 and ended on May 13. Ceará won the championship for the 41st time, while Itapipoca, Trairiense and Crateús were relegated.

## Format

Each team plays the other once in a round-robin format followed by four team playoff with home-and-away series.

### Qualifications

The two teams on the finals will qualify for the 2013 Copa do Brasil and 2013 Copa do Nordeste. The best team not playing in Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, B or C will qualify for 2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.

## Teams

| Club | Home city | 2011 result |
| Ceará | Fortaleza | 1st |
| Crateús | Crateús | 2nd (2nd division) |
| Crato | Crato | 9th |
| Ferroviário | Fortaleza | 10th |
| Fortaleza | Fortaleza | 3rd |
| Guarani de Juazeiro | Juazeiro do Norte | 2nd |
| Guarany | Sobral | 5th |
| Horizonte | Horizonte | 4th |
| Icasa | Juazeiro do Norte | 8th |
| Itapipoca | Itapipoca | 7th |
| Tiradentes | Fortaleza | 6th |
| Trairiense | Trairi | 1st (2nd division) |

## First stage
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ceará | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 52 | 17 | +35 | 54 | Advanced to the Semifinals |
| 2 | Fortaleza | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 19 | +23 | 52 | Advanced to the Semifinals |
| 3 | Horizonte | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 50 | 30 | +20 | 44 | Advanced to the Semifinals |
| 4 | Tiradentes | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 29 | +7 | 38 | Advanced to the Semifinals |
| 5 | Crato | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 26 | +2 | 34 | |
| 6 | Guarani de Juazeiro | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 29 | |
| 7 | Guarany de Sobral | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 33 | −5 | 25 | |
| 8 | Icasa | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 38 | −16 | 25 | |
| 9 | Ferroviário-CE | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 42 | −13 | 21 | |
| 10 | Trairiense | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 27 | 40 | −13 | 17 | |
| 11 | Crateús | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 36 | −6 | 13 | |
| 12 | Itapipoca | 22 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 47 | −34 | 7 | |
* ↑ Crateús was docked 13 points for using an irregular player

### Results

| Home \ Away | CEA | CTE | CTO | FER | FOR | GNI | GNY | HOR | ICA | ITA | TIR | TRA |
| Ceará | | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 |
| Crateús | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Crato | 2–4 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Ferroviário-CE | 1–2 | 3–3 | 0–1 | | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–2 |
| Fortaleza | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Guarani de Juazeiro | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–3 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 |
| Guarany de Sobral | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 2–4 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| Horizonte | 0–3 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 5–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 |
| Icasa | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Itapipoca | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Tiradentes | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | | 3–1 |
| Trairiense | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | |

## Final Stage

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Ceará | 2 | 4 | 6 | | | | | |
| 4 | Tiradentes | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| 4 | Tiradentes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Ceará | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | | | 2 | Fortaleza | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Fortaleza | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | Fortaleza | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Horizonte | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |

### Finals

Ceará won due to better campaign on First stage.

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Name | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Felipe Azevedo | Ceará | 16 |
| 2 | André Cassaco | Horizonte | 15 |
| 3 | Mota | Ceará | 14 |
| 3 | Alex Paraíba | Trairiense | 14 |
| 5 | Moré | Guarani de Juazeiro | 13 |
| 6 | Canga | Ferroviário | 9 |
| 6 | Geraldo | Fortaleza | 9 |
| 8 | Romário | Ceará | 8 |
| 8 | Elanardo | Horizonte | 8 |
| 8 | Vanger | Horizonte | 8 |
| 8 | Wanderley | Horizonte | 8 |
Source Federação Cearense de Futebol Last updated: 14 May 2012