# 2012 Campeonato Capixaba

The 2012 Campeonato Capixaba de Futebol was the 96th season of Espírito Santo's top professional football league. The competition began on January 21 and ended on May 5. Aracruz won the championship for the 1st time, while Colatina and Serra were relegated.

## Format

The tournament consists of a double round-robin format, in which all ten teams play each other twice. The four better-placed teams will face themselves in playoffs matches. The bottom two teams on overall classification will be relegated. Only the champion will qualify for the 2013 Copa do Brasil.

## Participating teams

| Club | Home city | 2011 result | Home Ground |
| Aracruz | Aracruz | 5th | Bambu |
| Colatina | Colatina | 6th | Justiniano de Melo e Silva |
| Conilon | Jaguaré | 1st (2nd division) | Estádio Conilon |
| Espírito Santo | Anchieta | 7th | Estádio Joaquim Viana Ramalheti |
| Linhares | Linhares | 3rd | Estádio Joaquim Calmon |
| Real Noroeste | Águia Branca | 2nd (2nd division) | Estádio José Olímpio da Rocha |
| Rio Branco | Vitória | 1st | Estádio Engenheiro Alencar Araripe |
| Serra | Serra | 8th | Estádio do Sernamby |
| São Mateus | São Mateus | 4th | Robertão |
| Vitória-ES | Vitória | 2nd | Salvador Costa |

## First stage
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Rio Branco-ES (A) | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 23 | +13 | 33 | Advances to the Semifinals |
| 2 | Aracruz (A) | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 20 | +8 | 33 | Advances to the Semifinals |
| 3 | Vitória-ES (A) | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 15 | +8 | 31 | Advances to the Semifinals |
| 4 | Conilon (A) | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 40 | 23 | +17 | 30 | Advances to the Semifinals |
| 5 | São Mateus | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 23 | −6 | 26 | |
| 6 | Linhares | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 19 | +8 | 24 | |
| 7 | Real Noroeste | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 23 | −2 | 22 | |
| 8 | Espírito Santo | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 26 | −11 | 18 | |
| 9 | Colatina (R) | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 27 | −6 | 17 | Relegated |
| 10 | Serra (R) | 18 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 20 | −6 | 10 | Relegated |
* ↑ Linhares was docked 6 points for using an irregular player.

### Results

| Home \ Away | ARA | COL | CON | EPS | LIN | RNT | RBC | SMA | SER | VIT |
| Aracruz | | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Colatina | 2–3 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 |
| Conilon | 1–1 | 6–3 | | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 |
| Espírito Santo | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 |
| Linhares | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 |
| Real Noroeste | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Rio Branco-ES | 3–3 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| São Mateus | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Serra | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–5 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–5 | 3–4 | | 0–3 |
| Vitória-ES | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |

## Final stage

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Rio Branco | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| 4 | Conilon | 2 | 4 | 6 | | | | | |
| 4 | Conilon | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | Conilon | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| | | | | | 2 | Aracruz | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2 | Aracruz | 1 | 1 | 2* | 2 | Aracruz | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 3 | Atlético | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |