2016 Campeonato Pernambucano

The 2016 Campeonato Pernambucano (officially the 2016 Campeonato Pernambucano Celpe A1 for sponsorship reasons)[2] was the 102nd edition of the state championship of Pernambuco. The championship began on January 10 and ended on May 8. Twelve teams were competing, ten returning from the 2015 and two promoted from the 2015 Pernambucano U-23 Championship (Belo Jardim and Vitória das Tabocas).[3] Santa Cruz, the defending champions, won the finals against Sport 1–0 on aggregate.[4]

Campeonato Pernambucano
Season2016
ChampionsSanta Cruz (29th title)
RelegatedPesqueira
Porto
2017 Copa do BrasilSanta Cruz (via Copa do Nordeste)
Náutico
Salgueiro
Sport
2017 Copa do NordesteNáutico
Santa Cruz
Sport
2016 Série DAmérica
Central
Serra Talhada
2017 Série D[1]América
Atlético Pernambucano
Central
Matches played92
Goals scored187 (2.03 per match)
Top goalscorerRonaldo Alves (6 goals)
2015
2017

Teams edit

Club City Stadium Capacity
América Recife Ademir Cunha (Paulista) 12,000
Atlético Pernambucano Carpina Paulo Petribú 3,500
Belo Jardim Belo Jardim José Bezerra de Mendonça 7,050
Central Caruaru Lacerdão 19,478
Náutico Recife Arena Pernambuco (São Lourenço da Mata) 44,300
Pesqueira Pesqueira Joaquim de Britto 1,800
Porto Caruaru Antônio Inácio de Souza 6,000
Salgueiro Salgueiro Cornélio de Barros 12,070
Santa Cruz Recife Estádio do Arruda 60,044
Serra Talhada Serra Talhada Nildo Pereira de Menezes 5,000
Sport Recife Estádio Ilha do Retiro 32,983
Vitória das Tabocas Vitória de Santo Antão Severino Cândido Carneiro 10,911

Tiebreakers edit

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:

  1. Higher number of wins;
  2. Superior goal difference;
  3. Head-to-head result between tied teams;
  4. Higher number of away wins;
  5. Fewest home losses;
  6. Draw in the headquarters of the Federação Pernambucana de Futebol.

First stage edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Central 6 4 1 1 8 3 +5 13 Second stage, 2016 Série D and 2017 Série D
2 Atlético Pernambucano 6 2 3 1 4 3 +1 9 2017 Série D
3 Porto 6 2 2 2 5 6 −1 8 Relegation stage
4 Belo Jardim 6 0 2 4 3 8 −5 2
Source: Standings

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 América 6 3 3 0 8 5 +3 12 Second stage, 2016 Série D and 2017 Série D
2 Serra Talhada 6 2 3 1 6 5 +1 9 Relegation stage, 2016 Série D
3 Vitória das Tabocas 6 1 2 3 6 7 −1 5 Relegation stage
4 Pesqueira 6 1 2 3 4 7 −3 5
Source: Standings

Central, América and Serra Talhada qualified for 2016 Série D and 2017 Série D. Serra Talhada played the 2016 Série D but they declined to participate in the 2017 Série D. Their berth was used by Group A runners-up Atlético Pernambucano.[5]

Relegation stage edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Atlético Pernambucano 10 6 2 2 15 10 +5 20
2 Serra Talhada 10 4 3 3 13 11 +2 15
3 Belo Jardim 10 3 3 4 10 9 +1 12
4 Vitória das Tabocas 10 2 6 2 11 13 −2 12
5 Porto 10 2 5 3 6 8 −2 11 Relegation to Pernambucano A2
6 Pesqueira 10 1 5 4 7 11 −4 8
Source: Standings

Second stage edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Náutico 10 7 2 1 18 4 +14 23 Play-offs
2 Salgueiro 10 6 2 2 13 5 +8 20
3 Sport 10 5 2 3 16 7 +9 17
4 Santa Cruz 10 2 5 3 9 12 −3 11
5 América 10 2 1 7 7 23 −16 7
6 Central 10 1 2 7 4 16 −12 5
Source: Standings

Play-offs edit

Semifinals Final
          
4 Santa Cruz 3 2 5
1 Náutico 1 1 2
4 Santa Cruz 1 0 1
3 Sport 0 0 0
3 Sport (p) 1 0 1 (5)
2 Salgueiro 0 1 1 (4) Third and Fourth
2 Salgueiro 0 0 0
1 Náutico 1 3 4

Semifinals edit

Semifinal 1 edit

Santa Cruz3–1Náutico
Arthur   9', 52'
Tiago Costa   69'
Report Joazi   87'
Attendance: 39,999
Referee: Sebastião Rufino Ribeiro Filho

Náutico1–2Santa Cruz
Ronaldo Alves   33' Report Grafite   51'
Lelê   90+2'
Attendance: 15,596
Referee: Emerson Luiz Sobral

Santa Cruz won 5–2 on aggregate and advanced to the Finals.
Santa Cruz qualified for 2017 Copa do Brasil and 2017 Copa do Nordeste.

Semifinal 2 edit

Sport1–0Salgueiro
Vinícius Araújo   13' Report
Attendance: 16,699
Referee: Tiago Nascimento dos Santos

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Sport won on penalties and advanced to the Finals.
Sport qualified for 2017 Copa do Brasil and 2017 Copa do Nordeste.

Third place matches edit

Salgueiro0–1Náutico
Report Rony   49'
Attendance: 2,442
Referee: Gleydson Ferreira Leite

Náutico3–0Salgueiro
Rafael Coelho   14'
Rony   53'
Jefferson Nem   81'
Report
Attendance: 1,827
Referee: Gilberto Rodrigues Castro Júnior

Náutico won 4–0 on aggregate.
Náutico qualified for 2017 Copa do Brasil and 2017 Copa do Nordeste.
Since Santa Cruz qualified for 2017 Copa do Brasil round of 16 as 2016 Copa do Nordeste champions, Salgueiro also qualified for 2017 Copa do Brasil.

Finals edit

Santa Cruz1–0Sport
Lelê   31' Report
Attendance: 30,163
Referee: Emerson Luiz Sobral

Sport0–0Santa Cruz
Report
Attendance: 27,493
Referee: Sebastião Rufino Ribeiro Filho
2016 Campeonato Pernambucano
Champions
 
Santa Cruz
29th title

References edit

  1. ^ "CBF inova e restam apenas 10 vagas para a Série D de 2017". Futebol Interior (in Portuguese). September 6, 2016.
  2. ^ "FPF anuncia Celpe como novo patrocinador do Pernambucano 2016". Vavel (in Portuguese). February 18, 2016.
  3. ^ "REGULAMENTO ESPECÍFICO DA COMPETIÇÃO - REC" (PDF). FPF (in Portuguese). December 17, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 8, 2016. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
  4. ^ "Santa Cruz segura o Sport e conquista bicampeonato pernambucano". Globo (in Portuguese). May 8, 2016.
  5. ^ "Serra Talhada desiste da Série D do Brasileiro; Atlético-PE herda vaga". Globo (in Portuguese). May 4, 2017.