2018 Campeonato Paraense

Campeonato Paraense de Futebol
Season	2018
Champions	Remo
Relegated	Parauapebas; Cametá
Série D	Bragantino; São Raimundo
Copa Verde	Remo; Bragantino
Copa do Brasil	Remo; Paysandu (via Copa Verde); Bragantino; São Raimundo
Matches played	58
Goals scored	146 (2.52 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dedeco; (7 goals)
Biggest home win	Paysandu 4–0 Castanhal; (25 February 2018)
Biggest away win	Castanhal 2–4 Paysandu; (21 January 2018)
Highest scoring	Cametá 3–4 Castanhal; (4 March 2018)
Highest attendance	31,769; Remo 1–0 Paysandu; (8 April 2018)
Lowest attendance	91; Castanhal 4–1 Independente; (18 March 2018)
	← 2017 2019 →

The 2018 Campeonato Paraense de Futebol was the 106th edition of Pará's top professional football league. The competition started on 13 January and ended on 8 April.^[1] Remo won the championship for the 45th time.^[2]

Format edit

The competition will consist of two groups of five teams each, who will face off in round games and back against the other key times in a single turn. The top two will contest the semi-finals in their respective groups, thereby defining the two championship finalists. The losers of the semifinals will make two matches to decide the third place. Semifinal and final matches will round trip.

The worst placed of each group will be relegated to the Second Division.

The champion and the best placed team not qualified via CBF ranking qualify to the 2019 Copa Verde. The champion, the runner-up and the 3rd-placed team qualify to the 2019 Copa do Brasil. The best two teams who isn't on Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Série B or Série C qualifies to 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.

Participating teams edit

Club	Home city	2017 result
Águia de Marabá	Marabá	5th
Bragantino	Bragança	1st (on 2nd Division)
Cametá	Cametá	7th
Castanhal	Castanhal	6th
Independente	Tucuruí	3rd
Paragominas	Paragominas	8th
Parauapebas	Parauapebas	2nd (on 2nd Division)
Paysandu	Belém	1st
Remo	Belém	2nd
São Raimundo	Santarém	4th

Group stage edit

Group A1 edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Paysandu (A)	10	6	2	2	17	8	+9	20	Qualifies to the Semifinals
2	Bragantino (A)	10	6	1	3	17	15	+2	19	Qualifies to the Semifinals
3	Independente	10	3	4	3	12	14	−2	13
4	Águia de Marabá	10	3	2	5	7	14	−7	11
5	Cametá (R)	10	0	4	6	10	18	−8	4	2019 Paraense 2nd Division

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated

Group A2 edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Remo (A)	10	7	1	2	17	9	+8	22	Qualifies to the semi-finals
2	São Raimundo (A)	10	5	1	4	15	12	+3	16	Qualifies to the semi-finals
3	Castanhal	10	4	1	5	16	17	−1	13
4	Paragominas	10	2	5	3	12	12	0	11
5	Parauapebas (R)	10	1	5	4	9	13	−4	8	2019 Paraense 2nd Division