Campeonato Cearense
The Campeonato Cearense is the football (soccer) league of the state of Ceará, Brazil.
Format
The Cearense Championship has three divisions with the following division and format (as in any other Brazilian soccer championship, the format can change every year):
First Division
The ten clubs play two legs. In each leg there are three stages:
- First stage: All teams play each other one time.
- Second stage: Two-legged knockout with the top 4 teams of the first stage (1st x 4th and 2nd x 3rd).
- Third stage: Two-legged knockout with the second stage winners.
The winners of the third stage are leg champions.
The two leg champions decide the state championship final in two games. If a team wins the two legs is a state champion with no championship final necessary.
The two teams last placed in all championship are relegated.
Second Division
The ten clubs play three stages.
- First stage: All teams play each other home-and-away game.
- Second stage: The top six teams of the first stage play each other home-and-away game.
- Third stage: The top two of second stage play the Second Division Final and are promoted to first division.
The two teams last placed in all championship are relegated.
Third Division
The sixteen clubs play two stages.
- First stage: All teams are divided in 4 groups of 4 teams each. Each team play home-and-away game in its group. The top two of each group are classified to second stage.
- Second stage: The eight clubs are divided in 2 groups of 4 teams each. Each team play home-and-away game in its group. The top two of each group are classified to third stage.
- Third stage: Top four clubs play home-and-away game and the two first are promoted to second division.
Clubs
First Division 2010
Second Division 2010
- Aracati Esporte Clube
- Associação Desportiva Arsenal
- Caucaia Esporte Clube
- Associação Desportiva Recreativa Cultural Icasa
- Maracanã Esporte Clube
- Associação Nova Russas Futebol Clube
- Associação Desportiva São Benedito
- Associação Desportiva Tauá (banned from the competition)
- Associação Esportiva Tiradentes
- Associação Trairiense de Futebol
- Uniclinic Atlético Clube
Third Division 2010
- Aliança Atlética Futebol Clube
- Alto Santo Esporte Clube
- América Football Club
- Barbalha Futebol Clube
- Associação Esportiva Baturité
- Calouros do Ar Futebol Clube
- Crateús Esporte Clube
- Eusébio Esporte Clube
- Ipu Futebol Clube
- Itapajé Futebol Clube
- Jardim Sport Clube
- Sport Club Maguary
- União Desportiva Messejana
- Centro Esportivo Morada Nova
- Clube Atlético Pacajuense
- Palmácia Esporte Clube
- Paracuru Atlético Clube
- Santana Esporte Clube
- Sociedade Esportiva e Cultural Terra e Mar Clube
- Tianguá Esporte Clube
- Uruburetama Futebol Clube
- Verdes Mares Futebol clube
List of champions
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Titles by team
i. ^ Defunct clubs
References
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