The 2016

Campeonato Pernambucano The Campeonato Pernambucano de Futebol (Pernambucan Football Championship, in English) is the football championship of Pernambuco state, Brazil, and is organized by the FPF. The first edition of the Campeonato Pernambucano was played in 1915, a ...

(officially the 2016 Campeonato Pernambucano Celpe A1 for sponsorship reasons) was the 102nd edition of the state championship of

Pernambuco Pernambuco () is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 9.6 million people as of 2020, making it seventh-most populous state of Brazil and with around 98,148 km², being the 19 ...

. 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). Santa Cruz, the defending champions, won the finals against

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1–0 on aggregate.

Teams

Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to

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(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: #Higher number of wins; #Superior

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; #Head-to-head result between tied teams; #Higher number of away wins; #Fewest home losses; #Draw in the headquarters of the

Federação Pernambucana de Futebol The Federação Pernambucana de Futebol, once named ''Liga Esportiva Pernambucana'', also known by the acronym FPF, organizes and administrates the Campeonato Pernambucano, the Copa Pernambuco, the Campeonato Pernambucano Série A2 and the Camp ...

First stage

Group A

Group B

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, América and

Serra Talhada Serra Talhada is a city in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. It is located at 07º59'31" South and 38º17'54" West, at an altitude of 429 metres. As of 2020, its estimated population by IBGE was 86,915 people. Its area is approximately 2980 ...

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.

Relegation stage

Second stage

Play-offs

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

---- ''Santa Cruz won 5–2 on aggregate and advanced to the Finals.''
''Santa Cruz qualified for

2017 Copa do Brasil The 2017 Copa do Brasil (officially the Copa Continental AG, Continental Pneus do Brasil 2017 for sponsorship reasons) was the 29th edition of the Copa do Brasil football competition. It was held between February 8 and September 27, 2017. The comp ...

and

2017 Copa do Nordeste The 2017 Copa do Nordeste was the 14th edition of the main football tournament featuring teams from the Brazilian Northeast Region. The competition featured 20 clubs, with Bahia and Pernambuco having three seeds each, and Ceará, Rio Grande do Nor ...

.''

Semifinal 2

---- ''Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Sport won on penalties and advanced to the Finals.''
''Sport qualified for

and

.''

Third place matches

---- ''Náutico won 4–0 on aggregate.''
''Náutico qualified for

and

.''
''Since Santa Cruz qualified for

round of 16 as

2016 Copa do Nordeste The 2016 Copa do Nordeste was the 14th edition of the main football tournament featuring teams from the Brazilian Northeast Region. The competition featured 20 clubs, with Bahia and Pernambuco having three seeds each, and Ceará, Rio Grande do Nor ...

champions, Salgueiro also qualified for 2017 Copa do Brasil.''

Finals

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References

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Pernambucano Pernambuco () is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 9.6 million people as of 2020, making it seventh-most populous state of Brazil and with around 98,148 km², being the 19 ...