The 2020

Campeonato Goiano The Campeonato Goiano is the football league of the state of Goiás, Brazil. Format First Division First stage *Teams are divided in two groups of six teams. *Double round-robin, in which all teams home-and-away games against the team fro ...

(officially the Campeonato Goiano de Profissionais da 1ª Divisão – Edição 2020) was the 77th edition of

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's top professional football league. The competition began on 22 January 2020 and ended on 27 February 2021. On 17 March 2020, FGF suspended the Campeonato Goiano indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic in Brazil. Some months later, on 4 August 2020, they announced that the tournament would be resumed on 13 January 2021.

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, the defending champions, defeated Goianésia on penalties in the final, capturing their 15th title.

Participating teams

Format

In the first stage, the 12 teams were drawn into two groups of six teams each. Each team played on a home-and-away

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basis against the six clubs from the other group. The teams were ranked according to points. If tied on points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Wins; 2.

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; 3. Goals scored; 4. Fewest red cards; 5. Fewest yellow cards; 6. Draw. This criteria also were used to determine the overall performance in the final stage. The top eight teams in the first stage advanced to the quarter-finals, while the bottom two teams were relegated to the Divisão de Acesso (2ª Divisão) de 2021. Originally, the final stage would be played on a home-and-away

basis, but due to the coronavirus pandemic the final stage was played on a single-legged basis with the best overall performance team hosting the match. If the score was level, a

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would be used to determine the winner. Champions qualified for the

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and 2021 Copa Verde, while runners-up and third place only qualified for the

. Top three teams not already qualified for 2021 Série A, Série B or Série C qualified for

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First stage

Final stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Group C

''Atlético Goianiense qualified for the semi-finals.''

Group D

''Aparecidense qualified for the semi-finals.''

Group E

''Jaraguá qualified for the semi-finals.''

Group F

''Goianésia qualified for the semi-finals.''

Semi-finals

Group G

''Atlético Goianiense qualified for the finals.''

Group H

''Goianésia qualified for the finals.''

Final

General table

Top goalscorers

References

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