The 2023
Campeonato Catarinense
The Campeonato Catarinense de Futebol, known as Campeonato Catarinense or simply Catarinense, is the main competition of association football from state of Santa Catarina, in Brazil.
History
The Campeonato Catarinense top level has had several ...
(officially the Catarinense Fort Atacadista 2023 for sponsorship reasons) is the 98th season of
Santa Catarina's top-flight football league organized by
FCF. The season began on 14 January and ended on 8 April 2023.
The finals were played between
Criciúma
Criciúma is a city in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. At , it is located 180 km south of Florianópolis, the state capital and around 900 km south of São Paulo. The city is the center of Brazil's flooring and home materials in ...
and the defending champions
Brusque. Criciúma won 2–0 on aggregate and clinched their 11th title.
Format
The tournament was contested between 12 teams, who first played in a single round-robin tournament. In the first stage, the bottom two teams were relegated to the 2024 Série B. The final stage was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. Champions and runners-up qualified for the
2024 Copa do Brasil, while three teams qualified for the
2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.
Participating teams
First stage
Table and Results
Final stage
Starting from the quarter-finals, the teams played a
single-elimination tournament
A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final matc ...
. The matches were played on a home-and-away
two-legged
In sports (particularly association football), a two-legged tie is a contest between two teams which comprises two matches or "legs", with each team as the home team in one leg. The winning team is usually determined by aggregate score, the sum o ...
basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg. If tied on aggregate, the
penalty shoot-out
The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pen ...
would be used to determine the winners.
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Group A
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''Hercílio Luz qualified for the semi-finals.''
Group B
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''Barra qualified for the semi-finals.''
Group C
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''Brusque qualified for the semi-finals.''
Group D
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''Criciúma qualified for the semi-finals.''
Semi-finals
Group E
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''Criciúma qualified for the finals.''
Group F
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''Brusque qualified for the finals.''
Finals
Group G
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Top goalscorers
References
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Campeonato Catarinense seasons
Catarinense
2023 in Brazilian football