The Federação Cearense de Futebol (

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: Football Association of Ceará state) was founded on March 23, 1920, and it manages all the official

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

tournaments within the state of

Ceará Ceará (, pronounced locally as or ) is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic coast. It is the eighth-largest Brazilian State by population and the 17th by area. It is also one of the ...

, which are the

Campeonato Cearense The Campeonato Cearense is the football league of the state of Ceará, Brazil. Format The Campeonato Cearense has three divisions with the following division and format (as in any other Brazilian soccer championship, the format can change ever ...

and the Campeonato Cearense lower levels, and represents the clubs at the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF).

Current clubs in Brasileirão

As of 2022 season. Common team names are noted in bold.

References

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