The 81st season of the Campeonato Catarinense began on January 11, 2006, and ended on April 9, 2006.
Format
Divisão Principal
First stage Teams are divided into two groups of six teams. Double round-robin, in which all teams from one group play home-and-away games against all teams within the group.
Second stage Top 4 teams from each group of first stage are divided into two groups of four teams. Double round-robin, in which all teams from one group play home-and-away games against all teams within the group.
Third stage Home-and-away playoffs with the top 2 teams of each group.
The winner of the third stage is crowned the champion. The champion qualify to Campeonato Brasileiro Série C 2006 and qualify to Copa do Brasil 2007
The teams that do not participate in Brazilian Série A and Brazilian Série B will participate in Divisão Especial.
First stage
Group A
Final standings Team Pts G W D L GF GA GD 1 Figueirense2110631199+10 2 Juventus19106132214+8 3 Avaí16105142211+11 4 Atlético de Ibirama11102531217-5 5 Guarani1010316924-15 6 Chapecoense6101361120-9 Pts – points earned; G – games played; W - wins; D - draws; L - losses;GF – goals for; GA – goals against; GD – goal differential
Group B
Final standings Team Pts G W D L GF GA GD 1 Brusque23107212715+12 2 Marcílio Dias16105141310+3 3 Metropolitano16104421713+4 4 Joinville14104241917+2 5 Criciúma13104151915+4 6 Caxias210028934-25 Pts – points earned; G – games played; W - wins; D - draws; L - losses;GF – goals for; GA – goals against; GD – goal differential
Second stage
Group C
Final standings Team Pts G W D L GF GA GD 1 Joinville116321106+4 2 Figueirense1063121510+5 3 Marcílio Dias66132913-4 4 Avaí56123510-5 Pts – points earned; G – games played; W - wins; D - draws; L - losses;GF – goals for; GA – goals against; GD – goal differential
Group D
Final standings Team Pts G W D L GF GA GD 1 Atlético de Ibirama116321106+4 2 Juventus10631268-2 3 Metropolitano76213990 4 Brusque561231012-2 Pts – points earned; G – games played; W - wins; D - draws; L - losses;GF – goals for; GA – goals against; GD – goal differential
Third stage
Semi-finals Team 1 Result Team 2 Game 1* Game 2 Juventus 0-5 Joinville 0-1 2-2 Figueirense 5-2 Atlético de Ibirama 3-1 1-2
*The first games were played in Team 1 Stadium Italic: Teams qualify to Final
Final
champion Result runner-up Game 1* Game 2 Figueirense 4-2 Joinville 1-2 3-0
* The Game 2 was played in Florianópolis, because the Figueirense Futebol Clube had better Punctuation in the two stages (Stage 1 points + Stage 2 points).
Final standings
Final standings 1 Figueirense 2 Joinville* 3 Juventus 4 Atlético de Ibirama 5 Brusque 6 Metropolitano 7 Marcílio Dias 8 Avaí 9 Criciúma 10 Guarani 11 Chapecoense 12 Caxias
Qualify to Copa do Brasil 2007 Qualify to Campeonato Brasileiro Série C 2006
* Joinville qualify to Série C, because Figueirense already was qualify to Serie A.
Other Divisions
Divisão Especial: 12 Teams
Champion: Joinville Runner-up: Marcílio Dias - Qualify to Campeonato Brasileiro Série C 2006* 11th placed: Cidade Azul - Release to Divisão de Accesso 2006 12th placed: Lages - Release to Divisão de Accesso 2006
* Marcílio Dias qualify to Série C, because Joinville already was qualify to Serie C
Divisão de Accesso: 10 teams
Champion: Camboriuense - Qualify to Divisão Especial 2007 Runner-up: Videira - Qualify to Divisão Especial 2007
Champion Campeonato Catarinense 2006:Figueirense14th Title