The 2017 Campeonato Brasiliense was the 42nd edition of the Campeonato Brasiliense, the main division of soccer of the Federal District, Brazil. The competition, which was organized by the Brasiliense Football Federation, was played between January 30 and May 7 by twelve teams from DF, Goiás and Minas Gerais. The championship awarded two places for the 2018 Copa do Brasil and the 2018 Copa Verde, as well as two places for the 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.
Regulation The championship was played in four stages: qualifying round, quarter finals, semifinals and final. In the first phase, the twelve teams played each other in first leg games, totaling eleven rounds. The eight teams with the most points scored in the first round advanced to the quarter-finals, while the last two teams were relegated to the second division in 2018. From then on, teams faced a knockout system until the championship game of 2017.
The champion and runner-up won places in two national championships: the 2018 Brasileirão Série D (unless one of them is already playing in Série A, Série B, or Série C, or already assured qualification to Série D) and the 2018 Copa do Brasil, and the teams in third and fourth place won places in the 2018 Copa Verde.
Tiebreaker If there was a tie in the number of points won between two or more teams in the qualifying round, the following tiebreaker criteria were applied successively: Highest number of wins Highest goal difference Highest number of goals for Lowest number of red cards Smallest number of yellow cards
In the playoffs of the knockout stages, a draw will occur after the 180 minutes of play, the match will be defined by means of penalties of maximum penalties.
Participating teams Team CityIn 2016 Stadium (I send in 2017) Capacity Titles Clube Atlético TaguatingaTaguatinga9º Serejão 0 Brasília Futebol Clube Brasília 5º Serejão27 000 8 (last in 1987) Brasiliense Futebol Clube Taguatinga 3º Abadião 4 000 8 (last in 2013) Ceilândia Esporte Clube Ceilândia 2º Abadião 4 000 2 (last in 2012) Bosque Formosa Esporte Clube Formosa (Goiás state) 10º Diogão 6 000 0 Sociedade Esportiva do Gama Gama 4º Bezerrão 20 000 11 (last in 2015) Associação Atlética Luziânia Luziânia (Goiás state) 1º Serra do Lago 21 564 2 (last in 2016) Paracatu Futebol Clube Paracatu (Minas Gerais state) 6º Frei Norberto 8 000 0 Paranoá Esporte Clube Paranoá2º (B) JK 0 Real Futebol Clube Núcleo Bandeirante 1º (B) Metropolitana 3 000 0 Sociedade Esportiva Santa Maria Santa Maria 7º Bezerrão 20 000 0 Sobradinho Esporte Clube Sobradinho8º Augustinho Lima 2 (last in 1986)
First phase Classification
Final phase
Brasiliense and Ceilândia qualify for 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.Brasiliense and Ceilândia qualify for 2018 Copa do Brasil.Brasiliense and Ceilândia qualify for 2018 Copa Verde.
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