The 2018 Campeonato Pernambucano (officially the Pernambucano da Série A1 de 2018) was the 104th edition of the state championship of Pernambuco organized by FPF. The championship began on 17 January and ended on 8 April. Sport were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Central in the semi-finals.
Náutico defeated Central 2–1 on aggregate to win their 22nd Campeonato Pernambucano title, the first one since 2004. As champions, Náutico qualified for the 2019 Copa do Brasil and 2019 Copa do Nordeste.
Central and Sport qualified for 2019 Copa do Brasil as runners-up and third placed team, respectively.
Sport declined to participate in the 2019 Copa do Nordeste. They were replaced by Santa Cruz (best second-team in the 2018 RNC). Salgueiro qualified for 2019 Pré-Copa do Nordeste via RNC.
Teams
Eleven teams were competing, ten returning from the 2017 and one promoted from the 2017 Pernambucano A2 Championship (Pesqueira). ClubCityStadiumCoordinatesCapacity Afogados Afogados da Ingazeira Valdemar Viana de Araújo 1,735 América Recife Ademir Cunha 12,000 Belo Jardim Belo Jardim José Bezerra de Mendonça 7,050 Central Caruaru Lacerdão 19,478 Arcoverde Áureo Bradley 3,000 Náutico Recife 44,300 Pesqueira Pesqueira Joaquim de Britto 1,800 Salgueiro Salgueiro Cornélio de Barros 12,070 Santa Cruz Recife Arruda 60,044 Sport Recife Ilha do Retiro 32,983 Vitória das Tabocas 44,300
Schedule The schedule of the competition was as follows.
First StageRound 1:17–19 January 2018Round 2:20–21 January 2018Round 3:24–25 January 2018Round 4:28–29 January 2018Round 5:3–4 February 2018Round 6:6–7 and 14 February 2018Round 7:17–18 February 2018Round 8:20–21 February and 1 March 2018Round 9:24–27 February 2018Round 10:4 March 2018Round 11:7 March 2018Final StagesQuarter-finals14 and 18 March 2018Semi-finals21 and 25 March 2018Third place match2 April 2018First legSecond legFinals1 April 20188 April 2018
First stage In the first stage, each team played the other 10 teams in a single round-robin tournament. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Wins; 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Head-to-head; 5. Fewest red cards; 6. Fewest yellow cards; 7. Draw in the headquarters of the FPF.
Top eight teams advanced to the quarter-finals of the final stages. The two teams with the lowest number of points were relegated to the 2019 Campeonato Pernambucano A2. Top three teams not already qualified for 2019 Série A, Série B or Série C qualified for 2019 Série D.
Standings
Results
Final stages Starting from the quarter-finals, the teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules: Quarter-finals, semi-finals and third place match were played on a single-leg basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the leg. If tied, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner. Finals were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg. If tied on aggregate, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner. Extra time was not played and away goals rule was not used in final stages.
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Matches
Semi-finals
Matches
Náutico qualified for the 2019 Copa do Brasil.
Central qualified for the 2019 Copa do Brasil.
Third place match
Sport qualified for the 2019 Copa do Brasil.
Finals
Matches
Náutico won 2–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 2019 Copa do Nordeste.
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerTeamGoals1CaxitoAmérica82Leandro CostaCentral73Thomas AndersonVitória das Tabocas64EtinhoAfogados55AnselmoSport4JaderBelo JardimMarloneSportJosé OrtigozaNáuticoPiauíSalgueiroWallace PernambucanoNáutico
2018 Campeonato Pernambucano team The 2018 Campeonato Pernambucano team was a squad consisting of the eleven most impressive players at the tournament.
Pos. Player Team GKBrunoNáutico DFThiago EnnesNáutico DFVitãoCentral DFCamachoNáutico DFCharlesCentral MFAnselmoSport MFDouglas CariocaCentral MFJúnior LemosCentral FWLeandro CostaCentral FWJosé Ortigoza Náutico FWCaxito América Head coachRoberto FernandesNáutico
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