2026 Campeonato Catarinense

The 2026 Campeonato Catarinense (officially the Catarinense Fort Atacadista 2026 for sponsorship reasons) was the 101st season of Santa Catarina's top-flight football league organized by FCF. The season began on 6 January and ended on 8 March 2026. Avaí were the defending champions but they were eliminated in the quarter-finals.

Format The tournament consists of 12 teams competing in four stages. In the first stage, the teams were divided into two groups of six, with each group playing a single round-robin tournament against the teams in the other group. The top four teams in each group will advance to the final stages, while the bottom two will play in the relegation stage, which will see three teams relegated to the 2027 Série B. The final stages (quarter-finals, semi-finals and final) will be played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. Additionally, teams eliminated in the final stages will compete in the Taça ACESC 70 anos, which will determine third place.

Champions and runners-up will qualify for the 2027 Copa do Brasil and the 2027 Copa Sul-Sudeste. Third place will win the Taça ACESC – Associação dos Cronistas Esportivos de Santa Catarina – 70 anos and will also qualify for the 2027 Copa do Brasil. The two best teams not already qualified for the 2027 Série A, Série B or Série C will qualify for the 2027 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.

Participating teams ClubHome cityManager2025 resultTitles (last)AvaíFlorianópolisCauan de Almeida1st19 BarraBalneário CamboriúEduardo Souza9th0BrusqueBrusqueHigo Magalhães6th2 CamboriúCamboriúLaécio Aquino2nd (Série B)0Carlos RenauxBrusqueAndré Horta1st (Série B)2 ChapecoenseChapecóGilmar Dal Pozzo2nd7 ConcórdiaConcórdiaHenrique Barcellos10th0CriciúmaCriciúmaEduardo Baptista5th12 FigueirenseFlorianópolisMárcio Zanardi7th18 JoinvilleJoinvilleSerginho Catarinense4th12 Marcílio DiasItajaíEmerson Cris8th1 Santa CatarinaRio do SulBetinho3rd0

First stage For the group stage, the 12 teams were drawn into two groups of six teams each. Each team played on a single round-robin tournament against the six clubs from the other group. The top four teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals of the knockout stages, while the bottom two teams in each group will play in the relegation stage. 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. Fewest red cards; 5. Fewest yellow cards; 6. Draw.

Group A

Group B

Results

Final stages Starting from the quarter-finals, the teams will play a single-elimination tournament. The matches will be 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 will be used to determine the winners.

Teams eliminated in the quarter-finals will play in the Taça ACESC 70 anos play-offs, while those eliminated in the semi-finals will play in the Taça ACESC 70 anos semi-finals.

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Group C

Brusque qualified for the semi-finals.

Group D

Barra qualified for the semi-finals.

Group E

Camboriú qualified for the semi-finals.

Group F

Chapecoense qualified for the semi-finals.

Semi-finals

Group H

Chapecoense qualified for the finals.

Group I

Barra qualified for the finals.

Finals

Group O

GK1 EwertonDF2 FábioDF3 Jean Pierre (c)DF4 Éverton AlemãoDF6 Da RochaMF8 Henrique Freitas MF5 TetêMF10 Elvinho FW7 Gabriel Silva FW9 Renan Bernabé FW11 Geovany Soares Substitutes:GK12 Fabian VolpiDF13 VitãoDF14 Vavá FrançaMF15 Pablo GabrielMF16 PériclesMF18 Warley MF24 Barba FW17 Cléo Silva FW19 Saymon FW20 MarcelinhoFW21 NicolasFW23 Lucas Vargas Coach: Eduardo Souza GK12 Léo VieiraDF25 Victor Caetano DF33 Bruno Leonardo (c) DF3 Eduardo DomaDF37 Walter ClarMF27 Camilo ReijersMF99 Rafael CarvalheiraMF20 Jean Carlos FW7 Marcinho FW77 Ítalo Vargas FW18 Neto Pessoa Substitutes:GK1 Rafael SantosDF2 Marcos Vinícius DF4 João PauloDF21 Kauan Faria DF91 Bruno PachecoMF5 João Vitor MF19 DavidMF22 Higor MeritãoMF97 ÊnioFW9 Pedro Perotti FW70 Rubens FW90 MailsonCoach: Gilmar Dal Pozzo Assistant referees: Henrique Neu Ribeiro Bruno Muller Fourth official: Fernando Henrique de Medeiros Miranda Fifth official: Deise Genoefa Bellaver Video assistant referee: Rafael Traci Assistant video assistant referees: Helton Nunes Diego da Costa Cidral

GK12 Léo VieiraDF26 Everton DF25 Victor CaetanoDF3 Eduardo DomaDF37 Walter ClarMF27 Camilo Reijers MF22 Higor Meritão MF99 Rafael CarvalheiraMF10 Giovanni Augusto (c) FW77 Ítalo Vargas FW18 Neto Pessoa Substitutes:GK1 Rafael SantosDF4 João PauloDF15 Rafael ThyereDF91 Bruno PachecoMF5 João VitorMF19 DavidMF20 Jean Carlos MF97 ÊnioFW7 Marcinho FW9 Pedro Perotti FW11 Yannick Bolasie FW70 Rubens Coach: Gilmar Dal Pozzo GK1 EwertonDF2 FábioDF3 Jean Pierre (c)DF4 Éverton AlemãoDF6 Da Rocha MF8 Henrique Freitas MF5 TetêMF10 Elvinho FW7 Gabriel Silva FW9 Renan Bernabé FW11 Geovany Soares Substitutes:GK12 Fabian VolpiDF13 VitãoDF14 Vavá FrançaMF15 Pablo Gabriel MF16 Péricles MF18 WarleyMF24 BarbaFW17 Cléo Silva FW19 SaymonFW20 Marcelinho FW21 NicolasFW23 Lucas Vargas Coach: Eduardo Souza Assistant referees: Diogo Berndt Hector Andrew Lisboa Jacques Fourth official: Luiz Augusto Silveira Tisne Fifth official: Aline Risso Video assistant referee: Rodrigo D'Alonso Ferreira Assistant video assistant referees: Helton Nunes Fernando Henrique de Medeiros Miranda

Taça ACESC 70 anos The Taça ACESC 70 anos will determine third place in the tournament. The winners will qualify for the 2027 Copa do Brasil. The teams will compete in a single-elimination tournament. If tied on aggregate, the penalty shoot-out will be used to determine the winners.

The play-offs were played on a home-and-away, two-legged basis. The semi-finals were played as a single match, and the number of matches in the final will depend on whether the finalists are participating in the 2026 Copa do Brasil. The higher-seeded team will host the second leg of the two-legged fixture and the only leg of the one-legged fixture.

Play-offs

Semi-finals

Finals

Group N

Relegation stage The relegation stage was played in a round-robin format. Once this stage was complete, the three clubs with the fewest points were relegated to the 2027 Série B. Since Figueirense had the highest ranking among fifth-place clubs in the first stage, they started the relegation stage with an extra point.

Group G

Overall table

References

2026 Campeonato Catarinense

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