The 2017
Campeonato Pernambucano
The Campeonato Pernambucano is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco. It is run by the Pernambuco Football Federation (FPF).
History
The first edition of the Campeonato Pernambucano was played i ...
(officially the Pernambucano A1 2017) was the 103rd edition of the state championship of
Pernambuco
Pernambuco ( , , ) is a States of Brazil, state of Brazil located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 9.5 million people as of 2024, it is the List of Brazilian states by population, ...
. The championship began on January 4 and ended on June 28. Twelve teams were competing, ten returning from the 2016 and two promoted from the 2016 Pernambucano A2 Championship (Flamengo de Arcoverde and Afogados).
Santa Cruz were the defending champions, but were eliminated by
Salgueiro
Salgueiro is a city in Pernambuco, Brazil. It is located in the mesoregion of ''Sertão Pernambucano''. Salgueiro covers an area of 1687 square kilometers and had in 2020 an estimated population of 61,249 inhabitants.
It is the see city of the ...
in the semi-finals.
Sport
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defeated Salgueiro 2–1 on aggregate to win their 41st Campeonato Pernambucano title.
Teams
The teams in bold were qualified directly for the Second stage.
;Notes
Format
*In the first stage Afogados, América, Atlético Pernambucano, Belo Jardim, Central, Flamengo de Arcoverde, Salgueiro, Serra Talhada, and Vitória das Tabocas were drawn into three groups of three teams each, with each team playing once against the six clubs from the other two groups. After each team had played six matches, the top three teams qualified for the second stage. The six teams which finished fourth to ninth proceeded to the Relegation stage.
*The Relegation stage group played a round-robin format. After the completion of the stage, the two clubs with the lowest number of points were relegated to the 2018 Campeonato Pernambucano A2.
*Santa Cruz, Sport and Náutico were qualified directly for the second stage. The second stage group played a round-robin format. After the completion of the stage, the top four teams advanced to the Semi-finals.
*Semi-finals and Finals were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis with the best placed team hosting the second leg.
Tiebreakers
The teams were ranked according to
points
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Mathematics
* Point (geometry), an entity that has a location in space or on a plane, but has no extent; more generally, an element of some abstract topologica ...
(3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria would be applied to determine the rankings:
#Higher number of wins;
#Superior
goal difference
Goal difference, goal differential or points difference is a form of tiebreaker used to rank sport teams which finish on equal points in a league competition. Either "goal difference" or "points difference" is used, depending on whether matches ar ...
;
#Higher number of goals scored;
#Head-to-head result between tied teams;
#Fewest red cards received;
#Fewest yellow cards received;
#Draw in the headquarters of the
Federação Pernambucana de Futebol.
First stage
Group A
Group B
Group C
First Stage Standings
Relegation stage
Second stage
Play-offs
In the Play-offs stages, each tie was played on a home-and-away
two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate,
away goals rule
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would not be used,
extra time
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would not be played and
penalty shoot-out
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would determine the winner. In the Third place matches and the Final, the second leg was hosted by the teams with a higher overall points.
Semi-finals
Semi-final 1
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''Salgueiro won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the Final.''
''Salgueiro qualifies to the
2018 Copa do Brasil and
2018 Copa do Nordeste.''
Semi-final 2
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''Sport won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the Final.''
''Sport qualifies to the
2018 Copa do Brasil. They declined to participate in the
2018 Copa do Nordeste. ''
Third place matches
Host team
Matches
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''Santa Cruz won 3–2 on aggregate.''
''Santa Cruz qualifies to the
2018 Copa do Brasil and
2018 Copa do Nordeste.''
''Sport were replaced by Náutico in the
2018 Copa do Nordeste.''
Final
Host team
Matches
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Top goalscorers
References
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