Campeonato Cearense
| Country | Brazil |
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| Confederation | CBF Federação Cearense de Futebol |
| Founded | 1915 |
| Number of teams | 12 |
| Domestic cup(s) | Copa do Brasil |
| Current champions | Fortaleza (2015) |
| Most championships | Ceará (43 titles) |
| Website | www.futebolcearense.com.br |
 2015 Campeonato Cearense |
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The Campeonato Cearense is the football (soccer) league of the state of Ceará, Brazil.
Format
The Campeonato Cearense has three divisions with the following division and format (as in any other Brazilian soccer championship, the format can change every year):
First Division
The ten clubs play two legs. In each leg there are three stages:
- First stage: All teams play each other one time.
- Second stage: Two-legged knockout with the top 4 teams of the first stage (1st x 4th and 2nd x 3rd).
- Third stage: Two-legged knockout with the second stage winners.
The winners of the third stage are leg champions.
The two leg champions decide the state championship final in two games. If a team wins the two legs is a state champion with no championship final necessary.
The two teams last placed in all championship are relegated.
Second Division
The ten clubs play three stages.
- First stage: All teams play each other home-and-away game.
- Second stage: The top six teams of the first stage play each other home-and-away game.
- Third stage: The top two of second stage play the Second Division Final and are promoted to first division.
The two teams last placed in all championship are relegated.
Third Division
The sixteen clubs play two stages.
- First stage: All teams are divided in 4 groups of 4 teams each. Each team play home-and-away game in its group. The top two of each group are classified to second stage.
- Second stage: The eight clubs are divided in 2 groups of 4 teams each. Each team play home-and-away game in its group. The top two of each group are classified to third stage.
- Third stage: Top four clubs play home-and-away game and the two first are promoted to second division.
List of champions
- 1915 Ceará
- 1916 Ceará
- 1917 Ceará
- 1918 Ceará
- 1919 Ceará
- 1920 Fortaleza
- 1921 Fortaleza
- 1922 Ceará
- 1923 Fortaleza
- 1924 Fortaleza
- 1925 Ceará
- 1926 Fortaleza
- 1927 Fortaleza
- 1928 Fortaleza
- 1929 Maguari
- 1930 Orion
- 1931 Ceará
- 1932 Ceará
- 1933 Fortaleza
- 1934 Fortaleza
- 1935 América (CE)
- 1936 Maguari
- 1937 Fortaleza
- 1938 Fortaleza
- 1939 Ceará
- 1940 Tramways
- 1941 Ceará
- 1942 Ceará
- 1943 Maguari
- 1944 Maguari
- 1945 Ferroviário
- 1946 Fortaleza
- 1947 Fortaleza
- 1948 Ceará
- 1949 Fortaleza
- 1950 Ferroviário
- 1951 Ceará
- 1952 Ferroviário
- 1953 Fortaleza
- 1954 Fortaleza
- 1955 Calouros do Ar
- 1956 Gentilândia
- 1957 Ceará
- 1958 Ceará
- 1959 Fortaleza
- 1960 Fortaleza
- 1961 Ceará
- 1962 Ceará
- 1963 Ceará
- 1964 Fortaleza
- 1965 Fortaleza
- 1966 América (CE)
- 1967 Fortaleza
- 1968 Ferroviário
- 1969 Fortaleza
- 1970 Ferroviário
- 1971 Ceará
- 1972 Ceará
- 1973 Fortaleza
- 1974 Fortaleza
- 1975 Ceará
- 1976 Ceará
- 1977 Ceará
- 1978 Ceará
- 1979 Ferroviário
- 1980 Ceará
- 1981 Ceará
- 1982 Fortaleza
- 1983 Fortaleza
- 1984 Ceará
- 1985 Fortaleza
- 1986 Ceará
- 1987 Fortaleza
- 1988 Ferroviário
- 1989 Ceará
- 1990 Ceará
- 1991 Fortaleza
- 1992 Fortaleza, Ceará, Tiradentes and Icasa EC
- 1993 Ceará
- 1994 Ferroviário
- 1995 Ferroviário
- 1996 Ceará
- 1997 Ceará
- 1998 Ceará
- 1999 Ceará
- 2000 Fortaleza
- 2001 Fortaleza
- 2002 Ceará (under legal dispute with Fortaleza)
- 2003 Fortaleza
- 2004 Fortaleza
- 2005 Fortaleza
- 2006 Ceará
- 2007 Fortaleza
- 2008 Fortaleza
- 2009 Fortaleza
- 2010 Fortaleza
- 2011 Ceará
- 2012 Ceará
- 2013 Ceará
- 2014 Ceará
- 2015 Fortaleza
Titles by team
- Ceará [one shared / one under legal dispute] 43 times
- Fortaleza [one shared] 40 times
- Ferroviário 9 times
- Maguari[d] 4 times
- América (CE) 2 times
- Calouros do Ar, Gentilândia[d], Orion[d], Tramways[d], Icasa EC[d] [shared] and Tiradentes [shared] 1 time
i. ^ Defunct clubs
