Ceará Championship 1956

Source: "História do Campeonato Cearense de Futebol", book written by 
Nirez de Azevedo.
Turno de Classificação
12/05/56	Usina Ceará 5-3 Gentilândia
12/05/56	Calouros do Ar 4-3 América-CE
13/05/56	Ceará 5-3 Ferroviário-CE
13/05/56	Fortaleza 3-1 Nacional-CE
19/05/56	Gentilândia 2-2 Nacional-CE
19/05/56	Ceará 1-1 América-CE
20/05/56	Calouros do Ar 0-0 Ferroviário-CE
20/05/56	Fortaleza 1-0 Usina Ceará
26/05/56	Calouros do Ar 0-0 Fortaleza
26/05/56	Ferroviário-CE 3-2 Usina Ceará
27/05/56	Ceará 2-1 Gentilândia
27/05/56	América-CE 6-0 Nacional-CE
09/06/56	Usina Ceará 2-1 Ceará
09/06/56	América-CE 2-1 Fortaleza
10/06/56	Calouros do Ar 4-0 Nacional-CE
10/06/56	Ferroviário-CE 4-0 Gentilândia
16/06/56	Calouros do Ar 4-1 Ceará
16/06/56	América-CE 5-3 Ferroviário-CE
17/06/56	Gentilândia 2-0 Fortaleza
17/06/56	Usina Ceará 11-0 Nacional-CE
23/06/56	Ferroviário-CE 3-1 Nacional-CE
23/06/56	Gentilândia 3-1 Calouros do Ar
24/06/56	Ceará 2-0 Fortaleza
24/06/56	América-CE 3-3 Usina Ceará
29/06/56	Ceará 3-1 Nacional-CE
30/06/56	Calouros do Ar 2-1 Usina Ceará
01/07/56	América-CE 4-0 Gentilândia   [points awarded to Gentilândia]
01/07/56	Fortaleza 4-0 Ferroviário-CE
                          P   G   W   D   L  GF  GA  GD
 1. Calouros do Ar       10   7   4   2   1  15   8   7
 2. Ceará                 9   7   4   1   2  15  12   3
 3. América-CE            8   7   3   2   2  24  12  12
 4. Usina Ceará           7   7   3   1   3  24  13  11
 5. Fortaleza             7   7   3   1   3   9   7   2
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 6. Ferroviário-CE        7   7   3   1   3  16  17  -1   eliminated
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 7. Gentilândia           7   7   3   1   3  11  18  -7
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 8. Nacional-CE           1   7   0   1   6   5  32 -27   eliminated
Obs.: Unclear why Ferroviário was eliminated instead of Gentilândia
1º Turno
11/08/56	Fortaleza 2-0 Gentilândia
15/08/56	América-CE 1-0 Calouros do Ar
18/08/56	Ceará 1-1 Usina Ceará
19/08/56	Gentilândia 1-0 Calouros do Ar
25/08/56	América-CE 1-0 Fortaleza
26/08/56	Gentilândia 3-2 Usina Ceará
01/09/56	Calouros do Ar 1-0 Ceará
02/09/56	Fortaleza 0-0 Usina Ceará
08/09/56	Gentilândia 2-1 América-CE
09/09/56	Calouros do Ar 1-0 Fortaleza
15/09/56	Usina Ceará 3-0 América-CE
16/09/56	Gentilândia 1-0 Ceará
22/09/56	Usina Ceará 3-2 Calouros do Ar
23/09/56	Ceará 2-1 América-CE
30/09/56	Fortaleza 4-2 Ceará
                          P   G   W   D   L  GF  GA  GD
 1. Gentilândia           8   5   4   0   1   7   5   2   to Final
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 2. Usina Ceará           6   5   2   2   1   9   6   3
 3. Fortaleza             5   5   2   1   2   6   4   2
 4. Calouros do Ar        4   5   2   0   3   4   5  -1
 5. América-CE            4   5   2   0   3   4   7  -3
 6. Ceará                 3   5   1   1   3   5   8  -3
As 2º Turno was not realized, Gentilândia was declared 
state champions of 1956.

1955

1957

list of champions

list of topscorers


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