Ceará State League 1998

Participating Clubs:

Calouros do Ar Futebol Clube (Fortaleza)
Ceará Sporting Club (Fortaleza)
Esporte Clube Limoeiro (Limoeiro do Norte)
Ferroviário Atlético Clube (Fortaleza)
Fortaleza Esporte Clube (Fortaleza)
Guarany Sporting Club (Sobral)
Icasa Esporte Clube (Juazeiro do Norte)
Quixadá Futebol Clube (Qui-adá)
Associação Esportiva Tiradentes (Fortaleza)
Uruburetama Futebol Clube (Uruburetama)

First Phase:

Qualifying Stage:

Round 1:
January 25th:
Ferroviario 1-0 Icasa
Ceara 4-0 Tiradentes
Esporte 5-1 Quixada
Guarany-S 0-0 Fortaleza

Round 2:
February 1st:
Uruburetama 2-2 Ferroviario
Icasa 1-1 Tiradentes
Calouros do Ar 2-1 Guarany-S
Fortaleza 3-2 Esporte

Round 3:
January 27th:
Uruburetama 0-3 Ceara
February 4th:
Quixada 3-1 Calouros do Ar
Guarany-S 0-2 Esporte
February 5th:
Ferroviario 2-0 Tiradentes

Round 4:
February 8th:
Icasa 4-2 Uruburetama
Ceara 2-2 Ferroviario
Esporte 2-1 Calouros do Ar
Fortaleza 3-1 Quixada

Round 5:
February 15th:
Tiradentes 0-2 Uruburetama
Ceara 2-0 Icasa
Quixada 0-1 Guarany-S
Fortaleza 1-1 Calouros do Ar

Tables:

Group A

 1.Ceará                  4  3  1  0 11- 2 10
 2.Ferroviário            4  2  2  0  7- 4 8
 3.Icasa                  4  1  1  2  5- 6  4
 4.Uruburetama            4  1  1  2  6- 9  4
 5.Tiradentes             4  0  1  3  1- 9  1

Group B:

 1.Esporte Limoeiro       4  3  0  1 11- 5  9
 2.Fortaleza              4  2  2  0  7- 4  8 
 3.Guarany(S)             4  1  1  2  2- 4  4
   Calouros do Ar         4  1  1  2  5- 7  4
 5.Quixadá                4  1  0  3  5-10  3

First 3 of each group qualify for playoffs; Guarany(S) qualified over
Calouros do Ar on toin coss.

Playoffs (best of three)

First Leg [Mar 1]
Ceara 5-0 Calouros do Ar
Fortaleza 0-3 Ferroviario
Icasa 4-0 Esporte

Second Leg [Mar 8]
Ceara 1-2 Calouros do Ar
Ferroviario 2-2 Fortaleza
Esporte 0-0 Icasa

Third Leg [Mar 15]
Ferroviario 4-0 Fortaleza
Ceara 2-0 Calouros do Ar
Esporte 2-1 Icasa

Ceará, Ferroviário and Icasa first phase finalists.


First Phase:
Triangular:

March 22nd:
Ferroviario 4-2 Icasa
Mach 25th:
Ceara 2-1 Icasa
March 29th:
Ferroviario 2-2 Ceara

 1.Ferroviário            2  1  1  0  6- 4 4
 2.Ceará                  2  1  1  0  4- 3  4
 3.Icasa                  2  0  0  2  3- 6  0

Final:

First Leg:
April 5th:
Ceara 1-0 Ferroviario

Second Leg:
April 12th:
Ferroviario 2-0 Ceara   (aet 0-0, on penalties: Ceara 7-6 Ferroviario)

Cearã winners first phase


Second Phase:

Qualifying Stage:

Round 1:
April 5th:
Icasa 1-0 Fortaleza
Uruburetama 2-1 Guarany-S
Quixada 6-4 Tiradentes

April 12th:
Quixada 3-1 Uruburetama 
April 15th:
Fortaleza 1-1 Uruburetama
Calouros do Ar 1-2 Icasa
April 17th:
Guarany-S 1-3 Icasa

April 19th:
Ceara 0-1 Quixada
Esporte 0-0 Icasa
Ferroviario 3-0 Calouros do Ar
April 21st:
Uruburetama 3-2 Calouros do Ar
Fortaleza 3-1 Tiradentes

April 26th:
Tiradentes 3-1 Esporte
Fortaleza 5-3 Ceara
April 29th:
Guarani 2-3 Ferroviario

May 1st:
Icasa 2-1 Quixada
Uruburetama 0-2 Esporte
May 3rd:
Ferroviario 3-2 Fortaleza
Esporte 0-0 Ceara

May 9th:
Tiradentes 3-1 Calouros do Ar
Ceara 6-3 Guarany-S
Quixada 3-3 Ferroviario

May 13th:
Ferroviario 3-0 Esporte
Guarany-S 2-3 Tiradentes
Ceara 5-0 Calouros do Ar

Standings:

Group A

 1.Ferroviário            5  4  1  0 15- 7 13  To Playoffs
 2.Icasa                  5  4  1  0  8- 3 13  To Playoffs
 3.Tiradentes             5  3  0  2 14-13  9  To Playoffs
 4.Ceará                  5  2  1  2 14- 9  7
 5.Uruburetama            5  2  1  2  7- 9  7

Group B:

 1.Quixadá                5  3  1  1 14-10 10  To Playoffs
 2.Fortaleza              5  2  1  2 11- 9  7  To Playoffs
 3.Esporte Limoeiro       5  1  2  2  3- 6  5  To Playoffs
 4.Calouros do Ar         5  0  0  5  4-16  0  Relegated
 5.Guarany(S)             5  0  0  5  9-17  0  Relegated

Playoffs:

Round 1:
May 17th
Fortaleza 1-1 Icasa
Tiradentes 1-1 Quixada
Esporte 1-0 Ferroviario

Round 2:
May 19th:
Quixada 1-0 Tiradentes
Icasa 1-0 Fortaleza
Ferroviario 3-1 Esporte

Round 3:
May 21st
Quixada 2-1 Tiradentes
Icasa 2-1 Fortaleza
Ferroviario 2-1 Esporte

Quixada, Icasa and Ferroviario qualified for Triangular.

Triangular

May 24th:
Ferroviario 3-0 Quixada
May 26th:
Icasa 4-0 Ferroviario
May 28th:
Icasa 1-2 Quixada

 1.Icasa                  2  1  0  1  5- 2  3  To Final
 2.Ferroviário            2  1  0  1  3- 4  3  To Final
 3.Quixadá                2  1  0  1  2- 4  3

Final:

First Leg:
May 30th:
Ferroviario 2-1 Icasa

Second Leg:
June 2nd:
Ferroviario 4-1 Icasa

Ferroviário winners second phase.


Championship Final

1st Leg:
June 4th:
Ceara 4-0 Ferroviario

2nd Leg:
June 7th:
Ferroviario 2-1 Ceara   (Ceara win extra time 1-0)

Ceará state champions of Ceará 1998.

Guarany (Sobral) was relegated to 2nd Level.

Topscorer: Rômulo (Ferroviário) with 15 goals.

1997

1999

list of champions


About this document

Prepared and maintained by Miguel Alvim Gonzalez for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation and RSSSF Brazil

Author: Miguel Alvim Gonzalez (gonzalez@arras.com.br)
Last updated: 28 Oct 1999

(C) Copyright Miguel Alvim Gonzalez, RSSSF and RSSSF Brazil 1999
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