2016 Campeonato Catarinense

The 2016 Campeonato Catarinense is the 93rd season of Santa Catarina's top professional football league. The competition began in January and will end in May.

Campeonato Catarinense - Divisão Principal

Season	2016
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Format

First stage

• All ten teams play a round-robin playing once against each other team.
• The best team in this stage qualifies to the Final Stage.

Second stage

• All ten teams play a round-robin playing once against each other team.
• The best team in this stage qualifies to the Final Stage.

Semifinal stage

• The two teams that won the first and the second stage are joined by the two best teams in the overall standings.
• Home-and-away playoffs between the teams.

Finals

• Home-and-away playoffs between the winners of the first and second stages.
• The winner of the Finals is crowned champion.^[1]

Relegation

• The two worst teams in the overall standings are relegated to the second division of Campeonato Catarinense.

Teams

Club	Home city
Avaí	Florianópolis
Brusque	Brusque
Camboriú	Camboriú
Chapecoense	Chapecó
Criciúma	Criciúma
Figueirense	Florianópolis
Guarani	Palhoça
Inter de Lages	Lages
Joinville	Joinville
Metropolitano	Blumenau

First phase

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chapecoense	7	6	1	0	12	3	+9	19	Final stages
2	Criciúma	7	4	2	1	10	7	+3	14
3	Internacional de Lages	7	3	3	1	12	8	+4	12
4	Avaí	7	3	2	2	12	7	+5	11
5	Brusque	7	2	3	2	8	9	−1	9
6	Metropolitano	7	2	2	3	7	13	−6	8
7	Joinville	7	1	4	2	8	10	−2	7
8	Figueirense	7	1	2	4	6	10	−4	5
9	Guarani de Palhoça	7	0	4	3	6	9	−3	4
10	Camboriú	7	0	3	4	8	13	−5	3

Updated to match(es) played on 26 February 2016. Source: First Phase Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.