2022 Campeonato Pernambucano

The 2022 Campeonato Pernambucano (officially the Pernambucano Betsson 2022 for sponsorship reasons)^[1] was the 108th edition of the state championship of Pernambuco organized by FPF. The championship began on 22 January and ended on 30 April 2022.

Campeonato Pernambucano

Season	2022
Dates	22 January – 30 April
Champions	Náutico (24th title)
Relegated	Sete de Setembro Vera Cruz
2023 Copa do Brasil	Náutico Retrô Santa Cruz Sport (via Copa do Nordeste)
2023 Copa do Nordeste	Náutico Sport (via RNC)
2023 Copa do Nordeste qualification	Retrô Santa Cruz (via RNC)
2023 Série D	Retrô Santa Cruz
Matches played	57
Goals scored	167 (2.93 per match)
Top goalscorer	Renato Henrique (7 goals)
Total attendance	74,069 (1,299 per match)
← 2021 2023 →

In the first stage, Sete de Setembro had three points deducted for fielding the ineligible player Bililiu in the match Sete de Setembro v Náutico played on 1 February 2022 (2nd round).^[2]

The finals were contested in two-legged home-and-away format between the defending champions Náutico and Retrô. Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Náutico won 4–2 on penalties, winning the tournament for the 24th time.^[3] As champions, Náutico qualified for 2023 Copa do Brasil and 2023 Copa do Nordeste. The runners-up, Retrô qualified for 2023 Copa do Brasil and 2023 Copa do Nordeste qualification, while Santa Cruz, the best placed team in the first stage not already qualified, gained the third berth for 2023 Copa do Brasil.

Teams

Ten teams were competing, eight returning from the 2021 and two promoted from the 2021 Pernambucano A2 Championship: Caruaru City and Íbis.^[4]

Club	City	Manager	Stadium	Coordinates	Capacity[5]
Afogados	Afogados da Ingazeira	Sérgio China	Valdemar Viana de Araújo	7.7587°S 37.6339°W / -7.7587; -37.6339 (Estádio Valdemar Viana de Araújo)	1,735
Caruaru City	Caruaru	Thyago Marcolino	Antônio Inácio de Souza[a]	8.2905°S 35.9807°W / -8.2905; -35.9807 (Estádio Antônio Inácio de Souza)	6,000
Íbis	Paulista	Paulo Lima	Arena Pernambuco (São Lourenço da Mata)[b]	8.0407°S 35.0104°W / -8.0407; -35.0104 (Arena Pernambuco)	44,300
Náutico	Recife	Roberto Fernandes	Aflitos	8.0406°S 34.8990°W / -8.0406; -34.8990 (Estádio dos Aflitos)	22,856
Retrô	Camaragibe	Dico Woolley	Arena Pernambuco (São Lourenço da Mata)	8.0407°S 35.0104°W / -8.0407; -35.0104 (Arena Pernambuco)	44,300
Salgueiro	Salgueiro	Sílvio Criciúma	Cornélio de Barros	8.0760°S 39.1216°W / -8.0760; -39.1216 (Estádio Cornélio de Barros)	12,070
Santa Cruz	Recife	Leston Júnior	Arruda[c]	8.0267°S 34.8933°W / -8.0267; -34.8933 (Estádio do Arruda)	60,044
Sete de Setembro	Garanhuns	Roberto Neves	Lacerdão (Caruaru)[d]	8.2786°S 35.9730°W / -8.2786; -35.9730 (Lacerdão)	6,356
Sport	Recife	Gilmar Dal Pozzo	Ilha do Retiro	8.0630°S 34.9051°W / -8.0630; -34.9051 (Estádio Ilha do Retiro)	32,983
Vera Cruz	Vitória de Santo Antão	Doriva	Arena Pernambuco (São Lourenço da Mata)[e]	8.0407°S 35.0104°W / -8.0407; -35.0104 (Arena Pernambuco)	44,300

^a Caruaru City played their home match against Vera Cruz at Lacerdão.

^b Íbis played their home matches at Arena Pernambuco instead of their regular stadium Ademir Cunha, Paulista. In the First stage, they played their home matches against Salgueiro at Aflitos, against Afogados at Arruda and against Sete de Setembro at Ilha do Retiro.

^c Santa Cruz played their home match against Íbis at Arena Pernambuco.

^d Sete de Setembro played their home matches at Lacerdão instead of their regular stadium Gigante do Agreste, Garanhuns. They played their home matches against Náutico at Arena Pernambuco and against Santa Cruz at Valdemar Viana de Araújo.

^e Vera Cruz played their home matches at Arena Pernambuco instead of their regular stadium Severino Cândido Carneiro, Vitória de Santo Antão. In the First stage, they played their home matches against Náutico at Antônio Inácio de Souza and against Íbis and Salgueiro at Lacerdão. In the Relegation stage, they played their home match against Sete de Setembro at Ilha do Retiro.

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows.^[6]

First Stage
Round 1:	22–26 January and 3 February
Round 2:	29 January–2 February
Round 3:	5–9 and 23 February
Round 4:	9–10 and 16–17 February
Round 5:	16–17, 22 and 26 February and 12 March
Round 6:	20 and 27 February and 5–8 March
Round 7:	19 February and 2–3 March
Round 8:	12–13 February and 9–12 March
Round 9:	16 March
Relegation Stage
Round 1:	20 March
Round 2:	23 March
Round 3:	27 March
Final Stages
Quarter-finals	19 March and 6 April
Semi-finals	2 and 13 April
	First leg	Second leg
Finals	21 April	30 April

First stage

In the first stage, each team played the other nine teams in a single round-robin tournament. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Wins; 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Fewest red cards; 5. Fewest yellow cards; 6. Draw in the headquarters of the FPF.^[7]

Top two teams advanced to the semi-finals of the final stages, while teams from third to sixth places advanced to the quarter-finals. The four teams with the lowest number of points played a relegation stage.^[8]

The best team not qualified for the finals qualified for 2023 Copa do Brasil. Top two teams not already qualified for 2023 Série A, Série B or Série C qualified for 2023 Série D.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Retrô	9	7	1	1	21	7	+14	22	Advance to semi-finals and qualify for 2023 Série D
2	Náutico	9	5	2	2	15	8	+7	17	Advance to semi-finals
3	Santa Cruz	9	5	2	2	19	14	+5	17	Advance to quarter-finals and qualify for 2023 Copa do Brasil and 2023 Série D
4	Sport	9	4	4	1	22	9	+13	16	Advance to quarter-finals
5	Salgueiro	9	4	3	2	16	11	+5	15
6	Caruaru City	9	3	3	3	14	12	+2	12
7	Afogados	9	2	4	3	13	18	−5	10	Advance to relegation stage
8	Vera Cruz	9	1	3	5	14	18	−4	6
9	Íbis	9	1	2	6	4	16	−12	5
10	Sete de Setembro[lower-alpha 1]	9	1	0	8	4	29	−25	0

Source: FPF
Notes:

1. Sete de Setembro were deducted three points.

Results

Home \ Away	AFO	CAR	IBI	NAU	RET	SAL	SAN	SET	SPO	VER
Afogados		2–1		2–2		1–2		2–1		2–2
Caruaru City			1–0		2–1		1–2			3–3
Íbis	1–1					2–1		0–1	0–4
Náutico		1–0	3–0		1–2	1–0			1–2
Retrô	3–0		1–0					4–0	2–1
Salgueiro		2–2			2–2		2–1	4–0	1–1
Santa Cruz	5–2		3–0	1–1	0–4					2–1
Sete de Setembro		0–3		0–3			1–3			1–3
Sport	1–1	1–1					2–2	7–0		3–1
Vera Cruz			1–1	1–2	1–2	1–2

Source: FPF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation stage

In the relegation stage, each team played the other three teams in a single round-robin tournament. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Wins; 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Fewest red cards; 5. Fewest yellow cards; 6. Draw in the headquarters of the FPF.^[7]

Originally the two teams with the lowest number of points would be relegated to the 2023 Série A2 but the FPF allowed the relegated teams to participate in the 2022 Série A2.^[9]

Standings and Results

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation		AFO	IBI	SET	VER
1	Afogados	3	1	2	0	5	2	+3	5				1–1		3–0
2	Íbis	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5					0–0
3	Sete de Setembro (R)	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3	Relegation to Série A2		1–1
4	Vera Cruz (R)	3	0	1	2	3	8	−5	1				1–3	2–2

Source: FPF
(R) Relegated

Final stages

Starting from the quarter-finals, the teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:^[7]

• Quarter-finals and semi-finals were played on a single-leg basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the leg.
  • If tied, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winners.
• Finals were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg.
  • If tied on aggregate, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winners.
• Extra time would not be played and away goals rule would not be used in final stages.
• Third place match was not played.

Bracket

	Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Finals
						2	Náutico (p)	0 (4)
	3	Santa Cruz	3			3	Santa Cruz	0 (3)
	6	Caruaru City	0								2	Náutico (p)	0	1	1 (4)
											1	Retrô	1	0	1 (2)
						1	Retrô	1
	4	Sport	2 (2)			5	Salgueiro	0
	5	Salgueiro (p)	2 (4)

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Santa Cruz	3–0	Caruaru City
Sport	2–2 (2–4 p)	Salgueiro

Matches

Santa Cruz	3–0	Caruaru City
Rafael Furtado 50' Esquerdinha 72', 90'	Report

19 March 2022

16:30

Estádio do Arruda, Recife

Attendance: 3,591

Referee: Gilberto Rodrigues Castro Júnior

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Sport	2–2	Salgueiro
Janelson 73' (o.g.) Pedro Naressi 78'	Report	Patrick Nonato 57' Kady 86'
Penalties
Ronaldo Sabino Sander Luciano Juba	2–4	Robinho Kady Danielzinho Wescley Lucas Franco

6 April 2022

20:00

Estádio Ilha do Retiro, Recife

Attendance: 9,081

Referee: Diego Fernando Silva de Lima

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Retrô	1–0	Salgueiro
Náutico	0–0 (4–3 p)	Santa Cruz

Matches

Retrô	1–0	Salgueiro
Renato Henrique 35' (pen.)	Report

13 April 2022

21:30

Arena Pernambuco, São Lourenço da Mata

Attendance: 2,823

Referee: Rodrigo José Pereira de Lima

Retrô qualified for the 2023 Copa do Brasil.

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Náutico	0–0	Santa Cruz
	Report
Penalties
Jean Carlos Hereda Pedro Vitor Amarildo Júnior Tavares	4–3	Esquerdinha Alex Alves Rodrigo Yuri Marcos Martins Edson Ratinho

2 April 2022

16:30

Estádio dos Aflitos, Recife

Attendance: 10,006

Referee: Deborah Cecília Cruz Correia

Náutico qualified for the 2023 Copa do Brasil.

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Náutico	1–1 (4–2 p)	Retrô	0–1	1–0

Matches

Náutico	0–1	Retrô
	Report	Guilherme Paraíba 69'

21 April 2022

16:30

Estádio dos Aflitos, Recife

Attendance: 14,497

Referee: Diego Fernando Silva de Lima

Náutico

Retrô

GK 1 Lucas Perri DF 2 Hereda DF 3 Carlão DF 4 Camutanga DF 6 Júnior Tavares  51' MF 5 Djavan  69' MF 8 Rhaldney  4' MF 10 Jean Carlos  70' MF 20 Ewandro  46' FW 16 Robinho  72' FW 9 Kieza (c)  75' Substitutes: GK 12 Bruno Diniz GK 26 Renan DF 13 Thassio DF 15 Luan DF 21 Índio MF 11 Juninho Carpina MF 14 Ralph MF 18 Richard Franco FW 7 Léo Passos  69' FW 17 Leandro Carvalho  46' FW 19 Amarildo FW 22 Pedro Vitor  72' Coach: Roberto Fernandes

GK 1 Jean  77' DF 2 Pedro Costa  31' DF 4 Guilherme Paraíba DF 3 Renan Dutra DF 6 Mayk MF 5 Charles (c) MF 7 Yuri Bigode  58'  73' MF 8 Gelson  66' MF 9 João Guilherme  19'  33' FW 10 Renato Henrique  75'  74' FW 11 Gustavo Ermel  65' Substitutes: GK 22 Erivelton DF 13 Augusto Potiguar DF 14 Tallyssom  74' DF 16 Guilherme Santos  65' DF 18 Lucas Silva  73' MF 15 Alencar  66' MF 17 Kauê MF 19 Otávio MF 23 Erivélton Araújo FW 20 Radsley  33' FW 21 Rodrigo Fumaça FW 25 Jhon Coach: Dico Woolley  87'

Assistant referees: Ricardo Bezerra Chianca Marcelino Castro de Nazaré Fourth official: Anderson Luís Marques Fifth official: Dhiego Cavalcanti Pereira Video assistant referee: Tiago Nascimento dos Santos Assistant video assistant referees: José Daniel Torres de Araújo

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Retrô	0–1	Náutico
	Report	Pedro Vitor 45+6' (pen.)
Penalties
Charles Pedro Costa Augusto Potiguar Guilherme Paraíba	2–4	Hereda Franco Camutanga Ewandro Júnior Tavares

30 April 2022

16:40

Arena Pernambuco, São Lourenço da Mata

Attendance: 18,613

Referee: Deborah Cecília Cruz Correia

Retrô

Náutico

GK 1 Jean DF 2 Pedro Costa DF 4 Guilherme Paraíba DF 3 Renan Dutra DF 6 Mayk  90' MF 5 Charles (c)  7' MF 7 Yuri Bigode  56' MF 8 Gelson  60'  75' FW 9 Radsley  29'  75' FW 10 Renato Henrique FW 11 Gustavo Ermel  56' Substitutes: GK 22 Erivelton DF 13 Augusto Potiguar  90' DF 14 Tallyssom DF 15 Lucas Silva DF 16 Guilherme Santos  56' MF 17 Alencar  75' MF 18 Kauê MF 20 Otávio MF 21 João Guilherme  56' MF 23 Erivélton Araújo FW 19 Rodrigo Fumaça  75' FW 25 Jhon Coach: Dico Woolley  44'

GK 1 Lucas Perri DF 2 Hereda DF 3 Carlão DF 4 Camutanga (c) DF 6 Júnior Tavares MF 14 Ralph  42'  62' MF 8 Rhaldney  45+8'  73' MF 17 Eduardo Teixeira  62' FW 10 Jean Carlos  22' FW 19 Léo Passos  39'  62' FW 20 Pedro Vitor  11'  70' Substitutes: GK 12 Bruno Diniz DF 13 Thassio  45+8' DF 15 Bryan DF 21 Wellington MF 5 Djavan  62' MF 18 Richard Franco  73' MF 23 Juninho Carpina FW 7 Ewandro  62' FW 9 Kieza FW 11 Leandro Carvalho  62' FW 16 Robinho  70' FW 22 Amarildo Coach: Roberto Fernandes

Assistant referees: Clóvis Amaral da Silva Bruno César Chaves Vieira Fourth official: Rodrigo José Pereira de Lima Fifth official: Karla Renata Cavalcanti de Santana Video assistant referee: José Woshington da Silva Assistant video assistant referees: Francisco Chaves Bezerra Júnior

Náutico qualified for the 2023 Copa do Nordeste.

2022 Campeonato Pernambucano Champions
Náutico 24th title

Overall table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Náutico	12	6	3	3	16	9	+7	21	Champions and 2023 Copa do Brasil
2	Retrô	12	9	1	2	23	8	+15	28	Runners-up, 2023 Copa do Brasil and 2023 Série D
3	Santa Cruz	11	6	3	2	22	14	+8	21	2023 Copa do Brasil and 2023 Série D
4	Salgueiro	11	4	4	3	18	14	+4	16
5	Sport[lower-alpha 1]	10	4	5	1	24	11	+13	17	2023 Copa do Brasil
6	Caruaru City	10	3	3	4	14	15	−1	12
7	Afogados	12	3	6	3	18	20	−2	15
8	Íbis	12	2	4	6	8	18	−10	10
9	Vera Cruz	12	1	4	7	17	26	−9	7	Relegation to 2022 Campeonato Pernambucano A2.
10	Sete de Setembro[lower-alpha 2]	12	1	3	8	7	32	−25	3

Source: FPF
Notes:

1. Sport qualified for the Copa do Brasil via 2022 Copa do Nordeste.
2. Sete de Setembro were deducted three points.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Renato Henrique	Retrô	7
2	Braga	Vera Cruz	5
	Rafael Furtado	Santa Cruz
4	Anderson Chaves	Afogados	4
	Caveirinha	Vera Cruz
	Esquerdinha	Santa Cruz
	Juninho Carpina	Náutico
	Lucão	Salgueiro
	Javier Parraguez	Sport
	Tarcísio	Santa Cruz

Source:FPF

2022 Campeonato Pernambucano team

The 2022 Campeonato Pernambucano team was a squad consisting of the eleven most impressive players at the tournament.

Pos. Player Team GK Lucas Perri Náutico DF Hereda Náutico DF Lucão Salgueiro DF Guilherme Paraíba Retrô DF Júnior Tavares Náutico MF Charles Retrô MF Kady Salgueiro MF Jean Carlos Náutico MF Renato Henrique a Retrô FW Luciano Juba Sport FW Rafael Furtado Santa Cruz a.^ Top scorer

Lucas Perri Lucão Guilherme Paraíba Hereda Júnior Tavares Charles Kady Jean Carlos Renato Henrique Luciano Juba Rafael Furtado

Source:Diario de Pernambuco^[10]

References

1. "FPF fecha maior patrocínio da história do Campeonato Pernambucano" (in Portuguese). FPF. 14 January 2022.
2. "Sete de Setembro perde três pontos por escalação irregular no Pernambucano" (in Portuguese). Globo. 22 February 2022.
3. "Náutico vence o Retrô nos pênaltis e conquista o Pernambucano" (in Portuguese). FPF. 1 May 2022.
4. "Íbis e Caruaru garantem acesso à elite do futebol pernambucano" (in Portuguese). FPF. 16 November 2021.
5. "CNEF CADASTRO NACIONAL DE ESTÁDIOS DE FUTEBOL" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF. 18 January 2016.
6. "TABELA BÁSICA" (PDF) (in Portuguese). FPF. 7 December 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 January 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
7. "PERNAMBUCANO 2022 - Regulamento Específico da Competição - REC" (PDF) (in Portuguese). FPF.
8. "Conselho Arbitral da A1 conta com a presença dos 10 clubes" (in Portuguese). FPF. 19 November 2021.
9. "FPF recebe 29 representantes em Conselho Arbitral da Série A2" (in Portuguese). FPF. 16 June 2022.
10. "Com domínio de Náutico e Retrô, seleção do Pernambucano 2022 é eleita pelo Esportes DP" (in Portuguese). Diario de Pernambuco. 1 May 2022.