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ian State of Santa Catarina

Santa Catarina (state)

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 football

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 league.

History

The Campeonato Catarinense top level had several different names since it started. From its first edition, in 1924, to 1985, it was called just Campeonato Catarinense (Santa Catarina Championship). From 1986 to 2003 it was named Campeonato Catarinense Primeira Divisão (Santa Catarina Championship First Division). In 2004 and in 2005 the competition name was Série A1, and since 2006, the competition is named Divisão Principal (Top Division).

Format

Divisão Principal

First stage

• All ten teams play a round-robin
  Round-robin tournament
  A round-robin tournament is a competition "in which each contestant meets all other contestants in turn".-Terminology:...
  
   playing once against each other team.
• The top 4 teams qualify for the semi-finals which are played 1st vs 4th and 2nd vs 3rd. Where games are tied the higher placed team progresses. The final is played at the ground of the higher placed team and, as in the semi-final, in a tied game the higher placed team wins.

Second stage

• All ten teams play a round-robin
  Round-robin tournament
  A round-robin tournament is a competition "in which each contestant meets all other contestants in turn".-Terminology:...
  
   playing once against each other team.
• The top 4 teams qualify for the semi-finals which are played 1st vs 4th and 2nd vs 3rd. Where games are tied the higher placed team progresses. The final is played at the ground of the higher placed team and, as in the semi-final, in a tied game the higher placed team wins.

Finals:

• Home-and-away playoff
  Playoff
  The playoffs, postseason, or finals of a sports league are a game or series of games played after the regular season by the top competitors, usually but not always with a single-elimination system, to determine the league champion or a similar accolade.In the U.S...
  
  s between the winners of the first and second stages.

The winner of the Finals is crowned champion.

Clubs

Divisão Principal

• Avaí Futebol Clube
  Avaí Futebol Clube
  Avaí Futebol Clube is a Brazilian football team from Florianópolis in Santa Catarina, founded on September 1, 1923. Their best known supporter is tennis player Gustavo Kuerten.Their home stadium is the Ressacada stadium, with a capacity 17,800...
  
  
• Brusque
  Brusque Futebol Clube
  Brusque Futebol Clube, usually known just as Brusque, is a football club from Brusque, Santa Catarina, Brazil, founded on October 12, 1987...
  
   Futebol Clube
• Associação Chapecoense
  Associação Chapecoense de Futebol
  Associação Chapecoense de Futebol, usually known simply as Chapecoense, is a traditional Brazilian football club from Chapecó, Santa Catarina state. The club was founded on May 10, 1973, and competed in the Brazilian Championship First Level in 1978 and in 1979, and won the state championship four...
  
  de Futebol
• Criciúma
  Criciúma Esporte Clube
  Criciúma Esporte Clube, also known simply as Criciúma, is a Brazilian football club in Criciúma, Santa Catarina. The club won the Copa do Brasil in 1991, the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B in 2002, and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C in 2006.-History:...
  
  Esporte Clube
• Figueirense Futebol Clube
• Clube Atlético Hermann Aichinger (Atlético de Ibirama
  Clube Atlético Hermann Aichinger
  Clube Atlético Hermann Aichinger, or Atlético Ibirama as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Ibirama in Santa Catarina, founded on September 20, 1951...
  
  )
• Joinville
  Joinville Esporte Clube
  Joinville Esporte Clube, or simply Joinville as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Joinville in Santa Catarina, founded on January 29, 1976....
  
  Esporte Clube
• Clube Náutico Marcílio Dias
  Clube Náutico Marcílio Dias
  Clube Náutico Marcílio Dias, usually known simply as Marcílio Dias, is a Brazilian football club from Itajaí, Santa Catarina state. The club plays its home matches at Hercílio Luz and competed in Copa João Havelange in 2000, in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B in 1989, in the Campeonato Brasileiro...
  
  
• Clube Atlético Metropolitano
  Clube Atlético Metropolitano
  Clube Atlético Metropolitano, or Metropolitano as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football club from Blumenau in Santa Catarina state...
  
  
• Clube Atlético Tubarão
  Clube Atlético Tubarão
  Associação Cultural Recreativa e Esportiva Atlético Cidade usually called Atlético Cidade, is a Brazilian football team from Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil, founded on April 14, 2005 as Associação Cultural, Recreativa e Esportiva Atlético Cidade Azul but changed to Club Atlético Tubarão name in...
  
  

List of champions

Year	Champion	Runner-up
Campeonato Catarinense
1924	Avaí	Trabalhista
1925	Externato	Avaí
1926	Avaí	Internato
1927	Avaí	Brasil
1928	Avaí	Brasil
1929	Caxias	Adolfo Konder
1930	Avaí	Marcílio Dias
1931	Lauro Müller	Caxias
1932	Figueirense	Brasil
1934	Clube Atlético Catarinense	Iris
1935	Figueirense	Iris
1936	Figueirense	Iris
1937	Figueirense	Caxias
1938	CIP	São Francisco
1939	Figueirense	Peri Ferroviário
1940	Ypiranga	Avaí
1941	Figueirense	Caxias
1942	Avaí	América
1943	Avaí	América
1944	Avaí	Marcílio Dias
1945	Avaí	Caxias
1947	América	Palmeiras
1948	América	Paula Ramos
1949	Olímpico	Avaí
1950	Carlos Renaux	Figueirense
1951	América	Avaí
1952	América	Carlos Renaux
1953	Carlos Renaux	América
1954	Caxias	Ferroviário
1955	Caxias	Palmeiras
1956	Operário	Paysandu
1957	Hercílio Luz	Carlos Renaux
1958	Hercílio Luz	Carlos Renaux
1959	Paula Ramos	Caxias
1960	Metropol	Marcílio Dias
1961	Metropol	Marcílio Dias
1962	Metropol	Marcílio Dias
1963	Marcílio Dias	Almirante Barroso
1964	Olímpico	Internacional
1965	Internacional	Metropol
1966	Perdigão	Comercial
1967	Metropol	Marcílio Dias
1968	Comerciário	Caxias
1969	Metropol	América
1970	Ferroviário	Olímpico
1971	América	Próspera
1972	Figueirense	Avaí
1973	Avaí	Juventus
1974	Figueirense	Internacional
1975	Avaí	Figueirense
1976	Joinville	Juventus
1977	Chapecoense	Avaí
1978	Joinville	Chapecoense
1979	Joinville	Figueirense
1980	Joinville	Cricíuma
1981	Joinville	Cricíuma
1982	Joinville	Cricíuma
1983	Joinville	Figueirense
1984	Joinville	Figueirense
1985	Joinville	Avaí
Campeonato Catarinense Primeira Divisão
1986	Criciúma	Marcílio Dias
1987	Joinville	Criciúma
1988	Avaí	Blumenau
1989	Criciúma	Joinville
1990	Criciúma	Joinville
1991	Criciúma	Chapecoense
1992	Brusque	Avaí
1993	Criciúma	Figueirense
1994	Figueirense	Criciúma
1995	Criciúma	Chapecoense
1996	Chapecoense	Joinville
1997	Avaí	Tubarão
1998	Criciúma	Tubarão
1999	Figueirense	Avaí
2000	Joinville	Marcílio Dias
2001	Joinville	Criciúma
2002	Figueirense	Criciúma
2003	Figueirense	Caxias
Série A1
2004	Figueirense	Hermann Aichinger
2005 Campeonato Catarinense 2005 The 80th season of the Campeonato Catarinense began on January 23, 2005, and ended on April 17, 2005.-Format:Série A1First stage*Teams are divided into two groups of six teams....	Criciúma	Hermann Aichinger
Divisão Principal
2006 Campeonato Catarinense 2006 The 81st season of the Campeonato Catarinense began on January 11, 2006, and ended on April 9, 2006.-Format:Divisão PrincipalFirst stage*Teams are divided into two groups of six teams....	Figueirense	Joinville
2007 Campeonato Catarinense 2007 The 82nd season of the Campeonato Catarinense began on January 17, 2007, and ended on May 6, 2007.-Format:First stage*Teams are divided into a groups of twelve teams....	Chapecoense	Criciúma
2008 Campeonato Catarinense 2008 The 83rd season of the Campeonato Catarinense will begin on January 16, 2008, and ended on May 4, 2008.-Format:First stage*Teams are divided into a groups of twelve teams....	Figueirense	Criciúma
2009 Campeonato Catarinense 2009 The 84th season of the Campeonato Catarinense will begin on January 17, 2009, and ended on May 3, 2009.-Format:First stage*Teams are divided into a groups of ten teams....	Avaí	Chapecoense
2010	Avaí	Joinville
2011	Chapecoense	Criciúma

Titles by team

• Avaí
  Avaí Futebol Clube
  Avaí Futebol Clube is a Brazilian football team from Florianópolis in Santa Catarina, founded on September 1, 1923. Their best known supporter is tennis player Gustavo Kuerten.Their home stadium is the Ressacada stadium, with a capacity 17,800...
  
  , Figueirense
  Figueirense Futebol Clube
  Figueirense Futebol Clube, also known as Figueirense, is a Brazilian football team in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina.-History:In 1921, the club was founded as Figueirense Foot-ball Club. The club is named Figueirense after the neighborhood where it is located, in Centro neighborhood). Figueirense...
  
  15 times
• Joinville
  Joinville Esporte Clube
  Joinville Esporte Clube, or simply Joinville as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Joinville in Santa Catarina, founded on January 29, 1976....
  
  12 times
• Criciúma
  Criciúma Esporte Clube
  Criciúma Esporte Clube, also known simply as Criciúma, is a Brazilian football club in Criciúma, Santa Catarina. The club won the Copa do Brasil in 1991, the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B in 2002, and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C in 2006.-History:...
  
  9 times
• América
  América Futebol Clube (SC)
  América Futebol Clube, commonly known as América, was a Brazilian football team based in Joinville, Santa Catarina state. They won the Campeonato Catarinense five times.-History:...
  
   and Metropol
  Esporte Clube Metropol
  Esporte Clube Metropol, commonly known as Metropol, were a Brazilian football team from Criciúma, Santa Catarina state. They won the Campeonato Catarinense five times.-History:...
  
  5 times
• Chapecoense
  Associação Chapecoense de Futebol
  Associação Chapecoense de Futebol, usually known simply as Chapecoense, is a traditional Brazilian football club from Chapecó, Santa Catarina state. The club was founded on May 10, 1973, and competed in the Brazilian Championship First Level in 1978 and in 1979, and won the state championship four...
  
  4 times
• Caxias
  Caxias Futebol Clube
  Caxias Futebol Clube, commonly known as Caxias, is a Brazilian football team based in Joinville, Santa Catarina state. They won the Campeonato Catarinense three times and competed in the Copa do Brasil once.-History:...
  
  3 times
• Carlos Renaux
  Clube Atlético Carlos Renaux
  Clube Atlético Carlos Renaux, commonly known as Carlos Renaux, was a Brazilian football club based in Brusque, Santa Catarina state. They won the Campeonato Catarinense twice.-History:...
  
  , Hercílio Luz
  Hercílio Luz Futebol Clube
  Hercílio Luz Futebol Clube, commonly known as Hercílio Luz, is a Brazilian football club from Tubarão, Santa Catarina state. They competed in the Taça Brasil once.-History:...
  
   and Olímpico
  Grêmio Esportivo Olímpico
  Grêmio Esportivo Olímpico, commonly known as Olímpico, was a Brazilian football club based in Blumenau, Santa Catarina state. They won the Campeonato Catarinense twice.-History:...
  
  2 times
• Atlético Catarinense, Brusque
  Brusque Futebol Clube
  Brusque Futebol Clube, usually known just as Brusque, is a football club from Brusque, Santa Catarina, Brazil, founded on October 12, 1987...
  
  , CIP, Comerciário
  Criciúma Esporte Clube
  Criciúma Esporte Clube, also known simply as Criciúma, is a Brazilian football club in Criciúma, Santa Catarina. The club won the Copa do Brasil in 1991, the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B in 2002, and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C in 2006.-History:...
  
  , Externato, Ferroviário, Internacional de Lages
  Esporte Clube Internacional (SC)
  Esporte Clube Internacional, commonly known as Inter de Lages, is a Brazilian football team based in Lages, Santa Catarina state. They won the Campeonato Catarinense once and competed in the Taça Brasil once.-History:...
  
  , Lauro Müller
  Lauro Müller Futebol Clube
  Lauro Müller Futebol Clube, commonly known as Lauro Müller, was a Brazilian football club based in Itajaí, Santa Catarina state. They won the Campeonato Catarinense once.-History:...
  
  , Marcílio Dias
  Clube Náutico Marcílio Dias
  Clube Náutico Marcílio Dias, usually known simply as Marcílio Dias, is a Brazilian football club from Itajaí, Santa Catarina state. The club plays its home matches at Hercílio Luz and competed in Copa João Havelange in 2000, in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B in 1989, in the Campeonato Brasileiro...
  
  , Operário, Paula Ramos
  Paula Ramos Esporte Clube
  Paula Ramos Esporte Clube, commonly known as Paula Ramos, was a Brazilian football club based in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina state. They won the Campeonato Catarinense once.-History:...
  
  , Perdigão and Ypiranga 1 time

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