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The 2017 Campeonato Cearense is the 103rd season of Ceará's top football league. Ceará won the league for the 44th time.

Format

First Round

• All the ten teams play each other once.
• The top eight teams go to the Final Rounds.
• The bottom two teams are relegated.

Final Rounds

• The eight teams are paired according to their ranking:
• 1 vs. 8 (Game 1)
• 2 vs. 7 (Game 2)
• 3 vs. 6 (Game 3)
• 4 vs. 5 (Game 4)
• The games are played over two legs. The better teams hosts the second leg.
• The winners are again paired according to their ranking:
• Winners Game 1 vs. Winners Game 4
• Winners Game 2 vs. Winners Game 3
• The games are this time played over three legs. When a team wins a leg, they gain three points. When a leg is tied, each team gets one point, and when a team loses, they gain zero points. The team with the most points at the end of the three legs moves on. If one team wins the first two legs, no third leg is played. The better team hosts the second and third legs.
• The winners of the semi-finals go on to the final, played the same way as the semi-finals.

Qualification

• The top two teams not already playing in Série A, Série B, or
  Série C, or already assured qualification to Série D qualify for the 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.
• The winner and runner-up qualify for the 2018 Copa do Brasil.
• The winner and runner-up qualify for the 2018 Copa do Nordeste.

Teams

First round

Final Rounds

Quarter-finals

Uniclinic	1-3	Ceará
Preto 81'	Report	39', 71' Magno Alves 86' Cametá

Ceará	4-1	Uniclinic
Luiz Otávio 19' Victor Rangel 51' Magno Alves 55', 88'	Report	80' (Pen.) Netinho  58'  Luis Fernando

Ceará win 7–2 on Aggregate.

Maranguape	1-1	Guarani de Juazeiro
Jair 89'	Report	71' Leílson

Guarani de Juazeiro	5-1	Maranguape
Ítalo 30', 57' Da Silva 45' Ademilson 51' Zé Aquiras 89'	Report	22' Albano

Guarani de Juazeiro win 6–2 on Aggregate.

Ferroviário-CE	1-1	Horizante
Jonathas 13'	Report	63' Doda

Horizante	1 (2)-(4) 1 (a.e.t.)	Ferroviário-CE
Berg 10'	Report	14' Jonathas
Penalties
Robert César Sampaio Canga Doda	2-4	Assizinho Maxwell Jonathas Vitinho

Ferroviário-CE win on penalties after a 2–2 tie on Aggregate

Tiradentes	2-3	Fortaleza
Cleiton 1' Wilkson 50'	Report	28' Max Oliveira 66', 76' Lúcio Flávio  81'  Felipe

Fortaleza	3-0	Tiradentes
Lúcio Flávio 75' Zé Carlos 84', 89' (Pen.)	Report

Fortaleza wins 6–2 on Aggregate

Semi-finals

Ferroviário-CE	2-0	Fortaleza
Tony 49' Mota 78'	Report

Fortaleza	1-1	Ferroviário-CE
Anderson 28'	Report	90+5' Mimi

Fortaleza	0-0	Ferroviário-CE
	Report	62'  Moises Lucas

Ferroviário-CE win with 5 points, to Fortaleza's 2 points

Ceará	1-0	Guarani de Juazeiro
Lelê 82' Magno Alves 90'	Report

Ceará	1-0	Guarani de Juazeiro
Alex Amado 71'	Report

Ceará win with 7 points to Guarani de Juazeiro's 1 point.

Final

Ferroviário-CE	0-1	Ceará
	Report	19' Wallace Pernambucano

Ceará	2-0	Ferroviário-CE
Wallace Pernambucano 40' Raul 84'	Report

A third match was not necessary. Ceará wins with 6 points to Ferroviário-CE's 0 points.

Ferroviário-CE and Guarani de Juazeiro qualify for 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
Ceará and Ferroviário-CE qualify for the 2018 Copa do Brasil.
Ceará and Ferroviário-CE qualify for the 2018 Copa do Nordeste.

Topscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1.	Leílson	Guarani de Juazeiro	9
2.	Edson Carius	Uniclinic	8
3.	Magno Alves	Ceará	7
4.	Lúcio Flávio	Fortaleza	6
	Maxuell	Ferroviário-CE
5.	Isac	Horizante	5
	Ítalo	Guarani de Juazeiro
	Gugu	Maranguape
6.	Canga	Horizante	4

References

1. "FCF confirma Ferroviário na SérieA do Cearense; Alto Santo está fora". globoesporte.globo.com. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
2. "Cearense 2 2016 - Final - Soccer - Scoresway - Results, fixtures, tables and statistics". scoresway.com. Archived from the original on 2018-02-26. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
3. "Cearense 1 2017 - Group Stage - Soccer - Scoresway - Results, fixtures, tables and statistics". scoresway.com. Archived from the original on 2018-02-26. Retrieved 2017-07-14.

1. Ferroviário-CE were promoted from instead of Alto Santo, who came in second and should have been promoted.

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