2013 Campeonato Catarinense Explained

Competition:	Campeonato Catarinense - Divisão Principal
Season:	2013
Winners:	Criciúma
Relegated:	Guarani de Palhoça Camboriú
Continentalcup1:	Copa do Brasil
Continentalcup2:	Série D
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:	Metropolitano
League Topscorer:	Rafael Costa (13 goals)
Matches:	96
Total Goals:	287
Prevseason:	2012
Nextseason:	2014

The 2013 Campeonato Catarinense - Divisão Principal was the 90th season of Santa Catarina's top professional football league. The competition began on 19 January and ended on 19 May. Criciúma won the championship by the 10th time.

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.

First phase

First stage

Results

Second stage

Results

Overall standings

Final stage

Notes

Notes and References

1. Web site: Regulation of 2013 Campeonato Catarinese. FCF. 27 July 2013.