2019 Campeonato Paraibano Explained

Competition:Campeonato Paraibano de Futebol
Season:2019
Winners:Botafogo-PB
Relegated:Serrano
Esporte de Patos
Continentalcup1:Copa do Brasil
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Botafogo-PB
Campinense
Continentalcup2:Série D
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Campinense
Atlético Cajazeirense
Continentalcup3:Copa do Nordeste
Continentalcup3 Qualifiers:Botafogo-PB
Campinense
League Topscorer:7 (Clayton, Botafogo-PB)
Biggest Home Win:Campinense 4–0 Serrano
(Match day 8, 10 March 2019)
Biggest Away Win:Serrano 0–3 Atlético Cajazeirense
(Match day 1, 12 January 2019)
Serrano 0–3 Campinense
(Match day 3, 27 January 2019)
Serrano 1–4 CSP
(Match day 7, 23 February 2019)
Nacional de Patos 1–4 Atlético Cajazeirense
(Match day 9, 17 March 2019)
Highest Scoring:Perilima 3–3 Serrano
(Match day 10, 27 March 2019)
Matches:56
Total Goals:135
Longest Wins:6 (Botafogo-PB)
Longest Unbeaten:7 (Sousa)
Longest Winless:7 (Serrano)
Longest Losses:5 (CSP)
Prevseason:2018
Nextseason:2020
Updated:08:52, 22 April 2019 (UTC)

The 2019 Campeonato Paraibano de Futebol was the 109th edition of Paraíba's top professional football league. The competition began on 12 January and ended on 20 April. Botafogo-PB were defending champions, after defeating Campinense in the 2018 final.

Botafogo-PB were crowned champions, after a repeat of the 2018 final against Campinense.

Format

The competition was divided into a number of stages.

In the first (group) stage, the ten teams were divided into two groups of five. Each team played the five teams in the other group, home and away, for a total of ten games. The teams that finished first and second in each group qualified directly for the second (semi-final) stage. The teams that finished last in each group were relegated to the second division.

In the second (semi-final) stage, the winner of each group played the runner up of their group over two games, home and away. The group winner had home advantage in the second leg.

In the third (final) stage, the two winning teams from the second (semi-final) stage played over two legs, with the team with the best record in the competition so far playing the second leg at home.[1]

Qualification

The two finalists qualified to participate in the 2020 Copa do Brasil and 2020 Copa do Nordeste. The two best placed teams (other than those already participating in a national league) qualified to participate in the 2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.

First stage

Group A

Group B

Semi-finals

In the semi-final stage, the winner of each group played the runner up of their group over two games, home and away. The group winner had home advantage in the second leg.

Semi-finals were played between 31 March and 14 April 2019.|}

Final

The final took place over two games, home and away, and the team with the best record in the competition had home advantage in the second leg.

The final took place on 17 and 20 April 2019.|}

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Regulamento do Campeonato Paraibano de Futebol Profissional 2019 – Primeira Divisão (Capítulo IV, Article 8). Rules of the Paraíba Professional Football Championship 2019 (Chapter IV, Article 8). Portuguese. 14 January 2019.