| Season | 2023 |
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| Dates | 14 January – 8 April |
| Champions | Fortaleza |
| Relegated | Guarani de Juazeiro Pacajus |
| Copa do Brasil | Ceará Fortaleza |
| Série D | Ferroviário Iguatu Maracanã |
| Matches played | 47 |
| Goals scored | 132 (2.81 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Ciel Zazá (5 goals each) |
← 2022 2024 → | |
The 2023 Campeonato Cearense (officially the Campeonato Cearense 1XBET 2023 for sponsorship reasons)[1] was the 109th edition of Ceará's top professional football league organized by FCF. The competition began on 14 January and ended on 8 April 2023. Fortaleza are the defending champions.
In the first stage, the 10 teams were drawn into two groups of five teams each.
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Each team will play on a single round-robin tournament against the five clubs from the other group. The winners of each group will advance to the semi-finals, while the runners-up and third place will advance to the quarter-finals.[2]
The bottom two teams of each group will play the relegation stage. The relegation stage will be played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The bottom two teams will be relegated to 2024 Campeonato Cearense Série B.
In the first stage and the relegation stage, the teams will be 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 will 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 FCF.
Quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals will be played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the penalty shoot-out will be used to determine the winners. For the finals, the team with best performance in the semi-finals and the first stage will host the second leg.
Champions and runners-up will qualify for the 2024 Copa do Brasil. Top three teams not already qualified for 2024 Série A, Série B or Série C will qualify for 2024 Série D.[3]
| Club | Home City | Manager |
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| Futebol Clube Atlético Cearense | Fortaleza | Michel Lima |
| Barbalha Futebol Clube | Barbalha | Márcio Allan |
| Caucaia Esporte Clube | Caucaia | Roberto Carlos |
| Ceará Sporting Club | Fortaleza | Gustavo Morínigo |
| Ferroviário Atlético Clube | Fortaleza | Paulinho Kobayashi |
| Fortaleza Esporte Clube | Fortaleza | Juan Pablo Vojvoda |
| Guarani Esporte Clube (Guarani de Juazeiro) | Juazeiro do Norte | Ferreira |
| Associação Desportiva Iguatu | Iguatu | Washington Luiz |
| Maracanã Esporte Clube | Maracanaú | Júnior Cearense |
| Pacajus Esporte Clube | Pacajus | Cleiton Cearense |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Ceará | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 13 | Advance to the semi-finals |
| 2 | Iguatu | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 10 | Advance to quarter-finals |
| 3 | Atlético Cearense | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 8 | |
| 4 | Caucaia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 | Advance to relegation stage |
| 5 | Barbalha | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 3 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Fortaleza | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 12 | Advance to the semi-finals |
| 2 | Maracanã | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 8 | Advance to quarter-finals |
| 3 | Ferroviário | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 7 | |
| 4 | Pacajus | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 4 | Advance to relegation stage |
| 5 | Guarani de Juazeiro | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 19 | −16 | 0 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation | CAU | BAR | PAC | GUA | |
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| 1 | Caucaia | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 12 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |||
| 2 | Barbalha | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 9 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |||
| 3 | Pacajus (R) | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 8 | Relegation to 2024 Série B | 1–1 | 1–2 | 7–0 | ||
| 4 | Guarani de Juazeiro (R) | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14 | −11 | 4 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 |
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| Ferroviário | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ferroviário | 2 | 3 | 5 | Fortaleza | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Maracanã | 0 | 1 | 1 | Fortaleza | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Ceará | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Iguatu | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Atlético Cearense | 1 | 0 | 1 | Ceará | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Iguatu | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Atlético Cearense | 1–3 | Iguatu | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Ferroviário | 5–1 | Maracanã | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Atlético Cearense | 1–2 | Iguatu |
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Siloé  32' |
Report | Tiaguinho 53' (pen.) Max Oliveira 88' |
Attendance: 119
Referee: Raimundo Rodrigues de Oliveira Júnior
| Iguatu | 1–0 | Atlético Cearense |
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| Luís Soares 43' |
Report |
Attendance: 1,229
Referee: Léo Simão Holanda
| Ferroviário | 2–0 | Maracanã |
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| Alisson 54' Erick Pulga 65' |
Report |
Attendance: 1,135
Referee: Renato Pinheiro
| Maracanã | 1–3 | Ferroviário |
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| Veraldo 87' |
Report | Erick Pulga 20', 70' Roni 90+5' (pen.) |
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Marcelo de Lima Henrique
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Iguatu | 1–3 | Ceará | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Ferroviário | 1–5 | Fortaleza | 1–1 | 0–4 |
| Iguatu | 1–1 | Ceará |
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| Léo Reis 36' |
Report | Guilherme Castilho 6' |
Referee: Adriano Barros Carneiro
| Ceará | 2–0 | Iguatu |
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90+1' |
Report |
Referee: Leo Simão Holanda
| Ferroviário | 1–1 | Fortaleza |
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| Felipe Guedes 38' |
Report | Lucero 89' |
Referee: Marcelo de Lima Henrique
| Fortaleza | 4–0 | Ferroviário |
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45+2' 47' 68' |
Report | Éder Lima  30' |
Referee: Luiz Cesar de Oliveira Magalhaes
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Fortaleza | 4–3 | Ceará | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Fortaleza | 2–1 | Ceará |
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| Lucas Sasha 24' Caio Alexandre 47' |
Report | Danilo Barcelos 90+6' |
Attendance: 32,698
Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Goiás)
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| Ceará | 2–2 | Fortaleza |
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| Erick 8' Janderson 35' |
Report | Lucero 45+1' (pen.) Calebe 87' |
Attendance: 56,491
Referee: Wagner do Nascimento Magalhães (Rio de Janeiro)
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