2012 Campeonato Capixaba
| Season | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Aracruz |
| Relegated |
Colatina Serra |
| Copa do Brasil | Aracruz |
| Série D | Aracruz |
|
← 2011 2013 → | |
The 2012 Campeonato Capixaba de Futebol was the 96th season of Espírito Santo's top professional football league. The competition began on January 21 and ended on May 5. Aracruz won the championship for the 1st time, while Colatina and Serra were relegated.
Format
The tournament consists of a double round-robin format, in which all ten teams play each other twice. The four better-placed teams will face themselves in playoffs matches. The bottom two teams on overall classification will be relegated. Only the champion will qualify for the 2013 Copa do Brasil.
Participating teams
| Club | Home city | 2011 result | Home Ground |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aracruz | Aracruz | 5th | Bambu |
| Colatina | Colatina | 6th | Justiniano de Melo e Silva |
| Conilon | Jaguaré | 1st (2nd division) | Estádio Conilon |
| Espírito Santo | Anchieta | 7th | Estádio Joaquim Viana Ramalheti |
| Linhares | Linhares | 3rd | Estádio Joaquim Calmon |
| Real Noroeste | Águia Branca | 2nd (2nd division) | Estádio José Olímpio da Rocha |
| Rio Branco | Vitória | 1st | Estádio Engenheiro Alencar Araripe |
| Serra | Serra | 8th | Estádio do Sernamby |
| São Mateus | São Mateus | 4th | Robertão |
| Vitória-ES | Vitória | 2nd | Salvador Costa |
First stage
Standings
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rio Branco-ES (A) | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 23 | +13 | 33 | Advances to the Semifinals |
| 2 | Aracruz (A) | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 20 | +8 | 33 | |
| 3 | Vitória-ES (A) | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 15 | +8 | 31 | |
| 4 | Conilon (A) | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 40 | 23 | +17 | 30 | |
| 5 | São Mateus | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 23 | −6 | 26 | |
| 6 | Linhares | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 19 | +8 | 241 | |
| 7 | Real Noroeste | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 23 | −2 | 22 | |
| 8 | Espírito Santo | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 26 | −11 | 18 | |
| 9 | Colatina (R) | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 27 | −6 | 17 | Relegated |
| 10 | Serra (R) | 18 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 20 | −6 | 10 |
Updated to games played on 08 December 2012.
Source:
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1.Linhares was docked 6 points for using an irregular player
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Results
| Home \ Away[1] | ARA | COL | CON | EPS | LIN | RNT | RBC | SMA | SER | VIT |
| Aracruz | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |
| Colatina | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | |
| Conilon | 1–1 | 6–3 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | |
| Espírito Santo | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | |
| Linhares | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | |
| Real Noroeste | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | |
| Rio Branco-ES | 3–3 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | |
| São Mateus | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
| Serra | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–5 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–5 | 3–4 | 0–3 | |
| Vitória-ES | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Final stage
| Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
| 1 | Rio Branco | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Conilon | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||
| 4 | Conilon | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 2 | Aracruz | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||
| 2 | Aracruz | 1 | 1 | 2* | ||||||||
| 3 | Atlético | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
Semifinals
First leg
| Conilon | 2-1 | Rio Branco |
|---|---|---|
Paulinho Pimentel  68'Edu 80' |
Report | Ronicley 57' |
Centro Esportivo Conilon, Jaguaré Attendance: 1912 |
Second leg
| Aracruz | 1–1 | Vitória |
|---|---|---|
| David 30' |
Report | Mineiro 67' |
Estádio Eugênio Antônio Bitti, Aracruz Attendance: 3423 |
| Rio Branco | 2-4 | Conilon |
|---|---|---|
| Leandro 77' Ronicley 90+1' |
Report | Paulinho Pimentel 42', 86' Ricardo Paraíba 84'Marcos Alagoano 84' |
Estádio Rei Pelé, Maceió Attendance: 1787 |