2016 Campeonato Catarinense
The 2016 Campeonato Catarinense is the 93rd season of Santa Catarina's top professional football league. The competition began in January and will end in May.
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.
- All ten teams play a round-robin playing once against each other team.
- The best team in this stage qualifies to the Final 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.
- Home-and-away playoffs between the winners of the first and second stages.
- The winner of the Finals is crowned champion.
- The two worst teams in the overall standings are relegated to the second division of Campeonato Catarinense.