2023 Campeonato Catarinense


The 2023 Campeonato Catarinense is the 98th season of Santa Catarina's top-flight football league organized by FCF. The season began on 14 January and ended on 8 April 2023.
The finals were played between Criciúma and the defending champions Brusque. Criciúma won 2–0 on aggregate and clinched their 11th title.

Format

The tournament was contested between 12 teams, who first played in a single round-robin tournament. In the first stage, the bottom two teams were relegated to the 2024 Série B. The final stage was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. Champions and runners-up qualified for the 2024 Copa do Brasil, while three teams qualified for the 2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.

Participating teams

ClubHome cityManager2022 resultTitles
Atlético CatarinenseSão JoséCarlos Pereira 2nd 0
AvaíFlorianópolisAlex8th18
BarraBalneário CamboriúRafael Piccinin10th0
BrusqueBrusqueLuizinho Lopes1st2
CamboriúCamboriúJúnior Lopes2nd0
ChapecoenseChapecóArgel Fuchs6th7
ConcórdiaConcórdiaItamar Schülle3rd0
CriciúmaCriciúmaCláudio Tencati1st 10
FigueirenseFlorianópolisDouglas Bazolli4th18
Hercílio LuzTubarãoRaul Cabral5th2
JoinvilleJoinvilleMarcelo Martelotte9th12
Marcílio DiasItajaíRogélio 7th1

Final stage

Starting from the quarter-finals, the teams played a single-elimination tournament. The matches were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg. If tied on aggregate, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winners.

Quarter-finals

Group A

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''Hercílio Luz qualified for the semi-finals.''

Group B

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''Barra qualified for the semi-finals.''

Group C

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''Brusque qualified for the semi-finals.''

Group D

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''Criciúma qualified for the semi-finals.''

Semi-finals

Group E

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''Criciúma qualified for the finals.''

Group F

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''Brusque qualified for the finals.''

Finals

Group G

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