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 24[a]
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 match(es) played on 08 December 2012. Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Linhares was docked 6 points for using an irregular player.

Results

Home \ Away 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: [citation needed]
Legend: 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

Vitória1–1Aracruz
Mineiro 23' Report Euler 52'
Attendance: 1163
Conilon2-1Rio Branco
Paulinho Pimentel 68'
Edu 80'		 Report Ronicley 57'
Attendance: 1912

Second leg

Aracruz1–1Vitória
David 30' Report Mineiro 67'
Attendance: 3423
Rio Branco2-4Conilon
Leandro 77'
Ronicley 90+1'		 Report Paulinho Pimentel 42', 86'
Ricardo Paraíba 84'
Marcos Alagoano 84'
Attendance: 1787

Finals

First leg

Conilon2–1Aracruz
Edu
Léo 		Euler

Second leg

Aracruz4–1Conilon
Cal Santos
Nei
Gilmar
David 		Paulinho Pimentel

References

Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Campeonato_Capixaba
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