2016 Campeonato Catarinense
# 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.

### Second 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.

### Semifinal 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.

### Finals

* Home-and-away playoffs between the winners of the first and second stages.
* The winner of the Finals is crowned champion.

### Relegation

* The two worst teams in the overall standings are relegated to the second division of Campeonato Catarinense.

## Teams

| Club | Home city |
| - | - |
| Avaí | Florianópolis |
| Brusque | Brusque |
| Camboriú | Camboriú |
| Chapecoense | Chapecó |
| Criciúma | Criciúma |
| Figueirense | Florianópolis |
| Guarani | Palhoça |
| Inter de Lages | Lages |
| Joinville | Joinville |
| Metropolitano | Blumenau |

## First phase

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Chapecoense | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 19 | Final stages |
| 2 | Criciúma | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 14 | |
| 3 | Internacional de Lages | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 12 | |
| 4 | Avaí | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 11 | |
| 5 | Brusque | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 9 | |
| 6 | Metropolitano | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 8 | |
| 7 | Joinville | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 7 | |
| 8 | Figueirense | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 5 | |
| 9 | Guarani de Palhoça | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 4 | |
| 10 | Camboriú | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 3 | |
