| Competition: | Campeonato Pernambucano |
| Season: | 2018 |
| Pixels: | 275 |
| Relegated: | Belo Jardim Pesqueira |
| Continentalcup1: | 2019 Copa do Brasil |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Central Náutico Sport Santa Cruz (via RNC) |
| Continentalcup2: | 2019 Copa do Nordeste |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Náutico Santa Cruz (via RNC) |
| Continentalcup3 Qualifiers: | Salgueiro (via RNC) |
| Continentalcup4: | 2019 Série D |
| Continentalcup4 Qualifiers: | América Central Vitória das Tabocas |
| Matches: | 64 |
| Total Goals: | 145 |
| League Topscorer: | Caxito (8 goals) |
| Best Player: | José Ortigoza |
| Prevseason: | 2017 |
| Nextseason: | 2019 |
The 2018 Campeonato Pernambucano (officially the Pernambucano da Série A1 de 2018) was the 104th edition of the state championship of Pernambuco organized by FPF. The championship began on 17 January and ended on 8 April.[1] Sport were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Central in the semi-finals.[2]
Náutico defeated Central 2–1 on aggregate to win their 22nd Campeonato Pernambucano title, the first one since 2004. As champions, Náutico qualified for the 2019 Copa do Brasil and 2019 Copa do Nordeste.[3]
Central and Sport qualified for 2019 Copa do Brasil as runners-up and third placed team, respectively.
Sport declined to participate in the 2019 Copa do Nordeste. They were replaced by Santa Cruz (best second-team in the 2018 RNC). Salgueiro qualified for 2019 Pré-Copa do Nordeste via RNC.
Eleven teams were competing, ten returning from the 2017 and one promoted from the 2017 Pernambucano A2 Championship (Pesqueira).
| Club | City | Stadium | Coordinates | Capacity[4] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afogados | Afogados da Ingazeira | Valdemar Viana de Araújo | 1,735 | |||
| América | Recife | -7.9459°N -34.8904°W | 12,000 | |||
| Belo Jardim | Belo Jardim | José Bezerra de Mendonça | -8.3437°N -36.4469°W | 7,050 | ||
| Central | Caruaru | Lacerdão | -8.2786°N -35.9752°W | 19,478 | ||
| Arcoverde | Áureo Bradley | -8.4199°N -37.0583°W | 3,000 | |||
| Náutico | Recife | -8.0406°N -35.0104°W | 44,300 | |||
| Pesqueira | Pesqueira | Joaquim de Britto | -8.3554°N -36.6899°W | 1,800 | ||
| Salgueiro | Salgueiro | Cornélio de Barros | -8.0761°N -39.1194°W | 12,070 | ||
| Santa Cruz | Recife | Arruda | -8.0267°N -34.8933°W | 60,044 | ||
| Sport | Recife | Ilha do Retiro | -8.0629°N -34.9051°W | 32,983 | ||
| Vitória das Tabocas | -8.0406°N -35.0104°W | 44,300 |
The schedule of the competition was as follows.[5]
| First Stage | |||
| Round 1: | 17–19 January 2018 | ||
| Round 2: | 20–21 January 2018 | ||
| Round 3: | 24–25 January 2018 | ||
| Round 4: | 28–29 January 2018 | ||
| Round 5: | 3–4 February 2018 | ||
| Round 6: | 6–7 and 14 February 2018 | ||
| Round 7: | 17–18 February 2018 | ||
| Round 8: | 20–21 February and 1 March 2018 | ||
| Round 9: | 24–27 February 2018 | ||
| Round 10: | 4 March 2018 | ||
| Round 11: | 7 March 2018 | ||
| Final Stages | |||
| Quarter-finals | 14 and 18 March 2018 | ||
| Semi-finals | 21 and 25 March 2018 | ||
| Third place match | 2 April 2018 | ||
| First leg | Second leg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Finals | 1 April 2018 | 8 April 2018 | |
In the first stage, each team played the other 10 teams in a single round-robin tournament. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Wins; 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Head-to-head; 5. Fewest red cards; 6. Fewest yellow cards; 7. Draw in the headquarters of the FPF.[6]
Top eight teams advanced to the quarter-finals of the final stages. The two teams with the lowest number of points were relegated to the 2019 Campeonato Pernambucano A2. Top three teams not already qualified for 2019 Série A, Série B or Série C qualified for 2019 Série D.
Starting from the quarter-finals, the teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:[6]
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Náutico qualified for the 2019 Copa do Brasil.----Central qualified for the 2019 Copa do Brasil.
Sport qualified for the 2019 Copa do Brasil.
----Náutico won 2–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 2019 Copa do Nordeste.
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caxito | América | 8 |
| 2 | Leandro Costa | Central | 7 |
| 3 | Thomas Anderson | Vitória das Tabocas | 6 |
| 4 | Etinho | Afogados | 5 |
| 5 | Anselmo | Sport | 4 |
| Jader | Belo Jardim | ||
| Marlone | Sport | ||
| José Ortigoza | Náutico | ||
| Piauí | Salgueiro | ||
| Wallace Pernambucano | Náutico |
The 2018 Campeonato Pernambucano team was a squad consisting of the eleven most impressive players at the tournament.
| Pos. | Player | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Bruno | Náutico | |
| DF | Thiago Ennes | Náutico | |
| DF | Vitão | Central | |
| DF | Camacho | Náutico | |
| DF | Charles | Central | |
| MF | Anselmo | Sport | |
| MF | Douglas Carioca | Central | |
| MF | Júnior Lemos | Central | |
| FW | Leandro Costa | Central | |
| FW | Náutico | ||
| FW | América | ||
| Head coach | Roberto Fernandes | Náutico |