2018 Campeonato Pernambucano

The 2018 Campeonato Pernambucano was the 104th edition of the state championship of Pernambuco organized by FPF. The championship began on 17 January and ended on 8 April. Sport were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Central in the semi-finals.
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.
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. Salgueiro qualified for 2019 Pré-Copa do Nordeste via RNC.

Teams

Eleven teams were competing, ten returning from the 2017 and one promoted from the 2017 Pernambucano A2 Championship.

Club	City	Stadium	Coordinates	Capacity
Afogados	Afogados da Ingazeira	Valdemar Viana de Araújo		1,735
América	Recife	Ademir Cunha		12,000
Belo Jardim	Belo Jardim	José Bezerra de Mendonça		7,050
Central	Caruaru	Lacerdão		19,478
	Arcoverde	Áureo Bradley		3,000
Náutico	Recife			44,300
Pesqueira	Pesqueira	Joaquim de Britto		1,800
Salgueiro	Salgueiro	Cornélio de Barros		12,070
Santa Cruz	Recife	Arruda		60,044
Sport	Recife	Ilha do Retiro		32,983
Vitória das Tabocas				44,300

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows.

First stage

In the first stage, each team played the other 10 teams in a single round-robin tournament. The teams were ranked according to points. 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.
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.

Standings

Results

Final stages

Starting from the quarter-finals, the teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:

Quarter-finals, semi-finals and third place match were played on a single-leg basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the leg.
* If tied, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner.
Finals 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 winner.
Extra time was not played and away goals rule was not used in final stages.
Bracket

Quarter-finals

Matches

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Semi-finals

Matches

Náutico qualified for the 2019 Copa do Brasil.
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Central qualified for the 2019 Copa do Brasil.

Third place match

Sport qualified for the 2019 Copa do Brasil.

Finals

Matches

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Náutico won 2–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 2019 Copa do Nordeste.

Top goalscorers

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
5	Jader	Belo Jardim	4
5	Marlone	Sport	4
5	José Ortigoza	Náutico	4
5	Piauí	Salgueiro	4
5	Wallace Pernambucano	Náutico	4