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2026 Campeonato Goiano

Campeonato Goiano
Season2026
Dates10 January – 15 March
RelegatedCentro Oeste
Inhumas
Matches58
Goals150 (2.59 per match)
← 2025
2027 →
All statistics correct as of 18 February 2026.

The 2026 Campeonato Goiano (officially the Goianão Novomundo.com 2026 for sponsorship reasons)[1] is the 83rd edition of Goiás's top professional football league organized by FGF. The competition began on 10 January and will end on 15 March 2026.[2]

The competition features Anapolina and Centro Oeste, who were promoted from the 2025 Campeonato Goiano da Divisão de Acesso and took the places of the teams relegated in 2025.[3] Vila Nova are the defending champions.

Participating teams

Club Home city Manager
ABECAT Ouvidor Rogério Henrique
Anapolina Anápolis Alan George
Anápolis Anápolis Ângelo Luiz
Aparecidense Aparecida de Goiânia Augusto Fassina
Atlético Goianiense Goiânia Rafael Lacerda
Centro Oeste Senador Canedo Leandro Sena
CRAC Catalão Cléber Gaúcho
Goiás Goiânia Daniel Paulista
Goiatuba Goiatuba Glauber Ramos
Inhumas Inhumas Anderson Gomes
Jataiense Jataí Gian Rodrigues
Vila Nova Goiânia Umberto Louzer

Format

In the first stage, the 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four teams each.

Group A Group B Group C

Each team will compete in a single round-robin tournament, playing against the eight clubs from the other groups. The teams will be ranked according to points. If tied on points, the following criteria will be used to determine the ranking: 1. Wins; 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Fewest red cards; 5. Fewest yellow cards; 6. Draw. This criteria will also be used to determine the overall performance in the final stages and the playoffs. Regardless of their group, the eight teams with the best performance will advance to the quarter-finals, while the team that finishes bottom will be relegated to the 2027 Divisão de Acesso.[4]

The final stages (quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals) and the playoffs will be played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. Teams eliminated in the quarter-finals will play in the play-offs to determine places 5–8. For the playoffs, semi-finals and finals the best overall performance team will host the second leg. If tied on aggregate, the penalty shoot-out will be used to determine the winners

The relegation playoff will only take place if the difference in points between 10th and 11th place at the end of the first stage is six points or fewer. If the difference is greater than six points, the team in 11th will be relegated to the 2027 Divisão de Acesso. If, after the first playoff match, the difference in overall points between teams exceeds three points, relegation of the 11th-place team will be confirmed, meaning a second match will not be necessary. Following the playoff matches, the team with the fewest overall points will be relegated to the 2027 Divisão de Acesso.

The number of berths available for the 2027 Copa do Brasil and the 2027 Série D will be allocated based on the overall tournament standings, in accordance with the CBF's qualification criteria.[4]

First stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Goiás 8 6 2 0 14 1 +13 20 Advance to quarter-finals
2 Vila Nova 8 6 0 2 18 8 +10 18
3 Jataiense 8 4 2 2 13 9 +4 14
4 Atlético Goianiense 8 4 2 2 11 8 +3 14[a]
5 ABECAT 8 4 2 2 11 8 +3 14[a]
6 Anapolina 8 4 0 4 10 12 −2 12
7 Anápolis 8 3 2 3 11 12 −1 11
8 CRAC 8 2 3 3 5 6 −1 9
9 Goiatuba 8 2 1 5 8 15 −7 7
10 Aparecidense 8 1 3 4 10 14 −4 6 Advance to relegation playoff
11 Centro Oeste 8 1 3 4 4 15 −11 6
12 Inhumas 8 0 2 6 4 11 −7 2 Relegation to the Divisão de Acesso
Source: FGF
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Red cards: Atlético Goianiense 1, ABECAT 4.

Relegation play-off

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Centro Oeste 4–6 Aparecidense 4–2 0–4
Centro Oeste4–2Aparecidense
Fernando Viana 33', 38', 45'
Maycon Lucas 90+2'		 Raphael Luz 43' (pen.)
Marcão 90'
Estádio Jaime Guerra, Nerópolis
Aparecidense4–0Centro Oeste
Darlan 12'
Lauro 14'
Marcão 43'
Luan 79'

Aparecidense and Centro Oeste were tied on nine points and two matches won in the overall standings. Centro Oeste were relegated due to their inferior goal difference.

Final stages

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
            
ABECAT 0 1 1
Atlético Goianiense 3 1 4
Atlético Goianiense
Vila Nova
Anápolis 0 2 2
Vila Nova 2 2 4
 
 
Anapolina 1 1 2
Jataiense 1 0 1
Anapolina
Goiás
CRAC 1 1 2
Goiás 1 4 5

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CRAC 2–5 Goiás 1–1 1–4
Anápolis 2–4 Vila Nova 0–2 2–2
Anapolina 2–1 Jataiense 1–1 1–0
ABECAT 1–4 Atlético Goianiense 0–3 1–1

Group D

CRAC1–1Goiás
Thiaguinho 60' Lucas Rodrigues 11'
Goiás4–1CRAC
Lucas Rodrigues 28'
Anselmo Ramon 58' (pen.), 90'
Jean Carlos 76'		 João Veras 90+2'

Goiás advanced to the semi-finals

Group E

Anápolis0–2Vila Nova
João Vieira 28' (pen.), 69'
Vila Nova2–2Anápolis
João Vieira 46'
Dellatorre 90+1'		 Matheus Lagoa 45+3' (pen.)
João Borim 86'

Vila Nova advanced to the semi-finals

Group F

Anapolina1–1Jataiense
Wadson 13' Assis 82'
Jataiense0–1Anapolina
Cesinha 77'
Estádio Municipal Jerônimo Ferreira Fraga, Jataí

Anapolina advanced to the semi-finals

Group G

ABECAT0–3Atlético Goianiense
Guilherme Marques 29', 49'
Derek 80'
Estádio Municipal Luiz Benedito, Ouvidor
Atlético Goianiense1–1ABECAT
Guilherme Marques 58' (pen.) Uesley Gaúcho

Atlético Goianiense advanced to the semi-finals

Play-offs to determine places 5–8

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CRAC Group A Jataiense – –
Anápolis Group B ABECAT – –

Group A

Group B

5th place playoff

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Overall 2nd place – Overall 1st place – –
Overall 2nd place–Overall 1st place
Overall 1st place–Overall 2nd place

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Anapolina Group H Goiás – –
Atlético Goianiense Group I Vila Nova – –

Group H

Winners advance to the finals

Group I

Winners advance to the finals

Finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Overall 2nd place Group J Overall 1st place – –

Matches

Overall 2nd place–Overall 1st place
Overall 1st place–Overall 2nd place

References

  1. ^ "Conselho Técnico formata Goianão Novomundo.com 2026" (in Portuguese). FGF. 19 November 2025.
  2. ^ "Calendário 2026" (in Portuguese). FGF. 5 January 2026.
  3. ^ "Anapolina segura empate contra o Centro-Oeste e é bicampeã da Divisão de Acesso" (in Portuguese). Esporte Goiano. 3 August 2025.
  4. ^ a b "CAMPEONATO GOIANO DE PROFISSIONAIS DA 1ª DIVISÃO – 2026 REGULAMENTO ESPECÍFICO" (PDF) (in Portuguese). FGF. 26 November 2025.
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