2013 Campeonato Mato-Grossense

Campeonato Mato-Grossense de Futebol
Season	2013
Champions	Cuiabá
Relegated	Vila Aurora
Copa do Brasil	Cuiabá
Série D	Mixto
Matches played	76
Goals scored	175 (2.3 per match)
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The 2013 Campeonato Mato-Grossense de Futebol was the 71st edition of the Mato Grosso's top professional football league. The competition began on January 20, and ended on May 5. Cuiabá Esporte Clube won the championship by the 4th time,^[1] while Vila Aurora was relegated. Atlético Campoverdense withdrawn their spot on the championship, so the championship had only one relegation spot and nine teams.^[2]

Format

On the first stage, all teams play against each other in a double round-robin. The worst team is relegated, and the top four teams qualify to the playoffs. The playoffs are two-leg matches.

Qualifications

The champion qualifies to the 2014 Copa do Brasil. The best team who isn't on Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Série B or Série C qualifies to the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.

Participating teams

Club	Home city	2012 result
Cacerense	Cáceres, Mato Grosso	2nd (2nd division)
Cuiabá	Cuiabá	2nd
Luverdense	Lucas do Rio Verde	1st
Mato Grosso	Cuiabá	7th
Mixto	Cuiabá	3rd
Rondonópolis	Rondonópolis	8th
Sinop	Sinop	1st (2nd division)
União	Rondonópolis	5th
Vila Aurora	Rondonópolis	4th

First round

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Luverdense	16	10	5	1	29	11	+18	35	Advanced to the Final_stage
2	Mato Grosso	16	9	4	3	24	13	+11	31
3	Cuiabá	16	8	5	3	26	16	+10	29
4	Mixto	16	6	8	2	15	9	+6	26
5	União-MT	16	6	5	5	20	17	+3	23
6	Rondonópolis	16	4	7	5	22	20	+2	19
7	Cacerense	16	5	3	8	13	23	−10	18
8	Sinop	16	2	1	13	6	27	−21	7
9	Vila Aurora (R)	16	0	6	10	10	29	−19	6	Relegated

Source: ^[3]
(R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	CAC	CUI	LUV	MAT	MIX	RON	SIN	UEC	VLA
Cacerense		1–2	0–3	0–1	0–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–0
Cuiabá	4–1		0–0	0–2	0–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–2
Luverdense	2–1	2–2		3–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	3–2	3–1
Mato Grosso	2–0	3–0	1–1		1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	4–2
Mixto	4–0	2–1	0–0	0–0		1–2	1–0	0–0	1–0
Rondonópolis	1–1	2–2	0–1	2–2	1–1		4–0	1–1	2–2
Sinop	0–1	0–2	1–3	1–3	0–1	1–2		0–1	1–0
União-MT	0–2	1–2	0–2	2–1	3–0	1–1	4–0		2–1
Vila Aurora	0–2	0–3	0–3	0–2	0–0	0–2	1–1	1–1