The Campeonato Catarinense de Futebol Profissional da Série A de 2020, known as the 2020 Campeonato Catarinense, was the 95th season of Santa Catarina's top-flight football league. The season began on 22 January and ended on 13 September 2020.
On 16 March 2020, FCF suspended the Campeonato Catarinense indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. Complying with the guidelines of the Governo do Estado de Santa Catarina, the tournament resumed behind closed doors on 8 July 2020.
After the quarter-final first legs, played on 8 and 9 July 2020, several players and staff of Chapecoense, Criciúma, Figueirense, Joinville, and Marcílio Dias tested positive for COVID-19. Because of this, on 13 July 2020, the Governo de Santa Catarina and FCF suspended the tournament until 27 July 2020. Due to the spread of COVID-19, on 24 July 2020, the Governo de Santa Catarina extended the suspension until 7 August 2020, but a subsequent agreement between FCF and the Governo de Santa Catarina lifted the suspension. Finally, the tournament resumed again on 29 July 2020.
In the finals, Chapecoense defeated Brusque 3–0 on aggregate to win their seventh title.
Avaí were the defending champions but they were eliminated in the quarter-finals.
Format The tournament was contested between 10 teams, who first played in a single round-robin tournament. The bottom two teams played a relegation play-off to next year's Série B. The final stage and the relegation play-off were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. Champions and runners-up qualified for the 2021 Copa do Brasil, while three teams qualified for the 2021 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.
Participating teams ClubHome city2019 resultTitles (last)AvaíFlorianópolis1st17 BrusqueBrusque6th1 ChapecoenseChapecó2nd6 ConcórdiaConcórdia2nd (Série B)0CriciúmaCriciúma4th10 FigueirenseFlorianópolis3rd18 JoinvilleJoinville7th12 JuventusJaraguá do Sul 3rd (Série B)0Marcílio DiasItajaí5th1 TubarãoTubarão 8th0
First stage Table and Results
Relegation play-off The play-off was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded hosting the second leg. If tied on aggregate the lower-seeded would be relegated.
Matches
Tubarão were relegated.
Notes
Final stage Starting from the quarter-finals, the teams played a single-elimination tournament. The matches 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.
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Group A
Chapecoense qualified for the semi-finals.
Group B
Brusque qualified for the semi-finals.
Group C
Juventus qualified for the semi-finals.
Group D
Criciúma qualified for the semi-finals.
Notes
Semi-finals
Group F
Chapecoense qualified for the finals.
Group G
Brusque qualified for the finals.
Finals
Group H
General table
Top goalscorers PlayerClubGoals1EduBrusque82Thiago AlagoanoBrusque63MarllonJuventus54Carlos CésarCriciúma4Geovane ItingaJuventusLuquinhasJoinville
References