A multi-year contract was signed with the Associação de Clubes de Futebol Profissional de Santa Catarina (ACFPSC) and the Federação Catarinense de Futebol (FCF). This will cover the southern Brazilian state’s 92 league matches each season.
The 10-team Santa Catarina league plays a two-stage season, each half of the season plays a round-robin format with the top four qualifying for semi-finals and a final. The league winner is then decided by home and away play-offs between the winners of the firt and secod stages of the competition.
On a national level games in Brazil’s Brasileirao are already monitored for fraud under a deal Sportradar Integrity Services has with regional governing body CONMEBOL. But that deal doesn’t reach down into the state leagues,
ACFPSC CEO Luiz Henrique Martins Ribeiro said: "Our responsibility is to ensure that Santa Catarina’s football is pure, exciting and uplifting. There can be no half measures in this regard.”
Talking about the need to safeguard the league, FCF
President Rubens Renato Angelotti said: "Our state has a proud tradition of
football and we are glad we can establish a working relationship with the
global leaders in integrity.”
"Their reputation precedes them and we are sure that their oversight will send
a powerful message of how the FCF and the ACFPSC intend to drive the Campeonata
Catarinense’s bright future,” Angelotti added.
Source: GMB / Inside World Football
