Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
Country	Brazil
Confederation	CONMEBOL
Founded	1971
Number of teams	20
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Série A
Relegation to	Série C
Current champions	Joinville (2014)
Most championships	Coritiba Goiás Palmeiras Paraná Paysandu (2 titles each)
TV partners	Globo and RedeTV! (Broadcast) SporTV (Cable/satellite) Premiere FC (Pay-per-view).
Website	Campeonato Brasileiro - Série B
2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, commonly referred to as the Brasileirão Série B or simply Série B is the second tier of the Brazilian football league system. The competition format has changed almost every year since it first occurred, in 1971. In some years, it was not played at all. However since 2006, it has been contested by 20 teams in a double round-robin format with the top four teams being promoted to Campeonato Brasileiro Série A and the bottom four teams being relegated to Campeonato Brasileiro Série C.

2014 Série B teams 1
Champions of Série B 2
- Official champions 2.1
- Unofficial champions 2.2
Titles by team 3
Titles by state 4
Top scorers 5
References 6
External links 7

2014 Série B teams

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity	2013 season
ABC	Natal	Frasqueirão	15,082	14th in Série B
América de Natal	Natal	Arena das Dunas	32,000	13th in Série B
América Mineiro	Belo Horizonte	Independência	23,000	9th in Série B
Atlético Goianiense	Goiânia	Serra Dourada	41,574	16th in Série B
Avaí	Florianópolis	Ressacada	17,537	10th in Série B
Boa Esporte	Varginha	Melão	15,471	11th in Série B
Bragantino	Bragança Paulista	Nabi Abi Chedid	17,022	12th in Série B
Ceará	Fortaleza	Castelão	67,037	7th in Série B
Icasa	Juazeiro do Norte	Romeirão	16,000	5th in Série B
Joinville	Joinville	Arena Joinville	22,400	6th in Série B
Luverdense	Lucas do Rio Verde	Passo das Emas Stadium	5,000	3rd in Série C
Náutico	Recife	Arena Pernambuco	46,000	20th in Série A
Oeste	Itápolis	Amaros	13,044	15th in Série B
Paraná	Curitiba	Vila Capanema	20,083	8th in Série B
Ponte Preta	Campinas	Moisés Lucarelli	20,970	19th in Série A
Portuguesa	São Paulo	Canindé	21,004	17th in Série A
Sampaio Corrêa	São Luís	Castelão	24,584	2nd in Série C
Santa Cruz	Recife	Arruda	60,044	1st in Série C
Vasco da Gama	Rio de Janeiro	São Januário	24,584	18th in Série A
Vila Nova	Goiânia	Serra Dourada	42,000	4th in Série C

Champions of Série B

The winner's trophy

Official champions

Below is the table of Campeonato Brasileiro Série B champions according to the Brazilian Football Confederation:^[1]

Knockout tournament

Year	Winner	Score	Comments
1971 Details		0 − 1 3 − 0
1972 Details		1 − 1	Sampaio Corrêa won 5−4 on penalties.
1973−1979	Not held
1980 Details		1 − 1 4 − 0
1981 Details		4 − 2 1 − 1
1982 Details		3 − 4 2 − 1 3 − 0
1983 Details		1 − 3 3 − 0 1 − 0
1984 Details		1 − 0 0 − 0
1985 Details			The championship had no final match. The three best teams of the Third Round played against each other. Tuna Luso scored more points and were declared champions.
1986−1987	Not held ⁽¹⁾
1988 Details		1 − 0
1989 Details		1 − 0 2 − 1
1990 Details		1 − 1 0 − 0	Sport declared champions due to more points scored during the championship.
1991 Details		0 − 1 2 − 0
1992 Details		2 − 1 1 − 0
1993	Not held
1994 Details		1 − 2 2 − 1	Juventude declared champions due to more points scored during the championship.
1995 Details			From 1995 to 1999, the championship had no final match. The four best teams of the Third Round played against each other, and the team with most points were declared champions.
1996 Details
1997 Details
1998 Details
1999 Details
2000 Details		1 − 1 3 − 1	It was the Yellow Module of the Copa João Havelange.
2001 Details			The championship had no final match. The four best teams of the Third Round played against each other, and the team with most points were declared champions.
2002 Details		0 − 2 4 − 1
2003 Details			From 2003 to 2005, the championship had no final match. The four best teams of the Third Round played against each other, and the team with most points were declared champions.
2004 Details
2005 Details

Round-robin tournament

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Third place	Fourth place
2006 Details
2007 Details
2008 Details
2009 Details
2010 Details
2011 Details
2012 Details
2013 Details
2014 Details

¹In 1986, Treze, Central, Internacional de Limeira and Criciúma were the champions of their respective groups and were promoted to the first level in the same year. Confederação Brasileira de Futebol is yet to recognize these titles.

Unofficial champions

The following seasons are not officially recognized by the CBF:^[1]

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Comments
1986 Details^[2]	Treze	Maranhão	The four winners were promoted to the first level in the same year.
	Central	Americano
	Inter de Limeira	Juventus
	Criciúma	Marcílio Dias
1987 Details^[3]	Americano	Uberlândia
1987 Details^[3]	Operário	Paysandu

Titles by team

Below are the titles by team, according to the Brazilian Football Confederation:

Club	State	Titles
Coritiba		2 titles
Goiás		2 titles
Palmeiras		2 titles
Paraná		2 titles
Paysandu		2 titles
América Mineiro		1 title
Atlético Mineiro		1 title
Atlético Paranaense		1 title
Bragantino		1 title
Brasiliense		1 title
Campo Grande		1 title
Central		1 title
Corinthians		1 title
Criciúma		1 title
Gama		1 title
Grêmio		1 title
Guarani		1 title
Inter de Limeira		1 title
Joinville		1 title
Juventude		1 title
Juventus		1 title
Londrina		1 title
Portuguesa		1 title
Sampaio Corrêa		1 title
Sport		1 title
Tuna Luso		1 title
Uberlândia		1 title
União São João		1 title
Vasco da Gama		1 title
Villa Nova		1 title

Titles by state

Below are the titles by state, according to the Brazilian Football Confederation:

State	Titles
	9 titles
	6 titles
	4 titles
	3 titles
	3 titles
	2 titles
	2 titles
	2 titles
	2 titles
	2 titles
	1 title

Top scorers

Year	Player (team)	Goals
1971	Rabilota (Remo)	4
1980	Osmarzinho (Botafogo-SP)	12
1981	Guarani)	11
1982	Luisinho (Campo Grande)	10
1983	Lima (Operário)	9
1984	Dadinho (Remo)	6
1985	Paulo César (Tuna Luso) Guilherme (Figueirense)	6
1987	Evair (Guarani)	9 1
1991	Cacaio (Paysandu)	14
1992	Saulo (Paraná)	12
1994	Baltazar (Goiás) Mário (Juventude)	11
1995	Oséas (Atlético Paranaense)	14
1996	Maurício (Santa Cruz)	13
1997	Tupãzinho (América-MG)	13
1998	Gauchinho (XV de Piracicaba)	13
1999	Ueslei (Bahia)	25
2000	Adhemar (São Caetano)	16 2
2001	Sérgio Alves (Ceará)	21
2002	Vinícius (Fortaleza)	22
2003	Vágner Love (Palmeiras)	19
2004	Rinaldo (Fortaleza)	14
2005	Reinaldo (Santa Cruz)	16
2006	Vanderlei (Gama)	21
2007	Alessandro (Ipatinga)	25
2008	Túlio Maravilha (Vila Nova)	24
2009	Elton (Vasco da Gama) Marcelo Nicácio (Fortaleza) Rafael Coelho (Figueirense)	17
2010	Alessandro (Ipatinga)	21
2011	Kieza (Náutico)	21
2012	Zé Carlos (Criciúma)	27
2013	Bruno Rangel (Chapecoense)	31
2014	Magno Alves (Ceará)	18

₁ Módulo Amarelo of the Campeonato Brasileiro of 1987
₂ Módulo Branco and Verde of the Copa João Havelange. Adhemar scored another six goals in the finals of the João Havelange.

References

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External links

CBF Confederação Brasileira de Futebol - Brazilian Football Confederation
RSSSF Brazil links

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

2015 clubs	ABC América-MG Atlético Goianiense Bahia Boa Esporte Botafogo Bragantino Ceará CRB Criciúma Luverdense Macaé Mogi Mirim Náutico Oeste Paysandu Paraná Sampaio Corrêa Santa Cruz Vitória

Seasons	1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Football in Brazil

Brazilian Football Confederation

Men's

National teams	National team (History Players Managers) U-23 U-20 U-17 U-15

League system	Série A Série B Série C Série D

Domestic cups	Copa do Brasil Copa do Nordeste Copa Sul-Minas Copa Verde

State championships	Acre Alagoas Amapá Amazonas Bahia (2) Ceará Distrito Federal Espírito Santo Goiás Maranhão Mato Grosso Mato Grosso do Sul Minas Gerais (2) Pará Paraíba Paraná Pernambuco (2) Piauí Rio de Janeiro (2) Rio Grande do Norte Rio Grande do Sul (2), (3) Rondônia Roraima Santa Catarina São Paulo (2, 3, 4) Sergipe (2) Tocantins

State cups	Minas Gerais Rio de Janeiro Rio Grande do Sul Santa Catarina São Paulo

Youth competitions	Série A U-20 Copa do Brasil U-20 (U-17) Copa Santiago Copa São Paulo Taça Belo Horizonte

State federations	Acre Alagoas Amapá Amazonas Bahia Ceará Distrito Federal Espírito Santo Goiás Maranhão Mato Grosso Mato Grosso do Sul Minas Gerais Pará Paraíba Paraná Pernambuco Piauí Rio de Janeiro Rio Grande do Norte Rio Grande do Sul Rondônia Roraima Santa Catarina São Paulo Sergipe Tocantins

Defunct competitions	Wanderpreiss Cup Copa dos Campeões Estaduais Champions Cup 37 Taça Brasil Torneio dos Campeões 1967 Torneio dos Campeões da CBD Copa Norte-Nordeste Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa Torneio do Povo Campeonato da Cidade de Campos Campeonato Fluminense Copa dos Campeões da Copa Brasil Torneio dos Campeões Campeonato Brasileiro de Seleções Estaduais Supercopa do Brasil Taça da Prefeitura do Distrito Federal Torneio Rio-São Paulo Copa Centro-Oeste Copa Norte Copa dos Campeões Torneio de Integração da Amazônia Paulista B3 Paulista B2 Copa Integração Copa Macaé Recopa Sul-Brasileira

Awards Broadcasters (Série A) CBF Ranking Champions Derbies Mascots Clubs Footballers (Expatriate) Managers Records Referees Seasons Transfers Triple Crown Venues

Women's

National teams	National team (Managers) U-23 U-20 U-17

League system	Série A

Domestic cups	Copa do Brasil

State championships	Rio de Janeiro São Paulo

Champions Clubs Footballers

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B