Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
Founded	1971; 54 years ago
Country	Brazil
Confederation	CONMEBOL
Number of clubs	20
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Série A
Relegation to	Série C
Domestic cup(s)	Copa do Brasil (third stage)
Current champions	Santos (1st title) ; (2024)
Most championships	Coritiba; Goiás; Palmeiras; Paysandu; América Mineiro ; Bragantino; Botafogo (2 titles each)
Broadcaster(s)	ESPN; Disney+; RedeTV!; Desimpedidos; Kwai
Website	Official website
	Current: 2025 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B (commonly referred to as the Brasileirão Série B, the Série B or the Brazilian Série B to distinguish it from the Italian Serie B and the Ecuadorian Serie B), and currently officially called Brasileirão Série B Superbet by sponsorship reasons^[1]) is the second tier of the Brazilian football league system. Although not having been played annually since its founding in 1971, the competition format has changed almost every season. Since 2006 it has been contested by 20 teams in a double round-robin format with the top four teams being promoted to the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A group and the bottom four teams being relegated to the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C group.

2024 Série B teams

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity	2023 result
Amazonas	Manaus	Arena da Amazônia	44,300	1st (Série C)
América Mineiro	Belo Horizonte	Independência	23,018	20th (Série A)
Avaí	Florianópolis	Ressacada	25,735	13th
Botafogo (SP)	Ribeirão Preto	Santa Cruz	29,292	12th
Brusque	Brusque	Augusto Bauer	5,000	2nd (Série C)
Ceará	Fortaleza	Castelão (Fortaleza)	63,903	11th
Chapecoense	Chapecó	Arena Condá	20,089	16th
Coritiba	Curitiba	Couto Pereira	40,502	19th (Série A)
CRB	Maceió	Rei Pelé	17,126	9th
Goiás	Goiânia	Serrinha	14,450	18th (Série A)
Guarani	Campinas	Brinco de Ouro	29,130	10th
Ituano	Itu	Novelli Júnior	18,560	14th
Mirassol	Mirassol	José Maria de Campos Maia	15,000	6th
Novorizontino	Novo Horizonte	Doutor Jorge Ismael de Biasi	16,000	5th
Operário Ferroviário	Ponta Grossa	Germano Krüger	10,632	3rd (Série C)
Paysandu	Belém	Curuzu	16,200	4th (Série C)
Ponte Preta	Campinas	Moisés Lucarelli	19,728	15th
Santos	Santos	Vila Belmiro	16,068	17th (Série A)
Sport Recife	Recife	Ilha do Retiro	35,000	7th
Vila Nova	Goiânia	Onésio Brasileiro Alvarenga	11,788	8th

Champions of Série B

Official champions

Below is the table of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B champions according to the Brazilian Football Confederation:^[2]

Knockout tournament

Ed.	Season	Champion	Runner-up
1	1971	Villa Nova	Remo
2	1972	Sampaio Corrêa	Campinense
–	1973−1979	Not held
3	1980	Londrina	CSA
4	1981	Guarani	Anapolina
5	1982	Campo Grande	CSA
6	1983	Juventus	CSA
7	1984	Uberlândia	Remo
8	1985	Tuna Luso	Goytacaz
–	1986	Not held (See 1986 Torneio Paralelo)
–	1987	Not held (See Copa União Blue and White Modules)
9	1988	Inter de Limeira	Náutico
10	1989	Bragantino	São José
11	1990	Sport	Atlético Paranaense
12	1991	Paysandu	Guarani
13	1992	Paraná	Vitória
–	1993	Not held
14	1994	Juventude	Goiás
15	1995	Atlético Paranaense	Coritiba
16	1996	União São João	América de Natal
17	1997	América Mineiro	Ponte Preta
18	1998	Gama	Botafogo
19	1999	Goiás	Santa Cruz
–	2000	Not held (See Copa João Havelange Group Yellow)
20	2001	Paysandu	Figueirense
21	2002	Criciúma	Fortaleza
22	2003	Palmeiras	Botafogo
23	2004	Brasiliense	Fortaleza
24	2005	Grêmio	Santa Cruz

Round-robin tournament

Ed.	Season	Champion	Runner-up	Third place	Fourth place
25	2006	Atlético Mineiro	Sport	Náutico	América
26	2007	Coritiba	Ipatinga	Portuguesa	Vitória
27	2008	Corinthians	Santo André	Avaí	Barueri
28	2009	Vasco da Gama	Guarani	Ceará	Atlético Goianiense
29	2010	Coritiba	Figueirense	Bahia	América Mineiro
30	2011	Portuguesa	Náutico	Ponte Preta	Sport
31	2012	Goiás	Criciúma	Atlético Paranaense	Vitória
32	2013	Palmeiras	Chapecoense	Sport	Figueirense
33	2014	Joinville	Ponte Preta	Vasco da Gama	Avaí
34	2015	Botafogo	Santa Cruz	Vitória	América Mineiro
35	2016	Atlético Goianiense	Avaí	Vasco da Gama	Bahia
36	2017	América Mineiro	Internacional	Ceará	Paraná
37	2018	Fortaleza	CSA	Avaí	Goiás
38	2019	Bragantino	Sport	Coritiba	Atlético Goianiense
39	2020	Chapecoense	América Mineiro	Juventude	Cuiabá
40	2021	Botafogo	Goiás	Coritiba	Avaí
41	2022	Cruzeiro	Grêmio	Vasco da Gama	Bahia
42	2023	Vitória	Juventude	Criciúma	Atlético Goianiense
43	2024	Santos	Mirassol	Sport	Ceará

Notes

In 1986, Treze, Central, Inter 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.

In 1987, Americano and Operário–MS each won their groups (White and Blue respectively) as well.

In 2000, Paraná defeated São Caetano in the Final of the Yellow Module of the Copa João Havelange and both, plus Remo, who finished third were promoted to Knockout Stage of the Série A in the same year. However, only São Caetano and Paraná remained in the Série A in 2001 season. São Caetano later became the runner-up of the first division in the same year that became the runner-up of the second division. Confederação Brasileira de Futebol is yet to recognize this title.

Unofficial champions

The following seasons are not officially recognized by the CBF:^[2]

Year	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third place	Comments
1986^[3]	Treze	Group E	Maranhão	Rio Negro	The four winners were promoted to the first level in the same year.^[4]^[5]
	Central	Group F	Americano	Goytacaz
	Inter de Limeira	Group G	Juventus	Santo André
	Criciúma	Group H	Marcílio Dias	Pinheiros
1987^[6]	Americano	Blue Module	Uberlândia	Juventude	Final stage of each module was disputed in a triangular.
1987^[6]	Operário–MS	White Module	Paysandu	Botafogo-PB	Final stage of each module was disputed in a triangular.
2000^[7]	Paraná	1 − 1 3 − 1	São Caetano	Remo	It was the Yellow Module of the Copa João Havelange. The top three teams were promoted to the first level in the same year.

Titles by team

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

Rank	Club	Winners	Winning years
1	América Mineiro	2	1997, 2017
	Botafogo		2015, 2021
	Coritiba		2007, 2010
	Goiás		1999, 2012
	Palmeiras		2003, 2013
	Paysandu		1991, 2001
	Red Bull Bragantino		1989, 2019
8	Atlético Goianiense	1	2016
	Atlético Mineiro		2006
	Athletico Paranaense		1995
	Brasiliense		2004
	Campo Grande		1982
	Chapecoense		2020
	Corinthians		2008
	Criciúma		2002
	Cruzeiro		2022
	Fortaleza		2018
	Gama		1998
	Grêmio		2005
	Guarani		1981
	Inter de Limeira		1988
	Joinville		2014
	Juventude		1994
	Juventus		1983
	Londrina		1980
	Paraná		1992
	Portuguesa		2011
	Sampaio Corrêa		1972
	Santos		2024
	Sport Recife		1990
	Tuna Luso		1985
	Uberlândia		1984
	União São João		1996
	Vasco da Gama		2009
	Villa Nova		1971
	Vitória		2023

Titles by state

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

State	Nº of titles
São Paulo	11
Minas Gerais	6
Paraná	5
Rio de Janeiro	4
Pará	3
Goiás	3
Santa Catarina	3
Distrito Federal	2
Rio Grande do Sul	2
Bahia	1
Ceará	1
Maranhão	1
Pernambuco	1

Participations

Most appearances

As of 2025 season

Below is the list of clubs that have more appearances in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.

Club	App	First	Last
CRB	35	1971	2025
Ceará	32	1981	2024
América Mineiro	28	1980	2025
Criciúma	27	1980	2025
Londrina	27	1971	2023
Vila Nova	27	1982	2025
Avaí	26	1980	2025
América de Natal	24	1972	2014
Náutico	23	1971	2022
Ponte Preta	23	1971	2024
Remo	23	1971	2025
ABC	22	1971	2023
Americano	20	1980	2002
Joinville	20	1982	2016
Paysandu	20	1971	2025
Sampaio Corrêa	20	1971	2023
Santa Cruz	20	1982	2017

Clubs promoted from Série B

Segunda Divisão

Year	Clubs
1971	None
1972	None

Taça de Prata era

Year	Clubs promoted in same year	Clubs promoted to next season
1980	Rio Preto, Goytacaz, America (RJ), Santa Cruz	Grêmio Maringá, CRB
1981	Vitória, Sport, Palmeiras, Uberlândia	Ponte Preta, Anápolis
1982	America (RJ), Atlético Paranaense, Corinthians, São Paulo (RS)	Campo Grande, CSA
1983	Americano, Botafogo (SP), Guarani, Operário (MS)	None
1984	Uberlândia	Remo
1985	None	Tuna Luso
1986	Central, Criciúma, Inter de Limeira, Treze	—

Knock-out tournament

Year	Clubs
1987	See Copa União
1988	Inter de Limeira, Náutico
1989	Bragantino, São José (SP)
1990	Sport, Atlético Paranaense
1991	Paysandu, Guarani
1992	Paraná, Vitória, Criciúma, Santa Cruz, Remo, América Mineiro, Fortaleza, União São João, Grêmio, Ceará, Desportiva, Coritiba
1994	Juventude, Goiás
1995	Atlético Paranaense, Coritiba
1996	União São João, América de Natal
1997	América Mineiro, Ponte Preta
1998	Gama, Botafogo (SP)
1999–2000	See Copa João Havelange
2001	Paysandu, Figueirense
2002	Criciúma, Fortaleza
2003	Palmeiras, Botafogo
2004	Brasiliense, Fortaleza
2005	Grêmio, Santa Cruz

Round-robin tournament

Year	Clubs (points)
2006	Atlético Mineiro (71), Sport (64), Náutico (64), América de Natal (61)
2007	Coritiba (69), Ipatinga (67), Portuguesa (63), Vitória (59)
2008	Corinthians (85), Santo André (68), Avaí (67), Grêmio Barueri (63)
2009	Vasco da Gama (76), Guarani (69), Ceará (68), Atlético Goianiense (65)
2010	Coritiba (71), Figueirense (67), Bahia (65), América Mineiro (63)
2011	Portuguesa (81), Náutico (64), Ponte Preta (63), Sport (61)
2012	Goiás (78), Criciúma (73), Atlético Paranaense (71), Vitória (71)
2013	Palmeiras (82), Chapecoense (72), Sport (63), Figueirense (60)
2014	Joinville (70), Ponte Preta (69), Vasco da Gama (63), Avaí (62)
2015	Botafogo (72), Santa Cruz (67), Vitória (66), América Mineiro (65)
2016	Atlético Goianiense (76), Avaí (66), Vasco da Gama (65), Bahia (63)
2017	América Mineiro (73), Internacional (71), Ceará (67), Paraná (64)
2018	Fortaleza (71), CSA (62), Avaí (61), Goiás (60)
2019	Bragantino (75), Sport (68), Coritiba (66), Atlético Goianiense (62)
2020	Chapecoense (73), América Mineiro (73), Juventude (61), Cuiabá (61)
2021	Botafogo (70), Goiás (65), Coritiba (64), Avaí (64)
2022	Cruzeiro (78), Grêmio (65), Bahia (62), Vasco da Gama (62)
2023	Vitória (72), Juventude (65), Criciúma (64), Atlético Goianiense (64)
2024	Santos (68), Mirassol (67), Sport (66), Ceará (64)

Clubs relegated from Série B

Knock-out tournament

Year	Clubs (points)
1988	None^[a]
1990	None^[a]
1992	None^[a]
1994	Fortaleza (6), Tiradentes (DF) (5)
1995	~~Ponte Preta (5)~~^[b], Democrata (GV) (5)
1996	Canceled^[c]
1997	Moto Club (Group A), Central (Group B), Sergipe (Group C), Goiatuba (Group D), Mogi Mirim (Group E)
1998	Fluminense (11), Atlético Goianiense (10), Náutico (8), Juventus (7), Volta Redonda (6), Americano (6)
1999–2000	See Copa João Havelange
2001	Sergipe (33), Tuna Luso (33), ABC (29), Desportiva (29), Nacional (AM) (25), Serra (24)
2002	Americano (32), Botafogo (SP) (30), Sampaio Corrêa (25), Guarany de Sobral (20), XV de Piracicaba (19), Bragantino (17)
2003	Gama (19), União São João (16)
2004	América de Natal (26), Remo (25), América Mineiro (23), Joinville (18), Mogi Mirim (18), Londrina (17)
2005	Vitória (27), Bahia (25), Anapolina (25), União Barbarense (24), Criciúma (19), Caxias (16)

Round-robin tournament

Year	Clubs (points)
2006	Paysandu (44), Guarani (44), São Raimundo (AM) (43), Vila Nova (42)
2007	Paulista (46), Santa Cruz (42), Remo (36), Ituano (33)
2008	Marília (45), Criciúma (41), Gama (35), CRB (24)
2009	Juventude (44), Fortaleza (38), Campinense (37), ABC (35)
2010	Brasiliense (46), Santo André (43), Ipatinga (41), América de Natal (41)
2011	Icasa (47), Vila Nova (32), Salgueiro (26), Duque de Caxias (17)
2012	CRB (42), Guarani (41), Ipatinga (41), Grêmio Barueri (30)
2013	Guaratinguetá (41), Paysandu (40), São Caetano (36), ASA (35)
2014	América de Natal (43), Icasa (43), Vila Nova (32), Portuguesa (25)
2015	Macaé (43), ABC (32), Boa Esporte (31), Mogi Mirim (23)
2016	Joinville (40), Tupi (33), Bragantino (32), Sampaio Corrêa (27)
2017	Luverdense (44), Santa Cruz (37), ABC (34), Náutico (32)
2018	Paysandu (43), Sampaio Corrêa (38), Juventude (35), Boa Esporte (30)
2019	Londrina (39), São Bento (39), Criciúma (39), Vila Nova (39)
2020	Figueirense (39), Paraná (37), Botafogo (SP) (34), Oeste (29)
2021	Remo (43), Vitória (40), Confiança (37), Brasil de Pelotas (23)
2022	CSA (42), Brusque (34), Operário Ferroviário (34), Náutico (30)
2023	Sampaio Corrêa (39), Tombense (37), Londrina (31), ABC (28)
2024	Ponte Preta (38), Ituano (37), Brusque (36), Guarani (33)

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No relegations due to absence of a Série C tournament in the posterior season.
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Ponte Preta is spared from relegation after América de Rio Preto, Bangu, Barra do Garças, Ferroviária and Novorizontino withdrew.^[8]
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Sports court (STJD) canceled all relegations in 1996 season, sparing Goiatuba, Sergipe and Central.^[9]

Top scorers

Year	Player (team)	Goals
1971	Robilotta (Remo)	4
1972	Pelezinho (Sampaio Corrêa)	8
1980	Osmarzinho (Botafogo-SP)	12
1981	Jorge Mendonça (Guarani)	11
1982	Luizinho (Campo Grande)	10
1983	Lima (Operário-MS)	9
1984	Dadinho (Remo)	6
1985	Paulo César (Tuna Luso) Guilherme (Figueirense)	6
1986^[d]	Joãozinho (Taguatinga)	11
1987^[e]	Manelão (Paysandu)	6
1988	Machado (Inter de Limeira)	11
1989	Bugrão (Anapolina)	7
1990	Rivelino (Catuense)	11
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^[f]	Adhemar (São Caetano)	16
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
2015	Zé Carlos (CRB)	19
2016	Bill (Ceará)	15
2017	Bergson (Paysandu) Mazinho (Oeste)	16
2018	Dagoberto (Londrina)	17
2019	Guilherme (Sport)	17
2020	Caio Dantas (Sampaio Corrêa)	17
2021	Edu (Brusque)	17
2022	Gabriel Poveda (Sampaio Corrêa)	19
2023	Gustavo Coutinho (Atlético Goianiense)	14
2024	Erick Pulga (Ceará)	13

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Torneio Paralelo.
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White and Blue Modules of the Copa União.
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Yellow Module of the Copa João Havelange. Adhemar scored another six goals in the Knockout Stage of the Copa João Havelange.

Winning managers

Year	Manager	Club
1971	Martim Francisco	Villa Nova
1972	Marçal Tolentino	Sampaio Corrêa
1980	Jair Bala	Londrina
1981	José Duarte	Guarani
1982	Décio Esteves	Campo Grande
1983	Candinho	Juventus
1984	Vicente Lage	Uberlândia
1985	José Dutra	Tuna Luso
1987^[g]	José Maria Pena	Americano
1987^[g]	Silvio Elite	Operário-MS
1988	Levir Culpi	Inter de Limeira
1989	Vanderlei Luxemburgo	Bragantino
1990	Roberto Brida	Sport Recife
1991	Joel Martins	Paysandu
1992	Otacílio Gonçalves	Paraná
1994	Heron Ferreira	Juventude
1995	Pepe	Atlético Paranaense
1996	Lula Pereira	União São João
1997	Givanildo Oliveira	América Mineiro
1998	Vágner Benazzi	Gama
1999	Hélio dos Anjos	Goiás
2000^[h]	Geninho	Paraná
2001	Givanildo Oliveira (2)	Paysandu
2002	Edson Gaúcho	Criciúma
2003	Jair Picerni	Palmeiras
2004	Edinho	Brasiliense
2005	Mano Menezes	Grêmio
2006	Levir Culpi (2)	Atlético Mineiro
2007	René Simões	Coritiba
2008	Mano Menezes (2)	Corinthians
2009	Dorival Júnior	Vasco da Gama
2010	Ney Franco	Coritiba
2011	Jorginho	Portuguesa
2012	Enderson Moreira	Goiás
2013	Gilson Kleina	Palmeiras
2014	Hemerson Maria	Joinville
2015	Ricardo Gomes	Botafogo
2016	Marcelo Cabo	Atlético Goianiense
2017	Enderson Moreira (2)	América Mineiro
2018	Rogério Ceni	Fortaleza
2019	Antônio Carlos Zago	Bragantino
2020	Umberto Louzer	Chapecoense
2021	Enderson Moreira (3)	Botafogo
2022	Paulo Pezzolano	Cruzeiro
2023	Léo Condé	Vitória
2024	Fábio Carille	Santos

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White and Blue Modules of the Copa União.
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Yellow Module of the Copa João Havelange.

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