2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

The Serie B of the Brazilian Championship 2017 was a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the second division. It was contested by 20 clubs, between 12 May and 25 November.[1] The top four teams were promoted to Série A in 2018 and the bottom four were relegated to Série C in 2018.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
Season2017
ChampionsAmérica Mineiro (2nd Title)
PromotedAmérica Mineiro
Internacional
Paraná
Ceará
RelegatedLuverdense
Santa Cruz
Náutico
ABC
Top goalscorer16 goals
Mazinho, Oeste
Bergson, Paysandu
Biggest home winLuverdense 4–0 Brasil de Pelotas
R7, 13 June
Paraná 4–0 Santa Cruz
R17, 29 July
Biggest away winGuarani 0–4 Paraná
R25, 19 September
Highest attendance56,005 Ceará 1–0 ABC
R38, 25 November
Lowest attendance119 Náutico 1–2 Vila Nova
R37, 18 November
Total attendance2,195,450
Average attendance5,950
2016
2018
All statistics correct as of 22:38, 4 December 2017 (UTC).

América Mineiro were crowned champions.

Teams edit

Number of teams by state edit

Number of teams State Team(s)
3   Rio Grande do Sul Brasil de Pelotas, Internacional, and Juventude
2   Goiás Goiás and Vila Nova
  Minas Gerais América Mineiro and Boa Esporte
  Paraná Londrina and Paraná
  Pernambuco Náutico and Santa Cruz
  São Paulo Guarani and Oeste
  Santa Catarina Figueirense and Criciúma
1   Alagoas CRB
  Ceará Ceará
  Mato Grosso Luverdense
  Rio Grande do Norte ABC
  Pará Paysandu

Personnel and kits edit

Team Manager Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
ABC   Ranielle Ribeiro   Rinat   Caixa
América Mineiro   Enderson Moreira   Lupo   Caixa
Boa Esporte   Sidney Moraes   Embratex None
Brasil de Pelotas   Clemer   Topper   Caixa
Ceará   Marcelo Chamusca   Penalty   Caixa
CRB   Mazola Júnior   Rinat   Caixa
Criciúma   Grizzo   Embratex   Caixa
Figueirense   Milton Cruz   Adidas   Caixa
Goiás   Hélio dos Anjos   Topper   Caixa
Guarani   Lisca   Topper   IESCAMP
Internacional   Odair Hellmann   Nike   Banrisul
Juventude   Antônio Carlos Zago   19Treze (homemade)   Banrisul
Londrina   Claudio Tencati   Karilu   Caixa
Luverdense   Júnior Rocha   Kanxa   Sicredi
Náutico   Roberto Fernandes   Topper   Caixa
Oeste   Roberto Cavalo   Deka None
Paraná Clube   Matheus Costa   Topper   Racco
Paysandu   Marquinhos Santos   Lobo (homemade)   Caixa
Santa Cruz   Adriano Teixeira   Cobra Coral (homemade)   MRV
Vila Nova   Hemerson Maria   Rinat   Caixa

Managerial changes edit

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date Position in table Incoming manager
Goiás   Sérgio Soares Sacked[2][3] 27 May 17th   Sílvio Criciúma[4]
Internacional   Antônio Carlos Zago Sacked[5] 28 May 17th   Guto Ferreira[6]
Criciúma   Deivid Sacked[7][8] 30 May 20th   Luiz Carlos Winck
Santa Cruz   Vinícius Eutrópio Sacked[9] 10 June 7th   Givanildo Oliveira
CRB   Léo Condé Sacked[10] 13 June 16th   Dado Cavalcanti
Náutico   Waldemar Lemos Sacked[11] 14 June 20th   Beto Campos[12]
Figueirense   Márcio Goiano Sacked[13] 14 June 14th   Marcelo Cabo[14]
Boa Esporte   Julinho Camargo Sacked[15] 15 June 19th   Nedo Xavier
Ceará   Givanildo Oliveira Sacked 16 June 8th   Marcelo Chamusca
Paysandu   Marcelo Chamusca Signed by Ceará 18 June 10th   Marquinhos Santos
Paraná   Cristian de Souza Sacked 14 July 14th   Lisca
Goiás   Sílvio Criciúma Mutual consent 19 July 15th   Argel Fucks
ABC   Geninho Sacked 19 July 19th   Márcio Fernandes
Brasil de Pelotas   Rogério Zimmermann Sacked 19 July 16th   Clemer
Figueirense   Marcelo Cabo Sacked 30 July 18th   Milton Cruz
Náutico   Beto Campos Sacked 30 July 20th   Roberto Fernandes
ABC   Márcio Fernandes Sacked 21 August 20th   Itamar Schülle[16]
Goiás   Argel Fucks Mutual consent 25 August[17][18] 15th   Sílvio Criciúma
Santa Cruz   Givanildo Oliveira Sacked[19][20] 26 August 18th   Marcelo Martelotte
Guarani   Vadão Sacked[21] 29 August 18th   Marcelo Cabo
Paraná   Lisca Sacked 2 September 5th   Matheus Costa
Goiás   Sílvio Criciúma Mutual consent[22] 16 September 17th   Hélio dos Anjos
CRB   Dado Cavalcanti Sacked 17 September 13th   Mazola Júnior
Criciúma   Luiz Carlos Winck Sacked 18 September 8th   Beto Campos
Guarani   Marcelo Cabo Sacked 9 October 15th   Lisca
ABC   Itamar Schülle Sacked 18 October 20th   Ranielle Ribeiro
Juventude   Gilmar Dal Pozzo Sacked[23][24] 21 October 8th   Antônio Carlos Zago
Boa Esporte   Nedo Xavier Mutual consent[25] 9 November 17th   Sidney Moraes
Internacional   Guto Ferreira Sacked[26] 11 November 2nd   Odair Hellmann
Criciúma   Beto Campos Sacked[27] 15 November 10th   Grizzo
Santa Cruz   Marcelo Martelotte Sacked[28] 15 November 18th   Adriano Teixeira

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 América Mineiro (C, P) 38 20 13 5 46 25 +21 73 Promotion to 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
2 Internacional (P) 38 20 11 7 54 26 +28 71
3 Ceará (P) 38 19 10 9 46 32 +14 67
4 Paraná (P) 38 18 10 10 49 28 +21 64
5 Londrina 38 18 8 12 56 46 +10 62
6 Oeste 38 14 17 7 43 31 +12 59
7 Vila Nova 38 15 13 10 38 30 +8 58
8 Brasil de Pelotas 38 15 6 17 43 50 −7 51
9 Juventude 38 13 12 13 35 38 −3 51
10 Boa Esporte 38 12 14 12 40 42 −2 50
11 Paysandu 38 13 9 16 41 41 0 48
12 Figueirense 38 12 12 14 44 49 −5 48
13 Criciúma 38 12 12 14 41 46 −5 48
14 Goiás 38 12 9 17 35 46 −11 45
15 CRB 38 12 9 17 35 50 −15 45
16 Guarani 38 11 11 16 36 46 −10 44
17 Luverdense (R) 38 10 14 14 38 40 −2 44 Relegation to 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C
18 Santa Cruz (R) 38 8 13 17 43 54 −11 37
19 ABC (R) 38 9 7 22 28 49 −21 34
20 Náutico (R) 38 8 8 22 29 51 −22 32
Updated to match(es) played on 25 November 2017. Source: CBF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results; 6) least red cards received; 7) least yellow cards received; 8) draw.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results edit

Home \ Away ABC AME BOA BRP CEA CRB CRI FIG GOI GUA INT JUV LON LUV NAU OES PAR PAY SCR VIL
ABC 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–3 3–1 2–2 0–1 0–1 0–3 1–1 3–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–0
América Mineiro 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 4–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–2 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–0
Boa Esporte 2–1 2–2 2–1 4–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 0–0 0–2 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 4–2 0–1
Brasil de Pelotas 3–0 0–0 0–0 2–3 2–0 3–2 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 3–0
Ceará 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 2–2 0–1 2–2 0–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–3 2–0
CRB 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–3 2–2 2–2 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–2
Criciúma 2–1 1–3 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–2 2–3 1–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–1
Figueirense 2–0 1–2 0–2 2–0 0–2 3–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 3–1 2–3 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–1
Goiás 1–2 1–1 4–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 0–1 3–1 2–0 0–2 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–2
Guarani 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 2–3 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–4 2–0 2–0 0–0
Internacional 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 4–2 2–0 0–0 3–2 2–0 1–1
Juventude 3–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 0–2 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–0
Londrina 3–1 0–0 2–2 4–1 3–2 4–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–3 2–2 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–1
Luverdense 1–0 0–3 0–1 4–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–2 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–1
Náutico 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–2 0–1 1–2 2–0 2–3 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–3 0–0 1–2
Oeste 1–1 0–0 4–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 3–0 4–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–3 2–0 2–2
Paraná 1–0 1–1 1–1 4–1 1–0 4–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 1–2 0–0 4–0 1–0
Paysandu 2–0 0–1 0–0 2–3 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 4–2 1–1
Santa Cruz 2–1 0–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 5–2 1–3 0–0 2–3 2–2 0–0 1–2 1–0
Vila Nova 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 3–2 1–2 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 25 November 2017. Source: CBF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers edit

As of 25 November 2017 [29]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Mazinho Oeste 16
Bergson Paysandu
3 Henan Figueirense 12
4 Jonatas Belusso Londrina 11
Tiago Marques Juventude
Alan Mineiro Vila Nova
7 Lucão Criciúma 10
William Pottker Internacional
Thaciano Boa Esporte
Rodolfo Boa Esporte

Attendances edit

Average home attendances edit

Pos. Team GP Total High Low Average
1 Internacional 19 443,240 33,193 8,882 23,328
2 Ceará 19 390,551 56,005 3,457 20,555
3 Paraná 19 205,167 39,414 2,127 10,798
4 Vila Nova 16[a] 116,598 20,550 818 7,287
5 Goiás 14[b] 86,839 12,586 1,263 6,203
6 Paysandu 19 117,057 12,582 3,010 6,161
7 CRB 19 107,217 13,151 2,284 5,643
8 Santa Cruz 19 78,394 20,415 251 4,126
9 Juventude 19 77,945 10,799 2,162 4,102
10 Figueirense 19 76,751 7,852 1,971 4,040
11 Guarani 17[c] 63,723 8,673 1,502 3,748
12 Brasil de Pelotas 19 62,923 8,006 1,793 3,312
13 América Mineiro 19 60,745 15,115 952 3,197
14 ABC 19 59,380 7,172 888 3,125
15 Londrina 19 55,434 6,568 495 2,918
16 Criciúma 19 54,429 9,087 1,131 2,865
17 Oeste 19 53,217 10,205 971 2,801
18 Náutico 18[d] 45,231 11,579 119 2,513
19 Luverdense 19 23,350 4,243 212 1,229
20 Boa Esporte 19 17,259 3,602 323 908
- Total 369 2,195,450 56,005 119 5,950

Updated for games played on 25 November 2017. Paying spectators only.

  1. ^ Vila Nova's games in rounds 16, 18 and 20 were behind closed doors.
  2. ^ Goiás' games in rounds 15, 17, 19, 21 and 23 were behind closed doors.
  3. ^ Guarani's first two home games were behind closed doors
  4. ^ Náutico's first home game was behind closed doors

Source: Boletim Financeiro

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