2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D Explained

Competition:	Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
Season:	2012
Winners:	Sampaio Corrêa
Promoted:	Sampaio Corrêa CRAC Mogi Mirim Baraúnas
Matches:	190
Total Goals:	483
Average Attendance:	2,301.5
Prevseason:	2011
Nextseason:	2013

In 2012, the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, the fourth division of the Brazilian League, was contested for the fourth time.Forty clubs competed, four of which eventually qualified for the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C to be contested in 2013.

Competition format

The 40 teams were divided in eight groups of 5, playing in a double round-robin format. The two best ranked in each group at the end of 10 rounds qualified for the second stage, which was played in home-and-away system. Winners advanced to the third stage. These quarterfinal winners were promoted to the Série C 2013. According to the playoff structure, one team from each "mini-tournament" was promoted.^[1]

Participating teams

width=150	State	width=200	Team	width=350	Qualification method
Acre		2012 Campeonato Acreano best record ^Note AC
Alagoas	CSA	2012 Campeonato Alagoano best record
Amapá	Santos-AP	2011 Campeonato Amapaense runners-up ^Note AP
Amazonas	Penarol	2011 Campeonato Amazonense champions
Bahia	Feirense	2012 Campeonato Baiano best record
	Vitória da Conquista	2011 Copa Governador do Estado da Bahia champions
Ceará		2012 Campeonato Cearense best record
Distrito Federal	Ceilândia	2012 Campeonato Brasiliense best record
	Sobradinho	2012 Campeonato Brasiliense 3rd best record ^Note TO
Espírito Santo		2012 Campeonato Capixaba champions
Goiás		2012 Campeonato Goiano best record
	AA Aparecidense	2012 Campeonato Goiano 3rd best record ^Note GO
Maranhão		2011 Campeonato Maranhense champions
Mato Grosso		2012 Campeonato Matogrossense best record
Mato Grosso do Sul	CENE	2011 Campeonato Sul-Matogrossense champions
Minas Gerais		2012 Campeonato Mineiro best record
		2012 Campeonato Mineiro 2nd best record
Pará	Remo	2012 Campeonato Paraense 2nd best record ^Note PA
Paraíba	Sousa	2012 Campeonato Paraibano best record
Paraná	Arapongas	2012 Campeonato Paranaense best record
	Cianorte	2012 Campeonato Paranaense 2nd best record
Pernambuco		2012 Campeonato Pernambucano best record
		2012 Campeonato Pernambucano 2nd best record
Piauí		2011 Campeonato Piauiense champion
Rio de Janeiro	Volta Redonda	2012 Campeonato Carioca 2nd best record^Note RJ
	Friburguense	2011 Copa Rio runner-up
Rio Grande do Norte		2012 Campeonato Potiguar best record
Rio Grande do Sul	Juventude	2011 Copa FGF champions
	Cerâmica	2012 Campeonato Gaúcho 6th best record ^Note RS
Rondônia	Vilhena	2012 Campeonato Rondoniense champions
Roraima	Náutico-RR	Roraima qualifiers 2012
São Paulo	Mogi Mirim	2012 Campeonato Paulista best record
		2012 Campeonato Paulista 2nd best record
Santa Catarina	Metropolitano	2012 Campeonato Catarinense best record
	Concórdia	2011 Copa Santa Catarina 5th
Sergipe	Itabaiana	2012 Campeonato Sergipano champions
	(all teams withdrew)	2011 Campeonato Tocantinense champions
	Araguaína	2011 Série C Group A 5th	^[2]
	Campinense	2011 Série C Group B 5th
	Marília	2011 Série C Group C 5th
	Brasil de Pelotas	2011 Série C Group D 5th

Notes:

Acre:
Atlético Acreano replaced Rio Branco-AC.

Amapá:
Santos-AP replaced Trem.

Goias:
Associação Atlética Aparecidense replaced Itumbiara.

Pará:
Remo replaced Cametá Sport Club.

Rio Grande do Sul:
Cerâmica replaced Veranópolis Esporte Clube, Novo Hamburgo, São José (PA), Pelotas and Lajeadense.

Rio de Janeiro:
Volta Redonda replaced Resende.

Santa Catarina:
Concórdia replaced Brusque and Metropolitano. Concórdia qualified as last placed team.

Tocantins:
All Tocantins-based teams withdrew. Since Tocantins was already allocated a berth in Group 5 the berth passed on to Goias. No Goias-based team wanted the berth so it passed on to the Federal District.

First stage

Key to colours in group tables
bgcolor=#ccffcc style="width: 20px;"		Group winners, runners-up advance to the Round of 16
bgcolor=#FDCBCC style="width: 20px;"		Teams eliminated from the competition

Group 1 (AC-AM-PA-RO-RR)

width=165	Team	width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20
Remo	8	5	1	2	20	16	+4	16
	8	5	0	3	17	10	+7	15
Atlético Acreano	8	4	1	3	19	15	+4	13
Penarol	8	3	0	5	16	16	0	9
Náutico-RR	8	2	0	6	9	24	−15	6

Group 2 (AP-MA-MT-PI-TO)

width=165	Team	width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20
Sampaio Corrêa	8	8	0	0	25	2	+23	24
	8	3	3	2	13	9	+4	12
Comercial-PI	8	2	2	4	6	13	-7	5^1
Santos-AP	8	1	4	3	9	16	-7	4^1
	8	0	3	5	4	17	−13	3

¹ Three points deducted for use of irregular player.

Group 3 (CE-PB-PE-RN)

width=165	Team	width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20
Baraúnas	8	4	3	1	12	7	+5	15
Campinense	8	4	2	2	11	8	+3	14
	8	3	4	1	9	5	+4	13
Ypiranga-PE	8	2	2	4	13	15	−2	8
	8	0	3	5	9	19	−10	3

Group 4 (AL-BA-PB-SE)

width=165	Team	width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20
CSA	8	6	2	0	15	3	+12	20
	8	3	4	1	7	5	+2	13
	8	3	2	3	9	12	-3	11
	8	1	3	4	5	10	−5	6
Vitória da Conquista	8	1	1	6	7	13	−6	4

Group 5 (DF-GO-MS)

width=165	Team	width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20
	8	4	3	1	15	9	+6	15
Ceilândia	8	4	2	2	14	14	0	14
CENE	8	4	1	3	17	11	+6	13
Aparecidense	8	3	1	4	11	15	−4	10
Sobradinho	8	0	3	5	8	16	−8	3

Group 6 (ES-MG-RJ)

width=165	Team	width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20
	8	4	4	0	13	4	+9	16
	8	3	4	1	7	5	+2	13
	8	2	3	3	5	7	-2	9
	8	2	2	4	5	6	−1	8
	8	1	3	4	3	11	−8	6

Group 7 (PR-RS-SC-SP)

width=165	Team	width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20
	8	5	3	0	14	4	+10	18
Mogi Mirim	8	3	4	1	10	7	+3	13
	8	3	2	3	10	7	+3	11
	8	1	4	3	7	15	−8	7
	8	1	1	6	7	15	−8	4

Group 8 (PR-RS-SC-SP)

width=165	Team	width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20
	8	4	2	2	8	7	+1	14
Juventude	8	3	3	2	7	4	+3	12
Arapongas	8	2	4	2	6	6	0	10
	8	2	3	3	6	7	−1	9
Mirassol	8	1	4	2	8	11	−3	7

Final Stage

• Promoted to 2013 Série C.

Notes and References

1. http://brasileiroseried.blogspot.com/2011/05/quatro-torneios-quem-sobe.html
2. Web site: CBF. Regulations for 2011 Serie C. CBF. 7. 2019-04-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20130509162247/http://www.cbf.com.br/media/128439/regulamento%20espec%C3%ADfico%20da%20competi%C3%A7%C3%A3o%20s%C3%A9rie%20c.pdf. 2013-05-09. dead.