| Competition: | Campeonato Brasileiro Série D |
| Season: | 2016 |
| Winners: | Volta Redonda |
| Promoted: | CSA Moto Club São Bento Volta Redonda |
| Matches: | 266 |
| Total Goals: | 669 |
| League Topscorer: | Manoel Cristiano, Altos 10 goals |
| Biggest Home Win: | 8–0 Atlético Acreano v Náutico S2 2nd leg, 7 August |
| Biggest Away Win: | 0–4 Goianésia v Volta Redonda R1, 12 June Baré v Princesa do Solimões R6, 17 July Icasa v Juazeirense R6, 17 July 1–5 Náutico v Atlético Acreano S2 1st leg, 30 July |
| Highest Attendance: | 13,861 CSA 1–0 Ituano QF 2nd leg, 4 September |
| Lowest Attendance: | 9 Goianésia 0–1 Desportiva Ferroviária R5, 10 July |
| Average Attendance: | 1,632 |
| Attendance: | 427,483 |
| Prevseason: | 2015 |
| Nextseason: | 2017 |
The 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, the fourth level of the Brazilian League, was contested by 68 clubs. The competition started on 12 June and is ended on 1 October. The four teams in the semifinals, CSA, Moto Club, São Bento and Volta Redonda were promoted to the 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C.[1]
Volta Redonda were champions, beating CSA in the final.
In the first stage, 68 teams were divided into seventeen groups of four, organized regionally. The teams played home and away against the other three teams in their group, a total of six games. The winner of each group plus the best 15 runners-up qualified for the second stage. From the second stage on the competition was played as a knock-out tournament. The four semi-finalists qualified for the 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C. The winners of the semifinals played the final over two legs to determine the champion.
As at 17 July 2016
| Key to colours in group tables | ||
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| bgcolor=#ccffcc style="width: 20px;" | Group winners advance to the Second stage | |
| bgcolor=#ffcc99 style="width: 20px;" | Best group runners-up advance to the Second stage | |
The Second stage was a two-legged knockout tie, with the draw regionalised.
The 32 qualifiers (17 group winners and 15 best performing group runners-up) were divided into two pots. Pot 1 contained the 16 best performing group winners. Pot 2 contained the worst performing group winner and the 15 qualifying group runners-up. In pot 1 the teams were numbered 1 to 16 in numerical order of the group they qualified from. In pot 2 the teams were numbered 17 to 32 in numerical order of the group they qualified from. In the case that one of the qualifying runners-up was from the same group as the worst performing group winner, both teams would be in pot 2 and the group winner would be numbered lower in sequence than the group runner-up.
To keep the draw regionalised Team 1 would play Team 18, Team 2 would play Team 17 and this pattern was repeated throughout the draw. The higher numbered team would play at home in the first leg.[2]
Ranking of group winners to determine the worst performing team to be placed into pot 2 was achieved by comparing 1) Points gained 2) Most victories 3) Best goal difference 4) Most goals scored 5) Sort.
| width=20 | width=165 | Team | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=40 | ||||||
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| 1 | 16 | 5 | 17 | 22 | Pot 1 | ||||||||
| 2 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 19 | Pot 1 | ||||||||
| 3 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 11 | Pot 1 | ||||||||
| 4 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 15 | Pot 1 | ||||||||
| 5 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 15 | Pot 1 | ||||||||
| 6 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 15 | Pot 1 | ||||||||
| 7 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 11 | Pot 1 | ||||||||
| 8 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 7 | Pot 1 | ||||||||
| 9 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pot 1 | ||||||||
| 10 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 11 | Pot 1 | ||||||||
| 11 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 13 | Pot 1 | ||||||||
| 12 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 11 | Pot 1 | ||||||||
| 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 8 | Pot 1 | ||||||||
| 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 9 | Pot 1 | ||||||||
| 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 7 | Pot 1 | ||||||||
| 16 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 8 | Pot 1 | ||||||||
| 17 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 7 | Pot 2 |
Ranking of group runners-up to determine the 15 best performing teams to be placed into pot 2 was achieved by comparing 1) Points gained 2) Most victories 3) Best goal difference 4) Most goals scored 5) Sort.
| width=20 | width=165 | Team | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=40 | ||||||
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| 1 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 10 | Pot 2 | ||||||||
| 2 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 9 | Pot 2 | ||||||||
| 3 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 10 | Pot 2 | ||||||||
| 4 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 12 | Pot 2 | ||||||||
| 5 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | Pot 2 | ||||||||
| 6 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 13 | Pot 2 | ||||||||
| 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 9 | Pot 2 | ||||||||
| 8 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | Pot 2 | ||||||||
| 9 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 8 | Pot 2 | ||||||||
| 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 9 | Pot 2 | ||||||||
| 11 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 11 | Pot 2 | ||||||||
| 12 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 7 | Pot 2 | ||||||||
| 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 9 | Pot 2 | ||||||||
| 14 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 9 | Pot 2 | ||||||||
| 15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | Pot 2 | ||||||||
| 16 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 8 | Eliminated | ||||||||
| 17 | 7 | 2 | -5 | 3 | Eliminated |
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Matches took place between 23 July and 7 August.
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The third stage was also a two-legged knockout tie, with the draw regionalised. The ties were predetermined from the second stage, with the winner of second stage tie 1 playing the winner of second stage tie 2, etc.
First team in the draw has home advantage in the second leg.|}
The final stage was a two leg knockout competition with quarter-final, semi-final and final rounds. The draw for the quarter-final was seeded based on the table of results of all matches in the competition for the qualifying teams. First would play eighth, second would play seventh, etc. The top four seeded teams would play the second leg at home. The four quarter-final winners were promoted to Série C for 2017.
The draw for the semi-final was seeded based on the table of results of all matches in the competition for the qualifying teams. First would play fourth, second would play third. The top two seeded teams would play the second leg at home.
In the final, the team with the best record in the competition would play the second leg at home.
| width=20 | width=165 | Team | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | |||||
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| 1 | Atlético Acreano | 24 | 10 | 32 | 10 | ||||||
| 2 | Volta Redonda | 22 | 10 | 16 | 3 | ||||||
| 3 | São Bento | 21 | 10 | 11 | 2 | ||||||
| 4 | CSA | 20 | 10 | 21 | 9 | ||||||
| 5 | Ituano | 19 | 10 | 22 | 11 | ||||||
| 6 | Itabaiana | 18 | 10 | 15 | 9 | ||||||
| 7 | Fluminense de Feira | 18 | 10 | 14 | 9 | ||||||
| 8 | Moto Club | 17 | 10 | 13 | 5 |
First team in the draw had home advantage in the second leg.|}
| width=20 | width=165 | Team | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | |||||
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| 1 | 28 | 12 | 21 | 6 | |||||||
| 2 | São Bento | 27 | 12 | 14 | 2 | ||||||
| 3 | CSA | 26 | 12 | 24 | 10 | ||||||
| 4 | Moto Club | 21 | 12 | 17 | 8 |
First team in the draw had home advantage in the second leg.|}
First team in the draw had home advantage in the second leg.|}
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