2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D Explained

Competition:	Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
Season:	2019
Dates:	4 May – 18 August
Promoted:	Brusque Ituano Jacuipense Manaus
Matches:	266
Total Goals:	639
League Topscorer:	Júnior Pirambu (10 goals)
Biggest Home Win:
Biggest Away Win:	Serrano 0–6 América de Natal
Highest Scoring:	8 goals América de Natal 8–0 Serrano
Highest Attendance:	44,896 Manaus 2–2 Brusque
Lowest Attendance:	15 Serrano 1–5 América-PE
Attendance:	318,227
Average Attendance:	1,196
Prevseason:	2018
Nextseason:	2020

The 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D was a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the fourth division. The competition started on 4 May and ended on 18 August 2019.^[1]

Sixty-eight teams competed in the tournament. Sixty-four teams qualified from their state leagues and cups, and four relegated from the 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C (Joinville, Juazeirense, Salgueiro and Tupi).^[2]

Brusque, Ituano, Jacuipense and Manaus qualified for the semi-finals and were promoted to the 2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C.^[3]

The finals between Brusque and Manaus finished in a 4–4 draw on aggregate, but Brusque clinched their first title by winning 6–5 on penalties.^[4]

Teams

Federation ranking

The number of teams from each state was chosen based on the CBF State Ranking.

Rank	Federation	Coeff.	Teams	Notes
1	São Paulo	87.253	4
2	Rio de Janeiro	50.584	align=center rowspan=8	3
3	Minas Gerais	47.813
4	Rio Grande do Sul	39.165
5	Santa Catarina	34.400
6	Paraná	32.444
7	Pernambuco	21.895
8	Bahia	20.871
9	Goiás	19.425
10	Ceará	13.664	align=center rowspan=18	2
11	Alagoas	10.992
12	Pará	9.558
13	Mato Grosso	9.065
14		7.997
15	Maranhão	6.574
16	Paraíba	4.989
17	Sergipe	3.864
18	Acre	3.006
19	Piauí	2.789
20	Distrito Federal	2.380
21	Amazonas	2.147
22	Mato Grosso do Sul	2.037
23	Tocantins	1.858
24	Espírito Santo	1.799
25	Rondônia	1.737
26	Amapá	1.719
27	Roraima	1.662

Participating teams

The teams were:^[5]

Federation	Team	Home city	Qualification method
Acre	Rio Branco	Rio Branco	2018 Campeonato Acriano champions
Acre	Galvez	Rio Branco	2018 Campeonato Acriano runners-up
Alagoas	ASA	Arapiraca	2018 Campeonato Alagoano 3rd place
Alagoas	Coruripe	Coruripe	2018 Campeonato Alagoano 4th place
Amapá	Ypiranga	Macapá	2018 Campeonato Amapaense champions
Amapá	Santos	Macapá	2018 Campeonato Amapaense runners-up
Amazonas	Manaus	Manaus	2018 Campeonato Amazonense champions
Amazonas	Fast Clube	Manaus	2018 Campeonato Amazonense runners-up
Bahia	Bahia de Feira	Feira de Santana	2018 Campeonato Baiano 4th place
	Fluminense de Feira	Feira de Santana	2018 Campeonato Baiano 5th place
	Jacuipense	Riachão do Jacuípe	2018 Campeonato Baiano 6th place
	Juazeirense	Juazeiro	2018 Série C Group A 9th place
Ceará	Atlético Cearense	Fortaleza	2018 Campeonato Cearense 3rd place
Ceará	Floresta	Fortaleza	2018 Campeonato Cearense 4th place
Espírito Santo	Serra	Serra	2018 Campeonato Capixaba champions
Espírito Santo	Vitória-ES	Vitória	2018 Copa Espírito Santo champions
Federal District	Sobradinho	Sobradinho	2018 Campeonato Brasiliense champions
Federal District	Brasiliense	Taguatinga	2018 Campeonato Brasiliense runners-up
Goiás	Aparecidense	Aparecida de Goiânia	2018 Campeonato Goiano runners-up
	Anapolina	Anápolis	2018 Campeonato Goiano 4th place
	Iporá	Iporá	2018 Campeonato Goiano 5th place
Maranhão	Moto Club	São Luís	2018 Campeonato Maranhense champions
Maranhão	Maranhão	São Luís	2018 Copa Federação Maranhense de Futebol champions
Mato Grosso	Sinop	Sinop	2018 Campeonato Mato-Grossense runners-up
Mato Grosso	União Rondonópolis	Rondonópolis	2018 Campeonato Mato-Grossense 4th place
Mato Grosso do Sul	Operário	Campo Grande	2018 Campeonato Sul-Mato-Grossense champions
Mato Grosso do Sul	Corumbaense	Corumbá	2018 Campeonato Sul-Mato-Grossense runners-up
Minas Gerais	URT	Patos de Minas	2018 Campeonato Mineiro 6th place
	Patrocinense	Patrocínio	2018 Campeonato Mineiro 8th place
	Caldense	Poços de Caldas	2018 Campeonato Mineiro 9th place
	Tupi	Juiz de Fora	2018 Série C Group B 9th place
Pará	Bragantino	Bragança	2018 Campeonato Paraense 3rd place
Pará	São Raimundo-PA	Santarém	2018 Campeonato Paraense 4th place
Paraíba	Campinense	Campina Grande	2018 Campeonato Paraibano runners-up
Paraíba	Serrano	Campina Grande	2018 Campeonato Paraibano 3rd place
Paraná	Foz do Iguaçu	Foz do Iguaçu	2018 Campeonato Paranaense 3rd place
	Maringá	Maringá	2018 Campeonato Paranaense 5th place
	Cianorte	Cianorte	2018 Campeonato Paranaense 6th place
Pernambuco	Central	Caruaru	2018 Campeonato Pernambucano runners-up
	Vitória das Tabocas		2018 Campeonato Pernambucano 5th place
	América-PE	Recife	2018 Campeonato Pernambucano 7th place
	Salgueiro	Salgueiro	2018 Série C Group A 10th place
Piauí	Altos	Altos	2018 Campeonato Piauiense champions
Piauí	River	Teresina	2018 Campeonato Piauiense runners-up
Rio de Janeiro	Boavista	Saquarema	2018 Campeonato Carioca 5th place
	Portuguesa-RJ	Rio de Janeiro	2018 Campeonato Carioca 6th place
	Itaboraí	Itaboraí	2018 Copa Rio runners-up
	América de Natal	Natal	2018 Campeonato Potiguar runners-up
	Santa Cruz de Natal	Natal	2018 Campeonato Potiguar 3rd place
Rio Grande do Sul	Avenida	Santa Cruz do Sul	2018 Campeonato Gaúcho 4th place
	Caxias	Caxias do Sul	2018 Campeonato Gaúcho 5th place
	Gaúcho	Passo Fundo	2018 Copa FGF runners-up
Rondônia	Real Ariquemes	Ariquemes	2018 Campeonato Rondoniense champions
Rondônia	Barcelona	Vilhena	2018 Campeonato Rondoniense runners-up
Roraima	São Raimundo-RR	Boa Vista	2018 Campeonato Roraimense champions
Roraima	Atlético Roraima	Boa Vista	2018 Campeonato Roraimense runners up
Santa Catarina	Tubarão	Tubarão	2018 Campeonato Catarinense 3rd place
	Brusque	Brusque	2018 Campeonato Catarinense 7th place
	Hercílio Luz	Tubarão	2018 Campeonato Catarinense 8th place
	Joinville	Joinville	2018 Série C Group B 10th place
São Paulo	Novorizontino	Novo Horizonte	2018 Campeonato Paulista 5th place
	São Caetano	São Caetano do Sul	2018 Campeonato Paulista 7th place
	Ituano	Itu	2018 Campeonato Paulista 12th place
	Ferroviária	Araraquara	2018 Copa Paulista runners-up
Sergipe	Sergipe	Aracaju	2018 Campeonato Sergipano champions
Sergipe	Itabaiana	Itabaiana	2018 Campeonato Sergipano runners-up
Tocantins	Palmas	Palmas	2018 Campeonato Tocantinense champions
Tocantins	Interporto	Porto Nacional	2018 Campeonato Tocantinense 3rd place

Competition format

In the first stage, 68 teams were divided into seventeen groups of four, organized regionally. 32 teams (17 winners and 15 runners-up) qualified for the second stage. From the second stage on the competition was played as a knock-out tournament with each round contested over two legs.^[6]

First stage

In the first stage, each group played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners of each group and the best 15 runners-up qualified for the second stage. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Wins; 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Head-to-head (if the tie was only between two teams); 5. Fewest red cards; 6. Fewest yellow cards; 7. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 12).^[6]

Key to colours in group tables
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

Group A1

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1	São Raimundo-RR	6	4	0	2	15	6	+9	12
2	Fast Clube	6	2	3	1	9	5	+4	9
3	Barcelona	6	2	2	2	7	10	−3	8
4	Rio Branco	6	1	1	4	6	16	−10	4

Group A2

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1	Manaus	6	4	2	0	16	7	+9	14
2	Real Ariquemes	6	3	2	1	9	9	0	11
3	Galvez	6	1	3	2	10	12	−2	6
4	Santos	6	0	1	5	3	10	−7	1

Group A3

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1	Moto Club	6	4	2	0	16	4	+12	14
2	São Raimundo-PA	6	4	1	1	12	7	+5	13
3	Ypiranga	6	1	2	3	8	13	−5	5
4	Atlético Roraima	6	0	1	5	3	15	−12	1

Group A4

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1	Bragantino	6	3	0	3	8	7	+1	9
2	Floresta	6	2	3	1	11	7	+4	9
3	River	6	2	3	1	10	7	+3	9
4	Santa Cruz de Natal	6	1	2	3	6	14	−8	5

Group A5

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1	Atlético Cearense	6	5	0	1	12	6	+6	15
2	Central	6	3	0	3	10	7	+3	9
3	Altos	6	3	0	3	7	10	−3	9
4	Maranhão	6	1	0	5	10	16	−6	3

Group A6

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1	América de Natal	6	4	2	0	20	1	+19	14
2	América-PE	6	3	1	2	8	8	0	10
3	Bahia de Feira	6	3	1	2	12	5	+7	7
4	Serrano	6	0	0	6	2	28	−26	0

Group A7

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1	Jacuipense	6	5	0	1	11	2	+9	15
2	ASA	6	4	1	1	8	5	+3	13
3	Campinense	6	2	1	3	6	5	+1	7
4	Vitória das Tabocas	6	0	0	6	3	16	−13	0

Group A8

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1	Fluminense de Feira	6	3	3	0	8	4	+4	12
2	Salgueiro	6	2	4	0	8	6	+2	10
3	Sergipe	6	1	2	3	11	10	+1	5
4	Coruripe	6	1	1	4	2	9	−7	4

Group A9

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1	Itabaiana	6	4	1	1	9	5	+4	13
2	Juazeirense	6	3	2	1	8	4	+4	11
3	Aparecidense	6	3	0	3	8	5	+3	9
4	Interporto	6	0	1	5	2	13	−11	1

Group A10

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1	Iporá	6	3	1	2	7	5	+2	10
2	Sinop	6	2	3	1	7	8	−1	9
3	Corumbaense	6	2	1	3	9	9	0	7
4	Palmas	6	1	3	2	5	6	−1	6

Group A11

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1	Patrocinense	6	3	1	2	9	7	+2	10
2	União Rondonópolis	6	3	1	2	10	9	+1	10
3	Anapolina	6	2	2	2	6	6	0	8
4	Operário	6	1	2	3	6	9	−3	5

Group A12

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1	Caldense	6	5	1	0	7	1	+6	16
2	Vitória-ES	6	3	2	1	7	4	+3	11
3	Portuguesa-RJ	6	2	1	3	5	6	−1	7
4	Sobradinho	6	0	0	6	1	9	−8	0

Group A13

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1	Brasiliense	6	3	3	0	5	2	+3	12
2	Ituano	6	3	2	1	11	3	+8	11
3	URT	6	1	3	2	2	3	−1	6
4	Serra	6	0	2	4	1	11	−10	2

Group A14

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1	Novorizontino	6	4	2	0	13	3	+10	14
2	Hercílio Luz	6	3	0	3	5	6	−1	9
3	Itaboraí	6	1	2	3	6	10	−4	5
4	Tupi	6	1	2	3	5	10	−5	5

Group A15

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1	Brusque	6	5	0	1	15	6	+9	15
2	Boavista	6	5	0	1	9	5	+4	15
3	Gaúcho	6	1	0	5	5	8	−3	3
4	Foz do Iguaçu	6	1	0	5	3	13	−10	3

Group A16

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1	Cianorte	6	4	1	1	5	3	+2	13
2	Caxias	6	3	2	1	8	4	+4	11
3	São Caetano	6	1	2	3	7	7	0	5
4	Tubarão	6	1	1	4	7	13	−6	4

Group A17

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1	Avenida	6	3	1	2	6	5	+1	10
2	Ferroviária	6	3	0	3	4	3	+1	9
3	Maringá	6	2	2	2	4	5	−1	8
4	Joinville	6	2	1	3	3	4	−1	7

Second stage

The Second stage was a two-legged knockout tie, with the draw regionalised.

Qualification and draw

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 winners would be numbered lower in sequence than the group runners-up.

The teams were ranked according to points. If tied on points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Wins; 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 14).

To keep the draw regionalised Team 1 played Team 18, Team 2 played Team 17 and this pattern was repeated throughout the draw. The higher numbered team played at home in the first leg.

Ranking of group winners

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1	Caldense	16	5	+6	7	Pot 1
2	Brusque	15	5	+9	15	Pot 1
3	Jacuipense	15	5	+9	11	Pot 1
4	Atlético Cearense	15	5	+6	12	Pot 1
5	América de Natal	14	4	+19	20	Pot 1
6	Moto Club	14	4	+12	16	Pot 1
7	Novorizontino	14	4	+10	13	Pot 1
8	Manaus	14	4	+9	16	Pot 1
9	Itabaiana	13	4	+4	9	Pot 1
10	Cianorte	13	4	+2	5	Pot 1
11	São Raimundo-RR	12	4	+9	15	Pot 1
12	Fluminense de Feira	12	3	+4	8	Pot 1
13	Brasiliense	12	3	+3	5	Pot 1
14	Patrocinense	10	3	+2	9	Pot 1
15	Iporá	10	3	+2	7	Pot 1
16	Avenida	10	3	+1	6	Pot 1
17	Bragantino	9	3	+1	8	Pot 2

Ranking of group runners-up

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1	Boavista	15	5	+4	9	Pot 2
2	São Raimundo-PA	13	4	+5	12	Pot 2
3	ASA	13	4	+3	8	Pot 2
4	Ituano	11	3	+8	11	Pot 2
5	Caxias	11	3	+4	8	Pot 2
6	Juazeirense	11	3	+4	8	Pot 2
7	Vitória-ES	11	3	+3	7	Pot 2
8	Real Ariquemes	11	3	0	9	Pot 2
9	União Rondonópolis	10	3	+1	10	Pot 2
10	América-PE	10	3	0	8	Pot 2
11	Salgueiro	10	2	+2	8	Pot 2
12	Central	9	3	+3	10	Pot 2
13	Ferroviária	9	3	+1	4	Pot 2
14	Hercílio Luz	9	3	−1	5	Pot 2
15	Floresta	9	2	+4	11	Pot 2
16	Fast Clube	9	2	+4	9	Eliminated
17	Sinop	9	2	−1	7	Eliminated

Qualification pots

Pot 1
		Team
1	A1	São Raimundo-RR
2	A2	Manaus
3	A3	Moto Club
4	A5	Atlético Cearense
5	A6	América de Natal
6	A7	Jacuipense
7	A8	Fluminense de Feira
8	A9	Itabaiana
9	A10	Iporá
10	A11	Patrocinense
11	A12	Caldense
12	A13	Brasiliense
13	A14	Novorizontino
14	A15	Brusque
15	A16	Cianorte
16	A17	Avenida

Pot 2
		Team
17	A2	Real Ariquemes
18	A3	São Raimundo-PA
19	A4	Bragantino
20	A4	Floresta
21	A5	Central
22	A6	América-PE
23	A7	ASA
24	A8	Salgueiro
25	A9	Juazeirense
26	A11	União Rondonópolis
27	A12	Vitória-ES
28	A13	Ituano
29	A14	Hercílio Luz
30	A15	Boavista
31	A16	Caxias
32	A17	Ferroviária

Ties

The matches were played from 15 to 23 June.^[7]

Third stage

The third stage was a two-legged knockout tie, with the draw regionalised. The ties were predetermined from the second stage, with the winners of second stage tie 1 playing the winners of second stage tie 2, etc. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the tournament with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg.

Ties

The matches were played from 30 June to 8 July.^[8] |}

Final stages

The final stages were a two leg knockout competition with quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals rounds. The draw for the quarter-finals was seeded based on the table of results of all matches in the competition for the qualifying teams. First played eighth, second played seventh, etc. The top four seeded teams played the second leg at home. The four quarter-final winners were promoted to Série C for 2020.

The draw for the semi-finals was seeded based on the table of results of all matches in the competition for the qualifying teams. First played fourth, second played third. The top two seeded teams played the second leg at home.

In the finals, the team with the best record in the competition played the second leg at home.

Quarter-finals seedings

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1	Brusque	23	7	+14	21
2	Manaus	23	7	+13	23
3	Jacuipense	22	7	+10	15
4	Itabaiana	22	7	+8	16
5	Ituano	21	6	+12	17
6	Floresta	17	4	+8	19
7	Caxias	17	4	+5	10
8	Juazeirense	16	4	+4	10

Quarter-finals ties

The matches were played from 13 to 21 July.^[9] |}

Semi-finals seedings

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1	Brusque	26	8	+17	25
2	Manaus	26	8	+15	26
3	Jacuipense	26	8	+11	18
4	Ituano	24	7	+13	20

Semi-finals ties

The matches were played from 28 July to 4 August.^[10] |}

Finals seedings

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1	Manaus	30	9	+16	28
2	Brusque	29	9	+17	27

Finals

The matches were played on 11 and 18 August.^[11] |}----

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Júnior Pirambu	Brusque	10
align=center rowspan=4	2	Gui Mendes	Ituano	align=center rowspan=4	8
Hamilton	Manaus
Mateus Oliveira	Manaus
Thiago Alagoano	Brusque
6	Paulo Vyctor	Floresta	7
7	Wallace Lima	Moto Club	6
align=center rowspan=5	8	Ebinho	Bahia de Feira	align=center rowspan=5	5
Joélson	Central
Luiz Paulo	Itabaiana
Max	América de Natal
Thauan	ASA

Notes and References

Web site: CAMPEONATO BRASILEIRO SÉRIE D - TABELA BÁSICA / EDIÇÃO 2019 . 1 March 2019 . CBF . Portuguese.
Web site: Santa Cruz e Bota-PB ficam com as últimas vagas no mata-mata; confira os duelos . 11 August 2018 . Globo . Portuguese.
Web site: Manaus, Ituano, Brusque e Jacuipense conquistam vaga na Série C . 22 July 2019 . CBF . Portuguese.
Web site: Após empate com público recorde, Brusque converte todos os pênaltis e é campeão . 18 August 2019 . Globo . Portuguese.
Web site: Confira todos os classificados para o Brasileiro da Série D 2019 . 13 December 2018 . Globo . Portuguese.
Web site: Regulamento Específico da Competição - Campeonato Brasileiro da Série D 2019 . Portuguese . CBF . 1 March 2019.
Web site: Segunda fase da Série D começa no próximo dia 15 de junho . CBF . Portuguese . 11 June 2019.
Web site: Brasileirão Série D: tabela detalhada das oitavas de final . CBF . Portuguese . 25 June 2019.
Web site: Tabela detalhada da Quartas de final do Campeonato Brasileiro Série D . CBF . Portuguese . 10 July 2019.
Web site: Tabela detalhada dos jogos semifinais do Campeonato Brasileiro Série D . CBF . Portuguese . 22 July 2019.
Web site: Brasileiro Série D: finais têm datas, horários e locais definidos . CBF . Portuguese . 5 August 2019.