1997 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

The football (soccer) Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 1997, the second level of Brazilian National League, was played from August 9 to December 7, 1997. The competition had 25 clubs and two of them were promoted to Série A and five were relegated to Série C. The competition was won by América-MG.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
Season1997
ChampionsAmérica-MG
PromotedAmérica-MG
Ponte Preta
RelegatedMogi Mirim
Sergipe
Moto Club
Central
Goiatuba
Top goalscorerTupãzinho (América-MG) - 13
Biggest home winAmérica-MG 5-0 Tuna Luso (November 9, 1997)
Biggest away winMoto Club 1-4 Gama (August 17, 1997)
Highest scoringTuna Luso 5-3 Moto Club (August 13, 1997)

América-MG finished the final phase group with the most points, and was declared 1999 Brazilian Série B champions, claiming the promotion to the 1998 Série A along with Ponte Preta, the runners-up. The five worst ranked teams in each group (Mogi Mirim, Sergipe, Moto Club, Central and Goiatuba) were relegated to play Série C in 1998.

Teams
Team City Stadium 1996 Season
ABCNatalMachadão22nd in Série B
América-MGBelo HorizonteIndependência5th in Série B
AmericanoRio de JaneiroGodofredo Cruz13th in Série B
Atlético-GOGoiâniaSerra Dourada12th in Série B
Botafogo-SPRibeirão PretoSanta Cruz2nd in Série C
CearáFortalezaCastelão19th in Série B
CentralCaruaruLacerdão25th in Série B
CRBMaceióPajuçara20th in Série B
DesportivaCariacicaEngenheiro Araripe11th in Série B
GamaGamaBezerrão17th in Série B
GoiatubaGoiatubaDivino Garcia Rosa23rd in Série B
JoinvilleJoinvilleErnestão15th in Série B
LondrinaLondrinaCafé4th in Série B
Mogi MirimMogi MirimWilson Fernandes de Barros6th in Série B
Moto ClubSão LuísCastelão8th in Série B
NáuticoRecifeAflitos3rd in Série B
PaysanduBelémCuruzú21st in Série B
Ponte PretaCampinasMoisés Lucarelli18th in Série B
RemoBelémMangueirão7th in Série B
Santa CruzRecifeArruda9th in Série B
Tuna LusoBelémFrancisco Vasques16th in Série B
SergipeAracajuJoão Hora24th in Série B
Vila NovaGoiâniaSerra Dourada1st in Série C
Volta RedondaVolta RedondaRaulino de Oliveira14th in Série B
XV de PiracicabaPiracicabaBarão de Serra Negra10th in Série B

First phase

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
Gama 8 4 3 1 12 5 +7 15 Advance to the Round of 16
Tuna Luso 8 4 3 1 9 5 +4 15
Atlético-GO 8 2 3 3 7 9 −2 9
Remo 8 2 2 4 8 8 0 8
Moto Club 8 1 3 4 10 19 −9 6 Relegated to the Série C 1998
Source:

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
Ceará 8 5 2 1 8 7 +1 17 Advance to the Round of 16
Paysandu 8 4 2 2 12 7 +5 14
ABC 8 3 3 2 9 6 +3 12
Santa Cruz 8 2 1 5 6 12 −6 7
Central 8 1 2 5 8 11 −3 5 Relegated to the Série C 1998
Source:

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
CRB 8 4 1 3 10 10 0 13 Advance to the Round of 16
América-MG 8 4 1 3 9 11 −2 13
Vila Nova 8 3 3 2 13 8 +5 12
Náutico 8 3 2 3 11 11 0 11
Sergipe 8 1 3 4 9 12 −3 6 Relegated to the Série C 1998
Source:

Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
Ponte Preta 8 5 2 1 11 4 +7 17 Advance to the Round of 16
Desportiva 8 4 2 2 5 3 +2 14
Americano 8 3 3 2 8 8 0 12
Botafogo-SP 8 3 1 4 11 14 −3 10
Goiatuba 8 0 2 6 2 8 −6 2 Relegated to the Série C 1998
Source:

Group E
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
Londrina 8 5 1 2 12 8 +4 16 Advance to the Round of 16
Joinville 8 4 2 2 11 9 +2 14
XV de Piracicaba 8 3 2 3 11 14 −3 11
Volta Redonda 8 2 2 4 10 11 −1 8
Mogi Mirim 8 1 3 4 10 12 −2 6 Relegated to the Série C 1998
Source:

Second phase
Teams Scores
Team 1 Points Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg Agg.
ABC 1:7 Gama 2:2 0:3 1:3 3:8
Vila Nova 4:4 Ceará 2:0 1:1 0:1 3:2
Americano 3:6 CRB 2:1 0:2 1:5 3:8
XV de Piracicaba 1:7 Ponte Preta 1:1 1:2 0:1 2:4
Náutico1 4:4 Londrina 2:1 0:1 1:1 3:3
América-MG 7:1 Desportiva 2:0 1:1 2:1 5:2
Paysandu 4:4 Tuna Luso 2:1 0:0 0:4 2:5
Atlético-GO 0:6 Joinville 1:2 1:2 — 2:4

1Náutico qualified after defeating Londrina on a penalty shoot-out.

Third phase

Group F
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
Ponte Preta 6 3 2 1 14 9 +5 11 Advanced to the Final phase
Náutico 6 3 1 2 12 9 +3 10
CRB 6 3 1 2 10 12 −2 10
Gama 6 0 2 4 6 12 −6 2
Source:

Group G
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
América-MG 6 4 1 1 13 4 +9 13 Advanced to the Final phase
Vila Nova 6 4 0 2 7 6 +1 12
Joinville 6 1 2 3 7 9 −2 5
Tuna Luso 6 1 1 4 6 14 −8 4
Source:

Final phase
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion AMG PON NAU VIL
1 América-MG 6 4 1 1 7 1 +6 13 Promoted to Série A 1998 0–0 2–0 1–0
2 Ponte Preta 6 3 2 1 6 6 0 11 1–0 1–1 1–0
3 Náutico 6 2 2 2 9 6 +3 8 0–2 3–0 4–0
4 Vila Nova 6 0 1 5 3 12 −9 1 0–2 2–3 1–1
Source:

Final standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 América-MG 23 14 4 5 34 18 +16 46 Promoted to 1998 Série A
2 Ponte Preta 23 13 7 3 35 21 +14 46
3 Náutico 23 9 6 8 35 29 +6 33 Reached Final phase group
4 Vila Nova 23 8 5 10 26 28 −2 29
5 CRB 17 9 2 6 28 25 +3 29 Reached Third phase
6 Joinville 16 7 4 5 22 20 +2 25
7 Gama 17 6 6 5 26 20 +6 24
8 Tuna Luso 17 6 5 6 20 21 −1 23
9 Ceará 11 6 3 2 10 10 0 21 Reached the Second phase
10 Londrina 11 6 2 3 15 11 +4 19[lower-alpha 1]
11 Paysandu 11 5 3 3 14 12 +2 18
12 Desportiva 11 4 3 4 7 8 −1 15
13 Americano 11 4 3 4 11 14 −3 15
14 ABC 11 3 4 4 12 14 −2 13
15 XV de Piracicaba 11 3 3 5 13 18 −5 12
16 Atlético-GO 10 2 3 5 9 13 −4 9
17 Botafogo-SP 8 3 1 4 11 14 −3 10
18 Remo 8 2 2 4 8 8 0 8
19 Volta Redonda 8 2 2 4 10 11 −1 8
20 Santa Cruz 8 2 1 5 6 12 −6 7
21 Mogi Mirim 8 1 3 4 10 12 −2 6 Relegated to 1998 Série C
22 Sergipe 8 1 3 4 9 12 −3 6
23 Moto Club 8 1 3 4 10 19 −9 6
24 Central 8 1 2 5 8 11 −3 5
25 Goiatuba 8 0 2 6 2 8 −6 2
Source:
Notes:
  1. 1 point deducted?

Sources
  • "Brazil Second Level 1997". rsssf.com. Retrieved 2014-02-06.
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