2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D

The 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D was a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the fourth division. The competition started on 21 April and ended on 4 August 2018.

Sixty-eight teams competed in the tournament. Sixty-four teams qualified from their state leagues and cups, and four relegated from the 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C (ASA, Macaé, Mogi Mirim and Moto Club).^[1]

Ferroviário, Imperatriz, São José and Treze qualified for the semi-finals and were promoted to the 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C.^[2][3]

Ferroviário won the title after defeating Treze in the final.^[4]

Teams

4 de Julho

Altos

América

Americano

Aparecidense

ASA

ASSU

Atlético Itapemirim

Atlético Tubarão

Barcelona

Baré

Belo Jardim

Brasiliense

Brusque

Caldense

Campinense

Caxias

Ceilândia

Central

Cianorte

Cordino

Corumbaense

Dom Bosco

Espírito Santo

Ferroviária

Ferroviário

Flamengo de Arcoverde

Fluminense de Feira

Guarani de Juazeiro

Imperatriz

Independente

Internacional de Lages

Interporto

Iporá

Itabaiana

Itumbiara

Jacuipense

Linense

Macaé

Macapá
Santos

Madureira

Manaus

Maringá

Mirassol

Mogi Mirim

Moto Club

Murici

Nacional

Nova Iguaçu

Novo Hamburgo

Novoperário

Novorizontino

Plácido de Castro

Prudentópolis

Real Ariquemes

Rio Branco

Santa Rita

São José

São Raimundo (PA)

São Raimundo (RR)

Sergipe

Sinop

Sparta

Treze

Uberlândia

URT

Vitória da Conquista

Location of teams in 2018 Série D

The following 68 teams qualified for the tournament:^[5]

• São Paulo: 4 berths
• Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Paraná, Pernambuco, Goiás and Bahia: 3 berths each
• All other federations: 2 berths each
• Teams relegated from 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C
  • ASA (Alagoas)
  • Macaé (Rio de Janeiro)
  • Mogi Mirim (São Paulo)
  • Moto Club (Maranhão)

Federation	Team	Home city
Acre 2 berths	Plácido de Castro	Plácido de Castro
	Rio Branco	Rio Branco
Alagoas 2 + 1 berths	ASA	Arapiraca
	Murici	Murici
	Santa Rita	Boca da Mata
Amapá 2 berths	Macapá	Macapá
	Santos	Macapá
Amazonas 2 berths	Manaus	Manaus
	Nacional	Manaus
Bahia 3 berths	Fluminense de Feira	Feira de Santana
	Jacuipense	Riachão do Jacuípe
	Vitória da Conquista	Vitória da Conquista
Ceará 2 berths	Ferroviário	Fortaleza
	Guarani de Juazeiro	Juazeiro do Norte
Espírito Santo 2 berths	Atlético Itapemirim	Itapemirim
	Espírito Santo	Vitória
Federal District 2 berths	Brasiliense	Taguatinga
	Ceilândia	Ceilândia
Goiás 3 berths	Aparecidense	Aparecida de Goiânia
	Iporá	Iporá
	Itumbiara	Itumbiara
Maranhão 2 + 1 berths	Cordino	Barra do Corda
	Imperatriz	Imperatriz
	Moto Club	São Luís
Mato Grosso 2 berths	Dom Bosco	Cuiabá
	Sinop	Sinop
Mato Grosso do Sul 2 berths	Corumbaense	Corumbá
	Novoperário	Campo Grande
Minas Gerais 3 berths	Caldense	Poços de Caldas
	Uberlândia	Uberlândia
	URT	Patos de Minas
Pará 2 berths	Independente	Tucuruí
	São Raimundo-PA	Santarém
Paraíba 2 berths	Campinense	Campina Grande
	Treze	Campina Grande
Paraná 3 berths	Cianorte	Cianorte
	Maringá	Maringá
	Prudentópolis	Prudentópolis
Pernambuco 3 berths	Belo Jardim	Belo Jardim
	Central	Caruaru
	Flamengo de Arcoverde	Arcoverde
Piauí 2 berths	4 de Julho	Piripiri
	Altos	Altos
Rio de Janeiro 3 + 1 berths	Americano	Campos dos Goytacazes
	Macaé	Macaé
	Madureira	Rio de Janeiro
	Nova Iguaçu	Nova Iguaçu
Rio Grande do Norte 2 berths	América de Natal	Natal
	ASSU	Assu
Rio Grande do Sul 3 berths	Caxias	Caxias do Sul
	Novo Hamburgo	Novo Hamburgo
	São José	Porto Alegre
Rondônia 2 berths	Barcelona	Vilhena
	Real Ariquemes	Ariquemes
Roraima 2 berths	Baré	Boa Vista
	São Raimundo-RR	Boa Vista
Santa Catarina 3 berths	Atlético Tubarão	Tubarão
	Brusque	Brusque
	Internacional de Lages	Lages
São Paulo 4 + 1 berths	Ferroviária	Araraquara
	Linense	Lins
	Mirassol	Mirassol
	Mogi Mirim	Mogi Mirim
	Novorizontino	Novo Horizonte
Sergipe 2 berths	Itabaiana	Itabaiana
	Sergipe	Aracaju
Tocantins 2 berths	Interporto	Porto Nacional
	Sparta	Araguaína

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]

Group A1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Manaus	6	4	0	2	14	8	+6	12
2	Rio Branco	6	3	2	1	13	7	+6	11
3	Macapá	6	2	0	4	7	16	−9	6
4	Baré	6	1	2	3	5	8	−3	5

Group A2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Independente	6	3	3	0	8	3	+5	12
2	Santos	6	2	2	2	13	8	+5	8
3	Barcelona	6	2	2	2	8	7	+1	8
4	Plácido de Castro	6	1	1	4	8	19	−11	4

Group A3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Nacional	6	3	1	2	9	4	+5	10
2	São Raimundo-RR	6	2	2	2	10	11	–1	8
3	São Raimundo-PA	6	2	2	2	7	8	–1	8
4	Real Ariquemes	6	1	3	2	7	10	–3	6

Group A4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ferroviário	6	2	4	0	7	5	+2	10
2	Cordino	6	2	3	1	6	4	+2	9
3	4 de Julho	6	1	3	2	3	5	−2	6
4	Interporto	6	1	2	3	7	9	−2	5

Group A5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Moto Club	6	4	1	1	6	3	+3	13
2	Altos	6	3	2	1	7	3	+4	11
3	Sparta	6	1	2	3	6	9	–3	5
4	ASSU	6	1	1	4	2	6	–4	4

Group A6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	América de Natal	6	4	2	0	11	6	+5	14
2	Imperatriz	6	2	3	1	10	3	+7	9
3	Belo Jardim	6	0	4	2	6	12	−6	4
4	Guarani de Juazeiro	6	0	3	3	8	14	−6	3

Group A7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sergipe	6	4	1	1	8	5	+3	13
2	Jacuipense	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8
3	Central	6	1	3	2	7	6	+1	6
4	ASA	6	0	4	2	7	11	−4	4

Group A8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Campinense	6	5	1	0	12	3	+9	16
2	Fluminense de Feira	6	4	1	1	18	3	+15	13
3	Flamengo de Arcoverde	6	1	1	4	4	16	−12	4
4	Murici	6	0	1	5	4	16	−12	1

Group A9

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Treze	6	3	3	0	14	4	+10	12
2	Itabaiana	6	3	1	2	11	9	+2	10
3	Vitória da Conquista	6	2	2	2	4	6	−2	8
4	Santa Rita	6	1	0	5	6	16	−10	3

Group A10

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Iporá	6	4	1	1	10	4	+6	13
2	Brasiliense	6	3	2	1	9	3	+6	11
3	Corumbaense	6	2	2	2	5	9	−4	8
4	Dom Bosco	6	0	1	5	2	10	−8	1

Group A11

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sinop	6	3	1	2	6	5	+1	10
2	Novoperário	6	3	1	2	7	7	0	10
3	Aparecidense	6	2	2	2	11	10	+1	8
4	Ceilândia	6	1	2	3	9	11	–2	5

Group A12

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Macaé	6	3	2	1	10	8	+2	11
2	URT	6	3	1	2	10	8	+2	10
3	Itumbiara	6	3	1	2	8	6	+2	10
4	Espírito Santo	6	0	2	4	6	12	–6	2

Group A13

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Uberlândia	6	3	2	1	10	7	+3	11
2	Novorizontino	6	2	3	1	10	9	+1	9
3	Americano	6	2	2	2	10	11	−1	8
4	Atlético Itapemirim	6	0	3	3	3	6	−3	3

Group A14

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Linense	6	2	3	1	5	3	+2	9
2	Maringá	6	2	3	1	7	6	+1	9
3	Madureira	6	1	3	2	6	7	–1	6
4	Caldense	6	1	3	2	5	7	–2	6

Group A15

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Caxias	6	5	1	0	13	2	+11	16
2	Internacional de Lages	6	3	0	3	7	11	−4	9
3	Mirassol	6	2	1	3	3	5	−2	7
4	Nova Iguaçu	6	1	0	5	6	11	−5	3

Group A16

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Atlético Tubarão	6	5	0	1	9	3	+6	15
2	Novo Hamburgo	6	2	2	2	7	6	+1	8
3	Cianorte	6	1	3	2	2	5	−3	6
4	Ferroviária	6	0	3	3	3	7	–4	3

Group A17

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	São José	6	6	0	0	10	4	+6	18
2	Brusque	6	3	0	3	9	5	+4	9
3	Prudentópolis	6	2	0	4	6	8	−2	6
4	Mogi Mirim	6	1	0	5	6	14	−8	3

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).^[6]

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

Rank	Team	Pts	W	GD	GF	Pot
1	São José	18	6	+6	10	Pot 1
2	Caxias	16	5	+11	13	Pot 1
3	Campinense	16	5	+9	12	Pot 1
4	Atlético Tubarão	15	5	+6	9	Pot 1
5	América de Natal	14	4	+5	11	Pot 1
6	Iporá	13	4	+6	10	Pot 1
7	Sergipe	13	4	+3	8	Pot 1
8	Moto Club	13	4	+3	6	Pot 1
9	Manaus	12	4	+6	14	Pot 1
10	Treze	12	3	+10	14	Pot 1
11	Independente	12	3	+5	8	Pot 1
12	Uberlândia	11	3	+3	10	Pot 1
13	Macaé	11	3	+2	10	Pot 1
14	Nacional	10	3	+5	9	Pot 1
15	Sinop	10	3	+1	6	Pot 1
16	Ferroviário	10	2	+2	7	Pot 1
17	Linense	9	2	+2	5	Pot 2

Ranking of group runners-up

Rank	Team	Pts	W	GD	GF	Pot
1	Fluminense de Feira	13	4	+15	18	Pot 2
2	Rio Branco	11	3	+6	13	Pot 2
3	Brasiliense	11	3	+6	9	Pot 2
4	Altos	11	3	+4	7	Pot 2
5	Itabaiana	10	3	+2	11	Pot 2
6	URT	10	3	+2	10	Pot 2
7	Novoperário	10	3	0	7	Pot 2
8	Brusque	9	3	+4	9	Pot 2
9	Internacional de Lages	9	3	–4	7	Pot 2
10	Imperatriz	9	2	+7	10	Pot 2
11	Cordino	9	2	+2	6	Pot 2
12	Novorizontino	9	2	+1	10	Pot 2
13	Maringá	9	2	+1	7	Pot 2
14	Santos	8	2	+5	13	Pot 2
15	Novo Hamburgo	8	2	+1	7	Pot 2
16	Jacuipense	8	2	0	8	Eliminated
17	São Raimundo-RR	8	2	–1	10	Eliminated

Qualification pots

Pot 1 # Group Team 1 A1 Manaus 2 A2 Independente 3 A3 Nacional 4 A4 Ferroviário 5 A5 Moto Club 6 A6 América de Natal 7 A7 Sergipe 8 A8 Campinense 9 A9 Treze 10 A10 Iporá 11 A11 Sinop 12 A12 Macaé 13 A13 Uberlândia 14 A15 Caxias 15 A16 Atlético Tubarão 16 A17 São José

Pot 2 # Group Team 17 A1 Rio Branco 18 A2 Santos 19 A4 Cordino 20 A5 Altos 21 A6 Imperatriz 22 A8 Fluminense de Feira 23 A9 Itabaiana 24 A10 Brasiliense 25 A11 Novoperário 26 A12 URT 27 A13 Novorizontino 28 A14 Linense 29 A14 Maringá 30 A15 Internacional de Lages 31 A16 Novo Hamburgo 32 A17 Brusque

Ties

The matches were played between 2 and 10 June.^[7]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Santos	1–2	Manaus	1–1	0–1
Rio Branco	4–3	Independente	3–0	1–3
Altos	5–4	Nacional	3–0	2–4
Cordino	3–4	Ferroviário	3–3	0–1
Fluminense de Feira	1–5	Moto Club	0–2	1–3
Imperatriz	2–2 (5–4 p)	América de Natal	1–0	1–2
Brasiliense	2–1	Sergipe	2–1	0–0
Itabaiana	1–1 (5–6 p)	Campinense	0–1	1–0
URT	2–2 (2–3 p)	Treze	1–1	1–1
Novoperário	4–5	Iporá	2–2	2–3
Linense	2–2 (4–2 p)	Sinop	2–1	0–1
Novorizontino	3–1	Macaé	2–1	1–0
Internacional de Lages	1–3	Uberlândia	1–0	0–3
Maringá	1–4	Caxias	1–1	0–3
Brusque	2–2 (3–4 p)	Atlético Tubarão	1–0	1–2
Novo Hamburgo	2–2 (2–3 p)	São José	2–1	0–1

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 between 16 and 25 June.^[8]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rio Branco	2–2 (2–3 p)	Manaus	1–2	1–0
Ferroviário	5–3	Altos	1–1	4–2
Imperatriz	6–3	Moto Club	2–1	4–2
Brasiliense	1–1 (4–5 p)	Campinense	1–0	0–1
Treze	3–2	Iporá	2–0	1–2
Linense	5–4	Novorizontino	3–2	2–2
Uberlândia	2–3	Caxias	1–1	1–2
Atlético Tubarão	1–3	São José	1–1	0–2

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 2019.

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.^[6]

Quarter-finals seedings

Seed	Team	Pts	W	GD	GF
1	São José	25	8	+8	15
2	Caxias	24	7	+15	20
3	Campinense	22	7	+9	14
4	Manaus	19	6	+7	18
5	Imperatriz	18	5	+10	18
6	Ferroviário	18	4	+5	16
7	Treze	17	4	+11	19
8	Linense	16	4	+3	12

Quarter-finals ties

The matches were played between 1 and 9 July.^[9]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Linense	1–2	São José	1–0	0–2
Treze	4–1	Caxias	1–0	3–1
Ferroviário	3–3 (5–4 p)	Campinense	3–2	0–1
Imperatriz	2–2 (3–2 p)	Manaus	1–0	1–2

Semi-finals seedings

Seed	Team	Pts	W	GD	GF
1	São José	28	9	+9	17
2	Treze	23	6	+14	23
3	Imperatriz	21	6	+10	20
4	Ferroviário	21	5	+5	19

Semi-finals ties

The matches were played between 15 and 23 July.^[10]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ferroviário	4–3	São José	3–1	1–2
Imperatriz	1–1 (1–2 p)	Treze	1–0	0–1

Finals seedings

Seed	Team	Pts	W	GD	GF
1	Treze	26	7	+14	24
2	Ferroviário	24	6	+6	23

Finals

The matches were played on 30 July and 4 August.^[11]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ferroviário	3–1	Treze	3–0	0–1

30 July 201819:15 UTC−3

Ferroviário	3–0	Treze
Janeudo  24' Edson Cariús  64' Robson Simplício  86'	Report

Castelão, Fortaleza

Attendance: 6,667

Referee: André Luiz de Freitas Castro (Goiás)

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4 August 201818:30 UTC−3

Treze	1–0	Ferroviário
Marcelinho Paraíba  70' (pen.)	Report

Amigão, Campina Grande

Attendance: 7,031

Referee: Leandro Vuaden (Rio Grande do Sul)

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Edson Cariús	Ferroviário	11
2	Júnior Chicão	Imperatriz	8
3	Jailson	Fluminense de Feira	7
4	Lima	Brusque	6
	Mateus Oliveira	Rio Branco
	Raí	São Raimundo-RR
	Ulisses	Cordino
	Wesley	Caxias
9	Bruno Batata	Maringá	5
	Nena	Manaus
	Pereira	Novorizontino
	Tiago Amaral	Uberlândia

Source:CBF^[12]

References