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
Key to colours in group tables
Group winners, runners-up advance to the Round of 16
Teams relegated to the Série C 1998

Group A
Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
Pts
Gama8431125+715
Tuna Luso843195+415
Atlético-GO823379-29
Remo82248808
Moto Club81341019−96

Group B
Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
Pts
Ceará852187+117
Paysandu8422127+514
ABC833296+312
Santa Cruz8215612-67
Central8125811−35

Group C
Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
Pts
CRB84131010013
América-MG8413911-213
Vila Nova8332138+512
Náutico83231111011
Sergipe8134912−36

Group D
Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
Pts
Ponte Preta8521114+717
Desportiva842253+214
Americano833288012
Botafogo-SP83141114−310
Goiatuba802628−62

Group E
Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
Pts
Londrina8512128+416
Joinville8422119+214
XV de Piracicaba83231114-311
Volta Redonda82241011−18
Mogi Mirim81341012−26

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
Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advanced to the Final phase

Group F
Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
Pts
Ponte Preta6321149+511
Náutico6312129+310
CRB63121012-210
Gama6024612−62

Group G
Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
Pts
América-MG6411134+913
Vila Nova640276+112
Joinville612379-25
Tuna Luso6114614-84

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

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