1997 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
Season 1997
Champions América-MG
Promoted América-MG
Ponte Preta
Relegated Mogi Mirim
Sergipe
Moto Club
Central
Goiatuba
Top goalscorer Tupãzinho (América-MG) - 13
Biggest home win América-MG 5-0 Tuna Luso (November 9, 1997)
Biggest away win Moto Club 1-4 Gama (August 17, 1997)
Highest scoring Tuna Luso 5-3 Moto Club (August 13, 1997)

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.

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
ABC Natal Machadão 22nd in Série B
América-MG Belo Horizonte Independência 5th in Série B
Americano Rio de Janeiro Godofredo Cruz 13th in Série B
Atlético-GO Goiânia Serra Dourada 12th in Série B
Botafogo-SP Ribeirão Preto Santa Cruz 2nd in Série C
Ceará Fortaleza Castelão 19th in Série B
Central Caruaru Lacerdão 25th in Série B
CRB Maceió Pajuçara 20th in Série B
Desportiva Cariacica Engenheiro Araripe 11th in Série B
Gama Gama Bezerrão 17th in Série B
Goiatuba Goiatuba Divino Garcia Rosa 23rd in Série B
Joinville Joinville Ernestão 15th in Série B
Londrina Londrina Café 4th in Série B
Mogi Mirim Mogi Mirim Wilson Fernandes de Barros 6th in Série B
Moto Club São Luís Castelão 8th in Série B
Náutico Recife Aflitos 3rd in Série B
Paysandu Belém Curuzú 21st in Série B
Ponte Preta Campinas Moisés Lucarelli 18th in Série B
Remo Belém Mangueirão 18th in Série B
Santa Cruz Recife Arruda 9th in Série B
Tuna Luso Belém Francisco Vasques 16th in Série B
Sergipe Aracaju João Hora 24th in Série B
Vila Nova Goiânia Serra Dourada 1st in Série C
Volta Redonda Volta Redonda Raulino de Oliveira 14th in Série B
XV de Piracicaba Piracicaba Barão de Serra Negra 10th 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
Federal District (Brazil) Gama 8431125+715
Pará Tuna Luso 843195+415
Goiás Atlético-GO823379-29
Pará Remo82248808
Maranhão Moto Club81341019−96

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Ceará Ceará 852187+117
Pará Paysandu 8422127+514
Rio Grande do Norte ABC 833296+312
Pernambuco Santa Cruz 8215612-67
Pernambuco Central 8125811−35

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Alagoas CRB 84131010013
Minas Gerais América-MG8413911-213
Goiás Vila Nova8332138+512
Pernambuco Náutico 83231111011
Sergipe Sergipe 8134912−36

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
São Paulo (state) Ponte Preta8521114+717
Espírito Santo Desportiva842253+2 14
Rio de Janeiro (state) Americano833288012
São Paulo (state) Botafogo-SP 83141114−310
Goiás Goiatuba802628−6 2

Group E

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Paraná (state) Londrina 8512128+416
Santa Catarina (state) Joinville 8422119+214
São Paulo (state) XV de Piracicaba 83231114-311
Rio de Janeiro (state) Volta Redonda 82241011−18
São Paulo (state) Mogi Mirim 81341012−26

Second phase

Teams Scores
Team 1 Points Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg Agg.
ABC Rio Grande do Norte 1:7 Federal District (Brazil) Gama 2:2 0:3 1:3 3:8
Vila Nova Goiás 4:4 Ceará Ceará 2:0 1:1 0:1 3:2
Americano Rio de Janeiro (state) 3:6 Alagoas CRB 2:1 0:2 1:5 3:8
XV de Piracicaba São Paulo (state) 1:7 São Paulo (state) Ponte Preta 1:1 1:2 0:1 2:4
Náutico1 Pernambuco 4:4 Paraná (state) Londrina 2:1 0:1 1:1 3:3
América-MG Minas Gerais 7:1 Espírito Santo Desportiva 2:0 1:1 2:1 5:2
Paysandu Pará 4:4 Pará Tuna Luso 2:1 0:0 0:4 2:5
Atlético-GO Goiás 0:6 Santa Catarina (state) 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
São Paulo (state) Ponte Preta 6321149+511
Pernambuco Náutico 6312129+310
Alagoas CRB63121012-210
Federal District (Brazil) Gama6024612−62

Group G

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Minas Gerais América-MG 6411134+913
Goiás Vila Nova 640276+112
Santa Catarina (state) Joinville 612379-25
Pará Tuna Luso 6114614-84

Final phase

Time P J V E D GP GC SG
1 América-MG 136411716
2 Ponte Preta 116321660
3 Náutico 8622296+3
4 Vila Nova 16015312-9
  AMG NAU PON VIL
América-MG 2-0 0-0 1-0
Náutico 0-2 3-0 4-0
Ponte Preta 1-0 1-1 1-0
Vila Nova 0-2 1-1 2-3
Promoted to Série A 1998

Final standings

P
Team
Pts
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Promotion or relegation
1. América-MG 46 23 14 4 5 34 18 +16 Promoted to 1999 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

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