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

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)
← Série B 1996 Série B 1998 →

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	7th 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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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
Náutico^1	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

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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

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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	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

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Notes:

1. 1 point deducted?

Sources

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