2004 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

The football (soccer) Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 2004, the second level of Brazilian National League, was played from April 23 to December 11, 2004. The competition had 24 clubs and two of them were promoted to Série A and six were relegated to Série C.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
Season2004
ChampionsBrasiliense
PromotedBrasiliense
Fortaleza
RelegatedAmérica-RN
Remo
América Mineiro
Joinville
Mogi Mirim
Londrina
Goals scored842
Average goals/game2.70
Top goalscorerRinaldo (Fortaleza) - 14

In the first round, each team played against each other, much like what happens in Série A. However, in contrast to Série A, each team played against the other only once. Therefore, each team played 23 games, 12 home and 11 away (or the opposite). The eight best ranked teams advanced to the second round, where they were divided in two groups of four. Teams in each group played against each other home and away. The two best ranked teams in each group advanced to the final round. Those four teams were put in a single group, and played against each other home and away.

Brasiliense finished the final phase group with most points and was declared 2004 Brazilian Série B champions, claiming the promotion to the 2005 Série A along with Fortaleza, the runners-up. The six worst ranked teams in the first round (América-RN, Remo, América Mineiro, Joinville, Mogi Mirim and Londrina) were relegated to play Série C in 2005.

Teams

First stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Brasiliense 23 13 7 3 43 22 +21 46 Qualified to Second Stage
2 Náutico 23 14 3 6 46 27 +19 45
3 Bahia 23 13 4 6 38 24 +14 43
4 Ituano 23 12 6 5 41 20 +21 42
5 Fortaleza 23 11 6 6 43 29 +14 39
6 Marília 23 10 6 7 28 30 −2 36
7 Avaí 23 10 6 7 28 30 −2 36
8 Santa Cruz 23 10 5 8 35 25 +10 35
9 Paulista 23 10 5 8 32 32 0 35
10 Caxias 23 10 4 9 30 32 −2 34
11 Portuguesa 23 8 7 8 31 31 0 31
12 Ceará 23 9 3 11 30 33 −3 30
13 Anapolina 23 9 3 11 25 29 −4 30
14 Santo André 23 12 5 6 38 28 +10 29[lower-alpha 1]
15 CRB 23 7 8 8 32 33 −1 29
16 São Raimundo 23 8 4 11 29 32 −3 28
17 Sport 23 7 7 9 24 31 −7 28
18 Vila Nova 23 7 6 10 34 38 −4 27
19 América-RN 23 7 5 11 22 36 −14 26 Relegated to Série C 2005
20 Remo 23 5 10 8 30 40 −10 25
21 América Mineiro 23 6 5 12 25 40 −15 23
22 Joinville 23 6 0 17 24 42 −18 18
23 Mogi Mirim 23 2 12 9 26 38 −12 18
24 Londrina 23 4 5 14 19 40 −21 17
Source:
Notes:
  1. Santo André lost 12 points for fielding 2 ineligible players (Osmar and Dirceu) in Rounds 1 and 2

Matches
Home \ Away AMG ARN ANA AVA BAH BRA CAX CEA CRB FOR ITU JOI LON MAR MOG NAU PAU POR REM STA STO SAO SPO VIL
AMG 2–2 0–2 2–2 1–2 0–3 2–3 3–2 0–0 0–4 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–3 0–2 1–0 0–2 0–2 2–3 3–1 2–2 4–1
ARN 2–2 3–1 1–0 1–3 3–0 3–1 0–1 0–3 0–1 0–5 0–3 0–1 0–3 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–3 0–3 1–1 1–1
ANA 2–0 1–3 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–3 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–3 3–1 0–1 2–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–1
AVA 2–2 0–1 1–2 1–0 2–3 0–1 0–0 1–4 1–0 0–5 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 2–4 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–1
BAH 2–1 3–1 0–2 0–1 2–2 0–1 1–2 3–1 2–2 2–1 4–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 3–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 3–2 0–0 2–2 1–0 2–1
BRA 3–0 0–3 2–1 3–2 2–2 3–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 4–1 1–1 2–1 2–4 6–1 0–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 2–1
CAX 3–2 1–3 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–3 2–1 2–2 0–1 0–1 3–0 1–0 4–2 3–1 2–3 2–2 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–4 2–1 0–3 0–0
CEA 2–3 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 2–2 1–2 0–4 2–1 0–3 1–0 3–1 1–2 4–1 2–2 1–2 0–2 2–0 1–2 2–0
CRB 0–0 3–0 3–0 4–1 1–3 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–4 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–2 3–3 3–3 1–1 2–4 0–1 3–4 1–1 0–2
FOR 4–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–2 4–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 0–1 2–2 5–4 3–1 3–2 0–0 2–2 3–1 0–2 1–2 3–0
ITU 1–0 5–0 1–2 5–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 3–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 5–2 1–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 3–1
JOI 0–1 3–0 1–0 0–1 1–4 0–1 0–3 4–0 0–1 0–2 2–1 0–2 1–3 2–1 1–2 1–3 0–1 2–0 1–4 2–3 1–3 1–2 1–4
LON 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 0–2 0–3 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–2 0–2 0–5 0–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–4 3–2 0–2 1–4
MAR 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–1 0–2 0–0 2–4 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 3–3 0–1 3–0 2–2 2–4 0–3 0–0 3–1 7–1 0–3
MOG 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 2–1 1–4 1–3 0–1 0–1 2–2 0–3 1–2 2–0 3–3 0–0 1–3 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 3–3
NAU 3–0 2–1 1–1 4–2 1–3 1–1 3–2 1–3 2–0 4–5 1–0 2–1 5–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 3–0 2–3 1–0 0–2 2–0 3–1 3–0
PAU 2–0 0–1 3–1 1–2 0–2 1–2 2–2 2–1 3–3 1–3 1–2 3–1 1–0 0–3 3–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–3
POR 0–1 0–0 1–3 0–1 1–0 4–2 2–1 1–4 3–3 2–3 2–2 1–0 2–2 2–2 1–1 0–3 1–2 2–0 2–0 3–0 0–1 0–0 1–0
REM 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–3 0–1 1–6 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–5 0–2 1–1 4–2 1–1 3–2 2–2 0–2 1–3 2–2 2–2 2–0 1–1
STA 2–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 2–3 0–0 0–1 2–1 4–2 2–2 0–1 4–1 0–0 3–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–2 3–1 2–1 2–3 1–0 5–2
STO 3–2 3–0 2–0 1–3 0–0 0–3 4–1 2–0 1–0 1–3 1–3 3–2 4–2 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–3 2–2 1–2 2–0 2–0 3–1
SAO 1–3 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 1–2 1–2 0–2 4–3 2–0 1–1 3–1 2–3 1–3 2–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 2–2 3–2 0–2 1–2 0–2
SPO 2–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–7 1–1 1–3 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–1 0–2 2–1 1–2
VIL 1–4 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–0 0–2 2–0 0–3 1–3 4–1 4–1 3–0 3–3 0–3 3–0 0–1 1–1 2–5 1–3 2–0 2–1
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second stage

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FOR BRA ITU STA
1 Fortaleza 6 2 2 2 8 7 +1 8 Qualified to Final Stage 3–0 1–1 1–1
2 Brasiliense 6 2 2 2 6 6 0 8 2–0 2–0 1–1
3 Ituano 6 2 2 2 7 9 −2 8 0–2 2–1 2–1
4 Santa Cruz 6 1 4 1 8 7 +1 7 3–1 0–0 2–2
Source:

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAH AVA NAU MAR
1 Bahia 6 4 1 1 8 5 +3 13 Qualified to Final Stage 1–0 1–0 4–1
2 Avaí 6 3 1 2 6 4 +2 10 0–0 1–0 1–0
3 Náutico 6 2 1 3 7 6 +1 7 4–1 2–1 0–0
4 Marília 6 1 1 4 4 10 −6 4 0–1 1–3 2–1
Source:

Final stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts BRA FOR AVA BAH
1 Brasiliense 6 4 0 2 8 5 +3 12 1–0 2–0 2–1
2 Fortaleza 6 2 2 2 4 4 0 8 1–0 2–0 1–1
3 Avaí 6 2 2 2 4 5 −1 8 1–0 2–0 1–0
4 Bahia 6 1 2 3 7 9 −2 5 2–3 2–0 1–1
Source:

Trivia
  • Santo André was punished by losing 12 points for fielding 2 ineligible players (Osmar and Dirceu) in games 1 and 2 of the first round. That eliminated Santo André from a second round spot and allowed Santa Cruz to move ahead and clinch the final spot for the second round.
  • Fortaleza had to beat Avaí by two goals in the last game of the season in order to be promoted to the Brazilian elite. So on December 11, 2004 they were able to beat Avaí 2-0 in front of their home crowd and clinch the spot.

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