2008 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, namely the second level of Brazilian football league system, was contested by 20 teams in 2008. Giants Corinthians played Série B for the first time after its poor season in Série A in 2007. Also, former Série A champions Bahia returned from Série C.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
Season2008
ChampionsCorinthians
1st Série B title
PromotedCorinthians
Santo André
Avaí
Barueri
RelegatedMarília
Criciúma
Gama
CRB
Goals scored1,069
Average goals/game2.81
Top goalscorerTúlio (Vila Nova) - 24 goals
Highest attendance48,010 – Fortaleza v Brasiliense
Lowest attendance81 – Bragantino v CRB

The tournament started on May 9 and Corinthians begun defeating CRB 3-2 in São Paulo. Due to its tradition and huge number of supporters, Corinthians attracted most of the attention from the media. The club won the first six matches and never left the top of the table. Promotion came on round 32 - six matches before the end of season - after defeating Ceará 2-0 in São Paulo. They were crowned champions two rounds later, beating Criciúma 2-0 as visitors.

Avaí was the second team to reach Série A as they defeated Brasiliense 1-0 on Round 35. One week later, Santo André also reached promotion after their 3-2 win as visitors against Ceará. Finally, Barueri completed the G4 (as the group of promoted teams are called) on Round 37 after beating América de Natal 3-0 at home.

On the other side of the table, CRB's poor record caused the club relegation on Round 33. Gama saw their hope comes to an end three weeks later. In the last round, on November 29, Criciúma and Marília could not escape as Fortaleza and América de Natal won their last matches and managed to stay out of the bottom four.

Vila Nova and former Brazilian international Túlio was the top scorer of the competition with 24 goals in the age of 39 years.

Team information
Participating teams of the Brazilian Championship of 2008, divided by state.
Team City Stadium 2007 Season Ranking CBF
ABCNatalFrasqueirão4th in Série C53rd
AméricaNatalMachadão20th in Série A30th
AvaíFlorianópolisRessacada15th in Série B43rd
BahiaSalvadorJóia da Princesa2nd in Série C18th
BragantinoBragança PaulistaMarcelo StéfaniSérie C Champions42nd
BrasilienseTaguatingaBoca do Jacaré9th in Série B68th
CearáFortalezaCastelão16th in Série B25th
CRBMaceióPajuçara8th in Série B36th
CorinthiansSão PauloPacaembu17th in Série A2nd
CriciúmaCriciúmaHeriberto Hülse7th in Série B28th
FortalezaFortalezaCastelão5th in Série B29th
GamaGamaBezerrão12th in Série B48th
BarueriBarueriArena Barueri13th in Série B131st
JuventudeCaxias do SulAlfredo Jaconi18th in Série A27th
MaríliaMaríliaBento de Abreu6th in Série B67th
ParanáCuritibaVila Capanema19th in Série A23rd
Ponte PretaCampinasMoisés Lucarelli11th in Série B24th
Santo AndréSanto AndréBruno José Daniel14th in Série B59th
São CaetanoSão Caetano do SulAnacleto Campanella10th in Série B45th
Vila NovaGoiâniaSerra Dourada3rd in Série C44th

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Corinthians 38 25 10 3 79 29 +50 85 Promotion to Série A 2009
2 Santo André 38 19 11 8 71 45 +26 68
3 Avaí 38 18 13 7 71 40 +31 67
4 Barueri 38 20 3 15 58 55 +3 63
5 Ponte Preta 38 17 7 14 54 46 +8 58
6 Vila Nova 38 17 7 14 57 55 +2 58
7 Bragantino 38 16 9 13 47 41 +6 57
8 Juventude 38 16 8 14 51 48 +3 56
9 São Caetano 38 14 12 12 61 55 +6 54
10 Bahia 38 14 10 14 47 65 −18 52
11 Paraná 38 14 7 17 49 54 −5 49
12 Ceará 38 12 13 13 52 50 +2 49
13 ABC 38 12 12 14 55 57 −2 48
14 Brasiliense 38 13 8 17 56 64 −8 47
15 América de Natal 38 12 10 16 46 51 −5 46
16 Fortaleza 38 12 9 17 56 56 0 45
17 Marília 38 11 12 15 47 60 −13 45 Relegation to Série C 2009
18 Criciúma 38 11 8 19 40 54 −14 41
19 Gama 38 9 8 21 37 72 −35 35
20 CRB 38 5 9 24 35 72 −37 24
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Results
Home \ Away ABC AME AVA BAH BAR BRG BSL CEA COR CRB CRI FOR GAM JUV MAR PAR PPR SAD CAE VIL
ABC 0–0(R11) 1–1(R21) 5–1(R29) 3–0(R34) 0–0(R13) 2–2(R14) 3–1(R09) 0–1(R03) 1–0(R19) 0–0(R06) 1–4(R27) 4–1(R23) 1–1(R05) 1–1(R36) 1–0(R26) 1–1(R37) 1–3(R16) 2–1(R31) 3–2(R01)
América 3–2(R30) 1–5(R07) 0–1(R02) 3–1(R18) 0–0(R35) 3–4(R22) 0–0(R25) 2–0(R38) 0–0(R33) 1–0(R20) 1–1(R10) 2–0(R15) 2–0(R28) 3–0(R12) 3–2(R08) 2–1(R04) 2–1(R32) 1–1(R17) 5–1(R24)
Avaí 0–0(R02) 1–1(R26) 4–1(R28) 3–0(R22) 3–1(R17) 1–0(R35) 2–1(R08) 1–1(R18) 5–1(R15) 3–0(R30) 2–1(R24) 2–0(R12) 1–0(R10) 3–1(R32) 3–1(R20) 2–1(R33) 1–1(R04) 2–2(R38) 4–1(R06)
Bahia 1–1(R10) 3–0(R21) 2–1(R09) 0–1(R04) 2–2(R14) 1–0(R34) 1–1(R26) 0–3(R31) 2–0(R36) 2–0(R24) 1–1(R01) 2–2(R19) 1–0(R27) 2–1(R37) 0–0(R06) 2–1(R16) 1–4(R22) 1–1(R13) 3–2(R30)
Barueri 3–2(R15) 3–0(R37) 2–2(R03) 3–2(R23) 2–1(R09) 3–1(R27) 4–3(R12) 1–4(R05) 1–0(R26) 1–0(R33) 1–0(R36) 2–0(R01) 4–0(R19) 1–0(R21) 1–2(R32) 1–0(R30) 1–5(R06) 1–2(R29) 0–1(R16)
Bragantino 1–1(R32) 1–0(R16) 3–2(R36) 4–0(R33) 0–2(R28) 2–1(R10) 1–1(R15) 1–1(R08) 3–2(R05) 0–2(R12) 0–1(R37) 4–0(R30) 0–1(R03) 1–0(R26) 3–0(R23) 2–0(R21) 1–0(R01) 2–1(R25) 2–1(R19)
Brasiliense 1–0(R33) 1–0(R03) 0–1(R16) 2–3(R15) 0–1(R08) 3–1(R29) 3–1(R23) 1–1(R25) 6–3(R30) 2–1(R32) 0–0(R19) 3–2(R26) 2–2(R36) 2–2(R01) 1–2(R12) 2–0(R09) 1–1(R21) 2–2(R05) 2–1(R37)
Ceará 3–1(R28) 2–0(R06) 0–0(R27) 2–2(R07) 1–0(R31) 0–0(R34) 3–0(R04) 2–2(R13) 1–0(R16) 3–1(R11) 1–0(R10) 1–0(R37) 2–1(R01) 3–2(R19) 1–1(R24) 2–0(R22) 2–3(R36) 1–0(R14) 1–2(R21)
Corinthians 4–0(R22) 2–0(R19) 3–2(R37) 0–1(R12) 1–0(R24) 2–0(R27) 4–1(R06) 2–0(R32) 3–2(R01) 0–0(R15) 2–0(R04) 5–0(R21) 2–0(R16) 5–0(R10) 2–1(R33) 3–0(R26) 2–2(R30) 1–0(R09) 3–1(R36)
CRB 1–3(R38) 1–1(R14) 1–1(R34) 1–2(R17) 1–2(R07) 0–2(R24) 2–1(R11) 1–0(R35) 1–2(R20) 1–0(R04) 0–3(R13) 2–2(R25) 0–2(R31) 2–2(R08) 3–0(R18) 0–2(R10) 0–0(R28) 1–1(R02) 1–2(R22)
Criciúma 2–0(R25) 1–0(R01) 1–1(R11) 1–2(R05) 2–2(R14) 1–0(R31) 3–1(R13) 2–0(R29) 0–2(R34) 3–0(R23) 2–1(R07) 2–0(R36) 0–1(R21) 3–2(R16) 0–3(R09) 0–3(R19) 4–4(R37) 2–1(R03) 1–1(R27)
Fortaleza 2–3(R08) 2–1(R29) 2–2(R05) 5–1(R20) 2–1(R17) 1–2(R18) 3–0(R38) 2–2(R30) 1–3(R23) 2–2(R32) 2–1(R26) 5–1(R03) 0–0(R25) 0–1(R33) 4–1(R02) 0–3(R12) 2–0(R15) 1–0(R35) 1–2(R09)
Gama 0–2(R04) 2–2(R34) 0–3(R31) 0–0(R38) 0–2(R20) 0–1(R11) 1–0(R07) 1–0(R18) 1–3(R02) 1–0(R06) 2–0(R17) 2–0(R22) 2–0(R13) 2–1(R28) 1–2(R35) 1–1(R24) 0–4(R10) 1–2(R27) 2–2(R14)
Juventude 3–0(R24) 1–0(R09) 1–0(R29) 4–1(R08) 3–2(R38) 2–3(R22) 2–0(R17) 0–0(R20) 1–2(R35) 4–0(R12) 1–0(R02) 1–1(R06) 3–2(R32) 2–0(R04) 1–1(R30) 1–1(R15) 2–1(R33) 3–4(R18) 4–3(R26)
Marília 2–1(R17) 2–1(R31) 1–1(R13) 3–1(R18) 2–2(R02) 1–1(R07) 0–2(R20) 2–1(R38) 1–1(R29) 0–0(R27) 3–3(R35) 4–2(R14) 2–2(R09) 1–0(R23) 0–0(R03) 3–1(R06) 2–0(R24) 2–1(R11) 1–0(R34)
Paraná 1–0(R07) 2–1(R27) 0–1(R01) 3–0(R25) 1–0(R13) 2–2(R04) 1–3(R31) 2–2(R05) 0–2(R14) 4–0(R37) 3–1(R28) 3–1(R21) 1–2(R16) 1–2(R11) 1–0(R22) 1–0(R36) 0–1(R19) 2–3(R34) 0–0(R10)
Ponte Preta 1–2(R18) 2–0(R23) 3–2(R14) 1–0(R35) 3–0(R11) 1–0(R02) 2–2(R28) 3–2(R03) 1–1(R07) 1–0(R29) 3–1(R38) 2–2(R31) 1–2(R05) 1–0(R34) 2–0(R25) 3–1(R17) 2–1(R08) 1–1(R20) 2–0(R13)
Santo André 4–2(R35) 1–1(R13) 1–0(R23) 2–0(R03) 2–1(R25) 1–0(R20) 1–3(R02) 3–2(R17) 1–1(R11) 3–1(R09) 1–0(R18) 3–0(R34) 2–0(R29) 4–0(R14) 2–2(R05) 3–1(R38) 1–3(R27) 0–0(R07) 2–1(R31)
São Caetano 0–4(R12) 1–2(R36) 3–3(R19) 3–1(R32) 1–3(R10) 2–0(R06) 4–1(R24) 2–2(R33) 2–2(R28) 2–4(R21) 0–0(R22) 3–1(R16) 3–1(R08) 2–1(R37) 1–0(R30) 3–1(R15) 3–0(R01) 1–1(R26) 1–0(R04)
Vila Nova 3–1(R20) 3–2(R05) 1–0(R25) 1–1(R11) 2–3(R35) 2–0(R38) 2–0(R18) 1–0(R02) 2–1(R17) 2–1(R03) 2–0(R08) 1–0(R28) 1–1(R33) 1–1(R07) 4–0(R15) 0–2(R29) 2–1(R32) 2–2(R12) 2–1(R23)
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers
# Scorer Team Goals
1 Brazil Túlio Vila Nova 24
2 Brazil Nunes Bragantino 15
3 Brazil Dentinho Corinthians 14
Argentina Herrera Corinthians
Brazil Márcio Mixirica Santo André
6 Brazil Pedrão Barueri 13
7 Brazil Luiz Carlos Ceará 12
Brazil Tuta São Caetano
Brazil Jéferson Santo André
10 Brazil Mendes Juventude 11
Last Updated: 2008-11-29, *

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