1972 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
Season	1972
Champions	Sampaio Corrêa
Matches played	134
Goals scored	299 (2.23 per match)
Top goalscorer	Pelezinho (Sampaio Corrêa) - 8 goals
Biggest home win	Sampaio Corrêa 5-0 Flamengo-PI (October 29, 1972) Campinense 6-1 Calouros do Ar (November 12, 1972)
Biggest away win	Moto Club 0-3 Fortaleza (September 17, 1971) Fluminense de Feira 0-3 Atlético de Alagoinhas (October 22, 1972) Calouros do Ar 0-3 América-RN (November 18, 1972) América-PE 1-4 América-RN (December 10, 1972)
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The football (soccer) Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 1972, the second level of Brazilian National League, was played from September 10 to December 17, 1972. The competition had 23 clubs.All of the participating clubs were from the Northeast region.

Sampaio Corrêa beat Campinense on the finals, and was declared 1972 Brazilian Série B champions.The relegation and promotion system hadn't been implemented yet, so no clubs were promoted.As the First division of the championship began to grow in number of clubs, this edition of the second division was the last one until 1980.

First phase

Group A
Team		Pts	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Sampaio Corrêa	13	10	5	3	2	12	4	8
2	Tiradentes	12	10	4	4	2	12	9	3
3	Moto Club	12	10	4	4	2	7	6	1
4	Fortaleza	11	10	5	1	4	9	9	0
5	Guarany de Sobral	6	10	2	2	6	8	15	-7
6	Flamengo-PI	6	10	1	4	5	9	14	-5

Group B
Team		Pts	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Campinense	14	10	7	0	3	20	9	11
2	América-RN	13	10	5	3	2	15	10	5
3	River	12	10	5	2	3	14	14	0
4	Ferroviário-MA	12	10	4	4	2	12	9	3
5	Maguari	5	10	2	1	7	7	15	-8
6	Calouros do Ar	4	10	1	2	7	11	22	-11

Group C
Team		Pts	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	CSA	10	8	4	2	2	14	11	3
2	América-PE	10	8	4	2	2	8	9	-1
3	Botafogo-PB	9	8	3	3	2	13	8	5
4	Alecrim	6	8	1	4	3	10	12	-2
5	Ferroviário-PE	6	8	2	2	6	7	12	-5

Group D
Team		Pts	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Atlético de Alagoinhas	18	10	8	2	0	18	4	14
2	Itabaiana	11	10	4	3	3	13	10	3
3	Central	11	10	3	5	2	8	6	2
4	Confiança	7	10	2	3	5	10	15	-5
5	Fluminense de Feira	7	9^[1]	1	5	3	9	16	-7
6	São Domingos	4	9^[1]	1	2	6	9	16	-7

Second phase

Group E
Team		Pts	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Sampaio Corrêa	8	6	3	2	1	6	3	3
2	Tiradentes	8	6	3	2	1	6	3	3
3	Atlético de Alagoinhas	4	6	1	2	3	2	5	-3
4	Itabaiana	4	6	1	2	3	2	5	-3

Group F
Team		Pts	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Campinense	12	6	6	0	0	11	2	9
2	América-RN	8	6	4	0	2	9	5	4
3	CSA	2	6	1	0	5	3	8	-5
4	América-PE	2	6	1	0	5	3	11	-8

Finals

Sampaio Corrêa v Campinense

17 December 1972

Sampaio Corrêa	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Campinense
Pelezinho 89'		Volmir 37'
	Penalties
Neguinho Neguinho Neguinho Neguinho Neguinho	5–4	Ivan Lopes Ivan Lopes Ivan Lopes Ivan Lopes Ivan Lopes

Nhozinho Santos, São Luís (MA)
Referee:

Ronald Monassa

Notes

1 2 Fluminense de Feira and São Domingos didn't play their last match, since they had no chances of qualifying.

Sources

RSSSF.com
Globoesporte.com (Portuguese)

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

2016 clubs	Atlético Goianiense Avaí Bahia Bragantino Brasil de Pelotas Ceará CRB Criciúma Goiás Joinville Londrina Luverdense Náutico Oeste Paysandu Paraná Sampaio Corrêa Tupi Vasco da Gama Vila Nova

Seasons	1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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