2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

Season	2014
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The Serie B of the Brazilian Championship 2016 is a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the second division. It is contested by 20 clubs. The top four teams will have access to Série A in 2017 and the last four will be relegated to Série C in 2017.

Teams

Avaí

Bahia

Bragantino

Brasil de Pelotas

Ceará

CRB

Criciúma

Londrina

Luverdense

Joinville

Náutico

Oeste

Paraná

Paysandu

Sampaio Corrêa

Tupi

Vasco

Goiânia

Goiânia teams:
Atlético-GO
Goiás
Vila Nova

Location of teams in 2016 Série B

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity	2015 season
Atlético Goianiense	Goiânia	Serra Dourada	41,574	14th in Série B
Avaí	Florianópolis	Ressacada	17,537	17th in Série A
Bahia	Salvador	Fonte Nova	51,708	9th in Série B
Bragantino	Bragança Paulista	Nabi Abi Chedid	17,022	6th in Série B
Brasil de Pelotas	Pelotas	Bento Freitas	18,000	4th in Série C
Ceará	Fortaleza	Castelão	67,037	15th in Série B
CRB	Maceió	Rei Pelé	20,551	11th in Série B
Criciúma	Criciúma	Heriberto Hülse	19,300	12th in Série B
Goiás	Goiânia	Serra Dourada	41,574	19th in Série A
Joinville	Joinville	Arena Joinville	22,400	20th in Série A
Londrina	Londrina	Café	36,056	2nd in Série C
Luverdense	Lucas do Rio Verde	Passo das Emas	10,000	10th in Série B
Náutico	Recife	Arena Pernambuco	46,154	5th in Série B
Oeste	Itápolis	Amaros	13,044	16th in Série B
Paysandu	Belém	Curuzú	16,200	7th in Série B
Paraná	Curitiba	Vila Capanema	20,083	13th in Série B
Sampaio Corrêa	São Luís	Castelão	40,000	8th in Série B
Tupi	Juiz de Fora	Mário Helênio	31,863	3st in Série C
Vasco da Gama	Rio de Janeiro	São Januário	22,150	18th in Série A
Vila Nova	Goiânia	Serra Dourada	41,574	1st in Série C

Number of teams by state

Number of teams	State	Team(s)
3	Goiás	Atlético Goianiense, Goiás and Vila Nova
	Santa Catarina	Avaí, Criciúma and Joinville
2	Paraná	Londrina and Paraná
	São Paulo	Bragantino and Oeste
1	Alagoas	CRB
	Bahia	Bahia
	Ceará	Ceará
	Maranhão	Sampaio Corrêa
	Mato Grosso	Luverdense
	Minas Gerais	Tupi
	Pará	Paysandu
	Pernambuco	Náutico
	Rio de Janeiro	Vasco da Gama
	Rio Grande do Sul	Brasil de Pelotas

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Atlético Goianiense	Wagner Lopes		Numer	Caixa
Avaí	Silas Pereira		Fila
Bahia	Doriva		Penalty	MRV
Bragantino	Léo Condé		Kanxa
Brasil de Pelotas	Rogério Zimmermann	Leandro Leite	Kappa	Banrisul
Ceará	Lisca		Penalty
CRB	Mazola Júnior		Rinat	Caixa
Criciúma	Roberto Cavalo		Kappa
Goiás	Enderson Moreira		Dry World
Londrina	Claudio Tencati		Karilu	Sercomtel
Luverdense	Júnior Rocha		Kanxa
Joinville	PC Gusmão		Umbro
Náutico	Gilmar Dal Pozzo	Júlio César	Topper
Oeste	Roberto Fonseca		Kanxa
Paysandu	Dado Cavalcanti		Puma	Esamaz Banpará Drogarias Big Ben
Paraná	Claudinei Oliveira		Erreà	Racco
Sampaio Corrêa	Dejan Petković		Numer
Tupi	Ricardo Drubscky		GSport	Implante Rio
Vasco da Gama	Jorginho		Umbro	Caixa
Vila Nova	Leandro Niehues		Rinat	Sicoob

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Atlético Goianiense	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Promotion to 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
2	Avaí	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Bahia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Bragantino	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Brasil de Pelotas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Ceará	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	CRB	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Criciúma	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Goiás	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Joinville	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Londrina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Luverdense	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Náutico	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Oeste	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Paysandu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Paraná	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Sampaio Corrêa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegation to 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C
18	Tupi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Vasco da Gama	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Vila Nova	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results; 6) least red cards received; 7) least yellow cards received; 8) draw.