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.
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 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 scape 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

TeamCityStadium2007 SeasonRanking 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

Results

Top scorers