2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
The 2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D will be a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the fourth division. The competition was originally scheduled to begin on 3 May and end on 22 November, however due to the COVID-19 pandemic the tournament was rescheduled for 6 September 2020 – 7 February 2021.
Sixty-eight teams will compete in the tournament. Sixty-four teams qualified from their state leagues and cups, and four relegated from the 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C.
The teams qualified for the semi-finals will be promoted to the 2021 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C.
Format changes
A preliminary stage called Pré-Série D will be played during this and next season. In the Pré-Série D, eight teams will be drawn into four ties, with the winners of each tie advancing to the group stage. The group stage will have 64 teams, 60 teams qualified directly and four teams decided in the Pré-Série D stage. The 64 teams will be drawn into eight groups of eight teams each. The top four teams of each group will qualify for the round of 32.Teams
Federation ranking
The number of teams from each state was chosen based on the CBF State Ranking.Participating teamsTeams in italic will play the Pré-Série D. The teams are:
Competition formatIn the Pré-Série D, eight teams from the worst ranked federations in the CBF ranking will be drawn into four ties, with the winners of each tie advancing to the group stage. In the group stage, the remaining 60 teams and the 4 four teams qualified from the Pré-Série D will be divided into eight groups of eight organized regionally. Top four teams will qualify for the round of 32. From the round of 32 on the competition will be played as a knock-out tournament with each round contested over two legs.Pré-Série DIt will be played from TBA to TBA 2020.The lowest-seeded teams from the eight worst ranked federations in the 2020 CBF ranking will compete to decide four places in the group stage.Each tie will be played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tie on aggregate, the away goals rule will not be used, extra time will not be played, and the penalty shoot-out will be used to determine the winners. MatchesGroup stageIn the group stage, each group will play on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The teams will be ranked according to points. If tied on points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Wins; 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Head-to-head ; 5. Fewest red cards; 6. Fewest yellow cards; 7. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation.The toup four teams will qualify for the round of 32. Group A1Group A2Group A3Group A4Group A5Group A6Group A7Group A8Final stagesThe final stages will be played on a home-and-away two-legged basis with round of 32, round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals rounds. If tie on aggregate, the away goals rule will not be used, extra time will not be played, and the penalty shoot-out will be used to determine the winners.The draw for the quarter-finals will be seeded based on the table of results of all matches in the competition for the qualifying teams. The top four seeded teams will play the second leg at home. The four quarter-final winners will be promoted to 2021 Série C. Round of 32The round of 32 will be a two-legged knockout tie, with the draw regionalised.MatchesRound of 16MatchesQuarter-finalsThe draw for the quarter-finals will be seeded based on the table of results of all matches in the competition for the qualifying teams. The teams will be ranked according to points. If tie on points, the following criteria will be used to determine the ranking: 1. Wins; 2. Goal difference; 3. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation.Quarter-finals seedingsMatchesSemi-finalsMatchesFinalsMatches |
Acre
Alagoas
Amapá
Amazonas
Ceará
Federal District
Goiás
Maranhão
Mato Grosso do Sul
Pará
Paraíba
Paraná
Pernambuco
Piauí
Rio de Janeiro
Rio Grande do Sul
Rondônia
Roraima
Santa Catarina
São Paulo
Sergipe
Tocantins