Brazilian Série B is starting this Friday, with important teams participating, such as Santos, competing in the second division for the first time in its history.
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Friday – 19/04
- Novorizontino (SP) vs. CRB (AL) – 7:00 pm – Jorge Ismael de Biasi, Novorizonte (SP)
- Botafogo (SP) vs. América (MG) – 7:00 pm – Santa Cruz, Ribeirão Preto (SP)
- Operário (PR) vs. Avaí (SC) – 9:00 pm – Germano Kruger, Ponta Grossa (PR)
Saturday – 20/04
- Chapecoense (SC) vs. Ituano (S), 3:30 pm – Arena Condá, Chapecó (SC)
- Santos (SP) vs. Paysandu (PA) – 4:30 pm – Vila Belmiro, Santos (SP)
- Amazonas (AM) vs. Sport (PE) – 5:00 pm – Arena da Amazonas, Manaus (AM)
- Ceará (CE) vs. Goiás (GO) – 6:00 pm – Arena Castelão – Fortaleza (CE)
Sunday – 21/04
- Ponte Preta (SP) vs. Coritiba (PR) – 6:00 pm – Moisés Lucarelli – Campinas (SP)
Monday – 22/04
- Vila Nova (GO) vs. Guarani (SP) – 9:00 pm – Onésio B. Alvarenga
Tuesday – 23/04
- Brusque vs. Mirassol (SP) – 9:00 pm – Hercílio Luz – Itajaí (SC)
Four spots for Serie A
The 20 participating teams enter the competition focused, aiming to finish among the top four in addition to the title, to play in the elite of Brazilian football. The champion also secures a spot in the third phase of the 2025 Copa do Brasil.
With clubs from the five regions of Brazil, Serie B promises a lot of excitement throughout the 380 matches.
Check out the participating teams: Amazonas, América Mineiro, Avaí, Botafogo-SP, Brusque, Ceará, Chapecoense, Coritiba, CRB, Goiás, Novorizontino, Guarani, Ituano, Mirassol, Operário-PR, Paysandu, Ponte Preta, Santos, Sport, and Vila Nova.
From Serie A and C
América Mineiro, Coritiba, Goiás, and Santos competed in Serie A in 2023 and will need to demonstrate good football to return.
On the other hand, Amazonas, Brusque, Operário-PR, and Paysandu came from Serie C. A successful season could be a stimulus for a good performance in 2024.
Debuts
In this edition, Serie B features two debutant clubs: Santos and Amazonas, teams that have had a good start to the season with the runner-up positions in the Paulista and Amazonense championships, respectively.
Good start in State Championships
The tournament will also feature four state champions: Ceará (Cearense), Paysandu (Paraense), Sport (Pernambucano), and CRB (Alagoano). In addition to these, Vila Nova (Goiano) and Brusque (Catarinense) narrowly missed the title and finished as runners-up.
In the Campeonato Mineiro, América-MG reached the semifinals, the same stage reached by Avaí (Catarinense), Novorizontino (Paulista), and Coritiba (Paranaense).
Former champions
Six teams have already lifted the Serie B trophy in previous seasons: América-MG (1997 and 2017), Coritiba (2007 and 2010), Goiás (1999 and 2012), Guarani (1981), Paysandu (1991 and 2001), and Sport (1990).
Aiming for the first Serie A
Amazonas, Brusque, CRB, Novorizontino, Ituano, and Mirassol dream of participating in the elite of Brazilian football for the first time.
As the fifth and sixth placed teams in the Brasileirão Serie B 2023, Novorizontino and Mirassol are looking to adjust the small details that kept them out of the top four and reach the coveted Serie A. Meanwhile, CRB and Ituano finished far from the promotion spot (ninth and 14th places, respectively) and aim for a better campaign this year.
As the champions and runners-up of Serie C, Amazonas and Brusque start Serie B with the confidence of their good performance in 2023.
Objective: improve the placement
Botafogo-SP, Ponte Preta, and Chapecoense will seek to reverse their performance from last season, when they finished at the bottom of the table, and will fight for the top positions in the championship.
Zagallo documentary
Sambafoot Series has launched a new documentary about the football legend Zagallo. Known as ‘Velho Lobo’ and as superstitious as it gets, Zagallo helped shape what Brazilian football is nowadays – as a player and as a coach. The first and second episodes is available in Sambafoot’s Youtube channel and the series will receive weekly releases to tell this legend’s life story.
