# 1997 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

The football (soccer) Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 1997, the second level of Brazilian National League, was played from August 9 to December 7, 1997. The competition had 25 clubs and two of them were promoted to Série A and five were relegated to Série C. The competition was won by América-MG.
América-MG finished the final phase group with the most points, and was declared 1997 Brazilian Série B champions, claiming the promotion to the 1998 Série A along with Ponte Preta, the runners-up. The five worst ranked teams in each group (Mogi Mirim, Sergipe, Moto Club, Central and Goiatuba) were relegated to play Série C in 1998.

## Teams

| Team | City | Stadium | 1996 Season |
| ABC | Natal | Machadão | 22nd in Série B |
| América-MG | Belo Horizonte | Independência | 5th in Série B |
| Americano | Rio de Janeiro | Godofredo Cruz | 13th in Série B |
| Atlético-GO | Goiânia | Serra Dourada | 12th in Série B |
| Botafogo-SP | Ribeirão Preto | Santa Cruz | 2nd in Série C |
| Ceará | Fortaleza | Castelão | 19th in Série B |
| Central | Caruaru | Lacerdão | 25th in Série B |
| CRB | Maceió | Pajuçara | 20th in Série B |
| Desportiva | Cariacica | Engenheiro Araripe | 11th in Série B |
| Gama | Gama | Bezerrão | 17th in Série B |
| Goiatuba | Goiatuba | Divino Garcia Rosa | 23rd in Série B |
| Joinville | Joinville | Ernestão | 15th in Série B |
| Londrina | Londrina | Café | 4th in Série B |
| Mogi Mirim | Mogi Mirim | Wilson Fernandes de Barros | 6th in Série B |
| Moto Club | São Luís | Castelão | 8th in Série B |
| Náutico | Recife | Aflitos | 3rd in Série B |
| Paysandu | Belém | Curuzú | 21st in Série B |
| Ponte Preta | Campinas | Moisés Lucarelli | 18th in Série B |
| Remo | Belém | Mangueirão | 7th in Série B |
| Santa Cruz | Recife | Arruda | 9th in Série B |
| Tuna Luso | Belém | Francisco Vasques | 16th in Série B |
| Sergipe | Aracaju | João Hora | 24th in Série B |
| Vila Nova | Goiânia | Serra Dourada | 1st in Série C |
| Volta Redonda | Volta Redonda | Raulino de Oliveira | 14th in Série B |
| XV de Piracicaba | Piracicaba | Barão da Serra Negra | 10th in Série B |

## First phase
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| Gama | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 15 | Advance to the Round of 16 |
| Tuna Luso | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 15 | Advance to the Round of 16 |
| Atlético-GO | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 9 | Advance to the Round of 16 |
| Remo | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | |
| Moto Club | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 19 | −9 | 6 | Relegated to the Série C 1998 |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| Ceará | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 17 | Advance to the Round of 16 |
| Paysandu | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 14 | Advance to the Round of 16 |
| ABC | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 12 | Advance to the Round of 16 |
| Santa Cruz | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 7 | |
| Central | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 5 | Relegated to the Série C 1998 |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| CRB | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 13 | Advance to the Round of 16 |
| América-MG | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 13 | Advance to the Round of 16 |
| Vila Nova | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 12 | Advance to the Round of 16 |
| Náutico | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 11 | Advance to the Round of 16 |
| Sergipe | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 6 | Relegated to the Série C 1998 |

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| Ponte Preta | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 17 | Advance to the Round of 16 |
| Desportiva | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 14 | Advance to the Round of 16 |
| Americano | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 12 | Advance to the Round of 16 |
| Botafogo-SP | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 10 | |
| Goiatuba | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 2 | Relegated to the Série C 1998 |

### Group E

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| Londrina | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 16 | Advance to the Round of 16 |
| Joinville | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 14 | Advance to the Round of 16 |
| XV de Piracicaba | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 11 | Advance to the Round of 16 |
| Volta Redonda | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 8 | |
| Mogi Mirim | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 6 | Relegated to the Série C 1998 |

## Second phase

| Teams | Teams | Teams | Scores | Scores | Scores | Scores |
| Team 1 | Points | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg | Agg. |
| ABC | 1:7 | Gama | 2:2 | 0:3 | 1:3 | 3:8 |
| Vila Nova | 4:4 | Ceará | 2:0 | 1:1 | 0:1 | 3:2 |
| Americano | 3:6 | CRB | 2:1 | 0:2 | 1:5 | 3:8 |
| XV de Piracicaba | 1:7 | Ponte Preta | 1:1 | 1:2 | 0:1 | 2:4 |
| Náutico$^1$ | 4:4 | Londrina | 2:1 | 0:1 | 1:1 | 3:3 |
| América-MG | 7:1 | Desportiva | 2:0 | 1:1 | 2:1 | 5:2 |
| Paysandu | 4:4 | Tuna Luso | 2:1 | 0:0 | 0:4 | 2:5 |
| Atlético-GO | 0:6 | Joinville | 1:2 | 1:2 | — | 2:4 |
$^1$Náutico qualified after defeating Londrina on a penalty shoot-out.

## Third phase
### Group F

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Ponte Preta | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 11 | Advanced to the Final phase |
| Náutico | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 10 | Advanced to the Final phase |
| CRB | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 10 | |
| Gama | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 2 | |

### Group G

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| América-MG | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 13 | Advanced to the Final phase |
| Vila Nova | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 12 | Advanced to the Final phase |
| Joinville | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 5 | |
| Tuna Luso | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 4 | |

## Final phase

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion | AMG | PON | NAU | VIL |
| 1 | América-MG | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 13 | Promoted to Série A 1998 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Ponte Preta | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 11 | Promoted to Série A 1998 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Náutico | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 8 | | 0–2 | 3–0 | | 4–0 |
| 4 | Vila Nova | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 1 | | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | |

## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | América-MG | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 18 | +16 | 46 | Promoted to 1998 Série A |
| 2 | Ponte Preta | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 21 | +14 | 46 | Promoted to 1998 Série A |
| 3 | Náutico | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 29 | +6 | 33 | Reached Final phase group |
| 4 | Vila Nova | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 28 | −2 | 29 | Reached Final phase group |
| 5 | CRB | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 25 | +3 | 29 | Reached Third phase |
| 6 | Joinville | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 20 | +2 | 25 | Reached Third phase |
| 7 | Gama | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 20 | +6 | 24 | Reached Third phase |
| 8 | Tuna Luso | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 21 | −1 | 23 | Reached Third phase |
| 9 | Ceará | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 21 | Reached the Second phase |
| 10 | Londrina | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 19 | Reached the Second phase |
| 11 | Paysandu | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 18 | Reached the Second phase |
| 12 | Desportiva | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 15 | Reached the Second phase |
| 13 | Americano | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 15 | Reached the Second phase |
| 14 | ABC | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 13 | Reached the Second phase |
| 15 | XV de Piracicaba | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | −5 | 12 | Reached the Second phase |
| 16 | Atlético-GO | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 9 | Reached the Second phase |
| 17 | Botafogo-SP | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 10 | |
| 18 | Remo | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | |
| 19 | Volta Redonda | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 8 | |
| 20 | Santa Cruz | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 7 | |
| 21 | Mogi Mirim | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 6 | Relegated to 1998 Série C |
| 22 | Sergipe | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 6 | Relegated to 1998 Série C |
| 23 | Moto Club | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 19 | −9 | 6 | Relegated to 1998 Série C |
| 24 | Central | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 5 | Relegated to 1998 Série C |
| 25 | Goiatuba | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 2 | Relegated to 1998 Série C |
* ↑ 1 point deducted?

## Sources

* "Brazil Second Level 1997". rsssf.com. Retrieved 2014-02-06.