# 1996 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

The football (soccer) Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 1996, the second level of Brazilian National League, was played from August 8 to December 8, 1996. The competition had 25 clubs and two of them were promoted to Série A and three were to be relegated to Série C. The competition was won by União São João.
União São João finished the final phase group with the most points, and was declared 1996 Brazilian Série B champions, claiming the promotion to the 1997 Série A along with América-RN, the runners-up. The three worst ranked teams (Goiatuba, Sergipe and Central) were originally relegated to play Série C in 1997. However, with the cancellation of the relegations of Fluminense and Bragantino in the Série A, the three teams were kept in the Série B for 1997.

## Teams

| Team | City | Stadium | 1995 Season |
| ABC | Natal | Machadão | 5th in Série C |
| América-MG | Belo Horizonte | Independência | did not participate |
| América-RN | Natal | Machadão | 16th in Série B |
| Americano | Campos dos Goytacazes | Godofredo Cruz | 12th in Série B |
| Atlético-GO | Goiânia | Serra Dourada | 4th in Série C |
| Ceará | Fortaleza | Castelão | 7th in Série B |
| Central | Caruaru | Lacerdão | 4th in Série B |
| CRB | Maceió | Pajuçara | 20th in Série B |
| Desportiva | Cariacica | Engenheiro Araripe | 10th in Série B |
| Gama | Gama | Bezerrão | 3rd in Série C |
| Goiatuba | Goiatuba | Divino Garcia Rosa | 11th in Série B |
| Joinville | Joinville | Ernestão | 6th in Série C |
| Londrina | Londrina | Café | 13th in Série B |
| Mogi Mirim | Mogi Mirim | Wilson Fernandes de Barros | 3rd in Série B |
| Moto Club | São Luís | Castelão | 17th in Série B |
| Náutico | Recife | Aflitos | 19th in Série B |
| Paysandu | Belém | Curuzú | 23rd in Série A |
| Ponte Preta | Campinas | Moisés Lucarelli | 23rd in Série B |
| Remo | Belém | Mangueirão | 5th in Série B |
| Santa Cruz | Recife | Arruda | 9th in Série B |
| Tuna Luso | Belém | Francisco Vasques | 14th in Série B |
| Sergipe | Aracaju | João Hora | 6th in Série B |
| União São João | Araras | Herminião | 24th in Série A |
| Volta Redonda | Volta Redonda | Raulino de Oliveira | 2nd in Série C |
| XV de Piracicaba | Piracicaba | Barão da Serra Negra | 1st in Série C |

## First phase
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Remo | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 15 | Advance to the Round of 16 |
| Moto Club | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 10 | Advance to the Round of 16 |
| Tuna Luso | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 | Advance to the Round of 16 |
| Ceará | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 9 | |
| Paysandu | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 8 | |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| Santa Cruz | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 17 | Advance to the Round of 16 |
| América-RN | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 14 | Advance to the Round of 16 |
| Náutico | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 12 | Advance to the Round of 16 |
| CRB | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 8 | |
| Central | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 4 | Relegated to the Série C 1997 |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| XV de Piracicaba | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 14 | Advance to the Round of 16 |
| União São João | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 13 | Advance to the Round of 16 |
| Desportiva | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 12 | Advance to the Round of 16 |
| Americano | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 11 | Advance to the Round of 16 |
| Sergipe | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | −11 | 5 | Relegated to the Série C 1997 |

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| América-MG | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 19 | Advance to the Round of 16 |
| Atlético-GO | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 11 | Advance to the Round of 16 |
| Joinville | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 10 | Advance to the Round of 16 |
| Gama | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 9 | |
| ABC | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 7 | |

### Group E

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| Mogi Mirim | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | +12 | 17 | Advance to the Round of 16 |
| Volta Redonda | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 11 | Advance to the Round of 16 |
| Londrina | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | −7 | 11 | Advance to the Round of 16 |
| Ponte Preta | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 17 | −4 | 9 | |
| Goiatuba | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 6 | Relegated to the Série C 1997 |

## Second phase

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Joinville | 2–3 | Remo | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Londrina | 3–1 | XV de Piracicaba | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Moto Club | 3–1 | Santa Cruz | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Atlético-GO | 3–4 | América-RN | 3–2 | 0–2 |
| Tuna Luso | 1–4 | Mogi Mirim | 0–0 | 1–4 |
| Volta Redonda | 1–4 | União São João | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| Americano | 2–3 | América-MG | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| Náutico | 3–3(p) | Desportiva | 2–1 | 1–2 |

## Quarterfinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Londrina | 1–1(p) | Remo | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Moto Club | 0–4 | América-RN | 0–0 | 0–4 |
| União São João | 1–1(p) | Mogi Mirim | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Náutico | 4–2 | América-MG | 3–0 | 1–2 |

## Final phase

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion | USJ | ARN | NAU | LON |
| 1 | União São João | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 11 | Promoted to Série A 1998 | | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| 2 | América-RN | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 9 | Promoted to Série A 1998 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Náutico | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 8 | | 1–2 | 4–1 | | 3–0 |
| 4 | Londrina | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 5 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | |

## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | União São João | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 21 | +7 | 31 | Promoted to 1997 Série A |
| 2 | América-RN | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 23 | +1 | 30 | Promoted to 1997 Série A |
| 3 | Náutico | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 22 | +5 | 26 | Reached Final phase group |
| 4 | Londrina | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 28 | −8 | 23 | Reached Final phase group |
| 5 | América-MG | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 26 | Reached Third phase |
| 6 | Mogi Mirim | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 8 | +15 | 24 | Reached Third phase |
| 7 | Remo | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 12 | +6 | 22 | Reached Third phase |
| 8 | Moto Club | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 15 | Reached Third phase |
| 9 | Santa Cruz | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 18 | Reached the Second phase |
| 10 | XV de Piracicaba | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 15 | Reached the Second phase |
| 11 | Desportiva | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 15 | Reached the Second phase |
| 12 | Atlético-GO | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | −1 | 14 | Reached the Second phase |
| 13 | Americano | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 12 | Reached the Second phase |
| 14 | Volta Redonda | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 12 | Reached the Second phase |
| 15 | Joinville | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 11 | Reached the Second phase |
| 16 | Tuna Luso | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 11 | Reached the Second phase |
| 17 | Gama | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 9 | |
| 18 | Ponte Preta | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 17 | −4 | 9 | |
| 19 | Ceará | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 9 | |
| 20 | CRB | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 8 | |
| 21 | Paysandu | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 8 | |
| 22 | ABC | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 7 | |
| 23 | Goiatuba | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 6 | Relegated to 1997 Série C |
| 24 | Sergipe | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | −11 | 5 | Relegated to 1997 Série C |
| 25 | Central | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 4 | Relegated to 1997 Série C |

## Sources

* "Brazil Second Level 1996". rsssf.com. Retrieved 2014-03-29.
* ↑ ABC was promoted after Novorizontino, 15th in the 1995 Série B, withdrew from the 1996 championship due to financial issues.
* ↑ After appealing in the common courts to reverse its relegation in the 1993 Série A, América-MG was suspended from all national competitions for two years, and was reintegrated to the Série B in 1996.
* ↑ Atlético Goianiense was promoted after América-SP, 18th in the 1995 Série B, withdrew from the 1996 championship due to financial issues.
* ↑ Gama was promoted after Ferroviária, 21st in the 1995 Série B, withdrew from the 1996 championship due to financial issues.
* ↑ Joinville was promoted after Bangu, 8th in the 1995 Série B, withdrew from the 1996 championship due to financial issues.
* ↑ Ponte Preta originally was relegated to the Série C in 1995, but was placed again in the Série B after Barra do Garças, 22nd in the 1995 Série B, withdrew from the competition due to financial issues.