# 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

The Serie B of the Brazilian Championship 2017 was a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the second division. It was contested by 20 clubs, between 12 May and 25 November. The top four teams were promoted to Série A in 2018 and the bottom four were relegated to Série C in 2018.
América Mineiro were crowned champions.

## Teams

| Pos. | Relegated from 2016 Serie A |
| 17º | Internacional |
| 18º | Figueirense |
| 19º | Santa Cruz |
| 20º | América Mineiro |
| Pos. | Promoted from 2016 Serie C |
| 1º | Boa Esporte |
| 2º | Guarani |
| 3° | Juventude |
| 4º | ABC |

### Number of teams by state

| Number of teams | State | Team(s) |
| 3 | Rio Grande do Sul | Brasil de Pelotas, Internacional, and Juventude |
| 2 | Goiás | Goiás and Vila Nova |
| 2 | Minas Gerais | América Mineiro and Boa Esporte |
| 2 | Paraná | Londrina and Paraná |
| 2 | Pernambuco | Náutico and Santa Cruz |
| 2 | São Paulo | Guarani and Oeste |
| 2 | Santa Catarina | Figueirense and Criciúma |
| 1 | Alagoas | CRB |
| 1 | Ceará | Ceará |
| 1 | Mato Grosso | Luverdense |
| 1 | Rio Grande do Norte | ABC |
| 1 | Pará | Paysandu |

## Personnel and kits

| Team | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| ABC | Ranielle Ribeiro | Rinat | Caixa |
| América Mineiro | Enderson Moreira | Lupo | Caixa |
| Boa Esporte | Sidney Moraes | Embratex | None |
| Brasil de Pelotas | Clemer | Topper | Caixa |
| Ceará | Marcelo Chamusca | Penalty | Caixa |
| CRB | Mazola Júnior | Rinat | Caixa |
| Criciúma | Grizzo | Embratex | Caixa |
| Figueirense | Milton Cruz | Adidas | Caixa |
| Goiás | Hélio dos Anjos | Topper | Caixa |
| Guarani | Lisca | Topper | IESCAMP |
| Internacional | Odair Hellmann | Nike | Banrisul |
| Juventude | Antônio Carlos Zago | 19Treze (homemade) | Banrisul |
| Londrina | Claudio Tencati | Karilu | Caixa |
| Luverdense | Júnior Rocha | Kanxa | Sicredi |
| Náutico | Roberto Fernandes | Topper | Caixa |
| Oeste | Roberto Cavalo | Deka | None |
| Paraná Clube | Matheus Costa | Topper | Racco |
| Paysandu | Marquinhos Santos | Lobo (homemade) | Caixa |
| Santa Cruz | Adriano Teixeira | Cobra Coral (homemade) | MRV |
| Vila Nova | Hemerson Maria | Rinat | Caixa |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date | Position in table | Incoming manager |
| Goiás | Sérgio Soares | Sacked | 27 May | 17th | Sílvio Criciúma |
| Internacional | Antônio Carlos Zago | Sacked | 28 May | 17th | Guto Ferreira |
| Criciúma | Deivid | Sacked | 30 May | 20th | Luiz Carlos Winck |
| Santa Cruz | Vinícius Eutrópio | Sacked | 10 June | 7th | Givanildo Oliveira |
| CRB | Léo Condé | Sacked | 13 June | 16th | Dado Cavalcanti |
| Náutico | Waldemar Lemos | Sacked | 14 June | 20th | Beto Campos |
| Figueirense | Márcio Goiano | Sacked | 14 June | 14th | Marcelo Cabo |
| Boa Esporte | Julinho Camargo | Sacked | 15 June | 19th | Nedo Xavier |
| Ceará | Givanildo Oliveira | Sacked | 16 June | 8th | Marcelo Chamusca |
| Paysandu | Marcelo Chamusca | Signed by Ceará | 18 June | 10th | Marquinhos Santos |
| Paraná | Cristian de Souza | Sacked | 14 July | 14th | Lisca |
| Goiás | Sílvio Criciúma | Mutual consent | 19 July | 15th | Argel Fucks |
| ABC | Geninho | Sacked | 19 July | 19th | Márcio Fernandes |
| Brasil de Pelotas | Rogério Zimmermann | Sacked | 19 July | 16th | Clemer |
| Figueirense | Marcelo Cabo | Sacked | 30 July | 18th | Milton Cruz |
| Náutico | Beto Campos | Sacked | 30 July | 20th | Roberto Fernandes |
| ABC | Márcio Fernandes | Sacked | 21 August | 20th | Itamar Schülle |
| Goiás | Argel Fucks | Mutual consent | 25 August | 15th | Sílvio Criciúma |
| Santa Cruz | Givanildo Oliveira | Sacked | 26 August | 18th | Marcelo Martelotte |
| Guarani | Vadão | Sacked | 29 August | 18th | Marcelo Cabo |
| Paraná | Lisca | Sacked | 2 September | 5th | Matheus Costa |
| Goiás | Sílvio Criciúma | Mutual consent | 16 September | 17th | Hélio dos Anjos |
| CRB | Dado Cavalcanti | Sacked | 17 September | 13th | Mazola Júnior |
| Criciúma | Luiz Carlos Winck | Sacked | 18 September | 8th | Beto Campos |
| Guarani | Marcelo Cabo | Sacked | 9 October | 15th | Lisca |
| ABC | Itamar Schülle | Sacked | 18 October | 20th | Ranielle Ribeiro |
| Juventude | Gilmar Dal Pozzo | Sacked | 21 October | 8th | Antônio Carlos Zago |
| Boa Esporte | Nedo Xavier | Mutual consent | 9 November | 17th | Sidney Moraes |
| Internacional | Guto Ferreira | Sacked | 11 November | 2nd | Odair Hellmann |
| Criciúma | Beto Campos | Sacked | 15 November | 10th | Grizzo |
| Santa Cruz | Marcelo Martelotte | Sacked | 15 November | 18th | Adriano Teixeira |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | América Mineiro (C, P) | 38 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 46 | 25 | +21 | 73 | Promotion to 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A |
| 2 | Internacional (P) | 38 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 54 | 26 | +28 | 71 | Promotion to 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A |
| 3 | Ceará (P) | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 46 | 32 | +14 | 67 | Promotion to 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A |
| 4 | Paraná (P) | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 49 | 28 | +21 | 64 | Promotion to 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A |
| 5 | Londrina | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 56 | 46 | +10 | 62 | |
| 6 | Oeste | 38 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 43 | 31 | +12 | 59 | |
| 7 | Vila Nova | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 38 | 30 | +8 | 58 | |
| 8 | Brasil de Pelotas | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 43 | 50 | −7 | 51 | |
| 9 | Juventude | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 35 | 38 | −3 | 51 | |
| 10 | Boa Esporte | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 40 | 42 | −2 | 50 | |
| 11 | Paysandu | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 48 | |
| 12 | Figueirense | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 44 | 49 | −5 | 48 | |
| 13 | Criciúma | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 48 | |
| 14 | Goiás | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 45 | |
| 15 | CRB | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 35 | 50 | −15 | 45 | |
| 16 | Guarani | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 36 | 46 | −10 | 44 | |
| 17 | Luverdense (R) | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 38 | 40 | −2 | 44 | Relegation to 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C |
| 18 | Santa Cruz (R) | 38 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 43 | 54 | −11 | 37 | Relegation to 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C |
| 19 | ABC (R) | 38 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 28 | 49 | −21 | 34 | Relegation to 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C |
| 20 | Náutico (R) | 38 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 51 | −22 | 32 | Relegation to 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ABC | AME | BOA | BRP | CEA | CRB | CRI | FIG | GOI | GUA | INT | JUV | LON | LUV | NAU | OES | PAR | PAY | SCR | VIL |
| ABC | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| América Mineiro | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Boa Esporte | 2–1 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 0–1 |
| Brasil de Pelotas | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 2–3 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Ceará | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 |
| CRB | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Criciúma | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Figueirense | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Goiás | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Guarani | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Internacional | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Juventude | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Londrina | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Luverdense | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Náutico | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Oeste | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Paraná | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| Paysandu | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 4–2 | 1–1 |
| Santa Cruz | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 1–0 |
| Vila Nova | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | |

## Top scorers

    As of 25 November 2017
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Mazinho | Oeste | 16 |
| 1 | Bergson | Paysandu | 16 |
| 3 | Henan | Figueirense | 12 |
| 4 | Jonatas Belusso | Londrina | 11 |
| 4 | Tiago Marques | Juventude | 11 |
| 4 | Alan Mineiro | Vila Nova | 11 |
| 7 | Lucão | Criciúma | 10 |
| 7 | William Pottker | Internacional | 10 |
| 7 | Thaciano | Boa Esporte | 10 |
| 7 | Rodolfo | Boa Esporte | 10 |

## Attendances
### Average home attendances

| Pos. | Team | GP | Total | High | Low | Average |
| 1 | Internacional | 19 | 443,240 | 33,193 | 8,882 | 23,328 |
| 2 | Ceará | 19 | 390,551 | 56,005 | 3,457 | 20,555 |
| 3 | Paraná | 19 | 205,167 | 39,414 | 2,127 | 10,798 |
| 4 | Vila Nova | 16 | 116,598 | 20,550 | 818 | 7,287 |
| 5 | Goiás | 14 | 86,839 | 12,586 | 1,263 | 6,203 |
| 6 | Paysandu | 19 | 117,057 | 12,582 | 3,010 | 6,161 |
| 7 | CRB | 19 | 107,217 | 13,151 | 2,284 | 5,643 |
| 8 | Santa Cruz | 19 | 78,394 | 20,415 | 251 | 4,126 |
| 9 | Juventude | 19 | 77,945 | 10,799 | 2,162 | 4,102 |
| 10 | Figueirense | 19 | 76,751 | 7,852 | 1,971 | 4,040 |
| 11 | Guarani | 17 | 63,723 | 8,673 | 1,502 | 3,748 |
| 12 | Brasil de Pelotas | 19 | 62,923 | 8,006 | 1,793 | 3,312 |
| 13 | América Mineiro | 19 | 60,745 | 15,115 | 952 | 3,197 |
| 14 | ABC | 19 | 59,380 | 7,172 | 888 | 3,125 |
| 15 | Londrina | 19 | 55,434 | 6,568 | 495 | 2,918 |
| 16 | Criciúma | 19 | 54,429 | 9,087 | 1,131 | 2,865 |
| 17 | Oeste | 19 | 53,217 | 10,205 | 971 | 2,801 |
| 18 | Náutico | 18 | 45,231 | 11,579 | 119 | 2,513 |
| 19 | Luverdense | 19 | 23,350 | 4,243 | 212 | 1,229 |
| 20 | Boa Esporte | 19 | 17,259 | 3,602 | 323 | 908 |
| - | Total | 369 | 2,195,450 | 56,005 | 119 | 5,950 |
Updated for games played on 25 November 2017. Paying spectators only.
* ↑ Vila Nova's games in rounds 16, 18 and 20 were behind closed doors.
* ↑ Goiás' games in rounds 15, 17, 19, 21 and 23 were behind closed doors.
* ↑ Guarani's first two home games were behind closed doors
* ↑ Náutico's first home game was behind closed doors
Source: Boletim Financeiro