# 2008 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, namely the second level of Brazilian football league system, was contested by 20 teams in 2008. Giants Corinthians played Série B for the first time after its poor season in Série A in 2007. Also, former Série A champions Bahia returned from Série C.
The tournament started on May 9 and Corinthians begun defeating CRB 3-2 in São Paulo. Due to its tradition and huge number of supporters, Corinthians attracted most of the attention from the media. The club won the first six matches and never left the top of the table. Promotion came on round 32 - six matches before the end of season - after defeating Ceará 2-0 in São Paulo. They were crowned champions two rounds later, beating Criciúma 2-0 as visitors.
Avaí was the second team to reach Série A as they defeated Brasiliense 1-0 on Round 35. One week later, Santo André also reached promotion after their 3-2 win as visitors against Ceará. Finally, Barueri completed the G4 (as the group of promoted teams are called) on Round 37 after beating América de Natal 3-0 at home.
On the other side of the table, CRB's poor record caused the club relegation on Round 33. Gama saw their hope comes to an end three weeks later. In the last round, on November 29, Criciúma and Marília could not escape as Fortaleza and América de Natal won their last matches and managed to stay out of the bottom four.
Vila Nova and former Brazilian international Túlio was the top scorer of the competition with 24 goals in the age of 39 years.

## Team information

| Team | City | Stadium | 2007 Season | Ranking CBF |
| ABC | Natal | Frasqueirão | 4th in Série C | 53rd |
| América | Natal | Machadão | 20th in Série A | 30th |
| Avaí | Florianópolis | Ressacada | 15th in Série B | 43rd |
| Bahia | Salvador | Jóia da Princesa | 2nd in Série C | 18th |
| Bragantino | Bragança Paulista | Marcelo Stéfani | Série C Champions | 42nd |
| Brasiliense | Taguatinga | Boca do Jacaré | 9th in Série B | 68th |
| Ceará | Fortaleza | Castelão | 16th in Série B | 25th |
| CRB | Maceió | Pajuçara | 8th in Série B | 36th |
| Corinthians | São Paulo | Pacaembu | 17th in Série A | 2nd |
| Criciúma | Criciúma | Heriberto Hülse | 7th in Série B | 28th |
| Fortaleza | Fortaleza | Castelão | 5th in Série B | 29th |
| Gama | Gama | Bezerrão | 12th in Série B | 48th |
| Barueri | Barueri | Arena Barueri | 13th in Série B | 131st |
| Juventude | Caxias do Sul | Alfredo Jaconi | 18th in Série A | 27th |
| Marília | Marília | Bento de Abreu | 6th in Série B | 67th |
| Paraná | Curitiba | Vila Capanema | 19th in Série A | 23rd |
| Ponte Preta | Campinas | Moisés Lucarelli | 11th in Série B | 24th |
| Santo André | Santo André | Bruno José Daniel | 14th in Série B | 59th |
| São Caetano | São Caetano do Sul | Anacleto Campanella | 10th in Série B | 45th |
| Vila Nova | Goiânia | Serra Dourada | 3rd in Série C | 44th |

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Corinthians | 38 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 79 | 29 | +50 | 85 | Promotion to Série A 2009 |
| 2 | Santo André | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 71 | 45 | +26 | 68 | Promotion to Série A 2009 |
| 3 | Avaí | 38 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 71 | 40 | +31 | 67 | Promotion to Série A 2009 |
| 4 | Barueri | 38 | 20 | 3 | 15 | 58 | 55 | +3 | 63 | Promotion to Série A 2009 |
| 5 | Ponte Preta | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 58 | |
| 6 | Vila Nova | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 57 | 55 | +2 | 58 | |
| 7 | Bragantino | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 47 | 41 | +6 | 57 | |
| 8 | Juventude | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 51 | 48 | +3 | 56 | |
| 9 | São Caetano | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 61 | 55 | +6 | 54 | |
| 10 | Bahia | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 47 | 65 | −18 | 52 | |
| 11 | Paraná | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 49 | 54 | −5 | 49 | |
| 12 | Ceará | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 52 | 50 | +2 | 49 | |
| 13 | ABC | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 55 | 57 | −2 | 48 | |
| 14 | Brasiliense | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 56 | 64 | −8 | 47 | |
| 15 | América de Natal | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 46 | 51 | −5 | 46 | |
| 16 | Fortaleza | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 56 | 56 | 0 | 45 | |
| 17 | Marília | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 47 | 60 | −13 | 45 | Relegation to Série C 2009 |
| 18 | Criciúma | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 40 | 54 | −14 | 41 | Relegation to Série C 2009 |
| 19 | Gama | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 37 | 72 | −35 | 35 | Relegation to Série C 2009 |
| 20 | CRB | 38 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 35 | 72 | −37 | 24 | Relegation to Série C 2009 |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ABC | AME | AVA | BAH | BAR | BRG | BSL | CEA | COR | CRB | CRI | FOR | GAM | JUV | MAR | PAR | PPR | SAD | CAE | VIL |
| ABC | | 0–0$^{(R11)}$ | 1–1$^{(R21)}$ | 5–1$^{(R29)}$ | 3–0$^{(R34)}$ | 0–0$^{(R13)}$ | 2–2$^{(R14)}$ | 3–1$^{(R09)}$ | 0–1$^{(R03)}$ | 1–0$^{(R19)}$ | 0–0$^{(R06)}$ | 1–4$^{(R27)}$ | 4–1$^{(R23)}$ | 1–1$^{(R05)}$ | 1–1$^{(R36)}$ | 1–0$^{(R26)}$ | 1–1$^{(R37)}$ | 1–3$^{(R16)}$ | 2–1$^{(R31)}$ | 3–2$^{(R01)}$ |
| América | 3–2$^{(R30)}$ | | 1–5$^{(R07)}$ | 0–1$^{(R02)}$ | 3–1$^{(R18)}$ | 0–0$^{(R35)}$ | 3–4$^{(R22)}$ | 0–0$^{(R25)}$ | 2–0$^{(R38)}$ | 0–0$^{(R33)}$ | 1–0$^{(R20)}$ | 1–1$^{(R10)}$ | 2–0$^{(R15)}$ | 2–0$^{(R28)}$ | 3–0$^{(R12)}$ | 3–2$^{(R08)}$ | 2–1$^{(R04)}$ | 2–1$^{(R32)}$ | 1–1$^{(R17)}$ | 5–1$^{(R24)}$ |
| Avaí | 0–0$^{(R02)}$ | 1–1$^{(R26)}$ | | 4–1$^{(R28)}$ | 3–0$^{(R22)}$ | 3–1$^{(R17)}$ | 1–0$^{(R35)}$ | 2–1$^{(R08)}$ | 1–1$^{(R18)}$ | 5–1$^{(R15)}$ | 3–0$^{(R30)}$ | 2–1$^{(R24)}$ | 2–0$^{(R12)}$ | 1–0$^{(R10)}$ | 3–1$^{(R32)}$ | 3–1$^{(R20)}$ | 2–1$^{(R33)}$ | 1–1$^{(R04)}$ | 2–2$^{(R38)}$ | 4–1$^{(R06)}$ |
| Bahia | 1–1$^{(R10)}$ | 3–0$^{(R21)}$ | 2–1$^{(R09)}$ | | 0–1$^{(R04)}$ | 2–2$^{(R14)}$ | 1–0$^{(R34)}$ | 1–1$^{(R26)}$ | 0–3$^{(R31)}$ | 2–0$^{(R36)}$ | 2–0$^{(R24)}$ | 1–1$^{(R01)}$ | 2–2$^{(R19)}$ | 1–0$^{(R27)}$ | 2–1$^{(R37)}$ | 0–0$^{(R06)}$ | 2–1$^{(R16)}$ | 1–4$^{(R22)}$ | 1–1$^{(R13)}$ | 3–2$^{(R30)}$ |
| Barueri | 3–2$^{(R15)}$ | 3–0$^{(R37)}$ | 2–2$^{(R03)}$ | 3–2$^{(R23)}$ | | 2–1$^{(R09)}$ | 3–1$^{(R27)}$ | 4–3$^{(R12)}$ | 1–4$^{(R05)}$ | 1–0$^{(R26)}$ | 1–0$^{(R33)}$ | 1–0$^{(R36)}$ | 2–0$^{(R01)}$ | 4–0$^{(R19)}$ | 1–0$^{(R21)}$ | 1–2$^{(R32)}$ | 1–0$^{(R30)}$ | 1–5$^{(R06)}$ | 1–2$^{(R29)}$ | 0–1$^{(R16)}$ |
| Bragantino | 1–1$^{(R32)}$ | 1–0$^{(R16)}$ | 3–2$^{(R36)}$ | 4–0$^{(R33)}$ | 0–2$^{(R28)}$ | | 2–1$^{(R10)}$ | 1–1$^{(R15)}$ | 1–1$^{(R08)}$ | 3–2$^{(R05)}$ | 0–2$^{(R12)}$ | 0–1$^{(R37)}$ | 4–0$^{(R30)}$ | 0–1$^{(R03)}$ | 1–0$^{(R26)}$ | 3–0$^{(R23)}$ | 2–0$^{(R21)}$ | 1–0$^{(R01)}$ | 2–1$^{(R25)}$ | 2–1$^{(R19)}$ |
| Brasiliense | 1–0$^{(R33)}$ | 1–0$^{(R03)}$ | 0–1$^{(R16)}$ | 2–3$^{(R15)}$ | 0–1$^{(R08)}$ | 3–1$^{(R29)}$ | | 3–1$^{(R23)}$ | 1–1$^{(R25)}$ | 6–3$^{(R30)}$ | 2–1$^{(R32)}$ | 0–0$^{(R19)}$ | 3–2$^{(R26)}$ | 2–2$^{(R36)}$ | 2–2$^{(R01)}$ | 1–2$^{(R12)}$ | 2–0$^{(R09)}$ | 1–1$^{(R21)}$ | 2–2$^{(R05)}$ | 2–1$^{(R37)}$ |
| Ceará | 3–1$^{(R28)}$ | 2–0$^{(R06)}$ | 0–0$^{(R27)}$ | 2–2$^{(R07)}$ | 1–0$^{(R31)}$ | 0–0$^{(R34)}$ | 3–0$^{(R04)}$ | | 2–2$^{(R13)}$ | 1–0$^{(R16)}$ | 3–1$^{(R11)}$ | 1–0$^{(R10)}$ | 1–0$^{(R37)}$ | 2–1$^{(R01)}$ | 3–2$^{(R19)}$ | 1–1$^{(R24)}$ | 2–0$^{(R22)}$ | 2–3$^{(R36)}$ | 1–0$^{(R14)}$ | 1–2$^{(R21)}$ |
| Corinthians | 4–0$^{(R22)}$ | 2–0$^{(R19)}$ | 3–2$^{(R37)}$ | 0–1$^{(R12)}$ | 1–0$^{(R24)}$ | 2–0$^{(R27)}$ | 4–1$^{(R06)}$ | 2–0$^{(R32)}$ | | 3–2$^{(R01)}$ | 0–0$^{(R15)}$ | 2–0$^{(R04)}$ | 5–0$^{(R21)}$ | 2–0$^{(R16)}$ | 5–0$^{(R10)}$ | 2–1$^{(R33)}$ | 3–0$^{(R26)}$ | 2–2$^{(R30)}$ | 1–0$^{(R09)}$ | 3–1$^{(R36)}$ |
| CRB | 1–3$^{(R38)}$ | 1–1$^{(R14)}$ | 1–1$^{(R34)}$ | 1–2$^{(R17)}$ | 1–2$^{(R07)}$ | 0–2$^{(R24)}$ | 2–1$^{(R11)}$ | 1–0$^{(R35)}$ | 1–2$^{(R20)}$ | | 1–0$^{(R04)}$ | 0–3$^{(R13)}$ | 2–2$^{(R25)}$ | 0–2$^{(R31)}$ | 2–2$^{(R08)}$ | 3–0$^{(R18)}$ | 0–2$^{(R10)}$ | 0–0$^{(R28)}$ | 1–1$^{(R02)}$ | 1–2$^{(R22)}$ |
| Criciúma | 2–0$^{(R25)}$ | 1–0$^{(R01)}$ | 1–1$^{(R11)}$ | 1–2$^{(R05)}$ | 2–2$^{(R14)}$ | 1–0$^{(R31)}$ | 3–1$^{(R13)}$ | 2–0$^{(R29)}$ | 0–2$^{(R34)}$ | 3–0$^{(R23)}$ | | 2–1$^{(R07)}$ | 2–0$^{(R36)}$ | 0–1$^{(R21)}$ | 3–2$^{(R16)}$ | 0–3$^{(R09)}$ | 0–3$^{(R19)}$ | 4–4$^{(R37)}$ | 2–1$^{(R03)}$ | 1–1$^{(R27)}$ |
| Fortaleza | 2–3$^{(R08)}$ | 2–1$^{(R29)}$ | 2–2$^{(R05)}$ | 5–1$^{(R20)}$ | 2–1$^{(R17)}$ | 1–2$^{(R18)}$ | 3–0$^{(R38)}$ | 2–2$^{(R30)}$ | 1–3$^{(R23)}$ | 2–2$^{(R32)}$ | 2–1$^{(R26)}$ | | 5–1$^{(R03)}$ | 0–0$^{(R25)}$ | 0–1$^{(R33)}$ | 4–1$^{(R02)}$ | 0–3$^{(R12)}$ | 2–0$^{(R15)}$ | 1–0$^{(R35)}$ | 1–2$^{(R09)}$ |
| Gama | 0–2$^{(R04)}$ | 2–2$^{(R34)}$ | 0–3$^{(R31)}$ | 0–0$^{(R38)}$ | 0–2$^{(R20)}$ | 0–1$^{(R11)}$ | 1–0$^{(R07)}$ | 1–0$^{(R18)}$ | 1–3$^{(R02)}$ | 1–0$^{(R06)}$ | 2–0$^{(R17)}$ | 2–0$^{(R22)}$ | | 2–0$^{(R13)}$ | 2–1$^{(R28)}$ | 1–2$^{(R35)}$ | 1–1$^{(R24)}$ | 0–4$^{(R10)}$ | 1–2$^{(R27)}$ | 2–2$^{(R14)}$ |
| Juventude | 3–0$^{(R24)}$ | 1–0$^{(R09)}$ | 1–0$^{(R29)}$ | 4–1$^{(R08)}$ | 3–2$^{(R38)}$ | 2–3$^{(R22)}$ | 2–0$^{(R17)}$ | 0–0$^{(R20)}$ | 1–2$^{(R35)}$ | 4–0$^{(R12)}$ | 1–0$^{(R02)}$ | 1–1$^{(R06)}$ | 3–2$^{(R32)}$ | | 2–0$^{(R04)}$ | 1–1$^{(R30)}$ | 1–1$^{(R15)}$ | 2–1$^{(R33)}$ | 3–4$^{(R18)}$ | 4–3$^{(R26)}$ |
| Marília | 2–1$^{(R17)}$ | 2–1$^{(R31)}$ | 1–1$^{(R13)}$ | 3–1$^{(R18)}$ | 2–2$^{(R02)}$ | 1–1$^{(R07)}$ | 0–2$^{(R20)}$ | 2–1$^{(R38)}$ | 1–1$^{(R29)}$ | 0–0$^{(R27)}$ | 3–3$^{(R35)}$ | 4–2$^{(R14)}$ | 2–2$^{(R09)}$ | 1–0$^{(R23)}$ | | 0–0$^{(R03)}$ | 3–1$^{(R06)}$ | 2–0$^{(R24)}$ | 2–1$^{(R11)}$ | 1–0$^{(R34)}$ |
| Paraná | 1–0$^{(R07)}$ | 2–1$^{(R27)}$ | 0–1$^{(R01)}$ | 3–0$^{(R25)}$ | 1–0$^{(R13)}$ | 2–2$^{(R04)}$ | 1–3$^{(R31)}$ | 2–2$^{(R05)}$ | 0–2$^{(R14)}$ | 4–0$^{(R37)}$ | 3–1$^{(R28)}$ | 3–1$^{(R21)}$ | 1–2$^{(R16)}$ | 1–2$^{(R11)}$ | 1–0$^{(R22)}$ | | 1–0$^{(R36)}$ | 0–1$^{(R19)}$ | 2–3$^{(R34)}$ | 0–0$^{(R10)}$ |
| Ponte Preta | 1–2$^{(R18)}$ | 2–0$^{(R23)}$ | 3–2$^{(R14)}$ | 1–0$^{(R35)}$ | 3–0$^{(R11)}$ | 1–0$^{(R02)}$ | 2–2$^{(R28)}$ | 3–2$^{(R03)}$ | 1–1$^{(R07)}$ | 1–0$^{(R29)}$ | 3–1$^{(R38)}$ | 2–2$^{(R31)}$ | 1–2$^{(R05)}$ | 1–0$^{(R34)}$ | 2–0$^{(R25)}$ | 3–1$^{(R17)}$ | | 2–1$^{(R08)}$ | 1–1$^{(R20)}$ | 2–0$^{(R13)}$ |
| Santo André | 4–2$^{(R35)}$ | 1–1$^{(R13)}$ | 1–0$^{(R23)}$ | 2–0$^{(R03)}$ | 2–1$^{(R25)}$ | 1–0$^{(R20)}$ | 1–3$^{(R02)}$ | 3–2$^{(R17)}$ | 1–1$^{(R11)}$ | 3–1$^{(R09)}$ | 1–0$^{(R18)}$ | 3–0$^{(R34)}$ | 2–0$^{(R29)}$ | 4–0$^{(R14)}$ | 2–2$^{(R05)}$ | 3–1$^{(R38)}$ | 1–3$^{(R27)}$ | | 0–0$^{(R07)}$ | 2–1$^{(R31)}$ |
| São Caetano | 0–4$^{(R12)}$ | 1–2$^{(R36)}$ | 3–3$^{(R19)}$ | 3–1$^{(R32)}$ | 1–3$^{(R10)}$ | 2–0$^{(R06)}$ | 4–1$^{(R24)}$ | 2–2$^{(R33)}$ | 2–2$^{(R28)}$ | 2–4$^{(R21)}$ | 0–0$^{(R22)}$ | 3–1$^{(R16)}$ | 3–1$^{(R08)}$ | 2–1$^{(R37)}$ | 1–0$^{(R30)}$ | 3–1$^{(R15)}$ | 3–0$^{(R01)}$ | 1–1$^{(R26)}$ | | 1–0$^{(R04)}$ |
| Vila Nova | 3–1$^{(R20)}$ | 3–2$^{(R05)}$ | 1–0$^{(R25)}$ | 1–1$^{(R11)}$ | 2–3$^{(R35)}$ | 2–0$^{(R38)}$ | 2–0$^{(R18)}$ | 1–0$^{(R02)}$ | 2–1$^{(R17)}$ | 2–1$^{(R03)}$ | 2–0$^{(R08)}$ | 1–0$^{(R28)}$ | 1–1$^{(R33)}$ | 1–1$^{(R07)}$ | 4–0$^{(R15)}$ | 0–2$^{(R29)}$ | 2–1$^{(R32)}$ | 2–2$^{(R12)}$ | 2–1$^{(R23)}$ | |

## Top scorers

| # | Scorer | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Túlio | Vila Nova | 24 |
| 2 | Nunes | Bragantino | 15 |
| 3 | Dentinho | Corinthians | 14 |
| 3 | Herrera | Corinthians | 14 |
| 3 | Márcio Mixirica | Santo André | 14 |
| 6 | Pedrão | Barueri | 13 |
| 7 | Luiz Carlos | Ceará | 12 |
| 7 | Tuta | São Caetano | 12 |
| 7 | Jéferson | Santo André | 12 |
| 10 | Mendes | Juventude | 11 |
| Last Updated: 2008-11-29, * ||||