# 2010 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

In 2010, the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, the second level of the Brazilian League, was contested by 20 clubs from May 7 to November 27, 2010. The top four teams in the table, former Brazilian Série A champions Coritiba and Bahia alongside Figueirense and América (MG), were promoted to the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A to be contested in 2011, meanwhile the bottom four were relegated to Série C next season. Three former Brazilian champion played in this edition: Bahia and 2009 relegated Coritiba and Sport Recife. Playing for the first time were Guaratinguetá, which was promoted along with ASA de Arapiraca, Icasa and América Mineiro from the Série C. After spending a single season in Série A, Santo André returned to Série B along with Náutico.

## Format

For the fifth consecutive season, the tournament was played in a double round-robin system. The team with most points has been declared champions. The top four clubs ascended to Série A, meanwhile the bottom four were relegated to Série C.

## Team information

| Team | City | State | Stadium | Capacity | 2009 season |
| América Mineiro | Belo Horizonte | MG | Independência | 18,000 | Série C 01st place (promoted) |
| América de Natal | Natal | RN | Machadão | 35,000 | Série B 16th place |
| ASA de Arapiraca | Arapiraca | AL | Coaracy da Mata Fonseca | 10,000 | Série C 02nd place (promoted) |
| Bahia | Salvador | BA | Pituaçu | 32,157 | Série B 12th place |
| Bragantino | Bragança Paulista | SP | Nabi Abi Chedid | 21,209 | Série B 09th place |
| Brasiliense | Taguatinga | DF | Boca do Jacaré | 32,000 | Série B 14th place |
| Coritiba | Curitiba | PR | Couto Pereira | 37,182 | Série A 17th place (relegated) |
| Duque de Caxias | Duque de Caxias | RJ | Marrentão | 10,000 | Série B 08th place |
| Figueirense | Florianópolis | SC | Orlando Scarpelli | 19,808 | Série B 06th place |
| Guaratinguetá | Guaratinguetá | SP | Dario Rodrigues Leite | 14,415 | Série C 03rd place (promoted) |
| Icasa | Juazeiro do Norte | CE | Romeirão | 20,000 | Série C 04th place (promoted) |
| Ipatinga | Ipatinga | MG | Ipatingão | 15,000 | Série B 15th place |
| Náutico | Recife | PE | Aflitos | 30,000 | Série A 19th place (relegated) |
| Paraná | Curitiba | PR | Vila Capanema | 20,000 | Série B 10th place |
| Ponte Preta | Campinas | SP | Moisés Lucarelli | 19,722 | Série B 11th place |
| Portuguesa | São Paulo | SP | Canindé | 25,470 | Série B 05th place |
| Santo André | Santo André | SP | Bruno José Daniel | 18,000 | Série A 18th place (relegated) |
| São Caetano | São Caetano do Sul | SP | Anacleto Campanella | 22,738 | Série B 07th place |
| Sport Recife | Recife | PE | Ilha do Retino | 35,000 | Série A 20th place (relegated) |
| Vila Nova | Goiânia | GO | Serra Dourada | 54,084 | Série B 13th place |

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Coritiba (C, P) | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 69 | 49 | +20 | 71 | Promotion to Campeonato Brasileiro |
| 2 | Figueirense (P) | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 68 | 37 | +31 | 67 | Promotion to Campeonato Brasileiro |
| 3 | Bahia (P) | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 63 | 44 | +19 | 65 | Promotion to Campeonato Brasileiro |
| 4 | América Mineiro (P) | 38 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 56 | 42 | +14 | 63 | Promotion to Campeonato Brasileiro |
| 5 | Portuguesa | 38 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 69 | 52 | +17 | 62 | |
| 6 | Sport Recife | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 54 | 42 | +12 | 56 | |
| 7 | Paraná | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 47 | 44 | +3 | 53 | |
| 8 | Bragantino | 38 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 52 | 37 | +15 | 53 | |
| 9 | ASA | 38 | 16 | 4 | 18 | 52 | 56 | −4 | 52 | |
| 10 | São Caetano | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 50 | 52 | −2 | 52 | |
| 11 | Duque de Caxias | 38 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 46 | 56 | −10 | 50 | |
| 12 | Icasa | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 53 | 51 | +2 | 49 | |
| 13 | Náutico | 38 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 41 | 60 | −19 | 48 | |
| 14 | Ponte Preta | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 49 | 48 | +1 | 48 | |
| 15 | Guaratinguetá | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 47 | 59 | −12 | 47 | |
| 16 | Vila Nova | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 50 | 69 | −19 | 46 | |
| 17 | Brasiliense (R) | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 41 | 59 | −18 | 46 | Relegation to Série C |
| 18 | Santo André (R) | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 53 | 61 | −8 | 43 | Relegation to Série C |
| 19 | Ipatinga (R) | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 47 | 62 | −15 | 41 | Relegation to Série C |
| 20 | América de Natal (R) | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 40 | 68 | −28 | 41 | Relegation to Série C |
* 2010 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B winners
* Coritiba 2nd title

## Results

| Home \ Away | AMG | ARN | ASA | BAH | BRG | BRS | CTB | DUQ | FIG | GTG | ICA | IPA | NAU | PAR | PON | POR | STA | SCA | SPT | VIL |
| América Mineiro | | 4–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| América de Natal | 0–2 | | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 0–5 | 1–2 |
| ASA | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| Bahia | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Bragantino | 1–2 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 2–2 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 |
| Brasiliense | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 0–4 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Coritiba | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 5–1 |
| Duque de Caxias | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 |
| Figueirense | 0–1 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 2–2 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Guaratinguetá | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Icasa | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 |
| Ipatinga | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 |
| Náutico | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| Paraná | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Ponte Preta | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| Portuguesa | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 0–1 | | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 |
| Santo André | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–4 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| São Caetano | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Sport Recife | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | | 0–0 |
| Vila Nova | 2–4 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Pos | Name | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Alessandro | Ipatinga | 21 |
| 2 | Fábio Júnior | América (MG) | 19 |
| 3 | Eduardo | São Caetano | 17 |
| 4 | Ciro | Sport Recife | 16 |
| 5 | Adriano | Bahia | 15 |
| 5 | Roni | Vila Nova | 15 |
| 7 | Ciel | ASA de Arapiraca | 14 |
| 7 | William | Ponte Preta | 14 |
| 9 | Somália | Duque de Caxias | 13 |
| 10 | Héverton | Portuguesa | 12 |
| 10 | Jael | Bahia | 12 |