1996 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
Season	1996
Champions	União São João
Promoted	União São João América-RN
Top goalscorer	Maurício (Santa Cruz) - 13 goals
Biggest home win	Volta Redonda 5-0 Londrina (August 28, 1996)
Biggest away win	Ponte Preta 0-4 Mogi Mirim (August 18, 1996)
Highest scoring	Joinville 5-3 Atlético-GO (September 22, 1996) Mogi Mirim 5-3 Ponte Preta (September 8, 1996)
← Série B 1995 Série B 1997 →

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^[1]
América-MG	Belo Horizonte	Independência	did not participate^[2]
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^[3]
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^[4]
Goiatuba	Goiatuba	Divino Garcia Rosa	11th in Série B
Joinville	Joinville	Ernestão	6th in Série C^[5]
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^[6]
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 de Serra Negra	1st in Série C

First phase

Key to colours in group tables
	Group winners, runners-up advance to the Round of 16
	Teams relegated to the Série C 1997

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Remo	8	4	3	1	14	9	+5	15
Moto Club	8	2	4	2	9	8	+1	10
Tuna Luso	8	2	4	2	7	7	0	10
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
Santa Cruz	8	5	2	1	16	8	+8	17
América-RN	8	4	2	2	8	8	0	14
Náutico	8	3	3	2	10	11	-1	12
CRB	8	2	2	4	10	10	0	8
Central	8	1	1	6	9	16	−7	4

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
XV de Piracicaba	8	4	2	2	13	7	+6	14
União São João	8	4	1	3	12	11	+1	13
Desportiva	8	3	3	2	11	9	+2	12
Americano	8	3	2	3	11	9	+2	11
Sergipe	8	1	2	5	6	17	−11	5

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
América-MG	8	6	1	1	13	7	+6	19
Atlético-GO	8	3	2	3	10	10	0	11
Joinville	8	3	1	4	13	11	+2	10
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
Mogi Mirim	8	5	2	1	18	6	+12	17
Volta Redonda	8	3	2	3	11	8	+3	11
Londrina	8	3	2	3	8	15	-7	11
Ponte Preta	8	2	3	3	13	17	−4	9
Goiatuba	8	1	3	4	6	10	−4	6

Second phase

Team 1	Agg.	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.	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

Time		P	J	V	E	D	GP	GC	SG
1	União São João	11	6	3	2	1	11	8	3
2	América-RN	9	6	3	0	3	8	12	-4
3	Náutico	8	6	2	2	2	10	6	4
4	Londrina	5	6	1	2	3	8	11	-3

	ARN	LON	NAU	USJ
América-RN	—	2-1	1-0	2-1
Londrina	3-1	—	1-1	1-1
Náutico	4-1	3-0	—	1-2
União São João	3-1	1-1	1-1	—


	Promoted to Série A 1998

Final standings

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

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.

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