2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D

Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
Season	2017
Champions	Operário Ferroviário (1st title)
Promoted	Atlético Acreano; Globo; Juazeirense; Operário Ferroviário
Matches played	266
Goals scored	631 (2.37 per match)
Top goalscorer	9 goals; Eduardo, Atlético Acreano; Weverton, Princesa do Solimões
Biggest home win	5–0; Atlético Acreano v Real Ariquemes; Group A1, R3, 4 June; Luziânia v Sete de Setembro; Group A11, R3, 3 June
Biggest away win	0–5; Globo v Operário Ferroviário; Final, 1st leg, 3 September
Highest scoring	7 goals; Atlético Pernambucano 4–3 Campinense; Group A8, R1, 21 May; Rio Branco 4–3 São Raimundo (RR); Group A3, R1, 21 May; Santos 5–2 Tocantins de Miracema; Group A4, R2, 28 May; São Paulo 3–4 XV de Piracicaba; Group A15, R6, 25 June
Highest attendance	12,799; América de Natal 1–1 Juazeirense; Quarterfinals, 2nd leg, 13 August
Lowest attendance	16; Real Ariquemes 0–1 Princesa do Solimões; Group A1, R6, 25 Jun
Total attendance	294,818
Average attendance	1,152
	← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, the fourth level of the Brazilian League, was contested by 68 clubs. The competition started on 21 May and ended on 10 September 2017.

Atlético Acreano, Globo, Juazeirense and Operário Ferroviário qualified for the semi-finals and were promoted to the 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C.

Operário Ferroviário won the title after defeating Globo in the final.^[1]

Competition format

In the first stage, 68 teams were divided into seventeen groups of four, organized regionally. The teams played home and away against the other three teams in their group, a total of six games. The winner of each group plus the best 15 runners-up qualified for the second stage. From the second stage on the competition was played as a knock-out tournament with each round contested over two legs. The four semi-finalists qualified for the 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C.^[2]

First stage

Key to colours in group tables
	Group winners advance to the Second stage
	Best group runners-up advance to the Second stage

Group A1 (AC-AP-AM-RO)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Atlético Acreano	6	4	1	1	16	6	+10	13
2	Princesa do Solimões	6	4	0	2	9	4	+5	12
3	Trem	6	3	0	3	7	11	−4	9
4	Real Ariquemes	6	0	1	5	3	14	−11	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group A2 (AM-PA-RR-TO)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Gurupi	6	3	2	1	9	6	+3	11
2	São Raimundo	6	3	1	2	11	7	+4	7^[a]
3	Fast Clube	6	1	4	1	6	7	−1	7
4	Baré	6	0	3	3	3	9	−6	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ São Raimundo deducted three points for fielding an unregistered player.^[3]

Group A3 (AC-PA-RO-RR)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rio Branco	6	4	1	1	10	6	+4	13
2	São Francisco	6	2	3	1	7	6	+1	9
3	São Raimundo (RR)	6	1	2	3	7	9	−2	5
4	Genus	6	1	2	3	7	10	−3	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group A4 (AP-MA-PI-TO)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Santos	6	4	1	1	11	6	+5	13
2	Altos	6	3	1	2	14	6	+8	10
3	Cordino	6	2	1	3	5	9	−4	7
4	Tocantins de Miracema	6	1	1	4	5	14	−9	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group A5 (CE-MA-PI-RN)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Guarany de Sobral	6	4	1	1	10	7	+3	13
2	Maranhão	6	3	1	2	9	4	+5	10
3	River	6	3	0	3	8	9	−1	9
4	Potiguar	6	0	2	4	4	11	−7	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group A6 (CE-PE-PI-RN)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Globo	6	4	0	2	7	3	+4	12
2	Parnahyba	6	3	0	3	6	4	+2	9
3	América (PE)	6	2	1	3	3	5	−2	7
4	Guarani	6	2	1	3	3	7	−4	7

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group A7 (AL-BA-PB-PE)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Juazeirense	6	2	3	1	9	6	+3	9
2	Sousa	6	2	3	1	6	4	+2	9
3	Coruripe	6	2	1	3	9	10	−1	7
4	Central	6	2	1	3	7	11	−4	7

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group A8 (BA-PB-PE-SE)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Fluminense de Feira	6	2	3	1	9	5	+4	9
2	Campinense	6	2	2	2	6	5	+1	8
3	Atlético Pernambucano	6	2	1	3	9	12	−3	7
4	Itabaiana	6	2	2	2	8	10	−2	5^[a]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Itabaiana deducted three points for fielding an unregistered player.^[4]

Group A9 (AL-BA-RN-SE)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	América de Natal	6	5	1	13	4	+9	15
2	Jacobina	6	3	3	9	9	0	9
3	Sergipe	6	2	4	7	11	−4	6
4	Murici	6	2	4	7	12	−5	6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group A10 (DF-GO-MT-MS)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ceilândia	6	3	1	2	8	5	+3	10
2	Comercial	6	3	1	2	10	9	+1	10
3	Anápolis	6	2	3	1	8	6	+2	9
4	Sinop	6	0	3	3	5	11	−6	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group A11 (DF-GO-MT-MS)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	União Rondonópolis	6	3	2	1	8	6	+2	11
2	Aparecidense	6	3	1	2	10	8	+2	10
3	Luziânia	6	2	4	0	11	5	+6	10
4	Sete de Setembro	6	0	1	5	3	13	−10	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group A12 (GO-MG-RJ-SP)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Portuguesa (RJ)	6	4	2	0	9	2	+7	14
2	URT	6	3	1	2	4	5	−1	10
3	Itumbiara	6	2	2	2	5	6	−1	8
4	Osasco Audax	6	0	1	5	4	9	−5	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group A13 (ES-MG-RJ-SP)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Villa Nova	6	2	3	1	6	6	0	9
2	Desportiva Ferroviária	6	2	2	2	5	5	0	8
3	Bangu	6	2	2	2	7	8	−1	8
4	Portuguesa (SP)	6	2	1	3	5	4	+1	7

Source: Soccerway

Group A14 (ES-MG-RJ-SP)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Boavista	6	3	2	1	10	7	+3	11
2	Espírito Santo	6	2	3	1	6	4	+2	9
3	Red Bull Brasil	6	2	1	3	5	5	0	7
4	Caldense	6	2	0	4	6	11	−5	6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group A15 (PR-RS-SC-SP)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Operário Ferroviário	6	4	0	2	6	3	+3	12
2	Brusque	6	3	1	2	8	5	+3	10
3	XV de Piracicaba	6	3	0	3	7	8	−1	9
4	São Paulo	6	1	1	4	7	12	−5	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group A16 (PR-RS-SC-SP)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	São Bernardo	6	4	1	1	7	3	+4	13
2	Inter de Lages	6	2	2	2	4	4	0	8
3	Foz do Iguaçu	6	1	3	2	4	6	−2	6
4	Novo Hamburgo	6	1	2	3	4	6	−2	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group A17 (PR-RS-SC-SP)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	São José (RS)	6	4	0	2	13	4	+9	12
2	Metropolitano	6	3	1	2	3	5	−2	10
3	Ituano	6	2	2	2	4	4	0	8
4	PSTC	6	1	1	4	3	10	−7	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Second stage

The Second stage was a two-legged knockout tie, with the draw regionalised.

Qualification and draw

The 32 qualifiers (17 group winners and 15 best performing group runners-up) were divided into two pots. Pot 1 contained the 16 best performing group winners. Pot 2 contained the worst performing group winner and the 15 qualifying group runners-up. In pot 1 the teams were numbered 1 to 16 in numerical order of the group they qualified from. In pot 2 the teams were numbered 17 to 32 in numerical order of the group they qualified from. In the case that one of the qualifying runners-up was from the same group as the worst performing group winner, both teams would be in pot 2 and the group winner would be numbered lower in sequence than the group runner-up.

To keep the draw regionalised Team 1 played Team 18, Team 2 played Team 17 and this pattern was repeated throughout the draw. The higher numbered team played at home in the first leg.^[2]

Ranking of group winners

Ranking of group winners to determine the worst performing team to be placed into pot 2 is achieved by comparing 1) Points gained 2) Most victories 3) Best goal difference 4) Most goals scored 5) Sort.^[2]

Rank	Team	Pts	W	GD	GF	Pot
1	América de Natal	15	5	9	13	Pot 1
2	Portuguesa (RJ)	14	4	7	9	Pot 1
3	Atlético Acreano	13	4	10	16	Pot 1
4	Santos	13	4	5	11	Pot 1
5	Rio Branco	13	4	4	10	Pot 1
6	São Bernardo	13	4	4	7	Pot 1
7	Guarany de Sobral	13	4	3	10	Pot 1
8	São José (RS)	12	4	9	13	Pot 1
9	Globo	12	4	4	7	Pot 1
10	Operário Ferroviário	12	4	3	6	Pot 1
11	Boavista	11	3	3	10	Pot 1
12	Gurupi	11	3	3	9	Pot 1
13	União Rondonópolis	11	3	2	8	Pot 1
14	Ceilândia	10	3	3	8	Pot 1
15	Fluminense de Feira	9	2	4	9	Pot 1
16	Juazeirense	9	2	3	9	Pot 1
17	Villa Nova	9	2	0	6	Pot 2

Ranking of group runners-up

Ranking of group runners-up to determine the 15 best performing teams to be placed into pot 2 is achieved by comparing 1) Points gained 2) Most victories 3) Best goal difference 4) Most goals scored 5) Sort. ^[2]

Rank	Team	Pts	W	GD	GF	Pot
1	Princesa do Solimões	12	4	5	9	Pot 2
2	Altos	10	3	8	14	Pot 2
3	Maranhão	10	3	5	9	Pot 2
4	Brusque	10	3	3	8	Pot 2
5	Aparecidense	10	3	2	10	Pot 2
6	Comercial	10	3	1	10	Pot 2
7	URT	10	3	-1	4	Pot 2
8	Metropolitano	10	3	-2	3	Pot 2
9	Parnahyba	9	3	2	6	Pot 2
10	Jacobina	9	3	0	9	Pot 2
11	Espírito Santo	9	2	2	6	Pot 2
12	Sousa	9	2	2	6	Pot 2
13	São Francisco	9	2	1	7	Pot 2
14	Campinense	8	2	1	6	Pot 2
15	Desportiva Ferroviária	8	2	0	5	Pot 2
16	Inter de Lages	8	2	0	4	Eliminated
17	São Raimundo	7	3	4	11	Eliminated

Qualification pots

Pot 1
#	Group	Team
1	A1	Atlético Acreano
2	A2	Gurupi
3	A3	Rio Branco
4	A4	Santos
5	A5	Guarany de Sobral
6	A6	Globo
7	A7	Juazeirense
8	A8	Fluminense de Feira
9	A9	América de Natal
10	A10	Ceilândia
11	A11	União Rondonópolis
12	A12	Portuguesa (RJ)
13	A14	Boavista
14	A15	Operário Ferroviário
15	A16	São Bernardo
16	A17	São José (RS)

Pot 2
#	Group	Team
17	A1	Princesa do Solimões
18	A3	São Francisco
19	A4	Altos
20	A5	Maranhão
21	A6	Parnahyba
22	A7	Sousa
23	A8	Campinense
24	A9	Jacobina
25	A10	Comercial
26	A11	Aparecidense
27	A12	URT
28	A13	Villa Nova
29	A13	Desportiva Ferroviária
30	A14	Espírito Santo
31	A15	Brusque
32	A17	Metropolitano

Ties

The second stage matches were originally scheduled between 1 and 9 July, but they were rescheduled due to the investigation involving São Raimundo. The matches were postponed by the CBF for a week. Finally, the matches were played between 8 and 16 July.^[5]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Tie number
São Francisco	3–6	Atlético Acreano	3–3	0–3	B1
Princesa do Solimões	4–4 (a)	Gurupi	3–3	1–1	B2
Maranhão	3–1	Rio Branco	2–0	1–1	B3
Altos	3–3 (a)	Santos	2–2	1–1	B4
Sousa	4–4 (3–4 p)	Guarany de Sobral	3–1	1–3	B5
Parnahyba	2–5	Globo	2–3	0–2	B6
Jacobina	3–5	Juazeirense	2–2	1–3	B7
Campinense	1–1 (a)	Fluminense de Feira	1–1	0–0	B8
Aparecidense	0–1	América de Natal	0–0	0–1	B9
Comercial	1–2	Ceilândia	0–1	1–1	B10
Villa Nova	4–1	União Rondonópolis	2–0	2–1	B11
URT	2–1	Portuguesa (RJ)	1–0	1–1	B12
Espírito Santo	4–1	Boavista	1–0	3–1	B13
Desportiva Ferroviária	1–4	Operário Ferroviário	0–2	1–2	B14
Metropolitano	3–4	São Bernardo	1–1	2–3	B15
Brusque	2–2 (a)	São José (RS)	2–1	0–1	B16

Third stage

The third stage was also a two-legged knockout tie, with the draw regionalised. The ties were predetermined from the second stage, with the winner of second stage tie 1 playing the winner of second stage tie 2, etc.^[2] The matches were played between 22 and 30 July.^[6]

Ties

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Tie number
Gurupi	1–3	Atlético Acreano	1–0	0–3	C1
Maranhão	4–4 (4–3 p)	Santos	2–2	2–2	C2
Guarany de Sobral	1–4	Globo	0–1	1–3	C3
Fluminense de Feira	3–3 (a)	Juazeirense	3–3	0–0	C4
Ceilândia	1–3	América de Natal	0–1	1–2	C5
URT	1–1 (a)	Villa Nova	0–0	1–1	C6
Espírito Santo	1–1 (2–4 p)	Operário Ferroviário	1–0	0–1	C7
São José (RS)	0–0 (4–3 p)	São Bernardo	0–0	0–0	C8

Final stage

The final stage was a two leg knockout competition with quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals rounds. The draw for the quarter-finals was seeded based on the table of results of all matches in the competition for the qualifying teams. First played eighth, second played seventh, etc. The top four seeded teams played the second leg at home. The four quarter-final winners were promoted to Série C for 2018.

The draw for the semi-finals was seeded based on the table of results of all matches in the competition for the qualifying teams. First played fourth, second played third. The top two seeded teams played the second leg at home.

In the finals, the team with the best record in the competition played the second leg at home.^[2]

Quarter-finals seedings

Seed	Team	Pts	W	GD	GF
1	América de Natal	25	8	12	17
2	Globo	24	8	10	16
3	Operário Ferroviário	21	7	6	11
4	Atlético Acreano	20	6	15	25
5	São José (RS)	17	5	9	15
6	Maranhão	16	4	7	16
7	URT	16	4	0	7
8	Juazeirense	15	3	5	17

Quarter-finals ties

The matches were played between 5 and 14 August.^[7]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Juazeirense	4–1	América de Natal	3–0	1–1
URT	1–1 (2–3 p)	Globo	1–0	0–1
Maranhão	2–5	Operário Ferroviário	1–3	1–2
São José (RS)	1–2	Atlético Acreano	0–1	1–1