2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D

Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes da Série D
Season 2011
Biggest home win Sampaio Corrêa 5–0 Trem ( 24 Jul)
Biggest away win São Mateus 1–4 Audax Rio (30 Jul)
Vitória da Conquista 0–3 Bahia de Feira (24 Jul)
Highest scoring Treze 4–3 Coruripe (14 Aug)
Longest winning run 4 games :
Villa Nova (1st–4th)
Longest unbeaten run 4 or 5 games:
4 teams (1st-...)
Longest losing run 4 games:
Cruzeiro-RS
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In 2011, the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, the fourth division of the Brazilian League, will be contested for the third time in history, during 18 July and 13 November.[1] It will be contested by 40 clubs, four of which will eventually qualify to the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C to be contested in 2012.

Competition format

The 40 teams are divided in eight groups of 5, playing within them in a double round-robin format. The two best ranked in each group at the end of 10 rounds will qualify to the Second Stage, which will be played in home-and-away system. Winners advance to Third Stage. The quarterfinal winners will be promoted to the Série C 2012. As there is no Série E, or fifth division, technically there will be no relegation. However, teams who were not promoted will have to re-qualify for Série D 2012 through their respective state leagues.
The competition can also be considered as 4 mini-tournaments (Group 1+2;3+4;5+6;7+8) because according to the playoff-structure, exactly one team of each "mini-tournament" will be promoted.[2]

Participating teams

State Team Qualification method
Acre (state) Acre
1 berth		 Plácido de Castro 2011 Campeonato Acreano best record (RU)
Alagoas Alagoas
1 berth		 Coruripe 2011 Campeonato Alagoano best record (RU)
Amapá Amapá
1 berth		 Trem 2010 Campeonato Amapaense champions
Amazonas (Brazilian state) Amazonas
1+1 Note RRberth		 Penarol 2010 Campeonato Amazonense champions
Nacional Best Amazonas team in CBF Club Ranking Note AM
Bahia Bahia
2 berths		 Bahia de Feira 2011 Campeonato Baiano champions
Vitória da Conquista 2010 Copa Governador do Estado da Bahia champions
Ceará Ceará
1 berth		 Guarani de Juazeiro 2011 Campeonato Cearense best record (RU)
Federal District (Brazil) Distrito Federal
1 + 1 berth		 Formosa 2011 Campeonato Brasiliense best record (3rd)
Gama Relegated from 2010 Série C (19th place)
Espírito Santo Espírito Santo
1 berth		 São Mateus 2011 Campeonato Capixaba champions
Goiás Goiás
2 berths		 Anapolina 2011 Campeonato Goiano best record(4th)
Itumbiara 2010 Campeonato Goiano best placed non 2011 Campeonato Goiano 1ª Divisão teamNote GO
Maranhão Maranhão
1 berth		 Sampaio Corrêa 2010 Campeonato Maranhense champions
Mato Grosso Mato Grosso
1+1 berth Note RO		 Cuiabá 2011 Campeonato Matogrossense champions
Vila Aurora 2011 Campeonato Matogrossense 4th Note MT
Mato Grosso do Sul Mato Grosso do Sul
1 berth		 CENE 2010 Copa MS champions
Minas Gerais Minas Gerais
2 berths		 Villa Nova 2011 Campeonato Mineiro 2nd best record (4th)
Tupi 2011 Campeonato Mineiro 3rdNote MG best record (5th)
Pará Pará
1 + 1 berth		 Independente 2011 Campeonato Paraense champions
São Raimundo (PA) Relegated from 2010 Série C (20th place)
Paraíba Paraíba
1 berth		 Treze 2011 Campeonato Paraibano best record
Paraná (state) Paraná
2 berths		 Operário 2011 Campeonato Paranaense best record (3rd)
Cianorte 2011 Campeonato Paranaense 2nd best record (4th)
Pernambuco Pernambuco
2 berths		 Santa Cruz 2011 Campeonato Pernambucano best first stage record (2nd)
Porto 2011 Campeonato Pernambucano 2nd best first stage record (3rd)
Piauí Piauí
1 berth		 Comercial(PI) 2011 Campeonato Piauiense 1º turno champions
Rio de Janeiro (state) Rio de Janeiro
2 berths		 Volta Redonda 2011 Campeonato Carioca 6thNote RJ best record (12th)
Audax Rio 2010 Copa Rio champions
Rio Grande do Norte Rio Grande do Norte
1 + 1 berth		 Sport Club Santa Cruz 2011 Campeonato Potiguar best record
Alecrim Relegated from 2010 Série C (17th place)
Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul
2 + 1 berths		 Cruzeiro (PA) 2011 Campeonato Gaúcho best record (4th)
Cerâmica 2010 Copa Enio Costamilan runners
Juventude Relegated from 2010 Série C (18th place)
Rondônia Rondônia
(1 berth)		 No representativeNote RO (2011 Campeonato Rondoniense champions)
Roraima Roraima
(1 berth)		 No representativeNote RR (2011 Campeonato Roraimense champions)
São Paulo (state) São Paulo
2 berths		 Oeste 2011 Campeonato Paulista best record (6th)
Mirassol 2011 Campeonato Paulista 2nd best record (7th)
Santa Catarina (state) Santa Catarina
2 berths		 Metropolitano 2010 Copa Santa Catarina best record (7th)
Brusque 2011 Campeonato Catarinense best record (6th)
Sergipe Sergipe
1 berth		 River Plate 2011 Campeonato Sergipano champions
Tocantins Tocantins
1 berth		 Tocantinópolis 2010 Campeonato Tocantinense 2nd Note TO best record (3rd)

Notes:

Amazonas (Brazilian state) Amazonas:
After Amazonas got an additional berth (see Note RO) Amazonas FA decided that the best placed team in CBF's ranking (Nacional) is qualified.
Fast Clube (2010 Campeonato Amazonense runners) appealed to the Amazonas Court of Sporting Justice (TJD), and on 7 July 2011, it was announced that Fast Clube's appeal was rejected.[3]
On 12 July the Court of the State of Amazonas granted an injunction in favor of the fan Cavalcante Marco Tulio Costa, as a fan against the FAF and CBF. In the injunction, the FAF is obliged to indicate the Fast Club as the second representative of the Amazonas in the Brazilian Championship Series D.[4]
On 14 July the injunction was revoked.[5]


Goiás Goiás:
All eligible teams from 2011 Campeonato Goiano 1ª Divisão (CRAC, Aparecidense, Goianésia, Morrinhos) withdrew and 2011 Campeonato Goiano 2ª Divisão season start in June. So the best placed non-2011 1ª Divisão team in 2010 Campeonato Goiano is qualified.[6]

Minas Gerais Minas Gerais:

Best placed team América de Teófilo Otoni (4th) withdrew.

Rio de Janeiro (state) Rio de Janeiro:
The five best teams (Boavista, Olaria, Resende, Americano and Nova Iguaçu) withdrew.

Rondônia Rondônia and Roraima Roraima:
All Rondônia and all Roraima-based teams withdrew. Since Rondônia and Roraima were already allocated in Group 1, the entries passed on to Amazonas and Mato Grosso best and second best placed on CBF's Ranking.

Tocantins Tocantins:
Best placed team Gurupi (1st) withdrew.

First stage

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners, runners-up advance to the Round of 16
Teams which can no longer advance to the Round of 16

Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Mato Grosso Cuiabá 85121911+816
Amazonas (Brazilian state) Penarol 842298+114
Acre (state) Plácido de Castro8332169+712
Amazonas (Brazilian state) Nacional-AM8215914−57
Mato Grosso Vila Aurora8134718−116

Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Pará Independente-PA 842 2 12 10 +2 14
Maranhão Sampaio Corrêa 841 3 178 +913
Amapá Trem 8 32 3 8 11−311
Pará São Raimundo-PA 8 24 2 9 8 +1 10
Piauí Comercial-PI 8 21 5 6 15 −9 7

Group 3

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Rio Grande do Norte Santa Cruz-RN 8 51 2 9 6 +3 16
Pernambuco Santa Cruz8 43 1 10 6 +4 15
Ceará Guarani de Juazeiro8 323 7 4+3 11
Rio Grande do Norte Alecrim 8 30 5 7 12 −5 9
Pernambuco Porto-PE 8 12 5 611−5 5

Group 4

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Alagoas Coruripe 851 2 13 11 +2 16
Paraíba Treze8 50 3 14 11+3 15
Bahia Bahia de Feira8 40 4 12 9 +3 12
Sergipe River Plate-SE 82 24 10 12 −2 8
Bahia Vitória da Conquista821 5 612 −6 7

Group 5

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Minas Gerais Tupi 8 4 22 10 8 +2 14
Goiás Anapolina 8 4 13 15 11 +4 13
Goiás Itumbiara 8 41 3 13 10 +3 13
Federal District (Brazil) Gama 8 23 3 8 9 −1 9
Tocantins Tocantinópolis 821 5 8 18 −10 7

Group 6

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Minas Gerais Villa Nova 8 51 2 11 6 +5 16
Rio de Janeiro (state) Volta Redonda 8 43 1 11 3 +8 15
Rio de Janeiro (state) Audax Rio 8 3 23 13 7 +6 11
Federal District (Brazil) Formosa 8 23 3 5 12 −7 9
Espírito Santo São Mateus 8 03 5 7 19 −12 3

Group 7

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
São Paulo (state) Oeste 8 422 12 8 +4 14
São Paulo (state) Mirassol 8 42 2 6 7 −1 14
Mato Grosso do Sul CENE 841 3 15 13 +2 13
Paraná (state) Operário 8 31 4 79 −2 10
Rio Grande do Sul Cerâmica 812 5 6 9 −3 5

Group 8

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Rio Grande do Sul Juventude8 61 1 19 7 +12 19
Paraná (state) Cianorte 842 2 9 9 +0 14
Santa Catarina (state) Brusque8 31 4 6 11−5 10
Santa Catarina (state) Metropolitano8 30 5 14 16 −2 9
Rio Grande do Sul Cruzeiro-RS8 12 5 6 11 −5 5

Final Stage

  Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                             
          
          
   Mato Grosso Cuiabá 2 4 6  
   Pará Independente 0 2 2  
        
          
   Mato Grosso Cuiabá 0 1 1  
   Pernambuco Santa Cruz 1 2 3  
          
          
   Paraíba Treze 3 0 3
   Pernambuco Santa Cruz 3 0 3  
        
          
   Pernambuco Santa Cruz 0 0 0
   Minas Gerais Tupi 1 2 3
          
          
   Minas Gerais Tupi
   Goiás Anapolina  
        
          
   Minas Gerais Tupi
   São Paulo (state) Oeste  
          
          
   São Paulo (state) Oeste
   São Paulo (state) Mirassol  
        
          

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