The 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D was a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the fourth division. The competition started on 21 April and ended on 4 August 2018.
Sixty-eight teams competed in the tournament. Sixty-four teams qualified from their state leagues and cups, and four relegated from the 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C (ASA, Macaé, Mogi Mirim and Moto Club).
Ferroviário, Imperatriz, São José and Treze qualified for the semi-finals and were promoted to the 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C.
Ferroviário won the title after defeating Treze in the final.
Teams
The following 68 teams qualified for the tournament: São Paulo: 4 berths Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Paraná, Pernambuco, Goiás and Bahia: 3 berths each All other federations: 2 berths each Teams relegated from 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C ASA (Alagoas) Macaé (Rio de Janeiro) Mogi Mirim (São Paulo) Moto Club (Maranhão)
FederationTeamHome city AcrePlácido de CastroPlácido de CastroRio BrancoRio Branco AlagoasASAArapiracaMuriciMuriciSanta RitaBoca da Mata AmapáMacapáMacapáSantosMacapá AmazonasManausManausNacionalManaus BahiaFluminense de FeiraFeira de SantanaJacuipenseRiachão do JacuípeVitória da ConquistaVitória da Conquista CearáFerroviárioFortalezaGuarani de JuazeiroJuazeiro do Norte Espírito SantoAtlético ItapemirimItapemirimEspírito SantoVitória Federal DistrictBrasilienseTaguatingaCeilândiaCeilândia GoiásAparecidenseAparecida de GoiâniaIporáIporáItumbiaraItumbiara MaranhãoCordinoBarra do CordaImperatrizImperatrizMoto ClubSão Luís Mato GrossoDom BoscoCuiabáSinopSinop Mato Grosso do Sul CorumbaenseCorumbáNovoperárioCampo Grande Minas GeraisCaldensePoços de CaldasUberlândiaUberlândiaURTPatos de Minas ParáIndependenteTucuruíSão Raimundo-PASantarém ParaíbaCampinenseCampina GrandeTrezeCampina Grande ParanáCianorteCianorteMaringáMaringáPrudentópolisPrudentópolis PernambucoBelo JardimBelo JardimCentralCaruaruFlamengo de ArcoverdeArcoverde Piauí4 de JulhoPiripiriAltosAltos Rio de JaneiroAmericanoMacaéMacaéMadureiraRio de JaneiroNova IguaçuNova Iguaçu América de NatalNatalASSUAssu Rio Grande do SulCaxiasCaxias do SulNovo HamburgoNovo HamburgoSão JoséPorto Alegre RondôniaBarcelonaVilhenaReal AriquemesAriquemes RoraimaBaréBoa VistaSão Raimundo-RRBoa Vista Santa CatarinaBrusqueBrusqueInternacional de LagesLagesTubarãoTubarão São PauloFerroviáriaAraraquaraLinenseLinsMirassolMirassolMogi MirimMogi MirimNovorizontinoNovo Horizonte SergipeItabaianaItabaianaSergipeAracaju TocantinsInterportoPorto NacionalSpartaAraguaína
Competition format In the first stage, 68 teams were divided into seventeen groups of four, organized regionally. 32 teams (17 winners and 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.
First stage In the first stage, each group played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners of each group and the best 15 runners-up qualified for the second stage. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Wins; 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Head-to-head (if the tie was only between two teams); 5. Fewest red cards; 6. Fewest yellow cards; 7. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 12). Key to colours in group tablesGroup winners advance to the Second stageBest group runners-up advance to the Second stage
Group A1
Team1 Manaus6402148+6122 Rio Branco6321137+6113 Macapá6204716−964 Baré612358−35
Group A2
Team1 Independente633083+5122 Santos6222138+583 Barcelona622287+184 Plácido de Castro6114819−114
Group A3
Team1 Nacional631294+5102 São Raimundo-RR62221011–183 São Raimundo-PA622278–184 Real Ariquemes6132710–36
Group A4
Team1 Ferroviário624075+2102 Cordino623164+293 4 de Julho613235−264 Interporto612379−25
Group A5
Team1 Moto Club641163+3132 Altos632173+4113 Sparta612369–354 ASSU611426–44
Group A6
Team1 América de Natal6420116+5142 Imperatriz6231103+793 Belo Jardim6042612−6446033814−63
Group A7
Team1 Sergipe641185+3132 Jacuipense622288083 Central613276+164 ASA6042711−44
Group A8
Team1 Campinense6510123+9162 Fluminense de Feira6411183+151336114416−1244 Murici6015416−121
Group A9
Team1 Treze6330144+10122 Itabaiana6312119+2103 Vitória da Conquista622246−284 Santa Rita6105616−103
Group A10
Team1 Iporá6411104+6132 Brasiliense632193+6113 Corumbaense622259−484 Dom Bosco6015210−81
Group A11
Team1 Sinop631265+1102 Novoperário6312770103 Aparecidense62221110+184 Ceilândia6123911–25
Group A12
Team1 Macaé6321108+2112 URT6312108+2103 Itumbiara631286+2104 Espírito Santo6024612–62
Group A13
Team1 Uberlândia6321107+3112 Novorizontino6231109+193 Americano62221011−184 Atlético Itapemirim603336−33
Group A14
Team1 Linense623153+292 Maringá623176+193 Madureira613267–164 Caldense613257–26
Group A15
Team1 Caxias6510132+111626303711−493 Mirassol621335−274 Nova Iguaçu6105611−53
Group A16
Team1 Tubarão650193+6152 Novo Hamburgo622276+183 Cianorte613225−364 Ferroviária603337–43
Group A17 Team1 São José6600104+6182 Brusque630395+493 Prudentópolis620468−264 Mogi Mirim6105614−83
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 winners would be numbered lower in sequence than the group runners-up.
The teams were ranked according to points. If tied on points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Wins; 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 14).
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.
Ranking of group winners Team 1 São José 186+610 Pot 1 2 Caxias 165+1113 Pot 1 3 Campinense 165+912 Pot 1 4 Tubarão 155+69 Pot 1 5 América de Natal 144+511 Pot 1 6 Iporá 134+610 Pot 1 7 Sergipe 134+38 Pot 1 8 Moto Club 134+36 Pot 1 9 Manaus 124+614 Pot 1 10 Treze 123+1014 Pot 1 11 Independente 123+58 Pot 1 12 Uberlândia 113+310 Pot 1 13 Macaé 113+210 Pot 1 14 Nacional 103+59 Pot 1 15 Sinop 103+16 Pot 1 16 Ferroviário 102+27 Pot 1 17 Linense 92+25 Pot 2
Ranking of group runners-up Team 1 Fluminense de Feira 134+1518 Pot 2 2 Rio Branco 113+613 Pot 2 3 Brasiliense 113+69 Pot 2 4 Altos 113+47 Pot 2 5 Itabaiana 103+211 Pot 2 6 URT 103+210 Pot 2 7 Novoperário 10307 Pot 2 8 Brusque 93+49 Pot 2 9 93–47 Pot 2 10 Imperatriz 92+710 Pot 2 11 Cordino 92+26 Pot 2 12 Novorizontino 92+110 Pot 2 13 Maringá 92+17 Pot 2 14 Santos 82+513 Pot 2 15 Novo Hamburgo 82+17 Pot 2 16 Jacuipense 8208 Eliminated 17 São Raimundo-RR 82–110 Eliminated
Qualification pots Pot 1Team 1 A1 Manaus 2 A2 Independente 3 A3 Nacional 4 A4 Ferroviário 5 A5 Moto Club 6 A6 América de Natal 7 A7 Sergipe 8 A8 Campinense 9 A9 Treze 10 A10 Iporá 11 A11 Sinop 12 A12 Macaé 13 A13 Uberlândia 14 A15 Caxias 15 A16 Tubarão 16 A17 São JoséPot 2Team 17 A1 Rio Branco 18 A2 Santos 19 A4 Cordino 20 A5 Altos 21 A6 Imperatriz 22 A8 Fluminense de Feira 23 A9 Itabaiana 24 A10 Brasiliense 25 A11 Novoperário 26 A12 URT 27 A13 Novorizontino 28 A14 Linense 29 A14 Maringá 30 A15 31 A16 Novo Hamburgo 32 A17 Brusque
Ties The matches were played between 2 and 10 June.
Third stage The third stage was a two-legged knockout tie, with the draw regionalised. The ties were predetermined from the second stage, with the winners of second stage tie 1 playing the winners of second stage tie 2, etc. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the tournament with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg. Ties The matches were played between 16 and 25 June.
Final stages The final stages were 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 2019.
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.
Quarter-finals seedings Team 1 São José258+815 2 Caxias247+1520 3 Campinense227+914 4 Manaus196+718 5 Imperatriz185+1018 6 Ferroviário184+516 7 Treze174+1119 8 Linense164+312
Quarter-finals ties The matches were played between 1 and 9 July.
Semi-finals seedings Team 1 São José289+917 2 Treze236+1423 3 Imperatriz216+1020 4 Ferroviário215+519
Semi-finals ties The matches were played between 15 and 23 July.
Finals seedings Team 1 Treze267+1424 2 Ferroviário246+623
Finals The matches were played on 30 July and 4 August.
Top goalscorers RankPlayerTeamGoals1Edson Cariús Ferroviário112Júnior Chicão Imperatriz83Jailson Fluminense de Feira74Lima Brusque6Mateus Oliveira Rio BrancoRaí São Raimundo-RRUlisses CordinoWesley Caxias9Bruno Batata Maringá5Nena ManausPereira NovorizontinoTiago Amaral Uberlândia
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