The 2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B (officially the Brasileirão Série B Betnacional 2024 for sponsorship reasons) was a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the second division. The competition began on 19 April and ended on 24 November.
Twenty teams competed in the tournament, twelve returning from the 2023 season, four promoted from the 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C (Amazonas, Brusque, Operário Ferroviário and Paysandu), and four relegated from the 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (América Mineiro, Coritiba, Goiás and Santos). This was the first Série B played by Santos in their history.
The top four teams were promoted to the 2025 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. Santos became the first club to be promoted on 11 November 2024 after a 0–2 win against Coritiba. Ceará, Mirassol and Sport were promoted on 24 November 2024.
Brusque, Guarani, Ituano and Ponte Preta were relegated to the 2025 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C.
Teams Twenty teams competed in the league – twelve teams from the previous season, as well as four teams promoted from the Série C, and four teams relegated from the Série A.
Pos.Relegated from 2023 Série A17thSantos18thGoiás19thCoritiba20thAmérica Mineiro
Pos.Promoted from 2023 Série C1stAmazonas2ndBrusque3rdOperário Ferroviário4thPaysandu
Number of teams by state Numberof teams State Team(s)7 Botafogo-SP, Guarani, Ituano, Mirassol,Novorizontino, Ponte Preta and Santos3 Avaí, Brusque and Chapecoense2 Goiás and Vila Nova Coritiba and Operário Ferroviário1 CRB Amazonas Ceará América Mineiro Paysandu Sport
Stadiums and locations Team Home city State Stadium Capacity Amazonas Manaus Municipal Carlos Zamith 5,000 Arena da Amazônia 44,000 América Mineiro Belo Horizonte Arena Independência 23,018 Avaí Florianópolis Ressacada 17,826 Botafogo-SP Ribeirão Preto Santa Cruz 29,292 Brusque Brusque Augusto Bauer 5,000 Hercílio Luz 6,010 Ressacada 17,826 Arena Joinville 17,515 Ceará Fortaleza Castelão 63,903 Presidente Vargas 20,262 Chapecoense Chapecó Arena Condá 20,089 Coritiba Curitiba Couto Pereira 40,502 CRB Maceió Rei Pelé 17,126 Goiás Goiânia Estádio da Serrinha 14,450 Guarani Campinas Brinco de Ouro 29,130 Ituano Itu Novelli Júnior 18,560 Mirassol Mirassol Campos Maia 15,000 Novorizontino Novo Horizonte Doutor Jorge Ismael de Biasi 16,000 Operário Ferroviário Ponta Grossa Germano Krüger 10,632 Paysandu Belém Curuzu 16,200 Mangueirão 53,635 Ponte Preta Campinas Moisés Lucarelli 19,728 Santos Santos Urbano Caldeira 16,068 Estádio do Café 31,000 Sport Recife Ilha do Retiro32,983 Arena Pernambuco 44,300 Vila Nova Goiânia Onésio Brasileiro Alvarenga 6,500
Personnel and kits
TeamHead coachCaptainKit manufacturerMain kit sponsorAmazonas Ibson Silva (caretaker) FabianoOnça Reals, TVLar, Protteina DistribuidoraAmérica Mineiro Diogo Giacomini (caretaker) JuninhoVolt SportEstrelaBetAvaí Enderson Moreira Vágner LoveVolt SportPixBetBotafogo-SP Márcio Zanardi Douglas BaggioVolt SportEstrelaBet, NicnetBrusque Marcelo Cabo WallaceFintaHAVAN, Bet7k, Buettner por BoutonCeará Léo Condé Luiz OtávioVozão Esportes da Sorte, Matrix EnergiaChapecoense Gilmar Dal Pozzo Bruno LeonardoUmbroAurora, Sicoob MaxiCréditoCoritiba Guilherme Bossle (caretaker) Sebastián GómezDiadoraRealsCRB Hélio dos Anjos Anselmo RamonRegatas EstrelaBetGoiás Vagner Mancini Lucas RibeiroGr33n BETesporteGuarani Allan Aal Matheus SalustianoKappaÚnica Saúde, ASA Alumínio, StarsTEA, Furacão DistribuidoraItuano Chico Elias (caretaker) Jefferson PaulinoAlluriBet7k, HARAS Coração de Cavalo, StarrettMirassol Mozart GabrielAthletaGuaraná Poty, Bet7kNovorizontino Eduardo Baptista Renato PalmPhysicusAçúcar Santa Isabel, Bet7k, CenemedOperário Ferroviário Rafael Guanaes Willian MachadoKariluPaysandu Márcio Fernandes RobinhoLobo Banpará, Betnacional, Fatal ModelPonte Preta João Brigatti ÉlvisDiadoraEstrelaBet, DESKTOPSantos Leandro Zago (caretaker) Diego PitucaUmbroBlaze, AQBankSport Pepa Rafael ThyereUmbroBetVipVila Nova Thiago Carvalho RalfVolt Sport, V43 Tintas Luztol, BETesporte, Rizzo Imobiliária, Fatal Model
Coaching changes TeamOutgoing head coachManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming head coachDate of appointmentRefBotafogo-SP José LeãoEnd of caretaker spell25 November 2023Pre-season Paulo Gomes29 November 2023Sport César Lucena Mariano Soso5 December 2023América Mineiro Diogo Giacomini6 December 2023 Cauan de Almeida18 December 2023Goiás Mário Henrique Zé Ricardo25 December 2023Santos Marcelo Fernandes Fábio Carille19 December 2023Guarani Umberto LouzerSacked9 February 2024State leagues Claudinei Oliveira12 February 2024Chapecoense Claudinei Oliveira10 February 2024 Umberto Louzer11 February 2024Ituano Marcinho Freitas23 February 2024 Douglas Leite (caretaker)23 February 2024 Douglas LeiteEnd of caretaker spell26 February 2024 Alberto Valentim26 February 2024Vila Nova Higo MagalhãesMutual agreement17 March 2024 Márcio Fernandes18 March 2024Goiás Zé Ricardo25 March 2024 Márcio Zanardi31 March 2024Amazonas Luizinho VieiraSacked16 April 2024 Adilson Batista16 April 2024Avaí Eduardo Barroca26 April 202418th Marquinhos Santos (caretaker)29 April 2024Guarani Claudinei Oliveira27 April 202419th Júnior Rocha2 May 2024Coritiba Guto Ferreira3 May 20247th James Freitas (caretaker)6 May 2024Avaí Marquinhos SantosEnd of caretaker spell6 May 202418th Gilmar Dal PozzoBrusque Luizinho LopesSacked20 May 202416th Luizinho Vieira20 May 2024Vila Nova Márcio Fernandes22 May 20247th Luizinho Lopes23 May 2024Amazonas Adilson BatistaMutual agreement23 May 202415th Rafael Lacerda24 May 2024Ponte Preta João BrigattiResigned27 May 2024 Nelsinho Baptista29 May 2024Guarani Júnior RochaSacked9 June 202420th Marcelo Cordeiro (caretaker)11 June 2024Coritiba James FreitasEnd of caretaker spell12 June 20249th Fábio Matias12 June 2024Guarani Marcelo Cordeiro19 June 202420th Pintado19 June 2024Ceará Vagner ManciniSacked26 June 202411th Léo Condé27 June 2024Coritiba Fábio Matias23 July 202414th Guilherme Bossle (caretaker)23 July 2024Sport Mariano Soso25 July 20247th Guto Ferreira26 July 2024Guarani Pintado26 July 202420th Marcelo Cordeiro (caretaker)Coritiba Guilherme BossleEnd of caretaker spell27 July 202413th Jorginho27 July 2024Guarani Marcelo Cordeiro29 July 202420th Allan Aal29 July 2024Goiás Márcio ZanardiSacked4 August 202410th Vagner Mancini6 August 2024Chapecoense Umberto LouzerResigned17th Tcheco5 August 2024Avaí Gilmar Dal PozzoSacked5 August 202411th Enderson MoreiraChapecoense Tcheco18 August 202411th Gilmar Dal Pozzo20 August 2024América Mineiro Cauan de Almeida27 August 20246th Lisca28 August 2024Sport Guto Ferreira28 August 202410th César Lucena (caretaker)29 August 2024 César LucenaEnd of caretaker spell3 September 20247th Pepa3 September 2024CRB Daniel PaulistaSacked4 September 202416th Bruno Pivetti6 September 2024Paysandu Hélio dos Anjos6 September 202415th Márcio Fernandes9 September 2024Brusque Luizinho Vieira8 September 202418th Marcelo CaboCRB Bruno Pivetti20 September 2024 Hélio dos Anjos20 September 2024Botafogo-SP Paulo Gomes25 September 202415th Márcio Zanardi27 September 2024Vila Nova Luizinho Lopes20 October 20246th Thiago Carvalho20 October 2024Ituano Alberto Valentim19th Chico Elias (caretaker)Ponte Preta Nelsinho BaptistaResigned21 October 202417th Nenê Santana (caretaker)21 October 2024 Nenê SantanaEnd of caretaker spell6 November 2024 João Brigatti6 November 2024Coritiba JorginhoMutual agreement11 November 202410th Guilherme Bossle (caretaker)11 November 2024Santos Fábio Carille18 November 20241st Leandro Zago (caretaker)18 November 2024América Mineiro Lisca19 November 20249th Diogo Giacomini (caretaker)19 November 2024Amazonas Rafael Lacerda12th Ibson Silva (caretaker) Notes
Foreign players The clubs could have a maximum of nine foreign players in their Campeonato Brasileiro squads per match, but there was no limit of foreigners in the clubs' squads.
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7 Player 8 Amazonas Alexis Alvariño Diego Torres Josh Eppiah Jonny Uchuari Jorge Jiménez América Mineiro Martín Benítez Fernando Elizari Avaí Botafogo-SP Leandro Maciel Orlando Herrera Sabit Abdulai Brusque Jhan Pool Torres Agustín González Matías Ocampo Rodrigo Pollero Ceará Lucas Mugni Steven Nufour Jorge Recalde Rafael Ramos Facundo Barceló Facundo Castro Chapecoense Walter Clar Coritiba Sebastián Gómez Erick Castillo Josué Pesqueira CRB Luis Segovia Facundo Labandeira Goiás Ángelo Rodríguez Jhon Vásquez Guarani Ituano Mirassol Novorizontino Óscar Ruiz Operário Ferroviário Santiago Ocampos Paysandu Benjamín Borasi Joel Tagueu Yony González Juan Cazares Yeferson Quintana Esli García Ponte Preta Gabriel Risso Patrón Luis Haquín Santos Gonzalo Escobar Julio Furch Miguel Terceros Billy Arce Yusupha Njie Ignacio Laquintana Rómulo Otero Tomás Rincón Sport Leonel Di Plácido Julián Fernández Christian Ortiz Helibelton Palacios Fabricio Domínguez Vila Nova Juan Sebastián Quintero Eric Davis Alex Silva
Players holding Brazilian dual nationality They did not take foreign slot.
Enzo Monteiro (Santos)
League table
Positions by round The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches were not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.
Results
Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Erick PulgaCeará132 AlessonVila Nova11 Caio DantasGuarani Saulo MineiroCeará5 Anselmo RamonCRB10 AylonCeará DellatorreMirassol Fabricio DomínguezSport Esli GarcíaPaysandu GuilhermeSantos Matheus FrizzoCoritiba
Attendances
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