The 2026 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B is a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the second division. The competition began on 21 March and will end on 28 November.
Twenty teams compete in the tournament, twelve returning from the 2025 season, four promoted from the 2025 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C (Londrina, Náutico, Ponte Preta and São Bernardo), and four relegated from the 2025 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (Juventude, Sport, Fortaleza, and Ceará).
Teams Twenty teams will compete 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 2025 Série A17thCeará18thFortaleza19thJuventude20thSport
Pos.Promoted from 2025 Série C1stPonte Preta2ndLondrina3rdNáutico4thSão Bernardo
Number of teams by state Numberof teams State Team(s)4 Botafogo-SP, Novorizontino, Ponte Preta and São Bernardo3 Atlético Goianiense, Goiás and Vila Nova2 Ceará and Fortaleza América Mineiro and Athletic Londrina and Operário Ferroviário Náutico and Sport Avaí and Criciúma1 CRB CuiabáJuventude
Stadiums and locations Team Home city State Stadium Capacity América Mineiro Belo Horizonte Arena Independência 23,018 Athletic São João del-Rei Arena Sicredi 6,000 Atlético Goianiense Goiânia Antônio Accioly 12,500 Avaí Florianópolis Ressacada 17,826 Botafogo-SP Ribeirão Preto Santa Cruz 29,292 Ceará Fortaleza Castelão 57,876 CRB Maceió Rei Pelé 17,126 Criciúma Criciúma Heriberto Hülse 19,225 Cuiabá Cuiabá Arena Pantanal 44,000 Fortaleza Fortaleza Castelão 57,876 Goiás Goiânia Estádio da Serrinha 14,450 Juventude Caxias do Sul Alfredo Jaconi 19,924 Londrina Londrina Estádio do Café 31,000 Náutico Recife Aflitos 22,856 Novorizontino Novo Horizonte Doutor Jorge Ismael de Biasi 16,000 Operário Ferroviário Ponta Grossa Germano Krüger 10,632 Ponte Preta Campinas Moisés Lucarelli 19,728 São Bernardo São Bernardo do Campo 1º de Maio 15,159 Sport Recife Ilha do Retiro32,983 Vila Nova Goiânia Onésio Brasileiro Alvarenga 6,500
Personnel and kits TeamHead coachCaptainKit manufacturerKit main sponsorOther sponsorsAmérica Mineiro Moacir Júnior Willian BigodeVolt SportBetbraAthletic Alex ZecaKick BallBetnacionalAtlético Goianiense Roger Silva Gustavo CoutinhoDragão PremiumBlazeAvaí Marquinhos (caretaker) Zé RicardoVolt Sport1pra1.BetBotafogo-SP Cláudio Tencati Patrick BreyVolt SportNoneCeará Daniel Paulista Luiz OtávioDiadoraEsportes da SorteCRB Fábio Matias Fábio AlemãoRegatasBolsa de ApostaCriciúma Umberto Louzer RodrigoVolt SportBolsa de ApostaCuiabá Eduardo Barros RaulKappaDouradoFortaleza Paulo Autuori Lucas SashaVolt SportNoneGoiás Mozart TadeuDiadoraViva Sorte BetJuventude Maurício Barbieri Alan Ruschel19trezeNoneLondrina Rogério Micale WallaceAthletaNoneNáutico Bruno Pivetti Jean CarlosReebokEsportes da SorteNovorizontino Enderson Moreira RobsonPhysicusNoneOperário Ferroviário Luizinho Lopes Gabriel BoschiliaKariluGMADPonte Preta Gilson Kleina ÉlvisDiadoraNoneSão Bernardo Vinícius Bergantin FoguinhoJunpeMagnum SCDSport Mariano Soso Marcelo BenevenutoKappaBetnacionalVila Nova Guto Ferreira Marquinhos GabrielVolt SportBet dá Sorte Notes
Coaching changes TeamOutgoing head coachManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming head coachDate of appointmentRefBotafogo-SP Ivan IzzoEnd of caretaker spell23 November 2025Pre-season Cláudio Tencati24 November 2025Avaí Vinícius BergantinEnd of contract28 November 2025 Cauan de Almeida2 December 2025Juventude Thiago Carpini7 December 2025 Maurício Barbieri11 December 2025Sport César LucenaEnd of caretaker spell Roger Silva21 December 2025Goiás Fábio CarilleMutual agreement8 December 2025 Daniel Paulista9 December 2025Ceará Léo CondéEnd of contract10 December 2025 Mozart12 December 2025Fortaleza Martín Palermo11 December 2025 Thiago Carpini11 December 2025Londrina Roger SilvaSigned by Sport21 December 2025 Allan Aal30 December 2025Operário Ferroviário AlexSacked18 January 2026State leagues Luizinho Lopes20 January 2026Ponte Preta Marcelo FernandesMutual agreement15 February 2026 Rodrigo Santana22 February 2026Athletic Rui Duarte17 February 2026 Alex21 February 2026Atlético Goianiense Rafael LacerdaSacked7 March 2026 Eduardo Souza10 March 2026Vila Nova Umberto Louzer18 March 2026 Ariel Mamede (caretaker)18 March 2026 Ariel Mamede (caretaker)End of caretaker spell22 March 20269th Guto Ferreira22 March 2026Sport Roger SilvaSacked23 March 202613th Márcio Goiano23 March 2026América Mineiro Alberto Valentim12 April 202619th Roger Silva13 April 2026Londrina Allan Aal4 May 2026 Rogério Micale8 May 2026Ponte Preta Rodrigo SantanaResigned26 May 2026 Édson Boaro (caretaker)28 May 2026América Mineiro Roger SilvaMutual agreement29 May 202620th Umberto Louzer31 May 2026Ceará MozartSacked31 May 202613th Anderson Batatais (caretaker)5 June 2026Ponte Preta Édson BoaroEnd of caretaker spell11 June 202619th Márcio Zanardi11 June 2026Atlético Goianiense Eduardo SouzaMutual agreement14 June 202612th Renan Brito (caretaker)16 June 2026Goiás Daniel PaulistaSacked24 June 2026 Mozart25 June 2026Ceará Anderson BatataisEnd of caretaker spell25 June 202614th Daniel PaulistaSport Márcio GoianoSacked29 June 20268th Gilmar Dal Pozzo30 June 2026CRB Eduardo Barroca4 July 202614th Fábio Matias5 July 2026Avaí Cauan de Almeida6 July 202618th Allan Aal9 July 2026Atlético Goianiense Renan BritoEnd of caretaker spell7 July 202613th Roger Silva7 July 2026Fortaleza Thiago CarpiniSacked23 July 20265th Reinan Santos (caretaker)23 July 2026 Reinan SantosEnd of caretaker spell24 July 20266th Paulo Autuori24 July 2026São Bernardo Ricardo CataláMutual consent28 July 202612th Vinícius Bergantin30 July 2026América Mineiro Umberto LouzerSacked22 August 202619th Douglas Leite (caretaker)23 August 2026Ponte Preta Márcio ZanardiResigned26 August 202620th Gilson Kleina27 August 2026Sport Gilmar Dal PozzoSacked6 September 20268th Mariano Soso8 September 2026Criciúma Eduardo BaptistaSigned by Internacional23 September 20266th Umberto Louzer23 September 2026Náutico Sacked14th Bruno Pivetti25 September 2026Avaí Allan Aal27 September 202617th Marquinhos (caretaker)28 September 2026América Mineiro Douglas LeiteEnd of caretaker spell6 October 202619th Moacir Júnior6 October 2026 Notes
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
Promotion play-offs The play-offs will be played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg. If tied on aggregate, the higher-seeded team will be promoted to the 2027 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.
Group A
Group B
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