2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D Explained

Competition:	Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes da Série D
Season:	2011
Winners:	Tupi
Promoted:	Tupi Santa Cruz Cuiabá Oeste
Biggest Home Win:	Plácido de Castro 9–1 Vila Aurora (10 September 2011)
Biggest Away Win:	São Mateus 1–4 Audax Rio (30 Jul) Vitória da Conquista 0–3 Bahia de Feira (24 Jul)
Highest Scoring:	Plácido de Castro 9–1 Vila Aurora (10 September 2011)
Prevseason:	2010
Nextseason:	2012

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

width=100	State	width=200	Team	Qualification method
Acre 1 berth	Plácido de Castro	2011 Campeonato Acreano best record (RU)
Alagoas 1 berth	Coruripe	2011 Campeonato Alagoano best record (RU)
Amapá 1 berth	Trem	2010 Campeonato Amapaense champions
Amazonas 1+1 ^{Note RR}berth	Penarol	2010 Campeonato Amazonense champions
Amazonas 1+1 ^{Note RR}berth	Nacional	Best Amazonas team in CBF Club Ranking ^{Note AM}
Bahia 2 berths	Bahia de Feira	2011 Campeonato Baiano champions
Bahia 2 berths	Vitória da Conquista	2010 Copa Governador do Estado da Bahia champions
Ceará 1 berth	Guarani de Juazeiro	2011 Campeonato Cearense best record (RU)
Distrito Federal 1 + 1 berth	Formosa	2011 Campeonato Brasiliense best record (3rd)
Distrito Federal 1 + 1 berth	Gama	Relegated from 2010 Série C (19th place)
Espírito Santo 1 berth	São Mateus	2011 Campeonato Capixaba champions
Goiás 2 berths	Anapolina	2011 Campeonato Goiano best record(4th)
Goiás 2 berths			2010 Campeonato Goiano best placed non 2011 Campeonato Goiano 1ª Divisão team^{Note GO}
Maranhão 1 berth	Sampaio Corrêa	2010 Campeonato Maranhense champions
Mato Grosso 1+1 berth ^{Note RO}		2011 Campeonato Matogrossense champions
Mato Grosso 1+1 berth ^{Note RO}	Vila Aurora	2011 Campeonato Matogrossense 4th ^{Note MT}
Mato Grosso do Sul 1 berth	CENE	2010 Copa MS champions
Minas Gerais 2 berths	Villa Nova	2011 Campeonato Mineiro 2nd best record (4th)
Minas Gerais 2 berths	Tupi	2011 Campeonato Mineiro 3rd^{Note MG} best record (5th)
Pará 1 + 1 berth	Independente	2011 Campeonato Paraense champions
Pará 1 + 1 berth	São Raimundo (PA)	Relegated from 2010 Série C (20th place)
Paraíba 1 berth	Treze	2011 Campeonato Paraibano best record
Paraná 2 berths	Operário	2011 Campeonato Paranaense best record (3rd)
Paraná 2 berths	Cianorte	2011 Campeonato Paranaense 2nd best record (4th)
Pernambuco 2 berths	Santa Cruz	2011 Campeonato Pernambucano best first stage record (2nd)
Pernambuco 2 berths	Porto	2011 Campeonato Pernambucano 2nd best first stage record (3rd)
Piauí 1 berth	Comercial(PI)		2011 Campeonato Piauiense 1º turno champions
Rio de Janeiro 2 berths	Volta Redonda	2011 Campeonato Carioca 6th^{Note RJ} best record (12th)
Rio de Janeiro 2 berths	Audax Rio	2010 Copa Rio champions
Rio Grande do Norte 1 + 1 berth	Sport Club Santa Cruz	2011 Campeonato Potiguar best record
Rio Grande do Norte 1 + 1 berth	Alecrim	Relegated from 2010 Série C (17th place)
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 (1 berth)	No representative^{Note RO}	(2011 Campeonato Rondoniense champions)
Roraima (1 berth)	No representative^{Note RR}	(2011 Campeonato Roraimense champions)
São Paulo 2 berths	Oeste	2011 Campeonato Paulista best record (6th)
São Paulo 2 berths	Mirassol	2011 Campeonato Paulista 2nd best record (7th)
Santa Catarina 2 berths	Metropolitano	2010 Copa Santa Catarina best record (7th)
Santa Catarina 2 berths	Brusque	2011 Campeonato Catarinense best record (6th)
Sergipe 1 berth	River Plate	2011 Campeonato Sergipano champions
Tocantins 1 berth	Tocantinópolis	2010 Campeonato Tocantinense 2nd ^{Note TO} best record (3rd)

Notes:
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 Série D.^[4]
On 14 July the injunction was revoked.^[5]
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: Best placed team América de Teófilo Otoni (4th) withdrew. Rio de Janeiro:
The five best teams (Boavista, Olaria, Resende, Americano and Nova Iguaçu) withdrew. Rondônia and 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:
Best placed team Gurupi (1st) withdrew.

First stage

Key to colours in group tables
bgcolor=#ccffcc style="width: 20px;"		Group winners, runners-up advance to the Round of 16
bgcolor=#FDCBCC style="width: 20px;"		Teams which can no longer advance to the Round of 16

Group 1 (AC-AM-MT)

width=165	Team	width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20	width=20	width=20	width=20	width=20
	8	5	1	2	19	11	+8	16
	8	4	2	2	9	8	+1	14
Plácido de Castro	8	3	3	2	16	9	+7	12
Nacional-AM	8	2	1	5	9	14	−5	7
Vila Aurora	8	1	3	4	7	18	−11	6

Group 2 (AP-MA-PA-PI)

width=165	Team	width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20	width=20	width=20	width=20	width=20
	8	4	2	2	12	10	+2	14
	8	4	1	3	17	8	+9	13
	8	3	2	3	8	11	−3	11
	8	2	4	2	9	8	+1	10
	8	2	1	5	6	15	−9	7

Group 3 (CE-PE-RN)

width=165	Team	width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20	width=20	width=20	width=20	width=20
	8	5	1	2	9	6	+3	16
Santa Cruz	8	4	3	1	10	6	+4	15
Guarani de Juazeiro	8	3	2	3	7	4	+3	11
	8	3	0	5	7	12	−5	9
	8	1	2	5	6	11	−5	5

Group 4 (AL-BA-PB-SE)

width=165	Team	width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20	width=20	width=20	width=20	width=20
Coruripe	8	5	1	2	13	11	+2	16
Treze	8	5	0	3	14	11	+3	15
Bahia de Feira	8	4	0	4	12	9	+3	12
River Plate-SE	8	2	2	4	10	12	−2	8
Vitória da Conquista	8	2	1	5	6	12	−6	7

Group 5 (DF-GO-MG-TO)

width=165	Team	width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20	width=20	width=20	width=20	width=20
	8	4	2	2	10	8	+2	14
	8	4	1	3	15	11	+4	13
	8	4	1	3	13	10	+3	13
	8	2	3	3	8	9	−1	9
	8	2	1	5	8	18	−10	7

Group 6 (DF-ES-MG-RJ)

width=165	Team	width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20	width=20	width=20	width=20	width=20
	8	5	1	2	11	6	+5	16
	8	4	3	1	11	3	+8	15
	8	3	2	3	13	7	+6	11
	8	2	3	3	5	12	−7	9
	8	0	3	5	7	19	−12	3

Group 7 (MS-PR-RS-SP)

width=165	Team	width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20	width=20	width=20	width=20	width=20
	8	4	2	2	12	8	+4	14
	8	4	2	2	6	7	−1	14
	8	4	1	3	15	13	+2	13
	8	3	1	4	7	9	−2	10
	8	1	2	5	6	9	−3	5

Group 8 (PR-RS-SC)

width=165	Team	width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20	width=20	width=20	width=20	width=20
Juventude	8	6	1	1	19	7	+12	19
	8	4	2	2	9	9	+0	14
Brusque	8	3	1	4	6	11	−5	10
Metropolitano	8	3	0	5	14	16	−2	9
Cruzeiro-RS	8	1	2	5	6	11	−5	5

Notes and References

News: Calendário 2011 . 2011 Schedule . . 20 October 2010 . pt . https://web.archive.org/web/20101011091944/http://www.cbf.com.br/cal/calendario2011.pdf . 11 October 2010 . dead.
http://brasileiroseried.blogspot.com/2011/05/quatro-torneios-quem-sobe.html
http://www.futebolamazonense.com.br/2011/07/nacional-vence-fast-no-tjd.html Nacional defeat Fast at TJD
http://www.fastclube.com.br/2010/noticia.php?id=1272 TJ-AM Liminar: Fast Clube na Série D 2011 (Court of Amazonas Injunction: Fast Club in Series D 2011)
Web site: Liminar é cassada e Nacional é mantido na Série D[Injunction is revoked, and is kept in the National Series D ]]. 31 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110730051602/http://www.futebolamazonense.com.br/2011/07/liminar-e-cassada-e-nacional-e-mantido.html. 30 July 2011. dead.
Web site: Definição da 2ª vaga goiana ao Brasileiro da Série D/2011[Determination of Goias 2nd berth in 2011 Serie D] ]. fgf . 31 July 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110928155126/http://www.fgf.esp.br/noticias.asp?id_noticia=5267 . 28 September 2011 .