2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D

Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
Season	2016
Champions	Volta Redonda
Promoted	CSA; Moto Club; São Bento; Volta Redonda
Matches played	266
Goals scored	669 (2.52 per match)
Top goalscorer	Manoel Cristiano, Altos; 10 goals
Biggest home win	8–0 Atlético Acreano v Náutico; S2 2nd leg, 7 August
Biggest away win	0–4 Goianésia v Volta Redonda; R1, 12 June; Baré v Princesa do Solimões; R6, 17 July; Icasa v Juazeirense; R6, 17 July; 1–5 Náutico v Atlético Acreano; S2 1st leg, 30 July
Highest attendance	13,861 CSA 1–0 Ituano; QF 2nd leg, 4 September
Lowest attendance	9 Goianésia 0–1 Desportiva Ferroviária; R5, 10 July
Total attendance	427,483
Average attendance	1,632
	← 2015 2017 →

The 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, the fourth level of the Brazilian League, was contested by 68 clubs. The competition started on 12 June and is ended on 1 October. The four teams in the semifinals, CSA, Moto Club, São Bento and Volta Redonda were promoted to the 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C.^[1]

Volta Redonda were champions, beating CSA in the final.

Competition format

In the first stage, 68 teams were divided into seventeen groups of four, organized regionally. The teams played home and away against the other three teams in their group, a total of six games. The winner of each group plus the best 15 runners-up qualified for the second stage. From the second stage on the competition was played as a knock-out tournament. The four semi-finalists qualified for the 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C. The winners of the semifinals played the final over two legs to determine the champion.

First stage

As at 17 July 2016

Key to colours in group tables
	Group winners advance to the Second stage
	Best group runners-up advance to the Second stage

Group A1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Atlético Acreano (Q)	6	4	2	0	15	7	+8	14
2	Nacional	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8
3	Genus	6	2	1	3	5	9	−4	7
4	Trem	6	1	1	4	5	9	−4	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group A2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Princesa do Solimões (Q)	6	4	1	1	11	5	+6	13
2	Palmas (Q)	6	3	1	2	13	10	+3	10
3	São Francisco	6	1	2	3	10	12	−2	5
4	Baré	6	0	4	2	6	13	−7	0^[a]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:

^ Baré deducted 4 points for fielding an ineligible player against Princesa do Solimões on 19 June.^[2]

Group A3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	São Raimundo (Q)	6	4	1	1	15	2	+13	13
2	Náutico (Q)	6	2	3	1	9	7	+2	9
3	Rondoniense	6	2	1	3	8	14	−6	7
4	Rio Branco	6	1	1	4	6	15	−9	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group A4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Águia de Marabá (Q)	6	3	2	1	7	5	+2	11
2	Moto Club (Q)	6	2	4	0	8	2	+6	10
3	Tocantinópolis	6	2	2	2	5	5	0	8
4	Santos	6	0	2	4	3	11	−8	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group A5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Altos (Q)	6	5	1	0	22	5	+17	16
2	Juazeirense (Q)	6	3	2	1	12	8	+4	11
3	Maranhão	6	2	0	4	7	12	−5	6
4	Icasa	6	0	1	5	3	19	−16	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group A6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	CSA (Q)	6	3	2	1	13	6	+7	11
2	Parnahyba (Q)	6	2	3	1	11	6	+5	9
3	Central	6	2	3	1	5	4	+1	9
4	Guarani	6	0	2	4	5	18	−13	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group A7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Globo (Q)	6	3	2	1	11	4	+7	11
2	América (Q)	6	3	1	2	9	7	+2	10
3	Sousa	6	3	1	2	11	11	0	10
4	Galícia	6	1	0	5	7	16	−9	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group A8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Uniclinic (Q)	6	3	3	0	11	5	+6	12
2	Itabaiana (Q)	6	3	2	1	10	5	+5	11
3	Potiguar	6	3	1	2	8	6	+2	10
4	Serra Talhada	6	0	0	6	1	14	−13	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group A9

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Campinense (Q)	6	3	1	2	7	5	+2	10
2	Fluminense de Feira (Q)	6	2	3	1	9	8	+1	9
3	Murici	6	2	2	2	9	10	−1	8
4	Sergipe	6	0	4	2	6	8	−2	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group A10

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ceilândia (Q)	6	5	0	1	19	6	+13	15
2	Aparecidense (Q)	6	4	1	1	9	7	+2	13
3	Comercial	6	1	1	4	2	12	−10	4
4	AA Araguaia	6	1	0	5	8	13	−5	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group A11

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sete de Setembro (Q)	6	3	2	1	9	6	+3	11
2	Anápolis (Q)	6	3	2	1	5	3	+2	11
3	Luziânia	6	1	3	2	4	5	−1	6
4	Sinop	6	0	3	3	7	11	−4	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group A12

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Volta Redonda (Q)	6	4	2	0	11	1	+10	14
2	URT (Q)	6	4	1	1	10	3	+7	13
3	Desportiva Ferroviária	6	2	1	3	7	6	+1	7
4	Goianésia	6	0	0	6	2	20	−18	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group A13

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Caldense (Q)	6	4	1	1	6	1	+5	13
2	Espírito Santo (Q)	6	2	2	2	4	3	+1	8
3	Boavista	6	2	1	3	3	5	−2	7
4	Osasco Audax	6	0	4	2	1	5	−4	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group A14

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	São Bento (Q)	6	4	1	1	7	1	+6	13
2	Portuguesa	6	2	1	3	3	8	−5	7
3	Villa Nova	6	1	4	1	3	3	0	7
4	São José	6	1	2	3	3	4	−1	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group A15

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	J. Malucelli (Q)	6	3	2	1	8	4	+4	11
2	Brusque (Q)	6	2	3	1	7	2	+5	9
3	Novo Hamburgo	6	2	2	2	4	6	−2	8
4	Madureira	6	1	1	4	2	9	−7	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group A16

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Internacional de Lages (Q)	6	3	1	2	8	4	+4	10
2	Linense (Q)	6	3	1	2	7	7	0	10
3	São Paulo	6	3	0	3	6	7	−1	9
4	PSTC	6	1	2	3	6	9	−3	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group A17

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ituano (Q)	6	4	1	1	15	5	+10	13
2	Caxias (Q)	6	3	0	3	9	9	0	9
3	Maringá	6	2	2	2	8	10	−2	8
4	Metropolitano	6	1	1	4	5	13	−8	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

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 winner would be numbered lower in sequence than the group runner-up.

To keep the draw regionalised Team 1 would play Team 18, Team 2 would play Team 17 and this pattern was repeated throughout the draw. The higher numbered team would play at home in the first leg.^[3]

Ranking of group winners

Ranking of group winners to determine the worst performing team to be placed into pot 2 was achieved by comparing 1) Points gained 2) Most victories 3) Best goal difference 4) Most goals scored 5) Sort.^[3]

Rank	Team	Pts	W	GD	GF	Pot
1	Altos	16	5	17	22	Pot 1
2	Ceilândia	15	5	13	19	Pot 1
3	Volta Redonda	14	4	10	11	Pot 1
4	Atlético Acreano	14	4	8	15	Pot 1
5	São Raimundo	13	4	13	15	Pot 1
6	Ituano	13	4	10	15	Pot 1
7	Princesa do Solimões	13	4	6	11	Pot 1
8	São Bento	13	4	6	7	Pot 1
9	Caldense	13	4	5	6	Pot 1
10	Uniclinic	12	3	6	11	Pot 1
11	CSA	11	3	7	13	Pot 1
12	Globo	11	3	7	11	Pot 1
13	J. Malucelli	11	3	4	8	Pot 1
14	Sete de Setembro	11	3	3	9	Pot 1
15	Águia de Marabá	11	3	2	7	Pot 1
16	Internacional de Lages	10	3	4	8	Pot 1
17	Campinense	10	3	2	7	Pot 2

Ranking of group runners-up

Ranking of group runners-up to determine the 15 best performing teams to be placed into pot 2 was achieved by comparing 1) Points gained 2) Most victories 3) Best goal difference 4) Most goals scored 5) Sort. ^[3]

Rank	Team	Pts	W	GD	GF	Pot
1	URT	13	4	7	10	Pot 2
2	Aparecidense	13	4	2	9	Pot 2
3	Itabaiana	11	3	5	10	Pot 2
4	Juazeirense	11	3	4	12	Pot 2
5	Anápolis	11	3	2	5	Pot 2
6	Palmas	10	3	3	13	Pot 2
7	América	10	3	2	9	Pot 2
8	Linense	10	3	0	7	Pot 2
9	Moto Club	10	2	6	8	Pot 2
10	Caxias	9	3	0	9	Pot 2
11	Parnahyba	9	2	5	11	Pot 2
12	Brusque	9	2	5	7	Pot 2
13	Náutico	9	2	2	9	Pot 2
14	Fluminense de Feira	9	2	1	9	Pot 2
15	Espírito Santo	8	2	1	4	Pot 2
16	Nacional	8	2	0	8	Eliminated
17	Portuguesa	7	2	-5	3	Eliminated

Qualification pots

Pot 1
#	Group	Team
1	A1	Atlético Acreano
2	A2	Princesa do Solimões
3	A3	São Raimundo
4	A4	Águia de Marabá
5	A5	Altos
6	A6	CSA
7	A7	Globo
8	A8	Uniclinic
9	A10	Ceilândia
10	A11	Sete de Setembro
11	A12	Volta Redonda
12	A13	Caldense
13	A14	São Bento
14	A15	J. Malucelli
15	A16	Internacional de Lages
16	A17	Ituano

Pot 2
#	Group	Team
17	A2	Palmas
18	A3	Náutico
19	A4	Moto Club
20	A5	Juazeirense
21	A6	Parnahyba
22	A7	América
23	A8	Itabaiana
24	A9	Campinense
25	A9	Fluminense de Feira
26	A10	Aparecidense
27	A11	Anápolis
28	A12	URT
29	A13	Espírito Santo
30	A15	Brusque
31	A16	Linense
32	A17	Caxias

Ties

Matches took place between 23 July and 7 August.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Tie number
Náutico	1–13	Atlético Acreano	1–5	0–8	B1
Palmas	1–6	Princesa do Solimões	1–3	0–3	B2
Juazeirense	5–2	São Raimundo	2–1	3–1	B3
Moto Club	2–1	Águia de Marabá	1–0	1–1	B4
América	1–4	Altos	1–2	0–2	B5
Parnahyba	1–5	CSA	1–2	0–3	B6
Campinense	2–1	Globo	2–1	0–0	B7
Itabaiana	3–2	Uniclinic	0–0	3–2	B8
Aparecidense	1–2	Ceilândia	0–0	1–2	B9
Fluminense de Feira	4–0	Sete de Setembro	2–0	2–0	B10
URT	1–3	Volta Redonda	1–1	0–2	B11
Anápolis	2–2 (7–6 p)	Caldense	1–1	1–1	B12
Brusque	0–1	São Bento	0–0	0–1	B13
Espírito Santo	1–3	J. Malucelli	0–1	1–2	B14
Caxias	1–2	Internacional de Lages	1–2	0–0	B15
Linense	2–2^[a]	Ituano	2–1	0–1	B16

^ Ituano go through due to Away goals rule

Third stage

The third stage was also a two-legged knockout tie, with the draw regionalised. The ties were predetermined from the second stage, with the winner of second stage tie 1 playing the winner of second stage tie 2, etc.^[3]

Ties

First team in the draw has home advantage in the second leg.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Tie number
Atlético Acreano	4–2	Princesa do Solimões	1–1	3–1	C1
Juazeirense	2–3	Moto Club	1–3	1–0	C2
Altos	2–3	CSA	0–3	2–0	C3
Itabaiana	2–2 (4–3 p)	Campinense	0–2	2–0	C4
Ceilândia	1–1 (3–4 p)	Fluminense de Feira	1–0	0–1	C5
Volta Redonda	2–1	Anápolis	2–1	0–0	C6
São Bento	3–1	J. Malucelli	1–1	2–0	C7
Ituano	5–4	Internacional de Lages	5–3	0–1	C8

Final stage

The final stage was a two leg knockout competition with quarter-final, semi-final and final rounds. The draw for the quarter-final was seeded based on the table of results of all matches in the competition for the qualifying teams. First would play eighth, second would play seventh, etc. The top four seeded teams would play the second leg at home. The four quarter-final winners were promoted to Série C for 2017.

The draw for the semi-final was seeded based on the table of results of all matches in the competition for the qualifying teams. First would play fourth, second would play third. The top two seeded teams would play the second leg at home.

In the final, the team with the best record in the competition would play the second leg at home.^[3]

Quarter final seedings

Seed	Team	Pts	W	GD	GF
1	Atlético Acreano	24	10	32	10
2	Volta Redonda	22	10	16	3
3	São Bento	21	10	11	2
4	CSA	20	10	21	9
5	Ituano	19	10	22	11
6	Itabaiana	18	10	15	9
7	Fluminense de Feira	18	10	14	9
8	Moto Club	17	10	13	5

Quarter final ties

First team in the draw had home advantage in the second leg.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético Acreano	3–4	Moto Club	2–2	1–2
Volta Redonda	5–3	Fluminense de Feira	3–2	2–1
São Bento	3–0	Itabaiana	1–0	2–0
CSA	3–1	Ituano	2–1	1–0