1972 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
Season	1972
Champions	Sampaio Corrêa
Matches played	134
Goals scored	299 (2.23 per match)
Top goalscorer	Pelezinho (Sampaio Corrêa) - 8 goals
Biggest home win	Sampaio Corrêa 5-0 Flamengo-PI (October 29, 1972) ; Campinense 6-1 Calouros do Ar (November 12, 1972)
Biggest away win	Moto Club 0-3 Fortaleza (September 17, 1971); Fluminense de Feira 0-3 Atlético de Alagoinhas (October 22, 1972); Calouros do Ar 0-3 América-RN (November 18, 1972); América-PE 1-4 América-RN (December 10, 1972)
	← 1971 1980 →

The football (soccer) Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 1972, the second level of Brazilian National League, was played from September 10 to December 17, 1972. The competition had 23 clubs. All of the participating clubs were from the Northeast region.

Sampaio Corrêa beat Campinense on the finals, and was declared 1972 Brazilian Série B champions. The relegation and promotion system had not been implemented yet, so no clubs were promoted. As the First division of the championship began to grow in number of clubs, this edition of the second division was the last one until 1980.

First phase

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sampaio Corrêa	10	5	3	2	12	4	+8	13
2	Tiradentes	10	4	4	2	12	9	+3	12
3	Moto Club	10	4	4	2	7	6	+1	12
4	Fortaleza	10	5	1	4	9	9	0	11
5	Guarany de Sobral	10	2	2	6	8	15	−7	6
6	Flamengo-PI	10	1	4	5	9	14	−5	6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Campinense	10	7	0	3	20	9	+11	14
2	América-RN	10	5	3	2	15	10	+5	13
3	River	10	5	2	3	14	14	0	12
4	Ferroviário-MA	10	4	4	2	12	9	+3	12
5	Maguari	10	2	1	7	7	15	−8	5
6	Calouros do Ar	10	1	2	7	11	22	−11	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	CSA	8	4	2	2	14	11	+3	10
2	América-PE	8	4	2	2	8	9	−1	10
3	Botafogo-PB	8	3	3	2	13	8	+5	9
4	Alecrim	8	1	4	3	10	12	−2	6
5	Ferroviário-PE	10	2	2	6	7	12	−5	6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Atlético de Alagoinhas	10	8	2	0	18	4	+14	18
2	Itabaiana	10	4	3	3	13	10	+3	11
3	Central	10	3	5	2	8	6	+2	11
4	Confiança	10	2	3	5	10	15	−5	7
5	Fluminense de Feira	9	1	5	3	9	16	−7	7^[a]
6	São Domingos	9	1	2	6	9	16	−7	4^[a]