2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D

Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
Season	2012
Champions	Sampaio Corrêa
Promoted	Sampaio Corrêa; CRAC; Mogi Mirim; Baraúnas
Matches played	190
Goals scored	483 (2.54 per match)
Average attendance	2,301.5
	← 2011 2013 →

In 2012, the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, the fourth division of the Brazilian League, was contested for the fourth time. Forty clubs competed, four of which eventually qualified for the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C to be contested in 2013.

Competition format

The 40 teams were divided in eight groups of 5, playing in a double round-robin format. The two best ranked in each group at the end of 10 rounds qualified for the second stage, which was played in home-and-away system. Winners advanced to the third stage. These quarterfinal winners were promoted to the Série C 2013. According to the playoff structure, one team from each "mini-tournament" was promoted.^[1]

Participating teams

State	Team	Qualification method
Acre	Atlético Acreano	2012 Campeonato Acreano best record ^{Note AC}
Alagoas	CSA	2012 Campeonato Alagoano best record
Amapá	Santos-AP	2011 Campeonato Amapaense runners-up ^{Note AP}
Amazonas	Penarol	2011 Campeonato Amazonense champions
Bahia	Feirense	2012 Campeonato Baiano best record
Bahia	Vitória da Conquista	2011 Copa Governador do Estado da Bahia champions
Ceará	Horizonte	2012 Campeonato Cearense best record
Distrito Federal	Ceilândia	2012 Campeonato Brasiliense best record
Distrito Federal	Sobradinho	2012 Campeonato Brasiliense 3rd best record ^{Note TO}
Espírito Santo	Aracruz	2012 Campeonato Capixaba champions
Goiás	CRAC	2012 Campeonato Goiano best record
Goiás	AA Aparecidense	2012 Campeonato Goiano 3rd best record ^{Note GO}
Maranhão	Sampaio Corrêa	2011 Campeonato Maranhense champions
Mato Grosso	Mixto	2012 Campeonato Matogrossense best record
Mato Grosso do Sul	CENE	2011 Campeonato Sul-Matogrossense champions
Minas Gerais	Nacional-MG	2012 Campeonato Mineiro best record
Minas Gerais	Guarani-MG	2012 Campeonato Mineiro 2nd best record
Pará	Remo	2012 Campeonato Paraense 2nd best record ^{Note PA}
Paraíba	Sousa	2012 Campeonato Paraibano best record
Paraná	Arapongas	2012 Campeonato Paranaense best record
Paraná	Cianorte	2012 Campeonato Paranaense 2nd best record
Pernambuco	Petrolina	2012 Campeonato Pernambucano best record
Pernambuco	Ypiranga-PE	2012 Campeonato Pernambucano 2nd best record
Piauí	Comercial-PI	2011 Campeonato Piauiense champion
Rio de Janeiro	Volta Redonda	2012 Campeonato Carioca 2nd best record^{Note RJ}
Rio de Janeiro	Friburguense	2011 Copa Rio runner-up
Rio Grande do Norte	Baraúnas	2012 Campeonato Potiguar best record
Rio Grande do Sul	Juventude	2011 Copa FGF champions
Rio Grande do Sul	Cerâmica	2012 Campeonato Gaúcho 6th best record ^{Note RS}
Rondônia	Vilhena	2012 Campeonato Rondoniense champions
Roraima	Náutico-RR	Roraima qualifiers 2012
São Paulo	Mogi Mirim	2012 Campeonato Paulista best record
São Paulo	Mirassol	2012 Campeonato Paulista 2nd best record
Santa Catarina	Metropolitano	2012 Campeonato Catarinense best record
Santa Catarina	Concórdia	2011 Copa Santa Catarina 5th
Sergipe	Itabaiana	2012 Campeonato Sergipano champions
Tocantins	(all teams withdrew)	2011 Campeonato Tocantinense champions
Brazil	Araguaína	2011 Série C Group A 5th	^[2]
	Campinense	2011 Série C Group B 5th
	Marília	2011 Série C Group C 5th
	Brasil de Pelotas	2011 Série C Group D 5th

Notes:

Acre:
Atlético Acreano replaced Rio Branco-AC.

Amapá:
Santos-AP replaced Trem.

Goias:
Associação Atlética Aparecidense replaced Itumbiara.

Pará:
Remo replaced Cametá Sport Club.

Rio Grande do Sul:
Cerâmica replaced Veranópolis Esporte Clube, Novo Hamburgo, São José (PA), Pelotas and Lajeadense.

Rio de Janeiro:
Volta Redonda replaced Resende.

Santa Catarina:
Concórdia replaced Brusque and Metropolitano. Concórdia qualified as last placed team.

Tocantins:

All Tocantins-based teams withdrew. Since Tocantins was already allocated a berth in Group 5 the berth passed on to Goias. No Goias-based team wanted the berth so it passed on to the Federal District.

First stage

Key to colours in group tables
	Group winners, runners-up advance to the Round of 16
	Teams eliminated from the competition

Group 1 (AC-AM-PA-RO-RR)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Remo	8	5	1	2	20	16	+4	16
Vilhena	8	5	0	3	17	10	+7	15
Atlético Acreano	8	4	1	3	19	15	+4	13
Penarol	8	3	0	5	16	16	0	9
Náutico-RR	8	2	0	6	9	24	−15	6

Group 2 (AP-MA-MT-PI-TO)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sampaio Corrêa	8	8	0	0	25	2	+23	24
Mixto	8	3	3	2	13	9	+4	12
Comercial-PI	8	2	2	4	6	13	-7	5¹
Santos-AP	8	1	4	3	9	16	-7	4¹
Araguaína	8	0	3	5	4	17	−13	3

¹ Three points deducted for use of irregular player.

Group 3 (CE-PB-PE-RN)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Baraúnas	8	4	3	1	12	7	+5	15
Campinense	8	4	2	2	11	8	+3	14
Horizonte	8	3	4	1	9	5	+4	13
Ypiranga-PE	8	2	2	4	13	15	−2	8
Petrolina	8	0	3	5	9	19	−10	3

Group 4 (AL-BA-PB-SE)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
CSA	8	6	2	0	15	3	+12	20
Sousa	8	3	4	1	7	5	+2	13
Feirense	8	3	2	3	9	12	-3	11
Itabaiana	8	1	3	4	5	10	−5	6
Vitória da Conquista	8	1	1	6	7	13	−6	4

Group 5 (DF-GO-MS)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
CRAC	8	4	3	1	15	9	+6	15
Ceilândia	8	4	2	2	14	14	0	14
CENE	8	4	1	3	17	11	+6	13
Aparecidense	8	3	1	4	11	15	−4	10
Sobradinho	8	0	3	5	8	16	−8	3

Group 6 (ES-MG-RJ)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Friburguense	8	4	4	0	13	4	+9	16
Nacional-MG	8	3	4	1	7	5	+2	13
Aracruz	8	2	3	3	5	7	-2	9
Volta Redonda	8	2	2	4	5	6	−1	8
Guarani-MG	8	1	3	4	3	11	−8	6

Group 7 (PR-RS-SC-SP)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cianorte	8	5	3	0	14	4	+10	18
Mogi Mirim	8	3	4	1	10	7	+3	13
Cerâmica	8	3	2	3	10	7	+3	11
Marília	8	1	4	3	7	15	−8	7
Concórdia	8	1	1	6	7	15	−8	4

Group 8 (PR-RS-SC-SP)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Metropolitano	8	4	2	2	8	7	+1	14
Juventude	8	3	3	2	7	4	+3	12
Arapongas	8	2	4	2	6	6	0	10
Brasil de Pelotas	8	2	3	3	6	7	−1	9
Mirassol	8	1	4	2	8	11	−3	7

Final Stage

Round of 16				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Finals

Remo	0	2	2

Mixto	2	1	3
				Mixto	1	0	1

				Sampaio Corrêa* (a)	1	0	1
Sampaio Corrêa	2	4	6

Vilhena	2	1	3
								Sampaio Corrêa	1	1	2

								Baraúnas	1	0	1
Baraúnas	1	2	3

Sousa	0	0	0
				Baraúnas*	1	2	3

				Campinense	1	0	1
CSA	1	0	1

Campinense	2	0	2
												Sampaio Corrêa	1	2	3

												CRAC	1	0	1
CRAC (a)	1	1	2

Nacional-MG	2	0	2
				CRAC* (a)	2	1	3

				Friburguense	0	3	3
Friburguense	0	2	2

Ceilândia	0	1	1
								CRAC	1	2	3

								Mogi Mirim	1	0	1
Cianorte	1	3	4

Juventude	3	0	3
				Cianorte	2	1	3 (2)

				Mogi Mirim* (pen)	1	2	3 (4)
Metropolitano	1	1	2

Mogi Mirim (a)	0	2	2

^* Promoted to 2013 Série C.

References

^ http://brasileiroseried.blogspot.com/2011/05/quatro-torneios-quem-sobe.html (in Portuguese)
^ CBF. "Regulations for 2011 Serie C" (PDF). CBF. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-05-09. Retrieved 2019-04-15.

[1] ttp://brasileiroseried.blogspot.com/2011/05/quatro-torneios-quem-sobe.html (in Portuguese)

[2] CBF. "Regulations for 2011 Serie C" (PDF). CBF. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-05-09. Retrieved 2019-04-15.

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