2010 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

Season	2010
Champions	Coritiba (2nd title)
Promoted	Coritiba Figueirense Bahia América (MG)
Relegated	Santo André Ipatinga Brasiliense América (RN)
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1047 (2.76 per match)
Top goalscorer	21 goals: Alessandro
Biggest home win	Figueirense 6-0 ASA (June 01, 2010)
Biggest away win	América (RN) 0-5 Sport Recife (June 05, 2010)
Highest scoring	7 goals: Santo André 3–4 Portuguesa (May 25, 2010) ASA 6-1 Brasiliense (July 16, 2010) Portuguesa 6-1 Paraná (October 01, 2010)
Longest winning run	6 games: Ponte Preta (July 31–August 27) Vila Nova (August 28-September 21)
Longest unbeaten run	12 games: Sport Recife (August 07-September 25)
Longest losing run	6 games: Duque de Caxias (May 08–June 04) Vila Nova (May 21–July 17)
Highest attendance	32,157: Bahia 2–0 Sport Recife (May 29, 2010)[1] Bahia 1–1 Coritiba (November 02, 2010) Bahia 3–0 Portuguesa (November 13, 2010)
Lowest attendance	32: Duque de Caxias 0–1 América (RN) (June 01, 2010)[1]
Average attendance	5,131[1]
← 2009 2011 →

In 2010, the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, the second level of the Brazilian League, was contested by 20 clubs from May 7 to November 27, 2010. The top four teams in the table, former Brazilian Série A champions Coritiba and Bahia alongside Figueirense and América (MG), were promoted to the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A to be contested in 2011, meanwhile the bottom four were relegated to Série C next season. Three former Brazilian champion played in this edition: Bahia and 2009 relegated Coritiba and Sport Recife. Playing for the first time were Guaratinguetá, which was promoted along with ASA de Arapiraca, Icasa and América Mineiro from the Série C. After spending a single season in Série A, Santo André returned to Série B along with Náutico.

Format

For the fifth consecutive season, the tournament was played in a double round-robin system. The team with most number of points has been declared champions. The top four clubs ascended to Série A, meanwhile the bottom four were relegated to Série C.

Team information

Team	City	State	Stadium	Capacity	2009 season
América Mineiro	Belo Horizonte	MG	Independência	18,000	Série C 01st place (promoted)
América de Natal	Natal	RN	Machadão	35,000	Série B 16th place
ASA de Arapiraca	Arapiraca	AL	Coaracy da Mata Fonseca	10,000	Série C 02nd place (promoted)
Bahia	Salvador	BA	Pituaçu	32,157	Série B 12th place
Bragantino	Bragança Paulista	SP	Nabi Abi Chedid	21,209	Série B 09th place
Brasiliense	Brasília	DF	Boca do Jacaré	32,000	Série B 14th place
Coritiba	Curitiba	PR	Couto Pereira	37,182	Série A 17th place (relegated)
Duque de Caxias	Duque de Caxias	RJ	Marrentão	10,000	Série B 08th place
Figueirense	Florianópolis	SC	Orlando Scarpelli	19,808	Série B 06th place
Guaratinguetá	Guaratinguetá	SP	Dario Rodrigues Leite	14,415	Série C 03rd place (promoted)
Icasa	Juazeiro do Norte	CE	Romeirão	20,000	Série C 04th place (promoted)
Ipatinga	Ipatinga	MG	Ipatingão	15,000	Série B 15th place
Náutico	Recife	PE	Aflitos	30,000	Série A 19th place (relegated)
Paraná	Curitiba	PR	Vila Capanema	20,000	Série B 10th place
Ponte Preta	Campinas	SP	Moisés Lucarelli	19,722	Série B 11th place
Portuguesa	São Paulo	SP	Canindé	25,470	Série B 05th place
Santo André	Santo André	SP	Bruno José Daniel	18,000	Série A 18th place (relegated)
São Caetano	São Caetano do Sul	SP	Anacleto Campanella	22,738	Série B 07th place
Sport Recife	Recife	PE	Ilha do Retino	35,000	Série A 20th place (relegated)
Vila Nova	Goiânia	GO	Serra Dourada	54,084	Série B 13th place

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Coritiba (C) (P)	38	21	8	9	69	49	+20	71	Promotion to the Campeonato Brasileiro
2	Figueirense (P)	38	19	10	9	68	37	+31	67
3	Bahia (P)	38	19	8	11	63	44	+19	65
4	América Mineiro (P)	38	19	6	13	56	42	+14	63
5	Portuguesa	38	19	5	14	69	52	+17	62
6	Sport Recife	38	15	11	12	54	42	+12	56
7	Paraná	38	15	8	15	47	44	+3	53
8	Bragantino	38	13	14	11	52	37	+15	53
9	ASA	38	16	4	18	52	56	−4	52
10	São Caetano	38	14	10	14	50	52	−2	52
11	Duque de Caxias	38	15	5	18	46	56	−10	50
12	Icasa	38	13	10	15	53	51	+2	49
13	Náutico	38	14	6	18	41	60	−19	48
14	Ponte Preta	38	12	12	14	49	48	+1	48
15	Guaratinguetá	38	11	14	13	47	59	−12	47
16	Vila Nova	38	13	7	18	50	69	−19	46
17	Brasiliense (R)	38	12	10	16	41	59	−18	46	Relegation to the Série C
18	Santo André (R)	38	11	10	17	53	61	−8	43
19	Ipatinga (R)	38	11	8	19	47	62	−15	41
20	América de Natal (R)	38	11	8	19	40	68	−28	41

Updated to games played on November 27, 2010.
Source: CBF (Portuguese)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head results; 6th least red cards received; 7th least yellow cards received; 8th draw
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

2010 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B Winners
Coritiba 2nd Title

Results

Home \ Away^[1]

AMG

ARN

ASA

BAH

BRG

BRS

CTB

DUQ

FIG

GTG

ICA

IPA

NAU

PAR

PON

POR

STA

SCA

SPT

VIL

América Mineiro

4–1

1–3

0–1

0–0

2–1

1–1

2–1

1–0

3–1

2–0

4–0

1–2

1–0

1–3

2–3

4–1

2–0

2–1

2–0

América de Natal

0–2

1–0

0–2

0–0

1–2

1–2

2–1

1–3

5–2

2–0

0–1

2–1

1–0

1–1

1–3

2–0

3–3

0–5

1–2

ASA

2–1

1–2

0–1

2–0

6–1

1–2

0–2

1–2

1–2

3–0

2–1

2–0

0–1

1–1

1–1

2–0

3–1

4–1

2–1

Bahia

3–0

1–0

5–1

1–1

1–1

1–1

0–1

2–2

2–1

2–4

3–1

3–0

2–1

1–1

3–0

1–2

3–0

2–0

1–1

Bragantino

1–2

5–0

2–1

2–0

2–2

2–3

4–1

0–2

1–1

0–0

2–0

3–0

1–0

0–2

2–0

3–1

1–1

0–0

5–1

Brasiliense

1–1

1–0

2–3

3–2

0–4

0–1

2–0

1–1

2–2

2–0

1–0

0–1

3–0

2–1

1–1

1–0

1–1

2–1

3–0

Coritiba

1–1

5–1

2–0

2–0

0–0

2–1

0–2

2–1

2–3

3–0

3–0

3–1

0–0

2–1

2–0

3–2

1–2

2–1

5–1

Duque de Caxias

1–0

0–1

1–1

0–0

2–1

3–0

2–3

2–2

1–2

1–0

1–1

1–2

1–5

3–2

3–2

3–2

1–0

1–3

1–0

Figueirense

0–1

4–0

6–0

1–0

0–0

1–0

2–0

0–0

2–2

5–1

5–0

1–2

4–2

4–2

2–1

2–2

1–0

0–0

2–0

Guaratinguetá

1–3

1–1

0–2

4–2

2–2

0–1

1–0

3–1

2–2

1–1

2–1

1–0

0–2

2–3

1–1

3–1

0–0

0–1

2–1

Icasa

2–3

2–2

0–1

4–0

2–1

3–0

2–2

3–1

3–1

0–0

2–0

3–1

3–0

2–0

3–1

1–2

1–1

0–0

1–4

Ipatinga

1–2

1–1

1–2

1–2

2–1

3–1

5–1

2–0

0–2

3–0

2–2

2–1

1–2

2–1

0–0

1–1

4–1

1–3

2–0

Náutico

2–1

2–2

2–1

3–2

1–1

0–0

3–1

0–2

1–1

0–1

1–0

2–0

1–4

1–1

1–0

1–0

1–2

1–1

4–1

Paraná

1–0

0–1

2–1

0–1

0–0

2–0

0–1

1–0

1–1

1–1

0–0

3–0

4–0

2–2

2–1

3–0

1–0

0–2

1–0

Ponte Preta

0–0

3–0

0–0

1–2

0–1

2–0

2–2

1–0

1–2

1–1

0–1

1–1

2–0

1–0

0–2

2–0

1–2

3–1

2–2

Portuguesa

1–0

1–2

2–0

2–4

2–0

3–1

2–2

0–2

1–0

3–0

3–1

2–1

3–1

6–1

0–1

3–2

3–1

1–2

4–1

Santo André

3–0

1–1

3–0

1–0

1–3

1–1

1–3

4–1

0–2

1–1

1–1

2–2

1–0

3–1

2–0

3–4

1–0

2–2

0–0

São Caetano

0–0

1–0

2–0

1–1

0–0

1–1

3–1

1–0

0–1

3–1

2–1

2–1

5–0

2–2

3–1

1–3

3–2

2–1

1–2

Sport Recife

1–0

3–0

2–0

1–2

2–0

3–0

3–2

1–2

2–1

1–1

1–2

0–1

1–1

1–0

1–1

1–2

1–1

4–1

0–0

Vila Nova

2–4

2–1

2–3

0–4

3–1

4–0

0–1

3–1

3–1

1–0

1–0

2–2

2–1

2–2

1–2

2–1

0–3

2–1

1–1

Source: CBF (Portuguese)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Top goalscorers

Pos	Name	Club	Goals
1	Alessandro	Ipatinga	21
2	Fábio Júnior	América (MG)	19
3	Eduardo	São Caetano	17
4	Ciro	Sport Recife	16
5	Adriano	Bahia	15
	Roni	Vila Nova
7	Ciel	ASA de Arapiraca	14
	William	Ponte Preta
9	Somália	Duque de Caxias	13
10	Héverton	Portuguesa	12
	Jael	Bahia

References

1. "Campeonato Brasileiro Série B - Statistics - 2010". CBF (in Portuguese). Retrieved December 2, 2010.