The football (soccer) Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 1997, the second level of Brazilian National League, was played from August 9 to December 7, 1997. The competition had 25 clubs and two of them were promoted to Série A and five were relegated to Série C. The competition was won by América-MG.
América-MG finished the final phase group with the most points, and was declared 1997 Brazilian Série B champions, claiming the promotion to the 1998 Série A along with Ponte Preta, the runners-up. The five worst ranked teams in each group (Mogi Mirim, Sergipe, Moto Club, Central and Goiatuba) were relegated to play Série C in 1998.
Teams Team City Stadium 1996 Season ABC Natal Machadão 22nd in Série B América-MG Belo Horizonte Independência 5th in Série B Americano Rio de Janeiro Godofredo Cruz 13th in Série B Atlético-GO Goiânia Serra Dourada 12th in Série B Botafogo-SP Ribeirão Preto Santa Cruz 2nd in Série C Ceará Fortaleza Castelão 19th in Série B Central Caruaru Lacerdão 25th in Série B CRB Maceió Pajuçara 20th in Série B Desportiva Cariacica Engenheiro Araripe 11th in Série B Gama Gama Bezerrão 17th in Série B Goiatuba Goiatuba Divino Garcia Rosa 23rd in Série B Joinville Joinville Ernestão 15th in Série B Londrina Londrina Café 4th in Série B Mogi Mirim Mogi Mirim Wilson Fernandes de Barros 6th in Série B Moto Club São Luís Castelão 8th in Série B Náutico Recife Aflitos 3rd in Série B Paysandu Belém Curuzú 21st in Série B Ponte Preta Campinas Moisés Lucarelli 18th in Série B Remo Belém Mangueirão 7th in Série B Santa Cruz Recife Arruda 9th in Série B Tuna Luso Belém Francisco Vasques 16th in Série B Sergipe Aracaju João Hora 24th in Série B Vila Nova Goiânia Serra Dourada 1st in Série C Volta Redonda Volta Redonda Raulino de Oliveira 14th in Série B XV de Piracicaba Piracicaba Barão da Serra Negra 10th in Série B
First phase Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Second phase TeamsScoresTeam 1PointsTeam 21st leg2nd leg3rd leg Agg. ABC 1:7 Gama2:20:31:33:8 Vila Nova 4:4 Ceará2:01:10:13:2 Americano 3:6 CRB2:10:21:53:8 XV de Piracicaba 1:7 Ponte Preta1:11:20:12:4 Náutico1 4:4 Londrina2:10:11:13:3 América-MG 7:1 Desportiva2:01:12:15:2 Paysandu 4:4 Tuna Luso2:10:00:42:5 Atlético-GO 0:6 Joinville1:21:2—2:4
1Náutico qualified after defeating Londrina on a penalty shoot-out.
Third phase Group F
Group G
Final phase
Final standings
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