The Serie B of the Brazilian Championship 2017 was a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the second division. It was contested by 20 clubs, between 12 May and 25 November. The top four teams were promoted to Série A in 2018 and the bottom four were relegated to Série C in 2018.
América Mineiro were crowned champions.
Teams
Pos.Relegated from 2016 Serie A17ºInternacional18ºFigueirense19ºSanta Cruz20ºAmérica Mineiro
Pos.Promoted from 2016 Serie C1º Boa Esporte2º Guarani3° Juventude4ºABC
Number of teams by state Number of teams State Team(s)3 Brasil de Pelotas, Internacional, and Juventude2 Goiás and Vila Nova América Mineiro and Boa Esporte Londrina and Paraná Náutico and Santa Cruz Guarani and Oeste Figueirense and Criciúma1 CRB Ceará Luverdense ABC Paysandu
Personnel and kits
TeamManagerKit manufacturerShirt sponsorABC Ranielle Ribeiro Rinat CaixaAmérica Mineiro Enderson Moreira Lupo CaixaBoa Esporte Sidney Moraes EmbratexNoneBrasil de Pelotas Clemer Topper CaixaCeará Marcelo Chamusca Penalty CaixaCRB Mazola Júnior Rinat CaixaCriciúma Grizzo Embratex CaixaFigueirense Milton Cruz Adidas CaixaGoiás Hélio dos Anjos Topper CaixaGuarani Lisca Topper IESCAMPInternacional Odair Hellmann Nike BanrisulJuventude Antônio Carlos Zago 19Treze (homemade) BanrisulLondrina Claudio Tencati Karilu CaixaLuverdense Júnior Rocha Kanxa SicrediNáutico Roberto Fernandes Topper CaixaOeste Roberto Cavalo DekaNoneParaná Clube Matheus Costa Topper RaccoPaysandu Marquinhos Santos Lobo (homemade) CaixaSanta Cruz Adriano Teixeira Cobra Coral (homemade) MRVVila Nova Hemerson Maria Rinat Caixa
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDatePosition in tableIncoming managerGoiás Sérgio SoaresSacked27 May17th Sílvio CriciúmaInternacional Antônio Carlos ZagoSacked28 May17th Guto FerreiraCriciúma DeividSacked30 May20th Luiz Carlos WinckSanta Cruz Vinícius EutrópioSacked10 June7th Givanildo OliveiraCRB Léo CondéSacked13 June16th Dado CavalcantiNáutico Waldemar LemosSacked14 June20th Beto CamposFigueirense Márcio GoianoSacked14 June14th Marcelo CaboBoa Esporte Julinho CamargoSacked15 June19th Nedo XavierCeará Givanildo OliveiraSacked16 June8th Marcelo ChamuscaPaysandu Marcelo Chamusca Signed by Ceará18 June10th Marquinhos SantosParaná Cristian de SouzaSacked14 July14th LiscaGoiás Sílvio CriciúmaMutual consent19 July15th Argel FucksABC GeninhoSacked19 July19th Márcio FernandesBrasil de Pelotas Rogério Zimmermann Sacked19 July16th ClemerFigueirense Marcelo Cabo Sacked30 July18th Milton CruzNáutico Beto Campos Sacked30 July20th Roberto FernandesABC Márcio FernandesSacked21 August20th Itamar SchülleGoiás Argel FucksMutual consent25 August15th Sílvio CriciúmaSanta Cruz Givanildo OliveiraSacked26 August18th Marcelo MartelotteGuarani VadãoSacked29 August18th Marcelo CaboParaná LiscaSacked2 September5th Matheus CostaGoiás Sílvio CriciúmaMutual consent16 September17th Hélio dos AnjosCRB Dado CavalcantiSacked17 September13th Mazola JúniorCriciúma Luiz Carlos WinckSacked18 September8th Beto CamposGuarani Marcelo CaboSacked9 October15th LiscaABC Itamar SchülleSacked18 October20th Ranielle RibeiroJuventude Gilmar Dal PozzoSacked21 October8th Antônio Carlos ZagoBoa Esporte Nedo XavierMutual consent9 November17th Sidney MoraesInternacional Guto FerreiraSacked11 November2nd Odair HellmannCriciúma Beto CamposSacked15 November10th GrizzoSanta Cruz Marcelo MartelotteSacked15 November18th Adriano Teixeira
League table
Results
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1MazinhoOeste16BergsonPaysandu3HenanFigueirense124Jonatas BelussoLondrina11Tiago MarquesJuventudeAlan MineiroVila Nova7LucãoCriciúma10William PottkerInternacionalThacianoBoa EsporteRodolfoBoa Esporte
Attendances Average home attendances
Team 1 Internacional19 443,240 33,193 8,882 23,328 2 Ceará19 390,551 56,005 3,45720,555 3 Paraná19 205,167 39,414 2,127 10,798 4 Vila Nova16 116,598 20,550 818 7,287 5 Goiás14 86,839 12,586 1,263 6,203 6 Paysandu19 117,057 12,582 3,010 6,161 7 CRB19 107,217 13,151 2,284 5,643 8 Santa Cruz19 78,394 20,415 251 4,126 9 Juventude19 77,945 10,799 2,162 4,102 10 Figueirense19 76,751 7,852 1,971 4,040 11 Guarani17 63,723 8,673 1,502 3,748 12 Brasil de Pelotas19 62,923 8,006 1,793 3,312 13 América Mineiro19 60,745 15,115 952 3,197 14 ABC19 59,380 7,172 888 3,125 15 Londrina19 55,434 6,568 495 2,918 16 Criciúma19 54,429 9,087 1,131 2,865 17 Oeste19 53,217 10,205 971 2,801 18 Náutico18 45,231 11,579 119 2,513 19 Luverdense19 23,350 4,243 212 1,229 20 Boa Esporte19 17,259 3,602 323 908 - Total 369 2,195,450 56,005 119 5,950
Updated for games played on 25 November 2017. Paying spectators only.
Source: Boletim Financeiro
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