The 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, the fourth level of the Brazilian League, was contested by 68 clubs. The competition started on 21 May and ended on 10 September 2017.
Atlético Acreano, Globo, Juazeirense and Operário Ferroviário qualified for the semi-finals and were promoted to the 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C.
Operário Ferroviário won the title after defeating Globo in the final.
Competition format In the first stage, 68 teams were divided into seventeen groups of four, organized regionally. The teams played home and away against the other three teams in their group, a total of six games. The winner of each group plus the best 15 runners-up qualified for the second stage. From the second stage on the competition was played as a knock-out tournament with each round contested over two legs. The four semi-finalists qualified for the 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C.
First stage Key to colours in group tablesGroup winners advance to the Second stageBest group runners-up advance to the Second stage
Group A1 (AC-AP-AM-RO)
Group A2 (AM-PA-RR-TO)
Group A3 (AC-PA-RO-RR)
Group A4 (AP-MA-PI-TO)
Group A5 (CE-MA-PI-RN)
Group A6 (CE-PE-PI-RN)
Group A7 (AL-BA-PB-PE)
Group A8 (BA-PB-PE-SE)
Group A9 (AL-BA-RN-SE)
Group A10 (DF-GO-MT-MS)
Group A11 (DF-GO-MT-MS)
Group A12 (GO-MG-RJ-SP)
Group A13 (ES-MG-RJ-SP)
Group A14 (ES-MG-RJ-SP)
Group A15 (PR-RS-SC-SP)
Group A16 (PR-RS-SC-SP)
Group A17 (PR-RS-SC-SP)
Second stage The Second stage was a two-legged knockout tie, with the draw regionalised.
Qualification and draw The 32 qualifiers (17 group winners and 15 best performing group runners-up) were divided into two pots. Pot 1 contained the 16 best performing group winners. Pot 2 contained the worst performing group winner and the 15 qualifying group runners-up. In pot 1 the teams were numbered 1 to 16 in numerical order of the group they qualified from. In pot 2 the teams were numbered 17 to 32 in numerical order of the group they qualified from. In the case that one of the qualifying runners-up was from the same group as the worst performing group winner, both teams would be in pot 2 and the group winner would be numbered lower in sequence than the group runner-up.
To keep the draw regionalised Team 1 played Team 18, Team 2 played Team 17 and this pattern was repeated throughout the draw. The higher numbered team played at home in the first leg.
Ranking of group winners Ranking of group winners to determine the worst performing team to be placed into pot 2 is achieved by comparing 1) Points gained 2) Most victories 3) Best goal difference 4) Most goals scored 5) Sort.
Team 1 América de Natal 155913 Pot 1 2 Portuguesa (RJ) 14479 Pot 1 3 Atlético Acreano 1341016 Pot 1 4 Santos 134511 Pot 1 5 Rio Branco 134410 Pot 1 6 São Bernardo 13447 Pot 1 7 Guarany de Sobral 134310 Pot 1 8 São José (RS) 124913 Pot 1 9 Globo 12447 Pot 1 10 12436 Pot 1 11 Boavista 113310 Pot 1 12 Gurupi 11339 Pot 1 13 11328 Pot 1 14 Ceilândia 10338 Pot 1 15 Fluminense de Feira 9249 Pot 1 16 Juazeirense 9239 Pot 1 17 Villa Nova 9206 Pot 2
Ranking of group runners-up Ranking of group runners-up to determine the 15 best performing teams to be placed into pot 2 is achieved by comparing 1) Points gained 2) Most victories 3) Best goal difference 4) Most goals scored 5) Sort.
Team 1 12459 Pot 2 2 Altos 103814 Pot 2 3 Maranhão 10359 Pot 2 4 Brusque 10338 Pot 2 5 Aparecidense 103210 Pot 2 6 Comercial 103110 Pot 2 7 URT 103-14 Pot 2 8 Metropolitano 103-23 Pot 2 9 Parnahyba 9326 Pot 2 10 Jacobina 9309 Pot 2 11 Espírito Santo 9226 Pot 2 12 Sousa 9226 Pot 2 13 São Francisco 9217 Pot 2 14 Campinense 8216 Pot 2 15 8205 Pot 2 16 Inter de Lages 8204 Eliminated 17 São Raimundo 73411 Eliminated
Qualification pots Pot 1Team 1 A1 Atlético Acreano 2 A2 Gurupi 3 A3 Rio Branco 4 A4 Santos 5 A5 Guarany de Sobral 6 A6 Globo 7 A7 Juazeirense 8 A8 Fluminense de Feira 9 A9 América de Natal 10 A10 Ceilândia 11 A11 12 A12 Portuguesa (RJ) 13 A14 Boavista 14 A15 15 A16 São Bernardo 16 A17 São José (RS)Pot 2Team 17 A1 18 A3 São Francisco 19 A4 Altos 20 A5 Maranhão 21 A6 Parnahyba 22 A7 Sousa 23 A8 Campinense 24 A9 Jacobina 25 A10 Comercial 26 A11 Aparecidense 27 A12 URT 28 A13 Villa Nova 29 A13 Desportiva Ferroviária 30 A14 Espírito Santo 31 A15 Brusque 32 A17 Metropolitano
Ties The second stage matches were originally scheduled between 1 and 9 July, but they were rescheduled due to the investigation involving São Raimundo. The matches were postponed by the CBF for a week. Finally, the matches were played between 8 and 16 July.
Third stage The third stage was also a two-legged knockout tie, with the draw regionalised. The ties were predetermined from the second stage, with the winner of second stage tie 1 playing the winner of second stage tie 2, etc. The matches were played between 22 and 30 July.
Ties
Final stage The final stage was a two leg knockout competition with quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals rounds. The draw for the quarter-finals was seeded based on the table of results of all matches in the competition for the qualifying teams. First played eighth, second played seventh, etc. The top four seeded teams played the second leg at home. The four quarter-final winners were promoted to Série C for 2018.
The draw for the semi-finals was seeded based on the table of results of all matches in the competition for the qualifying teams. First played fourth, second played third. The top two seeded teams played the second leg at home.
In the finals, the team with the best record in the competition played the second leg at home.
Quarter-finals seedings Team 1 América de Natal2581217 2 Globo2481016 3 217611 4 Atlético Acreano2061525 5 São José (RS)175915 6 Maranhão164716 7 URT16407 8 Juazeirense153517
Quarter-finals ties The matches were played between 5 and 14 August.
Semi-finals seedings Team 1 Globo2791017 2 279916 3 Atlético Acreano2471627 4 Juazeirense194821
Semi-finals ties The matches were played between 19 and 28 August.
Final The matches were played on 3 and 10 September.
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