2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

The 2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B was a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the second division. The competition was originally scheduled to begin on 2 May and end on 28 November,^[1] however due to the COVID-19 pandemic the tournament was rescheduled for 7 August 2020–29 January 2021.^[2][3]

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

Season	2020
Dates	7 August 2020 – 29 January 2021
Champions	Chapecoense (1st title)
Promoted	América Mineiro Chapecoense Cuiabá Juventude
Relegated	Botafogo-SP Figueirense Oeste Paraná
Matches played	380
Goals scored	824 (2.17 per match)
Top goalscorer	Caio Dantas (17 goals)
Biggest home win	Juventude 5–0 Paraná R22, 20 November 2020
Biggest away win	Ponte Preta 0–5 Chapecoense R17, 20 October 2020 Figueirense 2–7 Ponte Preta R38, 29 January 2021
Highest scoring	Figueirense 2–7 Ponte Preta R38, 29 January 2021
Longest winning run	5 games América Mineiro
Longest unbeaten run	17 games Chapecoense
Longest winless run	12 games Oeste
Longest losing run	8 games Paraná
← 2019 2021 →

Twenty teams competed in the tournament, twelve returning from the 2019 season, four promoted from the 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C (Confiança, Juventude, Náutico and Sampaio Corrêa),^[4] and four relegated from the 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (Avaí, Chapecoense, Cruzeiro and CSA).^[5] This was the first Série B played by Cruzeiro in their history.^[6]

Cruzeiro were deducted six points after their denial to pay the fee that was agreed upon with Emirati side Al Wahda over Denílson loan in 2016. Al Wahda decided to take this issue to FIFA and they won the case.^[7]

The matches Chapecoense v CSA, scheduled for 12 August 2020 (2nd round),^[8] CSA v Cuiabá, scheduled for 15 August 2020 (3rd round),^[9] Sampaio Corrêa v Figueirense, scheduled for 19 August 2020 (4th round),^[10] and Brasil de Pelotas v Sampaio Corrêa, scheduled for 23 August 2020 (5th round),^[11] were postponed after 20 CSA and 14 Sampaio Corrêa players tested positive for COVID-19.

The top four teams were promoted to the 2021 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. América Mineiro and Chapecoense became the first two clubs to be promoted on 12 January 2021 after a 0–0 draw against Náutico and a 2–1 win against Figueirense, respectively.^[12] Cuiabá was promoted on 22 January 2021,^[13] and Juventude on 29 January 2021.^[14]

Teams

América Mineiro

Avaí

Botafogo-SP

Brasil de Pelotas

Chapecoense

Confiança

CRB

Cruzeiro

CSA

Cuiabá

Figueirense

Guarani

Juventude

Náutico

Oeste

Operário Ferroviário

Paraná

Ponte Preta

Sampaio Corrêa

Vitória

Location of teams in 2020 Série B

Pos. Relegated from 2019 Série A 17º Cruzeiro 18º CSA 19º Chapecoense 20º Avaí

Pos. Promoted from 2019 Série C 1º Náutico 2º Sampaio Corrêa 3° Juventude 4º Confiança

Number of teams by state

Number of teams	State	Team(s)
4	São Paulo	Botafogo-SP, Guarani, Oeste and Ponte Preta
3	Santa Catarina	Avaí, Chapecoense and Figueirense
2	Alagoas	CRB and CSA
	Minas Gerais	América Mineiro and Cruzeiro
	Paraná	Operário Ferroviário and Paraná
	Rio Grande do Sul	Brasil de Pelotas and Juventude
1	Bahia	Vitória
	Maranhão	Sampaio Corrêa
	Mato Grosso	Cuiabá
	Pernambuco	Náutico
	Sergipe	Confiança

Venues

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
América Mineiro	Belo Horizonte	Independência	23,018
Avaí	Florianópolis	Ressacada	17,826
Botafogo-SP	Ribeirão Preto	Santa Cruz	29,292
Brasil de Pelotas	Pelotas	Bento Freitas	18,000
Chapecoense	Chapecó	Arena Condá	20,089
Confiança	Aracaju	Batistão	15,586
CRB	Maceió	Rei Pelé	17,126
Cruzeiro	Belo Horizonte	Mineirão	61,846
		Independência	23,018
CSA	Maceió	Rei Pelé	17,126
Cuiabá	Cuiabá	Arena Pantanal	44,000
Figueirense	Florianópolis	Orlando Scarpelli	19,584
Guarani	Campinas	Brinco de Ouro	29,130
Juventude	Caxias do Sul	Alfredo Jaconi	19,924
Náutico	Recife	Aflitos	22,856
Oeste	Barueri	Arena Barueri	31,452
		Canindé (São Paulo)[15]	22,375
Operário Ferroviário	Ponta Grossa	Germano Krüger	10,632
Paraná	Curitiba	Vila Capanema	20,083
Ponte Preta	Campinas	Moisés Lucarelli	19,728
		Canindé (São Paulo)[16]	22,375
Sampaio Corrêa	São Luís	Castelão	40,149
Vitória	Salvador	Barradão	35,000

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Main kit sponsor
América Mineiro	Lisca	SPARTA (Club manufactured kit)	Banco Semear
Avaí	Claudinei Oliveira	Umbro	Estadium.bet
Botafogo-SP	Samuel Dias (caretaker)	Kappa	Vacant
Brasil de Pelotas	Cláudio Tencati	Xavante (Club manufactured kit)	Banrisul
Chapecoense	Umberto Louzer	Umbro	Aurora
Confiança	Daniel Paulista	WA Sport	EsporteNet
CRB	Roberto Fernandes	Regatas (Club manufactured kit)	Estadium.bet
Cruzeiro	Célio Lúcio (caretaker)	Adidas	Supermercados BH
CSA	Mozart	Azulão (Club manufactured kit)	Vacant
Cuiabá	Allan Aal	Umbro	Drebor
Figueirense	Jorginho Cantinflas	1921 (Club manufactured kit)	CONCEPT
Guarani	Felipe Conceição	Topper	Vacant
Juventude	Pintado	19treze (Club manufactured kit)	Banrisul
Náutico	Hélio dos Anjos	N Seis (Club manufactured kit)	Estadium.bet
Oeste	Roberto Cavalo	Deka Sports	Consigaz
Operário Ferroviário	Matheus Costa	Karilu	Philco
Paraná	Márcio Coelho	Valente (Club manufactured kit)	Estadium.bet
Ponte Preta	Fábio Moreno	1900 (Club manufactured kit)	Philco
Sampaio Corrêa	Léo Condé	Numer	Vacant
Vitória	Rodrigo Chagas	Kappa	Casa de Apostas

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date	Position in table	Incoming manager
Náutico	Gilmar Dal Pozzo[17]	Sacked	12 August 2020	16th	Gilson Kleina[18]
Figueirense	Márcio Coelho[19]		27 August 2020	12th	Elano[20]
Guarani	Thiago Carpini[21]		29 August 2020	16th	Ricardo Catalá[21]
CSA	Eduardo Baptista[22]		30 August 2020	16th	Argel Fucks[23]
Cruzeiro	Enderson Moreira[24]		8 September 2020	16th	Ney Franco[25]
Confiança	Matheus Costa[26]		16 September 2020	16th	Daniel Paulista[27]
CSA	Argel Fucks[28]		17 September 2020	20th	Mozart[29]
Oeste	Renan Freitas[30]		30 September 2020	20th	Thiago Carpini[30]
Ponte Preta	João Brigatti[31]		2 October 2020	3rd	Marcelo Oliveira[32]
Vitória	Bruno Pivetti[33]		7 October 2020	10th	Eduardo Barroca[34]
Guarani	Ricardo Catalá[35]		7 October 2020	19th	Felipe Conceição[36]
Cruzeiro	Ney Franco[37]		11 October 2020	19th	Luiz Felipe Scolari[38]
Oeste	Thiago Carpini[39]		19 October 2020	20th	Roberto Cavalo[40]
Operário Ferroviário	Gerson Gusmão[41]		20 October 2020	10th	Matheus Costa[42]
Brasil de Pelotas	Hemerson Maria[43]	Resigned	28 October 2020	15th	Cláudio Tencati[44]
Paraná	Allan Aal[45]	Sacked	1 November 2020	6th	Rogério Micale[46]
CRB	Marcelo Cabo[47]	Signed by Atlético Goianiense	7 November 2020	10th	Ramon Menezes[48]
Cuiabá	Marcelo Chamusca[49]	Signed by Fortaleza	11 November 2020	3rd	Allan Aal[50]
Figueirense	Elano[51]	Sacked	13 November 2020	18th	Jorginho Cantinflas[52]
Náutico	Gilson Kleina[53]		17 November 2020	17th	Hélio dos Anjos[54]
Botafogo-SP	Claudinei Oliveira[55]	Resigned	20 November 2020	19th	Moacir Júnior[56]
Vitória	Eduardo Barroca[57]	Signed by Botafogo	27 November 2020	16th	Mazola Júnior[58]
Paraná	Rogério Micale[59]	Sacked	2 December 2020	15th	Gilmar Dal Pozzo[60]
Avaí	Geninho[61]	Resigned	4 December 2020	7th	Claudinei Oliveira[62]
Ponte Preta	Marcelo Oliveira[63]	Sacked	11 December 2020	9th	Fábio Moreno[64]
CRB	Ramon Menezes[65]		17 December 2020	15th	Roberto Fernandes[65]
Vitória	Mazola Júnior[66]		22 December 2020	15th	Rodrigo Chagas[66]
Paraná	Gilmar Dal Pozzo[67]	Resigned	5 January 2021	18th	Márcio Coelho[68]
Cruzeiro	Luiz Felipe Scolari[69]	Mutual agreement	25 January 2021	12th	Célio Lúcio (caretaker)[69]
Botafogo-SP	Moacir Júnior[70]	Resigned	28 January 2021	19th	Samuel Dias (caretaker)[70]

Foreign players

The clubs could have a maximum of five foreign players in their Campeonato Brasileiro squads per match, but there was no limit of foreigners in the clubs' squads.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3
América Mineiro
Avaí	Gastón Rodríguez
Botafogo-SP
Brasil de Pelotas
Chapecoense
Confiança
CRB	Diego Torres
Cruzeiro	Raúl Cáceres	Marcelo Morenodn
CSA	Héctor Bustamante
Cuiabá	Lucas Hernández
Figueirense	Félix Micolta
Guarani
Juventude	Nery Bareiro
Náutico	Guillermo Paiva	Antonio Bustamante
Oeste
Operário Ferroviário	Juan Sosa	Jorge Jiménez	Martín Rodríguez
Paraná	Haiderson Hurtado	Luis Salazar	Renan Bressandn
Ponte Preta	Papa Faye
Sampaio Corrêa
Vitória	Marcelinhodn	Jordy Caicedo

(dn) = Player holding Brazilian dual nationality.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Chapecoense (C, P)	38	20	13	5	42	21	+21	73	Promotion to 2021 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
2	América Mineiro (P)	38	20	13	5	43	23	+20	73
3	Juventude (P)	38	17	10	11	52	42	+10	61
4	Cuiabá (P)	38	17	10	11	48	40	+8	61
5	CSA	38	16	10	12	50	37	+13	58
6	Sampaio Corrêa	38	17	6	15	50	38	+12	57
7	Ponte Preta	38	16	9	13	54	49	+5	57
8	Operário Ferroviário	38	15	12	11	40	34	+6	57
9	Avaí	38	16	7	15	45	49	−4	55
10	CRB	38	15	7	16	48	47	+1	52
11	Cruzeiro[a]	38	14	13	11	39	32	+7	49
12	Brasil de Pelotas	38	11	16	11	31	33	−2	49
13	Guarani	38	13	9	16	41	48	−7	48
14	Vitória	38	11	15	12	45	45	0	48
15	Confiança	38	12	10	16	38	46	−8	46
16	Náutico	38	10	14	14	35	42	−7	44
17	Figueirense (R)	38	9	12	17	35	49	−14	39	Relegation to 2021 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C
18	Paraná (R)	38	9	10	19	34	50	−16	37
19	Botafogo-SP (R)	38	8	10	20	26	39	−13	34
20	Oeste (R)	38	7	8	23	28	60	−32	29

Source: CBF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results (only between 2 teams); 6) fewest red cards; 7) fewest yellow cards; 8) draw.^[71]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Cruzeiro were deducted six points after their denial to pay the fee that was agreed upon with Al Wahda over the loan of Denílson in 2016. Al Wahda decided to take this issue to FIFA and won the case.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
América Mineiro	4	10	8	10	7	6	3	5	3	5	5	6	7	6	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	2
Avaí	2	6	10	12	14	12	10	11	12	13	12	10	10	9	7	7	9	11	9	9	7	6	6	7	8	9	10	7	7	7	9	9	7	6	8	6	6	9
Botafogo-SP	13	7	12	7	10	10	12	13	14	16	18	16	13	16	16	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Brasil de Pelotas	12	11	14	15	17	17	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	14	13	14	14	15	15	13	13	14	14	13	13	14	15	12	13	11	10	10	12	10	11	12	11	12
Chapecoense	11	12	6	4	3	7	4	2	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	1
Confiança	7	15	18	18	18	18	14	15	16	12	13	14	12	11	11	10	6	8	11	12	11	11	10	9	9	7	9	10	11	12	13	11	14	14	13	14	14	15
CRB	14	9	7	5	6	5	6	6	8	10	9	9	6	8	9	8	10	7	10	10	8	8	9	11	11	13	12	14	15	14	14	14	13	11	12	10	10	10
Cruzeiro	20	18	9	11	11	14	16	16	13	15	17	15	17	18	19	19	18	18	16	15	15	15	15	16	15	11	11	11	10	10	12	13	11	13	14	13	12	11
CSA	6	8	11	14	15	16	18	19	20	19	14	13	15	12	10	12	8	10	6	8	12	9	8	6	6	8	6	5	6	6	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	5
Cuiabá	9	4	5	3	2	1	1	4	7	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	3	3	5	5	5	5	4	4	6	3	3	3	5	3	3	3	3	3	4
Figueirense	18	17	19	19	12	13	15	17	17	14	15	17	16	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	17	17	16	16	17	18	15	17	17	17
Guarani	17	19	13	13	16	15	17	14	15	17	16	18	19	19	18	15	15	13	13	14	14	13	11	10	10	10	7	8	8	8	6	6	6	7	10	11	13	13
Juventude	3	1	2	6	8	9	11	9	6	7	8	5	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	3	4	4	4	3	5	5	4	5	4	3
Náutico	19	16	17	16	13	11	9	10	10	9	10	12	14	13	15	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	15	15	16	15	16	16
Oeste	10	14	16	17	19	19	19	20	18	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Operário Ferroviário	1	2	3	2	4	2	5	8	5	6	7	8	9	7	8	9	11	12	12	11	10	10	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	13	11	12	10	9	7	9	9	8
Paraná	8	3	1	1	1	4	2	1	2	2	2	2	4	5	6	6	7	5	7	7	9	12	13	14	16	16	16	17	16	16	18	18	18	17	18	18	18	18
Ponte Preta	16	13	15	9	5	3	7	3	1	3	3	3	5	3	4	4	4	6	5	6	6	7	7	8	7	6	8	9	9	9	7	7	8	8	6	8	8	7
Sampaio Corrêa	15	20	20	20	20	20	20	18	19	18	19	19	18	15	14	11	12	9	8	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	5	8	8	9	12	9	7	7	6
Vitória	5	5	4	8	9	8	8	7	9	8	6	7	8	10	12	13	13	14	14	16	16	16	16	15	14	15	14	15	14	15	15	15	16	16	17	16	15	14

	Champions, promoted to Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
	Promotion to Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
	Relegation to Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

Source: CBF

Results

Home \ Away	AME	AVA	BOT	BRA	CHA	CON	CRB	CRU	CSA	CUI	FIG	GUA	JUV	NAU	OES	OPE	PAR	PON	SAM	VIT
América Mineiro	—	2–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	2–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	4–0
Avaí	1–0	—	0–1	2–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	2–1	5–2	3–1	0–3	2–0	2–1	0–1	2–5	2–2
Botafogo-SP	1–2	0–1	—	0–1	3–0	2–0	1–2	0–1	1–3	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–1
Brasil de Pelotas	0–0	0–1	0–0	—	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–1
Chapecoense	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	—	3–1	3–2	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1
Confiança	0–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	0–2	—	1–0	1–1	1–5	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	3–1	1–2	2–2	1–2	0–1	1–0
CRB	0–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	—	0–0	0–0	4–1	5–1	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	4–1	0–2	1–0	2–2	2–2
Cruzeiro	1–2	0–1	2–1	4–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	—	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–3	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	1–2	1–0
CSA	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–2	3–1	—	1–2	3–0	1–0	3–2	3–1	2–1	1–0	4–0	2–1	2–1	3–0
Cuiabá	0–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	1–0	0–1	—	0–0	4–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	3–3	2–1	1–3	3–3
Figueirense	1–2	2–0	0–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	—	2–2	1–1	2–0	4–1	0–1	0–1	2–7	1–2	0–0
Guarani	0–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	2–3	2–1	1–0	2–2	—	0–1	1–2	1–1	3–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–2
Juventude	0–0	3–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	—	1–0	2–2	1–0	5–0	2–1	2–3	1–1
Náutico	0–0	2–2	3–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	3–3	—	4–1	0–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	0–0
Oeste	1–1	0–2	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	2–1	0–2	2–1	0–1	1–3	0–1	—	0–1	1–0	1–3	0–3	2–1
Operário Ferroviário	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–2	0–1	3–0	1–1	3–1	1–2	3–0	3–1	2–0	—	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1
Paraná	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–2	3–1	0–0	4–0	0–0	—	2–1	0–0	1–4
Ponte Preta	0–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–5	2–1	3–1	2–1	2–1	2–2	2–1	2–0	1–3	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	—	1–1	3–3
Sampaio Corrêa	1–0	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–3	1–3	3–0	0–1	1–0	3–0	3–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–2	—	2–1
Vitória	1–2	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–3	2–1	0–1	0–1	4–2	3–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	—

Source: CBF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Caio Dantas	Sampaio Corrêa	17
2	Léo Ceará	Vitória	16
3	Anselmo Ramon	Chapecoense	10
	Paulo Sérgio	CSA
	Reis	Confiança
6	Élton	Cuiabá	9
	Ricardo Bueno	Operário Ferroviário
8	Ademir	América Mineiro	8
	Breno Lopes	Juventude
	Kieza	Náutico
	Léo Gamalho	CRB
	Marcinho	Sampaio Corrêa

Source: CBF

Awards

Month	Player of the month		Ref.
	Player	Club
August	Léo Gamalho	CRB	[72]
September	Breno Lopes	Juventude	[73]
October
	Caio Dantas	Sampaio Corrêa	[74]
November			[75]
December	Ademir	América Mineiro	[76]
January	Anselmo Ramon	Chapecoense	[77]