The

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B is commonly referred to as the Brasileirão Série B (Série B), and until 2022 was officially called Brasileirão Sportingbet by sponsorship reasons. It is the second tier of the Brazilian football league system ...

, namely the second level of

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, was contested by 20 teams in 2008. Giants

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played Série B for the first time after its poor season in Série A in 2007. Also, former Série A champions

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returned from Série C. The tournament started on May 9 and

begun defeating CRB 3-2 in

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. Due to its tradition and huge number of supporters,

attracted most of the attention from the media. The club won the first six matches and never left the top of the table. Promotion came on round 32 - six matches before the end of season - after defeating

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2-0 in

. They were crowned champions two rounds later, beating

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2-0 as visitors.

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was the second team to reach Série A as they defeated Brasiliense 1-0 on Round 35. One week later,

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also reached promotion after their 3-2 win as visitors against

. Finally,

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completed the G4 (as the group of promoted teams are called) on Round 37 after beating

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3-0 at home. On the other side of the table, CRB's poor record caused the club relegation on Round 33. Gama saw their hope comes to an end three weeks later. In the last round, on November 29,

and

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could not scape as

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and

won their last matches and managed to stay out of the bottom four. Vila Nova and former Brazilian international Túlio was the top scorer of the competition with 24 goals in the age of 39 years.

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