The 2021
Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
The Campeonato Brasileiro Série D (English: Brazilian Championship Serie D), commonly known as the Série D or the Brazilian Série D to distinguish it from the Italian Serie D, is the fourth division of the Brazilian football league system, and ...
was a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the fourth division. The competition began on 26 May and ended on 13 November 2021.
Sixty-eight teams competed in the tournament. Sixty-four teams qualified from their state leagues and cups, and four relegated from the
2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C
The 2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C was a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the third division. The competition was originally scheduled to begin on 3 May and end on 8 November, however due to COVID-19 pandemic the tournament ...
(
Boa Esporte,
Imperatriz
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,
São Bento and
Treze).
The match Imperatriz v 4 de Julho, played at the Estádio Frei Epifânio D'Abadia (
Imperatriz
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) on 28 August 2021 (Group A2 13th round), was finished in the 76th minute (0–0) after a strong storm caused the partial collapse of the grandstand roof located over the press booths and changing rooms of the teams and referees.
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Aparecidense,
Atlético Cearense and
Campinense qualified for the semi-finals and were promoted to the
2022 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C
The 2022 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C was a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the third division. It began on 9 April and ended on 8 October 2022.
Twenty teams competed in the tournament, twelve returning from the 2021 season, ...
.
In the finals,
Aparecidense defeated
Campinense 2–1 on aggregate to win their first title.
Teams
Federation ranking
The number of teams from each state was chosen based on the
CBF State Ranking.
Participating teams
Teams in ''italic'' played the preliminary stage. The teams were:
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Competition format
In the preliminary stage, eight teams from the worst ranked federations in the CBF ranking were drawn into four ties, with the winners of each tie advancing to the group stage. In the group stage, the remaining 60 teams and the 4 four teams qualified from the preliminary stage were divided into eight groups of eight organized regionally. Top four teams qualified for the round of 32. From the round of 32 on the competition was played as a knock-out tournament with each round contested over two legs.
Preliminary stage
It was played from 26 to 30 May.
[ The lowest-seeded teams from the eight worst ranked federations in the 2021 CBF ranking (Piauí, Distrito Federal, Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso do Sul, Rondônia, Roraima, Tocantins and Amapá) competed to decide four places in the group stage.
Each tie was played on a home-and-away ]two-legged
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basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule
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would not be used, extra time
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would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out
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would be used to determine the winners (Regulations Article 18).[
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Matches
Group stage
In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The teams were ranked according to points
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(3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Wins; 2. Goal difference
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; 3. Goals scored; 4. Head-to-head (if the tie was only between two teams); 5. Fewest red cards; 6. Fewest yellow cards; 7. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation
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(Regulations Article 13).[
The top four teams qualified for the round of 32.
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Group A1
Group A2
Group A3
Group A4
Group A5
Group A6
Group A7
Group A8
Final stages
The final stages were played on a home-and-away two-legged
In sports (especially association football), a two-legged tie is a contest between two teams which comprises two matches or "legs", with each team as the home team in one leg. The winning team is usually determined by aggregate score, the sum of ...
basis. For the round of 16, semi-finals and finals, the best-overall-performance team hosted the second leg. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule
The away goals rule is a method of tiebreaking in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. Under the away goals rule, if the total goals scored by each team are equal, the team that ...
would not be used, extra time
Overtime (OT) or extra time (ET) is an additional period of play to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played only if the game is required t ...
would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out
The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pe ...
would be used to determine the winners (Regulations Article 18).
For the quarter-finals, teams were seeded based on the table of results of all matches in the competition. The top four seeded teams played the second leg at home.
The four quarter-finals winners were promoted to 2022 Série C.
Round of 32
The round of 32 was a two-legged knockout tie, with the draw regionalised. The matches were played from 11 to 20 September.
Matches
Round of 16
The matches were played from 25 September to 3 October.
Matches
Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals was seeded based on the table of results of all matches in the competition (except preliminary stage matches) for the qualifying teams. The teams were ranked according to points. If tied on points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Wins; 2. Goal difference
Goal difference, goal differential or points difference is a form of tiebreaker used to rank sport teams which finish on equal points in a league competition. Either "goal difference" or "points difference" is used, depending on whether matches ar ...
; 3. Goals scored; 4. Fewest red cards; 5. Fewest yellow cards; 6. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 15).[
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Quarter-finals seedings
Matches
The matches were played from 9 to 17 October.
Semi-finals
The matches were played from 23 to 31 October.
Matches
Finals
The matches were played on 6 and 13 November.
Matches
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Top goalscorers
References
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