The 2023
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 6 May and ended on 16 September 2023.
Sixty-four teams competed in the tournament. Sixty teams qualified from their state leagues and cups, and four relegated from 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, ...
(
Atlético Cearense,
Brasil de Pelotas,
Campinense and
Ferroviário).
The four semi-finalists,
Athletic,
Caxias,
Ferroviária and
Ferroviário, were promoted to the
2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C
The 2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C was a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the third division. It began on 20 April and ended on 19 October 2024.
Twenty teams competed in the tournament, twelve returning from the 2023 season ...
.
In the finals,
Ferroviário won their second title after defeating
Ferroviária 2–1 on aggregate. Ferroviário finished the tournament without a single defeat.
Teams
Federation ranking
The number of teams from each state was chosen based on the
CBF State Ranking.
Participating teams
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Format
In the group stage, the 64 teams 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.
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
A point is a small dot or the sharp tip of something. Point or points may refer to:
Mathematics
* Point (geometry), an entity that has a location in space or on a plane, but has no extent; more generally, an element of some abstract topologica ...
(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
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. 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
The Brazilian Football Confederation (, CBF) is the governing body of football in Brazil. It was founded on Monday, 8 June 1914, as , and renamed Confederação Brasileira de Desportos in 1916. The football confederation, as known today, sepa ...
(Regulations Article 14).
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The top four teams qualified for the round of 32.
]
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 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 19).
For the quarter-finals, teams were seeded based on the table of results of all matches in the competition. The top four seeded teams hosted the second leg.
The four quarter-finals winners were promoted to 2024 Série C.
Round of 32
The round of 32 was a two-legged knockout tie, with the draw regionalised. The matches were played from 29 July to 6 August.
Matches
Round of 16
The matches were played from 12 to 20 August.
Matches
Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals was seeded based on the table of results of all matches in the competition 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 16).[
]
Quarter-finals seedings
Matches
The matches were played from 26 August to 3 September.
Semi-finals
The matches were played from 6 to 10 September.
Matches
Finals
The matches were played from 13 to 16 September.
Matches
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Top goalscorers
References
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