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2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D

Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
Season 2017
Matches played 136
Goals scored 317 (2.33 per match)
Biggest home win 5–0 (Atlético Acreano v Real Ariquemes
Group A1, R3, 4 June
Luziânia v Sete de Setembro
Group A11, R3, 3 June)
Biggest away win 1–4 (Itabaiana v Fluminense de Feira
Group A8, R1, 21 May)
Highest scoring 7 goals
(Atlético Pernambucano 4–3 Campinense
Group A8, R1, 21 May
Rio Branco 4–3 São Raimundo (RR)
Group A3, R1, 21 May
Santos 5–2
Group A4, R2, 28 May)
Highest attendance 8,701 (Campinense 1–0 Itabaiana
Group A8, R2, 28 May)
Lowest attendance 48 (Guarani 1–0 América (PE)
Group A6, R1, 21 May)
Total attendance 85,570
Average attendance 882
2016
2018
All statistics correct as of 08:45, 12 June 2017 (UTC).

The 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, the fourth level of the Brazilian League, is contested by 68 clubs. The competition starts on 21 June. The four teams who qualify for the semifinals, will be promoted to the 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C.

In the first stage, 68 teams are divided into seventeen groups of four, organized regionally. The teams play 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 qualify for the second stage. From the second stage on the competition is played as a knock-out tournament with each round contested over two legs. The four semi-finalists qualify for the 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C.

As at 11 June.

The Second stage is a two-legged knockout tie, with the draw regionalised.

The 32 qualifiers (17 group winners and 15 best performing group runners-up) are divided into two pots. Pot 1 contains the 16 best performing group winners. Pot 2 contains the worst performing group winner and the 15 qualifying group runners-up. In pot 1 the teams are numbered 1 to 16 in numerical order of the group they qualified from. In pot 2 the teams are numbered 17 to 32 in numerical order of the group they qualified from. In the case that one of the qualifying runners-up is from the same group as the worst performing group winner, both teams will be in pot 2 and the group winner will be numbered lower in sequence than the group runner-up.

To keep the draw regionalised Team 1 will play Team 18, Team 2 will play Team 17 and this pattern is repeated throughout the draw. The higher numbered team will play at home in the first leg.

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.

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.

Matches took place between 23 July and 7 August.

The third stage is also a two-legged knockout tie, with the draw regionalised. The ties are predetermined from the second stage, with the winner of second stage tie 1 playing the winner of second stage tie 2, etc.

First team in the draw has home advantage in the second leg.

The final stage is a two leg knockout competition with quarter-final, semi-final and final rounds. The draw for the quarter final is seeded based on the table of results of all matches in the competition for the qualifying teams. First will play eighth, second will play seventh, etc. The top four seeded teams will play the second leg at home. The four quarter-final winners are promoted to Série C for 2018.


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