The Brazilian Serie B Championship will get underway on Friday (19), with 20 teams aiming to finish in the top four to get promoted to the 2025 Brasileirão. All the second division clubs have already concluded their participation in the state tournaments, with four champions and one relegated team.
CRB, Ceará, Sport Recife, and Paysandu won the title in their respective regions, while Ituano were relegated in São Paulo. Brusque, Santos, Vila Nova, and Amazonas, on the other hand, enter this tournament as state runners-up.
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How the 20 Serie B clubs fared in the state championships
- Amazonas: runner-up in the Amazonense Championship
- América Mineiro: semifinals of the Mineiro Championship
- Avaí: semifinals of the Catarinense Championship
- Botafogo-SP: first phase of the Paulista Championship
- Brusque: runner-up in the Catarinense Championship
- CRB: champion of the Alagoano Championship
- Ceará: champion of the Cearense Championship
- Chapecoense: first phase of the Catarinense Championship
- Coritiba: semifinals of the Paranaense Championship
- Goiás: quarterfinals of the Goiano Championship
- Guarani: first phase of the Paulista Championship
- Ituano: relegated in the Paulista Championship
- Mirassol: first phase of the Paulista Championship
- Novorizontino: semifinals of the Paulista Championship
- Operário-PR: semifinals of the Paranaense Championship
- Paysandu: champion of the Paraense Championship
- Ponte Preta: quarterfinals of the Paulista Championship
- Santos: runner-up of the Paulista Championship
- Sport Recife: champion of the Pernambucano Championship
- Vila Nova: runner-up of the Goiano Championship
