1983 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

Football league season

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
Season	1983
Champions	Juventus (1st title)
Promoted	Juventus CSA
Top goalscorer	Lima (Operário-MS) - 6 goals
Biggest home win	Operário-MS 6-0 América-MG (January 30, 1983)
Biggest away win	Maranhão 1-5 Guarani (March 5, 1983)
Highest scoring	Guarany de Sobral 6-3 Uberaba (February 27, 1983)
Longest unbeaten run	Botafogo-SP CSA Guarani (7 matches)
← 1982 1984 →

The 1983 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, officially, the Taça de Prata 1983, was the 6th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.

Rules

The championship had the same format than in 1982, being performed by 48 teams.in the first phase, 36 teams, divided into 6 groups of 6 teams each, in which the two best teams of each group proceeded to the second phase, in which the twelve teams were divided into four groups of three teams.the first placed team of each group were promoted to the Second phase of the Taça de Ouro of the same year. the second placed teams of each group would proceed to the Third phase, in which they would be joined by the twelve clubs that hadn't qualified to the Second phase in the Taça de Ouro.the Third phase was disputed in a knockout tournament format, and the winners qualified to the Quarterfinals, with the knockout tournament continuing until two teams reached the finals.those were promoted to the Copa Brasil of the following year. However, the rules for the 1984 championship were eventually changed, with Juventus and CSA losing their berths in the 1984 Copa Brasil in favour of Vasco da Gama and Grêmio, that, due to their records in the 1983 state championships, wouldn't have qualified for the 1984 Campeonato Brasileiro normally.

First phase

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Maranhão	5	3	2	0	7	3	+4	8
2	Guarany de Sobral	5	3	1	1	9	5	+4	7
3	Nacional	5	2	1	2	5	7	−2	5
4	River	5	1	3	1	7	7	0	5
5	Ceará	5	0	3	2	2	5	−3	3
6	Remo	5	0	2	3	2	5	−3	2

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Santa Cruz	5	4	1	0	10	0	+10	9
2	Central	5	3	0	2	9	3	+6	6
3	Campinense	5	2	2	1	6	5	+1	6
4	Itabaiana	5	1	2	2	2	6	−4	4
5	Alecrim	5	1	2	2	5	11	−6	4
6	CRB	5	0	1	4	0	7	−7	1

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Bangu	5	3	2	0	11	1	+10	8
2	Americano	5	3	0	2	7	5	+2	6
3	Guará	5	2	1	2	4	5	−1	5
4	Vitória	5	2	0	3	6	9	−3	4
5	Guarapari	5	2	0	3	6	11	−5	4
6	Fluminense de Feira	5	1	1	3	4	7	−3	3

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Botafogo-SP	5	3	2	0	10	5	+5	8
2	Itumbiara	5	3	1	1	8	6	+2	7
3	Atlético-GO	5	2	1	2	9	8	+1	5
4	Coritiba	4	1	2	1	5	7	−2	4
5	Grêmio Maringá	5	1	1	3	7	9	−2	3
6	Operário-MT	4	0	1	3	2	6	−4	1

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Guarani	5	3	2	0	11	5	+6	8
2	Uberaba	5	3	1	1	8	4	+4	8^[a]
3	Operário-MS	5	2	2	1	12	5	+7	6
4	Bonsucesso	5	1	1	3	8	12	−4	3
5	Volta Redonda	5	1	1	3	7	11	−4	3
6	América-MG	5	1	1	3	3	12	−9	3

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ 1 bonus point?

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Portuguesa	5	3	2	0	6	1	+5	8
2	Londrina	5	2	3	0	6	1	+5	7
3	Esportivo	5	2	2	1	5	3	+2	6
4	São Bento	5	1	2	2	5	7	−2	4
5	Novo Hamburgo	5	0	4	1	5	8	−3	4
6	Criciúma	5	0	1	4	2	9	−7	1

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Second phase

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Guarani	2	1	1	0	5	1	+4	3	Promoted to Second phase of Taça de Ouro
2	Central	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3	3	Qualified to Third phase
3	Maranhão	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Uberaba	2	1	1	8	6	+2	2	Promoted to Second phase of Taça de Ouro
2	Guarany de Sobral	2	1	1	7	6	+1	2	Qualified to Third phase
3	Santa Cruz	2	1	1	3	6	−3	2

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Americano	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	3	Promoted to Second phase of Taça de Ouro
2	Itumbiara	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	2	Qualified to Third phase
3	Portuguesa	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	1

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group J

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Botafogo-SP	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	3	Promoted to Second phase of Taça de Ouro
2	Londrina	2	1	0	1	1	3	−2	2	Qualified to Semifinals
3	Bangu	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Third phase

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Juventus	4-2	Itumbiara	3-1	1-1
Galícia	5-3	Fortaleza	5-2	0-1
Ferroviário	2-3	Londrina	1-0	1-3
Moto Clube	2-7	Joinville	0-3	0-4
Rio Branco-ES	2-3	Mixto	1-1	1-2
CSA	4-1	Guarany de Sobral	4-1	0-0
Paysandu	3-4	Central	2-2	1-2
Treze	3-5	Brasília	3-2	0-3