2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D

The 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D was a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the fourth division. The competition began on 6 May and ended on 16 September 2023.^[1][2]

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 (Atlético Cearense, Brasil de Pelotas, Campinense and Ferroviário).^[3]

The four semi-finalists, Athletic, Caxias, Ferroviária and Ferroviário, were promoted to the 2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C.^[4]

In the finals, Ferroviário won their second title after defeating Ferroviária 2–1 on aggregate.^[5] Ferroviário finished the tournament without a single defeat.

Teams

Águia de Marabá

Aimoré

Anápolis

ASA

Athletic

Atlético Cearense

Atlético de Alagoinhas

Bahia de Feira

Brasil de Pelotas

Brasiliense

Camboriú

Campinense

Caucaia

Caxias

Ceilândia

CEOV

Concórdia

Cordino

CRAC

Cruzeiro de Arapiraca

Democrata GV

Falcon

FC Cascavel

Ferroviária

Ferroviário

Fluminense

Globo

Hercílio Luz

Humaitá

Iguatu

Inter de Limeira

Interporto

Iporá

Jacuipense

Maranhão

Maringá

Nacional

Nacional de Patos

Nova Iguaçu

Novo Hamburgo

Operário

Pacajus

Parnahyba

Patrocinense

Portuguesa

Potiguar

Princesa do Solimões

Real Ariquemes

Real Noroeste

Resende

Retrô

Santa Cruz

Santo André

São Francisco

São Joseense

São Raimundo

Sergipe

Sousa

Tocantinópolis

Trem

Tuna Luso

União Rondonópolis

Vitória

XV de Piracicaba

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Location of teams in 2023 Série D

Federation ranking

The number of teams from each state was chosen based on the CBF State Ranking.

Rank Federation Coeff. Teams Notes 1 São Paulo 86,414 4 2 Rio de Janeiro 52,133 3 3 Rio Grande do Sul 40,711 +1 (C) 4 Minas Gerais 40,409 5 Paraná 35,018 6 Ceará 28,914 +2 (C) 7 Goiás 26,503 8 Santa Catarina 26,156 9 Bahia 19,721 10 Pernambuco 14,405 2 11 Alagoas 12,334 12 Mato Grosso 11,016 13 Pará 8,846 14 Maranhão 7,951 15 Rio Grande do Norte 5,813 16 Paraíba 5,683 +1 (C) 17 Sergipe 4,897 18 Piauí 4,116 19 Amazonas 4,070 20 Distrito Federal 3,406 21 Acre 2,770 22 Espírito Santo 2,585 23 Tocantins 1,922 24 Roraima 1,867 1 25 Mato Grosso do Sul 1,433 26 Rondônia 1,426 27 Amapá 1,303

Participating teams

Federation	Team	Home city	Qualification method
Acre	Humaitá	Porto Acre	2022 Campeonato Acreano champions
	São Francisco	Rio Branco	2022 Campeonato Acreano runners-up
Alagoas	ASA	Arapiraca	2022 Campeonato Alagoano runners-up
	Cruzeiro de Arapiraca	Arapiraca	2022 Copa Alagoas champions
Amapá	Trem	Macapá	2022 Campeonato Amapaense champions
Amazonas	Princesa do Solimões	Manacapuru	2022 Campeonato Amazonense runners-up
	Nacional	Manaus	2022 Campeonato Amazonense 3rd place
Bahia	Atlético de Alagoinhas	Alagoinhas	2022 Campeonato Baiano champions
	Jacuipense	Riachão do Jacuípe	2022 Campeonato Baiano runners-up
	Bahia de Feira	Feira de Santana	2022 Campeonato Baiano 3rd place
Ceará	Caucaia	Caucaia	2022 Campeonato Cearense runners-up
	Iguatu	Iguatu	2022 Campeonato Cearense 4th place
	Pacajus	Pacajus	2022 Campeonato Cearense 5th place
	Atlético Cearense	Fortaleza	2022 Série C 17th place
	Ferroviário	Fortaleza	2022 Série C 19th place
Espírito Santo	Real Noroeste	Águia Branca	2022 Campeonato Capixaba champions
	Vitória	Vitória	2022 Campeonato Capixaba runners-up
Federal District	Brasiliense	Taguatinga	2022 Campeonato Brasiliense champions
	Ceilândia	Ceilândia	2022 Campeonato Brasiliense runners-up
Goiás	Iporá	Iporá	2022 Campeonato Goiano 4th place
	Anápolis	Anápolis	2022 Campeonato Goiano 5th place
	CRAC	Catalão	2022 Campeonato Goiano 6th place
Maranhão	Cordino	Barra do Corda	2022 Campeonato Maranhense runners-up
	Maranhão	São Luís	2022 Copa Federação Maranhense de Futebol runners-up
Mato Grosso	União Rondonópolis	Rondonópolis	2022 Campeonato Mato-Grossense runners-up
	CEOV	Várzea Grande	2022 Copa FMF runners-up
Mato Grosso do Sul	Operário	Campo Grande	2022 Campeonato Sul-Mato-Grossense champions
Minas Gerais	Athletic	São João del-Rei	2022 Campeonato Mineiro 3rd place
	Patrocinense[a]	Patrocínio	2022 Campeonato Mineiro 9th place
	Democrata GV	Governador Valadares	2022 Troféu Inconfidência winners
Pará	Tuna Luso	Belém	2022 Campeonato Paraense 3rd place
	Águia de Marabá	Marabá	2022 Campeonato Paraense 4th place
Paraíba	Sousa	Sousa	2022 Campeonato Paraibano 3rd place
	Nacional de Patos	Patos	2022 Campeonato Paraibano 4th place
	Campinense	Campina Grande	2022 Série C 20th place
Paraná	Maringá	Maringá	2022 Campeonato Paranaense runners-up
	São Joseense	São José dos Pinhais	2022 Campeonato Paranaense 6th place
	FC Cascavel	Cascavel	2022 Campeonato Paranaense 7th place
Pernambuco	Retrô	Camaragibe	2022 Campeonato Pernambucano first stage winners
	Santa Cruz	Recife	2022 Campeonato Pernambucano first stage 3rd place
Piauí	Fluminense	Teresina	2022 Campeonato Piauiense champions
	Parnahyba	Parnaíba	2022 Campeonato Piauiense runners-up
Rio de Janeiro	Resende	Resende	2022 Campeonato Carioca 5th place
	Nova Iguaçu	Nova Iguaçu	2022 Campeonato Carioca 6th place
	Portuguesa	Rio de Janeiro	2022 Copa Rio runners-up
Rio Grande do Norte	Potiguar de Mossoró	Mossoró	2022 Campeonato Potiguar 3rd place
	Globo	Ceará-Mirim	2022 Campeonato Potiguar 4th place
Rio Grande do Sul	Caxias	Caxias do Sul	2022 Campeonato Gaúcho 5th place
	Novo Hamburgo	Novo Hamburgo	2022 Campeonato Gaúcho 7th place
	Aimoré	São Leopoldo	2022 Campeonato Gaúcho 8th place
	Brasil de Pelotas	Pelotas	2022 Série C 18th place
Rondônia	Real Ariquemes	Ariquemes	2022 Campeonato Rondoniense champions
Roraima	São Raimundo	Boa Vista	2022 Campeonato Roraimense champions
Santa Catarina	Camboriú	Camboriú	2022 Campeonato Catarinense runners-up
	Concórdia	Concórdia	2022 Campeonato Catarinense 3rd place
	Hercílio Luz	Tubarão	2022 Campeonato Catarinense 5th place
São Paulo	Santo André	Santo André	2022 Campeonato Paulista 8th place
	Ferroviária	Araraquara	2022 Campeonato Paulista 12th place
	Inter de Limeira	Limeira	2022 Campeonato Paulista 13th place
	XV de Piracicaba	Piracicaba	2022 Copa Paulista champions
Sergipe	Sergipe	Aracaju	2022 Campeonato Sergipano champions
	Falcon	Barra dos Coqueiros	2022 Campeonato Sergipano runners-up
Tocantins	Tocantinópolis	Tocantinópolis	2022 Campeonato Tocantinense champions
	Interporto	Porto Nacional	2022 Campeonato Tocantinense runners-up

Notes

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.^[9]

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 (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; 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 (Regulations Article 14).^[9]

The top four teams qualified for the round of 32.

Group A1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		NAC	TUN	AGU	PRI	SRA	HUM	SFR	TRE
1	Nacional	14	9	3	2	22	7	+15	30	Advance to round of 32			2–1	0–0	1–0	3–0	3–1	2–0	2–0
2	Tuna Luso	14	8	4	2	21	10	+11	28			2–1		0–0	1–0	4–1	2–0	2–0	1–0
3	Águia de Marabá	14	6	6	2	18	8	+10	24			1–1	1–3		3–0	6–1	2–0	2–0	0–0
4	Princesa do Solimões	14	4	7	3	21	13	+8	19			1–1	1–1	0–0		1–1	5–0	4–0	2–1
5	São Raimundo	14	5	3	6	24	24	0	18			1–0	2–2	3–1	1–1		2–3	7–0	3–0
6	Humaitá	14	5	3	6	16	21	−5	18			0–2	1–1	0–0	2–2	1–0		0–1	3–0
7	São Francisco	14	3	0	11	5	33	−28	9			0–3	0–1	0–1	0–3	1–0	1–4		1–0
8	Trem	14	2	2	10	8	19	−11	8			0–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	4–1

Group A2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FER	ATL	MAR	PAR	CAU	TOC	COR	FLU
1	Ferroviário	14	11	3	0	30	6	+24	36	Advance to round of 32			2–1	3–1	6–0	1–0	1–0	6–1	2–0
2	Atlético Cearense	14	6	5	3	22	15	+7	23			0–2		1–0	1–1	3–0	3–1	2–1	1–1
3	Maranhão	14	5	6	3	18	11	+7	21			1–1	1–1		4–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–0
4	Parnahyba	14	4	5	5	14	23	−9	17			0–1	1–1	0–3		1–1	1–0	3–0	2–1
5	Caucaia	14	3	7	4	20	20	0	16			1–1	1–3	0–0	2–0		3–3	2–2	3–1
6	Tocantinópolis	14	3	6	5	14	15	−1	15			1–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–1		2–0	1–1
7	Cordino	14	2	5	7	13	26	−13	11			0–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	1–4	0–1		2–0
8	Fluminense	14	1	5	8	9	24	−15	8			0–2	0–3	1–1	1–3	2–2	1–0	0–0

Group A3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SOU	NAC	POT	PAC	CAM	SAN	IGU	GLO
1	Sousa	14	8	2	4	24	15	+9	26	Advance to round of 32			1–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	4–0
2	Nacional de Patos	14	7	3	4	17	11	+6	24			1–0		2–0	1–0	2–1	2–2	3–1	2–1
3	Potiguar de Mossoró	14	6	5	3	16	11	+5	23			2–1	0–0		5–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–0
4	Pacajus	14	6	4	4	21	16	+5	22			1–1	1–0	2–0		2–2	0–0	4–1	3–0
5	Campinense	14	6	3	5	18	14	+4	21			1–2	1–0	1–0	3–2		2–0	0–0	4–0
6	Santa Cruz	14	5	5	4	15	12	+3	20			1–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–0		1–0	3–0
7	Iguatu	14	5	1	8	16	19	−3	16			2–1	1–0	1–2	1–2	3–1	1–0		3–0
8	Globo	14	1	1	12	5	34	−29	4			2–5	0–2	0–0	0–2	0–1	0–2	2–1

Group A4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RET	BAH	ASA	FAL	SER	CRU	ATL	JAC
1	Retrô	14	7	5	2	19	13	+6	26	Advance to round of 32			1–0	3–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1
2	Bahia de Feira	14	5	6	3	15	9	+6	21			1–1		1–0	3–1	3–1	3–0	2–1	2–2
3	ASA	14	6	1	7	14	16	−2	19			1–2	1–0		1–0	1–1	0–2	0–1	3–2
4	Falcon	14	5	4	5	16	15	+1	19			1–1	0–0	0–1		0–1	4–1	1–0	1–1
5	Sergipe	14	5	4	5	19	19	0	19			0–1	1–0	2–1	1–3		2–1	2–3	1–2
6	Cruzeiro de Arapiraca	14	5	3	6	13	22	−9	18			2–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	0–3		1–0	1–0
7	Atlético de Alagoinhas	14	4	3	7	15	18	−3	15			1–2	0–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–2		1–0
8	Jacuipense	14	3	6	5	20	19	+1	15			0–1	0–0	1–2	2–0	2–2	4–1	3–3

Group A5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CEI	ANA	CEO	BRA	UNI	IPO	INT	REA
1	Ceilândia	14	7	7	0	28	5	+23	28	Advance to round of 32			1–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	4–0	4–0	3–0
2	Anápolis	14	6	7	1	26	6	+20	25			0–1		3–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	7–0	1–0
3	CEOV	14	7	3	4	29	16	+13	24			2–2	1–1		0–2	2–1	2–1	6–0	9–0
4	Brasiliense	14	6	6	2	31	11	+20	24			0–0	2–2	4–1		3–0	3–3	10–0	5–1
5	União Rondonópolis	14	7	2	5	17	9	+8	23			0–0	0–0	2–0	2–0		3–0	3–0	3–0
6	Iporá	14	4	4	6	20	20	0	16			1–1	1–1	0–2	0–0	1–0		8–1	2–0
7	Interporto	14	1	3	10	3	47	−44	6			0–2	0–0	0–2	1–0	0–2	0–2		1–1
8	Real Ariquemes	14	1	2	11	4	44	−40	5			0–7	0–8	0–2	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–0

Group A6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ATH	POR	DEM	VIT	SAN	RES	NOV	REA
1	Athletic	14	9	2	3	19	9	+10	29	Advance to round of 32			1–2	1–0	0–0	4–2	3–0	3–1	1–0
2	Portuguesa	14	8	5	1	25	12	+13	29			1–0		4–1	3–2	3–0	3–2	2–2	5–2
3	Democrata GV	14	7	4	3	18	15	+3	25			1–0	1–0		4–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–2
4	Vitória	14	6	2	6	23	20	+3	20			1–2	0–1	3–1		3–1	1–1	3–2	2–0
5	Santo André	14	5	4	5	15	16	−1	19			0–1	0–0	1–1	1–0		1–1	2–0	2–0
6	Resende	14	3	5	6	12	18	−6	14			0–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	2–0		3–1	1–1
7	Nova Iguaçu	14	2	4	8	15	23	−8	10			1–2	1–1	0–0	3–2	0–1	3–0		1–1
8	Real Noroeste	14	1	4	9	9	23	−14	7			0–1	0–0	1–2	0–2	0–3	0–1	2–0

Group A7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PAT	MAR	INT	FER	CRA	XVP	CAS	OPE
1	Patrocinense	14	6	6	2	16	8	+8	24	Advance to round of 32			0–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	3–0
2	Maringá	14	6	6	2	13	8	+5	24			1–0		1–0	0–0	0–1	3–2	0–0	2–0
3	Inter de Limeira	14	6	4	4	15	15	0	22			1–0	1–0		1–0	0–1	3–6	1–1	2–1
4	Ferroviária	14	5	5	4	16	11	+5	20			1–1	1–2	1–2		0–0	4–2	1–0	0–0
5	CRAC	14	5	3	6	16	14	+2	18			1–2	1–1	2–2	0–1		1–2	1–2	4–0
6	XV de Piracicaba	14	4	4	6	20	21	−1	16			1–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–0		1–2	1–0
7	FC Cascavel	14	3	7	4	12	17	−5	16			1–1	1–1	0–0	1–5	0–2	2–1		1–1
8	Operário	14	1	5	8	5	19	−14	8			1–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–2	0–0	1–1

Group A8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		HER	CAX	CAM	BRA	SAO	CON	AIM	NOV
1	Hercílio Luz	14	8	5	1	21	10	+11	29	Advance to round of 32			2–2	2–1	1–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	1–0
2	Caxias	14	7	2	5	19	16	+3	23			0–1		1–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	3–1	2–0
3	Camboriú	14	6	4	4	19	14	+5	22			1–1	2–1		0–2	3–3	1–0	1–0	1–0
4	Brasil de Pelotas	14	5	5	4	15	13	+2	20			1–0	2–1	1–1		2–2	1–0	2–2	1–0
5	São Joseense	14	5	5	4	15	15	0	20			0–0	2–1	2–0	1–0		0–1	0–0	2–1
6	Concórdia	14	5	4	5	15	13	+2	19			0–1	4–0	1–1	2–1	1–1		3–1	1–1
7	Aimoré	14	1	7	6	8	21	−13	10			0–0	0–0	0–4	1–1	1–0	0–0		1–1
8	Novo Hamburgo	14	1	4	9	13	23	−10	7			5–5	0–2	0–3	0–0	0–1	1–2	4–1

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 would not be used, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out 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.^[9]

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.^[10]

Matches

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Parnahyba	2–3	Nacional	2–0	0–3
Águia de Marabá	1–4	Atlético Cearense	1–1	0–3
Princesa do Solimões	1–4	Ferroviário	1–1	0–3
Maranhão	3–3 (5–4 p)	Tuna Luso	2–3	1–0
Falcon	2–3	Sousa	1–1	1–2
Potiguar de Mossoró	1–1 (6–7 p)	Bahia de Feira	1–0	0–1
Pacajus	2–4	Retrô	1–2	1–2
ASA	2–3	Nacional de Patos	1–0	1–3
Vitória	1–3	Ceilândia	1–0	0–3
CEOV	1–4	Portuguesa	1–0	0–4
Brasiliense	0–2	Athletic	0–2	0–0
Democrata GV	1–3	Anápolis	0–0	1–3
Brasil de Pelotas	1–2	Patrocinense	0–0	1–2
Inter de Limeira	1–2	Caxias	0–1	1–1
Ferroviária	3–3 (4–2 p)	Hercílio Luz	1–1	2–2
Camboriú	1–1 (6–5 p)	Maringá	0–0	1–1

Round of 16

The matches were played from 12 to 20 August.^[11]

Matches

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bahia de Feira	4–3	Nacional	2–0	2–3
Atlético Cearense	2–4	Sousa	1–2	1–2
Nacional de Patos	1–3	Ferroviário	0–0	1–3
Maranhão	2–2 (6–5 p)	Retrô	0–0	2–2
Caxias	0–0 (7–6 p)	Ceilândia	0–0	0–0
Patrocinense	1–3	Portuguesa	0–0	1–3
Camboriú	1–2	Athletic	1–0	0–2
Ferroviária	2–0	Anápolis	1–0	1–0

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; 3. Goals scored; 4. Fewest red cards; 5. Fewest yellow cards; 6. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 16).^[9]

Quarter-finals seedings

Seed	Team	Pts	W	GD
1	Ferroviário	44	13	+29
2	Athletic	36	11	+13
3	Sousa	36	11	+12
4	Portuguesa	36	10	+18
5	Caxias	29	8	+4
6	Ferroviária	28	7	+7
7	Bahia de Feira	27	7	+7
8	Maranhão	26	6	+7

Matches

The matches were played from 26 August to 3 September.^[12]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Maranhão	2–2 (0–3 p)	Ferroviário	1–1	1–1
Caxias	2–1	Portuguesa	1–1	1–0
Bahia de Feira	1–2	Athletic	0–2	1–0
Ferroviária	2–1	Sousa	1–0	1–1

Semi-finals

The matches were played from 6 to 10 September.^[13]

Matches

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Caxias	1–2	Ferroviário	1–1	0–1
Ferroviária	3–1	Athletic	1–0	2–1

Finals

The matches were played from 13 to 16 September.^[14]

Matches

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ferroviária	1–2	Ferroviário	0–0	1–2

13 September 2023

20:00

Ferroviária	0–0	Ferroviário
	Report

Fonte Luminosa, Araraquara

Attendance: 4,199

Referee: Maguielson Lima Barbosa (Distrito Federal)

16 September 2023

16:00

Ferroviário	2–1	Ferroviária
Deysinho 1' Ciel 51'	Report	Vitor Barreto 38'

Estádio Presidente Vargas, Fortaleza

Attendance: 12,524

Referee: Leandro Pedro Vuaden (Rio Grande do Sul)

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Eron	Caxias	14
2	Marcelo Toscano	Portuguesa	13
3	Ciel	Ferroviário	12
	Pablo Thomaz	CEOV
5	Tony	Vitória	9
6	Carlinhos	Camboriú	8
7	Alisson	Ferroviário	7
	Brandão	Athletic
	Iury	Nacional
	Neto Oliveira	Falcon
	Paulo Rangel	Tuna Luso
	Romarinho	Ceilândia

Source: CBF

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