2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

The Serie B of the Brazilian Championship 2015 is a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the second division. It is contested by 20 clubs, between May 9 and November 28. The top four teams will have access to Série A in 2016 and the last four will be relegated to Série C in 2016. recently promoted Mogi Mirim was the first team to have its relegation confirmed, after losing to Ceará in October 31.^[1] After a defeat to Luverdense in November 6, Boa Esporte also was relegated. ABC also was relegated, after a tie against Bahia in November 10. Botafogo was promoted that same day, after a victory against Luverdense. In November 14, Vitória, Santa Cruz and América-MG confirmed their promotions. Ceará, that had spent most of the championship in the relegation zone, managed to escape relegation after a victory against Macaé in the last round, with this result, combined with Oeste's draw against Paysandu, relegating the Fluminense team.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

Season	2015
Champions	Botafogo
Promoted	Botafogo Vitória Santa Cruz América-MG
Relegated	Macaé ABC Boa Esporte Mogi Mirim
Matches played	380
Goals scored	925 (2.43 per match)
Top goalscorer	Zé Carlos (CRB) (19 goals)
Highest attendance	Santa Cruz 1–0 Botafogo (August 8, 2015, Arruda) - 43,320 people
Lowest attendance	Boa Esporte 0–1 Mogi Mirim (September 8, 2015, Melão) - 95 people
Average attendance	6,126
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Teams

ABC

América Mineiro

Atlético Goianiense

Bahia

Botafogo

Boa Esporte

Bragantino

Ceará

CRB

Criciúma

Luverdense

Macaé

Mogi Mirim

Náutico
Santa Cruz

Oeste

Paraná

Paysandu

Sampaio Corrêa

Vitória

Location of teams in 2015 Série B

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity	2014 season
ABC	Natal	Frasqueirão	15,082	14th in Série B
América Mineiro	Belo Horizonte	Independência	23,000	5th in Série B
Atlético Goianiense	Goiânia	Serra Dourada	41,574	7th in Série B
Bahia	Salvador	Fonte Nova	51,708	18th in Série A
Botafogo	Rio de Janeiro	Engenhão	46,931	19th in Série A
Boa Esporte	Varginha	Melão	15,471	6th in Série B
Bragantino	Bragança Paulista	Nabi Abi Chedid	17,022	16th in Série B
Ceará	Fortaleza	Castelão	67,037	8th in Série B
CRB	Maceió	Rei Pelé	20,551	4th in Série C
Criciúma	Criciúma	Heriberto Hülse	19,300	20th in Série A
Luverdense	Lucas do Rio Verde	Passo das Emas	10,000	12th in Série B
Macaé	Macaé	Moacyrzão	15,000	1st in Série C
Mogi Mirim	Mogi Mirim	Romildão	19,900	3rd in Série C
Náutico	Recife	Arena Pernambuco	46,154	13th in Série B
Oeste	Itápolis	Amaros	13,044	15th in Série B
Paysandu	Belém	Curuzú	16,200	2nd in Série C
Paraná	Curitiba	Vila Capanema	20,083	11th in Série B
Sampaio Corrêa	São Luís	Castelão	40,000	10th in Série B
Santa Cruz	Recife	Arruda	60,044	9th in Série B
Vitória	Salvador	Barradão	35,632	17th in Série A

Number of teams by state

Number of teams	State	Team(s)
3	São Paulo	Bragantino, Mogi Mirim and Oeste
2	Bahia	Bahia and Vitória
	Minas Gerais	América Mineiro and Boa Esporte
	Pernambuco	Náutico and Santa Cruz
	Rio de Janeiro	Botafogo and Macaé
1	Alagoas	CRB
	Ceará	Ceará
	Goiás	Atlético Goianiense
	Maranhão	Sampaio Corrêa
	Mato Grosso	Luverdense
	Pará	Paysandu
	Paraná	Paraná
	Rio Grande do Norte	ABC
	Santa Catarina	Criciúma

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
ABC	Sérgio China	Leandro Amaro	Wilson	Caixa EMS Pharma
América Mineiro	Givanildo Oliveira	Mancini	Lupo	Supermercados BH
Atlético Goianiense	Gilberto Pereira	Márcio	Erreà	Caixa
Bahia	Charles Fabian	Titi	Penalty
Boa Esporte	Moacir Júnior		Kanxa
Botafogo	Ricardo Gomes	Jefferson	Puma
Bragantino	Wagner Lopes	Lauro	Kanxa
Ceará	Lisca	João Marcos	Penalty
CRB	Mazola Júnior	Júlio César	Kanxa	Caixa
Criciúma	Roberto Cavalo		Kappa
Luverdense	Júnior Rocha		Kanxa
Macaé	Toninho Andrade
Mogi Mirim	Toninho Cecílio		Kanxa
Náutico	Gilmar Dal Pozzo	Júlio César	Umbro
Oeste	Renan Freitas		Kanxa
Paysandu	Dado Cavalcanti	Augusto Recife	Puma	Esamaz Banpará Drogarias Big Ben
Paraná	Fernando Miguel	Lúcio Flávio	Erreà
Sampaio Corrêa	Leonardo Condé		Super Bolla
Santa Cruz	Marcelo Martelotte	Edson Sitta	Penalty
Vitória	Vágner Mancini	Jorge Wagner	Puma	Caixa

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Botafogo (P, C)	38	21	9	8	60	30	+30	72	Promoted to 2016 Série A
2	Santa Cruz (P)	38	20	7	11	63	43	+20	67
3	Vitória (P)	38	19	9	10	58	40	+18	66
4	América-MG (P)	38	19	8	11	55	39	+16	65
5	Náutico	38	18	9	11	49	42	+7	63
6	Bragantino	38	19	3	16	56	56	0	60
7	Paysandu	38	17	9	12	49	40	+9	60
8	Sampaio Corrêa	38	15	13	10	51	43	+8	58
9	Bahia	38	15	13	10	48	41	+7	58
10	Luverdense	38	15	9	14	46	40	+6	54
11	CRB	38	15	9	14	47	45	+2	54
12	Criciúma	38	12	13	13	36	41	−5	49
13	Paraná	38	12	11	15	39	43	−4	47
14	Atlético Goianiense	38	11	13	14	36	46	−10	46
15	Ceará	38	12	9	17	42	50	−8	45
16	Oeste	38	10	14	14	37	45	−8	44
17	Macaé (R)	38	10	13	15	46	54	−8	43	Relegated to 2016 Série C
18	ABC (R)	38	6	14	18	41	64	−23	32
19	Boa Esporte (R)	38	7	10	21	34	54	−20	31
20	Mogi Mirim (R)	38	4	11	23	32	69	−37	23

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated