Campeonato Brasileiro Série D

Not to be confused with Serie D.

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série D (English: Brazilian Championship Serie D), commonly known as the Série D or the Brazilian Série D to distinguish it from the Italian Serie D, is the fourth division of the Brazilian football league system, and was announced by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) on 9 April 2008. The Campeonato Brasileiro Série D was formed from the split of the Série C, keeping its best 20 clubs and playing double round robin as does the top three divisions. The Série D keeps the same format of the older Série C, but with participation limited to 40 clubs recognized by the state federation.^[1] In 2016 the Série D was expanded to 68 clubs, but in 2022 it was reduced to 64 clubs.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série D

Founded	2009
Country	Brazil
Confederation	CONMEBOL
Number of clubs	64
Level on pyramid	4
Promotion to	Série C
Current champions	Retrô (1st title) (2024)
Most championships	Ferroviário (2 titles)
Broadcaster(s)	BandSports TV Brasil
Website	Official website
Current: 2025 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D

The Série D format is a mixed system: the 64 clubs are divided in 8 groups organized regionally, playing in a round-robin format. The top teams qualify for playoffs and clubs that reach the semi-finals are promoted to Série C. Clubs qualify for the Série D by their performance at state championships — spots are given to the top clubs on those leagues that aren't at Série A, B or C — at state cups or relegation from Série C.

Champions of Série D

The following table shows the winners and runners-up of the Série D tournaments played since its beginning in 2009, according to the Brazilian Football Confederation:^[2]

Ed.	Season	Champion	Runner-up
1	2009	São Raimundo	Macaé
2	2010	Guarany de Sobral	Madureira
3	2011	Tupi	Santa Cruz
4	2012	Sampaio Corrêa	CRAC
5	2013	Botafogo	Juventude
6	2014	Tombense	Brasil de Pelotas
7	2015	Botafogo	Ríver
8	2016	Volta Redonda	CSA
9	2017	Operário Ferroviário	Globo
10	2018	Ferroviário	Treze
11	2019	Brusque	Manaus
12	2020	Mirassol	Floresta
13	2021	Aparecidense	Campinense
14	2022	América de Natal	Pouso Alegre
15	2023	Ferroviário	Ferroviária
16	2024	Retrô	Anápolis

Performances

By club

Performance in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D by club

Club	Won	Runners-up	Years won	Years runners-up
Ferroviário	2	0	2018, 2023	—
América-RN	1	0	2022	—
Aparecidense	1	0	2021	—
Botafogo-PB	1	0	2013	—
Botafogo-SP	1	0	2015	—
Brusque	1	0	2019	—
Guarany de Sobral	1	0	2010	—
Mirassol	1	0	2020	—
Operário Ferroviário	1	0	2017	—
Retrô	1	0	2024	—
Sampaio Corrêa	1	0	2012	—
São Raimundo	1	0	2009	—
Tombense	1	0	2014	—
Tupi	1	0	2011	—
Volta Redonda	1	0	2016	—
Anápolis	0	1	—	2024
Brasil de Pelotas	0	1	—	2014
Campinense	0	1	—	2021
CRAC	0	1	—	2012
CSA	0	1	—	2016
Ferroviária	0	1	—	2023
Floresta	0	1	—	2020
Globo	0	1	—	2017
Juventude	0	1	—	2013
Macaé	0	1	—	2009
Madureira	0	1	—	2010
Manaus	0	1	—	2019
Pouso Alegre	0	1	—	2022
Ríver	0	1	—	2015
Santa Cruz	0	1	—	2011
Treze	0	1	—	2018

By state

Performance by state

State	Winners	Runners-up
Ceará	3	1
Minas Gerais	2	1
São Paulo	2	1
Goiás	1	2
Paraíba	1	2
Rio de Janeiro	1	2
Pernambuco	1	1
Rio Grande do Norte	1	1
Maranhão	1	0
Pará	1	0
Paraná	1	0
Santa Catarina	1	0
Rio Grande do Sul	0	2
Alagoas	0	1
Amazonas	0	1
Piauí	0	1

Participations

Most appearances

As of 2025 season

Below is the list of clubs that have more appearances in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.

Club	App	First	Last
Central	12	2009	2025
Sergipe	11	2009	2025
Aparecidense	10	2012	2025
Campinense	10	2012	2023
Moto Club	9	2009	2024
Rio Branco (AC)	9	2014	2024
São Raimundo (RR)	9	2014	2024

Clubs promoted from Série D

Year	Clubs
2009	São Raimundo (PA), Macaé, Chapecoense, Alecrim
2010	Guarany de Sobral, Madureira, Araguaína, Joinville
2011	Tupi, Santa Cruz, Cuiabá, Oeste, Treze[a]
2012	Sampaio Corrêa, CRAC, Baraúnas, Mogi Mirim
2013	Botafogo (PB), Juventude, Tupi, Salgueiro
2014	Tombense, Brasil de Pelotas, Londrina, Confiança
2015	Botafogo (SP), Ríver, Remo, Ypiranga
2016	Volta Redonda, CSA, São Bento, Moto Club
2017	Operário Ferroviário, Globo, Atlético Acreano, Juazeirense
2018	Ferrovário, Treze, São José (RS), Imperatriz
2019	Brusque, Manaus, Ituano, Jacuipense
2020	Mirassol, Floresta, Novorizontino, Altos
2021	Aparecidense, Campinense, ABC, Atlético Cearense
2022	América de Natal, Pouso Alegre, Amazonas, São Bernardo FC
2023	Ferrovário, Ferroviária, Athletic, Caxias
2024	Retrô, Anápolis, Itabaiana, Maringá

1. ^
   Treze managed to promote to Série C in the sports court.^[3]

Top scorers

Year	Player (team)	Goals
2009	Michell (São Raimundo-PA)	10
2010	Danilo Pitbull (Guarany de Sobral)	11
2011	Fernando (Cuiabá) Marcinho Beija-Flor (Oeste)	11
2012	Nino Guerreiro (CRAC)	13
2013	Ademilson (Tupi)	12
2014	Nena (Brasil de Pelotas)	8
2015	Jô (São Caetano)	12
2016	Manoel (Altos)	10
2017	Eduardo (Atlético Acreano) Weverton (Princesa do Solimões)	9
2018	Edson Cariús (Ferroviário-CE)	11
2019	Júnior Pirambu (Brusque)	10
2020	Wallace Pernambucano (América-RN) Zé Eduardo (Brasiliense)	12
2021	Gabriel Santos (Caldense)	13
2022	Ítalo (Amazonas) Rafael (Amazonas)	11
2023	Eron (Caxias)	14
2024	Thiaguinho (Treze)	10

Winning managers

Year	Manager	Club
2009	Lúcio Matos	São Raimundo (PA)
2010	Oliveira Canindé	Guarany de Sobral
2011	Ricardo Drubscky	Tupi
2012	Flávio Araújo	Sampaio Corrêa
2013	Marcelo Vilar	Botafogo (PB)
2014	Eugênio Souza	Tombense
2015	Marcelo Veiga	Botafogo (SP)
2016	Felipe Surian	Volta Redonda
2017	Gerson Gusmão	Operário Ferroviário
2018	Marcelo Vilar (2)	Ferroviário
2019	Waguinho Dias	Brusque
2020	Eduardo Baptista	Mirassol
2021	Thiago Carvalho	Aparecidense
2022	Leandro Sena	América de Natal
2023	Paulinho Kobayashi	Ferroviário
2024	Itamar Schülle	Retrô

See also

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the main division of Brazilian football
• Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, the second division of Brazilian football
• Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, the third division of Brazilian football
• CBF