title: 2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
text: # 2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
  
  In 2012, the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, the second level of the Brazilian League, was contested by 20 clubs from May 19 until November 24, 2012. The top four teams in the table have qualified to the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A to be contested in 2013, meanwhile the bottom four were relegated to Campeonato Brasileiro Série C. It's considered the sixth best "second division" of the world.
  
  ## Teams
  
  ### Stadia and locations
  
  | Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity | 2011 season |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | ABC | Natal | Frasqueirão | 18,000 | 10th in Série B |
  | América de Natal | Natal | Nazarenão | 4,000 | 4th in Série C |
  | América Mineiro | Belo Horizonte | Independência | 23,000 | 19th in Série A |
  | ASA | Arapiraca | Coaracy da Mata Fonseca | 14,000 | 16th in Série B |
  | Atlético Paranaense | Curitiba | Arena da Baixada | 25,180 | 17th in Série A |
  | Avaí | Florianópolis | Ressacada | 17,800 | 20th in Série A |
  | Boa Esporte | Varginha | Melão | 15,400 | 7th in Série B |
  | Bragantino | Bragança Paulista | Nabi Abi Chedid | 13,200 | 6th in Série B |
  | Ceará | Fortaleza | Presidente Vargas | 20,600 | 18th in Série A |
  | CRB | Maceió | Rei Pelé | 18,500 | 2nd in Série C |
  | Criciúma | Criciúma | Heriberto Hülse | 22,000 | 14th in Série B |
  | Goiás | Goiânia | Serra Dourada | 50,000 | 11th in Série B |
  | Grêmio Barueri | Barueri | Arena Barueri | 35,000 | 9th in Série B |
  | Guarani | Campinas | Brinco de Ouro | 32,400 | 12th in Série B |
  | Guaratinguetá | Guaratinguetá | Ninho da Garça | 15,700 | 8th in Série B |
  | Ipatinga | Ipatinga | Ipatingão | 27,500 | 3rd in Série C |
  | Joinville | Joinville | Arena Joinville | 22,400 | 1st in Série C |
  | Paraná | Curitiba | Vila Capanema | 20,000 | 13th in Série B |
  | São Caetano | São Caetano do Sul | Anacleto Campanella | 16,700 | 15th in Série B |
  | Vitória | Salvador | Barradão | 35,600 | 5th in Série B |
  
  ## League table
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Goiás (C, P) | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 75 | 37 | +38 | 78 | Promotion to Série A |
  | 2 | Criciúma (P) | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 78 | 57 | +21 | 73 | Promotion to Série A |
  | 3 | Atlético Paranaense (P) | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 65 | 37 | +28 | 71 | Promotion to Série A |
  | 4 | Vitória (P) | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 59 | 43 | +16 | 71 | Promotion to Série A |
  | 5 | São Caetano | 38 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 58 | 38 | +20 | 71 | |
  | 6 | Joinville | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 58 | 40 | +18 | 60 | |
  | 7 | Avaí | 38 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 44 | 42 | +2 | 59 | |
  | 8 | América Mineiro | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 63 | 58 | +5 | 55 | |
  | 9 | América de Natal | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 60 | 61 | −1 | 54 | |
  | 10 | Paraná | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 51 | |
  | 11 | Ceará | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 51 | 52 | −1 | 47 | |
  | 12 | ABC | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 50 | 52 | −2 | 45 | |
  | 13 | ASA | 38 | 13 | 5 | 20 | 48 | 56 | −8 | 44 | |
  | 14 | Bragantino | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 45 | 53 | −8 | 44 | |
  | 15 | Boa Esporte | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 51 | 63 | −12 | 44 | |
  | 16 | Guaratinguetá | 38 | 13 | 4 | 21 | 41 | 63 | −22 | 43 | |
  | 17 | CRB (R) | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 47 | 67 | −20 | 42 | Relegation to Série C |
  | 18 | Guarani (R) | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 41 | Relegation to Série C |
  | 19 | Ipatinga (R) | 38 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 38 | 73 | −35 | 31 | Relegation to Série C |
  | 20 | Grêmio Barueri (R) | 38 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 38 | 69 | −31 | 30 | Relegation to Série C |
  
  ## Results
  
  | Home \ Away | ABC | AMG | ARN | ASA | CAP | AVA | BAR | BOA | BRG | CEA | CRB | CRI | GOI | GRN | GRT | IPA | JEC | PAR | SCA | VIT |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | ABC | | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
  | América Mineiro | 3–3 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–5 | 1–2 |
  | América de Natal | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 |
  | ASA | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–3 |
  | Atlético Paranaense | 2–1 | 5–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
  | Avaí | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
  | Barueri | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–6 | 2–0 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 |
  | Boa Esporte | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 |
  | Bragantino | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | | 1–3 | 0–2 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 3–0 |
  | Ceará | 4–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 |
  | CRB | 3–3 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 |
  | Criciúma | 2–0 | 0–4 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
  | Goiás | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 5–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–3 |
  | Guarani | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
  | Guaratinguetá | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
  | Ipatinga | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 0–6 | 0–0 | 2–3 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
  | Joinville | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 6–0 | | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
  | Paraná | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 3–1 |
  | São Caetano | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 0–0 |
  | Vitória | 1–0 | 5–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 0–1 | |
  