2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
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The 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B was a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the second division.
Season | 2018 |
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Champions | Fortaleza (1st title) |
Promoted | Avaí CSA Fortaleza Goiás |
Relegated | Boa Esporte Juventude Paysandu Sampaio Corrêa |
Matches played | 380 |
Goals scored | 846 (2.23 per match) |
Top goalscorer | 17 goals Dagoberto (Londrina) |
Biggest home win | Brasil de Pelotas 5–0 Vila Nova R35, 6 November |
Biggest away win | CRB 0–4 Avaí R6, 15 May Paysandu 0–4 Ponte Preta R20, 7 August Juventude 0–4 CSA R38, 24 November |
Highest attendance | 57,223 Fortaleza 1–0 Paysandu R32, 20 October Fortaleza 4–1 Juventude R37, 15 November |
Lowest attendance | 42 Boa Esporte 0–1 Brasil de Pelotas R36, 9 November |
Total attendance | 1,942,401 |
Average attendance | 5,250 |
← 2017 2019 → |
Twenty teams competed in the tournament, twelve returning from the 2017 season, four promoted from the 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C (CSA, Fortaleza, São Bento and Sampaio Corrêa).[1] and four relegated from the 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (Coritiba, Avaí, Ponte Preta and Atlético Goianiense).[2]
The top four teams were promoted to the 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. Fortaleza became the first club to be promoted after a 1–2 win against Atlético Goianiense on 3 November 2018.[3] Goiás was promoted on 17 November,[4] and Avaí and CSA on 24 November.[5]