2003 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 2003 Palmeiras PalmeirasBotafogo GamaUnião São João Vágner Love (Palmeiras) - 19 920 2.97 2002 2004 The football (soccer) Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 2003, the second level of Brazilian National League, was played from April 25 to November 29, 2003. The competition had 24 clubs and two of them were promoted to Série A and two were relegated to Série C. In the first round, each team played against each other, much like what happens in Série A. However, in contrast to Série A, each team played against the other only once. Therefore, each team played 23 games, 12 home and 11 away (or the opposite). The eight best ranked teams advanced to the second round, where they were divided in two groups of four. Teams in each group played against each other home and away. The two best ranked teams in each group advanced to the final round. Those four teams were put in a single group, and played against each other home and away. Palmeiras finished the final phase group with most points and was declared 2003 Brazilian Série B champions, claiming the promotion to the 2004 Série A along with Botafogo, the runners-up. The two worst ranked teams in the first round (Gama and União São João) were relegated to play Série C in 2004. Teams Team City Stadium 2002 Season América Mineiro Belo Horizonte Independência 7th in Série B América de Natal Natal Machadão 10th in Série B Anapolina Anápolis Jonas Duarte 17th in Série B Avaí Florianópolis Ressacada 6th in Série B Botafogo Rio de Janeiro Caio Martins 26th in Série A Brasiliense Taguatinga, DF Boca do Jacaré 1st in Série C Caxias Caxias do Sul Centenário 14th in Série B Ceará Fortaleza Castelão 13th in Série B CRB Maceió Pajuçara 9th in Série B Gama Gama, DF Bezerrão 25th in Série A Joinville Joinville Ernestão 12th in Série B Londrina Londrina Café 18th in Série B Marília Marília Bento de Abreu 2nd in Série C Mogi Mirim Mogi Mirim Vail Chaves 11th in Série B Náutico Recife Aflitos 20th in Série B Palmeiras São Paulo Parque Antárctica 24th in Série A Paulista Jundiaí Jayme Cintra 4th in Série B Portuguesa São Paulo Canindé 23rd in Série A Remo Belém Mangueirão 8th in Série B Santa Cruz Recife Arruda 3rd in Série B São Raimundo Manaus Ismael Benigno 19th in Série B Sport Recife Ilha do Retiro 5th in Série B União São João Araras Herminião 16th in Série B Vila Nova Goiânia Serra Dourada 15th in Série B First stage main WDL First stage QR y y 5 PAL Palmeiras BOT Botafogo REM Remo SPT Sport BRA Brasiliense MAR Marília NAU Náutico STA Santa Cruz PAU Paulista LON Londrina ARN América-RN AVA Avaí POR Portuguesa CEA Ceará JOI Joinville CRB CRB MOG Mogi Mirim SRA São Raimundo VIL Vila Nova ANA Anapolina CAX Caxias AMG América Mineiro GAM Gama USJ União São João 13 8 2 54 25 11 8 4 45 26 11 6 6 42 33 9 10 4 34 22 9 10 4 33 24 9 9 5 32 24 11 5 7 41 27 10 5 8 35 38 9 8 6 37 28 8 7 8 39 42 6 10 7 36 38 8 6 9 23 30 7 9 7 39 33 7 9 7 36 30 7 6 10 33 41 7 6 10 28 37 7 5 11 28 43 6 8 9 27 31 6 8 9 32 39 7 6 10 30 43 5 9 9 27 39 4 12 7 35 38 3 10 10 28 41 4 4 15 22 44 -3 The points won by Náutico in its match against Joinville were given to Joinville due to Náutico's fielding of a ineligible player. 3 NAU 3 The points won by Anapolina in its match against América-RN were given to América-RN due to Anapolina's fielding of a ineligible player. -3 ARN green2 Qualified to Second Stage Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q red1 Relegated to Série C 2004 R R complete rsssf.com Second stage Group A main WDL Q y secondA PAL Palmeiras SPT Sport BRA Brasiliense FC STA Santa Cruz 5 0 1 14 8 2 2 2 9 8 2 1 3 7 10 1 1 4 7 11 green2 Qualified to Final Stage Q Q y FBR grey 1–2 2–0 1–0 6–2 2–0 2–3 4–0 1–3 1–1 1–1 1–2 3–1 complete rsssf.com Group B main WDL Q y secondB MAR Marília BOT Botafogo NAU Náutico REM Remo 3 2 1 12 8 3 1 2 16 11 2 1 3 11 15 1 2 3 9 14 green2 Qualified to Final Stage Q Q y FBR grey 3–1 1–2 4–1 2–2 4–1 2–0 2–4 1–2 2–2 3–2 1–1 2–3 complete rsssf.com Final stage main WDL Final stage P y PAL Palmeiras BOT Botafogo SPT Sport MAR Marília 5 1 0 12 3 2 2 2 9 10 1 2 3 6 8 0 3 3 2 8 green1 Promoted to Série A 2004 P P y FBR grey 3–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 4–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–2 complete rsssf.com Notes "notes" Sources March 2016 Category:2003 in Brazilian football leagues Category:Campeonato Brasileiro Série B seasons