1971 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
Season	1971
Champions	Villa Nova
Top goalscorer	Robilota (Remo) - 4 goals
Biggest home win	CRB 6-1 Náutico (September 12, 1971) ; Sampaio Corrêa 5-0 Maranhão (September 26, 1971)
Biggest away win	Sport Belém 0-5 Remo (October 27, 1971)
	1972 →

The football (soccer) Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 1971, the second level of Brazilian National League, was played from September 12 to December 22, 1971. The competition had 23 clubs. The tournament consisted in a fusion of the already existing Torneio Centro-Sul and the Copa Norte-Nordeste, with the champions of each tournament facing off in the finals.

Villa Nova beat Remo on the finals, and was declared 1971 Brazilian Série B champions. The relegation and promotion system hadn't been implemented yet, so no clubs were promoted.

Stages of the competition

First phase

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ferroviário-CE	6	4	1	1	12	7	+5	9	Qualified to the Second phase
2	Campinense	5	3	0	2	5	5	0	6
3	ABC	5	1	1	3	8	10	−2	3
4	Ferroviário-PE^[a]	4	0	2	2	5	8	−3	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Ferroviário-PE didn't play its last two matches, against Campinense and ABC.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Itabaiana	4	2	1	1	7	5	+2	5	Qualified to the Second phase
2	CRB	4	2	0	2	9	7	+2	4
3	Náutico	4	1	1	2	5	9	−4	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Flamengo-PI	8	5	2	1	12	7	+5	12	Qualified to the Second phase
2	Sampaio Corrêa	8	5	1	2	16	8	+8	11
3	River	8	5	0	3	12	8	+4	10
4	Guarany de Sobral	8	2	2	4	8	12	−4	6
5	Maranhão	8	0	1	7	3	16	−13	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Remo	6	3	2	1	7	1	+6	8	Qualified to the Second phase
2	Tuna Luso	6	2	4	0	5	1	+4	8
3	Paysandu	6	1	3	2	3	5	−2	5
4	Sport Belém	6	1	1	4	2	10	−8	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ponte Preta	4	2	2	0	6	1	+5	6	Qualified to the Second phase
2	América-SC	4	1	2	1	3	3	0	4
3	Londrina	4	0	2	2	3	8	−5	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Second phase

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ponte Preta	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	4	Qualified to the semifinals
2	Mixto^[a]	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Mixto had previously received a bye to the Second phase

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Villa Nova^[a]	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	3	Qualified to the semifinals
2	Central-RJ^[b]	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Villa Nova had previously received a bye to the Second phase
^ Central-RJ had previously received a bye to the Second phase

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Remo	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3	4	Qualified to the semifinals
2	Rodoviária-AM^[a]	2	0	0	2	2	5	−3	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Rodoviária-AM had previously received a bye to the Second phase

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Itabaiana	4	2	1	1	7	4	+3	5	Qualified to the semifinals
2	Ferroviário-CE	4	1	2	1	3	3	0	4
3	Flamengo-PI	4	1	1	2	4	7	−3	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Semifinals

Teams			Scores		Tie-breaker
Team 1	Points	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Itabaiana	1:3	Remo	0:0	0:2	—
Villa Nova^[1]	2:2	Ponte Preta	1:0	0:1	1:1

Finals

15 December 1971

Remo	1 – 0	Villa Nova
Ernani

Baenão, Belém (PA)

Referee:

Armindo Tavares

19 December 1971

Villa Nova	3 – 0	Remo
Dias 5' Jésum 22' Paulinho 46'

Estádio Independência, Belo Horizonte (MG)

Referee:

Oscar Scolfaro

22 December 1971

Villa Nova	2 – 1	Remo
Mário Lourenço 49' (pen.) 78' (pen.)		Cabecinha 9'

Estádio Independência, Belo Horizonte (MG)

Referee:

Oscar Scolfaro

Sources

http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tablesae/br1971l2.htm

References

^ Villa Nova qualified after winning in a penalty shootout.

[table_note_FPE0.14293113497222-1] Ferroviário-PE didn't play its last two matches, against Campinense and ABC.

[table_note_MIX0.42604726852199-2] Mixto had previously received a bye to the Second phase

[table_note_VIL0.79810155220241-3] Villa Nova had previously received a bye to the Second phase

[table_note_CRJ0.79810155220241-4] Central-RJ had previously received a bye to the Second phase

[table_note_RAM0.92674105471314-5] Rodoviária-AM had previously received a bye to the Second phase

[6] Villa Nova qualified after winning in a penalty shootout.

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