1992 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

The football (soccer) Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 1992, the second level of Brazilian National League, was played from February 9 to July 11, 1992. The competition had 32 clubs and twelve of them were promoted to Série A. The competition was won by Paraná.

First phase

Group 1

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Promotion or relegation
1.	Santa Cruz	19	14	6	7	1	18	6	+12	Promoted to Série A and Qualified to Second phase.
2.	Ceará	17	14	5	7	2	11	10	+1
3.	Fortaleza	16	14	6	4	4	15	11	+4
4.	Campinense	15	14	5	5	4	12	14	-2
5.	Picos	14	14	3	8	3	10	14	-4
6.	CSA	13	14	6	1	7	16	14	+2
7.	ABC	10	14	3	4	7	10	16	-6
8.	Central	8	14	3	2	9	12	19	-7

Group 2

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Promotion or relegation
1.	Remo	19	14	9	1	4	30	12	+18	Promoted to Série A and Qualified to Second phase.
2.	Vitória	17	14	6	5	3	18	9	+9
3.	Desportiva Ferroviária	16	14	7	3	4	16	16	0
4.	Anapolina	15	14	6	3	5	15	16	-1
5.	Confiança	13	14	5	3	6	12	17	-5
6.	Itaperuna	13	14	4	5	5	18	23	-5
7.	Americano	12	14	4	4	6	15	17	-2
8.	Taguatinga	6	14	1	4	9	14	28	-14

Group 3

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Promotion or relegation
1.	Criciúma	16	14	7	2	5	15	9	+6	Promoted to Série A and Qualified to Second phase.
2.	Coritiba	16	14	6	4	4	11	9	+2
3.	União São João	14	14	5	4	5	12	10	+2
4.	Juventus	14	14	5	4	5	11	9	+2
5.	Botafogo-SP	14	14	5	4	5	10	10	0
6.	Noroeste	13	14	5	3	6	13	20	-7
7.	Bangu	13	14	4	5	5	9	9	0
8.	Joinville	12	14	4	4	6	6	11	-5

Group 4

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Promotion or relegation
1.	América-MG	18	14	6	6	2	12	5	+7	Promoted to Série A and Qualified to Second phase.
2.	Paraná	18	14	5	8	1	17	10	+7
3.	Grêmio	17	14	6	5	3	22	13	+9
4.	São José	16	14	6	4	4	22	13	+9
5.	Ponte Preta	16	14	5	6	3	15	13	+2
6.	Londrina	13	14	5	3	6	15	16	-1
7.	Operário-MS	10	14	2	6	6	13	19	-6
8.	Operário-MT	4	14	1	2	11	11	38	-27

Second phase

Originally, the 2nd phase would be disputed in knockout style. The teams would be matched according to their record in the first phase, so the matches would be:

However, to reduce the costs, the 2nd phase was changed and the teams were assigned in groups according to their geographical position. To compensate, clubs with advantage in original rules (Santa Cruz, Criciúma, Ceará, Remo, América and Paraná) earned an extra point.

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Third phase

Once more, the rules were changed. For unknown reasons, Fortaleza went to court claiming to have the right to have a berth. Instead of 6 teams qualifying to the 3rd phase, 2 more berths were created. CBF invited Fortaleza and Grêmio, that had the best record among the eliminated. Grêmio forfeited their berth to the 3rd phase alleging financial reasons, União São João won the berth.

Group 1

Group 2

Semifinals

Finals

First leg

Paraná v Vitória

5 July 1992 (1992-07-05)

Paraná	2 – 1	Vitória
Adoílson  16' (p),  43'		Alex Alves  77'

Pinheirão, Curitiba (PR) Attendance: 18,472

Second leg

Vitória v Paraná

11 July 1992 (1992-07-11)

Vitória	0 – 1	Paraná
		Saulo  54'

Fonte Nova, Salvador (BA) Attendance: 60,442 Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas

Sources

• "Brazil Second Level 1992". rsssfbrasil.com. Retrieved 2014-11-09.