Season 1997 Promoted América-MGPonte Preta | Champion América Futebol Clube | |
Similar 2009 Campeonato Brasileiro, 2004 Campeonato Brasileiro, 2005 Campeonato Brasileiro, 2006 Campeonato Brasileiro, 2010 Campeonato Brasileiro | ||
The football (soccer) Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 1997, the second level of Brazilian National League, was played from August 9 to December 7, 1997. The competition had 25 clubs and two of them were promoted to Série A and five were relegated to Série C. The competition was won by América-MG.
América-MG finished the final phase group with the most points, and was declared 1999 Brazilian Série B champions, claiming the promotion to the 1998 Série A along with Ponte Preta, the runners-up. The five worst ranked teams in each group (Mogi Mirim, Sergipe, Moto Club, Central and Goiatuba) were relegated to play Série C in 1998.
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1997 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA