1991 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

Season	1991
Champions	Paysandu
Promoted	Paysandu Guarani
Goals scored	997
Average goals/game	2,09
Top goalscorer	Cacaio (Paysandu)
Biggest home win	Novorizontino 7-0 Taguatinga
Biggest away win	Auto Esporte-PI 1-6 ABC
← Série B 1990 Série B 1992 →

The football (soccer) Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 1991, the second level of Brazilian National League, was played from February to May 1991. The competition had 64 clubs and two of them were promoted to Série A. The competition was won by Paysandu.

First phase

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sampaio Corrêa	14	11	1	2	18	6	+12	23	Qualified
2	Paysandu	14	10	3	1	27	8	+19	23
3	Remo	14	8	3	3	18	7	+11	19
4	Tuna Luso	14	6	4	4	13	12	+1	16
5	Maranhão	14	4	1	9	15	20	−5	9
6	Rio Branco-AC	14	1	6	7	7	19	−12	8
7	Rio Negro	14	2	3	9	11	21	−10	7
8	Independência	14	1	5	8	6	22	−16	7

Source:

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ceará	14	6	7	1	14	4	+10	19	Qualified
2	ABC	14	4	10	0	20	10	+10	18
3	Fortaleza	14	5	7	2	17	11	+6	17
4	América-RN	14	4	7	3	16	17	−1	15
5	Auto Esporte-PI	14	7	0	7	18	19	−1	14
6	Ferroviário	14	3	6	5	10	11	−1	12
7	Parnahyba	14	2	5	7	13	28	−15	9
8	Moto Club	14	2	4	8	15	23	−8	8

Source:

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Santa Cruz	14	8	5	1	22	6	+16	21	Qualified
2	CSA	14	6	5	3	13	8	+5	17
3	Central	14	4	8	2	10	7	+3	16
4	Auto Esporte-PB	14	3	8	3	13	11	+2	14
5	Estudantes	14	4	5	5	11	16	−5	14
6	Treze	14	3	6	5	10	12	−2	12
7	CRB	14	2	7	5	10	20	−10	11
8	América-PE	14	1	6	7	4	13	−9	8

Source:
Notes:

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Americano	14	8	3	3	17	9	+8	19	Qualified
2	Desportiva	14	8	3	3	21	20	+1	19
3	Itaperuna	14	6	2	6	14	13	+1	14
4	Catuense	14	5	4	5	18	14	+4	14
5	Colatina	14	5	4	5	17	19	−2	14
6	América-RJ	14	3	5	6	13	15	−2	11
7	Fluminense de Feira	14	3	5	6	14	20	−6	11
8	Confiança	14	2	6	6	11	15	−4	10

Source:

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Novorizontino	14	7	5	2	26	12	+14	19	Qualified
2	Guarani	14	6	6	2	19	11	+8	18
3	Anapolina	14	5	7	2	17	16	+1	17
4	Goiânia	14	3	7	4	20	20	0	13
5	Gama	14	4	4	6	18	20	−2	12
6	Taguatinga	14	4	4	6	14	22	−8	12
7	Atlético-GO	14	3	6	5	12	16	−4	12
8	Vila Nova	14	1	7	6	6	15	−9	9

Source:

Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Botafogo-SP	14	8	5	1	18	6	+12	21	Qualified
2	Noroeste	14	8	2	4	23	15	+8	18
3	Ponte Preta	14	5	6	3	13	8	+5	16
4	América-MG	14	3	7	4	14	16	−2	13
5	Inter de Limeira	14	3	7	4	12	15	−3	13
6	XV de Piracicaba	14	3	5	6	10	17	−7	11
7	Esportivo de Passos	14	2	7	5	6	11	−5	11
8	Rio Branco de Andradas	14	2	5	7	10	18	−8	9

Source:

Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Londrina	14	8	5	1	26	14	+12	21	Qualified
2	Bangu	14	6	5	3	13	9	+4	17
3	Juventus	14	4	9	1	14	12	+2	17
4	Operário-PR	14	5	4	5	21	18	+3	14
5	Campo Grande	14	4	6	4	14	14	0	14
6	Grêmio Maringá	14	3	8	3	14	14	0	14
7	São José	14	2	4	8	12	12	0	8
8	Ubiratan	14	1	5	8	12	22	−10	7

Source:

Group 8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Coritiba	14	7	4	3	23	12	+11	18	Qualified
2	Paraná	14	6	5	3	15	7	+8	17
3	Joinville	14	5	6	3	16	15	+1	16
4	Figueirense	14	3	8	3	8	10	−2	14
5	Criciúma	14	5	3	6	22	16	+6	13
6	Caxias	14	4	5	5	14	19	−5	13
7	Juventude	14	4	5	5	10	15	−5	13
8	Blumenau	14	1	6	7	8	22	−14	8

Source:

Second phase

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ABC	0-0(p)	Sampaio Corrêa	0-0	0-0
Paysandu	2-1	Ceará	1-0	1-1
Desportiva	2-7	Santa Cruz	2-3	0-4
CSA	0-4	Americano	0-0	0-4
Noroeste	4-2	Novorizontino	4-0	0-2
Guarani	1-1 (a)	Botafogo-SP	0-0	1-1
Bangu	2-5	Coritiba	2-4	0-1
Paraná	2-1	Londrina	1-0	1-1

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ABC	2-3	Paysandu	1-0	1-3
Americano	3-3(a)	Santa Cruz	1-0	2-3
Guarani	3-3(a)	Noroeste	1-0	2-3
Paraná	1-4	Coritiba	1-0	0-4

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Americano	1-1(p)	Paysandu	1-0	0-1
Coritiba	1-1(p)	Guarani	1-0	0-1

Final

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May 19, 1991

Guarani	1–0	Paysandu

Brinco de Ouro

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May 26, 1991

Paysandu	2–0	Guarani

Mangueirão

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Sources

• "Brazil Second Level 1991". rsssfbrasil.com. Retrieved 2015-07-28.