2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
The 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D was a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the fourth division. The competition started on 21 April and ended on 4 August 2018.
Sixty-eight teams competed in the tournament. Sixty-four teams qualified from their state leagues and cups, and four relegated from the 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C.
Ferroviário, Imperatriz, São José and Treze qualified for the semi-finals and were promoted to the 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C.
Ferroviário won the title after defeating Treze in the final.
Teams
The following 68 teams qualified for the tournament:- São Paulo: 4 berths
- Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Paraná, Pernambuco, Goiás and Bahia: 3 berths each
- All other federations: 2 berths each
- Teams relegated from 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C
- *ASA
- *Macaé
- *Mogi Mirim
- *Moto Club
| Federation | Team | Home city |
 Acre2 berths | Plácido de Castro | Plácido de Castro |
| Acre 2 berths | Rio Branco | Rio Branco |
 Alagoas2 + 1 berths | ASA | Arapiraca |
| Alagoas 2 + 1 berths | Murici | Murici |
| Alagoas 2 + 1 berths | Santa Rita | Boca da Mata |
 Amapá2 berths | Macapá | Macapá |
| Amapá 2 berths | Santos | Macapá |
 Amazonas2 berths | Manaus | Manaus |
| Amazonas 2 berths | Nacional | Manaus |
 Bahia3 berths | Fluminense de Feira | Feira de Santana |
| Bahia 3 berths | Jacuipense | Riachão do Jacuípe |
| Bahia 3 berths | Vitória da Conquista | Vitória da Conquista |
 Ceará2 berths | Ferroviário | Fortaleza |
| Ceará 2 berths | Guarani de Juazeiro | Juazeiro do Norte |
 Espírito Santo2 berths | Atlético Itapemirim | Itapemirim |
| Espírito Santo 2 berths | Espírito Santo | Vitória |
 Federal District2 berths | Brasiliense | Taguatinga |
| Federal District 2 berths | Ceilândia | Ceilândia |
 Goiás3 berths | Aparecidense | Aparecida de Goiânia |
| Goiás 3 berths | Iporá | Iporá |
| Goiás 3 berths | Itumbiara | Itumbiara |
 Maranhão2 + 1 berths | Cordino | Barra do Corda |
| Maranhão 2 + 1 berths | Imperatriz | Imperatriz |
| Maranhão 2 + 1 berths | Moto Club | São Luís |
 Mato Grosso2 berths | Dom Bosco | Cuiabá |
| Mato Grosso 2 berths | Sinop | Sinop |
 Mato Grosso do Sul 2 berths | Corumbaense | Corumbá |
| Mato Grosso do Sul 2 berths | Novoperário | Campo Grande |
 Minas Gerais3 berths | Caldense | Poços de Caldas |
| Minas Gerais 3 berths | Uberlândia | Uberlândia |
| Minas Gerais 3 berths | URT | Patos de Minas |
 Pará2 berths | Independente | Tucuruí |
| Pará 2 berths | São Raimundo-PA | Santarém |
 Paraíba2 berths | Campinense | Campina Grande |
| Paraíba 2 berths | Treze | Campina Grande |
 Paraná3 berths | Cianorte | Cianorte |
| Paraná 3 berths | Maringá | Maringá |
| Paraná 3 berths | Prudentópolis | Prudentópolis |
 Pernambuco3 berths | Belo Jardim | Belo Jardim |
| Pernambuco 3 berths | Central | Caruaru |
| Pernambuco 3 berths | Flamengo de Arcoverde | Arcoverde |
 Piauí2 berths | 4 de Julho | Piripiri |
| Piauí 2 berths | Altos | Altos |
 Rio de Janeiro3 + 1 berths | Americano | |
| Rio de Janeiro 3 + 1 berths | Macaé | Macaé |
| Rio de Janeiro 3 + 1 berths | Madureira | Rio de Janeiro |
| Rio de Janeiro 3 + 1 berths | Nova Iguaçu | Nova Iguaçu |
| 2 berths | América de Natal | Natal |
| 2 berths | ASSU | Assu |
 Rio Grande do Sul3 berths | Caxias | Caxias do Sul |
| Rio Grande do Sul 3 berths | Novo Hamburgo | Novo Hamburgo |
| Rio Grande do Sul 3 berths | São José | Porto Alegre |
 Rondônia2 berths | Barcelona | Vilhena |
| Rondônia 2 berths | Real Ariquemes | Ariquemes |
 Roraima2 berths | Baré | Boa Vista |
| Roraima 2 berths | São Raimundo-RR | Boa Vista |
 Santa Catarina3 berths | Brusque | Brusque |
| Santa Catarina 3 berths | Internacional de Lages | Lages |
| Santa Catarina 3 berths | Tubarão | Tubarão |
 São Paulo4 + 1 berths | Ferroviária | Araraquara |
| São Paulo 4 + 1 berths | Linense | Lins |
| São Paulo 4 + 1 berths | Mirassol | Mirassol |
| São Paulo 4 + 1 berths | Mogi Mirim | Mogi Mirim |
| São Paulo 4 + 1 berths | Novorizontino | Novo Horizonte |
 Sergipe2 berths | Itabaiana | Itabaiana |
| Sergipe 2 berths | Sergipe | Aracaju |
 Tocantins2 berths | Interporto | Porto Nacional |
| Tocantins 2 berths | Sparta | Araguaína |
Competition format
In the first stage, 68 teams were divided into seventeen groups of four, organized regionally. 32 teams qualified for the second stage. From the second stage on the competition was played as a knock-out tournament with each round contested over two legs.First stage
In the first stage, each group played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners of each group and the best 15 runners-up qualified for the second stage. The teams were ranked according to points. If tied on points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Wins; 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Head-to-head ; 5. Fewest red cards; 6. Fewest yellow cards; 7. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation.Group A1
| Team | |||||||||
| 1 | Manaus | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 12 |
| 2 | Rio Branco | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 11 |
| 3 | Macapá | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 6 |
| 4 | Baré | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 5 |
Group A2
| Team | |||||||||
| 1 | Independente | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 12 |
| 2 | Santos | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 8 |
| 3 | Barcelona | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 8 |
| 4 | Plácido de Castro | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 19 | −11 | 4 |
Group A3
| Team | |||||||||
| 1 | Nacional | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 10 |
| 2 | São Raimundo-RR | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | –1 | 8 |
| 3 | São Raimundo-PA | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | –1 | 8 |
| 4 | Real Ariquemes | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | –3 | 6 |
Group A4
| Team | |||||||||
| 1 | Ferroviário | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 10 |
| 2 | Cordino | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 9 |
| 3 | 4 de Julho | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 6 |
| 4 | Interporto | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 5 |
Group A5
| Team | |||||||||
| 1 | Moto Club | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 13 |
| 2 | Altos | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 11 |
| 3 | Sparta | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | –3 | 5 |
| 4 |  ASSU | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | –4 | 4 |
Group A6
| Team | |||||||||
| 1 | América de Natal | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 14 |
| 2 | Imperatriz | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 9 |
| 3 | Belo Jardim | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 4 |
| 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 3 |
Group A7
| Team | |||||||||
| 1 | Sergipe | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 13 |
| 2 | Jacuipense | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | Central | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 6 |
| 4 | ASA | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 4 |
Group A8
| Team | |||||||||
| 1 | Campinense | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 16 |
| 2 | Fluminense de Feira | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 3 | +15 | 13 |
| 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 16 | −12 | 4 | |
| 4 | Murici | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 16 | −12 | 1 |
Group A9
| Team | |||||||||
| 1 | Treze | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 12 |
| 2 | Itabaiana | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 10 |
| 3 | Vitória da Conquista | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 8 |
| 4 | Santa Rita | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 16 | −10 | 3 |
Group A10
| Team | |||||||||
| 1 | Iporá | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 13 |
| 2 | Brasiliense | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 11 |
| 3 | Corumbaense | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 8 |
| 4 | Dom Bosco | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 1 |
Group A11
| Team | |||||||||
| 1 | Sinop | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 10 |
| 2 | Novoperário | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Aparecidense | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 8 |
| 4 | Ceilândia | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | –2 | 5 |
Group A12
| Team | |||||||||
| 1 | Macaé | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 11 |
| 2 |  URT | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 10 |
| 3 | Itumbiara | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 10 |
| 4 | Espírito Santo | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | –6 | 2 |
Group A13
| Team | |||||||||
| 1 | Uberlândia | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 11 |
| 2 | Novorizontino | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 9 |
| 3 | Americano | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 8 |
| 4 | Atlético Itapemirim | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 |
Group A14
| Team | |||||||||
| 1 | Linense | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 9 |
| 2 | Maringá | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 9 |
| 3 | Madureira | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | –1 | 6 |
| 4 | Caldense | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | –2 | 6 |
Group A15
| Team | |||||||||
| 1 | Caxias | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 16 |
| 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 9 | |
| 3 | Mirassol | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 7 |
| 4 | Nova Iguaçu | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 3 |
Group A16
| Team | |||||||||
| 1 | Tubarão | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 15 |
| 2 | Novo Hamburgo | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 8 |
| 3 | Cianorte | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 6 |
| 4 | Ferroviária | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | –4 | 3 |
Group A17
Second stage
The Second stage was a two-legged knockout tie, with the draw regionalised.Qualification and draw
The 32 qualifiers were divided into two pots. Pot 1 contained the 16 best performing group winners. Pot 2 contained the worst performing group winner and the 15 qualifying group runners-up. In pot 1 the teams were numbered 1 to 16 in numerical order of the group they qualified from. In pot 2 the teams were numbered 17 to 32 in numerical order of the group they qualified from. In the case that one of the qualifying runners-up was from the same group as the worst performing group winner, both teams would be in pot 2 and the group winners would be numbered lower in sequence than the group runners-up.The teams were ranked according to points. If tied on points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Wins; 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation.
To keep the draw regionalised Team 1 played Team 18, Team 2 played Team 17 and this pattern was repeated throughout the draw. The higher numbered team played at home in the first leg.
Ranking of group winners
Ranking of group runners-up
Qualification pots
Ties
The matches were played between 2 and 10 June.Third stage
The third stage was a two-legged knockout tie, with the draw regionalised. The ties were predetermined from the second stage, with the winners of second stage tie 1 playing the winners of second stage tie 2, etc. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the tournament with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg.Ties
The matches were played between 16 and 25 June.Final stages
The final stages were a two leg knockout competition with quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals rounds. The draw for the quarter-finals was seeded based on the table of results of all matches in the competition for the qualifying teams. First played eighth, second played seventh, etc. The top four seeded teams played the second leg at home. The four quarter-final winners were promoted to Série C for 2019.The draw for the semi-finals was seeded based on the table of results of all matches in the competition for the qualifying teams. First played fourth, second played third. The top two seeded teams played the second leg at home.
In the finals, the team with the best record in the competition played the second leg at home.