1972 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
# 1972 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

The football (soccer) Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 1972, the second level of Brazilian National League, was played from September 10 to December 17, 1972. The competition had 23 clubs. All of the participating clubs were from the Northeast region.

Sampaio Corrêa beat Campinense on the finals, and was declared 1972 Brazilian Série B champions. The relegation and promotion system had not been implemented yet, so no clubs were promoted. As the First division of the championship began to grow in number of clubs, this edition of the second division was the last one until 1980.

## First phase

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sampaio Corrêa | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 13 |
| 2 | Tiradentes | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 12 |
| 3 | Moto Club | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 12 |
| 4 | Fortaleza | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 11 |
| 5 | Guarany de Sobral | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | −7 | 6 |
| 6 | Flamengo-PI | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 6 |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Campinense | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 9 | +11 | 14 |
| 2 | América-RN | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 13 |
| 3 | River | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 12 |
| 4 | Ferroviário-MA | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 12 |
| 5 | Maguari | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 5 |
| 6 | Calouros do Ar | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 22 | −11 | 4 |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | CSA | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 10 |
| 2 | América-PE | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 10 |
| 3 | Botafogo-PB | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 9 |
| 4 | Alecrim | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 6 |
| 5 | Ferroviário-PE | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 6 |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Atlético de Alagoinhas | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 4 | +14 | 18 |
| 2 | Itabaiana | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 11 |
| 3 | Central | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 11 |
| 4 | Confiança | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 7 |
| 5 | Fluminense de Feira | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 7 |
| 6 | São Domingos | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 4 |

* 1 2 Fluminense de Feira and São Domingos didn't play their last match, since they had no chances of qualifying.

## Second phase

### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sampaio Corrêa | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 8 |
| 2 | Tiradentes | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 8 |
| 3 | Atlético de Alagoinhas | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 4 |
| 4 | Itabaiana | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 4 |

### Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Campinense | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 12 |
| 2 | América-RN | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 8 |
| 3 | CSA | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 2 |
| 4 | América-PE | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 2 |
