2009 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D

Competition format

The 40 teams are divided in ten groups of 4, playing within them in a double round-robin format. The two best ranked in each group at the end of 6 rounds will qualify to the Second Stage, which will be played in home-and-away system. Winners advance to Third Stage along with the three losers with best record in previous stages. The quarterfinal winners will be promoted to the Série C 2010. As there is no Série E, technically there will be no relegation. However, teams who were not promoted will have to re-qualify for Série D 2010 through their respective state leagues.

Participating teams

Sorted by state, ordered by CBF State Ranking as of December 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20091014095018/http://www.cbf.com.br/ranking/ranking_uf.pdf. Each state federation has its own criteria to indicate a club to this tournament.

• 1 The second best team Bangu withdrew.
• 2 The 2008 Copa Rio would go to Copa do Brasil 2009 and the 2nd placed to Campeonato Brasileiro Série D 2009. The champion Nova Iguaçu withdrew. The 2nd placed Americano went to Copa do Brasil 2009 and the 3rd Madureira was able to Campeonato Brasileiro Série D 2009.
• 3 The second best team Veranópolis, 3rd Santa Cruz, and 4th Ulbra all withdrew.
• 4 The first best team Rio Branco de Andradas and 2nd EC Democrata both withdrew.
• 5 The second best team Porto withdrew.
• 6 The first best team Itumbiara, 3rd Santa Helena and 4th Trindade all withdrew.
• 7 The first best team ASSU, 2nd Potyguar Seridoense, 3rd Santa Cruz, 4th Baraúnas and 5th Potiguar all withdrew.
• 8 The first best team Corinthians Alagoano, 2nd Coruripe, 3rd Murici, 4th Igaci, 5th Ipanema and 6th CSE all withdrew.
• 9 The first best team Sousa withdrew.
• 10 The first best team Juventus, 2nd Atlético Acreano, 3rd Vasco da Gama and 4th Náuas all withdrew and no other team was able to represent Acre state.
• 11 The first best team Vilhena withdrew.

Results

First stage

Group 1

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1 Match won by WO.

Group 2

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Group 3

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Group 4

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Group 5

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Group 6

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Group 7

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Group 8

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Group 9

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Group 10

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Second stage

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Teams in the left column played second match at home.

Third stage

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Teams in the left column play second match at home.

Three of the five 3rd stage losers qualify due to their overall record:

Bracket

| RD1-seed1 = W1 | RD1-seed2 = L3 | RD1-seed3 = W2 | RD1-seed4 = L2 | RD1-seed5 = W3 | RD1-seed6 = L1 | RD1-seed7 = W4 | RD1-seed8 = W5

| RD1-team1 = Chapecoense (a)* | RD1-team2 = Araguaia | RD1-score1-1 = 2 | RD1-score2-1 = 1 | RD1-score1-2 = 0 | RD1-score2-2 = 1

| RD1-team3 = Macaé (a)* | RD1-team4 = Tupi | RD1-score3-1 = 2 | RD1-score4-1 = 3 | RD1-score3-2 = 2 | RD1-score4-2 = 1

| RD1-team5 = São Raimundo* | RD1-team6 = Cristal | RD1-score5-1 = 1 | RD1-score6-1 = 1 | RD1-score5-2 = 2 | RD1-score6-2 = 0

| RD1-team7 = Alecrim* | RD1-team8 = Uberaba | RD1-score7-1 = 1 | RD1-score8-1 = 0 | RD1-score7-2 = 1 | RD1-score8-2 = 1

| RD2-team1 = Chapecoense* | RD2-team2 = Macaé | RD2-score1-1 = 0 | RD2-score2-1 = 2 | RD2-score1-2 = 3 | RD2-score2-2 = 2

| RD2-team3 = São Raimundo | RD2-team4 = Alecrim* | RD2-score3-1 = 3 | RD2-score4-1 = 1 | RD2-score3-2 = 2 | RD2-score4-2 = 2

| RD3-team1 = Macaé | RD3-team2 = São Raimundo (a)* | RD3-score1-1 = 3 | RD3-score2-1 = 2 | RD3-score1-2 = 1 | RD3-score2-2 = 2

• plays second leg at home.

(p) won on penalty shootout.

(a) won by away goals rule.

Quarterfinals

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Teams in the left column play second match at home.

Semifinals

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Teams in the left column play second match at home.

Finals

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Teams in the left column play second match at home.